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Christian Aguilera Paid $10 Million for Third Season of “The Voice”

Although she is coming out of her divorce from Jordan Bratman after six years of marriage, Christina Aguilera is doing very well these days. She recently scored her first number one song in about a decade, and she’s also starring on a hit TV show, “The Voice,” which you may have heard of — it’s apparently the American Idol killer.

But beyond the resurgence of her widespread popularity, news outlets are reporting that the platinum-locked singer has something else, and very big, to cheer: her new salary. It’s being said that Aguilera just signed a contract to continue being a judge on “The Voice,” and that in exchange for the duties of judging and coaching of emerging talent, the singer will be paid $10 million. We’re certain she belted out a few sparkling hallelujahs to herself upon being informed of the agreement.

The Staten Island, NY-born singer has been on an indisputable roll since signing on for the show, and her career is getting refurbished and polished. The cherry on top is that Aguilera also has a new album in the works. Its release date remains uncertain, but many in the business speculate that it will be appearing sometime this year. That which you hear is the sound of long-time X-tina fans applauding the new phase in the golden voiced singer’s life.

Before the $10 million salary announcement, rumor mongers were wagging their tongues about how Christina Aguilera’s “diva demands” had put in jeopardy her assignment as judge and coach on “The Voice.” But the show’s producers must be aware that they have found a winning formula for ending the reign of “American Idol,” even if its current lineup includes the likes of Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler. Besides Levine, country star Blake Shelton, and hit maker Cee-Lo Green are also swivel-chair judges on “The Voice.” For now, the year of the Dragon augurs much success for the singer who was once seen as an underachiever, despite her own spectacular voice and talent.

Former American Idol Lauren Alaina Messes up National Anthem Lyrics

Today on Thanksgiving, in front of millions of audiences watching on TV and thousands at the stadium where Detroit Lions/Green Bay Packers played, Lauren Alaina, last year’s American Idol runner up, sang the national anthem but messed up the lyrics. She actually went quiet for about 5 seconds and then picked up the remaining of the song.

The audiences took notice and she quickly became the hottest trending on Twitter.

Last year Christina Aguilera at Super Bowl messed up the lyrics too, but unlike Alaina she actually sang the wrong lyrics.

Kellie Pickler, another ex Idol, Twitted to Lauren “HEY DOLL! YOU HANDLED YOURSELF LIKE A PRO! SEND THE BULLIES MY WAY & I’LL TELL EM’ WHERE TO GO.”

Lauren Tweeted back “thank you so much, I’m not a robot. I have No excuses. I messed up. You know what can ya do. At Least didn’t fall down again.”

X Factor’s Josh Krajcik warned about smoking and drinking

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Josh Krajcik one of the top 10 remaining contestants in X Factor USA has been warned about smoking and drinking too much. He has a chance at winning $5 million, but he is about to ruin it. Apparently Krajcik was having issues with his voice giving out during practice last week. A doctor examined him and said that drinking and smoking were to blame and Krajcik should stop both immediately.

Nicole Scherzinger, who is Josh’s mentor stepped in and told him to cut down before he gets eliminated. Josh has one of the best male voices this year. Hope he gets his act together and not ruin his on destiny.

X Factor USA holds premier party

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Last week X Factor USA held a primier party and screening, where fans also got to ask judges many questions. Paula Abdul & Nicole Scherzinger both looked really hot. You can see some of the pictures on X Factor USA Facebook page.

The X Factor USA which premiers on September 21, would air on Wednesday and Thursday nights, featuring the auditions held in Los Angeles, Newark, Miami, Chicago, Seattle and Dallas, plus applications made via YouTube.

De Niro Makes Fun Of Himself

Contribution by Jacques Carr

The other night, I caught “Angel Heart” and Robert De Niro on tvbydirect.com. It is more of an old horror noir film, with Mickey Rourke playing a private detective. De Niro plays the main client, and there’s something positively sinister about him. As it turns out, De Niro’s character is the devil, come to collect on deal Rourke made with him. Once “Angel Heart” came to an end, I had problems sleeping and so I channel surfed around idly, landing on “Analyze This!” with Billy Chrystal. That is when something struck me. De Niro has often been called the actor of his generation, but he’s also an actor who knows how to make fun of himself. Plus, “Analyze This!” was not the first time he has ventured off into self parody. His turn as Fearless Leader in “The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle” contained him mocking his own most famous line. De Niro is much remembered for brashly saying, “You talking to me?” in “Taxi Driver.” De Niro has reached the later years in his career, but it does not look like he’s letting up either. That is great news for movie lovers.

