Whitney Houston dies at 48

It was confirmed last night that Whitney Houston had passed away at the age of 48. The cause is still unknown at this time.

Whitney was slated to perform at the Grammy Awards tonight, but Jennifer Hudson and Chaka Kan will be performing a tribute to the singer.

The news spread fast on twitter when 'R.I.P. Whitney Houston' became a worldwide trending topic, which is still at the #1 spot this afternoon. Numerous celebrities took to the social media site to tweet their shock and condolences. Clay Aiken tweets, "RIP Whitney Houston. The soundtrack of so many lives. I’m sure Heaven reverberates 2nite with the sound of ur voice. It always was angelic."



"When CD’s first came out, my brother bought Whitneys’ “I’m Your Baby Tonight” album. Very vivid memories. It was one of the first CDs that ever graced our household." shares Chris Daughtry.

"I’m speechless. Such sad news about Whitney Houston.." tweets Lea Michelle while Katherine McPhee says, “Wow…I just heard about my idol Whitney Houston. So shocked and saddened by the news. Send prayers out to her family.”

"Oh Whitney.. Thanks for all my junior high dances... Bottom line, we lost yet another talent far before their time. And a daughter lost a mother. Sad." tweeted Bradford Anderson of Port Chuck.

"Whitney Houston you will be missed. #legend" tweeted Nick Jonas, while David Archuleta dedicated his recording session yesterday to Whitney.

Many singers refer to Whitney as their 'idol', such as Demi Lovato and Syesha Mercado. "This can't be true... One of my idols gone?? No. This is so unbelievably sad... #RIPWhitneyHouston" tweets Demi while Syesha shares, "R.I.P. To my Idol Whitney Houston. My heart hurts. You are my inspiration. We love you!"

"What is even more shocking to me regarding the death of #Whitney is that only this Wednesday she responded positively to mentoring on #Idol" tweeted Nigel Lithgoe. Houston was also set to star in the upcoming movie Sparkle, alongside American Idol winner Jordin Sparks.

The world is still shocked and saddened by this incredible loss in music and in the world. be sure to tune into the Grammy's tonight for the Whitney Houston tribute and remember the gift she gave to the music world

Haley Reinhart announces new "Free" single

After performing her debut single at the Grammy Museum last night and tweeted this great picture from backstage, Haley took to twitter to announce some good news and bad news to her fans.

"SO... party people...! I have good and a little bad news, which would you like to hear first?!?!??!?!!" she tweets. "And for the good news...my new single that will still be out in march...drumroll please.... Is called 'Free'. Ma bad.. For the bad news... Change of plans, 'Free' is still coming out in March.. Just a little bit later then expected. So STAY TUNED."

Her new single was originally scheduled to be released on March 1, stay tuned for the new release date of "Free."

Glee does Michael Jackson - Spoilers!

Glee will be taking on the King of Pop for Season 3 in their episode titled "Michael," a tribute to Michael Jackson. The episode will air on January 31 on FOX, and many spoilers have leaked from the new episode.

Lea Michele tweeted a few weeks back, "Shooting the opening song for our Michael Jackson episode… This ones going to be EPIC!!! @DarrenCriss is killing it!!!" and tweeted just a few days ago, "Another early morning here at #Glee First up a very sweet #Finchel duet for our MJ episode"

Sources say that songs being performed in the episode will be "Rock With You," "Scream," "Bad," "Human Nature/Nature Boy," "Black or White," "Ben," “Wanna Be Starting Something,” “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You,” “Smooth Criminal” and "Never Can Say Goodbye."

It's also been reported that "Billie Jean" and "Beat It" will not be performed, and may be saved for a possible second tribute episode in the future.

Ryan Murphy has also said that he expects the new episode to be "'supersized' and run slightly over," tweeted William Keck.

Enation wins grand prize from About.Me!

If you've been keeping up with Enation's tweets, you'd know they were part of About.Me's Campaign to find a new 'face'. Not only would the winner become the new face of About.Me, but would be on a billboard in Times Square. Now thanks to all of the votes from their dedicated fans, Enation announced on twitter tonight that they're won the grand prize!

Jonathan Jackson took to twitter as well to tweet the news and his thanks, saying "Enation WON THE GRAND PRIZE FROM THE ABOUT.ME CAMPAIGN! Thank you!!!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you, everyone for your amazing support - and passion for our music."

Congrats to Enation for winning! This has been quite a week for the band, not only are they now About.Me's new face and will be on a billboard in Times Square, but their new single "The Rushing Wind" off of their new album, out October 11th, was released on Tuesday! Check out my review of "The Rushing Wind" HERE, as well as my interview with Enation from last month HERE.

Demi gets lots of love for Unbroken!

Not only is Demi's new album Unbroken still at #1 on iTunes, but she's gotten lots of love on twitter from friends like Selena Gomez, David Archuleta and Logan Henderson, as well as old Sonny With A Chance co-star Tiffany Thornton and even Joe Jonas, among lots of others:

Read my review of Unbroken HERE.