Chris Daughtry Chosen to Sing CNN Theme Song
Former American Idol finalist Chris Daughtry has been chosen by CNN to provide the theme song for the network's League of First Time Voters initiative.The song of choice? Foreigner's hit "Feels Like the First Time," of course. "Getting to rerecord a classic song like this was a real honor for us, and we hope it helps inspire people to vote,” said Daughtry. "We strongly believe that it doesn’t matter who you vote for, as long as you vote."Foreigner's Mick Jones, who wrote the song back in the lat

West, Lopez, Daughtry among stars in Denver - AP
Never mind those stinging "celebrity" ads, or the rebuttal by Paris Hilton. Musicians, artists and Hollywood types are descending on Denver and so what if Barack Obama doesn't need their star power? He'll get it anyway. Of course, many of the most high-profile parties and concerts planned for the four-day Democratic Convention are ostensibly set apart from Team Obama. Even fellow Chicagoan Kanye West's performance Wednesday is for Bono's nonpartisan ONE Campaign, which plans another concert though wi

Dance Boss Nigel: Losing Will Is a "Big Disappointment"
Did the brilliant Will Wingfield exit Fox's So You Think You Can Dance too soon? Head judge/executive producer Nigel Lythgoe certainly thinks so. When the moment of truth arrived during last week's results show, here's what the audience didn't see: Lythgoe putting his head down on the judges' table as if he couldn't bear to watch what was going to happen next. Would it be Will or another audience favorite, Twitch, getting the boot? When Cat Deeley announced that Will would be going home, the crowd gas

'Idol Gives Back' sets musical lineup
Bono, Fergie and John Mayer were added to the list of performers who will take the stage as part of "Idol Gives Back," the program's second annual charity event set to air April 9 on Fox. Last year's fundraiser earned $76 million for U.S. and global charities, with acts performing from both "Idol's" home soundstage in Hollywood and the Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles. This year performances will be split between two Hollywood locales -- the home CBS stage and the Kodak Theater. Other music

me and blender failed at #18
33. SEXIN’ ALL NIGHT LONGUsher, Keith Sweat, AC/DC, Prince … we could go on and on about the mack daddies who brag about going on and on—hittin’ it, workin’ it and doing other stuff to it—until the break of dawn. Even Dokken have a song about all-night boning. Two words for all these guys: Shyeah, right! Have you actually ever tried sexin’ it for more than, like, two hours? You get bored. You get sores. You get tired. Call us square, but unless you’re Sting or a crystal-meth addict, an all-n

Celebs Invade Day One of Democratic National Convention in Denver
Day one at the Democratic National Convention — and it's already a celeb fest! Pete Wentz's band Fall Out Boy performed for Rock the Vote (American Idol alum Chris Daughtry hit the sold-out show). "We're throwing the band's name behind the idea of voting," singer Patrick Stump told Usmagazine.com at the concert. "Foreign policy is something that's big for me personally," added lead guitarist...

Should David Cook win American Idol?
First, the good news: each of the final three American Idol contestants are guaranteed record deals and a music career. The bad news? I have this awful feeling in my stomach, the way I sometimes feel after eating too many potato chips, that David Cook is going to win the whole thing. That would be a shame. I know that there are a lot of Cook fans out there, but I'm wondering: have you noticed that he sings just like 88% of the bands you hear on the radio right now? I don't want to call him a poseur, but

Surf the Channel
My friend, Laura (she has two blogs - Chris Daughtry fan and Movie Review Report), told me about another site, similar to hulu.com. It’s surfthechannel.com, and I decided to go check it out. It’s a great site. Its not exactly the same as hulu, because it appears that the television programs and movies on the site are actually loaded elsewhere, but link back to the site. So there’s and upside and a downside. The downside is that you have to go through a couple of links to get to the

Idol Billboard Update for Issue 9/20/08
This week’s Idol Billboard Update…right HERE, so you can follow along! Highlights: Congratulations to David Cook.  “Time Of My Life” takes the #1 position on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart!  He’s the second American Idol, following Kelly Clarkson to take the #1 position, and the 4th Idol, behind Kelly Clarkson, Kimberley Locke and Chris Daughtry.  It’s the 6th Idol song to reach #1. Jennifer Hudson’s “Spotlight” jumped from 60-41 on the Bil

Brad Pitt Gets a Hands-on Welcome at American Idol
Brad Pitt was speechless when he walked onto the American Idol stage Sunday night — literally. The crowd went wild when the actor took the stage at Hollywood’s Kodak Theater to tape a segment for Fox’s second annual Idol Gives Back special, making talking impossible. The crowd jumped to their feet for the hunky superstar, whose efforts to help rebuild housing for families who lost everything in 2005’s Hurricane Katrina were recognized by show. (The broadcast will air Wednesday, April 9.) Af

Idol Headlines for 9/10/08
The Ralphie Report“It” is the singer’s new song, “Crush.” The single made the highest Billboard Hot 100 debut in 18 months, losing out to only Rihanna’s “Disturbia” for the top spot. Archuleta’s forthcoming LP is tentatively self-titled and slated for a November release.Could Archuleta be the next Clay Aiken — a runner-up, small in stature, large in vocals — outshining the season’s winner? He hasn’t reached out to Aiken for any advice, instead leaning on someone a little more relat

Idol Headlines for 8/29/08
Concert review: ‘American Idols Live’“American Idols Live,” the live “victory lap” for David Cook, David Archuleta and the rest of the “American Idol” season 7 finalists, proved on Thursday that the hierarchy of those final 10 singers was hardly a case of luck or chance. Everyone on the Ford Center stage had degrees of strong talent, but as the three-hour concert pressed forward and the Jumbotron counted down to the winner, it was clear why some went home earl