So he’s not as clean-cut as we might think he is, but he scrubbed up very nicely in Dolce & Gabbana suits for the June 2012 issue of GQ, featuring Michael Fassbender on the cover.

During his interview, the 18-year-old singer was asked about his fame and alcohol.

On alcohol he said, “For me, it’s just like, I like to be in control of myself. I mean, I’ve had a beer, like, before … but I never get out of control.”

On fame he had this to say: “I mean, I keep my guard up a lot, because you know, you can’t trust anyone in this business. That’s what’s sad. You can’t trust anybody. I learned the hard way.”

Vocal producer Kuk Harrell revealed just how in control and knowledgeable Justin Bieber is about the image he wants to portray. He said,

“He knows his brand. If he hears something, he’ll go, ‘I think that’s me …’ The brand steers the ship.”

And what about those fashionable clothes? Are they Brand Bieber? Oh yes! Enjoy!

The singer, dubbed the Queen of Disco, had taken time out from the music industry to focus on developing her painting hobby but she was reported to be working on a new album at the time of her death. She apparently tried to hide the extent of her illness until the album was completed.

She was in Florida at the time of her death.

Five-time Grammy winner Donna Summer rose to super-stardom in the 1970s with her hits “Last Dance,” “Hot Stuff,” “Love To Love You Baby” and “Bad Girls.”

Born LaDonna Adrian Gaines, she was one of seven children. She was born and raised in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood, living on the first floor of a three-decker home. She moved to Austria in 1971, where she met and fell in love with actor Helmuth Sommer while the two were acting in ‘Godspell’. The couple married in 1973, the same year that Donna gave birth to her first child, daughter Mimi Sommer.

In 1975, the couple divorced but Donna took her husband’s last name, translated to English, as her stage name. Donna Summer came into being.

In 1978, while working on the hit track, “Heaven Knows” Summer met Bruce Sudano and they soon began dating. The couple married on July 16, 1980 and a year later, Summer gave birth to another daughter Brooklyn Sudano, named after Sudano’s group, and later another daughter, Amanda. Brooklyn starred in the hit ABC production ‘My Wife and Kids.’

In 1994, Summer and her family moved from Los Angeles to Nashville, where she took time out from show business to focus on painting, a hobby she began in 1985.

Her husband and Brooklyn and Amanda survive her, as well as a third daughter, Mimi, from a previous marriage.

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Whoever was knocked out last night it was going to be a shock. But I didn’t expect it to be as big a shock as this. Joshua Ledet was eliminated.

From the judges’ comments and from the fact she was the one that had been in the bottom 2 before, I expected Jessica Sanchez to go. Still, her performances had been amazing. Phillip Phillips’ song choice caused some negative comments and on one song judge Randy Jackson said he was “just OK,” which also put him in danger n my mind.

But Joshua Ledet flew under the radar for once. Never as amazing as he has been in previous shows, but never doing anything particularly wrong either in Wednesday’s performance show, he was the one person I fully expected to see in the final.

But no. He failed to pull in the public votes and so Phillip Phillips, who has not been in the Bottom 2 but who hasn’t always received rave reviews from the judges, and the once-eliminated, but saved by the judges, Jessica Sanchez have advanced to the final.

Next week, one of them will be crowned ‘American Idol’ champion.

Southern singer Joshua Ledet gave one of his most passionate performances after hearing the elimination news, with his reprise of the soul classic, ‘It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World,’ which Randy Jackson had declared the best ‘American Idol’ performance ever on its first airing from Joshua.

Earlier this month, after performing ‘To Love Somebody,’ by the Bee Gees, Jackson had also said that Joshua’s time on the show would always be a high mark in the competition’s history.

“You’re one of the best singers on this show. Ever. Ever. No matter what goes down, you’re one of the best singers ever on this show… That was incredible. Nobody can do that better,” he said at the time.

And Jennifer went one step further.

“I think you’re one of the best singers I’ve seen in 50 years.”

Joshua hugged a clearly upset judge Jennifer Lopez before he left the stage.

‘American Idol’ returns for the Season 11 Final, from L.A. Live, on Wednesday at 8/7c on FOX. Are you shocked that Joshua Ledet won’t be in it?

There was also a photo shoot for the “America’s Next Top Model” fragrance, Dream Come True, in front of the client, Hatch Beauty founder, Ben Bennett.

At the beginning of last night’s episode we were left with: Sophie (21) from England, Laura (20) from the USA and Annaliese (24) from England.  My favorite is still in it! Actually, she was still in it at the end of the show too, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

Last night’s episode opened with the girls traumatized by the panel judgements and Annaliese feeling like the underdog. Oh and the one remaining American was stressing about that too!

