‘American Idol’: Bobby Bones Won’t Return As In-House Mentor For Season 20

Former “American Idol” contestant Althea Grace is opening up about her daugher’s rare medical condition.

Alex Cameron has added North American dates to his spring 2022 North American tour, announced his fourth album and shared its second single, "Best Life." Oxy Music, out March 11 via Secretly Canadian, was inspired by Nico Walker's 2018 addiction novel Cherry. Like the book, Cameron's new project is a character study examining the factors that lead to opiate addiction. "The album is a story, a work of fiction, mostly from the perspective of a man," he writes.

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“AGT: Extreme” will premiere Monday, Feb. 21 (8-10 p.m. ET/PT).TheWrap has confirmed that the premiere of “American Song Contest,” has been bumped back a month to Monday, Mar.

NBC has tweaked its midseason schedule, pushing the premiere of Eurovision offshoot American Song Contest by a month, from the previously announced Monday, Feb. 21 (8-10 p.m.) to March 21. Taking over the slot is new reality series America’s Got Talent: Extreme, which made headlines last fall when a contestant was badly hurt in an on-set accident.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeNBC has pushed “American Song Contest,” its ambitious U.S. take on the legendary Eurovision Song Contest, back a month in order to give the production more time to handle COVID concerns when it comes to having a live audience.“American Song Contest” will now premiere on Monday, March 21 at 8 p.m. ET, and air there (in a two-hour slot, until 10 p.m.) for eight weeks, with a finale on May 9.

Jon Stewart, the comedian, activist and former host of “The Daily Show,” will receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor from the Kennedy Center. Stewart will be recognized in a gala ceremony and performance April 24 that will be broadcast nationally.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentUnderscoring the robustness of a fast evolving Latin American TV market, U.K. production-distribution giant Fremantle and the Larraín brothers’ Fabula have in development a third season of gender abuse thriller “La Jauría” and second season of “Señorita 89.”The moves comes as Fremantle is firing up both its premium scripted series and entertainment format business in Latin America, which is fast emerging as a key growth market for platforms and heavyweight independent production-distribution companies such as Fremantle.Total Fremantle revenues from Latin America increased by 25% from 2019 to 2021 with production revenues in the region rising by nearly a third in the same period, said Jens Richter, Fremantle CEO, international.

Jon Stewart will receive the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ 23rd Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the organization announced today. The award will be presented at a gala performance on Sunday, April 24, in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall.

before being allowed to board a flight to Mexico. The influencer's sister, Aurora Culpo, documented the drama on social media, posting a video of Olivia in black biker shorts, a black bralette and a long black coverup. "She looks cute. She looks appropriate. No.

A warm welcome! The new season of Summer House is shaping up to be the most ambitious yet with several new cast members and crossover appearances from Southern Charm stars.

American Idol isn’t planning to replace mentor Bobby Bones directly and will instead lean on a number of alums of the talent contest.

election to then-Republican incumbent Renee Ellmers, receiving 41% of the vote.While that district was comfortably Republican, the proposed 6th District that Aiken is running in is overwhelmingly Democratic. It includes all of Orange and Durham counties — home to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University, and very affluent western Wake County.The high-tech Research Triangle Park is within the 6th District, and where Price has been serving almost continuously since 1987.Aiken, who grew up in North Carolina and now lives in the Raleigh area, said he'd work to promote inclusion, provide free, high-quality health care and fight climate change.“As a loud and proud Democrat, I intend to use my voice to deliver real results for North Carolina families, just like David Price has done for decades," Aiken said in a news release.The 6th District primary winner would almost assuredly win the general election.

Penske Media has acquired The American Pavilion, the Cannes Film Festival fixture which for over three decades has provided communications, hospitality, media center and a seaside meeting place for global attendees of the Cannes Film Festival. PMC is the parent company of Deadline. The American Pavilion was founded and will continue to be run by Director Julie Sisk.

The Pearsons have returned to NBC for their final chapter in This Is Us, which was the night’s highest-rated title of Tuesday primetime.

Joe Leydon Film CriticArriving just in time to be an attractive four-quadrant option for family outings to the megaplexes during the holiday season — provided, of course, that the latest COVID surge doesn’t cause another round of movie theater shuttering — “American Underdog” is a thoroughly predictable yet hugely entertaining sports biopic that is bound to please almost anyone who’s not a sourball cynic or a snarky critic.Much of its appeal stems from Zachary Levi’s winningly sincere portrayal