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Monday night on ABC turned out to be a bloodbath on “American Idol” as six talented singers were eliminated on live television: Cameron Whitcomb, Katyrah Love, Cadence Baker, Sage, Jacob Moran and Elli Rowe. That left just 14 artists still in the running to join the show’s iconic winners list at the end of this landmark 20th season. Vote in our “American Idol” Top 14 reveal poll below to let us know which eliminated contestant was robbed. Then be sure to defend your choice down in the comments section.

The two-hour episode started with 10 singers learning they had been chosen as America’s favorites after their performances on Sunday night. They were: Ava Maybee, Christian Guardino, Lady K, HunterGirl, Dan Marshall, Leah Marlene, Nicolina, Noah Thompson, Emyrson Flora and Fritz Hager.

“Idol” judges Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan then got to “save” four of the 10 remaining at-risk artists by...

This time last year, Joni Mitchell was Zooming in to Clive Davis’ virtual Grammy party — kicking off the night with wine and dressed in finery, and then, as the hours wore on, kicking back to watch performers in pajamas, with popcorn and her trusty ginger cat Bootsy in tow. (Bootsy was named after Puss and Boots if you must know — and we must.)

This year, however, she strides down the red carpet in Las Vegas in a sparkling shawl and beret at the Grammys’ MusiCares Person of the Year event — for which,...

Well, America, we’re almost there. After Monday’s episode, only two more hours of Idol auditions remain this season.

Was the show’s next big winner among Monday’s latest crop of hopefuls? Let’s break down the successful auditions and place our bets:

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“It’s kind of a blurry moment,” Jake Thomsen says of the second host Rocsi Diaz named him the winner of “Alter Ego,” Fox’s reality TV singing competition where contestants belt it out backstage while motion capture technology creates digital avatars in their place onstage. Thomsen performed as Dipper Scott and won over judges will.i.am, Alanis Morissette, Grimes and Nick Lachey to become the Season 1 champ and winner of a $100,000 cash prize. Watch our exclusive video interview with Thomsen (Aka Dipper Scott) above.

“I just remember it being whittled down from four, to three, to two and thinking, ‘There’s no way that I’m actually gonna win this,'” Thomsen explains. “So when [Rocsi] announced it I feel like I fell to the ground. I actually don’t remember what happened. I just remember being like, ‘This is insane!'” (Read our minute-by-minute recap of the season finale.

The Season 1 finale of “Alter Ego” aired on December 8 with four finalists singing their hearts out to become the next generation’s first digital superstar. Judges will.i.am, Alanis Morissette, Grimes and Nick Lachey decided which one deserved the $100,000 grand prize and the chance to be mentored by the superstar panel.

Rocsi Diaz hosts the groundbreaking singing competition that uses motion capture technology to create digital avatars in place of the real human singers onstage. In Week 9 Misty Rose secured her spot in the finale by remaining on the diamond while the studio audience and judges voted in Night Journey. In Week 10 it was Dipper Scott who sailed into the finale by securing his place on the diamond while Seven advanced after the studio audience and judges voted. Which of these four has what it takes to win it all?

Below, read our minute-by-minute “Alter Ego” recap of Season...

There’s no mania like Beatlemania, and Peter Jackson’s The Beatles: Get Back is both proof of that, and a direct consequence of it. A lot of the reviews said it was an overlong and unnecessary affair. Well, Disney+ let Jackson include swearing in the documentary, so, fuck them. He prefers his own 18-hour cut to this just-under-eight-hour documentary series, and he’s “right and will be proved right,” to paraphrase John Lennon.

Is it an important document? Yes. Does it give Beatlemaniacs everything they want? Of course not, nothing will.

For one thing, he doesn’t give us a full version of Paul McCartney’s “Teddy Boy,” which came close to making the playlist. We also don’t get the satisfaction of hearing entire versions of “The Long and Winding Road,” “Let It Be,” or any of the other final album songs not performed on the roof. We...

