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American Idol returns tonight! And all of America has fallen in love with Aerosmith's Steven Tyler! We found this clip of Steven talking about America's first rock star, Elvis Presley ! And if you missed Steven's brilliant interview with Oprah Winfrey on her new network, OWN. Check out this clip above with Steven talking about American Idol and what it takes to be a judge!

GREG Page had given up on the idea of being a Wiggle. When illness forced him to retire from the famous Australian group five years ago, Page's only connection to the entertainment world was the Elvis Presley museum he had set up in Parkes, NSW. Yesterday in Sydney, however, the 40-year-old donned his familiar yellow jersey and announced his return to the band he helped create 20 years ago with fellow musicians Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt and Anthony Field. "It's really like I never left," Page told The Australian. "It's like I walked out the door yesterday and walked back in today. There is still the same chemistry between us." Page was forced to quit the Wiggles in 2006 after contracting a rare illness, dysautonomia, which causes fatigue, making it difficult for him to meet the demands of being on stage. He was replaced in the act by singer Sam Moran, who had been an understudy in the group beforehand. The full digital experience Moran stood down yester...

ELVIS Presley’s former tour manager and photographer Ed Bonja is bringing his unique collection of Elvis photographs to the Border, along with a treasure trove of his memories of the King. Mr Bonja worked with the music superstar for almost seven years, up until a couple of months before he died. As Elvis’ only official photographer, he built a large collection of images of the star snapped during hundreds of concerts, and intimate portraits taken in his private jet and home. Most of those he took before 1975, when Presley was still strikingly handsome. “I stopped taking pictures of him in June of 1975,” Mr Bonja said. “When he came back to the tour he looked like he had put on weight, so I waited, but he never went back to what he used to be like.” Mr Bonja said he walked away from the tour because the punishing lifestyle was killing him, too. Back in those days, the tour manager didn’t just make sure the star of the show had everything they desired, they also had to sell mechandis...

The man who ran the company that owns "American Idol" is back to take another crack at the entertainment business. Robert F.X. Sillerman, former chief exec of CKX Entertainment, went public Wednesday with launch plans for the first product to be released under his oddly named new company, Function(x). The venture is moving into the nascent social-TV space with a new app, dubbed Viggle, that rewards viewers for watching TV with a loyalty program not unlike the kind airlines have been using for years. What exactly Sillerman had in mind with Function(x) has been shrouded in mystery since he snapped up a dormant company, Gateway Industries, nearly a year ago and renamed it without saying much beyond his intent to get back into the media business. Sillerman already made a name for himself at CKX, which owned production company 19 Entertainment, the firm behind "Idol" and the licensing rights to dead celebrities including Elvis Presley. Before starting CKX in 2005, S...

JERRY PRESLEY'S MUSIC SHOW WITH GUEST STARS - THE BLACKWOOD GOSPEL QUARTET (A BENEFIT SHOW FOR UPDATING THE WALNUT RIDGE BASEBALL PARK FOR THE KIDS) DATE:            SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 2012 TIME:             7:00 PM LOCATION:  WALNUT RIDGE COMMUNITY CENTER THEATER                          504 SOUTHERN AVENUE                          WALNUT RIDGE, ARKANSAS 72476 TICKETS:       $10.00 ADVANCE,   $15.00 AT DOOR TICKETS AVAILABLE AT: MONI'S RESTAURANT -  115 WEST ELM STREET, WALNUT RIDGE, AR. PHONE NUMBER - 870-886-7521 WALNUT RIDGE CITY HALL - MAIN STREET, WALNUT R...