Month: April 2021

While singers are allowed to audition for future seasons after they’re voted off, this was different. The comeback contestants who performed Monday were chosen by producers, and it was to make up for the fact that their season in spring 2020 was upended by the coronavirus pandemic. Instead of spending weeks in Los Angeles with producers and vocal coaches and hair and makeup artists, rocking out on a huge stage under bright lights with professional backup musicians, the show went virtual. Contestants were sent home, where they were relegated to performing from their living rooms and backyards in front of iPhones and ring lights. Story continues below advertisement “These kids didn’t get their big moment in front of the audience,” judge Luke Bryan explained. “And you know what? We feel...

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Hours after Morrissey’s manager criticized the Simpsons’ mockery of the singer as “insulting,” the former Smiths frontman weighed in with a lengthy statement on his website. “The hatred shown towards me from the creators of The Simpsons is obviously a taunting lawsuit,” Morrissey wrote, “but one that requires more funding than I could possibly muster in order to make a challenge.” The Simpsons episode in question — “Panic on the Streets of Springfield,” which aired Sunday — finds Lisa enamored with a vegan British musician named Quilloughby (voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch), who formerly fronted a band called the Snuffs. The character first appears as Lisa’s imaginary friend, influencing her more dour demeanor, and he also sings spoof songs (co-written by Flight of the Conchords’ Bre...

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