from artists like katy perry, kelly clarkson and miley cyrus. kesha alleging in her contract against dr. luke, for the past ten years, dr. luke has sexually physical ly physically abused mrs. sebert. dr. luke refuting those claims. telling abc news, that the outright lies. >> it ties into a bigger issue of sexual abuse that's been going on in the music business quite a bit recently. >> reporter: these images showing an emotional kesha inside court. while her fans gathered outside showering the star with support. on social media, the #freekesha becoming a top trend and her famous friends very publicly supporting her. from ariana grande, to kelly clarkson. demi lovato with a twitter storm of support.

kelly clarkson. >> less than a month later, "e.t" had her first post win interview. >> i could in the >> kelly also served as a judge last night, creating a kind full circle moment for the show's first winner during its final season. >> it's cool to be here now 14 years later and be all knocked up and nostalgic. >> so emotional. no kelly wrote "piece by piece" when she was pregn with her daughter river, now she's having a boy, and s hasn't said when the due date is exactly >>> the academy wards o abc and we're your complete guide to all things oscar. let's send us to kevin frazier right now in the middle of all the oscar chatter. >> reporter: by sunday, this will be a sea of people and s and a lot of people have already rolled into town and the partying has already be eddy red mays faces a wall of paparazzi as --. beverly hills raes witherspoon gets her preparty on with a bunch of stars including jennifer lawrence, at the dinner for equality, hosted by patricia arquette, we're told to support equal pay for women. >>> a suited up host chris rock outside the sunset towe hotel. chris kep

. >>> did you see kelly clarkson break down in tears on "american idol."he talks about the song about her painful child >> i think all the contestants could feel the weight of what was happening. ♪ to restore my faith >> we all had tears in our eyes, it was so captivating, she barely got through it. and i think that also got her. ♪ and the father should be straight ♪ >> and very pregnant kelly clarkson closed "american idol" with "piece by peace" that's about her relationship with her father who she says abandoned her and her husband brandon blackstock who she says helped heal the wounds. ♪ can ever walk away >> her humanity in that moment was just -- you never see that, especially on television. >> especially for judge keith urban whose father passed away three months ago. >> i figure you're either crying a at this performance or you need to check your pulse. >> within minutes it shot to number one on i-tunes and for the hopefuls, there was a message, this is what a true star looks lik >> when i see her standing there on the stage, it seems like it wasn't

tell us, kelly clarkson. >> it's a >> she's coming. >> how precious is this daughter. has arrived. >> what is she >> first of all i think it's river rose's birthday party.she's going to tis disneyland or something. >> it's a music video, a song, a so much pressure to find a new way to make an announcement like this. >> we're talking about it. >> babies work.s and puppies, also. >> she's pregnant with a little baby pictures i put up on my frimg fridge she's so cute.

juliet: people are wondering why kelly clarkson started crying last night. the reason that she broke down is because it is a story about her life then and now. however husband came back and put her together. >> she got all choked up. it was great. juliet: it is 6:01 a.m. let's check the weather forecast with mike woods. a lot colder and windy this central park. 21 degrees in monticello. kind of a mixed sky around the tri-state. temperature changes. look at that job. new work. 26 degrees cooler in sussex. that northwest wind northwest wind is caring and that colder air. wind chill factors are down into the 20s for most of us here in the tri-state region. the clouds will be picking up once the sun comes up. we even have a few worries. snow showers well to the northwest. as we go forward to that the as we go through the next seven days, a little bit warm for you the wind direction will kind of switch around for you. next shower chances not until wednesday. >> morning, mike. multiple accident closing lanes. northbound closed. as far as your commute in new jersey

. >>> and kelly clarkson is expecting her second child and first children's book. the grammy winner turned author says river rose and the magical lullaby began as a story she jotted down about the places she traveled with her 19-month-old daughter river rose. so look for the book complete with an original lullaby written and performed by kelly clarkson in october. >>> ryan reynolds, this year's sexiest dad alive, six years after the publication declared him the sexiest man alive. he became a dad in december as and his wife blake lively welcomed their daughter. he says it was dream come true for him. >>> youtube is taking a page from netflix and hulu when it comes to original content. it's a part of their new red subscription service. service to spotfy and will be ad-free. >>> ahead here on 7news, a very >> reporter: few days before he popped the question, students spent time before school to make this 60 foot long banner with the words "marry me" on it. >> i cut the strips. >> reporter: brach is a pilot. he took this video as he and his girlfriend flew over their h

