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It probably doesn’t come as too much of a surprise that Tim Urban’s performance from Tuesday night landed him the bottom three on American Idol… and he probably would’ve gone home had it not been for the reinstatement of the judges’ save ability. Yes! Tim Urban was the first to receive Simon Cowell and the other judges’ blessing by being saved. So it’s back to the drawing board for him. Since he’s been saved, he’s probably going to have to come up with one amazing performance next time because it already looks like his amazingly abundant supply of good fortune is running out.

You can try to run away from Bieber fever but it’s bound to find you sooner or later. The pop sensation known as Justin Bieber has recently announced his first headlining, 40-city North American tour with special guest Sean Kingston. If the number of concert stops wasn’t enough to shock you, the singer is also performing at huge venues! Justin’s tour will kick off on June 23rd at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut and wrap up on September 4th at The Great Allentown Fair in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Fan club members can get ahead by grabbing tickets on March 18.

Miley Cyrus has warned against the perils of the internet, urging teens to take up sports instead.

The teen star of Hannah Montana, who famously ditched her Twitter account last year in an attention-grabbing video, said texting, Twitter and Facebook “wastes your life”, the Sun reports.

The newspaper ran an article by a psychotherapist writer that takes Cyrus’ warning seriously, noting the social-networking sites and computer games could be making teens depressed.

The writer cites the agitation teens experience when they don’t get an instant reply to a text and a “euphoric high” that accompanies playing a computer game, only to be followed by a crushing low-point.

The author, leading UK psychologist Steve Pope, claims: “I have spent the past year researching mobile phones, the internet and computer games and their effect on the mind.

“And I have one conclusion: they have the same effect on a child’s brain as a line of cocaine – a high, followed by a devastating low.

“We live in an world where instant communication reigns, but it means children have speedier access to the ills of our society than ever before.”

Source: Splash News

The Top 12 aspiring singers of American Idol have sung, you’ve placed your votes, now all that’s left is to reveal the results. Tim, Urban, Paige Miles and Lacey Brown were revealed to be in the bottom three. If you knew just that, it’s a tough one to pick. Tim looks as if he’s got a huge backing, Paige finally had a decent performance and Lacey has survived terrible performances week after week. Before the elimination, Ryan Seacrest announced that the Judges’ Save has returned. If all 4 judges agree, they can save someone from elimination all the way down to the Top 5. However, that wasn’t the case as Lacey was revealed to be the one going home.

Lady Gaga recently announced the dates for the 2010 North American Monster Ball Tour. Tickets for the princess of pop’s show will be going on sale on March 19th. In an interview with Ryan Seacrest, the singer said “It’s still called Monster Ball, but it’s more of a musical and less of a concert. It has a New York theme, it’s a story, and the story is that me and my friends are in New York and we’re going to the Monster Ball, and we get lost.” The tour will kick off with a June 28th concert in Montreal and will wrap up on September 19th in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Step right up. Cheryl Cole has a guardian angel in the form of Simon Cowell.

The X-Factor darling whose marriage imploded in the most humiliating of circumstances could find herself with a seat on the Vegas caravan.

The UK newspaper The Mirror reports Cole has made it clear she likes America, and Cowell rates the tiny starlet.

Cowell’s X-Factor export to the US could be the biggest thing in entertainment this decade.

The rumoured addition of Cole, who has the experience of judge and contestant, is gaining ground in the wake of her marriage split.

According to the paper, Cowell has been in talks with execs for a $2.2 million deal with Cole.

Cowell said: “I took more of a gamble taking Piers Morgan to the States. Cheryl will be loved immediately. We’ve got to nail her down.”

One source said:”Getting the right combination for the panel is imperative and Cheryl ticks all the boxes. She is sassy, sexy, confident and knows her stuff musically. Her profile may not be large on Stateside yet, but that is not a huge mountain to climb. In fact, Simon thinks it will work to his advantage as there’s an element of mystery about her that is lacking from so many US stars. The money on offer is huge, but Simon knows it has to be a lot to persuade her to uproot and move over, albeit temporarily.”

Source: Splash News

Ke$ha will be performing her smash single ‘Blah Blah Blah’ during the American Idol results show tonight. The 23-year old singer went on her Twitter a couple of days ago to say “Party time american idol woot t minus 3 dayz.” Fellow pop singer Orianthi will also perform her hit ‘According to You’. And if that wasn’t enough for you, American Idol champ David Cook is also supposed to take the stage, tweeting “Oh and I brought a present back for everyone. We’ll be performing on Idol this Wednesday! Be sure to check it out!” 3 great performers and an elimination – what more can you ask for?

