Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Philippine Singing Competitions

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Adam Lambert, Allison Iraheta duet - Slow Ride video mp3 - American Idol Top 4

Posted: 05 May 2009 06:09 PM PDT

Adam Lambert and Allison Iraheta performed a duet "Slow Ride" on the American Idol season 8 Top 4 'Rock Week' competition with Slash as mentor. Randy said the two should do a duet together. Kara and Paula said the two are perfect. Simon said the two won the battle of duets.

Download Adam Lambert and Allison Iraheta - Slow Ride mp3 free live performance [Note: this was recorded live, of low quality, and you will hear the audience clapping]. Please download the American Idol HQ version of this song from iTunes by clicking the button logo below or on the sidebar.

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Danny Gokey - Dream On video mp3 - American Idol Top 4

Posted: 05 May 2009 05:55 PM PDT

Danny Gokey performed "Dream On" by Aerosmith on the American Idol season 8 Top 4 "Rock" week competition with rocker Slash as mentor. A+ for efforts said Randy. Kara said it was a little too far. Paula said it was not her favorite song choice. Simon said the last note was like watching a horror movie.

Download Danny Gokey - Dream On mp3 free live performance [Note: this was recorded live, low quality, and you will hear the audience clapping]. Please download the American Idol HQ version of this song from iTunes by clicking the button logo below or on the sidebar.

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Kris Allen - Come Together video mp3 - American Idol Top 4

Posted: 05 May 2009 05:45 PM PDT

Kris Allen performed "Come Together" on the American Idol season 8 Top 4. Randy loved that Kris played the guitar. Kara said it was not a great performance. Paula said that he needed more energy. Simon said it was like eating ice for lunch -- boring.

Download Kris Allen - Come Together mp3 free live performance [Note: this was recorded live, of low quality, and you will hear the audience clapping]. Please download the HQ version of this song from iTunes by clicking the button logo below or on the sidebar.

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Kris Allen, Danny Gokey duet -- Renegade video mp3 - American Idol Top 4

Posted: 05 May 2009 06:10 PM PDT

Kris Allen and Danny Gokey performed a duet "Renegade" by Styx on the American Idol season 8 Top 4 competition. Randy loved the blending of their voices. Kara said it was united and strong. Paula said it was powerful and compelling. Simon said Danny was better than Kris.

Download Kris Allen and Danny Gokey - Renegade mp3 free live performance [Note: this was recorded live, of low quality, and you will hear the audience clapping]. Please download the HQ version of this song from iTunes by clicking the button logo below or on the sidebar.

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Allison Iraheta - Cry Baby video mp3 - American Idol Top 4

Posted: 05 May 2009 05:30 PM PDT

Allison Iraheta performed "Cry Baby" by Janis Joplin on the American Idol season 8 Top 4 competition Rock Week with Slash as a mentor. Randy and Kara didn't like the song choice. Paula thought she was fearless. Simon said that she had a terrific vocals. OMG, the judges wanted Allison to leave next!

Download Allison Iraheta - Cry Baby mp3 (by Janis Joplin) free live performance [Note: this was recorded live, low quality, and you will hear the audience clapping]. Please download the HQ version of this song from iTunes by clicking the button logo below or on the sidebar.

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Adam Lambert - Whole Lotta Love video mp3 - American Idol Top 4

Posted: 05 May 2009 05:33 PM PDT

Adam Lambert performs "Whole Lotta Love" by Led Zeppelin on the American Idol season 8 Top 4 "Rock" week competition with rocker Slash mentoring. Randy said Adam is a rocker. Kara said Adam is a rock god! Paula said Adam is perfect. Simon said it was one of Adam's best performances.

Download Adam Lambert - Whole Lotta Love mp3 free live performance [Note: This was recorded live, of low quality, and you will hear the audience clapping]. Please download the American Idol HQ version of this song from iTunes by clicking the button logo below or on the sidebar.

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2009 Tony Award nomination list includes Constantine Maroulis

Posted: 05 May 2009 10:37 AM PDT

Idol Constantine Maroulis is nominated in the 2009 Tony Awards for "Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical" for his role in "Rock of Ages".

Here is the complete list of nominations for the 2009 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards.

Best Play

Dividing the Estate (Author: Horton Foote; Producers: Lincoln Center Theater, Bernard Gersten, André Bishop, Primary Stages)

God of Carnage (Author: Yasmina Reza; Producers: Robert Fox, David Pugh and Dafydd Rogers, Stuart Thompson, Scott Rudin, Jon B. Platt, The Weinstein Company, The Shubert Organization)

Reasons to Be Pretty (Author: Neil LaBute; Producers: Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, MCC Theater, Gary Goddard Entertainment, Ted Snowdon, Doug Nevin/Erica Lynn Schwartz, Ronald Frankel/Bat-Barry Productions, Kathleen Seidel, Kelpie Arts, LLC, Jam Theatricals, Rachel Helson/Heather Provost)

