Filed under: You Might Want to Rethink A hair care launch party where Lady Gaga and Adam Lambert were supposedly performing next month has just been canceled … not surprising since reps for both artists told TMZ it was all a sham.The concert was being promoted by guy a in Martinsburg, … Permalink
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She’s fielded a marriage proposal (kind of), turned Adam Lambert (not like that), and witnessed justice being served (no qualifiers necessary!). All in all, a pretty full week for Susan…
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Todrick Hall and Aaron Kelly appear to be on the bubble of this year’s top 12. By Gil Kaufman Andrew Garcia, Alex Lambert, Aaron Kelly and Lee Dewyze Photo: Frank Micelotta/ Getty Images For the most part, the ladies brought it on Tuesday night’s “American Idol” and early front-runners are definitely emerging in Crystal Bowersox, Siobhan Magnus and Lilly Scott. On Wednesday night (March 10), it’s the guys’ turn again, as we speed toward Thursday’s elimination, when season nine’s top 12 will be determined. Last week’s switcheroo due to Crystal Bowersox’s illness didn’t throw the guys off, though a few of the men turned in performances that were barely enough to keep them in the running. So what do the rest of the men need to do to win the hearts — and ears — of the nation? How can they get enough votes to avoid landing in the bottom two? Here’s what we do (and don’t) want to see from these “Idol” hopefuls, starting with those who need the most work. Aaron Kelly Being cute will only get you so far. Though he has the Archu-dorable factor, teen Kelly is proving to truly be this year’s unripe banana. His “My Girl” was instantly forgettable, and he’s turning into one of those semifinalists who doesn’t really have a musical portfolio. He’s tried country and old-school R&B, but if Kelly wants to make the top 12, he needs to show the panel he’s got a lane of his own. How about a killer Simon & Garfunkel cover (since most of this year’s Idols seem stuck in the past) or something by Kris Allen? Tim Urban Unless this kid has been taking voice lessons from the ghost of Jeff Buckley all week, it doesn’t really matter what Tim does, because he’s just killing time at this point. He might not go this week, but he’s further proof that being adorable can get you into the semifinals but not much further. Urban is the weakest male link, so he might as well blast off with a blaze of glory with something ridiculous like “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going.” Todrick Hall With Jermaine Sellers gone , dancer Hall remains as the loose cannon in the bunch. His confidence hasn’t yet meshed with a breakout performance, and though his sedate take on Tina Turner’s “What’s Love Got to Do With It” was interesting, Hall has been the judges’ punching bag to date. Unless he kills it, say with a seductive Usher throw-down, Hall could be the next to go. Casey James Speaking of cute, James is still trying to shake off the whole cougar-bait thing, but his limp rendition of the too-frequent “Idol” cover “I Don’t Want to Be” didn’t exactly show off his rock chops. Regardless, assuming he doesn’t completely tank, Casey will likely make the top 12. He should, however, soar by proving his grit this week with something edgier. How about an unplugged Kid Rock tune? Lee Dewyze He’s the token rocker, which is a good place to be this year, because he’s got virtually no competition. Dewyze is on a hot streak, and he’s got Simon on his side, so he should play it safe this week to ensure a top 12 berth. He’s done well playing his acoustic guitar, so maybe a Kings of Leon song would work for him. Andrew Garcia What happened to you, man? Garcia seemed a shoo-in for the top three, but he’s gotten steadily diminishing returns thanks to sleepy song choices, like James Morrison’s “You Give Me Something,” which find him fading into the pack. He needs another “Straight Up,” pronto! Now’s the best time to wow the judges again with a clever (re)arrangement of a classic — perhaps a folky version of Jane’s Addiction’s “Been Caught Stealing”? Michael Lynche He’s not blowing anyone away, but slow-and-steady Lynche is getting it done every week. He’s likeable, solid and very comfortable onstage. Big Mike is almost certainly going to advance, so a bit more of what the judges already like, perhaps a touch of Maxwell on acoustic guitar, could ensure his spot. Alex Lambert Either Lambert is pulling a rope-a-dope and is planning to emerge as a camera-ready superstar from his mullet-duckling persona, or we’re reading too much into his phoenix-like rise from the ashes of two twitchy weeks ago. He nailed John Legend’s “Everybody Knows” last week, and a command performance of a Robin Thicke tune might cement his blue-eyed soul bona fides. What do you want to see from the guys on Wednesday night? Who do you hope steps up their game this week? Let us know below! Get your “Idol” fix on MTV News’ “American Idol” page , where you’ll find all the latest news, interviews and opinions. Related Videos MTV Rough Cut: Corey Haim ‘American Idol’ In 60 Seconds Related Photos ‘American Idol’ Season Nine Performances The ‘American Idol’ Season 9 Top 24
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Filed under: American Idol , Fashion Wearing a spiked codpiece, former “American Idol” runner-up Adam Lambert performed at a Mardi Gras party in Sydney over the weekend.Adam likes to use protection. See Also Adam Lambert — I Sucked Face with Ke$ha Adam Lambert Rips Fan – Get Off … Permalink
