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The third edition of Disney’s singalong franchise has announced its first round of performers. The Disney Holiday Singalong will have Andrea Bocelli, BTS, Michael Bublé, Ciara, Chloe x Halle, Derek Hough and Hayley Erbert, Julianne Hough, Adam Lambert, Leslie Odom Jr., Katy Perry, P!NK and Kerry Washington lending…

Facebook says Facebook Watch, the video platform it launched globally in 2018, now draws more than 1.25 billion viewers a month. That’s a large chunk of Facebook’s overall monthly active user base of 2.7 billion, though there are caveats. A viewer can be anyone who watches as little as one minute of video, for…

The Tomorrowland Around The World has revealed that pop star and American Idol judge Katy Perry will headline the digital music festival which takes place July 25-26. The two-day fest is a popular electronic dance music fest that began in 2005. With festivals and events pivoting to virtual during the COVID-19…

American Idol finished in an unusual fashion this year with its live shows being filmed remotely as a result of COVID-19. The team behind the music talent competition will be hoping for smoother sailing for its next run in 2021. ABC Entertainment President Karey Burke is also hoping that all of the stars on the show…

EXCLUSIVE: America will usher in a new era of space flight next week, and Discovery and Science Channel are offering a front-row seat. The sibling nets will share live coverage of the May 27 launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon Capsule that will send astronauts into space from the U.S. for the first time…

American Idol will sing another song for ABC after the network renewed the Fremantle talent contest for a fourth season. However, the network on Friday did not reveal whether the judges — Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie — along with host Ryan Seacrest, would return. Perry is pregnant and expected to have her…

Before ABC aired Sunday night’s episode of American Idol, pop singer and judge Katy Perry took to Facebook — in an appropriate Easter Bunny costume — to answer questions about this season of the reality singing competition. The one thing on everyone’s mind: how are they going to continue production with live shows…

Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan are returning for the new season of American Idol, which will premiere in spring 2020. ABC renewed the musical talent competition in May for a third season on its network and the show’s 18th season overall. At the time, it had not yet signed up the judges to return and was…

Legal and ethical hassles dominated the music industry’s attention this week, as trials and tribulations made headline news. In the biggest outcome, the integrity of Prince's recorded music legacy has been upheld in a lawsuit filed by his estate against Eye Records, which is described as a "bootleg label dedicated to…

ABC is tuning up for its second season of American Idol with plans for its premiere week and a new promo. Check out the judges prepping for the inaugural Gem State auditions in the “Greetings from Idaho” clip above. Season 2 kicks off at 8 p.m. Sunday, March 3, with the first crop of Idol hopefuls auditioning for…

BET has apologized for an insensitive tweet sent in response to recent allegations by singer Kesha that her former producer, Dr. Luke, raped Katy Perry. The BET tweet in question was attached to a BET Breaks video giving a roundup of the news. The tweet said, "Hide ya wife, hide ya kids, they raping er'body here…

Perhaps sensing some general need for respite – from unpleasantness, cruelty, bullies – ABC resurrects an American Idol that’s cozily familiar, reassuring even, with the franchise’s recognizable markers intact and the spikier inclinations of previous incarnations left behind. A trio of new judges – R&B legend Lionel Ri…