The hit FOX reality show American Idol featured Beatles songs from the John Lennon and Paul McCartney songbook on Tuesday night. The nine remaining contestants made good choices and most received positive praise from the judges — who have been decidedly ultra-critical in recent weeks.
The judges were ‘high’ on 17-year-old Katie Stevens who sang “Let It Be”. Ellen said, “You never looked better and you never sounded better.” Simon said, “Tonight you got it right.”
Crystal Bowersox gave another solid performance with her rendition of “Come Together”, with the accompaniment of a didgeridoo player. This added touch seemed to thrill Simon.
Michael Lynche took some heat from Simon for “Eleanor Rigby”. The head judge felt Big Mike took a slide backwards with the performance that he called “over the top”.
Tim Urban sang “All My Lovin”. The judges all agreed that the song suited him. Simon, who has been very rough on Tim over the past few weeks, was impressed with the fact that Urban “takes criticism like a man, handles himself very well, had no gimmicks and didn’t over sing the song.”
Casey James sang “Jealous Guy”. Simon pronounced his performance the best of the night.
Andrew Garcia sang “Can’t Buy Me Love” and probably fielded the harshest criticism of the night. Simon, who is not a fan, called the performance “corny, old fashioned and irrelevant.”
Aaron Kelly sang “The Long and Winding Road”. The judges weren’t impressed, calling it “long and winding”, “boring”, and “sleepy”.
Siobhan Magnus performed “Across the Universe”. The song was a vast departure from her last few performances and that seemed to confuse Kara, who couldn’t fault the vocals but called it “very restrained and very polite”. Simon, who has not been a fan of her rocker vibe, thought her effort was better than last week.
Rounding out the evening with “Hey Jude” was Lee DeWyze. A man dressed in a Scottish kilt and playing the bag pipes came up behind Lee toward the end of his song. Randy and Ellen were amused and Simon was truly perplexed by it. All of the judges thought DeWyze was starting to believe in himself.
The weakest competitors seemed to be Andrew Garcia and Aaron Kelly. Who will go home?
It was elimination night on Week 3 of the ABC hit show Dancing With the Stars Tuesday night. In the bottom three were Jake Pavelka, Kate Gosselin and Buzz Aldrin. When all the dust settled it was the former astronaut who got sent home.
Buzz and his pro partner Ashly Costa were guests on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night as seen in the video below.
Many were sure that Kate Gosselin had reached the end of the line but she has been given new life, at least for another week.
Kate Major and Michael Lohan at “Halfway to the Jersey Shore Party.” photo: Hugh Dillon/ WENN.com
Michael Lohan and Kate Major are engaged and plan to wed by the end of the year.
Major, 27, made headlines last year when she left her job as a reporter with STAR magazine because of a romance with Jon Gosselin.
Now Major has set her sights on another man who could go up against Gosselin as the world’s worst dad, Michael Lohan, 49.
“Yes, we’re engaged,” Kate told RadarOnline.com. “Michael and I have been talking about it over the last two weeks but we didn’t want to say anything about it because he wanted to ask my father’s permission.”
Lohan also confirmed the engagement to PEOPLE. “I’m ecstatic. I’ve never met anyone who’s been there for me like Kate. She’s always been there for me,” he said.
“The one thing about Kate is that she doesn’t come with baggage,” Lohan told the mag.
We certainly hope this is one of Jim Carrey’s jokes but we fear it is not. Today on his Twitter page, the funny man announced that his five-year relationship with Jenny McCarthy has ended. He ‘tweeted’, “Jenny and I have just ended our 5yr relationship. I’m grateful 4 the many blessings we’ve shared and I wish her the very best! S’okay!”
Jenny also ‘tweeted’, “I’m so grateful for the years Jim and I had together. I will stay committed to Jane (Jim’s daughter) and will always keep Jim as a leading man in my heart.”
Sad! We really thought these two would make it! They seemed so happy and totally devoted to each other. Is it too much to hope that this is a late April Fools joke? The sad truth is that they have become yet another Hollywood relationship statistic.
McCarthy and Carrey have pretty much been inseparable since 2006. There is no word yet on what caused the split, but we will definitely keep you posted as the story develops.
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