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'Chris Daughtry Talks Fox Live Musical ‘The Passion’

This Sunday, Fox is airing their next live musical event, The Passion from New Orleans. The production, hosted by Tyler Perry is based on the annual event held in the Netherlands which re-tells the story of the Christ death and resurrection in a different city with different pop songs each year: This year’s cast includes Jencarlos Canela as Jesus Christ and American Idol alum Chris Daughtry as Judas Iscariot.

By James Knight

'J-Hud, Taystee Revive 'Color Purple'...Zero Mostel Hologram in 'Fiddler on the Roof?'

'The Color Purple,' though, has one thing that 'Fiddler on the Roof 'does not have: a famous pop singer. And, least we forget, Danielle Brooks (i.e. "Taystee" from 'Orange is the New Black').

By Rebecca Zedek
'UPDATE: New York Mag's Pop Critic Jody Rosen Responds with Shelfie to Tongue-Tied Ted Gioa's Daily Beast Column

UPDATE: Like ex-SPIN scribe Charles Aaron tweeted at the start of the fracas, the best way to get another critic to recognize your work is to simply slag them off. And so, Jody Rosen of New York magazine's Vulture blog did just that...with a shelfie.

By Logan K. Young

'Chris Daughtry Talks Fox Live Musical ‘The Passion’

'J-Hud, Taystee Revive 'Color Purple'...Zero Mostel Hologram in 'Fiddler on the Roof?'

'UPDATE: New York Mag's Pop Critic Jody Rosen Responds with Shelfie to Tongue-Tied Ted Gioa's Daily Beast Column

'Music Criticism Is Tongue-Tied, Says Daily Beast's Ted Gioia

'UPDATE: 'Dancing With the Stars' Caves, Hires Ray Chew as New Musical Director

'Simon Says: Harry Connick, Jr. Joins 'American Idol' Ranks, Revives Interest in Show

'"American Idol" returns with feuds, fame, fortune