Facebook.com/TeenChoiceAwardsThe first wave of the Teen Choice Awards nominations have been announced, with Bruno Mars, Maroon 5, Taylor Swift, Phillip Phillips and Pink among this year's nominees.
Bruno is up for Choice Male Artist and Choice R&B Artist. In that first category, he's competing against Phillip Phillips, Justin Bieber, Justin Timberlake and rapper Pitbull. Taylor is up for Choice Female Artist, along with Rihanna and Pink.
But it's the category of Choice Smile that'll probably be the most awkward for Taylor: she's competing against not one, but two of her exes: One Direction's Harry Styles and Taylor Lautner. To make matters worse, one of her best friends, singer and actress Selena Gomez, is also in that category.
Maroon 5 is up for Choice Music Group, going up against fun. and boy bands Big Time Rush, One Direction and The Wanted. The Lumineers are also nominated in the category of Choice Rock Group.The Teen Choice Awards will air August 11, live on Fox from 8-10 p.m. ET. Starting now, fans ages 13-19 can vote once a day in each category for their favorite Teen Choice 2013 nominees at TeenChoiceAwards.com. More nominees in categories like Choice Song and Choice Album will be announced in the coming weeks.Here are the nominees in most of the music categories:
Choice Male ArtistJustin BieberBruno MarsPhillip PhillipsPitbullJustin Timberlake Choice Female ArtistSelena GomezDemi LovatoPinkRihannaTaylor Swift Choice Music GroupBig Time Rushfun.Maroon 5One DirectionThe Wanted
Choice SmileSelena GomezTaylor LautnerDemi LovatoHarry StylesTaylor Swift Choice R&B Artist BeyoncéAlicia KeysBruno MarsMiguelTrey Songz
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Ray Mickshaw / FOXEach year on American Idol, at least one contestant ends up with a nickname, usually bestowed upon them by Ryan Seacrest or, occasionally, one of the judges. This year, it was runner-up Kree Harrison who hit the nickname jackpot: She'll now and forever be known as "Kreedom," thanks to judge Nicki Minaj. Kree says she doesn't mind -- and she also likes all the other variations she's heard on her unusual name this season.
"I think all of the Kree nicknames are funny," she told ABC News Radio backstage at Live with Kelly & Michael. "There's, like, 'Kree-per,' that's my favorite. 'Kree-ture,' 'Kree-ation,' 'In-Kree-Dible,' there's so many. But yeah, my family calls me Kree-dom now! I'm like, 'What?'"
As for whether or not she felt honored that she was the only contestant who Nicki proposed to, and the only one the judge called her "wife," Kree laughed and said, "Of course! Yeah, we've been engaged since Vegas!"
While Kree says that singing in front of the likes of Nicki, Mariah Carey and Keith Urban every week was great, she wasn't necessarily starstruck by them. In fact, she says there's only one person who appeared on Idol all season who she truly couldn't believe she got to meet: Motown legend Smokey Robinson.
"I was geeking out," Kree said of meeting Smokey. "I've never been starstruck in my life. I've lived in Nashville for 13 years; I've met a lot of people. I got to stand in front of Mariah Carey and she literally told me [she liked my singing]...I don't know, that was weird." But meeting Smokey, Kree says, was different.
"I was just, I was floored by what was happening. Yeah, I'm a huge fan," she says.
While Kree was also a fan of all four judges, and is happy she was one of the last two people ever to be critiqued by the departing Randy Jackson, she says she has no clue who should join the panel next season.
"I don't know. I mean, just the fact that, like, those four, this last season [were] so different, I feel like [the producers] know what they're doing. I think it's going to be awesome to figure out who it's going to be."
You can catch Kree on the upcoming American Idols Live tour, which kicks off at the end of next month.
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Facebook.com/MichaelBubleMichael Buble's been famous for 10 years now, and you'd think that all that fame -- and fortune -- would have brought him contentment. But while he's deliriously happy now, thanks to his marriage and his baby on the way, he tells Vanity Fair that for a long time, he was extremely unhappy, mostly due to his insecurity.
"I was not a happy man for many years. Insecure. I never thought I could hold a relationship. No way," he reveals. "Because how could anyone love me if I didn’t? That sounds like a shrink would say it, but it’s the truth."
So what changed? Michael points to a "harsh public breakup" -- possibly referring to his split with actress Emily Blunt -- as forcing him to wake up and realize that he needed to pull himself together. "I was f***ing heartbroken; I had no confidence," he reveals.