33 Variations (Author: Moisés Kaufman; Producers: David Binder, Ruth Hendel, Goldberg/Mills, Latitude Link, Arielle Tepper Madover, Bill Resnick, Eric Schnall, Jayne Baron Sherman, Wills/True Love Productions, Tectonic Theater Project, Greg Reiner, Dominick Balletta, Jeffrey LaHoste)

Best Musical

Billy Elliot, The Musical (Producers: Universal Pictures Stage Productions, Working Title Films, Old Vic Productions, Weinstein Live Entertainment)

Next to Normal (Producers: David Stone, James L. Nederlander, Barbara Whitman, Patrick Catullo, Second Stage Theatre, Carole Rothman, Ellen Richard)

Rock of Ages (Producers: Matthew Weaver, Carl Levin, Jeff Davis, Barry Habib, Scott Prisand, Relativity Media, Corner Store Fund, Janet Billig Rich, Hillary Weaver, Toni Habib, Paula Davis, Simon and Stefany Bergson/Jennifer Maloney, Charles Rolecek, Susanne Brook, Israel Wolfson, Sara Katz/Jayson Raitt, Max Gottlieb/John Butler, David Kaufman/Jay Franks, Mike Wittlin, Prospect Pictures, Laura Smith/Bill Bodnar, Happy Walters, Michele Caro, The Araca Group)

Shrek The Musical (Producers: Dreamworks Theatricals, Neal Street Productions)

Best Book of a Musical

Billy Elliot, The Musical (Lee Hall)
Next to Normal (Brian Yorkey)
Shrek The Musical (David Lindsay-Abaire)
[Title of Show] (Hunter Bell)

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Billy Elliot, The Musical (Music: Elton John; Lyrics: Lee Hall)
Next to Normal (Music: Tom Kitt; Lyrics: Brian Yorkey)
9 to 5: The Musical (Music and Lyrics: Dolly Parton)
Shrek The Musical (Music: Jeanine Tesori; Lyrics: David Lindsay-Abaire)

Best Revival of a Play

Joe Turner's Come and Gone (Producers: Lincoln Center Theater, André Bishop, Bernard Gersten)

Mary Stuart (New Version: Peter Oswald; Producers: Arielle Tepper Madover, Debra Black, Neal Street Productions/Matthew Byam Shaw, Scott Delman, Barbara Whitman, Jean Doumanian/Ruth Hendel, David Binder/CarlWend Productions/Spring Sirkin, Daryl Roth/James L. Nederlander/Chase Mishkin, The Donmar Warehouse)

The Norman Conquests (Producers: Sonia Friedman Productions, Steven Baruch, Marc Routh, Richard Frankel, Tom Viertel, Dede Harris, Tulchin/Bartner/Lauren Doll, Jamie deRoy, Eric Falkenstein, Harriet Newman Leve, Probo Productions, Douglas G. Smith, Michael Filerman/Jennifer Manocherian, Richard Winkler, Dan Frishwasser, Pam Laudenslager/Remmel T. Dickinson, Jane Dubin/True Love Productions, Barbara Manocherian/Jennifer Isaacson, The Old Vic Theatre Company)

Waiting for Godot (Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy, Elizabeth Ireland McCann)

Best Revival of a Musical

Guys and Dolls (Producers: Howard Panter and Ambassador Theatre Group, Tulchin/Bartner, Bill Kenwright, Northwater Entertainment, Darren Bagert, Tom Gregory, Nederlander Presentations, Inc., David Mirvish, Michael Jenkins/Dallas Summer Musicals, Independent Presenters Network, Olympus Theatricals, Sonia Friedman Productions)

Hair (Producers: The Public Theater, Oskar Eustis, Andrew D. Hamingson, Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Gary Goddard Entertainment, Kathleen K. Johnson, Nederlander Productions, Inc., Fran Kirmser Productions/Jed Bernstein, Marc Frankel, Broadway Across America, Barbara Manocherian/Wencarlar Productions, JK Productions/Terry Schnuck, Andy Sandberg, Jam Theatricals, The Weinstein Company/Norton Herrick, Jujamcyn Theaters, Joey Parnes, Elizabeth Ireland McCann)

Pal Joey (Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy, Marc Platt)

West Side Story (Producers: Kevin McCollum, James L. Nederlander, Jeffrey Seller, Terry Allen Kramer, Sander Jacobs, Roy Furman/Jill Furman Willis, Freddy DeMann, Robyn Goodman/Walt Grossman, Hal Luftig, Roy Miller, The Weinstein Company, Broadway Across America)

Best Special Theatrical Event

Liza's at The Palace (Producers: John Scher and Metropolitan Talent Presents, LLC; Jubilee Time Productions, LLC)

Slava's Snowshow (Producers: David J. Foster, Jared Geller, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Judith Marinoff Cohn, John Pinckard)

Soul of Shaolin (Producers: Nederlander Worldwide Productions, LLC; Eastern Shanghai International Culture Film and Television Group; China on Broadway)

You're Welcome America. A Final Night with George W. Bush (Producer: Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Steve Traxler, Home Box Office Inc., Gary Sanchez Productions, Bat-Barry Productions, Ken Davenport, Ergo Entertainment, Ronald Frankel, Jon B. Platt, James D. Stern, The Weinstein Company, Tara Smith/b. Swibel, Dede Harris/Sharon Karmazin, Arny Granat)

