Kris Allen Picks Casey Abrams, Haley Reinhart As 'American Idol' Faves

Season-eight champ says performing on 'Idol' stage again is 'definitely a possibility.'
By Kara Warner, with reporting by Jim Cantiello

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This week's "Idol Party Live" featured season-eight "American Idol" champ Kris Allen, via a pre-taped Skype interview with surprise guest Matthew Morrison, when they announced details about their collaboration for the "Glee" star's upcoming solo debut. Later, Cantiello caught up with Allen live to discuss his favorite current "Idol" contestants and his guest appearance on the show last week.

"I have been keeping up a little bit," Allen said when asked to name his favorite contestants of season 10. "I would say probably my favorites are, I really like Casey [Abrams], and I really like Haley [Reinhart]. I like Lauren too, though."

Regarding his visit to the "Idol" studio last week — not as a performer, but as an audience member — Allen said he was there to support the show and would love to perform someday if he has something to promote.

"There was talk about [performing]," Allen said. "Here's the deal: I don't want to perform unless there's something to perform, some new song. It could happen. It's definitely a possibility, but I wouldn't bank on it [this season]."

Allen said he's always happy to visit the show that jump-started his music career. "It's always nice to be back. It feels like home a little bit," he said. "It's nice to talk to all those people, the producers, meet the contestants — it's a good time."

Another subject that came up was former judge Kara DioGuardi's new book, in which she compared Allen and fellow contestant Adam Lambert's performance of her song "No Boundaries" to watching a plane fall from the sky.

"Was she reading my mind at the time?" Allen joked in response to hearing DioGuardi's comment. "She knew the song was not incredible and it was going to be rough. I don't even know what it was, it was just hard to sing. It felt like it was meant for Kara."

Don't miss "Idol Party Live" every Thursday at noon on MTV.com for analysis, celebrity guests and even some karaoke — get in the conversation by tweeting with the hashtag #idolparty! In the meantime, get your "Idol" fix on MTV News' "American Idol" page, where you'll find all the latest news, interviews and opinions.

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Sony Animation to Develop ?Instant Karma? as Live-Action/CGI Hybrid

After being in development for almost a decade, Instant Karma is finally on its way to seeing the light of day. The project has just about run the gamut of movie studios, starting off at DreamWorks Pictures before moving on to Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment, and then eventually landing at New Line Cinema in 2003. They came very close to getting the film together, even going as far as to line up a voice cast that included Dwayne Johnson, Pierce Brosnan, Gene Wilder, Mira Sorvino and Eartha Kitt, among others. But the project kept getting picked up out of turnaround, and has now been acquired by Sony Pictures Animation.

So what is this mystery project that keeps generating interest among studios but can't seem to find a steady home?

The plot of the film, as detailed by The Hollywood Reporter [1], centers on a safecracker in New Orleans who finds himself reincarnated as a fly after suffering a near-death experience. Its title refers to what comes next: The more he performs good deeds, the sooner he's able to move up the food chain and turn into different animals, such as a frog,�a raccoon and a dog. Realizing that this is the only way to get back his human body and to rejoin the woman he loves, he tries his best to keep up the good behavior.

Planned as a hybrid of live-action and CGI, the comedy fantasy project stems from an original script by Sky High co-writer Paul Hernandez, who is also attached to direct. (Apparently the decade-long wait hasn't deterred him.) Producing the picture are Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, the screenwriters & producers of the Pirates of the Caribbean films.

Hopefully this will be the last time Instant Karma lands at a new studio, because I'm greatly looking forward to seeing what Sony Pictures Animation can do with the concept. Though they haven't been active for long, their third feature film effort -- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs -- was glowing proof that they're capable of creating startlingly witty and vibrantly energetic family films, and I'd love to see them continue the trend. (It may be some time before we see anything for the film though, since Sony Animation already has a couple of other projects in development, such as the kids fairy tale [2] Muncle Trogg and the Robert Zemeckis-produced [3] How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack.)

[1] http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/sony-pictures-animation-acquires-instant-182667
[2] http://www.slashfilm.com/sony-animation-options-muncle-trogg/
[3] http://www.slashfilm.com/sony-animation-options-survive-gnome-attack-robert-zemeckis/

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Kate Middleton Arrives At The Goring Hotel For Her Last Night Of ?Freedom?

Here comes the bride…..almost. Kate Middleton, hereafter called Catherine, has arrived at the Goring Hotel with her family for her last night of “freedom.” Of course once the wedding is over tomorrow we can hardly say she’s any more free than she is now, but nonetheless….her last night of “singleton life” as Bridget Jones would [...]

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Contest: More From Shalom Sesame

I've got two great new Shalom Sesame DVDs to give away!� Grover Learns Hebrew features "Will and Grace's" Debra Messing and Read the full post here »

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Renner Joins Ice Age: Continental Drift

Renner Joins Ice Age: Continental Drift
Jennifer Lopez also aboard

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

While he seems to be loading his schedule with high profile projects recently, Jeremy Renner is also finding time to have a little fun, agreeing to voice a character in the fourth Ice Age outing, Continental Drift. And he?s not alone: Jennifer Lopez, Keke Palmer, Wanda Sykes, Aziz Ansari and hip-hop singer Drake are also aboard.

Though most of the new characters weren?t revealed at a meeting for likely promotional partners at 20th Century Fox. Renner?s playing Gutt, described by the Hollywood Reporter as ?a self-styled master of the high seas.? Lopez is Shira, a sexy sabre tooth who wins the heart of Denis Leary?s Diego.

The new arrivals are joining the established ensemble, which includes Leary, John Leguizamo, Ray Romano, Queen Latifah, Seann William Scott and Josh Peck.

You can see the appeal of the Ice Age movies ? not only has the trilogy released to date earned nearly $2 billion, but it?s a fairly swift gig for most of the cast, with just a few recording sessions spread out over several months. Plus Fox and Blue Sky are clearly happy to keep going back to the well ? the companies are planning a Christmas TV special and tie-in games for both mobile devices and the ?net.

Ice Age: Continental Drift itself is out on July 6 next year.

Source: EmpireOnline

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From the director of Kidulthood, EVERYWHERE & NOWHERE comes to cinemas on 6 May.� The film is a raw, powerful and funny coming-of-age drama focusing on the identity struggles of Ash a young British Asian who is torn between the traditions of suburban family life and his passion for DJ’ing. To mark the release, we [...]

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