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Tuesday, Feb 15th 2011
Ah...American Idol.
It's that look that Steven Tyler gets when he hears a great sound. It's the tears that Jennifer Lopez wipes from her eyes. It's the way Randy says "Dawg."
But there's more, isn't there? We're moved by the extraordinary stories and talent of ordinary men and women. They touch us with their music. They inspire us with their stories. Here are a few of our favorite stories and sounds, people that make us believe in human beings again. People who make us realize that although Hollywood makes great stories, fiction can never match the beauty and heroism of reality.
If you can watch these auditions without crying, you have a heart of stone!
She's an African-American child of white parents growing up in Kentucky. It wasn't easy. But, as her mom says, "I just see Adrienne as Adrienne. She's just ours." Dad? Well, he's "tickled."
When she got pregnant at 18, her doctor told her the child might not survive and recommended she terminate the pregnancy. She kept forward with the pregnancy. Kiera, her daughter, has some problems with hearing, but is the reason she sings and "is the best thing that has ever happened to me in my life."
His dad was a musician who died of a drug overdose when he was nine. He's been diagnosed with Tourette's and Asperger's, but when he sings "it all just goes away. I don't have a care in the world."
He promised to marry the love of his life, but she was hurt in an accident. He stays by her side even though her injuries are devastating. And he puts the emotion in his singing.
Rebecca Cusey
Rebecca Cusey is the official movie reviewer for SixSeeds.tv. A member of the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association and the Television Critics Association, she does celebrity interviews, reviews, trend pieces, and event coverage. Her work has appeared in USA Today, The Huffington Post, The Washington Post, Comcast.net, World Magazine, National Review Online, Relevant Magazine, Beliefnet.com, and many other outlets.
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