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

Jeff Daniels, God of Carnage
Raúl Esparza, Speed-the-Plow
James Gandolfini, God of Carnage
Geoffrey Rush, Exit the King
Thomas Sadoski, Reasons to Be Pretty

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

Hope Davis, God of Carnage
Jane Fonda, 33 Variations
Marcia Gay Harden, God of Carnage
Janet McTeer, Mary Stuart
Harriet Walter, Mary Stuart

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, and Kiril Kulish – Billy Elliot, The Musical
Gavin Creel - Hair
Brian d'Arcy James - Shrek The Musical
Constantine Maroulis - Rock of Ages
J. Robert Spencer - Next to Normal

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

Stockard Channing, Pal Joey
Sutton Foster, Shrek The Musical
Allison Janney, 9 to 5: The Musical
Alice Ripley, Next to Normal
Josefina Scaglione, West Side Story

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

John Glover, Waiting for Godot
Zach Grenier, 33 Variations
Stephen Mangan, The Norman Conquests
Paul Ritter, The Norman Conquests
Roger Robinson, Joe Turner's Come and Gone

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play

Hallie Foote, Dividing the Estate
Jessica Hynes, The Norman Conquests
Marin Ireland, Reasons to Be Pretty
Angela Lansbury, Blithe Spirit
Amanda Root, The Norman Conquests

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

David Bologna, Billy Elliot, The Musical
Gregory Jbara, Billy Elliot, The Musical
Marc Kudisch, 9 to 5: The Musical
Christopher Sieber, Shrek The Musical
Will Swenson, Hair

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

Jennifer Damiano, Next to Normal
Haydn Gwynne, Billy Elliot, The Musical
Karen Olivo, West Side Story
Martha Plimpton, Pal Joey
Carole Shelley, Billy Elliot, The Musical

Best Scenic Design of a Play

Dale Ferguson, Exit the King
Rob Howell, The Norman Conquests
Derek McLane, 33 Variations
Michael Yeargan, Joe Turner's Come and Gone

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

Robert Brill, Guys and Dolls
Ian MacNeil, Billy Elliot, The Musical
Scott Pask, Pal Joey
Mark Wendland, Next to Normal

Best Costume Design of a Play

Dale Ferguson, Exit the King
Jane Greenwood, Waiting for Godot
Martin Pakledinaz, Blithe Spirit
Anthony Ward, Mary Stuart

Best Costume Design of a Musical

Gregory Gale, Rock of Ages
Nicky Gillibrand, Billy Elliot, The Musical
Tim Hatley, Shrek The Musical
Michael McDonald, Hair

Best Lighting Design of a Play

David Hersey, Equus
David Lander, 33 Variations
Brian MacDevitt, Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Hugh Vanstone, Mary Stuart

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Kevin Adams, Hair
Kevin Adams, Next to Normal
Howell Binkley, West Side Story
Rick Fisher, Billy Elliot, The Musical

Best Sound Design of a Play

Paul Arditti, Mary Stuart
Gregory Clarke, Equus
Russell Goldsmith, Exit the King
Scott Lehrer and Leon Rothenberg, Joe Turner's Come and Gone

Best Sound Design of a Musical

Acme Sound Partners, Hair
Paul Arditti, Billy Elliot, The Musical
Peter Hylenski, Rock of Ages
Brian Ronan, Next to Normal

Best Direction of a Play

Phyllida Lloyd, Mary Stuart
Bartlett Sher, Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Matthew Warchus, God of Carnage
Matthew Warchus, The Norman Conquests

Best Direction of a Musical

Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot, The Musical
Michael Greif, Next to Normal
Kristin Hanggi, Rock of Ages
Diane Paulus, Hair

Best Choreography

Karole Armitage, Hair
Andy Blankenbuehler, 9 to 5: The Musical
Peter Darling, Billy Elliot, The Musical
Randy Skinner, Irving Berlin's White Christmas

Best Orchestrations

Larry Blank, Irving Berlin's White Christmas
Martin Koch, Billy Elliot, The Musical
Michael Starobin and Tom Kitt, Next to Normal
Danny Troob and John Clancy, Shrek The Musical

Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre

Jerry Herman

Regional Theatre Tony Award

Signature Theatre, Arlington, Va.

Isabelle Stevenson Award

Phyllis Newman

Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre

Shirley Herz

Miley Cyrus on virginity: I'll be a virgin until I marry

Posted: 05 May 2009 10:07 AM PDT

Teen star Miley Cyrus has this to say when asked about the issue on virginity: I want to keep my virginity until I marry. I was brought up in a Christian family."

"It's hard growing up in the spotlight and I'm changing. I can't be the 12-year-old who just moved to LA for ever. I'm having a great time doing what I do but I'm also going to stumble and fall. Having my parents close helps."

"People mention child performers who have gone off the rails, but there are also stable people like Jodie Foster. She was a child star and look where she is now. She called to give me advice, which was great."

Source: nationalledger.com