Aretha Franklin Engaged to Beau

Singer Aretha Franklin has become the latest celebrity to announce an engagement over the holidays, joining a list including Steven Tyler and basketball superstar LeBron James.

Franklin, 69, and her friend William ‘Willie’ Wilkerson plan to marry later this year in Miami with a private party to celebrate afterward on a yacht, a spokeswoman for Franklin confirmed on Monday.

“We’re looking at June or July for our date, and no I’m not pregnant, LOL!,” Franklin said in a statement.

Carrie Underwood & Steven Tyler Stole The Show At Last Night’s ACM Awards!

Carrie Underwood and Steven Tyler’s performance at last night’s ACM Awards so awesome that it deserves a post all by itself.

Check out their performance of Underwood’s ‘Undo It’ and Aerosmith’s ‘Walk This Way’ –

Amazing!

Our Favorite Performances From Last Night’s ACM Awards

Las Vegas was filled with country music fans last night for the Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand. Taylor Swift took home the award for Entertainer of The Year and wowed the crowed with her performance of ‘Mean’. Rihanna was a surprise addition to the awards show line up. RiRi debuted her new single ‘California King Bed’ by performing a duet with Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles. And Carrie Underwood had the biggest performance of the night when she performed alongside Steven Tyler!

Check out these incredible performances -

Taylor Swift ‘Mean’ –

Rihanna & Jennifer Nettles ‘California King Bed’ –

Carrie Underwood & Steven Tyler ‘Undo It’ and ‘Walk This Way’ –

American Idol Ratings Down From Last Year ……Duh

A newly revamped “American Idol” dominated U.S. television on its first outing but lost millions of viewers despite the addition of celebrity judges Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler.

Around 26.1 million Americans tuned in for the 10th season premiere of the singing contest, which is down 13 percent on last year’s opening show when nearly 30 million watched, according to Nielsen ratings data on Thursday.

The numbers still crushed all other programing on Wednesday night. But after weeks of hype and curiosity over what producers called “a new era,” the numbers boded ill for hopes of restoring sparkle to the aging show and reversing a four years ratings slide.

Television critics were mostly unimpressed with their first glimpse of Lopez and Aerosmith front man Tyler as they weeded out good singers from the thousands of early auditions — without the caustic presence of British judge Simon Cowell.

Cowell, the contest’s biggest star, quit in May to launch his own talent show on Fox later in 2011.

In a column headlined “The end of ‘American Idol’ (for real this time),” Newsweek blogger Ramin Setoodeh wrote; “The entire franchise has gone to the land of Stepford, where everybody is so nice and sweet and happy and zippy, you feel a cavity coming on.”

We all knew the ratings would go down after Simon left! Hello!

American Idol: First Look At The New Judges Table

And here they are! Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler are officially hard at work as the new judges of American Idol.

Nigel Lythgoe tweeted a picture yesterday of new American Idol judges Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler with Randy Jackson and Ryan Seacrest.

Are you excited to see the new judges?

New American Idol Judges Announced

After all of the speculation, the rumors were true. Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler are the new American Idol judges. Lopez and Tyler will join Randy Jackson to complete the judging trio on the upcoming season of American Idol.

Check out their interview with Ryan Seacrest –

Do you think producers made the right decision? Who would you pick to judge Idol?

A source Confirms That Steven Tyler Will be A New American Idol Judge

I am sure you are just as tired as I am about hearing about the American Idol judges, but we have found some closure now. A source close to Steven Tyler says the Aerosmith frontman told the source he will be a judge on Fox’s “American Idol” next season.

While an official announcement about Tyler has yet to come from Fox and the producers of the top-rated show, the source told The Associated Press on Wednesday, “there is no reason to refute” Tyler’s account. The source spoke only on the condition of anonymity because the source was not authorized to comment publicly on the matter.

Fox and producers FreemantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment had no comment on the report.

The “Idol” judging panel has been in flux with the departure of mainstay Simon Cowell, as well as Ellen DeGeneres’ recent announcement that she would not return for a second season.

Just pick the judges already!!

Aerosmith Announces ‘Cocked, Locked, Ready To Rock’ US Summer Tour

Following seven triumphant South American ‘Cocked, Locked, Ready To Rock Tour’ dates (the final one playing this evening in Costa Rica, the largest concert in that country’s history) and eleven upcoming European dates, America’s Number One rock and roll band will be more than warmed up and ready to arrive in the US in what will surely be THE concert event of the summer. Live Nation, the national tour promoter for Aerosmith confirmed today that The Bad Boys of Boston are hitting the road for an 18 city US tour this summer with the COCKED, LOCKED, READY TO ROCK Tour that begins on July 23rd in Oakland, California. Tickets go on sale in select markets beginning Friday, June 4 at LiveNation.com. Tour itinerary follows this release.

Steven Tyler said, “I thought it was time to get my MOJO back, by rockin South America and Europe with a little HOME RUN at Boston’s Fenway Park thrown in and then off to the rest of America to do what we do best! We’re gonna rock you into the middle of next week!”

AEROSMITH COCKED, LOCKED, READY TO ROCK TOUR US DATES: Read more

Happy Birthday Steven Tyler!

Happy Birthday Steven Tyler, he turns 62 years old today! Lets hope that he doesn’t fall off any stages this year!!

Steven Tyler Admits Aerosmith Almost Split

TMZ caught up with Steven Tyler at LAX yesterday where he admitted that he and his band, Aerosmith, “damn near” split up this past year.

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