Shakira, Usher to replace Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo on spring ‘The Voice’
Shakira may take over for Christina Aguilera for the spring edition of "The Voice." CREDIT: AP
Now that NBC has gotten greedy and felt two cycles of “The Voice” in one year was a good idea, it can’t keep all four celebrity judges around for both rounds.
For Christina Aguilera and Atlanta’s Cee Lo Green, the time commitment is too much. So NBC is reportedly seeking to replace them in the spring with Shakira and Atlanta’s Usher, according to Hollywood Reporter.
(UPDATE: The deal is done, according to EW.com)
Shakira isn’t quite the vocalist as Christina, but she has international appeal and her hips certainly don’t lie. And Usher – OMG! They trade one Atlanta R&B singer for another, who is in better shape but at the same time, is bigger in terms of chart success.]
Though their current music success is actually greater, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton are going to stick around for the spring, supposedly. But Blake (rightly) has complained about the stupidity of running it twice in one year. It makes it difficult to tour, he said.
This will change the chemistry of the quartet. I doubt it will be any better than it is now. Can Usher and Shakira replicate the playful banter of the current pair? I guess we shall see in early 2013.
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Sam-A
September 18th, 2012
2:39 pm
Both, Jen. The movie put the image of those big old power things falling one by one as the ???? (we’re never told or shown just what they are) march thru the land.
Was “It” the one about the clown? That one I just saw the mini series, never read it, but the show was very scary.
Anyone who likes King should try Dean Koontz – he has written some of the scariest stuff ever, and some just eerie and good, like “Watchers” about a lab-created Golden Retriever. I’ve ranged for loved to really enjoyed most of his books. Just a small handful I’ve not liked (the Frankenstein series chief among them).
However, the scariest book I’ve ever read is “Helter Skelter” the true story of Charles Manson’s cult and murders by Vincent Bugliosi. It’s about a foot thick, but I started it late afternoon and was finished about 5:00 am – couldn’t put it down. This was not too far removed from the real events. Another horrifyingly scary book is “The Stranger Beside Me” by Ann Rule, about Ted Bundy and her relationship with him (they were friends who met while manning phones side by side at a suicide hotline outfit). Makes the hair on my arms stand up just thinking about it. Especially as I was a tall, thin girl with waist-length, parted in the middle dark brown hair – like most of the dozens of girls he murdered.
Jenny
September 18th, 2012
2:58 pm
Oh Sam, read IT. Talk about character development… I’d have to say it’s maybe THE deepest of all his books.
And the Langoliers…. yep, the power poles. And the chewing. **shiver**…
D, I need to read Dark Tower. A friend raves about it. Says it incorporates characters from many of my faves…
Rickster
September 18th, 2012
3:46 pm
Here’s a (hopefully) humorous joke:
A little boy walks into the barber shop. The barber is cutting the hair of a customer.
The barber leans down & whispers to the customer, “This is the dumbest kid in the world. Watch. I’ll prove it.”
He reaches in his pockets and then extends his hands toward the kid. In one hand are two quarters. In the other hand is a dollar bill.
“Which do you want?” asks the barber.
The kid grabs the two quarters, says, “Thanks Mister!” and leaves.
“See?” says the barber. “Dumb as a sack of rocks.”
The customer sits till the barber finishes. He pays & leaves.
He looks down the street and sees the kid coming out of the ice cream shop.
He hurries and catches up to the kid and says, “Son, can I ask you a question?”
“Sure.” says the boy.
“Why did you take the 50 cents instead of the dollar?” ask the man.
The boys smiles at the man and says, “As soon as I take the dollar, the game’s over!”
Mercedes S.
September 18th, 2012
3:54 pm
Sam-A – you ARE my younger self… “Watchers”, YES. And “The Stranger Beside Me” AND “Helter Skelter”. Read the Bugliosi book when I first got married and hubby went out of town for three days on business. Have never been so scared. Kept all the lights on at night.
Mercedes S.
September 18th, 2012
3:56 pm
Rodney started a thread on “Revolution”, but we pretty much dissected it here, no?
Sam-A
September 18th, 2012
4:01 pm
Mercedes: Doubt I’m any younger than you! I lived alone and stayed up all night reading that book – spend half the time looking over my shoulder, checking the front door and sliding glass doors, and trying to pull the curtains even closer together. Scared the hell outta me, but man what a powerful book. The mini series was expertly well done also – can’t remember the name of the actor who played Manson, but he put the fear of God in me! I totally believe Bugliosi when he said Manson stared at him, and his watch stopped dead. And I really did look very close to many of Bundy’s victims – when I found out, after he’d been caught in FL, that he’d spent some time in ATL, I about freaked out! Could have run into him at the Town Club, Uncle Sams, Scarlett Ohara’s, Mad Hatter – boggles the mind!
Deirdre
September 18th, 2012
4:41 pm
I did a college paper about the power of speech and used both Hitler and Manson as subjects. Most of the Manson stuff came from Helter-Skelter
Jenny
September 18th, 2012
4:44 pm
Mercedes, I want to hear your thoughts on King books vs movies?? (the post you said got lost earlier?) That is, if you have time to re-create.
Sam-A
September 18th, 2012
4:56 pm
Good evening all.
Rickster
September 18th, 2012
5:14 pm
Have a great evening, everyone.
Mercedes S.
