Thanks to the volunteers who already contacted me about the Live Cellcasts we are doing on Rickey TV for the American Idols Live! 2009 Tour. If you are interested in being a cellcaster for your concert, please contact me at rickey at rickey dot org.
For those not familiar with this, last year we had volunteers who acted as “reporters” for my webcam show Rickey TV. They gave me a call on their cellphones during the concerts and we listened in on our favorite Idols. It was like being in the concert except with occasionally garbled sound — and thus our name: “The Best Worst Show Ever”. It may have sounded awful at times but it was still lots of fun. We had at least 200 people every night, sometimes 800+, and it was truly a community experience.
This year, we will supplement this experience with Twitter if we can.
I have the first two shows ready with volunteers, but for the early shows we need someone for:
July 8 – Vancouver, BC
July 10 – Sacramento, CA
July 12 – San Jose, CA
Please spread the word! We still need volunteers for late July, August and September.
See you this Sunday July 5 on Rickey TV for the Portland show! Starts at 10 PM ET / 7 PM PT
Aimee our cellcaster has promised to scream for Adam Lambert (hopefully not too much so we can still hear him) – and in exchange I asked her to scream for Anoop Desai, Allison Iraheta and Kris Allen for me.
Okay, the server just crashed, but here’s the info:
In order to get free tickets to the memorial service of Michael Jackson at the Staples Center, head over to StaplesCenter.com and REGISTER. On Sunday, they will choose names at random who will get two of 17,500 tickets.
Our suggestion: Just stay home and watch it on TV or on the Web. It’s probably going to be a closed casket anyway.
Update: Michael Jackson will be buried in a private funeral before the memorial in Staples Center. Read it at Access Hollywood
More info:
Click to CONTINUE: Tickets to Michael Jackson Memorial Service in Staples Center
I googled Eliza Siep who was seen in the American Idol 9 Chicago auditions a few days ago given “VIP Treatment” — and who Vote for the Worst says is a “plant”. However I found this video of her, plus a very cocky Jamar Rogers, Danny Gokey’s best friend who was cut from the show last year before the Top 36.
Jamar says: “Mark my words, I am going to win this year.”
When did Jamar Rogers turn into such a douche?
Jamar is smart. This is the kind of attitude that will get him into the Top 10 next year because American Idol loves controversy. I may actually root for him.
Watch the video here:
Click to CONTINUE: Eliza Siep and Jamar Rogers – American Idol 9 Chicago Auditions – Video
Scientists have discovered that Argentine Ant colonies which are found on every continent except Antarctica, is actually one big mega colony.
Read it at Neatorama
The choices are: Islam, Christianity, Judaism, and Buddhism. Those who get religion will win a prize related to their new faith, like a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, Mecca or Tibet.
LOL
Read it at The Guardian (via Daily Beast)
Blanket, my favorite Michael Jackson surrogate child – if only because we’ve never seen him except for MJ dangling him outside a balcony when he was a baby, has been revealed in some recent family photos.
Read it at Access Hollywood
I dreamed that someone gifted me shoes and a plane ticket.
Thank you for saving Jason and the alien!
Good Morning Angels – 07/03/2009 on 12seconds.tv
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AEG Live wants to make money from Michael Jackson even after his death: “If we all do our jobs right, we could probably raise hundreds of millions of dollars just on the stuff we have worldwide and then the estate could eradicate its debt.”
The rehearsal footage, shot in high definition, includes Jackson performing his hits “Thriller” and “Beat It.” Other footage shows production meetings and auditions. “We have enough audio to make two live albums,” Randy Phillips, president of AEG Live said.
Read it at Yahoo! (Via Daily Beast)
Ashley Ferl did not make it past the first round of the American Idol auditions in Los Angeles Access Hollywood reports. Sad face.
Read it at Access Hollywood
@dannygokey and @Allison4Realzzz both posted pictures tonight from backstage in Portland.
I’m so excited!
We are having a live cellcast of the American Idols! Live 2009 Tour this Sunday July 5 from Portland on Rickey TV!
Let everyone know. My best friend Aimee has a “superstah” phone in hand (the same one as Brenda’s) and she will be in the 4th row. I’m excited, she’s excited. Here’s to another lively Summer!
@adamlambert just posted a preview of the skingraft jacket he is wearing on the tour!
Oh my heck, how exciting!
All systems go people. Let everyone know we are broadcasting a live cellcast of the American Idols Live! 2009 Tour on Rickey TV this Sunday July 5.
I’m so excited!