Joe Jonas is no longer a single guy as he is now reportedly dating fellow Disney star Demi Lovato. The princess let a few details about her new romance slip out while chatting on Billy Bush radio show and it seems that she is quite enchanted with the pop singer. When asked if she had ever dated one of the Jonas Brothers, Demi said “Ummm, maybe.” The host pressed on and asked if it was Joe to which Demi replied “Yeah. He’s actually… he’s my best friend.” When Billy asked if they went from boyfriend-girlfriend to best friends Demi said that it was the opposite and that they were dating now and said “Umm, yeah he is my best friend and he is incredible… [He's a] complete gentleman… [He] treats me to the most amazing places… He’s perfect.”

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony took place March 15, 2010 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City
2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
* ABBA
* Genesis
* The Hollies
* Jimmy Cliff
* The Stooges

Non-Performers:
* David Geffen
* Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
* Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry
* Jesse Stone
* Mort Shuman
* Otis Blackwell

Lady Gaga finally released the music video extravaganza that is ‘Telephone’ last week and I am amazed with her ability to infuse social commentary into her high concept clips. The pop singer talked about the video’s concept and how she got Quentin Tarantino’s approval, saying “There certainly is a Tarantino-inspired quality in the video. I mostly love the way he uses different forms to create something new. His direct involvement in the video came from him lending me the Pussy Wagon. We were having lunch one day in Los Angeles and I was telling him about my concept for the video and he loved it so much he said, ‘You gotta use the Pussy Wagon.’”

Robert Pattinson has revealed that he wants to release an album later this year but he’s having some trouble balancing his music career and acting. The ‘Twilight’ actor said “I want to do an album at the end of the year. All my friends are recording albums and I’m very annoyed about it. I can play the guitar and piano, but I can’t do two things at once. I don’t know how people like Jennifer Lopez can act and then also sing. Hopefully I’ll find some time to get it together.” Who knew that he was actually a fan of JLo? I can envision the hysteria for him as a singer now.

Lady Gaga announced tour dates
Lady Gaga will kick of first gig in Montreal on june 28
Lady Gaga North American Tour Dates List:

June 28 – Montreal, QC at Bell Centre
July 1 – Boston, MA at TD Garden
July 4 – Atlantic City, NJ at Boardwalk Hall
July 6- New York, NY at Madison Square Garden
July 11 – Toronto, ON at Air Canada Centre
July 14 – Cleveland, OH at Quicken Loans Arena
July 15 – Indianapolis, IN at Conseco Fieldhouse
July 17 – St. Louis, MO at Scottrade Center
July 20 – Oklahoma City, OK at Ford Center
July 22 – Dallas, TX at American Airlines Center
July 25 – Houston, TX at Toyota Center
July 28 – Denver, CO at Pepsi Center
July 31 – Phoenix, AZ at US Airways Center
August 3 – Kansas City, MO at Sprint Center
August 11 – Los Angeles, CA at Staples Center
August 13 – Las Vegas, NV at MGM Grand
August 16 – San Jose, CA at HP Pavilion
August 19 – Portland, OR at Rose Garden
August 21 – Tacoma, WA at Tacoma Dome
August 23 – Vancouver, BC at General Motors Place
August 26 – Edmonton, AB at Rexall Place
August 30 – St. Paul, MN at Xcel Energy Center
September 1 – Milwaukee, WI at Bradley Center
September 4 – Detroit, MI at The Palace of Auburn Hills
September 5 – Pittsburgh, PA at Consol Energy Center
September 7 – Washington, DC at Verizon Center
September 8 – Charlottesville, VA at John Paul Jones Arena
September 14 – Philadelphia, PA at Wachovia Center
September 16 – Hartford, CT at XL Center
September 18 – Charlotte, NC at Time Warner Cable Arena
September 19 – Raleigh, NC at RBC Center

The Brazilian model who is slowly turning into a pop singer has recently admitted that ever since he’s been with Madonna he has felt like he is a married man with a family. This is what Jesus Luz said on the matter: “I consider myself a married man. I have a family. At my age, my father was also married. My mother gave birth to me when she was 15.” Yes, that really is the same thing, isn’t it? Madonna probably feels super-psyched that her boy toy thinks he’s the new father of her children now, even though they’re not really actually married. Oh well, at least Jesus Luz thinks he’s upholding the family tradition.