So it was just in the nick of time that the girls got a Tyra Mail telling them to ‘Get Up and Go For it’ at the Hong Kong go-sees. As a little added spice, for every job they booked they got a thousand dollars.

William Tang loved Annaliese; he thought someone had to teach Laura to walk.  Gregory Derham loved Sophie.  Henry Lau said he needed someone sexier that Annaliese. Nude Is Rude also weren’t keen on Laura’s walk but their designer thought she looked good in the clothes.

So it came to pass that Laura booked 2 of the 4, Annaliese booked 3 of the 4 and Sophie booked all 4, making her the challenge winner and the face of Rude is Nude for the whole year.

Next the girls discovered they were doing a photo shoot for ‘Dream Come True’ Fragrance.  Whoever won Best Picture would have it used for the campaign of the fragrance. The twist was that the girls had to pose in a life-size bottle of the fragrance.

The soft pink girliness of the photos shoot had Laura freaking out because she really is not that kind of a girl, she said. Sophie knew she had to stand out and she did well, with Mr. Jay loved praising her energy; he thought it was magical. Annaliese had trouble looking happy and Laura also struggled, although she can do sexy and sultry. Mr. Jay was worried for her, but he need not have been.

Sophie was chosen as the first finalist, followed by Laura. Annaliese was eliminated, and although I am pleased with the final two chosen I couldn’t help feeling their had been better photo shoots.

Next week the final two, Sophie and Laura, will walk in a Forever 21 Fashion Show.  Who will be crowned ‘America’s Next Top Model’?  Tune in next Wednesday to find out. It’s a battle of the USA vs. the UK. Didn’t we always know it would be?

The contestants had to perform three songs in the semi-finals; could they being their ‘A’ game along for all of those? Would a favorite slip up at the (almost) final hurdle?

The three songs each contestant performed were one the ‘American Idol’ judges chose for them, one that mentor Jimmy Iovine picked for them and one selected by the contestants themselves. It was sure to bring out some amazing classics, but how did our Idol contestants cope with them?

The first round was the judges’ choice of songs.

First up was Joshua Ledet singing ‘I’d Rather Go Blind’ by Etta James. Now I know Etta James was great and all that but this doesn’t rate on my Top 100 Favorite Songs, so I was kind of with Randy’s unspoken criticism here when he said, “I hope you can bring your touch to modern times.” Yes he’s a “throwback” as Jennifer said, but he has an amazing voice and I really hope he stays current. “This [was] another Joshua moment,” as Steven pointed out, but I’d rather have heard him sing something current, or at least a better ‘classic’ than this one.

Next, Jessica Sanchez sang ‘My All’ by Mariah Carey which had Steven predicting a Jessica win. “That was absolutely beautiful, the right song for you, excellent,” said Randy and Jennifer complimented her for putting her own spin on the song. It was a strong performance on an emotional song. The stuff of which ‘American Idol’ winners are made.

Phillip Phillips completed our trio with ‘Begging’ by Mankind, not a song I know well but I appreciated Phillip doing his own thing on it. “We were just at the Phil Phillips concert,” said Randy. “You are in the zone, you have a good time, another incredible performance by you, you are who you are and we love it.” Jennifer said he caught the groove in the song. I was most excited by Steven saying that he hopes Phillip will write his own songs “because you could be the new Springsteen.” Squeal!

Then there came some confusing discussion about which of our three remaining contestants won that round. Phillip was the only one to get a standing ovation from the judges, so you’d expect them all to choose Phillip, right? Wrong! Jennifer got with the program and picked Phillip, and at least Steven didn’t commit, but Randy preferred Joshua. So why wasn’t he on his feet for the guy earlier? Anyway – important point – no one picked Jessica, who has so far been the darling of the show in the judges’ eyes.

The contestants got to choose their own songs for round two and this is often where things can go wrong. But I couldn’t wait to see what Phillip chose for himself. But first up was Joshua, after some footage of his hometown visit to Westlake, Louisiana. He made me laugh saying that the very excited fans thought he was Barack Obama. He took his beautiful little niece Chloe with him in the limo for the parade, at which Joshua acted like a politician! He was waving and kissing babies all over the place. After a stop at his school to meet more adoring fans, Joshua played a concert at Burton Coliseum. The concert began in style with “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World” and ended in fireworks.

