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Listening to Louis Tomlinson’s solo debut, Walls, is a bit like hanging out with the high school quarterback who stayed in his hometown after the rest of his class moved away. It wistfully brings to mind One Direction’s glory days, grown faded around the edges by time. The quarterback is still charming, his tales still rousing, but you kind of hope maybe, next year, he’ll move on — he’s certainly talented enough to do so.

It’s hard stepping out of the boy band formula, for sure.

Chevel Shepherd won “The Voice” on Tuesday in one of the biggest upset in the show’s 15 seasons. We asked viewers what they thought of this win by Kelly Clarkson‘s last remaining artist in the competition. While 25% were thrilled that this teen talent took home the trophy, a whopping 75% thought this was the wrong result and wanted one of the other three acts to win.

Fourth place finisher Kennedy Holmes got more than one-third of the votes in our overnight poll. She was the lone act in the final for Jennifer Hudson. For Hudson, it was a win to even get an artist into the Top 4 after she missed out on a place in the final in her debut season last year.

Blake Shelton, who won six of the previous 14 seasons of “The Voice,” had two artists vying for the season 15 title. It was surprising that Chris Kroeze was...

The youngest artist on “The Voice,” pop singer Kennedy Holmes, is just hours away from finding out whether she’ll be named the winner of Season 15. At only 14 years old, this St. Louis, Missouri resident performed three songs during Monday’s episode for her coach Jennifer Hudson. While Kennedy earned raves for all three, her cover performance of Demi Lovato‘s “Confident” had America reaching for the “rewind” button. Watch Kennedy’s high-octane performance above.

See‘The Voice’ predictions: Kennedy Holmes will win season 15 for Jennifer Hudson, say 38% of viewers

According to the results of our recent poll, 72% of viewers thought that “Confident” was her strongest finale performance, compared to 15% who preferred her “Home” duet with JHud and 13% who loved her original song “Love is Free.” Our recapper Denton Davidson agreed with the consensus, even raving in his live blog that Kennedy’s dance routine at the end of “Confident” was “Everything.

With just hours to go before the Season 15 winner of “The Voice” is crowned, finalist Chevel Shepherd has good reason to celebrate. The 16-year old country singer on Team Kelly Clarkson has scored her first #1 hit on the iTunes singles chart with her debut single, “Broken Hearts.” Each of the finalists debuted an original single on Monday night’s final performance episode along with a new cover song and a duet with their coach. Will this momentum take Chevel all the way to the winner’s circle?

See‘The Voice’ predictions: Chevel Shepherd will be second winner in a row for Kelly Clarkson, say 22% of viewers

While iTunes is no longer an official voting method, it remains one visible way to find out which artists are striking a cord with viewers. Just behind Chevel, the country crooners from Team Blake Shelton each earned top five singles of their own. Kirk...

The final performances for Season 15 of “The Voice” took place on Monday, December 17 and the Final 4 definitely put on a show to remember! Chevel Shepherd, Chris Kroeze, Kennedy Holmes and Kirk Jay each performed a cover song, a duet with their coach and an original single. So which one did enough to take home the title? And will Blake Shelton, Jennifer Hudson or Kelly Clarkson be the winning coach? I’ll try to break down their performances below with our final power rankings to give you tips on having perfect predictions for tonight’s finale on NBC. But be warned, this season is as close as any I can recall.

The Original Songs

1. Chevel Shepherd, “Broken Hearts”

While Chevel was recording this song, Kelly revealed that she had originally planned to do so herself but it didn’t work out. Since then she has held on to it, hoping to...

Jennifer Hudson‘s pop singer Kennedy Holmes from St. Louis, Missouri had three final chances to wow America during Monday’s “The Voice” Season 15 finale, but which one of her performances was the best? As a refresher, she sang “Love Is Free” as her original single, “Home” as her duet with coach JHud and Demi Lovato‘s “Confident” as her cover song. Our live-blogger Denton Davidson recapped each of Kennedy’s final three performances, so scroll down to see his snappy reactions.

SEEWhat was Kirk Jay’s best performance on ‘The Voice’ finale: ‘Defenseless,’ ‘You Look So Good in Love’ or ‘I Won’t Let Go’? [Poll]

“Love Is Free” — watch above

Denton’s take: Kennedy Holmes from Team Jennifer is closing out Round One tonight with her original song, “Love is Free.” It’s a mid-tempo jam that packs a punch and I’m happy it’s not a ballad.

Blake Shelton‘s country artist Kirk Jay from Bay Minette, Alabama had three final chances to inspire America during Monday’s “The Voice” Season 15 finale, but which one of his performances was the best? As a refresher, he sang “Defenseless” as his original single, “You Look So Good in Love” as his duet with coach Blake and Rascall Flatts‘ “I Won’t Let Go” as his cover song. Our live-blogger Denton Davidson recapped each of Kirk’s final three performances, so scroll down to see his snappy reactions.