a performance from kelly clarkson and a cover girl showdown. >> gallagher joins us with days trending stories u . glad you start with when davis is so he's going to miss out on that one . cheryl tiegs, is not happy with this year's sports illustrated model she says thatt the team bus sized plus-sized ashley graham on the cover of the magazine is promoting unhealthypr lifestyle she says that her face is beautiful and she does not believe thatat a woman's waist should be larger than 35 inches because it's not healthy,s ashley graham is a size 16 is not one of them three if you talk about ibm unhealthy lifestyle, you see these women, they don't look healthy because there's no way they could could get all the nutrients needed to talk about either healthy or unhealthy. >> go to florida, edgewater beach and take photos of some normal people and everybody will fillll better about themselves they all have a little bit ofut extra that so that. american idol is so so bright in its final season and bring back a lots of the past performers last night first-year winner kelly clarkson returned to t

and why kelly clarkson's baby daughter is a bit of a diva.nny" is next. ♪ skinny, so skinny ♪ >>> well, this is exciting. leading "the skinny" this morning, big news for one of reena's favorite rap groups. >> i don't know why bernie sanders isn't meeting with them. wu-tang clan fighting against infamous ex-pharmaceutical ceo martin skrel celly after beefing with congress by pleading the fifth and calling them imbeciles for investigating him. that's what they said. he now has a killer on his trail as in ghost face killer. rapper released a video slamming shkreli for gouging drug prices while winning an exclusive album they auctioned off to him for $2 million. ghost face let's shkreli has it but then he brings in the big guns, his mama. >> you wicked boy. you wicked boy. how were you raised? >> tell him, ma. >> do you have any morals? >> tell him, mama. get him. >> i can't believe you. come on now. this man is too good for you. >> bring in mama. see, jeb bush did it. now wu-tang clan is doing it. bringing in mama. and in a strange twist, shkrel

kelly clarkson is back for the show's final season. she's been back on the show before... but this is the *first time she will guest judge. you'll have to wait to see her, though. tonight, the judges will make another round of cuts... and *viewer voting begins. and tomorrow night, the show will be *live. that's when kelly will come on... help the finalists... and even perform. it all starts tonight at eight, right here on fox 13. 3 visitors to the smithsonian museum in washington... are in for a treat today. a new piece of art will debut, in the museum's collection of presidential portraits. but this president... isn't even a *real one. 3 it's president "frank underwood." yup... the main character from the hit netflix series... "house of cards." kevin spacey... the actor who plays him... was on hand when the portrait was revealed. the museum even set it up like *other presidential portrait unveilings... by inviting the white house press corps. marketing stunt for the show's fourth season, which debuts on netflix this friday. but you can't deny... it's a nice piece of art.

kelly clarkson. applause." not only did she win and go on to win grammys and top the charts, she also inspired future idol conntestants...like cincinnati's own jess lamb.. "i think she's the best that's ever been on the show." jess, who competed on season 14 is a longtime cincinnati musician, who says what viewers didn't see was how nurturing the judges were to helped take her queen city music career to a new level. in fact, jess was just named cincinnati artist of the year. "the press that i got from the show really propelled me forward. i had music online, i was selling maybe 10 songs to selling a hundred songs. that was a beautiful thing to happen." "the winner of american idol 2005 is carrie underwood." that moment centerville native alexis gomez really hit home.. that hometown girl, she even had long, curly hair." alexis had been singing and playing country music all her life...she ended up making it into the top 16 of season 14. since the show, she's signed with a management team in nashville and might be

the *original idol "kelly clarkson" will also return next week to perform and help 3 and now to another famous singer... "adele". if this whole music career doesn't work out... she might want to try comedy. for the second time this month... a video of her having *fun on a talk show is trending. this time, she stopped by "ellen" and helped her play a practical joke, at a local "jamba juice:" 3 ellen was giving orders to adele the whole time... making her say and *do all kinds of crazy things. the goal of the skit was to convince the workers that in less than a day, the video already has a million and a half views. and later in the show, ellen even got adele to record her new voicemail message... to the tune of her song, "hello." 3 and finally... one thing *guaranteed to get your video trending. just add a baby animal. and that was the case for the franklin park zoo in boston. 3 meet their new *kid on the block: a baby nigerian dwarf goat. but what could be even cutier... is the name they gave her: chewbacca. she was born just a few days ago... and it only took her a few *hours, to take h