Kelly Clarkson guests on So You Think You Can Dance.
She sang I Do Not Hook Up. We were hoping for something else, but Kelly was awesome as usual. Also, this was pre-taped, and Fox really had sloppy editing which was a bit disappointing.
Go Kelly!
Watch the video here:
Click to CONTINUE: Kelly Clarkson – So You Think You Can Dance
Live blogging the So You Think You Can Dance Results Show for July 2, 2009
Rickey.org readers are picking Vitolio Jeune and Karla Garcia to leave tonight!
Viewing party at Rickey TV!
RESULTS AS THEY HAPPEN:
Click to CONTINUE: So You Think You Can Dance – Results – 07/02/2009 – Video
Whitney Houston’s new single I Didn’t Know My Own Strength has leaked.
Be strong Whitney. We lost you for a while, but hopefully this comeback sticks.
Her voice however is not same. It’s so hoarse – and the auto-tune to fix it is obvious. What do you guys think?
Listen here:
Click to CONTINUE: Whitney Houston – I Didn’t Know My Own Strength – Leak
It really comes in fives how sad.
Read it at the New York Times (Via 8Asians)
Ok that was quick. Neil Patrick Harris is hosting the Emmy Awards on CBS on Sept. 20. Better than Seacrest!
Read it at Entertainment Weekly
Buzzsugar is running a trivia contest on their website. The prize includes travel for two to Los Angeles, hotel accommodations, car transfers, and tickets to the Aug. 6 finale of So You Think You Can Dance.
Note: You need to register with their site to participate.
Ratings confuse me, but here goes:
So You Think You Can Dance had the highest ratings Wednesday night with a 2.9 rating/10 share.
America’s Got Talent was the most watched program with 11.3 million viewers overall.
I thought the highest rated show had the most viewers? In fact, ABC’s “Wipeout” had more viewers that “So You Think You Can Dance” at the 8 PM slot. Hmmmm. Your confused blogger want to know: What’s rating anyway?
Read it at Variety
Michael Jackson rehearsing “They Don’t Care About Us” at Staples Center two days before his death.
Via Ryan Seacrest
Watch the video here:
Click to CONTINUE: Michael Jackson – Rehearsal Footage Video
I’m doing terribly in the office pool again this year. I think just like my gaydar, my powers of Reality TV prediction is now irrevocably broken. Sigh.
Did we save Jason?
Debbie Rowe wants custody of the two children she had with Michael Jackson. “I want my children,” Rowe said during a 90-minute phone conversation Thursday morning with NBCLA’s Chuck Henry.
These headlines are going to annoy us for the rest of the year or longer. Argh.
Read it at NBCLA (Via Daily Beast)
Chris Daughtry sang an acoustic version of Lady Gaga’s Poker Face in Germany.
Nice. This is an amazing version of the song. Making an MP3, hold on…
Via @supahstah05
Listen to the MP3 and watch the video here:
Click to CONTINUE: Chris Daughtry – Poker Face – Acoustic – Video MP3
Nick Lazzarini is teaching a workshop today at the Broadway Dance Center in New York from 4-6 pm.
Nick won season one of So You Think You Can Dance.
@KrisAllen4Real and @adamlambert just arrived in Portland along with @Allison4Realzzz:
- @adamlambert @Allison4Realzzz and I just conquered the skies…now time to take of America with the rest of the idols
Woohoo! Here we go! So exciting!
Hilary Duff is joining the cast of Gossip Girl for a multi-episode guest arc. Duff is set to play a girl named Olivia, Vanessa’s (Jessica Szohr) new roommate at NYU, but that connection to V is not all that Olivia brings to the show.
Read it at E!Online
@Allison4Realzzz just arrived in Portland:
- In portlaaaaand son!!! Whooooooooo
Fans will need to shell-out $25 to sit in the stands at the memorial of Michael Jackson on July 7 at the Staples Center.
Hope this isn’t Joe Jackson taking advantage of Michael Jackson even at the bitter, bitter end. Sheesh. How much does it cost to rent out Staples Center for a day?
Read it at RadarOnline
Amazing.
Read it at CNN
Angelina Jolie: $27 million
Jennifer Aniston: $25 million
Meryl Streep: $24 million
Sarah Jessica Parker: $23 million
Cameron Diaz: $20 million
Read it at Reuters
Heads up Portland! Kris Allen, Adam Lambert and Allison Iraheta are coming!
Here’s a list of flights arriving into Portland from Los Angeles today.
Airport. Go. Camp out. Send me pictures. (Thanks)
Via USA Today
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