09:21 PM EDT 10/23/2009
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More American Idol Stars Set to Perform at AMAs
Originally posted 10/23/2009 01:50PM
The American Music Awards are as smitten with American Idol as everyone else.
Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood and Daughtry have been added to the schedule of performers for the 37th annual awards, airing live Nov. 22 on ABC. They join fellow Idol alum Adam Lambert, who was announced earlier as a performer.
"American Idol continually produces great talent, and we are looking forward to hosting Kelly, Carrie, Daughtry and Adam. It's a great fit for the AMAs," said producer Larry Klein.
Other performers on the show, to be held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, will include Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Jennifer Lopez and the Black Eyed Peas.
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Kelly Clarkson to Kanye West: You're a Sad Human Being
Originally posted 09/14/2009 03:55PM
Not even Simon Cowell was ever this tough.
In a mocking, profanity-filled post on her blog, former American Idol sweetheart Kelly Clarkson adds her angry voice to the celebrity chorus against Kanye West for his Video Music Awards outburst during Taylor Swift's acceptance speech.
Calling him a "sad human being," among other things, Clarkson says, "I've seen you do some pretty s----- things, but you just keep amazing me with your tactless, ass--- ways. .... It's absolutely fascinating how much I don't like you. I like everyone."
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Kelly Clarkson, LeBron James to 'Get Schooled' Across TV
Originally posted 08/14/2009 12:00PM
Kelly Clarkson and NBA supertstar LeBron James are teaming to promote education in a new special, Get Schooled: You Have the Right, documenting how the behind-the-scenes professionals who work with the stars became who they are today.
The special, which will air simultaneously Sept. 8 (8 p.m. ET) on BET, MTV, VH1, CMT, Comedy Central, Spike TV and Nickelodeon, will include flashbacks and new footage as it focuses on the educational moments that helped Clarkson's music director Jason Halbert and Latesha Williams, who works on James's marketing team, achieve their levels of success.
"Lots of young people run into problems beyond their control, like finances, that keep them from pursuing their education," Clarkson, 27, said in a statement. "At that point, it's easy to give up. But I believe it's important to continue to work hard and learn from everyone and everything around you."
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Kelly Clarkson Photo Retouched to Make Her 'Look Her Best'
Originally posted 08/11/2009 06:30PM
Kelly Clarkson may not have an issue with her weight, but a digitally slimmed-down image of the singer on the cover of Self magazine is causing waves online.
Lucy Danziger, editor-in-chief of the women's health magazine, is speaking out in defense of "retouching" the 27-year-old singer in order to make her "look her personal best" on the September issue.
"Yes. Of course we do retouching," Danziger writes in a post on Self.com. "Did we alter her appearance? Only to make her look her personal best."
Calling Clarkson "the picture of confidence," Danzinger writes, "I think this photo is the truest we have ever put out there on the newsstand."
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Kelly Clarkson Shoots Back at Weight Critics
Originally posted 08/10/2009 02:30PM
Over the past few months, Kelly Clarkson's weight has been a hot topic for critical bloggers. But the outspoken singer – who has said "Of course celebrities have cellulite!" – doesn't let the body bullies get her down.
"When people talk about my weight, I'm like, 'You seem to have a problem with it; I don't. I'm fine!'," Clarkson, 27, tells the September issue of Self.
She also notes, "My happy weight changes. Sometimes I eat more; sometimes I play more."
These days, the play part means golf ("I love it!") as well as Crossfit workouts. "It's like bootcamp!" she says of the regimen that includes sit-ups, squats and running. "You never work out more than 35 minutes, but it's so intense … It makes me feel like G.I. Jane. It's very empowering. I feel like I can whup ass!"
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Susan Boyle Reunites with Cat Pebbles and Preps for Career
Originally posted 06/08/2009 11:30AM
Susan Boyle is back in Scotland, reunited with her cat Pebbles and prepping for her first performances since she placed second in the finale of Britain's Got Talent.
The singer is well, according to friends and family, who say she's rarin' to go with rehearsals for the upcoming Britain's Got Talent tour, just days after she left London's Priory Hospital, where she was treated for exhaustion.
"She's really happy and on good form," a source close to Boyle tells PEOPLE. She has a new manager – Ossie Kilkenny, who worked with U2 on their multi-million dollar deals – while hit-maker Simon Cowell will help with her music.
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Reba McEntire 'Wowed by Kelly Clarkson'
Originally posted 05/14/2009 02:15PM
Who knew pop star Kelly Clarkson would be an inspiration to country legend Reba McEntire?
When the pair toured together last year, McEntire says she learned a lot from the younger singer – so much, in fact, that the pop star inadvertently inspired songs on McEntire's upcoming album, Keep On Loving You.
"When she was doing songs like 'Miss Independent' and her other hits, it was like, Wow!" McEntire told TheBoot.com. "I had more of an open mind when I listened to songs this time. I seemed to gravitate to sassy women's songs with an attitude."
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Kelly Clarkson Dishes on Broken Relationships and Spotting Cheats
Originally posted 03/10/2009 01:30PM
In her music, Kelly Clarkson knows all about the ins and outs of love. But in real life, she's still waiting to experience it.
"I've never been in love," the singer says in the April issue of British Cosmopolitan. "I want to be so badly – I'm a hopeless romantic, but I haven't been there yet."
The "My Life Would Suck Without You" singer, 26, says her parents' divorce when she was 6 shaped her attitude towards love, making her "realize that relationships can be broken and people fall out of love."
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Kelly Clarkson: 'Of Course Celebrities Have Cellulite'
Originally posted 02/17/2009 11:00AM
Think Kelly Clarkson looks too good to be true on the cover of her upcoming CD? You're right, says the singer.
"No girl is perfect," Clarkson – who joked on her blog last month that "they Photoshopped the crap out of me!" on her sexy All I Ever Wanted cover image – told a group of Girl Scouts recently. "No girl wakes up every day and is like, 'I'm awesome!'"
In fact, she told the group of about 20 pre-teens gathered in Nashville Feb. 11 for a self-esteem workshop sponsored by Dove, "just to let you know everyone in the magazines is Photoshopped! Beyoncé is one of the most beautiful girls in the world but she gets Photoshopped too. We're all human!"
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Kelly Clarkson Breaks Britney Spears's Record
Originally posted 01/28/2009 04:20PM
Life certainly doesn't suck for Kelly Clarkson.
Her new single, "My Life Would Suck Without You," will break records on Thursday when it makes the largest leap to No. 1 in the Billboard chart's 50-year history.
The song moves to No. 1 from No. 97 on the Hot 100 chart after selling 280,000 digital downloads in its first week out, according to Billboard.com.
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