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Rolling Stone‘s interview series King for a Day features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and singers who had the difficult job of fronting major rock bands after the departure of an iconic vocalist. Some of them stayed in their bands for years, while others lasted just a few months. In the end, however, they all found out that replacement singers can themselves be replaced. This edition features former Inxs singer J.D. Fortune.

When J.D. Fortune was a kid in the Eighties, he worshipped Inxs. “I wanted to be Michael Hutchence,...

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Are the singers deserving of cookies and hot chocolate? Has The Christmas Caroler Challenge TV show been cancelled or renewed for a third season on The CW? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of The Christmas Caroler Challenge, season three. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?  

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Airing on The CW television network, The Christmas Caroler Challenge is hosted by Dean Cain and Laura McKenzie. Performance groups are judged by Garry Beers, Brandon Rogers, and Mikalah Gordon. In the show, a dozen extraordinary Christmas caroling groups -- each with their own stylized brand of performance -- perform and celebrate the great Christmas music...

Though the ratings aren't high, this holiday CW series also appears inexpensive to produce. Will it stick around long enough to become a holiday tradition? Will The Christmas Caroler Challenge be cancelled or renewed for season three? Stay tuned.

The Christmas Caroler Challenge is hosted by Dean Cain and Laura McKenzie. Performance groups are judged by Garry Beers, Brandon Rogers, and Mikalah Gordon. In the show, a dozen extraordinary Christmas caroling groups -- each with their own stylized brand of performance -- perform and celebrate the great Christmas music that we've all come to love. Viewers meet these groups from elaborate ultra-traditional virtuoso performances to those with unexpected twists on the classic Christmas carols.

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Does the second season of The CW's The Christmas Caroler Challenge TV show bring out the holiday spirit? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like The Christmas Caroler Challenge is cancelled or renewed for season three. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustration when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we invite you to rate all of the second season episodes of The Christmas Caroler Challenge here.

A CW competition series, The Christmas Caroler Challenge is hosted by Dean Cain and Laura McKenzie. Performance groups are judged by Garry Beers, Brandon Rogers, and Mikalah Gordon. In the show, a dozen extraordinary Christmas caroling groups -- each with their own stylized brand of performance -- perform and...

The CW has introduced a new holiday-themed series. Will it be successful enough in the ratings to become a yearly tradition? Will The Christmas Caroler Challenge be cancelled or renewed for season two? Stay tuned. Status update below.

A competition TV series, The Christmas Caroler Challenge is hosted by Dean Cain and Laura McKenzie. Performance groups are judged by Garry Beers, Brandon Rogers, and Mikalah Gordon. In the show, a dozen extraordinary Christmas caroling groups -- each with their own stylized brand of performance -- perform and celebrate the great Christmas music that we've all come to love. Viewers meet these groups from elaborate ultra-traditional virtuoso performances to those with unexpected twists on the classic Christmas carols.

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Who will win in the first season of the The Christmas Caroler Challenge TV show on The CW? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like The Christmas Caroler Challenge is cancelled or renewed for season two. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustration when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we invite you to rate all of the first season episodes of The Christmas Caroler Challenge here. Status update below.

A competition TV series on The CW, The Christmas Caroler Challenge is hosted by Dean Cain and Laura McKenzie. Performance groups are judged by Garry Beers, Brandon Rogers, and Mikalah Gordon. In the show, a dozen extraordinary Christmas caroling groups -- each with their own stylized brand...

Vulture Watch

Will this show hit a sour note? Has The Christmas Caroler Challenge TV show been cancelled or renewed for a second season on The CW? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of The Christmas Caroler Challenge, season two. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?  

What's This TV Show About?

Airing on The CW television network, The Christmas Caroler Challenge is hosted by Dean Cain and Laura McKenzie. Performance groups are judged by Garry Beers, Brandon Rogers, and Mikalah Gordon. In the show, a dozen extraordinary Christmas caroling groups -- each with their own stylized brand of performance -- perform and celebrate the great Christmas music that we've...