Olivia Rodrigo is now celebrating a whopping seven Grammy nominations announced this week. She earned bids for Album of the Year (“Sour”), Record of the Year and Song of the Year (“Drivers License”) and Best New Artist. That makes her only the 13th artist in Grammy history to earn all four of those nominations in the same year.

Let’s flashback to last year when she joined Gold Derby’s Sam Eckmann for a webchat about her role on “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” for Disney+. Watch the exclusive video interview above.

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“There’s a couple moments in my life where I’ve been in an audition room and really felt aligned and felt like I’m where I’m supposed to be,” explained the actress and singer during our 2020 chat.

“It’s such a phenomenon” Rodrigo said of...

Ahead of the 50th anniversary of Blue, Joni Mitchell discussed her 1971 masterpiece, the album’s enduring legacy and the state of her singing voice in a rare new interview conducted by Cameron Crowe for the Los Angeles Times.

“Like all of my albums, Blue came out of the chute with a whimper. It didn’t really take off until later. Now there’s a lot of fuss being made over it, but there wasn’t initially,” Mitchell told Crowe.

“The most feedback that I got was that I had gone...

Jakes Shears has dropped “Do the Television,” a funk-laden disco number, to herald in Pride month. The single was produced by Vaughn Oliver and co-written by Shears, Vaughn, and Ryland Blackinton.

“‘Do the Television’ was first started about 12 years ago, written as an idea for the Scissor Sisters Night Work album,” Shears explained in a statement. “I always really loved elements of the song, and wanted to give it a life, so I decided to rerecord it with a brand new chorus. Influenced by both mid-era Bowie and Lionel Richie,...

Olivia Rodrigo could have been designed in a laboratory as the perfect teen pop star — except the best part is how gloriously, messily, authentically human she is. She’s a whole new pop-queen paradigm, ripping up the old playbook and starting again. She seemingly blew in out of nowhere to hit Number One with her instant-classic debut single, “Drivers License.” It’s one of the all-time great debuts — yet somehow the sequels, “Deja Vu” and “Good 4 U,” are even better? And the first of those sequels is about taunting her...

The first knockout round of “The Voice” Season 19 turned out to be the end of the road for four talented singers: Ethan Lively of Team Blake Shelton, Ciana Pelekai of Team John Legend, Keegan Ferrell of Team Nick Jonas and Gean Garcia of Team Legend. Thus, the number of artists still in the running to win the title is now at 24 (down from 28). But which of the four eliminated artists from the April 19 episode was most robbed of a spot in the live shows? Vote in our poll below and then be sure to defend your choice in the comments section.

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Ethan, a 17-year-old country artist from Coalfield, Tennessee, auditioned with the song “You Look So Good in Love” and ended up being a one-chair turn for Team Blake. He next performed “Just Got Started Lovin’ You” in the battles and beat out teammate Avery Roberson.

For the second week in a row, American Idol found Lionel Richie overcome with emotion thanks to a song from Dreamgirls. (Take note, future contestants!)

Sunday’s fourth round of Season 19 auditions ended with the arrival of 18-year-old Alyssa Wray, who commanded the judges’ attention before she even sang a note of “I Am Changing.” Watch:

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After Night 1 of The Voice’s Season 20 Blind Auditions set the bar high for the contestants (read the full recap here), I half-expected the singers on Night 2 to wind up limboing under it. Were they lacking by comparison, or did they keep the momentum going? Read on, and we’ll discuss.

Gean Garcia (Team Kelly), “All I Want” — Grade: B | So impressed with this baby-faced 19-year-old’s unique, vaguely Dylan-esque vocal was Blake that not only was he the first to turn, he used his Block on Nick. And the son of a Spanish Christian artist was super appealing, singing...

For this year’s annual Women Shaping the Future issue, we asked 12 of today’s top musical acts to talk about the women who have inspired them most in their lives and careers.