Back in the studio, Joshua Ledet performed his own choice of ‘Imagine’ by John Lennon. Now this really is one of my favorite songs of all time and I find it very emotional, so I was a little perturbed by Randy asking Joshua, “Why did you choose this song?” Surely he wasn’t going to criticize it! My heart sank a little further as Joshua replied that he heard it on the way to the show. I was getting worried when Randy continued, “Everything you sing should touch you,” but no, we were OK; he was building up to a compliment: “You dig deep into the lyric and the performance, another stellar performance, I love that, Brilliant dude.” Jennifer called it “beautiful,” and she told Joshua he was special for the vulnerability and courage he shows in his performances. Steven said, “It was beautiful, another ‘thank you, God’ moment, every time you take it over the top because you are so fine.” I love Steven… I mean…Joshua.

Next we saw Jessica Sanchez’ home town visit to Chula Vista, California, where she travels by helicopter, landing in the football field where it all began with her audition. Jessica promises to win the competition for her family. A bold statement from the youngster, although she had to be riding pretty high knowing that the judges used their one and only save on her. She has to hope the American public has fallen back in love with her, though, because only they can make her ‘American Idol’ winner, or keep her in until the final. She got a day named after her, though. Her concert was at USS Midway Museum, where Jessica sang ‘Dance With My Father’ for her dad that is overseas. I’m trying not to be unkind but the song doesn’t carry anywhere near as much gravitas when the father in question isn’t dead.

Her song choice of ‘I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing’ by Aerosmith surprised me. In a good way. It was a tough hill to climb, as Randy pointed out but as he said, she certainly delivered. Jennifer said, “You don’t know what a big deal that is, he has never said a good thing about someone who sang his songs, really good job baby.” Steven said, “You just took a great song and made it greater, beautiful.” That was a massive leap up from her first song and now she’s given me an earrworm.

Phillip Phillips was the last one to perform his choice of song, but first we saw his hometown visit home to Leesburg, Georgia. He went to the pawn shop to visit his very, very proud dad and then they went home to his mom and sisters. This is just a beautiful, loving family. I’m not saying the others aren’t, but I was truly touched by how affectionate and proud of Phillip these people are. I’m trying not to cry even now as I write about it. He was still clearly overwhelmed by the fans’ support at his concert.

Aaannddd then we crashed. I knew how this was going to go as soon as Phillip said his choice of song was ‘Disease’ by Matchbox 20. The judges were clearly underwhelmed and I was left staring at my TV screen mourning a lost opportunity. “It was such a subdued moment, you can do that in your sleep, it was just ok,” said Randy. Jennifer said it was an easy performance too and it was. Not “the wow performance that we are needing right now.” Steven agreed and for a moment I didn’t want to watch the rest of the show.

But of course I did! It was Jimmy Iovine’s choice next and this was bound to be fun, even though we didn’t get to see him sabotage Hollie Cavanagh or Skylar Laine because we all know how much he loved them.

Joshua Ledet was given ‘No More Drama’ by Mary J. Blige and I was sighing and wishing he could get a man’s song again. But Randy said, “At this point it doesn’t matter what you do or what you sing, people should just vote for you. The natural performer that you are, I don’t care, that is what being an artist is all about.”  Soooooo… we don’t need performances on ‘American Idol’? Is that what he’s saying? It’s a popularity contest at the end? I hope TV bosses aren’t watching, Randy. Steven again said it was “beautiful.” He seems to have run out of other comments to make. Jennifer said, “You have this perfect marriage of knowing what you are doing and knowing when to do it, the thing that is exciting about you is the spontaneity.”

Jimmy Iovine chose “I’ll Be There” by The Jackson Five because he wanted to show how young Jessica is and to keep her youth. I had mixed feeling about that: about the song and about the intention. So did Randy, who I tend to think has the most integrity and honesty among the judges. He said, “I liked it ok, I didn’t love it, once again we are at the end here, there was never a moment, it was ok but it wasn’t like oh my God.” But Jennifer praised Jimmy’s choice and of course Jennifer’s “perfect tone.” Steven said, “That song was perfect, perfect voice, over the top.” Things were maybe looking up for Jennifer if we ignore Mr. Grumpy in the corner.

Next, Phillip Phillps sang ‘We’ve Got Tonight’ by Bob Seger, chosen by Jimmy because he wanted to find a song that addressed both Phillip’s male and female fans. It was a brilliant choice, if the judges’ comments are to be believed. Randy called it “the perfect song at the perfect time, your best ever. Finally when you need a moment, you had a giant moment. We wanted you to sing a melody, you got it dude, you got it, you are in it to win it, he is ready.” Jennifer said, “it was like a lullaby, “perfect” and I snapped out of my trance when she pointed out that there were about a million girls wishing they were singing it with Phillip. No, no, no – I will not get another ‘Idol’ crush. I’m still loyal, Scottyyyyy! Anyway, I have to figure out what Steven meant when he said  “You sang like you didn’t care,” closely followed by “you have all that passion wrapped up in you.” Now, those two things don’t fit together in my head so I am confused, but I think he liked it.

