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AUDITIONS UNDERWAY FOR “DANCE”, ABOUT TO START FOR “FACTOR”

Posted on February 14, 2013February 14, 2013

LOS ANGELES (AP) – They’re short two judges, but auditions for “The X Factor” begin next month. The first auditions will be held March 6 in Los Angeles. After that, there will be stops in Charleston, New Orleans, Long Island and Denver. You can also audition online until June 15. More information is on the X Factor website.

Meanwhile, auditions for the tenth season of “So You Think You Can Dance” continue in Boston on February 21. There have already been auditions in Austin and Detroit. Still to come are casting calls in Memphis and Los Angeles. Whoever nails the auditions will get a ticket to Vegas for call-backs. That’s when they’ll work with choreographers and be judged in several different styles of dance. The best of those people will make it to the live competition episodes this summer.

SHOWTIME TO AIR “HISTORY OF THE EAGLES”–GOOD, BAD AND UGLY

Posted on February 14, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) – The documentary on The Eagles has an unusual moment for a rock film: it shows the exact moment they fell apart. “History of The Eagles” contains film footage of a political fundraiser in 1980. Don Felder didn’t want to be there and Glenn Frey didn’t like his attitude. The Eagles stayed apart for 14 years after that. Felder even breaks down while talking about that incident all these years later. Frey says they agreed to do the film while everyone was still healthy and could still remember things. “History of The Eagles” runs in two parts on Showtime tomorrow and Saturday.

LADY GAGA SAYS “TA-TA” TO TOUR

Posted on February 14, 2013

NASHVILLE (AP) – The Lady Gaga tour is off. She has a tear in her right hip that’s bad enough to require surgery. She’ll need recovery time as well. Lady Gaga had 21 dates left on her “Born This Way Ball” tour. Earlier this week, she postponed four dates after saying she had hurt herself a while ago but had hidden the injury. It got worse over the last month and she was unable to walk after Monday’s show in Montreal. Ticket refunds will be given.

CARRIE UNDERWOOD IS AN “AMERICAN IDOL” FAN

Posted on February 13, 2013February 13, 2013

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Carrie Underwood is still an avid fan of “American Idol.” She says she’s seen every episode except one this season.

Underwood says she recently talked to Keith Urban and he’s having a great time. And as for Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey, Underwood diplomatically says “there’s an interesting balance that’s going on” with the judges’ panel and “it makes it interesting.”

FEBRUARY 13 ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY

Posted on February 13, 2013

On February 13th, 1961, Frank Sinatra unveiled his own record label, Reprise. Sinatra did not have a very high opinion of rock music, but the label would release recordings by The Beach Boys, Jimi Hendrix and The Kinks.

In 1972, Led Zeppelin had to cancel a concert in Singapore after authorities would not let the group off the plane because of their long hair.

In 1982, a 300-pound marker on the grave of Lynyrd Skynyrd singer Ronnie Van Zant was stolen from an Orange Park, Florida, cemetery. Police found it two weeks later in a dry river bed.

In 1991, a helicopter carrying actor Kirk Douglas collided with a stunt plane over an airport in California. Douglas suffered cuts and bruises. Two people on the plane were killed.

In 1997, Michael Jackson and then-wife Debbie Rowe became parents to a son named Prince.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Kim Novak is 80. Actor George Segal (“Just Shoot Me”) is 79. Singer-bassist-actor Peter Tork of The Monkees is 71. Actress Carol Lynley is 71. Actress Stockard Channing is 69. Talk show host Jerry Springer is 69. Actor Bo Svenson (“Walking Tall”) is 69. Singer Peter Gabriel is 63. Actor David Naughton is 62. Bassist Peter Hook of New Order and Joy Division is 57. Actor Matt Salinger is 53. Singer Henry Rollins is 52. Actor Neal McDonough (“Boomtown”) is 47. Singer Freedom Williams (C & C Music Factory) is 47. Actress Kelly Hu (“Martial Law”) is 45. Bassist Todd Harrell of 3 Doors Down is 41. Singer Feist is 37. MC Natalie Stewart of Floetry is 34. Actress Mena Suvari is 34.

UKRAINIAN PRANKSTER ARRESTED FOR GOING ON STAGE WITH ADELE

Posted on February 13, 2013

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The guy who jumped on stage as Adele accepted her Grammy on Sunday may look familiar to Will Smith. It’s the same Ukrainian journalist who tried to kiss Smith during a movie premiere in Moscow last year and Smith slapped him.

Vitalii Sediuk says he snuck into the Grammys behind Katy Perry and no one asked him for a ticket. He believes he sat in Adam Levine’s seat. Sediuk says he spontaneously decided to go on stage with Adele, but Jennifer Lopez pulled him away.

Sediuk was arrested and spent the night in jail. He has a court date next month to face a trespassing charge. Now he’s appealing to Adele. In his words, “Oh Adele. Help me not to go to jail.”

LADY GAGA POSTPONING SHOWS

Posted on February 13, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) — Lady Gaga says she’s “heartsick” to postpone four shows. But an injury has left her unable to walk. The first of those shows are tonight and tomorrow in Chicago, and then this weekend in Detroit and Hamilton, Ontario.

Lady Gaga says she has a severe joint inflammation that left her immobile after Monday’s concert in Montreal. She says she’s been hiding her condition for sometime now and didn’t even tell her staff.

Lady Gaga tweeted she’s been praying it would heal. Makeup dates for the missed shows will be announced later.

IT’S FANS VS. FAVORITES IN NEW SEASON OF “SURVIVOR”

Posted on February 13, 2013

LOS ANGELES (AP) – “Survivor” returns tonight with an edition of “Fans Versus Favorites.” Ten fans will compete against ten of their favorite players from past seasons in Caramoan in the Philippines. One of the Favorites started out as a fan from the first “Fans Versus Favorites.” Erik Reichenbach is the guy who was voted off after giving up his immunity necklace. The 10 fans competing include a race car driver and an Iraq War veteran.

STYX, REO SPEEDWAGON, TED NUGENT PLANNING ANOTHER MIDWEST TOUR

Posted on February 13, 2013

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Styx, REO Speedwagon and Ted Nugent are planning to return to what Styx guitarist James Young calls “the juggernaut of megatainment.” They will do the Midwest Rock ‘n Roll Express tour for a second year beginning April 18 in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Styx singer Tommy Shaw says, “You might need to take the next day off after riding this glorious train.” REO Speedwagon singer Kevin Cronin says they had so much fun last year they want to do it again. Nugent says his shows are “an indescribable celebration” and “Styx and REO deserve me.”

TV TONIGHT: THE LADIES FACE HOLLYWOOD WEEK ON ‘IDOL’

Posted on February 13, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) – It’s the ladies’ turn for Hollywood Week for “American Idol.” Last week the guys competed. Contestants Maddie Assel (uh-SEL’) says she’s looking forward to it and dreading it. She says Hollywood Week is known for testing limits and she predicts she’ll lose her voice. However, she says the people she’ll meet will be “life-changing.”