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Get your DVRs ready, Adam Lambert fans. On March 10, the singer will kick off a new round of Unplugged on VH1. The original series debuted on MTV in 1989. It features artists in an intimate setting, surrounded by audience members, and singing acoustic versions of their hits. Memorable past performances on the concert special include Mariah Carey (1992), 10,000 Maniacs (1993) and Lauryn Hill (2002). Lambert’s installment will be the first of eight new episodes, which will also highlight Phoenix (on MTV), The Script (on VH1) and Reba McEntire (on CMT). Take a look at the following shot of Lambert going Unplugged …
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‘American Idol’ runner-up tweets that spacey track will appear on upcoming For Your Entertainment remix EP. By Jocelyn Vena Adam Lambert Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/ Getty Images Adam Lambert is under someone’s spell in his new song “Voodoo.” The track, which appears on international versions of Lambert’s debut album For Your Entertainment, should be released in the U.S. soon, according to his Twitter account . Lambert announced the song’s release to his fans late Thursday, writing, “Song will be released soon in US on WWFM & FYE Remix EP! Check out VOODOO! Bonus track co-written w Sam Sparro appearing on international release of FYE. Turn it up.” “Voodoo” has a spacey feel that is reminiscent of the For Your Entertainment cover art. (Co-writer Sparro has penned tracks for “Star Trek” and “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.” With its throwback, new-romantic vibe, it feels like it could have easily been recorded by Duran Duran during their 1980s heyday. The song opens with last year’s “American Idol” runner-up singing “Moon shine/ On the bayou/ Love shrine/ Break the taboo/ I want to know what’s/ In your potion/ Bound by total devotion.” Before long, Lambert is singing about his lover’s “voodoo” and being under a spell. Lambert, who is currently on an international promo tour , is planning to hit the road in the U.S. in support of For Your Entertainment. He recently told MTV News that he hopes to show off some next-level looks on stage . “I hate the term, ‘Oh, I couldn’t ever pull that off,’ ” he said. “I let that go when I was about 20. I try to aim to pull anything off that comes my way.” How do you feel about “Voodoo”? Tell us in the comments below! Related Artists Adam Lambert
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Michael Lynche, Alex Lambert lead the pack in a week that showed much-needed improvement. By Eric Ditzian Michael Lynche performs on “American Idol” on Tuesday Photo: Frank Micelotta/ Getty Images The top 10 “American Idol” men could only improve after last week’s string of uninspiring, borderline panic-inducing, “Hoo boy, this season is looking weak” musical performances. On Tuesday night’s show , improve is exactly what they did … most of them, anyway. The evening was still pocked with pitchy renditions, poor song choices and “How is this dude still around?” confusion, but overall the men stepped up in their second week of live shows. Who surprised us, who disappointed us and who’s in danger of going home? Let’s take a look at the top 10 men’s report card. (And don’t miss Jim Cantiello’s review in the Newsroom .) Excellent Michael Lynche : Not to toot our own horn, but before last night’s show, we urged Big Mike to ditch the guitar and show us what kind of artist he truly wants to be, because we weren’t sure Jason Mraz? James Brown? On Tuesday the new daddy delivered, busting out a soulful take on Brown’s “It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World.” What’s more, during his post-performance banter with Ryan Seacrest, he cemented his reputation as the season’s most engaging personality. While we wouldn’t go so far as to give him a standing ovation, as Randy Jackson did, Lynche still deserves much credit and the chance to keep singing for weeks to come. Alex Lambert : You could see this one coming, since the kid was torn apart last week. Nothing’s better on reality TV than the rise of the underdog, and that’s exactly what happened to Lambert during his performance of John Legend’s “Everybody Knows.” Who knew the Mulleted One had soul? His pre-performance package displayed a winning vulnerability — I was so nervous! I just love to sing sooo much! — that only augmented Lambert’s comeback-kid-of-the-week status. Satisfactory Casey James : We’d been hoping to see James’ rock and roll side, and we got what we asked for — but we’re just not sure we were asking for the right thing from James, a realization that became clear during his southern-fried rock rendition of Gavin DeGraw’s “I Don’t Want to Be.” His electric guitar noodling felt a bit like amateur hour and the whole song sounded like the work of a bar band, but you know what? It was a bar band that’d have you doing a sweaty group boogie and ordering another pitcher. Even though Kara DioGuardi finally found the opportunity to criticize the guy, James ain’t going away this week. Andrew Garcia : Garcia followed the pleas of the judges to stop futzing with tunes and just step up to the mic and wail. Well, he went with a straight-forward