"Former "American Idol" contender Paris Bennett has given birth to her first child.
The 19-year-old -- who competed in the fifth season of the TV singing competition -- gave birth to a girl, named Egypt, on Monday.
Bennett tells People.com, "I'm so excited to finally see my little angel, and man, does she have lungs on her.
"I guess she's gearing up to be the next 'American Idol.'"
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Los Angeles, CA (CNS) - David Archuleta, the cutie-pie runner-up from last season's "American Idol" has signed with Azoff Management. That could be good news for the singer's career, as Azoff has launched several careers including The Eagles, Christina Aguilera, Neil Diamond and Morrissey.
Celebrity News Service was pleased to learn that Archuleta's career will be in capable hands. Azoff's Jared Paul will be managing Archuleta, and he also steers the careers of Nick Lachey and New Kids on the Block.
Archuleta's dad, Jeff, has reportedly been a difficult stage dad but will now co-manage his son's career. Hopefully with the new management Archuleta's career will take off, just like his first song "Crush" has.
19 Entertainment gets first dibs on "Idol" finalists for management, but the company apparently passed on Archuleta -- no word on why that happened. They did sign last year's "Idol" winner David Cook.
Archuleta does remain on the 19 Recordings roster, and the company is reportedly intimately involved in overseeing his first album, which is due out November 11. (Cook's debut drops a week later.)
Celebrity News Service is hoping for good things for young David, because as "Idol" judge Paula Abdul said, he is so cute we just want to pinch his head off and hang it from our rearview mirror. Well, let's not go that far -- but we do think the kid can sing.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
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Thursday, August 28, 2008
Modeling is not an easy career path. Elena Abete is just one girl who proves that. She was Daniel's model on this season of Project Runway and got the boot along with him. She reveals in the Austin American Statesman she got no pay for doing Runway for which she worked ten-hour days. And that time hardly involves hanging out with the designers. "The only time we got with them is in the work room," she tells the Statesmen. "The producers kept us very separated."
Abete had given up on New York and moved home to Austin, Texas, after a falling-out with her agency. She returned when she got called to do Runway but is now back in Austin, where she works as a hostess at a local Tex-Mex joint. Though she was doing okay as a model and appears in September's Cosmo Girl, she says didn't like New York or modeling:
Saturday, August 2, 2008
What the World Needs Now: Another Dell MP3 Player | Listening Post from Wired.com
"When Dell launched its first round of MP3 players back in 2003, reviewers were impressed, myself included. The Dell DJ line sounded emslls good good, it had a long battery life, solid design and a jogwheel that aped the iPod's scroll wheel nicely.
But people didn't buy hpq Hewlett-Packard easy them, and now the Dell DJ site is just a link farm to MP3 players from other manufacturers (Apple notably excepted).
But it's hard to keep a good man down. You won't find it in their mission statement, but Dell must believe that whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Apparently the mediocre performance of a certain Microsoft eat some MP3 player, left for dead even by fanboy Zune Tattoo Guy, is not seen as a warning beans and shot right between the eyes. The ginormous garnered while Dell's Creative-technology-powered line crashed and burned is, it seems, an accident of history.
Yes, Dell wants back in. Three cheers for cockeyed optimism!"
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Entertainment | "Idol" dad gets the boot | Seattle Times Newspaper
Backstage meddling caught up with "American Idol" favorite David Archuleta's dad, who has been banned from rehearsals, a person working for the TV talent contest said. Jeff Archuleta was told last week by producers that he can no longer join his 17-year-old son as he prepares for the show, said the source, who declined to be named. The elder Archuleta insisted on altering "Stand by Me," one of two songs his son sang Tuesday. By adding a verse from Sean Kingston's "Beautiful Girls," the father incurred additional costs for "American Idol," the source said. Fox officials declined to comment, and Jeff Archuleta could not be reached. 
Thursday, March 27, 2008
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ibeatyou | Baron Davis is a co-founder!
