Singers prep for Super Bowl; obscure music from Ypsi; a fake on Idol?; and more
Queen Latifah, left, and Carrie Underwood.
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At a press conference, Carrie Underwood, who's slated to sing the national anthem before the big game, worried about forgetting the words.
And our friends at NJ.com spoke to Queen Latifah, who will also sing during the pregame.
Roger Daltrey, left, and Pete Townshend of The Who.
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Some other super entertainment news on the web today:
ART & EXHIBITS
• The Detroit Free Press has a good photo gallery of the "Detroit Ice House" art project.
MUSIC
• The blog for the Cousins Vinyl store/collection in Plymouth has a terrific post on an obscure Ypsilanti-produced record from 1984, John Ford's "Just Wanna Dance," on the Ypsi label Re-Leece. Fascinating stuff, and they've got audio of the song in question.
• Rolling Stone has a feature on the music behind "Crazy Heart," the great movie now playing around town that got Jeff Bridges another Oscar nomination.
• Ozzy Osbourne is nothing if not democratic. Fans didn't like the name of his upcoming album, so now he's letting them choose it.
• Mary J. Blige plans to record a cover of "Stairway to Heaven" with a supergroup backing her up. If having Randy Jackson qualifies as a "supergroup."
• Wayne Newton has abandoned an airplane at the Oakland County Airport.
• Bruce Springsteen is clarifying that he wasn't personally involved in a copyright-infringement lawsuit that was brought on his behalf.
• Fallout from Taylor Swift's Grammy performance continues. When the head of her record label defended her, he took a bit of a swipe at "American Idol" — which brought a reaction from Kelly Clarkson.
• Michael Jackson's doctor is expected to surrender today to face charges.
• Metromix Detroit previews a show headlined by Ro Spit tonight in Pontiac.
TELEVISION
• TMZ.com has an eyebrow-raising item about an "American Idol" contestant who is apparently not what she appeared to be.
• Frances Reid of "Days of Our Lives" has died at age 95.
• The New York Daily News has an interesting review of a new HBO biopic about autistic animal scientist Temple Grandin, and here's an NPR story about Grandin.
• Christopher Knight, Peter Brady himself, was in Michigan yesterday to promote a new MIchigan Lottery game show. Get the full story from our friends at MLive, including video clips.
MOVIES
• The Grand Rapids Press reports on the transformation of an old factory into a movie production facility.
• The death of actress Brittany Murphy has been ruled an accident.