Michael admits, "I kept saying to myself, 'You're young, Mike. You're young, and you'll make mistakes and you'll have time to change these things.' Then I started to realize, 'You know what, dude? You're not a kid anymore. You're now in your mid...30s. You have these things inside you, but you ignore them. You push them aside, and you don't want to admit these things to yourself.'"
Eventually, Michael says, it was reading a book called The Power of Now that changed his life.
"I started reading it, and I believed in it," he explains. "I started practicing it, and it was as simple as just being in the moment and being thankful for what I had and every day trying to be grateful and to try to work on myself. It was such a slow process, but it changed my life."
The book, once recommended by Oprah Winfrey, advises readers that they can be transformed simply by becoming deeply conscious of the present moment, or what the author calls "the Now."
Michael tells Vanity Fair, "Literally, if you talk to my mom and dad, they'll tell you that I'm a different son. I'm present."
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Kris Connor/Getty ImagesCarole King will receive the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song at the White House on Wednesday. On the eve of that event, she was celebrated at the Library of Congress with a concert featuring Colbie Caillat and other artists.
King remarked at the Tuesday night concert, “The greatest joy for me is to hear someone interpret my song.” She performed herself, too, entertaining those in attendance with “Now and Forever” and “You’ve Got a Friend."
King also acknowledged the victims of the Oklahoma tornado, saying she would "keep them in our prayers."
On Wednesday night, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will salute King as part of the latest edition of the “In Performance at the White House” series. King, Billy Joel, James Taylor, Gloria Estefan and Trisha Yearwood are among the artists who will perform. The concert will be streamed live on WhiteHouse.gov/Live beginning at 7 p.m. Eastern time.
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NBCThe odds of a Shakira or Usher protégé winning The Voice are pretty slim after Tuesday night's results show.
Team Shakira’s Kris Thomas and Team Usher's Josiah Hawley were eliminated, leaving eight artists still standing in the competition. Amber Carrington of Team Adam Levine and The Swon Brothers of Team Blake Shelton were both saved in the final minutes of the results show.
Usher and Shakira's teams each have only one artist left: Michelle Chamuel and Sasha Allen, respectively. This is Usher and Shakira's first season as a Voice coach.
The telecast began with host Carson Daly again sending the show's thoughts and prayers to the victims of the Oklahoma tornado. He then introduced Blake, who was born and raised in Oklahoma, and Blake's wife, Miranda Lambert. Together, they performed a song they co-wrote and was recorded by Miranda, "Over You."
Red Cross donation information appeared on the screen during the couple's performance.
Later on in the show, Shakira joined her artists for a rendition of The Pretenders' "I'll Stand by You"; Usher took the stage with his artists for a cover of Dusty Springfield's "The Look of Love"; Team Blake, without their coach, sang Alabama's "Mountain Music"; and Team Adam, sans the Maroon 5 frontman, performed The Kiki Dee Band's "I've Got the Music in Me."
The live playoffs roll on next Monday night on NBC.
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Facebook.com/BonJoviJustin Bieber's recent plea at the Billboard Music Awards for people to focus solely on his music and not the other "bull" that surrounds him evidently didn't reach the ears of Jon Bon Jovi. In a new interview, the Bon Jovi frontman warns Justin that if he doesn't do right by his fans, he runs the risk of being seen as an "a**hole."
While speaking with the British paper the Evening Standard, Jon was asked to comment on the fact that Justin angered some of his fans earlier this year by showing up 40 minutes late to a London concert, blaming his tardiness on technical issues. Jon responded that artists who show up late to shows "run the risk of disrespecting their audience members who have worked hard to pay for their ticket, to give you the permission to take two or three hours of their lives -- or in that kid's case, 80 minutes of their lives."
He added, "Do it once, you can be forgiven. Do it enough times and shame on you. They won't have you back. Then it just becomes a cliché. It’s really not cool -- you're an a**hole. Go to f***in' work!"
Jon also discussed the uncomfortable situation he's currently in: having to explain why Richie Sambora has left the band's tour, with no hint as to when he'll be back.
"It’s getting more and more difficult every day to not just sit here and say something... Because all I can say is this -- it's for personal reasons," Jon told the paper. "You have a choice -- you either figure it out, go and grow, not only survive but thrive. Or, you say, 'I hate my brother and I'm gonna quit the band.' "
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Facebook.com/TeenChoiceAwardsThe first wave of the Teen Choice Awards nominations have been announced, with Bruno Mars, Maroon 5, Taylor Swift, Phillip Phillips and Pink among this year's nominees.
