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American Idol season 21 contestant Paige Anne returned to the Top 26 after being eliminated by the judges at the Final Judgment, and there was curiosity about whose place she took. Paige, a 16-year-old high school student from Idaho Falls, Idaho, auditioned in Las Vegas. She sang "What About Us" by Pink, earning two "yes" votes from judges Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan, and a "no" from Katy Perry, who didn't think she was ready yet. During the Hollywood Week Showstopper round, Paige was feeling under the weather, so she performed "California Dreamin'" by The Mamas & The Papas from her hotel room.

At the American Idol season 21 Final Judgment, the judges couldn't decide between Paige and eventual Top 26 contestant Megan Danielle, so they asked them to perform in a sing-off. They chose to sing "Easy on Me" by Adele. The judges selected Megan to advance, and sent Paige home. However, during the second Top 26 performance episode,...

The Torino Film Festival, under the direction of Steve Della Casa, launched its 40th edition on Friday evening at the sumptuous Teatro Regio not with a film screening, but with an evening devoted to music. To evoke the links between cinema and music, a talk took place around the theme of the Beatles versus the Rolling Stones, and the bands’ love of cinema, which led them to work with Jean-Luc Godard and Martin Scorsese, among others.

Guest of honor Malcolm McDowell, who is celebrating the 50th anniversary of “A Clockwork Orange’s” release, spoke about how Mick Jagger wanted to star in the film, and the time that Paul McCartney almost composed the score to another one of McDowell’s films, “The Raging Moon.”

Following the conclusion of the official part of the evening, which included speeches by the president of Italy’s National Museum of Cinema, Enzo Ghigo, and the mayor of Turin,...