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Season 23 of American Idol continued the audition phase on Sunday night as judges Carrie Underwood, Lionel Richie, and Luke Bryan traveled to New York, Los Angeles, and Nashville to find music's next superstar. The two-hour episode aired Sunday, March 16 (8 p.m. Et/Pt) with Ryan Seacrest hosting.

Country singer Bryson Quick made one of the night's strongest impressions with his rendition of "Time" by Pink Floyd. The 17-year-old from Seymour, Tenn. strolled on set and revealed that his father, Alex, worked as Luke's fishing guide at Blackberry Farm. "He took you fishing several times," Bryson told the judge — with a photo to prove it. Carrie then jumped in the conversation, bragging, "I've been fishing at Blackberry Farm. I didn't need a guide, though."

Following Bryson's impressive performance, Carrie commented, "Whenever I hear somebody come in who wants to be part of the country crowd, I always think about hearing their...

The auditions on Season 23 of American Idol are underway, and they’ll continue with more aspiring artists performing for the judges during the Sunday, March 16, episode. TV Insider has an exclusive sneak peek at one of the talented singers who gets the judges dancing in their seats. “My name is Josh King. I’m 24 years old and I’m from Charlotte, North Carolina,” the contestant says while introducing himself. When asked by host Ryan Seacrest what brought him to Idol, he responds, “A lot of people told me to try out for American Idol. I mean, why not? What could go wrong? What’s the worst that could happen?” Lionel Richie asks Josh what he’s going to sing, and he replies, “The song I’m going to do is ‘[Somewhere] Over the Rainbow.’ I know it’s kind of overplayed, but it’s my own arrangement of it.” Disney/Eric McCandless...

The Visual Effects Society has revealed nominations for the 17th annual Ves Awards, which will recognize the best VFX artistry and innovation in film, animation, TV, commercials and video games.

Disney/Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity Wars and Netflix’s Lost In Space lead the film and TV categories this year with six nominations, respectively. Disney/Pixar’s Incredibles 2 tops the animation field with five noms.

Winners will be announced during a ceremony February 5 at the Beverly Hilton hosted by Patton Oswalt. Also at the gala, the annual Ves Visionary Award will be presented to Westworld‘s Jonathan Nolan, while the Ves Award for Creative Excellence will be presented to Game of Thrones masterminds David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.

Here are the nominees announced Tuesday in 24 categories:

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature

Avengers: Infinity War

Daniel DeLeeuw

Jen Underdahl

Kelly Port

Matt Aitken

Daniel Sudick

Christopher Robin

Chris Lawrence...

Three players from the Michigan State football team have been charged with rape over a January incident at an on-campus apartment ... officials say. Officials say Josh King -- who played in 9 games during his rookie season in 2016 -- was the ringleader in the situation ... pulling the alleged victim into a bathroom and raping her. King then invited Demetric Vance and Donnie Corley into the bathroom and forced the woman to perform oral sex on them,...

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Scott Dann cancelled out Alvaro Negredo’s 15th goal of the season as Blackburn Rovers battled back and held 2011 winners Manchester City in the first Fa Cup third round tie.

Championship club Blackburn will have to meet their Northwest rivals again at the Etihad in ten days’ time thanks to a goal from their captain. Dedryck Boyata saw red for City late on.

This was something of a slow burner, but Gary Bowyer’s Rovers contained the illustrious City names by flooding midfield. A couple of Dann headers from set pieces that went straight at Costel Pantilimon were all the hosts could muster in the opening half hour.

Paul Robinson, back in the Blackburn goal after over a year out, had little to do at first. He held a low Fernandinho effort and came smartly off...

Related: DGA Award Fim Nominations Announced The Directors Guild of America revealed its TV and commercial nominees today. Winners will be announced at the 65th annual DGA Awards Dinner hosted by Kelsey Grammer on February 2 at Hollywood & Highland. Here’s the full list: Movies For Television And Mini-series Greg Berlanti Political Animals, “Pilot” (USA Network) Mr. Berlanti’s Directorial Team: ·Unit Production Manager: Suzanne Geiger ·First Assistant Director: Richard Coad ·Second Assistant Director: Katie Carroll ·Second Second Assistant Director: Brad Robinson This is Mr. Berlanti’s first DGA Award nomination. Philip Kaufman Hemingway & Gellhorn (HBO) Mr. Kaufman’s Directorial Team: · Unit Production Manager: Trish Hofmann · Assistant Unit Production Manager: Frank Simeone · First Assistant Director: Mike Topoozian · Second Assistant Director: Michael A. McCue · Second Second Assistant Director: Cindy A. Taylor This is Mr. Kaufman’s second DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for...