Bruno is up for Choice Male Artist and Choice R&B Artist. In that first category, he's competing against Phillip Phillips, Justin Bieber, Justin Timberlake and rapper Pitbull. Taylor is up for Choice Female Artist, along with Rihanna and Pink.
But it's the category of Choice Smile that'll probably be the most awkward for Taylor: she's competing against not one, but two of her exes: One Direction's Harry Styles and Taylor Lautner. To make matters worse, one of her best friends, singer and actress Selena Gomez, is also in that category.
Maroon 5 is up for Choice Music Group, going up against fun. and boy bands Big Time Rush, One Direction and The Wanted. The Lumineers are also nominated in the category of Choice Rock Group.The Teen Choice Awards will air August 11, live on Fox from 8-10 p.m. ET. Starting now, fans ages 13-19 can vote once a day in each category for their favorite Teen Choice 2013 nominees at TeenChoiceAwards.com. More nominees in categories like Choice Song and Choice Album will be announced in the coming weeks.Here are the nominees in most of the music categories:
Choice Male ArtistJustin BieberBruno MarsPhillip PhillipsPitbullJustin Timberlake Choice Female ArtistSelena GomezDemi LovatoPinkRihannaTaylor Swift Choice Music GroupBig Time Rushfun.Maroon 5One DirectionThe Wanted
Choice SmileSelena GomezTaylor LautnerDemi LovatoHarry StylesTaylor Swift Choice R&B Artist BeyoncéAlicia KeysBruno MarsMiguelTrey Songz
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Ray Mickshaw / FOXEach year on American Idol, at least one contestant ends up with a nickname, usually bestowed upon them by Ryan Seacrest or, occasionally, one of the judges. This year, it was runner-up Kree Harrison who hit the nickname jackpot: She'll now and forever be known as "Kreedom," thanks to judge Nicki Minaj. Kree says she doesn't mind -- and she also likes all the other variations she's heard on her unusual name this season.
"I think all of the Kree nicknames are funny," she told ABC News Radio backstage at Live with Kelly & Michael. "There's, like, 'Kree-per,' that's my favorite. 'Kree-ture,' 'Kree-ation,' 'In-Kree-Dible,' there's so many. But yeah, my family calls me Kree-dom now! I'm like, 'What?'"
As for whether or not she felt honored that she was the only contestant who Nicki proposed to, and the only one the judge called her "wife," Kree laughed and said, "Of course! Yeah, we've been engaged since Vegas!"
While Kree says that singing in front of the likes of Nicki, Mariah Carey and Keith Urban every week was great, she wasn't necessarily starstruck by them. In fact, she says there's only one person who appeared on Idol all season who she truly couldn't believe she got to meet: Motown legend Smokey Robinson.
"I was geeking out," Kree said of meeting Smokey. "I've never been starstruck in my life. I've lived in Nashville for 13 years; I've met a lot of people. I got to stand in front of Mariah Carey and she literally told me [she liked my singing]...I don't know, that was weird." But meeting Smokey, Kree says, was different.
"I was just, I was floored by what was happening. Yeah, I'm a huge fan," she says.
While Kree was also a fan of all four judges, and is happy she was one of the last two people ever to be critiqued by the departing Randy Jackson, she says she has no clue who should join the panel next season.
"I don't know. I mean, just the fact that, like, those four, this last season [were] so different, I feel like [the producers] know what they're doing. I think it's going to be awesome to figure out who it's going to be."
You can catch Kree on the upcoming American Idols Live tour, which kicks off at the end of next month.
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Facebook.com/MichaelBubleMichael Buble's been famous for 10 years now, and you'd think that all that fame -- and fortune -- would have brought him contentment. But while he's deliriously happy now, thanks to his marriage and his baby on the way, he tells Vanity Fair that for a long time, he was extremely unhappy, mostly due to his insecurity.
"I was not a happy man for many years. Insecure. I never thought I could hold a relationship. No way," he reveals. "Because how could anyone love me if I didn’t? That sounds like a shrink would say it, but it’s the truth."
So what changed? Michael points to a "harsh public breakup" -- possibly referring to his split with actress Emily Blunt -- as forcing him to wake up and realize that he needed to pull himself together. "I was f***ing heartbroken; I had no confidence," he reveals.