The three sisters who make up Haim — Este, 35, Danielle, 33, and Alana, 29 — grew up on Joni Mitchell’s music, listening to her songs from the time they were kids in California’s San Fernando Valley. Mitchell has gone on to serve as a key inspiration for their own music (as heard most clearly on their 2020 homage “Man From...

The cast of Zombies 2 are channeling their inner Wildcats for the Disney Channel Summer Sing-Along. Ahead of the special on July 10, Popsugar has an exclusive look at the opening number, "What Time Is It?" from High School Musical 2. While Milo Manheim and Meg Donnelly take the leads as they sing Troy and Gabriella's lines, the rest of their costars, Ariel Martin, Pearce Joza, Trevor Tordjman, and Chandler Kinney, join in later wearing East High's school colors.

The special is sure to be fun for new and old Disney Channel fans as stars like Demi Lovato, Coco Jones (Let It Shine), Olivia Rodrigo (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series), and more make special appearances. The full song lineup includes: "What Time Is It?" from HSM2, "It's On" from Camp Rock 2, "Fired Up" from Zombies, "All I Want" from Hsmtmts, "Best Summer Ever" from Teen Beach 2, "Guardian Angel" from Let It Shine,...

On “The Voice” season 18 finale on Tuesday, Todd Tilghman pulled off a win over Thunderstorm Artis, who had been the frontrunner all season long. In our overnight poll, 31% of those weighing in wanted Thunderstorm to win and think that he was robbed of the season 18 title. Todd did not merit a majority of votes from “The Voice” fans and has only 39% of the total tally as of this writing.

Toneisha Harris, who made “The Voice” history as the first Instant Save artist in the final not to be eliminated at the outset, is at 21%. The other two contenders in the Top 5 registered in the single digits: CammWess (5%) and Micah Iverson (4%).

What do you think? Did Todd Tilghman deserve to win “The Voice”? Or do you think Thunderstorm Artis was robbed of the season 18 championship? Even though he lost on May 19, this singer from Hawaii could end up the big winner.

Todd Tilghman won season 18 of “The Voice” on Tuesday over Thunderstorm Artis in one of the closest votes in the history of the show. Did Todd deserve to win “The Voice”? Was Thunderstorm robbed? And what about the other three artists in the Top 5: CammWess, Toneisha Harris and Micah Iverson? Make your voice heard by voting in our poll at the bottom of this post.

Todd came into the results show as the frontrunner, having sold the most streams overnight on Apple Music of his performances from Monday’s finale. Of his five rivals, Thunderstorm was the only one to have also landed both tracks in the iTunes Top 200.

Before you vote in our poll for the artist who most deserved to win season 18 of “The Voice” take a minute to review all the songs sung by these talents over the course of the season. After you vote, be...

Monday night during “The Voice’s” Top 5 performance show, Micah Iverson of Team Kelly Clarkson sang for a spot on the show’s iconic winners list. This 26-year-old performed his original song “Butterflies” from home in Atlanta, Georgia as viewers and coaches Kelly, Blake Shelton, John Legend and Nick Jonas watched remotely from locations around the country. If you want this artist to win “The Voice,” you need to vote before the cutoff time at 7:00 a.m. Et on Tuesday, May 19.

Cast your votes for Micah Iverson by utilizing the free “The Voice” official app or by visiting voice.vote.nbc.com — simply sign up there for an NBCUniversal profile via email, Facebook or Google. Submit up to 10 votes per artist. Message and data rates may apply for app download and usage. Voting is open Right Now, so what are you waiting for?

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In the lead-up to “The Voice” finale on Monday (May 18), we polled viewers to see who they want to win. Their clear favorite in our Top 5 rankings of the season 18 artists is Thunderstorm Artis, who enjoys a sizeable lead with 37% of the total tally as of this writing. He is being coached by rookie Nick Jonas.

