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KRIS ALLEN AND ALLISON IRAHETA RING IN THE NEW YEAR
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kris Allen's New Year's Eve is going to be about glitz, and Allison Iraheta's (eye-rah-HEE'-tahz) will be about zippers. They're playing in Las Vegas for the "Billboard's New Year's Eve Live" special on Fox, along with Sean Kingston. Allen has never been to Las Vegas before, and he says even though he's known as a down-home guy, he can have fun in Vegas too. This year's celebration has to be better than the one he had last year. Allen hosted a party on a rooftop with sparklers and a guest's pants caught on fire. Iraheta says she plans to wear a dress with a big zipper on it, and Allen jokes he's wearing a zipper dress too.
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Allison Iraheta (eye-rah-HEE'-tah)
Allison Iraheta says her celebrations of New Year's Eve tend to be the same. (note language; cut contains word "ass")
<<CUT …023 (12/31/09)>> 00:05 "caught on fire"
Kris Allen
Kris Allen says he'll always remember last New Year's Eve, when he had a party for about 40 people on the roof.
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Kris Allen
Kris Allen says he has never even been to Las Vegas before, but he doesn't expect to be a fish out of water there.
<<CUT …025 (12/31/09)>> 00:15 "same place. Yeah"
Allison Iraheta (eye-rah-HEE'-tah), finalist and Kris Allen
Allison Iraheta and Kris Allen were asked if they knew what they are going to wear for their big New Year's Eve gig.
WHO'S WHERE ON NEW YEAR'S EVE
LOS ANGELES (AP) — There are lots of musical choices for ringing in the New Year tonight. The Black Eyed Peas, Jennifer Lopez, Daughtry, David Guetta, Justin Bieber (BEE'-ber), Keri Hilson, Colbie Caillat (kal-LAY'), Orianthi, and Robin Thicke appear on "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest" on ABC. Green Day, Jay-Z and Rihanna perform on "New Year's Eve with Carson Daly" on NBC. Kris Allen, Allison Iraheta (eye-rah-HEE'-ta) and Sean Kingston will perform on "Billboard's New Year's Eve Live" on Fox. Ray Davies will be the musical guest on the "Late Show With David Letterman" on CBS.
AEROSMITH'S TOM HAMILTON GIVES BAND UPDATE
UNDATED (AP) — Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton is attempting to answer the question on everyone's minds: "What's goin' on with the band?" Hamilton writes on the band's Web site, it all boils down to Steven Tyler "wanting to go solo for a while and the other four of us wanting to continue." He says the band recently played some make-up concerts and they went well, but he admits, "Things have been tough lately." He adds, "The uncertainty is cruel to all sides in this case."
MICHAEL JACKSON'S "THRILLER" NAMED TO NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video will be the first music video to be named to National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. The library preserves 25 films each year considered to be culturally or historically important. Steve Leggett of the National Film Preservation Board says "Thriller" was considered for inclusion in past years, but the time was right to include it following Jackson's death. He says the board also wanted to include a representation of music videos because of the way the recording industry is evolving.
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Michael Weinfeld
The Library of Congress has picked 25 new entries to the National Film Registry. And as AP Entertainment Editor Michael Weinfeld tells us, one of them by Michael Jackson isn't a movie at all.
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archive excerpt of Michael Jackson singing "Thriller"
Here is an archive excerpt of Michael Jackson singing "Thriller."
<<CUT …014 (12/31/09)>> 00:08 "been my dream"
archive sound of Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear, in scene from "The Muppet Movie"
Here is archive sound of Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear, in scene from "The Muppet Movie."
<<CUT …015 (12/31/09)>> 00:09 "in charge here"
archive sound of Al Pacino in scene from "Dog Day Afternoon"
Here is archive sound of Al Pacino in scene from "Dog Day Afternoon."
<<CUT …016 (12/31/09)>> 00:33 "off that water (sound of water)"
Jack Rockwell and Roy Rogers
Here are Jack Rockwell and Roy Rogers in a scene from the 1938 film, "Under Western Stars" which was Rogers' first movie and has been added to the National Film Registry.
LAMONT DOZIER: CIVIL HARMONY THROUGH MOTOWN
WASHINGTON (AP) — Songwriter Lamont Dozier believes Motown did as much for the civil rights movement as some of the movement's biggest leaders. Dozier says as whites caught on to the Motown sound and saw those artists perform on TV, they realized that blacks were not that different. He says the Motown legacy continues, because right now those songs are being played somewhere in the world.
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Oscar Wells Gabriel
Abraham, Martin...and Smokey? AP Correspondent Oscar Wells Gabriel reports Motown artists are getting props for being part of the civil rights movement.
<<CUT …018 (12/31/09)>> 00:05 "us, you know"
Lamont Dozier
Lamont Dozier says Motown artists were, in a sense, part of the civil rights movement bringing black artists to the attention of white audiences.
<<CUT …019 (12/31/09)>> 00:12 "to those standards"
Lamont Dozier
Lamont Dozier believes many whites got their first positive view of blacks as a result of watching Motown performers.
BURTON CUMMINGS, NEIL YOUNG NAMED TO ORDER OF CANADA
OTTAWA (AP) — Burton Cummings of The Guess Who and Neil Young are being given one of Canada's highest honors. They've been named to the Order of Canada, which recognizes outstanding achievement, dedication to community and service to Canada. They will be given their awards at a ceremony sometime next year.
ELVIS FAN RUNS GRACELAND TOO
HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) — If you ever need to know absolutely any time Elvis Presley ever opened his mouth to the media, Graceland Too is for you. It's an antebellum house in Holly Springs, Mississippi, run by Paul MacLeod, and to call him an Elvis fan barely scratches the surface. He claims to have 35,000 Elvis records, 25,000 CDs, 31,000 videotapes and 43,000 audio records. He even has carpet that was once in Graceland. The house is covered floor to ceiling with photos, figurines, cardboard cutouts, candy wrappers, clocks and other Elvis memorabilia. He gives tours for $5, but you have to call the local tourism bureau first, because the one thing he does not have is a phone.
CHICAGO PERFORM FOR "BRIAN BOITANO SKATING SPECTACULAR"
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The band Chicago will provide the soundtrack to some of the best-known skaters. Chicago will perform for the "Brian Boitano Skating Spectacular." The skaters include Boitano, Michael Weiss, Kimmie Meissner and Steven Cousins. The special airs tomorrow afternoon on NBC.
by Margie Szaroleta