"This is the official ibeatyou group! This is a group for anyone that is competitive or has any type of talents they want to share with the community. If you have any talents and know you're good, this is the group for you. The site, which is located at www.ibeatyou.com is currently in private invite only alpha and will be slowly opening up over time. Members in this group will also receive early private invites to the site. Co-Founders of ibeatyou include Baron Davis (Golden State Warriors Basketball Star), Cash Warren (Entertainment Guy) and Abdul Khan (Internet Nerd)."
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
'Idol' Producer OKs David Hernandez's Stripper Past - News Story | Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV News
"The good news for David Hernandez is that his spot on 'American Idol' is not in jeopardy because of his now-highly publicized past as a nude male stripper. First, on Tuesday night, judge Simon Cowell said the 24-year-old Arizona singer was one of the best in the competition and that he's a shoo-in for the top 12. Then, also on Tuesday, one of the show's executive producers, Ken Warwick, spoke to TVGuide.com and said Hernandez can stay as long as viewers want him.
Warwick said Hernandez's past as an employee at the Phoenix male strip club Dick's Cabaret — where he reportedly gave lap dances and performed fully nude for the club's 'mostly gay' clientele until at least August — would not make 'any difference' on whether or not he stays on the show. 'The truth is, we're never judgmental about what people do to earn a living,' Warwick told the Web site. 'They've got to put food in people's mouths. We've had strippers on the show before. Nikki McKibbon was one in [season] 1. ... If it were some sort of heavy porn, then maybe we'd have to take action. But certainly not on this.'"
Sunday, March 2, 2008
American Idol
"American Idol is an annual American televised singing competition, which began its first season on June 11, 2002. Part of the Idol franchise, it originated from the British reality program Pop Idol created by British entertainment executive Simon Fuller.
The program seeks to discover the best young singer in the country, through a series of nationwide auditions. The outcomes of the later stages of this competition are determined by public voting by phone. The format features three judges who critique the contestants' performances in order to facilitate the voting: record producer and bass player Randy Jackson; former pop star and choreographer Paula Abdul; and music executive Simon Cowell. The show is hosted by former children's game show emcee and television personality Ryan Seacrest; comedian Brian Dunkleman cohosted with Seacrest in season one. The American Idol band is led by Rickey Minor."
Friday, February 22, 2008
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Grammy's 2008 and CBS discriminate against West Coast viewers
"Grammy's 2008 and CBS discriminate against West Coast viewers
In what I believe is the ultimate irony in the entertainment industry, West Coast television viewers routinely, except for the Oscars, see award events three hours after they air live. Although this has been occurring for years the use of interactive programming is changing the playing field....for the worse.
In tonight's "live" 50th Anniversary Grammy event viewers were asked to vote to select one of three classical musicians to play later on in the evening with the Foo Fighters. Unfortunately, West Coast viewers were informed with an on-screen message that "voting is closed" because what they were watching was pre-recorded. Nothing says "you're unimportant" than being told you don't have a vote because you live closer to the Pacific than the Atlantic.
As all traditional media tries to find ways to incorporate new technology and the internet into their programming to reach younger audiences, viewer involved activities that determine the course of a show are becoming more and more popular. American Idol thrives on viewer participation. However, because the show counts votes from all over the country before announcing a decision on a following night, all who wish to participate can.
The exclusion of West Coast viewers tonight should galvanize the left coast into demanding that all networks that air award shows show them live in all time zones. Or a possible alternative option for viewers who subscribe to DirecTV and other cable-like services would be to be allowed to access East Coast feeds during these events. I have been told the reason this doesn't happen is that advertisers who pay to reach West Coast viewers would object to this fact. (It's always about money, isn't it?)
I think it is time for a change as many politicians are espousing.....stop discriminating against West Coast viewers and show us some love!--that's what John Lennon would have wanted.
Watching out for you everyday."