Not even a month has passed since the rapper got admitted into his new “home” and already the officials are making life harder and harder for poor Lil Wayne. It looks like he has been prohibited from signing any autographs of publicizing his celebrity there in any way. It looks like they want Lil Wayne to just be a plain old convict just like the others. This is probably a golden opportunity for the rapper to get some really solid, on the field experience about prison life, just think of all the songs he could write afterwards! Lil Wayne would be a fool not to take advantage of it… and he probably won’t.

Miley Cyrus has thanked the screenwriter of new movie The Last Song for helping her get together with co-star Liam Hemsworth.

The 17-year-old is dating Aussie actor Hemsworth after meeting on the set of the movie and she said it was the screenplay, which was written by the book’s author Nicholas Sparks, that brought them together.

She said: “I owe Nicholas big time.”

Cyrus added that she helped Sparks to write a part for her: “I like music and hot Australians. I was trying to make him write that in.”

The Hannah Montana beauty admitted that she fell for Hemsworth the moment he came in for an audition.

She said: “He opened the door for me, and I was like: ‘He’s got the part.’ And they were like: ‘Let’s read with him first.’”

Source: Splash News

For those of you who were absolutely baffled as to how Mariah Carey became such a huge success in Brazil, I have the reason for you. The curvaceous singer’s cover of Foreigner’s ‘I Want to Know What Love is’ has been on the Brazilian music charts for 20 consecutive weeks at the top spot and it the longest chart topper in the country’s history. It turns out that Mariah’s song was turned into the theme song for one of Brazil’s popular soap operas, ‘Viver a Vida’. The fact that it’s been tied into the soap opera explains the popularity of her song. It doesn’t necessarily mean that they love her.

It seems that Chris Brown is a little distraught about his career lately. The singer has taken to an on-line voice-messaging site called SayNow to complain about how radio stations aren’t playing his songs anymore. This is what Chris Brown’s message reveals: “A lot of radio stations aren’t playing my records. They are not being that supportive and I wouldn’t expect them to.” He also seems to be pleading with his fans to try and help bring him back. What does Chris Brown expect them to do, though, pass out flyers? And the false modesty with the radio thing won’t score him too many popularity points either.

It seems the first contestants to go home are from among the girls of American Idol. And America has decided that it should be Katelyn Epperly and Lily Scott. Katelyn Epperly didn’t give much of a farewell speech, but apparently limited herself to saying the usual: “It was definitely a great experience, and I’ve learned a ton.” Ah yes, the disheartened bull stuff of anyone who is forced to go home before their time. Lily Scott however does allow herself to be a bit more emotional: “I don’t know, I thought I did really well. I thought I was appealing to a lot of people. I don’t know what America wants to hear. I don’t.” Well, at least she had the decency to let it all out. So it’s down to just six more girls now… the end draws near.

I knew that the results would be bad when Ryan Seacrest started off the show by saying we could be in for a surprise or two. Before the American Idol top 12 were revealed, we were treated with the top 16 singing Michael Buble’s ‘Just Haven’t Met You Yet’. It looked like a reunion of the Brady Bunch. Scott McEntyre and Matt Giraud also returned to the AI stage with a duet straight from Elton John and Billy Joel, complete with pianos. As for who got eliminated, Kaitlyn Epperly, Todrick Hall, Alex Lambert and Lilly Scott failed to make it to the top 12. Kaitlyn and Todrick I understand but Lilly and Alex, come on! Even though I didn’t care about Lilly’s Patsy Cline cover, she’s more talented than a few of the girls left. And I thought Alex hit it out of the park with ‘Trouble’. I am seriously disappointed.

Wayne Coyne, the lead singer for The Flaming Lips, is trying to get Justin Timberlake to star in the band’s new movie. Justin played the bass guitar with the band during Top of the Pops back in 2003. Wayne is looking to tap a number of celebrities for their follow up to 2008’s ‘Christmas on Mars’. He said “I’m in the process of begging [Timberlake]. If I’m lucky I’ll be able to wear him down in another year. [I want] celebrities to show up and have fun with us for a couple of nights… My only goal was that I didn’t have to build space station-looking sets every time I wanted to have someone say something. This one is set in someone’s house, a backyard and a slaughterhouse; all those are available to me right here.”