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USTownhall RoundTable: The Winter-Spring 2014 Sessions
Written by Scott Katz   
Sunday, 26 January 2014 13:42

 

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May 25, 2014:

AMERICAN IDOL FINALE: Caleb Johnson & Jena Irene perform; Caleb Johnson wins American Idol 13.

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May 25, 2014:

DANCING WITH THE STARS FINALE: Candace Cameron-Bure, Amy Purdy, & Meryl Davis perform; Meryl Davis and Maksim Chmerkovskiy win Dancing with the Stars 18.

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May 17, 2014:

AMERICAN IDOL TOP 3: Alex Preston eliminated

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DANCING WITH THE STARS Top 5 perform: Charlie White eliminated

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May 11, 2014:

AMERICAN IDOL TOP 4: Jessica Meuse eliminated

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DANCING WITH THE STARS Top 6 perform: Danica McKellar eliminated

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March 9, 2014:

AMERICAN IDOL TOP 12: Emily Piriz eliminated.

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DANCING WITH THE STARS Cast Reveal & format changes:

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POP CULTURE NEWS: Queen summer tour with Adam Lambert

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May 4, 2014:

AMERICAN IDOL TOP 5: Sam Woolf eliminated.

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DANCING WITH THE STARS Top 7 perform: NeNe Leakes eliminated.

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March 2, 2014:

AMERICAN IDOL TOP 13: Kristin O'Connor eliminated.

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April 27, 2014:

AMERICAN IDOL TOP 6: CJ Harris eliminated.

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DANCING WITH THE STARS Top 8 perform: Drew Carey eliminated.

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February 23, 2014:

AMERICAN IDOL Season 13 Rush Week / Top 13 selected

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April 20, 2014:

AMERICAN IDOL TOP 7: Dexter Roberts eliminated.

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DANCING WITH THE STARS Top 9 perform again: Cody Simpson eliminated.

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February 16, 2014:

AMERICAN IDOL Season 13 Hollywood Week / Top 30

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April 13, 2014:

AMERICAN IDOL TOP 8 week 2: Malaya Watson eliminated.

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DANCING WITH THE STARS Top 9 perform: No one eliminated, but scores with last week will be combined with this week's to determine the next celebrity to go home.

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February 9, 2014:

AMERICAN IDOL Season 13 Hollywood Week

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April 6, 2014:

AMERICAN IDOL TOP 8: Sam Woolf gets the Judges' Save!

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DANCING WITH THE STARS TOP 9 perform: Billie Dee Williams drops out leaving only 9 celebrities remaining.

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February 2, 2014:

AMERICAN IDOL Season 13 Auditions week 3

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March 30, 2014:

AMERICAN IDOL TOP 9: Majesty Rose eliminated.

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DANCING WITH THE STARS TOP 10 perform: 2 stars from the top 12 go home on the first elimination episode.

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January 26, 2014:

AMERICAN IDOL Season 13 Auditions week 2

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March 23, 2014:

AMERICAN IDOL TOP 10: MK Nobilette eliminated.

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DANCING WITH THE STARS TOP 12 perform: Season Premiere!

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January 19, 2014: American Idol had its two-night 13th season premiere just days ago, and the panel weighs in on the revitalized series.  What did the panel think of the new judging lineup?  Were there any early favorites from the many contestants who auditioned?  Take a listen, and follow us every week for our take on the latest from American Idol!

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March 16, 2014:

AMERICAN IDOL TOP 11: Ben Briley eliminated.

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January 12, 2014: Our first podcast of the Winter 2014 sessions kicks off with a wrap-up of 2013 pop culture events including the Duck Dynasty controversy.  We also look ahead to the upcoming season of American Idol that we hope will be radically different from the slow motion trainwreck that was Season 12.

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MORE INTERVIEWS...