However Artis better watch out for the lone woman in the Top 5, Toneisha Harris, who has polled a full quarter of the vote in our best to worst power rankings. Remember, Harris won the Top 9 Instant Save. That sudden death showdown gave her another chance to impress “The Voice” viewers with her powerhouse vocals on the Minnie Ripperton soul classic “Lovin’ You.”

Harris is coached by six-time champion Blake Shelton as is Todd Tilghman, who has just 13% of the total tally. Sitting in between these two artists on the poll results chart is coach...

The finale for Season 18 of “The Voice” will air Monday with a number of firsts for the long-running series. Due to ongoing lockdown and stay-at-home orders, the live shows were replaced with the playoffs this season with the artists recording their performances at home in advance. Each Monday the coaches joined host Carson Daly for a virtual show where each performance was unveiled to America. In addition to the first ever virtual playoffs, this season’s finale includes five finalists for the first time.

See‘The Voice’ Top 9 live show: Will Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas, John Legend or Blake Shelton be champ? [Updating Live Blog]

In the finals are a champion from each team and a fifth artist saved by America last week. Kelly Clarkson‘s champion is Micah Iverson, the only male vocalist she brought to her team from the Blinds. John Legend reached the finale with CammWess, an artist that began...

Monday night during “The Voice’s” Top 9 performance show, Micah Iverson of Team Kelly Clarkson sang for a spot in next week’s Final 5. This 25-year-old performed Death Cab For Cutie‘s “I Will Follow You into the Dark” from home in Atlanta, Georgia as viewers and coaches Kelly, Blake Shelton, John Legend and Nick Jonas watched remotely from locations around the country. If you want this artist to join “The Voice” winners list, you need to vote before the cutoff time at 7:00 a.m. Et on Tuesday, May 12.

Cast your votes for Micah Iverson by utilizing the free “The Voice” official app or by visiting voice.vote.nbc.com — simply sign up there for an NBCUniversal profile via email, Facebook or Google. Submit up to 10 votes per artist. Message and data rates may apply for app download and usage. Voting is open Right Now, so what are you waiting for?...

The Live Playoffs for Season 18 of “The Voice” concluded last Tuesday, leaving nine artists in contention for the title. One member from each team was voted through by America and each coach then had a chance to save another artist they wanted to move forward. That left Blake Shelton, John Legend, Nick Jonas and Kelly Clarkson each with two artists on their teams before the live instant save.

In that instant save leading into the semifinals, the remaining member from each team with the most audience votes earned a chance to compete. Joanna Serenko from Team Blake ended up defeating Mandi Castillo from Team Legend, Michael Williams from Team Nick and Cedrice from Team Kelly. That bumps Team Blake up to three contenders, but does that increase his odds of winning his seventh title?

See‘The Voice’ Spoilers: Season 18 Eliminations

Below are our power rankings of the nine artists competing...

After the results were revealed on Tuesday’s episode of “The Voice,” only nine artists remain in contention to win season 18. Of the four coaches, only six-time champ Blake Shelton still has three contestants in the running,. Three-time winner Kelly Clarkson, season 16 victor John Legend and newcomer Nick Jonas each have two artists on their team.

Which of these Top 9 do you think sounds most like a winner? After reviewing the songs they’ve sung so far on season 18 of “The Voice” vote in our poll as to your choice for champ and we will report back with your rankings. And be sure to sound off in the comments section.

Thunderstorm Artis (Team Nick Jonas)

Audition Song: “Blackbird”

Battle Song: “Stay”

Knockout Song: “Preach”

Top 17: “Summertime”

CammWess (Team John Legend)

Audition Song: “Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)”

Battle Song: “Senorita”

Knockout Song: “Say Something”

Top 17: “Ain’t...

Jehnny Beth dropped “Heroine,” the new single from her upcoming LP, To Love Is to Live, out June 12th.

“All I want is to never fall in love again,” the Savages singer claims in the opening lines over a chaotic, throbbing beat. She refrains “All I want” in each line, finishing with “to be a heroine” across dense layers of production.