Cheryl Cole X Factor Contract Cancelled

Last week it was announced that Cheryl Cole had signed as the last judge for the American version of X Factor. However, today The Hollywood Reporter reported that her contract has been cancelled.

Cheryl Cole who is a successful British singer and was a member of the group Girls Aloud, a very successful UK vocal group had also been judging the UK version of X Factor alongside Simon Cowel for the past 3 years. It appears that there was no chemistry between her and Paula Abdul, so the show producers decided to cancel her contract, but hey pay her $1.5 million. “There was no spark, it was nobody’s fault. It just didn’t work.” a source told the Hollywood Reporter .

Scotty McCreery wins Ameircan Idol

Scotty McCreery, the 16 year old country singer, won this year’s American Idol yesterday. At the finale Scotty was against Lauren Alaina, who is also 16. 29 million watched the finale, 122 million votes were received and several popular artists performed on the results show.

Lauren had some vocal problems on the day of the finale, but the doctors gave her some shots and she was better by the time the show went on the air. At the end the voters decided Scotty should win. When the winners was announced, Lauren landed a surprise kiss on Scotty, making some speculate that they were dating. Later Lauren was asked if they were dating and her answer was “I don’t know, ask Scotty.” The next day Scotty told in an interview that they were not dating, but they were very close friends and they become closer because they had been taking private tutoring classes.

The Finale also featured several live performances, including a duet with Judas Priest and James Durbin, Beyonce, Steven Tyler (performing “Dream on”), Tom Jones, Tony Bennet, Lady Gaga and Marc Anthony (Jennifer Lopez’ husband).

Haley Reinhart leaves American Idol

In this weeks Ameircan Idol the Top 3 contestants faced off each other. In the running were Haley Reinhart, Lauren Alaina and Scotty McCreery.

Haley was the one voted off. It was a surprise that even she made it this far, because Pia Toscano who was a much better singer was booted off at the Top 7 show. However, Haley was a strong contender. Her singing is pretty good but not as good as Pia. It was probably her looks that got her this far.

My vote to win it all in the finals will be Scotty McCreery.

In the next weeks finals, several top artists will be performing, such as Beyonce and Lady Gaga.

Ashton Kutcher to Replace Charlie Sheen in Two and a Half Men

Finally the popular CBS show “Two and a Half Men” has found a replacement for Charlie Sheen. Charlie Sheen who was fired over a month ago for ranting negative comments about the show writers and producers had expressed interest to come back, but show producers were not interested in bringing him back. After months of speculation who would replace Charlie Sheen, it was announced that Ashton Kutcher is the guy.

Last week Hugh Grant was also offered the role, but he rejected. It seems many actors are afraid to be compared to Charlie Sheen and not be able to perform as well as he did.

On Thursday when the news broke, Ashton Kutcher Tweeted: “I’m starting to become convinced that people put my name in articles just to improve their SEO or hoping I’ll tweet it.”

Ashton has a huge Twitter following at 6.7 million followers and it is a plus for any network to have him, due to his power of promotion.

It was not disclosed what Ashton’s salary would be, but I would personally not be surprised if they matched Charlie’s salary of $1 million per episode.

Jennifer Lopez Voted Most Beautiful Person by People Magazine

Jennifer Lopez has been voted the most beautiful person by People Magazine. The timing for this couldn’t have been any better for J-Lo. She is currently a judge on American Idol and also has Top 10 hit called “On the Floor” performed with Pitbull.

People magazine also announced Sexiest Man Alive Ryan Reynolds. Other top men and women included: Zac Efron, actress and newlywed Reese Witherspoon, Twilight’s Kellan Lutz, Office comediennes Mindy Kaling and Ellie Kemper, Dana Delany, Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson and rising star Jennifer Lawrence.

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