That was some semi-final, and not necessarily what I expected to happen. But what did you think to the ‘American Idol’ semi-final performances? I think the night belonged to the guys and underdog Phillip Phillips may just have stolen it for me. We’ll find out tonight, of course, as we return for the cruelest cut of all as someone pretty phenomenal won’t make the final.

Arsenio will find himself fighting for how he wants his project to go again. He argues a little bit with Adam Carolla because he wants a roast theme for his charity event. It’s not Arsenio’s favorite idea.

As for Clay, he has to deal with Aubrey O’Day’s strong personality. She feels unappreciated and lets Clay know it. Last week Clay and Debbie Gibson were fighting when Debbie wanted to paint a murel. It wasn’t of importance to Clay because he didn’t want to spend time on something like that with so much more to worry about.

When the challenge parties get started, Arsenio worries his event won’t be as good as Clay’s.  Very few people are in line to be part of his charity while Clay has a number of patrons excited to see what he came up with. The carnival theme will do well for Aiken’s side. Everyone is organized and it’s a feel good event. Donald Trump and his kids show up to make the rounds at Clay and Arsenio’s party.

Adam’s sense of humor is typically funny, but not always used in the best way on stage. He begins Arsenio’s party by referencing Donald Trump with some of his jokes. Trump takes it all in stride, however, it seems to be somewhat of a risk. With Lisa Lampanelli on this team, how can it be anything less than controversial with Adam and Arsenio in the mix as well?

Who will be “The Celebrity Apprentice” 2012 winner after all is said and done?

Be sure to watch the show’s Part 2 conclusion on Sunday, May 20th at 9:00 p.m., ET/PT on NBC.

Actually, I think he’s doing a great job so far, if maybe not quite what the producers expected. I think he’s better than that. Yes, he’s brutally honest, but he also displays a heart a compassion for the contestants which I really liked, and which made his sharp criticisms even funnier, to me.

So the judges headed to San Francisco for another round of open auditions.

First up was David Garibaldi and his CMYK’s combining graffiti art, dancing and music. Wow, wow, wow! Well worth their standing ovation from the judges. Howard thought it was fantastic and I love how he admitted to feeling a jerk because he thought they were painting him. They ‘delivered wow’ as Howie said, and had no trouble securing three yeses.

Mister Special was booed almost as soon as he hit the stage. Well, what do you expect if you dress that way and arrive on a kid’s bicycle playing a trumpet! Howie didn’t buzz him because he kept thinking something would come later in the act but it didn’t. He advised Mister Special to get help and he had a point. But at least the hopeful (deluded?) contestant got to confess that he’s always had the hots for Sharon.

After a list of not very good acts, we got to Kim McAfee. She wasn’t very good either, but Nick felt bad for her that she didn’t have her partner with her so he filled in. But not even this second attempt got Kim past the judges.

17 year old Cristin Sandu treated us to an amazing balancing act, with Sharon first to give him a standing ovation, although she said she was afraid for him. Howie wanted a faster build up so voted no, but the two yes votes were enough to take him to Vegas.

The Lisa Clark Dancers impressed the audience but Howard zoned out and so did I, although for some reason he voted yes. Howie gave then a no but Sharon’s positive vote carried them forward.

A magician, musician team, a 14-year old singer with a huge voice and Mike the Juggler all made it through to Vegas.

Dave Burleigh tied me in knots. He did a parody of Dancing with the Stars with “real” stars as he said. I had to love this guy, even though he was mocking one of my favorite shows. The audience went nuts for him, which Howard picked up on, but advised him to get a couple of killer lines and be more edgy. Howie found it was spot on with good material, Sharon toldDave not to take any of Howard’s advice, and he got three yes votes.

Luiz Meneghuin is a nurse who sings opera for his patients. Even Howie felt the emotion and his family were crying as the audience gave him a standing ovation. Luiz told the judges that he was very poor as a child and his father bought a record player and classical music; his father’s dream was for one of his children to sing, but he passed away last year. Even without the back story he deserved his standing ovation. Howard said that there is a lot of emotion in this song, Sharon thought he was fabulous and had a very strong voice and Howie told Luiz that his father can see him now and he has made his dream come true. I was crying at this point but I’m guessing all three judges gave him a yes vote.

