American Idol: Lionel Richie, 70, embraces working from home for first time as top 20 sing remotely

Lionel Richie embraced working from home as American Idol’s top 20 performed remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic on Sunday’s episode of the ABC show.  To make the show work, the top 20 contestants had to rely on ‘groundbreaking technology’ to transmit their sound, though all used the same ring lights and microphones when they … Read more

American Idol recap: ‘Just Sam’ blows away the judges in Hawaii as singers advance to the Top 20

Katy Perry’s jaw dropped as she witnessed the total ‘metamorphosis’ of contestant Just Sam on Sunday’s episode of American Idol. Sam, aka Samantha Diaz, a 21-year old subway busker, grew up in the projects in Harlem, New York, and had never figured that any aspect of her tough life would change. But after her flawless … Read more

American Idol: Katy Perry shares bone broth with Luke Bryan who wonders if he’s ‘Joffrey’ from GoT

Katy Perry revealed the unusual cocktail she drinks to stay healthy while judging contestants on American Idol’s Hollywood Week on Monday. At the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, she and her fellow judges listened again to 167 of the singers who made it through the audition rounds held across the country. Each contestant was asked … Read more

Jordin Sparks and her husband attend Mulan premiere… after she received stern warning from FTC

Grammy nominee Jordin Sparks glammed up for a red carpet date with her husband Dana Isaiah Thomas at the Hollywood premiere of Disney’s live-action Mulan remake on Monday. The 30-year-old American Idol 6 champ and the 27-year-old A Higher Calling author will celebrate their third wedding anniversary on July 16. Posing outside the Dolby Theatre, … Read more

Carrie Underwood shares her husband had to take their two kids into a ‘safe room’

Carrie Underwood has been traveling while promoting her new book Find Your Path. But back at her home in Nashville it has not been so easy. There has been a scary tornado that could have caused a lot of damage. The country singer told Today on Tuesday that her husband Mike Fisher was there to … Read more

American Idol: Jordan Jones wows the judges with Cure cover and then asks girlfriend to marry him

Jordan Jones wowed the American Idol judges Sunday with his cover of Lovesong by The Cure, then asked if he could bring his girlfriend into the room. ‘She’s probably the greatest person that has ever been made,’ the 26-year-old lounge pianist from Scottsdale, Arizona, told Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan. When Leaiara Gavern … Read more