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America's Got Talent Contestant Dead at 17

Emily Gold's death is being investigated as a suicide

(Newser) - A devastating story from the America's Got Talent universe: A contestant who reached the quarterfinals of the television reality competition just last month died Friday at age 17 of an apparent suicide. The California Highway Patrol says officers from its Rancho Cucamonga area responded near midnight to reports of...

Beloved America's Got Talent Star Nightbirde Dead at 31

Singer shared her battle with cancer on the show

(Newser) - When Nightbirde auditioned for America's Got Talent last summer, the singer revealed she was battling cancer in her lungs, spine, and liver, and that she had a 2% chance of survival. "But 2% is not 0%," she said. "Two percent is something." She was popular...

'Something Went Terribly Wrong' on 'Extreme' Version of AGT

Daredevil Jonathan Goodwin severely injured after being smashed between 2 swinging cars

(Newser) - Maybe "extreme" versions of talent show competitions aren't a great idea. A stunt for America's Got Talent: Extreme, an NBC spinoff of the popular original, went awry on Thursday at Georgia's Atlanta Motor Speedway, and "it was so bad people on the set thought [the...

Gabrielle Union: NBC Boss Threatened Me

Actress files discrimination complaint against 'America's Got Talent'

(Newser) - Gabrielle Union has filed a discrimination complaint against NBC and the producers behind America's Got Talent over claims of a "toxic" and "racist" work environment. NBC launched an investigation into the claims last year, but determined there was "an overall culture of diversity," per Variety...

Terry Crews Takes Bended Knee: 'I Apologize'

The 'America's Got Talent' host tells Gabrielle Union he should have supported her

(Newser) - Terry Crews didn't quite have Gabrielle Union's back regarding her allegations of racism on set at America's Got Talent—and now he's sorry, NBC News reports. "I want you to know it was never my intention to invalidate your experience—but that is what I...

NBC Investigating America's Got Talent

Probe follows 'productive' 5-hour meeting with Gabrielle Union

(Newser) - NBC will open an investigation into America's Got Talent after meeting with fired judge Gabrielle Union . "We had a lengthy 5-hour, and what I thought to be, productive meeting yesterday," Union tweeted Wednesday. "I was able to, again, express my unfiltered truth. I led with transparency...

Howard Stern Has a Theory on America's Got Talent Chaos

Says Simon Cowell wants 'hotter and younger chicks'

(Newser) - Former America's Got Talent judge Howard Stern believes showrunner Simon Cowell is to blame for Gabrielle Union's recent firing . "He has set it up that the men stay, no matter how old they are, no matter how fat they are, no matter how ugly they are, no...

Gabrielle Union Thanks Supporters After Firing

Ellen Pompeo says her show had issues, too

(Newser) - Gabrielle Union has expressed her thanks to supporters after being dropped from America's Got Talent. "So many tears, so much gratitude," the actress tweeted . "Just when you feel lost, adrift, alone ... you got me up off the ground." Union and Julianne Hough, both judges on...

America's Got Talent Winner Dead at 42

Neal Boyd had also dabbled in Missouri politics

(Newser) - Neal Boyd, an opera singer who won NBC's America's Got Talent and dabbled in Missouri politics, has died, the AP reports. Scott County Coroner Scott Amick says Boyd died around 6pm Sunday at his mother's house in Sikeston. He was 42. Amick says Boyd had a number...

Why Deaf Singer on America's Got Talent Got Death Threats

'Doing something that is living inside the hearing world ... can be frowned upon'

(Newser) - Singer Mandy Harvey earned a spot in the finals of America's Got Talent earlier this year—no less impressive a feat because she's been legally deaf for a decade. But the 29-year-old from Ohio tells the BBC she got death threats from the deaf community when she started...

America's Got Talent Winner Assaulted Girlfriend: Charges

Girlfriend says Landau Murphy Jr. hit her in face with golf club

(Newser) - News reports say America's Got Talent winner Landau Murphy Jr. has been arrested on domestic violence charges in West Virginia. Murphy was charged Monday with domestic battery and domestic assault after his girlfriend reported he struck her in the face with a golf club, slammed her on the ground,...

Tyra Banks Taking Over for Nick Cannon on America's Got Talent

She'll host season 12 of the reality show

(Newser) - Tyra Banks is hosting the 12th season of America's Got Talent, the AP reports. NBC said Sunday that the supermodel, Emmy-winner, and creator of America's Next Top Model will be joining the competition series alongside returning judges Simon Cowell, Mel B, Heidi Klum, and Howie Mandel. Banks will...

Amid Joke Uproar, Nick Cannon Leaving America's Got Talent

He joked about NBC, the show during stand-up special

(Newser) - Nick Cannon has hosted NBC's America's Got Talent for eight seasons, but after his recent Showtime comedy special, he won't be back for a ninth. On Stand Up, Don't Shoot, which premiered Friday, Cannon joked about NBC and the reality competition show, and network executives threatened...

Arrow Stunt Goes Wrong on America's Got Talent

Daredevil was hit in the throat by flaming arrow

(Newser) - Tuesday was a rough night for a Canadian daredevil on America's Got Talent. Judges Howie Mandel, Mel B, Heidi Klum, and Simon Cowell appeared horrified as Ryan Stock was hit in the throat by a flaming arrow fired by fiancee AmberLynn Walker live on TV, the New York Daily ...

Simon Cowell Headed Back to Reality TV

He's replacing Howard Stern on 'America's Got Talent'

(Newser) - You will soon get a chance to once again watch Simon Cowell snarkily judge ordinary people who want to be famous. Cowell is replacing Howard Stern as a judge on this summer's season of America's Got Talent, Entertainment Weekly reports. Cowell has previously acted as judge on American ...

Reality Show Singer's Military Photo Is Bogus

Timothy Michael Poe's story unravels a little more

(Newser) - The war tales of Timothy Michael Poe, a contestant on America's Got Talent, sounded a little fishy when the military couldn't back them up . This certainly won't help his cause: The photo he submitted to the show, supposedly of himself in military gear, turns out to be...

Military: No Record of Reality Show Singer's War Injury

Timothy Michael Poe told 'America's Got Talent' he started singing to heal

(Newser) - A singer who appeared on America's Got Talent earlier this week with an inspiring story now appears to have made at least some of it up. Timothy Michael Poe told the judges that he had spent 14 years in the military and took up singing while recovering from a...

Howard Stern Will Judge America's Got Talent

Radio host confirms the rumors today

(Newser) - This time, it's true: Howard Stern is coming to primetime TV as a judge on NBC's America's Got Talent. He confirmed the rumors on his Sirius/XM show today, reports USA Today . Cue immediate outrage from the Parents Television Council, which tells TMZ that "a performer who...

Howard Stern May Judge America's Got Talent

He is reportedly in talks with NBC to replace Piers Morgan

(Newser) - Here we go again with the Howard-Stern-as-celebrity-judge rumors. This time, he's supposedly in talks with NBC to join America's Got Talent as a judge alongside Howie Mandel and Sharon Osbourne, report the Wrap and the Wall Street Journal . Both cite anonymous insiders. Stern would replace Piers Morgan, who...

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Jun 16, 2010 8:14 AM CDT

Precious Star's Mom Wows Judges

Gaby Sidibe's mom goes from subway stations to reality TV

(Newser) - Looks like talent runs in Gabourey Sidibe’s family: Alice Tan Ridley, mother of the Oscar-nominated Precious star, gave the “best audition of the day” on last night’s America’s Got Talent , judge Piers Morgan said. Ridley, who sings in subway stations, is moving on in the competition...

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