Southtown Star - Chicago, IL, USA - B.B. King, the "King of the Blues," will perform at the Center for Performing Arts in University Park for the first time on Friday.

King's show will feature signature classics including "Payin' the Cost To Be the Boss," "The Thrill Is Gone," "How Blue Can You Get," "Everyday I Have the Blues" and "Why I Sing the Blues."

As seen on NBC's runaway summer hit show "America's Got Talent," 14-year-old blues harmonic whiz LD Miller and his brother, Cole, will open the show.

For more than a half century, Riley B. King, better known as B.B. King, has defined the blues for a

OurSports Central (press release) - Marshfield, WI, USA - MD native Julienne Irwin, a finalist in this season's NBC hit show "America's Got Talent" will be performing the National Anthem prior to the Baysox game against the Connecticut Defenders on Monday, September 3rd at 2:05 pm.

Irwin first auditioned for "America's Got Talent" in New York, performing LeAnn Rimes' How Do I Live, in which the judges unanimously invited her to the Las Vegas callbacks. She eventually passed through to the semifinals with "Bless the Broken Road" by Rascal Flatts and made her debut to the top ten, performing "Till I Can Make It On My Own", by Tammy Wynette.

Earthtimes.org - USA - Ventriloquist Terry Fator was named as the winner of NBC's America's Got Talent on Tuesday after successfully downing stiff challenges from Cas Haley, Antoinette Clinton and Julienne Irwin.

Fator, who hails from Dallas, celebrated his victory by performing the Roy Orbison's "Crying" even as confetti rained down on him. Fator will be receiving $1 million as prize money and will also be able to realize his dream of performing in Las Vegas.

Irwin was the first contestant to be drop out of the race in a thrilling 2-hour finale. However the 14-year old did not seem to be too disappointed and withdrew

Times Online - UK - Paul Potts brought opera to the British masses, now America’s Got Talent contestant Terry Fator has given the USA, er, ventriloquism.

With a menagerie of puppets, a tendency to gush, and bearing a striking resemblance to The Office's David Brent, Fator may well have been booed off Britain's Got Talent. But last night America voted him best amateur performer in the country.

Handed $1 million in prize money, Fator’s long, vexed career as a niche performer came to a close, and life as a reality TV star began. Scheduled to headline at Bally’s Resort in Las Vegas next month, the Texan can

Reality TV World - Mansfield, MA, USA - Terry Fator, a 42-year-old singing ventriloquist from Dallas, TX, was revealed to be America's Got Talent's second-season champion during last night's live finale broadcast of the NBC reality talent competition

"Thank you America, thank you so much America," Fator said after a final celebratory performance that followed America's Got Talent host Jerry Springer's announcement that home viewers had voted Fator the show's second-season winner.

As America's Got Talent 2's winner, Fator -- who defeated Cas Haley, a 26-year-old reggae singer from Arlington, TX, to win the competition -- received a $1,000,000 prize and the show's "Best New Act In America" title.  However

Actress Archives - New York City, NY, USA - With so many reality TV game shows running during the summer, it's hard to keep track of them all. But when a ventriloquist makes it to the final night, it's easy to remember that America's Got Talent. It turns out for Terry Fator, being a ventriloquist has paid off in ways that could never have been expected.

The multi-faceted ventriloquist/impersonator took home top honors on the Season Two finale of America's Got Talent. Terry Fator surged above reggae singer Cas Haley, beatboxer Butterscotch and country music singer Julienne Irwin to take the million-dollar prize. Host Jerry Springer made the announcement as