“Coming off of a show like American Idol, the first thing that I thought of, the minute they said my name, after I got over the shock of it, it...

I recently had the immense delight and honor of interviewing at length one of my all-time favorite singers, pop multi-hyphenate Adam Lambert, for the Film & Television fall 2024 issue of...

This week, German and French television premiered Queen: We Are the Champions, which tells the story of the greatest sports anthem of all time. The documentary was directed by longtime Queen associate Hannes...

(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...

(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...

(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...

(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...

(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,...

(Photo : Theo Wargo/Getty Images) Inductee Lionel Richie speaks onstage during the 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Los Angeles. The Rock & Roll Hall of...

(Photo : Shaun Vandella) David Archuleta, then and now. When David Archuleta became an overnight American Idol sensation at age 17, he also became a default “ambassador,” like it or...