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Last Update on May 17, 2012 07:12 GMT
JOSHUA LEDET: WOWS "AMERICAN IDOL" JUDGES
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- It's up to the voters to decide -- but if the "American Idol" judges had their way, the winner of last night's competition would be Joshua Ledet. The Louisiana native got all three judges singing his praises -- and predicting he will be one of the two finalists left after the voting public has its say. During last night's performance show, each of the three remaining finalists did three songs. One was picked by the judges, one picked by mentor Jimmy Iovine and one was chosen by the singers. Ledet performed Etta James' "I'd Rather Be Blind," John Lennon's "Imagine" and "No More Drama" by Mary J. Blige. Jessica Sanchez also scored big with the judges, except for her take on "I'll Be There," which judge Randy Jackson rated as "just OK." And after getting a split decision on his first two songs, Phillip Phillips impressed the judges with the Bob Seger song "We've Got Tonight." Jackson called that his "best performance on the show ever." One more singer will be eliminated tonight -- leaving the final two to battle for this year's Idol title.
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American Idol site: http://www.americanidol.com
Steven Tyler predicts Jessica Sanchez will win it all. COURTESY: Fox ((mandatory on-air credit))
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Excerpt of Phillip Phillips, performing "Disease"
Excerpt of Phillip Phillips, performing "Disease." COURTESY: Fox ((mandatory on-air credit))
<<CUT ..004 (05/17/12)>> 00:14 "in your sleep"
Randy Jackson, judge
The crowd doesn't like it when the judges criticize Phillip Phillips. COURTESY: Fox ((mandatory on-air credit))
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Excerpt of Joshua Ledet, performing "No More Drama"
Excerpt of Joshua Ledet, performing "No More Drama." COURTESY: Fox ((mandatory on-air credit))
<<CUT ..006 (05/17/12)>> 00:18 "is like, ahh (cheers)"
Jennifer Lopez, judge
The judges give Joshua raves again. COURTESY: Fox ((mandatory on-air credit))
WHITNEY HOUSTON: TRIBUTE FOR LATE SINGER AT BILLBOARD AWARD
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Those who were disappointed at the way the Grammys handled the tribute to Whitney Houston the day after she died can see the music industry take another crack at it on Sunday. The 2012 Billboard Music Award will feature a special honor for the singer. She will be given the Billboard Millennium Award -- and some of her music will be performed by John Legend and Jordin Sparks. Sparks co-stars with Houston in her final movie, "Sparkle," which was finished before she died in February. Houston's daughter, Bobbi Kristina, and sister-in-law, Pat Houston will be on hand for awards show in Las Vegas. It airs live on ABC at 8 p.m., Eastern time.
WHITNEY HOUSTON: GOSPEL SINGER WHO GAVE EULOGY CARJACKED
DETROIT (AP) -- The singer who delivered the eulogy at Whitney Houston's funeral has been the victim of a carjacking in his native Detroit. Gospel star Marvin Winans had his car swiped from him yesterday while filling his tank at a gas station on the city's west side. Police say the suspects fled with an unknown amount of cash -- as well as with Winans' SUV. Though he's well known in the Detroit area, Winans believes his attackers didn't recognize him.
CHUCK BROWN: GO-GO CREATOR DIES, WAS WASHINGTON D.C. MUSIC LEGEND
WASHINGTON (AP) -- He may not have been well known outside the nation's capital. But Chuck Brown was as much a part of the Washington D.C. fabric as any politician or marble monument in town. Brown helped craft and popularize go-go music -- a mixture of funk, soul and Latin party sounds. Brown has passed away. He was 75 and had pneumonia. D.C. mayor Vincent Gray says the nation's capital will be a different place without him. Brown's biggest hit was "Bustin' Loose" with his group, the Soul Searchers -- which spent several weeks at the top of the R&B chart in 1979. Nelly sampled "Bustin' Loose" in 2002 for his Grammy-winning rap hit "Hot in Herre." Filmmaker Spike Lee also counted himself as a fan of Brown's, using go-go in his movie "School Daze."
Archive audio of Chuck Brown performing "Bustin' Loose." (Funk singer Chuck Brown has died at the age of 75)
TIA MOWRY: LEAVING "THE GAME" BEHIND
NEW YORK (AP) -- Tia Mowry is giving up "The Game." Or The Game is giving her up. It's unclear which way it went down. But the fact is, she won't be back when the BET show's sixth season rolls around. A rep for Mowry confirmed the news -- but provided no details about why she's leaving the show. Mowry stars as Melanie Barnett-Davis, a med school grad and wife of football star Derwin Davis, played by Pooch Hall. The show aired on the CW for three seasons, then was picked up by BET after nearly two years of being off the air. Meanwhile Tia and sister Tamera (tah-MEHR'-ah) will be doing a second season of their reality show, which airs on Style Network.