“Heroine” follows the singles “Innocence,” “Flower” and “I’m the Man.” To Love Is to Live is Beth’s solo debut, produced by Flood, who also recently worked with...

The Battle Rounds for Season 18 of “The Voice” concluded last Monday, and Kelly Clarkson, champion coach in three of her four seasons on the show, has narrowed her newest team down to just six contestants. After building a group of 12 comprised of only one male artist based on the blind auditions, Kelly has since added one more to her roster through a steal from John Legend. Enjoy revisiting our live blogs from each of the three battle episodes from Monday, March 23, Monday, March 30 and Monday, April 6.

The Knockouts will begin on Monday, April 13 and conclude on Monday, April 20. Teammates will face off with one another in hopes of advancing to the Live Shows. The advisor for all teams in this round will be the legendary, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, James Taylor.

Below are our power rankings of these six artists based on their likelihood of advancing to the Live Shows. Do You agree with our power rankings?...

The Blind Auditions concluded on NBC's The Voice season 18 on Monday night. Coaches Kelly Clarkson, Blake Shelton, John Legend and Nick Jonas made their final selections, rounding out their teams of 12. The competition was tight, as there were only a few slots left.

Micah Iverson became the first male member of Team Kelly this season with his performance of “All I Want.” Jonas and Shelton also turned, but Clarkson picked him up easily, especially since Iverson noted Clarkson as an influence.

Brittney Allen probably would have turned more chairs with her creative performance of “Dancing ...

It’s the final night to join “The Voice” for Season 18 with Blind Auditions wrapping up Monday. After the first four shows of this winter/spring season, here’s how many slots are remaining for artists to fill this week:

Three-time coaching champ Kelly Clarkson has eight and needs two more.

Six-time winner Blake Shelton has eight and needs two more.

One-time champ John Legend has seven and needs three more.

Newcomer Nick Jonas has eight and needs two more.

Enjoy our previous four Blind Auditions recaps from Monday, February 24, Tuesday, February 25, Monday, March 2 and Monday, March 9. Read the full recaps by clicking on those dates. Follow along with our updating live blog throughout the season as we provide instant commentary about each performer and song.

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Brad Jenkel has been tapped to join Bob Yari and Mark Gordon's Stratus Film Co. as executive vp production, effective immediately. Jenkel joins Stratus from his post as president of Avi Lerner's Millennium Films, where he worked on such films as Try Seventeen starring Elijah Wood and Mandy Moore, Nine Lives starring Wesley Snipes and Loverboy directed by Kevin Bacon and starring Kyra Sedgwick and Matt Dillon.

The Starz Encore Group of themed cable channels is beefing up its slate of originals with three feature film acquisitions and a new weekly series devoted to the business of moviemaking. Starz! Cinema, the Starz Encore channel devoted to indie and offbeat films, has acquired the world premiere rights to the 2003 Peter O'Toole starrer The Final Curtain; the romantic comedy All I Want, starring Elijah Wood and Mandy Moore; and the Paul Gauguin biopic Paradise Found, starring Kiefer Sutherland. Final Curtain, produced by Christopher Young Films, stars O'Toole as the reigning king of TV game show hosts who slowly loses his grip to a younger rising star played by Aidan Gillen. It'll debut on Starz! Cinema in June, followed in July by Paradise Found and in August by All I Want.

Young Hollywood star Elijah Wood is so smitten with his new girlfriend Franka Potente, he's planning to pop the question. The Lord Of The Rings actor, 21, dumped teen popstar Mandy Moore, 18, for older woman Franka, 27, after meeting her on the set of their new movie, Try Seventeen. According to pals of the young heartthrob, Elijah has confided he's found his soulmate and wants to marry her after only two months together. But Elijah may not get the chance to make a move if his concerned friends manage to change his mind. Many believe it's too fast and are trying to talk him out of it.