September 18th, 2012
6:30 pm
Thanks, Jenny; I mentioned my favorite King books and if the movies/TV-series did them justice. Yes, in the case of “Carrie”, the first King book I read; ditto “The Stand”, “’salem’s Lot”, “Shawshank Redemption”, “The Dead Zone” and “It”, and a very big NO to the Kubrick version of “The Shining”. Despised
“Dreamcatcher”, “Christine”,”Firestarter”, “Cujo” and “Pet Sematary”.
It seems King’s stories come off better in longer TV-shows. There was a TV-remake of “The Shining” that was truer to the book.
Highlander
September 18th, 2012
7:27 pm
I think the best adaptation of a Stephen King book to movie was the mini-series “It”, followed closely by “‘Salem’s Lot.” The detail and character development in King’s books fair much better as mini-series than as 2-hour movies, IMO.
D., just finished Koontz’s Odd Apocalypse (the latest Odd Thomas outing). While the usual off-the-cuff humor was there, I thought the story dragged a bit. Just took a while to get going for me. I’ve enjoyed quite a few of his books but there have also been a few where it seemed to me like he got bored with writing toward the end of the book and just finished it up quickly.
Beth
September 18th, 2012
7:48 pm
I think they did an absolutely amazing job finding the replacement judges for season 4. Usher and Shakira are both extremely talented and successful. They will bring some different elements to the show but I think it will be good. Everyone at my DISH office is excited that we will still get to watch the ‘bromance’ between Blake and Adam next season. The talent has been good, and the judges have been entertaining in the current blind auditions too. I’ve been busy with class at night so I’m watching them on Prime Time Anytime on my Hopper DVR. It automatically records all the prime time shows on the four major networks for me. I will miss the chemistry the judges have when Cee Lo and Christina are gone but I’m also excited to see the fresh dynamics the new judges bring.
JTesla
September 18th, 2012
8:20 pm
LOL
Deirdre
September 19th, 2012
7:54 am
Morning!
Good old Dish network! They keep trying.
I watched Revolution and see some potential. The woman at the end with the working computer perked me up. The leader of the soldiers being the guy that Miles was traveling with when the lights went out also got my interest. Don’t think much of the guy who plays Miles as an actor yet or the girl who plays Charlie but like the woman with the accent and the guy who used to be a Google millionaire.
I will definitely watch it again.
Mercedes S.
September 19th, 2012
9:11 am
Morning!
So this is today’s Idol page?
Sam-A
September 19th, 2012
9:29 am
Mercedes: I didn’t care for “Shining” with Nicholson either!
Highlander: I’m finding for the most part that Dean Koontz ’s earlier books are more interesting to me than the last few year’s worth. He has a great imagination, and has written some incredible, scary, complex stories. “Hideway” was my first, and one of my favorites, and too many more to say. There was one a few years ago, I think “From the corner of his eye” or similar, that was heartbreakingly sad about a little boy. His characters are so real to be in such eerie, scary situations.
Deirdre
September 19th, 2012
9:51 am
It is very hard to make a good movie from a King book. Mostly a mini-series is the only genre that can come close to making it work. The Stand mini-series was well done I thought despite the fact that it is hard to translate what you feel while reading the books to the screen.
Lately, his books have been more about the real horrors in the world with supernatural elements added to them. It is understandable since he faced his own real horror when he was hit by a van while taking a walk. He is gradually getting back to his old style. I think one of his best books is 11/22/63. It is thought provoking, bittersweet and really fascinating. Yes, it revolves around the ability to go back in time but it is so much more than that.
Deirdre
September 19th, 2012
9:54 am
Highlander, I think Koontz has a plan for Odd Thomas but, depending on the popularity of the series, has no idea when that plan will come to fruition. Have you read the e-book, told in 3 parts that is part of Odd’s journey? It’s call Odd Interlude and I liked it better than Odd Apocalypse.
Mercedes S.
September 19th, 2012
9:55 am
Also agree about early Koontz. “Lightning” was my favorite, along with one about the wonder dog I read that one aloud to my kids when they were small; i.e. censored really bad parts). It’s still their favorite book!)
Mercedes S.
September 19th, 2012
9:57 am
It says “duplicate comments”, yet none of my comments are posted!!
Mercedes S.
September 19th, 2012
10:03 am
Ah! there it was!
Anyway, I think it’s difficult for succesful authors to deliver a fascinating book every year. Long time ago I interviewed Sue Grafton when she was travelling the country promoting “D is for Deadbeat” (fun charming lady, btw)and she’d just been told by her publisher that they expected an alphabet book from her every year. She said she was terrified she wouldn’t be able to do it. Somehow she did; she is now reaching the end of the alphabet, and I have enjoyed every one of her Kinsey books. Maybe because they are as much about character as plot.
Sam-A
September 19th, 2012
10:09 am
There is a book called “Serpent” by David Wiltse, that is one of the scariest, and best, books of the genre ever. It was so scary, I slept with the lights on for days after reading it.
Deirdre
September 19th, 2012
11:37 am
New thread up. Nicki Minaj.
RxDawg
September 19th, 2012
3:07 pm
“I think one of his best books is 11/22/63. It is thought provoking, bittersweet and really fascinating. Yes, it revolves around the ability to go back in time but it is so much more than that.”
I’ve heard it was a really goot book also D.
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September 20th, 2012
3:18 am
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Oh brother
September 21st, 2012
12:21 am
I don’t like this idea. I would not press my button if this was a vote