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Katy Perry on how her ‘American Idol’ finale ‘biggest skirt ever’ featured 168 contestants’ faces and was created in just ‘days’ By

(Photo : ABC) Katy Perry performs in a custom skirt decorated with faces of the top 24 contestants from her seven seasons on ‘American Idol.’ When Katy Perry gave her...

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Lainey Wilson recalls early days, impersonating Hannah Montana: ‘I’d run backstage and put my wig on’ By

(Photo : Getty Images) Lainey Wilson at the 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards. Lainey Wilson might have been the real winner of Tuesday’s The Voice Season 25 finale, when...

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Asher HaVon, the first openly queer ‘Voice’ Champ, and coach Reba McEntire talk historic win: ‘I pray other LGBTQIA people can find their Reba’ By

(Photo : Lyndsey Parker) ‘The Voice’ Season 25 champ Asher HaVon and his coach, Reba McEntire, share a sweet moment after their historic win. Team Reba’s Asher HaVon made history...

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Wynonna on whether she’d join the ‘American Idol’ panel: ‘I’m a Judd, not a judge’ By

(Photo : Terry Wyatt/Getty Images for Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum) Wynonna Judd performs at the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2023. A highlight of Sunday’s American...

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Fantasia talks sweet success, 20 years after ‘American Idol’ win: ‘There were times when they kind of counted me out’ By

(Photo : Michael Loccisano/Getty Images) Fantasia Barrino attends the 2024 Time 100 Gala in New York City. It was 20 years ago, incredibly, that Fantasia Barrino, then a 19-year-old struggling...

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Thelma Houston recalls how she gave Lenny Kravitz his big break By

(Photos : MCA Records/YouTube) Thelma Houston on the cover of her 1984 album, ‘Qualifying Heat’; Lenny “Romeo Blue” Kravitz that same year, performing with Herb Alpert on ‘Soul Train.’ When...

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‘Weird Al’ Yankovic on how he helped get ‘Jeopardy!’ back on the air, 40 years ago By

“Weird Al” Yankovic’s Emmy- winning biopic spoof, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, took more liberties with the facts that even typical tall-tale rock ‘n roll biopics like Bohemian Rhapsody or...

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Ruben Studdard, Clay Aiken recall historic ‘American Idol’ season: ‘We went through hell… and we survived’ By

(Photo : Vince Bucci/Getty Image) Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken at the Season 2 ‘American Idol’ finale in 2003. When American Idol Season 2 winner Ruben Studdard and runner-up Clay...

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Julia Gargano talks ‘super-healing’ Ferry Townes Project, life after ‘American Idol’: ‘I’m making music I love again’ By

(Photo : Abby Orons) Julia Gargano looks ahead with indie-pop project Ferry Townes. In 2020, Julia Gargano and her mother were holed up at their family home in Staten Island,...

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That time Shaun Cassidy tried out for ‘Footloose’: ‘It was literally the worst audition’ By

(Photo : Paramount Pictures/Warner Bros. Records) Kevin Bacon in the ‘Footloose’ movie poster, 1984, and Shaun Cassidy on the cover of his ‘Born Late’ album, 1977. This past weekend, veteran...

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