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Posted: 18 Apr 2012 09:21 PM PDT


'Idol' Top 7 Redux Recap: One More Time, With Feeling
Last week on "American Idol," judges' pet Jessica Sanchez shockingly received the fewest votes, but of course the judges saved her. They in fact bumrushed the stage and wrestled the microphone out of Jessica's hand before she'd even made it through the first verse of her (apparently unnecessary) Judges' Save song.

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 06:14 PM PDT


12 Memorable 'American Bandstand' Moments
Long before there was such a thing as a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Dick Clark was the real-time curator, bringing future inductees into America's living rooms right as they first hit the scene. The Beach Boys? Doors? Creedence? Madonna? The Beastie Boys? From 1957 right on up to the advent of the MTV [...]

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 06:14 PM PDT


Katy Perry Is Latest Celeb To Make Carly Rae Jepsen "Call Me Maybe" Cover Video
Katy Perry is the latest superstar singer to shoot a homemade video of herself and friends partying along to Bieber protégé and Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen's undeniably catchy hit, "Call Me Maybe." After a video featuring Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Ashley Tisdale and friends goofing along to the song went viral, thousands of YouTubers [...]

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 05:28 PM PDT


Jay-Z Protégé Rita Ora Makes U.S. Debut With 'How We Do (Party)' Video
Follow me on Facebook, Twitter. The U.S. pop market welcomes a new leading lady this week, U.K. singer, actress and model Rita Ora, who is signed to Jay-Z's Roc Nation and Columbia Records. Ora's video for "How We Do (Party)" is a playful ode to tearing up the town with the energy of a Katy [...]

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 05:28 PM PDT


The Voice, The Day After: Team Xtina & Team Blake Quarterfinals Results Dish
Monday night, Team Blake's Jordis Unga and Team Xtina's Jesse Campbell were shockingly cut by their respective coaches in some sort of controversial new "instant elimination" round, and my "The Day After" co-host Matt Whitfield and I were NOT happy about this. But last night, Blake and Christina redeemed themselves, at least somewhat, by choosing [...]

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 05:28 PM PDT


Week Ending April 15, 2012. Songs: Gotye Beats Bieber
"Somebody That I Used To Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra sold 542,000 copies last week, which constitutes the biggest one-week sales total in more than a year. It swipes the 2012 sales crown from Justin Bieber's "Boyfriend," which sold 521K copies in its first week two weeks ago. This helps the song jump from #2 [...]

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 03:09 PM PDT


Snackin' With Sarah Sellers: 'Idol' Top 7 Redux Night Viewing Nosh
Diehard "American Idol" viewers will remember Sarah Sellers as the geek-chic food blogger who made it to Hollywood Week last year. (Watch her Season 10 audition here.)  Sarah has since continued her food-blogging, and has been cooking up scrumptious snack suggestions for any "Idol" viewing party and posting them here in Reality Rocks each week.

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 09:27 AM PDT


The Forbes Five: Hip-Hop's Wealthiest Artists
Back in 2007, Jay-Z, Diddy and 50 Cent released "I Get Money (The Forbes 1-2-3 Billionaire Remix)." The song was a celebration of the artists' inclusion atop the first-ever Forbes Hip-Hop Cash Kings list, now an annual package on the genre's top-earning artists. It seems fitting that those same three artists find themselves in an [...]

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 08:35 AM PDT


Exclusive! Chris Daughtry's Esquire Songwriting Challenge Music Video
Esquire magazine's Third Annual Songwriting Challenge will hit newsstands April 24, in the May issue, and this year's batch of participants is impressive, ranging from Grammy-winning soul star Anthony Hamilton, to indie darlings Craig Finn (of the Hold Steady) and Rhett Miller (of the Old 97's Rhett Miller), to multiplatinum Canadian rocker Sam Roberts, to [...]

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 07:42 AM PDT


Week Ending April 15, 2012. Albums: Lionel & Madonna, Week 3
Lionel Richie lands his first #1 album in more than 25 years as Tuskegee jumps from #4 to #1 in its third week on The Billboard 200. Richie first topped the chart in December 1983 with Can't Slow Down. He returned to the top spot in September 1986 with Dancing On The Ceiling.