Paula Nelson (80 years old) a.k.a.  “Granny G” rapped about family values. She entertained me and got Sharon to her feet but I can’t see this act going well in Vegas. We’ll see, though, as all the judges said yes.

Kotton Kandy got three no votes as a guy prancing around in a blue sparkly bikini with hot pink boas and sunglasses. But at least Nick danced with him at the news he was going home, so he got something out of the day.

Tim Hockenberry was the next performer of any note, which is an intentional pun as he’s a singer. He played the keyboard and sang “You Are So Beautiful.” I loved his voice and Howard called him a breath of fresh air, Howie said he had a phenomenal talent and toldTim that his life is about to change. Sharon loved that he sang with great emotion and she thought his voice was really good. See you in Vegas, Tim!

Funk Beyond Control were certainly dancing out of control. I don’t know why the judges loved them but they did.

Turf, the extreme contortionist dancer, had Howie up on his feet and the crowd loved it, so he got his dream come true and he advised kids to go for their dream. He was justified with three yes votes.

So that was it for a night with lots of crazy acts but some showings of real stellar talent. I can’t wait until next week when ‘America’s Got Talent’ hits Howard’s home town.

The different between first and last placed couple was only three points so it makes the competition interesting going in to next week’s final

The judges chose to see William Levy and Cheryl Burke’s Samba again because it was absolutely perfect. Then it was on to the results.

Katherine Jenkins and Mark Ballas were quickly announced as safe, as were William Levy and Cheryl Burke – a relief as it would have been a bit embarrassing if he got eliminated right after the judges asked to see his ‘perfect’ dance again!

But what’s that? In jeopardy were last night’s highest scoring couple, Maria Menounos and Derek Hough, joined by Donald Driver and Peta Murgatroyd. The latter two were who I really expected to leave the competition last night. But no, we had to say goodbye to our highest scoring couple with the judges, even though they scored a perfect 30 score for their Argentine Tango.

What do you think to Maria and Derek being eliminated? Who’s your favorite to win the mirror ball trophy now? (Mine hasn’t changed all season and she’s still in it to win it!)

Womack just purchased a new bar in Houston called The Dogwood. He and his brothers accumulate bars and have four successful ones running in Austin. A local station caught up with Brad to see how he’s dealing with knowing Emily is on TV dating 25 men.

“I’ve just politely declined any comment until now,” Brad began. “All I’ll say, she is a hell of a woman.  Hope it works out. You know, I’m happy, I hope she’s happy. So maybe we can do an interview after the finale and you can tell me what happens.”

Don’t expect Brad to watch “The Bachelorette” 2012. He claims to have no interest in watching the ex his was madly in love with go finding love with other men. Who can blame him? That might be expecting a bit much!

The Texas bar owner did say this, “Can I say I’m glad? I think I dodged a bullet with the relationship? I just hope it works out with her.”

Brad Womack doesn’t want anyone to think he’s some “cheesy” reality star coming out of “The Bachelor” franchise.

“Some people love the show, some people hate the show so I just want people to know, hey I’m not just this cheesy reality show guy that handed out roses,” he said.

He does give “The Bachelor” a lot of credit for his continuing success as a businessman because he said to the reporter if it wasn’t for him being on TV, he wouldn’t be talking to her or buying another bar in the Midtown area of Houston.

In spite of his single status, Womack hasn’t had time for dating.

“I don’t have time to date and it’s not for lack of trying,” he said. “Um, this is a true story, and it’s almost sad, you know I’ve only been on one date in a year? One date. Is that pathetic?”

It’s hard to believe Brad is single, but a man as busy as himself usually finds it challenging to fit time in for a relationship.

Is it possible Brad is secretly checking out Emily’s season of “The Bachelorette” 2012? Even if he gives it a quick glance, he wouldn’t want to admit it.

“The Bachelorette” 2012 airs at 9:30 p.m., ET/PT Monday nights on ABC.

At the two-day Budweiser ‘Made in America’ festival, Jay Z announced that he will no longer be making any more rap music.

And that wasn’t all the bad news he had for his fans. He also said that he will not be making any more music anytime soon because he’s apparently too busy with his daughter, Blue Ivy Carter.

Far from fatherhood inspiring him to write more music with new and deeper feelings, as he expected it to do, Jay-Z said he would must rather just hang out with his daughter and enjoy spending as much time as possible with her.

“I’m sure that bug to get back in the studio will come back at some point,” he said, but for now, he is happy to be just a dad and make the most of Blue Ivy’s babyhood. Isn’t it nice he can afford to do that?