Posted by RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com on his AJC Radio & TV Talk blog on Monday, December 11, 2017
The New York Times recently profiled "Live with Kelly and Ryan," which has been pulling in strong ratings since he joined the show in May and is easily beating the third hour of the "Today" show.
Here is how the writer described former Atlantan Seacrest, in kind of a back-handed complimentary way:
Jennifer Hudson told Ellen DeGeneres that juggling coaching "The Voice UK" and "The Voice USA" at the same time has been difficult.
"I'm being dragged by the face by both of them," she said. "The U.S. is in the lives and the U.K. is being pre-taped. Sometimes I get confused. I'm like, 'Which coach is sitting next to me? Where am I?'
“The other day when I was in the U.K. I was looking at the other coaches’ contestants, like, ‘I ain’t never seen these people before…!’ It took me a minute.”
These are problems most folks wish they had.
***
Credit: Rodney Ho
Credit: Rodney Ho
“This is gonna impact positive change,” she said. “It looks real dark right now, and you get bummed out when you’re watching the news. But all I can say is, at least maybe we’re gonna fix some things that maybe not everybody knew was going on.”
***
Adam Lambert said recently that his "gender fluid" cover for his first album in 2009 "For Your Entertainment" was toned down to black and white from color to appease nervous retailers. It's doubtful that anybody would care in 2017:
***
Credit: Rodney Ho
Credit: Rodney Ho
***
Clay Aiken Instagram post of the week:
