Sasquatch Music Festival 2011: Recap

After four days of music in the Pacific Northwest all we can hope for is that next year we get an even more expanded five days. Trough the sunshine, grey clouds, rain and the occasional outburst of lightning we got to experience everything that is Washington and The Sasquatch Music Festival. Oh, and we got [...]

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Katie Couric Inks Talk-Show Deal with ABC

Katie Couric Inks Talk-Show Deal with ABC

Wondering who's going to fill that Oprah-shaped hole in your heart? Here comes Katie Couric! The former Today cohost and CBS Evening News anchor is moving to ABC, where she'll host and produce her own nationally syndicated daytime talk show starting in September 2012, ABC Television announced today. On top of that, Couric, 54, will be joining the ABC News team.

"I'm very happy to be returning to the network where I began my career as a desk assistant in 1979," the newswoman -- who vacated the CBS Evening News anchor chair last Month -- said in a statement. "It is tremendously exciting to have the creative freedom to develop my own show... and to contribute to such a vibrant, innovative news division."

So what will The Katie Couric Show look like? Well, first off, it doesn't have a title yet, so it may not be The Katie Couric Show at all. And, since Couric has ownership and creative control of the new show, it's a pretty safe bet that she'll be the host. However, that still leaves the possibility of a cohost -- or cohosts -- wide open. Katie could go the route that Barbara Walters chose with The View, hand-picking a team of TV personalities to join her. Or she could share the bill with a qualified colleague, somebody like Matt Lauer -- whose Today contract actually expires just a few months after Couric's show is set to go on the air. (Coincidence?) Sources at The Hollywood Reporter say that Today wants to hold onto Lauer, but since he and Couric have talked about collaborating on a show, we think it's still on the table. One fellow anchor who won't be a candidate to cohost is CNN's Anderson Cooper, who's entering the daytime fray with his own talk show, Anderson.

Couric is set to move into General Hospital's time slot in September 2012 (though ABC says that it will continue to air the beloved soap). That leaves plenty of time for the details of the new show to come together. Upon leaving CBS, Couric told the New York Times that she's interested in a project that "allows me to be my authentic self," while "tackling complicated subjects and making them accessible." It sounds like she'll be using her hard-news pedigree to rise above the daytime competition -- and her sunny personality to stay there. Couric's feet may just fit in Oprah's heels after all.

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Beyonce Dons Her Diva Crown On 'American Idol' Finale

'Idol' finalists joined the pop diva for an all-girl medley of B smash hits.
By Adam Graham


Beyoncé performs on the "American Idol" finale
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Who run the world? Girls!

The ladies of "American Idol" proved it during Wednesday's (May 25) season-closer when they performed a medley of Beyoncé hits, and were joined at the finish by Beyoncé herself.

The girls — Pia Toscano, Karen Rodriguez, Naima Adedapo, Ashthon Jones, Thia Megia and Haley Reinhart — hit the stage in various red-and-black ensembles and shared the stage during B's #1 smash "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)." Adedapo opened the song and threw some sass on it before passing the mic to Jones, the season's 13th-place finisher, who was eliminated during the first week of semifinals competition. The girls took their turns with the vocals and aped the familiar moves from the single's iconic video, which one rapper sort-of semi-famously referred to once as one of the greatest music videos of all time.

Megia and the frequently bilingual Rodriguez took center stage and duetted on "Irreplaceable," another #1 hit for Beyoncé, while the rest of the group chimed in on the "you must not know 'bout me" chorus. That transitioned into "Get Me Bodied," with each singer working the stage with maximum 'tude. "If I Were a Boy" was next, with the contestants sitting down on the side of the stage and Reinhart tackling the chorus with her big, growly vocals. Jones was also allowed to flex her muscles on the song, and Toscano soon took center stage as the song segued into "Déjà Vu." Toscano, frequently criticized during her "Idol" run for only attempting big, old-fashioned ballads, came off well during the uptempo song.

But then the Queen B herself hit the riser at the top of the stairs and showed the ladies a thing or two about being a diva. The big horns from "Crazy in Love," her first solo hit, signaled her arrival, and she hit the stage with an abundance of style and authority. She danced in a long line with the "Idol" ladies (and a few backup dancers to boot) and ran through a verse of the song, strutting across the stage and whipping her hair like a true star. The performance ended with the "Idol" gals wrapping their arms around Beyoncé in a big group hug, and without even performing her new single, Beyoncé showed that girls run the world, or at least the "Idol" stage.

Later in the show, Beyoncé returned to debut her new song, "One Plus One." She introduced the dramatic piano-led ballad as her "favorite" song, and sang it on a sparse, smoke-filled stage, dropping to her knees at one point and shaking hands with the fans gathered in front of her.

What did you think of the Beyoncé medley? Let us know in the comments!

Don't miss a special edition of "Idol Party Live" Thursday at noon on MTV.com for analysis, finale red-carpet coverage and the last "Idol in 60 Seconds" of season 10. Get in the conversation by tweeting with the hashtag #idolparty! In the meantime, get your "Idol" fix on MTV News' "American Idol" page, where you'll find all the latest news, interviews and opinions.

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First Listen: Joe Jonas, ?See No More?

Joe Jonas, 1/3 of the pop group Jonas Brothers, has released his debut solo single and right now you can get your first listen of the track. See No More wasn’t supposed to be released until this afternoon but, as is usually the case with these sorts of things, the song managed to make its [...]

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Will Taylor Lautner Lose His Shirt At The Movie Awards?

Supervising producer Jane Mun promises we'll see the 'Twilight' stud in 'a whole different light' at tonight's show.
By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Jim Cantiello


Taylor Lautner in "Eclipse"
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Thanks to "The Twilight Saga," Taylor Lautner has a bit of a reputation for shirtlessness. At tonight's MTV Movie Awards, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" is up for eight tubs of Golden Popcorn, including Lautner's nods for Best Male Performance and Best Kiss with Kristen Stewart.

Movie Awards supervising producer Jane Mun told MTV News that Lautner will certainly have people talking once the show wraps Sunday night thanks to a few surprises in store for the very toned actor -- but will he lose his shirt?

"Um, I don't know," Mun teased. "I can't spill the beans. You guys will have to see Taylor in a whole different light. He's amazing."

Lautner, along with Stewart and Robert Pattinson, will be on hand at the big show to present an exclusive trailer from "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1." Once the trailer premieres at the Movie Awards, airing 9 p.m. ET/PT tonight on MTV, record your video reaction and upload it to Your.MTV.com. We want to see just how excited you are for the fourth "Twilight" film's arrival November 18. The best, wildest, most enthusiastic videos will even make it on TV on Monday's "The Seven"!

Will wizards, vampires or dream thieves steal the 2011 MTV Movie Awards? Find out tonight, when the 20th annual show airs live at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Tune in at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT for the "America's Best Dance Crew" finale and Movie Awards pre-show, loaded with live action from the red carpet, exclusive movie clips and a special edition of "After Hours."

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