Wednesday, December 8, 2010

David Archuleta Spending New Year's Eve On FOX

David Archuleta will be spending his New Year’s Eve on FOX.

FOX announced yesterday that Archie will be one of the performers on its show, “New Year’s Eve Live.” The show will air Friday, December 31st from 11 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

Nancy O’Dell will host.

Lee DeWyze Goes to Disney World for Christmas

Lee DeWyze will be a part of the Christmas festivities at Walt Disney World…

Lee will sing “Little Drummer Boy” during the Disney Parks Christmas Parade, which will be shown December 25th beginning at noon on ABC.

Ryan Seacrest will again host.

Bo Bice Debuts at the Grand Ole Opry

Bo Bice made his debut at the Grande Ole Opry Monday night.

You can see video of it here.

Adam Lambert Goes Acoustic

Adam Lambert released a new EP this week, “Acoustic Live!

The EP features live performances of “Whataya Want From Me,” “Music Again,” “Aftermath,” “Soaked,” and “Mad World.”

The album is available now on your favorite music download site.

Photo Credit: RCA

More "Idol" Books to Hit the Shelves

We’ll get our most in-depth look behind the scenes of “Idol” in January when one of the premier “Idol” journalists releases his book, according to “USA Today.”

Richard Rushfield, who covered “Idol” for the “Los Angeles Times” for three years and is currently a columnist for “The Daily Beast,” will release “American Idol: The Untold Story” January 18th. The book’s jacket proclaims that the book gets the scoop on “the rivalries, the meltdowns and the departures, the battle of the Simons and the truth behind the voting.”

Also releasing an “Idol” book is another prominent “Idol” journalist, Shirley Halperin (“Entertainment Weekly, “Los Angeles Times, “The Hollywood Reporter.”

Her book, “American Idol: Celebrating 10 Years,” is “a photographic celebration” of the show with 250 color photos.

“Celebrating” is scheduled for release March 1.

Will Kara DioGuardi Dish the Dirt?

This could end up being the greatest thing Kara DioGuardi has ever done…

RadarOnline reported last week that Kara is writing a book entitled “A Helluva High Note: Surviving Life, Love and American Idol.”

Kara said the book is “meant to inspire others to take chances to succeed.” But I’ve got to believe there’s going to be some dirt in there somewhere—or at least I hope so.

The book is scheduled to be released April 26, 2011

Ryan Seacrest Signs a Big New Radio Deal

The rumors were that Ryan Seacrest was looking to scale back his radio operations, but apparently that wasn’t the case.

Or it was, and a lot of zeroes changed his mind…

Ryan has extended his deal with Clear Channel Communications. Financial terms were not released, but it has been reported the deal is worth $60 million over three years.

According to AllAccess.com, Ryan will continue to host his morning show on KIIS-FM, his syndicated show “On Air With Ryan Seacrest,” and “American Top 40.” He’ll also now develop new radio content for syndication and create a joint venture with Clear Channel to explore the creation of a record label, music publishing company and live concert series.

Wow. He really is trying to take over the world, isn’t he?

The deal also gives him more control of the advertisers/marketing deals for his shows.