Currently in the middle of their U.S./Canada LOUD tour, the band R5 made a stop at the House of Blues in Cleveland, OH on April 4th to perform for the fans that they’ve nicknamed R5Family. Consisting of siblings Riker (Jeff the Warbler on Glee), Ross (Austin Moon on Austin & Ally), Rocky, and Rydel Lynch as well as their best friend Ellington Ratliff, this band is all about the fans. Whether you upgraded to the VIP package or you just had general admission tickets, R5 definitely made it an experience that you wouldn’t forget.
Just a warning - the following contains spoilers from Thursday night (April 11)'s episode of Glee.
Last night's episode of Glee was one of the most intense episode of the series as someone fired a gun within the walls of McKinley High School and we saw our favorite characters experience the pain and watched them struggle to cope. Cast member Jacob Artist may be a newcomer this season, but he has quickly become a leading character in the show as Jake. He talked to Just Jared Jr. all about his reaction to Glee taking on school shootings. "When we read the script, we were all really excited because we heard there was this new subject matter we were going to be doing. And once we read it was a school shooting, we were all really intrigued to see how it was going to play out," Jacob said about his first reaction to reading the script. "I actually haven’t seen the episode yet, but I think our director Bradley is phenomenal and I’m sure he did such a great job at just handling the episode with all these new elements to it." "I think we were all honestly a little bit nervous about it because obviously, this is much heavier than what we’re normally used to," he added. Meanwhile another storyline Glee has been doing over the past few episodes is Ryder's online relationship with a girl named "Katie," who appears to be "catfishing" him. In last night's episode when that became obvious Ryder immediately accuses Jake and Marley of pretending to be Katie. Jacob offered his thoughts on why that is. The first promotional pictures for One Direction's upcoming 3D movie, "This Is Us," have hit the web! The images feature the boys getting ready for their sold-out Madison Square Garden concert in New York City as well the boys in sunglasses in director's chairs in a production studio. The movie is produced by Simon Cowell and directed by Morgan Spurlock, who has been documenting the group's world tour.
"For anyone who's a fan of the band, you're gonna get a chance to really see what it's like preparing for one of these big concert tours - a lot of it is about the fans," Simon said about the movie earlier this year. Psy had one of the most unescapable songs of 2012 with "Gangnam Style" and now he has released his follow up track called "Gentleman." The song is the rappers second international release.
"I'm going to release a new single worldwide at the same time!" Psy said in a statement. "I'm also going to have a concert in Korea on April 13, 2013, at the Seoul World Cup Stadium which you can watch live on YouTube. Just for you!" If you have any interest at all in hearing it, you can take a listen to the song via Soundcloud below. You might remember that back in January Taylor Swift announced a new sponsorship deal with Diet Coke and now she star's in a new commercial for the soft drink company. Taylor revealed the commercial to her Twitter followers this week.
The TV spot opens with Taylor sat on the floor alone writing the song lyrics to her latest single, "22," before the advert flicks to fans singing along to the track in places like work or in their car. It then goes on to show tay-tay getting all dressed up for a big show and finishing the track before heading to perform on stage. You can watch Taylor's new Diet Coke commercial below. The last time you may have seen 14-year old Beatrice Miller was when she was eliminated in a double elimination episode of The X-Factor on Thanksgiving night, now she has a record deal! It was announced yesterday that Beatrice, who competed in the teams category with mentor Britney Spears, is the first signing to a new collaborative agreement between Hollywood/Syco Records.
"Syco, along with the creators of The X Factor franchise, have cultivated some of the industry’s leading talent," Ken Bunt, president of Disney Music Group, said in a statement. "We are thrilled about the opportunity to contribute the unique resources we have at Hollywood Records and Disney to showcase Beatrice’s incredible talent." Beatrice joins winner Tate Stevens as well as Carly Rose Sonenclar, Fifth Harmony, and Emblem3 as X-Factor contestants from season 2 who have been signed under the Syco brand. Are you excited to hear new music from Beatrice Miller? Check out her performance of Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" from the show below. Ed Sheeran has unveiled a brand new version of his "Lego House" music video and it's pretty awesome! The music video was given a new makeover and is re-created with real Lego pieces. The new video mirrors the song's original video, which features actor Rupert Grint.
Ed teased the video on his Twitter account earlier this week before unveiling the official lego version of the video yesterday saying: "Well here it is. The Lego stop motion version of the Lego House video !" Check out the Lego version of the video along with the original version of the video below. After getting a request from Shaina to be her date to formal, you can watch that here, Joe Jonas posted this video this morning responding to her request. Looks like Shaina is a pretty lucky girl! She might not have a celebrity date to formal, but she's getting some pretty special consolation prizes! Posted by: Nimo
You probably know that Big Time Rush's James Maslow loves to stay in shape and loves to hit the gym pretty often (after all have you seen his episode of Celebrity Sweat with Nelly??). Anyway, James talked about his workout routines and why he does it in a new interview with OK! Magazine.
"I like to sweat everyday. I like going to the gym," James said. "Part of the characters I want to play in the future are leading man eventually so in terms of that working out is part of my job when I think of it that way because I want to look a certain way." "At 6’1 or 6’2, whatever I might be right now, if I didn’t weight a certain amount I would looks scrawny," he continued. "So that’s part of the motivation for me to go to the gym. Getting there is the toughest part but once I’m there I enjoy it. It’s one of the best stress reliefs ever." If you follow along with James on Twitter you probably know that he works with Eric the Trainer, who has worked with a lot of Hollywood actors. James says that one of the most important things he's learned from him is that diet is a very important part of staying in great shape. It looks like change can be a good thing! The Voice just wrapped up blind auditions this week and the ratings with new coaches Usher and Shakira are already higher than at this point last season with previous coaches Cee-Lo Green and Christina Aguilera. According to Entertainment Weekly, Monday’s (April 8) two-hour The Voice was up 4 percent to its highest rated episode this year, 13.7 million viewers and a 4.9 rating among adults 18-49. This matches the fall edition’s finale as the highest-rated Voice of the season. All this is probably a bit technical, but the point is, it seems like with ratings on the rise for The Voice this season the show isn't dependent on Cee-Lo and Christina and can function without them and do just as well (or even better) in the nightly television ratings. The new ratings news has some speculating if Cee-Lo and Christina will even be brought back for the next season of the show. When the news of Usher & Shakira joining the show hit the web back in September, NBC said the two would always be welcome back to do the show again and were expected to be back for season five of the show - but at this point, if it ain't broke don't fix it, right? What are your thoughts on all this? Is The Voice even better with Usher & Shakira, as the ratings would suggest, or would you like to see Cee-Lo and Christina return as coaches next season? Posted By: Joe Stay connected with the latest in celebrity news and weekly recaps of The Voice from Hit Zone and follow us on Twitter! |