  

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cast of The Apprentice 10

BATMAN film producer MICHAEL USLAN

Sherri Shepherd

Vanessa Minnillo

All My Children creator AGNES NIXON

Bronx Opera's BEN SPIERMAN

cast of Big Brother 12 BOBBY FLAY & STEVE ELLS of America's Next Great Restaurant Cast of the play Bridgeboy
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Library of American Comics' BRUCE CANWELL RYAN McPARTLIN & SARAH LANCASTER

CRYSTAL CHAPPELL

part 1: Guiding Light

part 2: Days of Our Lives

soapcentral.com founder DAN KROLL DAN PARENT of Archie Comics DAVID LYONS of The Cape DEBBIE GIBSON & TIFFANY Author DEDE EMERSON of A Different Kind of Streetwalker
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BOB DOWLING of the 3D Entertainment Summit Indie filmmaker ELIANA UJUETA of Beneath the Rock comic book artist JAMAL IGLE Genesis Repertory's JAY MICHAELS, MARY MiCARI, & actors Oscar-winning actor JEREMY IRONS

Animation historian JERRY BECK

1st interview

2nd interview

singer-songwriter JOSH GROBAN

web series producer KAI SOREMEKUN of Chick

1st interview

2nd interview

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Oscar-winning actress KATHY BATES of Harry's Law Television producer KENNETH JOHNSON of V, Bionic Woman, Incredible Hulk KYLE BORNHEIMER & HAYES MacARTHUR of Perfect Couples

Terrence Howard, René Balcer

Dick Wolf, Alfred Molina, Alana de la Garza

publisher DAN HERMAN of Hermes Press COUNTESS LuANN de LESSEPS of The Real Housewives of New York City author MAX ALLAN COLLINS of Road to Perdition WWE Champion Mike "The MIz" Mizanin
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JEFF HAYNE of Mill Creek Entertainment

1st interview

2nd interview

singer-actor NICK LACHEY supermodel NIKI TAYLOR talks The Celebrity Apprentice actor PAUL REISER of The Paul Reiser Show actor-producer RICKY GERVAIS of The Office actress-television host ROSIE O'DONNELL comic book writer STEVE NILES

Ian Anthony Dale, Nick Wauters

Jason Ritter, Sarah Roemer, Blair Underwood, Željko Ivanek

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THORE SCHÖLERMANN & JO WEIL of Verbotene Liebe Peabody & Emmy award winning journalist TOM BROKAW Emmy award winning actor TOM PELPHREY of Guiding Light actors from The Apothecary Theatre Company TORI SPELLING & DEAN McDERMOTT of sTORIbook Weddings

 

 

MORE FEATURES... 

 

Reviews & Previews:

Summer 2011 Movie Preview

Fall 2010 Television season

Fra Diavolo

Die Drei Pintos

Romeo and Juliet in Brooklyn

MPI Home Video

Timless Media Group

Boris Karloff's Thriller

Hunter: The Complete Series

Polly and Her Pals

Icons: The DC Comics and Wildstorm Art of Jim Lee

Adrianne Palicki as Wonder Woman

Ryan Reynolds as Green Lantern

Spider-Man musical delayed again

Frozen

Dead Space: Aftermath

Altitude

 

 

    

Events:

New York Comic Con

Apprentice 10 kickoff

Farewell to Guiding Light

Farewell to As the World Turns

The Broadway Directory

 

Award Show winners:

Academy Awards

Emmy Awards

Grammy Awards

Tony Awards

American Music Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Screen Actors Guild Awards

American Country Awards

 

    

Television blogs:

American Idol 10

American Idol 9

American Idol 8

Big Brother 12

Big Brother 11

ABC Cancels Both All My Children and One Life to Live

Guiding Light: A Look Back

 

Editorials & Issues:

Scam Alert: Have You Received This E-Mail Job Offer?

Meet the 112th Congress

Brooklyn politicians Kevin Peter Carroll vs. Ralph Perfetto

Before Rosa Parks There Was Lizzie Jennings

Understanding New York State Government

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