Reality Television

Last night was round two of eliminations for the Fox Network’s American Idol. The contestants were subject to a British Invasion theme, which came out quite nicely. The show wasn’t lacking in the painful vocal moments, though!

Overall, the two best performers seem to be Jordin Sparks and Melinda Doolittle. Sparks brought the pain, as she always does, with something new. Doolittle will have to start varying her songs/performance or risk becoming boring, though.

The famed and influential R&B singer Luther Ingram died last night. The singer had received a transplant a few years ago, due to kidney disease, before passing on at the age of sixty-nine.

Born in 1944, in Tennessee, Luther Ingram moved to New York in 1966, to begin his career as a recorded musician. He later moved back to Tennessee and joined the Koko label, which was distributed by Stax.

The always strange and surprising Michael Jackson is at it again. ‘It’ would be in reference to his screwball behavior. ‘The King of Pop’ got attention again this past week with ludicrous demands.

The idolized superstar has spent some of his most recent time at England’s luxurious Jumeirah Carlton Tower. According to the London Evening Standard, “Jackson arrived at the hotel with his famed children and a swarm of bodyguards.”

Joss Stone’s new album may have come into being in an unsavory manor.

The proper English soul singer is being slammed by producer Dallas Austin for reportedly exchanging sex for music. Austin, who has worked with Madonna, Michael Jackson, Pink, Gwen Stefani, and TLC, told Rowdy TV that Stone “wants attention from producers. I had nothing to do with her f***ing Novel to get her tracks.”