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Disney/Gizelle Hernandez Many American Idol alumni have appeared on the show over the years as mentors or performers, but when the show returns Sunday night on ABC, Carrie Underwood will be accomplishing a first: She's the first Idol winner ever to become a judge, which gives her a special insight into how the contestants are feeling."I hope I can bring a different perspective to this show," Carrie says. "I know […]

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for LOVE ROCKS NYC/God's Love We Deliver Cher paid tribute to The King and Alicia Keys remembered a beloved icon at the ninth annual Love Rocks benefit concert on Thursday. The show at New York's Beacon Theatre raised more than $4 million for the charity God's Love We Deliver, which prepares and delivers meals to those too sick to shop or cook for themselves.Alicia opened the show […]

ABC News Lady Gaga has been burned before in love — before her current engagement she had been engaged twice — so it maybe shouldn't come as a surprise that she wanted to make things very clear right away when she began dating her fiancé, Michael Polansky.In an interview with ABC News' Michael Strahan for Good Morning America, Gaga said, "I think I wanted marriage and kids more than anything." She said she and […]

Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Live Nation On Thursday Madonna reposted a photo of herself hugging transgender actress Karla Sofía Gascón. On Friday she decried the marginalization of trans people on her Instagram Story."It breaks my heart to witness the pain of Trans-people who are not accepted by society by a society that fears them because they are different," she wrote. "How can we know what it feels like? Have walked in their […]

Sami Drasin Ahead of his Las Vegas residency engagement in May, Josh Groban is putting out a best-of collection -- and two new songs.Like the residency, the album is called Gems, and it'll be out May 2. It includes signature songs like "You Raise Me Up," "To Where You Are" and "You're Still You," as well as his versions of classics like "Over the Rainbow," "Pure Imagination," "Bridge Over Troubled […]

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for ABA Could the Sphere Las Vegas be turning into Harry's House?Sources tell The New York Post that Harry Styles is in negotiations for a residency at the high-tech venue in Sin City, which has already hosted U2, the Eagles, Phish and Dead & Company and will soon host Kenny Chesney and the Backstreet Boys.The Post says Harry could be doing as many as 35 shows in the second half […]

Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for Spotify Lady Gaga's new album Mayhem is here, and she got fans hyped for it Thursday night by holding a press conference exclusively for her fans.Pre-recorded and streamed on Spotify, the event featured Gaga sitting in front of a room of about 200 Little Monsters in New York City and taking questions randomly.One of the first questions asked produced a good summation of the album. Noting […]

Netflix 40 years ago today -- March 7, 1985 -- "We Are the World" was released. The charity single was recorded Jan. 28 after the American Music Awards, with stars ranging from Bob Dylan and Stevie Wonder to Bruce Springsteen and Tina Turner. Billy Joel was one of the artists participating, and the one thing he didn't like about the experience was "We Are the World" itself."I wasn't that crazy about the […]

Jonas Brothers have announced some more details of their upcoming JonasCon, set for March 23 in New Jersey. They'll be performing, of course, but so will Joe Jonas' side project DNCE, known for their hit "Cake By the Ocean," as well All-American Rejects, little brother Frankie Jonas and Nick Jonas solo. Jay Shetty will also be on hand, and a "special guest" is also promised. Activities ranging from laser tag […]