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Kansas City artist Peregrine Honig to appear on new Bravo reality series

Bravo's latest variation on reality-style game shows — "Work of Art" — will feature a Kansas Citian, Peregrine Honig. It's the second time in the last year that a Bravo show will feature a KC artist — last year Ari Fish was on "Project Runway." "Work of Art" premieres at 10 p.m. ...

Momentum shifts on ‘American Idol’ finale

The ninth season of "American Idol" entered its final night of competition, with titans Lee DeWyze and Crystal Bowersox making their case for ownership of the coveted, occasionally cursed title. It was a season that began with turbulent change and ended amid even more turbulent change. ...

Final three ‘Idol’ contestants get picky

Hard to believe it's down to the final three contestants ... unless you've been writing a weekly blog about this year's "American Idol." In that case, the five-month season has felt five times longer than that. Yes, folks, this is definitely the weakest "Idol" since Jordin Sparks was ...

Small-screen ‘Idol’ renders big-screen songs

Music and film -- my two favorite things. And that's what got combined on "American Idol," in its own peculiar, intriguing and slightly unsatisfying way. Tonight's theme promised "songs from the movies," which gave the four remaining contestants nearly 100 years worth of material. The ...

‘American Idol’: The fix is on

"American Idol" is rigged. Okay, maybe rigged or fixed is too strong a word. Specifically, it's more like the show is heavily tilted toward certain contestants winning. I had previously thought this claim to be merely conspiracy theory nutjobbery ... until last week's show. That's ...

‘American Idol’ gets a little bit country

Country superstar Shania Twain has sold 65 million records. But up until tonight's episode of "American Idol," I could only name two of her songs. Happily, the remaining six finalists didn't even pick one of those discernible hits (the blasphemous "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!"). ...