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8/29: Jordin Sparks interview forthcoming, Jennifer Hudson’s national anthem
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I’ll be talking to Jordin Sparks at 3 p.m. today for a quick interview before her 10K Classic appearance on Labor Day here in metro Atlanta. Her appearance is only available to folks who run the charity race (or volunteer) and she’ll be singing in the morning around 9:30 a.m., I think.
Anybody have any questions, email them to me at rho@ajc.com.
In “Idol” news:
-Here’s Jennifer Hudson singing the National Anthem Thursday night before Barack Obama’s speech (actually nearly four hours before so it’s still daytime and the stadium is far from packed) Fans of Hudson will not be disappointed:
-Carrie Underwood is the first country artist to sell more than one million ringtones each of two songs: “Before He Cheats” and “Jesus Take the Wheel,” according to this item.. The ringtone charts are usually dominated by hip-hop tunes.
-For possibly the first time, a reviewer didn’t totally slam Ramiele Malubay, this time out of Oklahoma.
Ramiele Malubay performed a faithful rendition of the Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back,” but she was only mildly effective with Taylor Dayne’s “Love Will Lead You Back” and Maroon 5’s “If I Never See Your Face Again.”
And a bow to David Cook:
The “American Idol” machine can seem overpowering in its artifice and calculation, but when Cook was on stage, the machine fell away to reveal an exceptional regular guy who deserves his “Idol” title.
Comments
By woodpappy
August 29, 2008 10:29 AM | Link to this
I’m probably FIRST cause no one else is around…….woo hoo
By flats
August 29, 2008 10:36 AM | Link to this
JT,THE DAWGWHATS OWN THE JACKWHATS!!!!OWNERSHIP BABY!!!GOT PAPERS AND THE WHOLE BITWHATS!!!!HOW THEM DUCKWHATS GOING TO DO OUT THEY’RE?
By JTesla
August 29, 2008 10:55 AM | Link to this
No questions for Jordin from me, but I’m looking forward to the interview.
Flats, the duckwhats will do what the duckwhatawhats always do, and that is: let us down.
By flats
August 29, 2008 11:23 AM | Link to this
LOL @ JT!
By DawnH
August 29, 2008 1:38 PM | Link to this
harrietth - to respond to your question on the previous thread, I’ve never seen an episode of Heroes. Maybe I’ll try to catch up and start watching. My favorite show - Damages. Can’t wait for the new season to start, but it must be later in the fall since I’ve not seen any previews yet.
By DawnH
August 29, 2008 2:11 PM | Link to this
harrietth - to respond to your question on the previous thread, I’ve never seen an episode of Heroes. Maybe I’ll try to catch up and start watching. My favorite show - Damages. Can’t wait for the new season to start, but it must be later in the fall since I’ve not seen any previews yet.
By Harmony
August 29, 2008 3:52 PM | Link to this
Sorry that I haven’t posted, been busy. My mother had her left knee total replacement early this morning,all went well,now she has to deal with the pain.The right knee will be replaced as soon as she recovers from this one. My mothers preacher was in the waiting room with us,I thought he was going to get us thrown out, in the loudest voice possible he was announcing to whoever was listening how much he disliked Obama,then he said Bush needs to leave us alone and quit sending all these hurricanes to us.(that one got lots of laughs)
By harrietth
August 29, 2008 3:53 PM | Link to this
Hope you all have a great holiday weekend. I am looking forward to all of the college games, and I mean all of them. However, I will cheer for the dawgs. They will win, hands down. Talk to you next week.
By War Eagle
August 29, 2008 4:24 PM | Link to this
Hey folks. Congratulations to GT and SC. Real football starts tomorrow.
By Aric Almirola
August 31, 2008 12:37 AM | Link to this
Jordin Sparks is hot.
Aric Almirola racing