The newly engaged Carrie Underwood is readying the release of her latest hit, “Temporary Home”.  The video for the single made its way to the internet yesterday, so of course we have to share it with you.  The second single from the singer’s third album, Play On, is a touching ballad about the various hardship that people go through.  The video accompanies the song beautifully, illustrated by Underwood, who shows off a bit of her acting chops near the end.  Check out the video below and let me know your thoughts on the her new single and her acting abilities. 

The Simon Cowell produced charity single, “Everybody Hurts”, will be available for digital download on Sunday.  The R.E.M. classic has been updated and features Leona Lewis, Mariah Carey, Cheryl Cole, Mika, Michael Buble, Joe McElderry, Miley Cyrus, James Blunt, Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Jon Bon Jovi, James Morrison, Susan Boyle, Aston Merrygold, Marvin Humes, Shane Filan, Mark Feehily, Kylie Minogue, and Robbie Williams.  The video below features the radio rip of the song from the UK’s Radio1 for you to preview. It’s a great arrangement and so great to continue to see celebrities using their names for a good cause.  Remember to continue to give what you can to those…

Last night marked the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards live on CBS.  The performances were great, the acceptance speeches were short, and the house was packed with A-List stars.  While the rumors that Britney Spears would perform turned out false, yet again, the starlet did attend the ceremony and the night had some great performances.  Some of the highlights included Green Day‘s “21 Guns” as it will appear in the upcoming stage production American Idiot, P!nk‘s aerial performance, Black Eyed Peas and Lady Antebellum singing their hits “I Gotta Feeling” and “Need You Now”.  My favorite performance of the night was the 3-D tribute to Michael Jackson featuring Carrie Underwood, Celine…

A lot of news to report in the world of music and I’m pleased to say a lot of it is in the name of charity.  With the devastation continuing to overtake Haiti, celebrities across the board are putting their names, brands, and money towards the cause.  For music fans, that means we’ve got a lot of great charitable music to buy.  The Hope For Haiti compilation, live recordings from the telethon, is the biggest selling album this week, also making it the highest selling charity CD of all time.  Justin Timberlake and Matt Morris‘ version of the song, “Hallelujah” from the telethon is the most downloaded song on iTunes…

Kimberly Wyatt, from the super group, The Pussycat Dolls, gave a revealing interview recently about the dramatic changes about to come to the girl-group.  In the tell-all, Wyatt opens about the tumultuous relationship between her and the group’s leader, Nicole Scherzinger.  She also goes on to say that her and fellow Doll, Melody Thorton, have been released from the group leaving Ashley Roberts and Jessica Sutta to join Nicole in the search of new girls. She said , “I’ve been a Pussycat Doll for longer. [Nicole] was one of the last to join. But we’d have to share a dressing room while Nicole would have her own. We’d be on…

Have you heard of Matt Morris?  Ha!  Well, if you’re keeping up with the Idol Insider you should have answered yes, seeing that we’ve almost exclusively covered his career this year.  And we promise that more news is on the way, but before we let Mr. Morris rest, I must share with my readers his performance from yesterday’s Ellen.  Not only did Matt rock his single “Money”, but he shared the stage with his album producers, Charlie Sexton and Justin Timberlake (yep, the one and only), closing the show with “Bloodline”.  It rocked my face off and I know it will rock yours off, too. So there you have it…

Singer, Matt Morris, has had a very busy week in promotion celebration of his debut album, When Everything Breaks Open, available now.  He had his record release party at New York’s Drom, where he was interviewed by a slew of publications, including US Weekly.  Last night, Morris appeared on David Letterman and then again on The Early Show this morning on CBS,  singing his single, “Money”, on both programs .  A smart choice by camp-Morris, seeing as the song became quite topical last week in the wake of the disaster in Haiti.  Matt performed with a full band, including Denver musicians Dave Preston and  Jon Powers.  If you missed Matt’s…