One area in which America’s Got Talent excels is in bringing incredible new combinations of dance and art to the public. Last year it was Silhouettes, and this year we’ve got Light Wire Theatre.
Before the performance, Nick Cannon stepped in to warn the audience that they’d be killing all the lights in the theatre and not to be groping their neighbours. And then the Light Wire people bounced onto the stage. They seem to have custom made costumes that create the impression of lit-up line drawings. Two T-Rex’s battled it out on stage, and were briefly replaced with three enormous dancing flowers. The dinosaurs then returned to the stage.
Obviously this year, America’s Got Talent is well aware that dance troupes are a dime a dozen. In her pep talk to Elements Dance Cru, the choreographer is seen telling the girls that they need to stand out or they’ll be just like everybody else.
Even Sharon Osbourne notes this when she asks Elements’ leader what makes them so different. The answer’s a good one – she says “We take clogging, but then we adapt it to different styles of music and add a theme and even some different styles of music within it. So it’s very unique.”
William Close appeared on America’s Got Talent last night to perform with his own home-made musical instrument. Called the “Earth Harp”, it’s actually the longest stringed instrument in the world.
Accompanied by a percussionist, William’s incredible music stunned the judges into silence. Even the audience were enthralled by the performance, and William had no problem sailing through to the next stage of the competition with three yeses from the judges.
We’ve seen contortionists and people doing incredible things with their bodies on America’s Got Talent before, but Sanjula Vamana might just have pushed us beyond what we can comfortably bear.
Dressed in Indian headgear and accompanied by a bongo player and a Gothic assistant, Sanjula proceeded to stick enormous needles through the skin of his cheeks. Obviously aware of how uncomfortable his act was to watch, the entertainer proceeded to prod the needles with his tongue, testing the nation’s gag reflexes to their absolute limits.
It’s here! The bumper four-minute long preview from The Amazing Spider-Man aired in the US last night, and it features a dizzying array of action sequences, plot teases and a hilarious spot where Spidey’s greatest weakness is exposed.
Any comic book movie that dares to be released in the same year as The Avengers is a brave comic movie indeed. But to give Spider-Man his dues, this movie seems to have a good balance of sharp banter, visually stunning set pieces and the intrigue of what actually happened to Peter Parker’s parents.
Was Christina Aguilera extra harsh on The Voice’s Tony Lucca because he rejected her as pre-teens?
According to former Mickey Mouse Club member Dale Godboldo, Lucca was a ladies man during his time on MMC and rejected Christina Aguilera! “Britney was in love with him. Christina was in love with him,” he told TMZ. Godboldo believes that “All of this [Voice] madness was not brought on my Tony,” but was instead a result of a scorned woman! Read more & comment »
American Idol is up for a face lift according to Fox Executive Kevin Reilly. This year the show suffered majorly in ratings due to competition from NBC’s The Voice. However, the execs are not afraid to admit that the longer the show is on air, the harder it is to get people to tune in.
Reilly would not comment on if the judges would be replaced after a less-than-stellar year, only saying that the network is pleased with Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler. We can guarantee that host Ryan Seacrest will return next season, but the judges are still in limbo. According to E! News Jennifer Lopez is thinking about coming back, but no guarantees (sound familiar? Like oh say.. last season’s response?). Read more & comment »
Nick Cannon shot down any rumors that “America’s Got Talent” is anything but a fun, relaxed show this season for naysayers. Last season tensions were at their highest on the show as Piers Morgan and Howie Mandel were constantly at each other’s throats through comments and practical jokes. This season fans can expect a different aura around the judges according to the host. Read more & comment »
NBC’s major announcement of their fall schedule wasn’t necessarily a shock, but could be seen as a mistake.
The struggling network is banking on the success of its most popular show “The Voice,” announcing that the singing competition will air both in the fall and spring. The show will air Mondays and Tuesdays in its 8/7c and 9/8c time slots. Read more & comment »
Okay, this news was a bombshell to us – this first season of Smash is only 15 episodes long, and the finale airs…tonight. With an episode entitled Bombshell.
We’re totally unprepared for this: we’d just anticipated a 22-24 episode season like Smash‘s FOX counterpart Glee. So we’re approaching this spoiler post with a mixture of disappointment and excitement. After all, there’s a lot of story to wrap up before the season finishes.
