Arts&Ent.
|
Corey Haim, former teen star, who is rumored to have died of a drug overdose, will best be remembered for his performance in the 1980's classic 'The Lost Boys'.
More recently, Haim and longtime friend and co-actor Corey Feldman, recently costarred in A&E's reality show 'The Two Coreys' which brought to light the issues and challenges Haim was facing with drug addiction, among other issues. It is reported that Haim reached such a low in 2001 that he attempted to sell his hair and teeth on eBay.
Haim had been living in California with his mother at the time of his death. An autopsy is pending.
Read more at TMZ.com
|
Do you know why 'Eight is Great'? Because it brought us back down to an hour show! In my personal opinion, two hour time slots should only be for movies and a really good season finale.
Katie Stevens started off the night with Kelly Clarkson's 'Break Away'. I thought it was good: not great, but not the worst of the night. She definitely has some 'pipes'! Simon gave her top grades for trying but they all concurred that she doesn't know who she is as an artist yet, so lacks the total confidence and conviction one needs to pull a song like that off.
Bye bye song bird, better luck next time
By Jill Berry
Well, I can't believe that I've been forced to wait a whole season for the return of 'group singing' on elimination nights! Whatever have I done to deserve such treatment? Good grief! Must they subject us to such 'cheeziness'?
(Photo: Danny Gokey, third place winner from American Idol, Season 8 talks about 'Life after Idol' on The Rhode Show on Fox. Click image to listen.)
The girls answer back
Wednesday night's episode had the general theme of frustration from the judges with a few high spots. Out of ten girls; that isn't many.
Taking the lead tonight in the line-up and in the judges' hearts, was Crystal Bowersocks singing, 'As Long As I Can See the Light' by CCR. Ah, good old Creedence! Even though she was first, she remained my favorite of the night. 24 hours ago she was sicker than a dog and tonight she's on stage with all the confidence of a seasoned artist and more talent in her little finger than most of them have in their whole body. She is here for the long haul, folks!
(Photo: Lacey Brown performed 'Kiss Me' on Wednesday night for American Idol. Click the image to view partical performance.)
Boys Night Out
By Jill Berry
Hello, all! My name is Jill Berry and I've been given the opportunity to write the Editorial Review for the popular reality show, ‘American Idol.’
On Tuesday night you may have noticed that your show guide said the ‘girls’ were up. Apparently, Crystal Bowersocks has a medical condition that's keeping her in the hospital so the ‘boys’ agreed to change nights.
So, the first of the 10 was ‘Big Mike’ (Michael Lynch). He's definitely true to his nick-name, as he has a bigger than life stage presence. Unfortunately for me, and for him, his song was quite forgettable. ‘This is a Man's World’ by James Brown was a good choice for him as it’s the right genre---R&B Soul and all that---but boring. It was an improvement from last week, none-the-less. The judges mostly disagreed with me, as they all liked it, including Simon. Shocker: from ‘pussycat to lion’ in one week. I know a lot of you aren't fans of Simon, but his advice/criticisms are generally on the mark and I get a kick out of him.