arrangement in James Morrison’s “You Give Me Something.” He just didn’t seem to have the vocal fortitude to blow us away. Is it possible that behind all that technical wizardry lays a mediocre singer? We don’t think so, and Garcia is going to have to pull himself together next week to convince the rest of America. Tim Urban : The brothers, the sisters, the prayers! Urban might be as brilliant a tactician as he is middling a singer. His take on “Come on Get Higher” by Matt Nathanson reeked of high school talent show blandness, which honestly doesn’t matter after Urban established himself as a God-fearing family boy from Texas. Simon Cowell made a savvy decision to fete Urban for his work ethic and ability to listen to criticism, rather than focus on his singing. The judge knows better than anyone: Urban is safe this week. Lee DeWyze : The judges implored Dewyze to drop the coffehouse singer-songwriter vibe last week and indulge his rock instincts. That’s exactly what he did with “Lips of an Angel” by Hinder. Was it as ethereal a performance as Simon wanted us to believe? Is DeWyze really one of this season’s frontrunners? We’re not willing to go there yet, but after two solid weeks of live shows, the 23-year-old is one of the most comfortable contestants up on stage. It should only get better for him in the coming weeks. Unsatisfactory John Park : Dude, what is going on? Simon nailed it when he said Park put on a so-what performance. We’ve been rooting for this kid for a while, but it might be time to give up on him. His song choice was at least something written in the 21st Century (“Gravity” by John Mayer), but the delivery was still reminiscent of something you might hear at a retirement home soiree. His sweet story about growing up in a bilingual Korean-American home might win him enough votes to make it through to next week, but we’re fairly certain he doesn’t deserve it. Todrick Hall : We’ve actually enjoyed Hall’s risky song choices: Kelly Clarkson’s “Since U Been Gone” last week, Tina Turner’s “What’s Love Got to Do With It” on Tuesday. Whereas his twisted take on Clarkson was oddly amusing, his butchering of Tina was sacrilegious. Two straight eviscerations from the judges do not bode well for Hall. The guy’s in trouble this week. Jermaine Sellers : Was it that the judges were cut-throat last week or that Hall just plain stunk up the joint? For two straight weeks, the church singer has ditched the soulfulness we loved and amped up his cheeseball ’70s lounge singer impulses. The guy can still nail a high note, as evidenced with “What’s Goin’ On” by Marvin Gaye, but many of the others made our ears hurt. Jesus may be his homeboy, but the viewers at home hold his fate in their cell phones. To quote Randy, “Ah man, it’s like urrrggggh!” Aaron Kelly : Pardon us while we head for another cup of coffee, because even thinking about Kelly’s insipid performance of the Temptations’ “My Girl” makes us drowsy. In the 16-year-old’s defense, that song was no worse than last week’s rendition of “Here Comes Goodbye” by Rascal Flatts. The only difference was that Simon and Ellen seemed to have tired of, um, whatever it was they liked about him in the first place. We’d say Kelly is in serious trouble this week, but that was our opinion last week and look what happened. With praise from Randy and Ellen DeGeneres, expect the oldest teenager in the history of the world is stick around the “Idol” stage. How do you think the guys did this week? Let us know in the comments below! Get your “Idol” fix on MTV News’ “American Idol” page, where you’ll find all the latest news, interviews and opinions. Related Photos ‘American Idol’ Season Nine Performances
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Olympic gold medal winner Shaun White was also on Jay Leno’s program. By Gil Kaufman Adam Lambert performs on the “Tonight Show with Jay Leno” on Tuesday Photo: NBC If this whole not running for office thing doesn’t work out, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin really should consider taking a shot at hosting a cable chat show. The 2009 Republican vice presidential candidate sat on the couch on Tuesday night for Jay Leno’s second night back on “The Tonight Show,” on a stacked program that also featured a somewhat sedate visit from Adam Lambert and a chat with Olympic gold medal snowboarder Shaun White. Dressed down for the occasion, the Fox News contributor wore skinny jeans and a black jacket on the show and happily chatted about her maverick nature, did a bit of fake stand-up and discussed how she’s gone from being a media target to a member of the press. “I’m back there wanting to build some trust back in our media,” said Palin, who earned a communications degree in college in hopes of becoming a sportscaster. She called the mainstream media “broken” and said she joined Fox because of its slogan about being “fair and balanced.” “I studied journalism,” she told Leno. “It was all about the who, what, where, when and why. It was not so about the opinion interjected in hard news stories.” Asked about the media reporting on her children, Palin took a dig at a “lame” recent episode of “The Family Guy” cartoon that not so subtly mocked Palin’s son, Trig, who has Down syndrome. She complained that she wasn’t able to really comment appropriately on the controversy. “Jay, you’ve gone through this, too, especially in the last few months,” Palin