SEEWhat was Chevel Shepherd’s best performance on ‘The Voice’ finale: ‘It’s a Little Too Late,’ ‘Rockin’ or ‘Broken Hearts’? [Poll]

“Defenseless” — watch above

Denton’s take: Kirk Jay is continuing things for Team Blake, debuting his original single “Defenseless.” It’s a simple, soulful country ballad which is what Kirk does best. He begins his performance sitting on a stool, perched...

After months of competition, we’re already at the finale stage for “The Voice” Season 15. The Top 4 artists will be performing three songs each on the two-hour episode for Monday. The American public will then vote, with the champion announced on the results show for Tuesday.

If Chevel Shepherd wins, it will give coach Kelly Clarkson a second straight victory. If Kennedy Holmes wins, it means a first ever U.S. championship for coach Jennifer Hudson, although she has won in Great Britain. And a trophy for either Kirk Jay or Chris Kroeze means a seventh career victory for coach Blake Shelton. Coach Adam Levine does not have contenders remaining for this autumn cycle.

See‘The Voice’ power rankings: Top 4 finalists from best to worst for Season 15

Who do you think will be the champion for Season 15? Be sure to click the link at the bottom of this article to make your predictions for first,...

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and actor who suffered from Als died at his home.

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Oscar-nominated actor Sam Shepard has died from Als. He was 73.

Shepard died on July 27 at his home in Kentucky surrounded by family. “The family requests privacy at this difficult time,” Chris Boneau, the spokesman for the family, said.

Shephard won the Pulitzer Prize in 1979 for his play Buried Child and received a best supporting actor Oscar nomination for his role as Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff.

His final on-screen appearance came in 2015 on the Netflix drama Bloodline. As an actor his screen credits include Days Of Heaven, Resurrection, Frances, Country, Fool For Love, Crimes Of The Heart, Baby Boom, Steel Magnolias, Bright Angel, Defenseless, Hamlet, The Notebook, Black Hawk Down, The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, Brothers, Mud, August: Osage County, Cold in July, Midnight Special, In Dubious Battle, and You Were...

The last character poster for the anticipated forthcoming release highlighted the mischievous villain Dr. Hector Hammond, and now we have yet another poster for one of our heroes from the Green Lantern Corps. The official Facebook page for Green Lantern (via ComingSoon) has just released another character poster with Abin Sur wielding the power of his ring. Once the Green Lantern of Sector 2814 (which contains the planet Earth), Abin Sur passes his ring along to Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds) upon his death, enabling the pilot to take up the emerald mantle. Unless Blake Lively gets her own poster, this'll be the last. Here's Abin Sur on a new Green Lantern poster: Green Lantern is directed by veteran New Zealand filmmaker Martin Campbell, of Defenseless, GoldenEye, The Mask of Zorro, Vertical Limit, Casino Royale and Edge of Darkness previously. The script was written by Greg Berlanti ("Everwood", "Eli ...

We've highlighted our hero and several of his alien Green Lantern Corps. counterparts with their own posters and even an epic banner, but now the villain of Green Lantern gets his own poster too. Dr. Hector Hammond (Peter Sarsgaard) the pathologist son of a senator ends up being seen as a disappointment in his father's eyes, but has a newfound confidence and plan to achieve greatness after he becomes infused with psychic powers after coming into contact with something from another world. The poster doesn't show Hammond with the vein-riddled, giant head we've seen in trailers, but it certainly is clear he's the villain. Here's the new poster courtesy of Facebook (via ComingSoon): Green Lantern is directed by veteran New Zealand filmmaker Martin Campbell, of Defenseless, GoldenEye, The Mask of Zorro, Vertical Limit, Casino Royale and Edge of Darkness previously. The script was written by Greg Berlanti ("Everwood", "Eli Stone...

Check out the first and extended 90 second tv spot and new poster for the upcoming comic book movie Green Lantern.

Here’s the full synopsis of the movie:

“In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, a small but powerful force has existed for centuries. Protectors of peace and justice, they are called the Green Lantern Corps. A brotherhood of warriors sworn to keep intergalactic order, each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of their newest recruit, the first human ever selected: Hal Jordan.

Hal is a gifted and cocky test pilot, but the Green Lanterns have little respect for humans, who have never harnessed the infinite powers of the ring before. But Hal is clearly the missing piece to the puzzle,...

Let's hope the new series avoids the picture of unfulfilled women at law popularised in Hollywood films such as Jagged Edge

In a recent press release, the BBC promised that its new legal drama series Silk would present a true-to-life portrait of a female barrister applying for QC or "silk".

On the big screen female lawyers have not fared all that well in representing their real-life counterparts, despite similar promises from Hollywood. This was especially true in the 1980s and 1990s, when female stars were cast almost obsessively as lawyers: Glenn Close in Jagged Edge (1985), Cher in Suspect (1987), Jessica Lange in Music Box (1989), Barbara Hershey in Defenseless (1991) , Susan Sarandon in The Client (1994), and Julia Roberts as a law student in The Pelican Brief (1993), an assistant Us attorney in Conspiracy Theory (1997), and a legal assistant in Erin Brokovich (2000) – to name just a few.

These Hollywood lawyers are women in or just...