YVETTE NICOLE BROWN: NOT STRESSING OVER "COMMUNITY"
PASADENA, California (AP) -- Some actors get all worked up over whether their TV show is picked up for another season. Then, there's Yvette Nicole Brown. She says she has "no angst about" whether "Community" returns to the NBC lineup next season. Brown says she's learned in life that -- as she put it: "everything is survivable until the last thing that's not survivable." And she notes that in the big picture, whether a TV show stays on the air or not is "not the end of everything." She says the show is like being on a ride -- you get on it and stay on as long as the ride is available -- and when it isn't, you hop off and when the next ride comes along, you "take that ride." The season finale for Community is tonight.
Yvette Nicole Brown says she's not worrying about whether next sesaon will be the last for "Community."
JUNIOR SEAU: RESTAURANT OWNED BY FORMER NFL STAR TO CLOSE
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Junior Seau is gone. And so is the restaurant that was operated by the former San Diego Chargers star who committed suicide two weeks ago. The eatery, called simply The Restaurant was opened by Seau in 1996 in Mission Valley. Trustees of Seau's estate say they decided to close the restaurant out of respect for Seau's legacy. The restaurant's web site calls the eatery San Diego's largest sports-themed restaurant.
JUNIOR SEAU: BICYCLE STOLEN FROM DEAD PLAYER'S HOME RECOVERED
OCEANSIDE, California (AP) -- A footnote to the Junior Seau case. Police have recovered a bicycle stolen from Seau's Oceanside, California home days after his suicide. Police say a woman called yesterday after seeing a bike matching the description of the one that disappeared from Seau's garage. After the bike was identified as the one that belonged to Seau, they got in touch with the person who had it. He told police he bought the bike from a man in Oceanside on May 8. The man with the bike has been ruled out as a suspect -- but police have made no arrests.
FORMER HOUSTON POLICE OFFICER ACQUITTED IN BEATING OF BLACK TEEN
HOUSTON (AP) -- Some community leaders in Houston were calling it another example of police brutality against minorities -- and that was before a jury acquitted one of the officers accused of beating a black teenage burglary suspect. Andrew Blomberg was the first of four fired police officers to stand trial for their roles in the alleged beating of Chad Holley during a daylight arrest in March, 2010. Community activists gathered in the hallway outside the courtroom yelled "Racism!" and "Injustice!" after hearing the outcome yesterday. One leader said the verdict says to every black child in the city that -- quoting here -- "your life is not worth manure."
PROBE LAUNCHED INTO WEB SITE SET UP BY MOM OF MAN WHO KILLED EIGHT
HARTFORD, Connecticut (AP) -- Officials in Connecticut are investigating a web site set up by the mother of the black man who killed eight employees at a Manchester beer distribution warehouse. The site by Lillie Holliday is set up as a memorial for her son, Omar Thornton -- and seeks donations to fight institutionalized racism. Thornton killed eight people and wounded two others on August 3, 2010, at his workplace. Just before the shooting, he was fired for stealing beer. But before he killed himself, he called 911 and said he worked at "a racist place" and that he and fellow blacks had been treated badly. He added: "I wish I could have got more of the people." A police investigation concluded there was no evidence to support the claim of racism.
QUINCY JONES-MICHAEL JACKSON: LOOKING BACK
UNDATED (AP) -- On this date in 1985, Columbia Records presented the USA for Africa organization with the first royalty check for the "We Are the World" recording. Proceeds from the all-star recording session went to African famine relief. The recording session was produced by Quincy Jones and the title song, "We Are The World" was co-written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie.
2 LIVE CREW: LOOKING BACK
UNDATED (AP) -- On this date in 1994, 2 Live Crew rapper Luther Campbell was charged in Miami with aggravated assault. The rap star was accused of aiming a gun at his wife and threatening to kill her.
JOHNNY `GUITAR' WATSON: LOOKING BACK
UNDATED (AP) -- On this date in 1996, guitarist and singer Johnny "Guitar" Watson died of a heart attack on stage in Yokohama, Japan. He was 61. Many modern day rock stars say they were influenced by Watson's playing, and samples of his guitar riffs have turned up in rap recordings by Snoop Doggy Dogg and Ice Cube. Watson's best-selling album was "A Real Mother For Ya," which made it into the top 20 in 1977.
TAJ MAHAL: LOOKING BACK
UNDATED (AP) -- A birthday today for blues singer Taj Mahal. He's 70. Born in New York City, Taj Mahal was signed to Columbia Records in 1967. His albums have contained a variety of musical styles, from blues and traditional jazz to Cajun music and reggae.
GEORGE JOHNSON: BIRTHDAY
UNDATED (AP) -- A birthday today for one half of The Brothers Johnson. Singer-guitarist George Johnson turns 59.
O'DELL-DARNELL VAN RENSALIER: BIRTHDAY
UNDATED (AP) -- It's a birthday for a member of the group Mint Condition. Guitarist O'Dell turns 47 today.
And a member of the group Shai also has this day as a birthday. Darnell Van Rensalier turns 42 today.
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