Inxs bassist Garry Beers says he got his ass kicked by an angry neighbor who flew into a rage after Beers' boxer dared to step onto the neighbor's property ... so claims the musician. Beers says it went down in the San Fernando Valley when he was walking his boxer Evie and the dog slipped out of its collar onto Robert McGuigan's property. Beers says McGuigan went nuclear, repeatedly kicking him in the face while calling...

The 2012 X Factor winner, singer Samantha Jade, makes her screen debut as Kylie Minogue in the Seven Network miniseries Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story of Inxs.

Billed as the uncensored story of the iconic band's rise to the top of the international charts and the aftermath of dealing with frontman Michael Hutchence's death in 1997, it's shooting in Melbourne.

Luke Arnold, who stars as Long John Silver in the Michael Bay-produced pirate adventure series Black Sails for the Us network Starz, plays Hutchence.

Georgina Haig (Fringe, The Elephant Princess) has been cast as Paula Yates and Mallory Jansen (Howzat! Kerry Packer's War) is Helena Christensen.

The first drama production from Shine Australia, it's scripted by Justin Monjo and Dave Warner. Daina Reed is the director and the producers are Kerrie Mainwaring and Andrew Prowse.

Newcomer Nicholas Masters is Tim Farriss with Ido Drent as Jon Farriss, Andy Ryan as Andrew Farriss,...

Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story of Inxs tunes up in Melbourne next week with a cast that blends newcomers and seasoned pros.

The four-hour miniseries for the Seven Network is the first drama from Shine Australia. The screenplay by Justin Monjo and Dave Warner is billed as the uncensored story of the iconic band.s rise to the top of the international charts and the aftermath of dealing with frontman Michael Hutchence.s death in 1997.

The band.s manager Cm Murphy is an executive producer and the filmmakers have been granted full access to their archive of music, photography and stories.

Luke Arnold, who stars as Long John Silver in the Michael Bay-produced pirate adventure series Black Sails for the Us network Starz, will play Hutchence. A graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, his credits include McLeod's Daughters, Rush, Rescue: Special Ops, City Homicide...

Sydney -- The members of Inxs have confirmed that they are bringing down the curtain on their 35-year career as a live touring band, after drummer Jon Farriss said Sunday that the band was playing its last gig in Perth, Western Australia. In a statement issued Tuesday, original band members Tim, Andrew and Jon Farriss, Kirk Pengilly and Garry Beers thanked their fans and paid one more tribute to their late frontman Michael Hutchence, saying now it is “time to step away from the touring arena.” Photos: Top 10 Highest Paid Music Artists “Inxs’ touring days could never last

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June 17: Actor Peter Lupus (TV's "Mission: Impossible") is 80. Singer Barry Manilow is 69. Comedian Joe Piscopo is 61. Actor Mark Linn-Baker ("Perfect Strangers") is 58. Director Bobby Farrelly ("There's Something About Mary") is 54. Actor Thomas Haden Church ("Sideways," "Wings," "Ned and Stacy") is 51. Actor Greg Kinnear is 49. Actress Kami Cotler ("The Waltons") is 47. Actor Jason Patric is 46. Singer Kevin Thornton of Color Me Badd is 43. Actor-comedian Will Forte ("Saturday Night Live") is 42. Actor-rapper Herculeez of Herculeez and Big Tyme is 29.

June 18: Musician Paul McCartney is 70. Movie critic Roger Ebert is 70. Actress Constance McCashin ("Knots Landing") is 65. Actress Linda Thorson ("The Avengers") is 65. Keyboardist John Evans of The Box Tops is 64. Actress Isabella Rossellini is 60. Actress Carol Kane is 60. Actor Brian Benben ("Private Practice") is 56. Actress Andrea Evans ("The Bold and the Beautiful") is 55. Singer Alison Moyet is 51. Keyboardist Dizzy Reed (Guns N' Roses) is 49. Country singer-guitarist Tim Hunt (Yankee Grey) is...