Michael admits, "I kept saying to myself, 'You're young, Mike. You're young, and you'll make mistakes and you'll have time to change these things.' Then I started to realize, 'You know what, dude? You're not a kid anymore. You're now in your mid...30s. You have these things inside you, but you ignore them. You push them aside, and you don't want to admit these things to yourself.'"
Eventually, Michael says, it was reading a book called The Power of Now that changed his life.
"I started reading it, and I believed in it," he explains. "I started practicing it, and it was as simple as just being in the moment and being thankful for what I had and every day trying to be grateful and to try to work on myself. It was such a slow process, but it changed my life."
The book, once recommended by Oprah Winfrey, advises readers that they can be transformed simply by becoming deeply conscious of the present moment, or what the author calls "the Now."
Michael tells Vanity Fair, "Literally, if you talk to my mom and dad, they'll tell you that I'm a different son. I'm present."
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Kris Connor/Getty ImagesCarole King will receive the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song at the White House on Wednesday. On the eve of that event, she was celebrated at the Library of Congress with a concert featuring Colbie Caillat and other artists.
King remarked at the Tuesday night concert, “The greatest joy for me is to hear someone interpret my song.” She performed herself, too, entertaining those in attendance with “Now and Forever” and “You’ve Got a Friend."
King also acknowledged the victims of the Oklahoma tornado, saying she would "keep them in our prayers."
On Wednesday night, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will salute King as part of the latest edition of the “In Performance at the White House” series. King, Billy Joel, James Taylor, Gloria Estefan and Trisha Yearwood are among the artists who will perform. The concert will be streamed live on WhiteHouse.gov/Live beginning at 7 p.m. Eastern time.
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NBCThe odds of a Shakira or Usher protégé winning The Voice are pretty slim after Tuesday night's results show.
Team Shakira’s Kris Thomas and Team Usher's Josiah Hawley were eliminated, leaving eight artists still standing in the competition. Amber Carrington of Team Adam Levine and The Swon Brothers of Team Blake Shelton were both saved in the final minutes of the results show.
Usher and Shakira's teams each have only one artist left: Michelle Chamuel and Sasha Allen, respectively. This is Usher and Shakira's first season as a Voice coach.
The telecast began with host Carson Daly again sending the show's thoughts and prayers to the victims of the Oklahoma tornado. He then introduced Blake, who was born and raised in Oklahoma, and Blake's wife, Miranda Lambert. Together, they performed a song they co-wrote and was recorded by Miranda, "Over You."
Red Cross donation information appeared on the screen during the couple's performance.
Later on in the show, Shakira joined her artists for a rendition of The Pretenders' "I'll Stand by You"; Usher took the stage with his artists for a cover of Dusty Springfield's "The Look of Love"; Team Blake, without their coach, sang Alabama's "Mountain Music"; and Team Adam, sans the Maroon 5 frontman, performed The Kiki Dee Band's "I've Got the Music in Me."
The live playoffs roll on next Monday night on NBC.
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Facebook.com/BonJoviJustin Bieber's recent plea at the Billboard Music Awards for people to focus solely on his music and not the other "bull" that surrounds him evidently didn't reach the ears of Jon Bon Jovi. In a new interview, the Bon Jovi frontman warns Justin that if he doesn't do right by his fans, he runs the risk of being seen as an "a**hole."
While speaking with the British paper the Evening Standard, Jon was asked to comment on the fact that Justin angered some of his fans earlier this year by showing up 40 minutes late to a London concert, blaming his tardiness on technical issues. Jon responded that artists who show up late to shows "run the risk of disrespecting their audience members who have worked hard to pay for their ticket, to give you the permission to take two or three hours of their lives -- or in that kid's case, 80 minutes of their lives."
He added, "Do it once, you can be forgiven. Do it enough times and shame on you. They won't have you back. Then it just becomes a cliché. It’s really not cool -- you're an a**hole. Go to f***in' work!"
Jon also discussed the uncomfortable situation he's currently in: having to explain why Richie Sambora has left the band's tour, with no hint as to when he'll be back.
"It’s getting more and more difficult every day to not just sit here and say something... Because all I can say is this -- it's for personal reasons," Jon told the paper. "You have a choice -- you either figure it out, go and grow, not only survive but thrive. Or, you say, 'I hate my brother and I'm gonna quit the band.' "
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