More than a year and a half after Mario Vazquez quit American Idol 4, he’s finally telling the world why he left. (The timing of this announcement is rather convenient, as Mario finally released his self-titled debut album yesterday.) When he quit, Mario cited “personal reasons,” saying, among other things, “It’s just a personal family …
Mikalah Gordon was robbed and assaulted by four men in Las Vegas early Wednesday morning. Mikalah “was taking a break from recording music when a man pointing a gun approached her and a male friend, Gordon’s mother, Victoria Cavaricci,” according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. After being robbed of “a cell phone and $5 in …
The reality TV pool just got a little shallower, as three reality stars got married on Friday. Survivor Guatemala and Survivor Palau cast member Stephenie LaGrossa got married on Friday, as did Apprentice 4 candidate Jennifer Murphy, who married the dentist from Extreme Makeover. Stephanie “wed her longtime boyfriend, high-school history teacher Michael Ward, 33, …
The third and fourth season American Idol winners both recently announced major successes, although neither had anything at all to do with singing. Carrie Underwood graduated from Northeastern State University in Oklahoma on Sunday. Earlier, she “withdrew from school just three credits shy of graduating” to compete on the show, but now she “graduated magna …
American Idol 4 runner-up Bo Bice allegedly tried to punch a former football player at a New York City bar on Sunday. Page Six reports that Bo was at O’Brien’s on West 46th Street, where he tried to start a fight with former New York Giants player Glenn Parker, who apparently recognized Bo. Here’s the …
American Idol 4 quitter Mario Vazquez has a new single that “was shipped to radio stations this week, in two versions — one in English and another in Spanish,” according to the New York Post. That song, “Gallery,” is, Mario says, about unrequited desire. Uh huh. “I don’t want to give too much away, but …
Cingular’s exclusive text message vote contract earned as much as $4.15 million for the company last year, the Boston Globe reports. Basically, the paper did the math, finding that “Cingular charges between $19.99 per month for a text package with 2,500 messages included and 10 cents per message on a pay-as-you-go plan, meaning the company …