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Danny Gokey said he knew all day Wednesday that he would be voted off “American Idol.”
The church music director from Milwaukee said that when host Ryan Seacrest announced Kris Allen was safe, he knew he wasn’t.
Besides touring this summer with the top 10 finalists, Gokey, 29, plans to start his own eyeglass line or even model them to raise money for Sophie’s Heart Foundation, named for his wife, who died four weeks before he auditioned for “Idol.”
He also wants to make a “soulful” album with rhythm and blues beats and a hint of salsa and merengue.
Beyoncé and T.I., who each who scored No. 1 hit songs and videos this year, also each scored five BET Awards nominations.
Other multiple nominees include Jennifer Hudson, Jazmine Sullivan, Kanye West,
Keyshia Cole and Jamie Foxx, who will host the show June 28.
For a list of nominees go to www.bet.com/specials/betawards09/betawards09-nominees.htm.
It’s another milestone for NBC’s “Today” show: the 700th week in a row as TV’s most popular morning show.
Nielsen Media Research statistics show that last week continued the unbeaten streak for the “Today” show that began in December 1995, during President Clinton’s first administration. Bryant Gumbel and Katie Couric were co-hosts then; now it’s Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira.
Wanda Sykes and wife Alex are the parents of twins.
Sykes’ publicist says the babies, Olivia Lou and Lucas Claude, were born April 27.
Smith says Alex gave birth to the twins and “all are happy and healthy.” They are the first kids for the couple, who married in October.
Sykes will host a Saturday late-night show on Fox next fall.
An attorney for Rob Lowe says dueling lawsuits between the actor and an ex-nanny were dismissed.
Larry Stein confirmed that the cases involving Jessica Gibson were dismissed. A lawsuit filed against another ex-nanny is active.
Lowe, 45, filed a defamation lawsuit in April 2008 claiming Gibson demanded $1.5 million to stay silent about sex-abuse allegations.
The child star of “Slumdog Millionaire” was awakened Thursday by a policeman ordering him out of his home. It was bulldozed along with dozens of shanties in his Mumbai slum.
“I was frightened,” said Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, 10, who lost pet kittens in the chaos.
Eight Oscars and $326 million in box-office receipts have done little to improve the lives of the film’s impoverished stars. Now, Azhar and his family will spend the night on the muddy ground by the rubble of their shack.
U.D. Mistry, an official with the Bombay Municipal Corporation, said only illegally built shanties were bulldozed.
Robin Williams, who had heart surgery eight weeks ago, says he and David Letterman “are now brotherhood of the zipper chests.” Williams, on CBS’ “Late Show with David Letterman” on Wednesday, was referring to Letterman’s quintuple bypass heart surgery in 2000.
It was the actor’s first interview since surgery that replaced an aortic valve.
Williams, 57, stars in “Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian,” out May 22.
Nickelodeon is adding a panda to its lineup: “Kung Fu Panda: The Series.”
Based on the hit 2008 film, the 26 episodes will be animated and will tell new adventures of Po, the frisky martial arts panda who starred in the film.
Lauren Conrad’s “Laguna Beach” nemesis is heading for “The Hills.”
Now that Conrad has left the hit MTV reality series, Kristin Cavallari is taking her place. MTV publicist Emily Yeomans confirms that Cavallari, 22, will replace Conrad on the show. The Season 5 finale on May 31 marks Cavallari’s “Hills” debut.
Among celebrity birthdays today: Counterculture icon Wavy Gravy is 73. Musician Brian Eno is 61. Actor Chazz Palminteri is 57. Actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler (“The Sopranos”) is 28.