said, alluding to the recent “Tonight Show” turmoil. “It’s like that old saying, a lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth can even get its pants on in the morning.” Palin also joked about the “poor boy’s version of the TelePrompter” she used at a recent Tea Party event, when she was caught on camera referring to notes scribbled on her palm. “I took notes [when I was a kid], I take notes today, even on the palm of my hand, and just to get the left all whee-whee’d up and get their heads spinning, I’m going to promise to keep doing it!” said Palin, who noted that her dad, an elementary school teacher, used to come home at night with notes scribbled all over his hand. She also took a dig at Leno when he asked if she might consider doing her own talk show. “I hear once in a while this comes open,” she joked, slapping his desk. The segment ended with Palin doing a mock show-opening monologue while pretending to be a stand-up comedian and making jokes about cold weather in Alaska, botox, health care, moose meat and Congress’ low approval rating — all of which she clearly read from a Teleprompter. Leno opened the show by joking about how he was glad NBC called him Monday night to tell him he should come back for another shot at the gig on Tuesday night. He continued with the high-power hour with White, who came out in black jeans and a black leather jacket covered with gold studs. The “Flying Tomato” handed Leno is gold medal as chants of “USA! USA!” broke out and Leno held up his new Rolling Stone cover featuring White’s homage to Jimi Hendrix: a flaming snowboard. White said he couldn’t compare winning his second gold medal to the first time four years ago in Torino, Italy, when he was 19, but that he just tried to savor the moment a bit more this time. “I do [feel the pressure],” he said of the scrutiny this time. “I just remember being at the top and taking that pressure and using it as my will to do better.” The show ended with a performance from Adam Lambert, who sang the ballad “Sleepwalker” from his debut, For Your Entertainment . With his hair swept up in a towering punk pompadour and his eyelids covered in sparkly dark eye shadow that accented his bedazzled black jacket, black pants and chain-draped riding boots, Lambert gave one of his typically hair-raising, impassioned performances of the rock song about chronic insomnia. While White came out to shake Lambert’s hand at the end of the show, Palin, a vocal opponent of gay marriage, did not. Related Artists Adam Lambert
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Due to a medical emergency involving Crystal Bowersox, the men were forced to switch nights with the ladies this week on American Idol . We guess we could chalk up the number of poor performances to this scheduling switch… if so many guys had not also been lackluster last Wednesday evening. While a handful of semifinalists stood out, we wouldn’t complain if any of the bottom half of contestants listed below got voted out. Here’s how we’d rank this week’s male contenders: Aaron Kelly : Granted, “My Girl” is a fun, easy song to sing for anyone with a good voice. But Aaron showed impressive range and confidence for a 16-year old. Michael Lynche : Might have to be known for more than his physique and personality know. Fantastic song choice with a James Brown classic. Casey James : The judges may say it’s a singing competition, but his electric guitar will help James go far. So will his looks. Lee DeWyze :We hate to agree with Kara, but it’s true: we could imagine Lee on the radio right this very instant. Andrew Garcia : That rendition of “Straight Up” is coming back to hurt him. No performance since has compared. Alex Lambert : We weren’t nearly as impressed as the judges. He may not have vomited before performing this week, but is that the standard we’re going by now? Todrick Hall : The best of the worst. We’ll give him points again for at least trying something different. John Park : Ellen said she likes his look. The guy wears a t-shirt and… is Asian? We’re not sure what Ellen means. Jermaine Sellers : Says he’ll stick around because “I know God.” Loved Simon’s response: Then there’s no need for anyone to call in for you, right? Tim Urban : Seems like a very nice guy. But simply isn’t a very good singer. Take your pick, vote our any of the final four and we’ll be happy. But we’d send Sellers and Urban packing. How about you? Below, we’ve posted performance photos of all 10 semifinalists. Click on each to enlarge and choose your favorite…
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Adam Lambert is off to Great Britain. The American Ido l finalist is pretty much a stranger to that country, so News of the World – one of that nation’s leading supermarket tabloids – interviewed Lambert the month before he makes his first overseas appearance there. Describing him as “Lad Gaga” for his “outspoken attitudes” and “rauncy routines,” the unreliable source spoke to the singer in NYC and asked him if he’d ever sleep with a woman. “I find women beautiful and I have been known to make out with girls at parties, especially when there is alcohol involved,” Adam said, days after his publicize kiss with Ke$ha . “I am a pretty open-minded person and I would have sex with a woman… anything is possible because I am really comfortable with sexuality generally.”
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