rickey minor and the band. see you le next thursday night. local news next. one more time, kelly clarkson, good night, america! you can koupbtd all the late breaking details. for now live in tkpwraopb green wood village. >> . now that teacher is suing the school district. for failing to protect her. from a violent student. >> . she reached out to the problem solvers. after she claims the district fired her for seeking help. >> she claims the district prohibited her from reporting the attack. >> she claims the district ignored her concerns. her injuries. and violent draw ugs like this one. because the student has special needs. even though this picture alone would be enough to expel or suspend a student. in some districts. >> he walked up and open hand slapped me. punched me in the ribs. kicked me in the back. >> she was beaten and bullied by her own student. >> spitting in my face. >> the 13 year-old boy with autism also threatened to kill her. and drew pictures depicting the weapons he would use. >> the entire time with him going are you scared of me. you should be. >> instead of punishi

"kelly clarkson". she's judging, and performing. and then the idol top ten... will be confirmed. you can watch it all... right here on fox 13. 3 and now, to one heartwarming story out of missouri. a group of kids are giving back to their community, by helping local animal shelters. and all they're using... is a book. 3 it's an innovative new idea, called the shelter buddies reading program. the idea is pretty simple: train kids to read to dogs as a way of readying the pets for forever homes. and at the same time, it instills a greater sense of empathy in the kids. the program lets kids focus on the shy and fearful dogs... without having any *physical interaction. the kids are even trained to read the dogs body language to tell if they're stressed out or anxious. 3 and finally... we meet a very *sophisticated cat. 3 and all you have to do is check out it's *face... to 3 that's a mustache. on a cat. this isn't painted on... it's just the color of it's hair. and ironically, this is a *female cat. but this story isn't *all happy. someone actually *abandoned this kitten in fresno, cal

so kelly clarkson came on and she is uber pregnant. she kept saying why am i sitting next to j-lo, thank you for putting me next to her. she returned as a guest judge. she's going to deliver that baby anytime. it's been 14 years since she won. and she decided to sing a song, a very emotional song called piece by piece. she wrote this song when she was she talked about this song, right? >> she talked about her dad who left the family when she was young and not having a relationship with him. so in the lyrics, she compares her father to the kind of father her husband will be. >> and here's some of the lyrics. it's piece by piece, he collected me off the ground, where you abandoned things. piece by piece he filled the holes where you burned in me at 6 years old. he never walks away, he never asks for money, he takes care of me, he loves me, piece by piece. he restored my faith that a man can be kind and a father could stay. >> let's take a look at the end of the performance. >> he restored my faith that a man could be kind and a father co

we love kelly clarkson. >> let's start drinking!o play a fun game. >> we know those oscar gowns can always be around. we remember what they look like. let's take a look at some of the most famous oscar dresses and who can remember them. i got it, halle berry! >> nicole kidman. >> who is it? >> kate hudson? i didn't even get it after i saw her. >> gwyneth paltrow. >> angeline jolie! >> this is the tie breaker. >> bjork! >> you hate losing, don't you? what did i win? did i win anything? >> you know what, i don't mind losing. i'll survive. >> i don't know if you will. ♪ i'll survive, i know i'll stay alive, i've got all my life to live ♪ i've got all my love to give, i will survive, hey, hey ♪ >> what was that? oh, my gosh! by the way -- >> in is what we're talking about. >> i wish in my life great music would explode from somewhere. what's your name? rachel! >> that was fun. you're going to sing for us some more a little bit later. >> can you survive without chocolate? >> not at all. >> you don't have to because joy is going to so my

. >>> and kelly clarkson's emotional performance on "american idol." why she broke down on stage. >>> plus -- >> it's that gross ratty old man >> it's time for mean tweets movie edition and nobody is off limits. >>> big stars, big movies, big tv shows. your entertainment news source starts now. >> welcome to "ok! tv." i'm megan telles in beautiful las vegas. we have got all of your entertainment news. >> vicious attacks. >> that's not a good attribute for a president. >> yelling, name calling. >> this guy's a choke artist and this guy's a liar. >> donald trump going defense, literally under attack from both sides. and the latest nastiest republican showdown yet. >> the government doesn't support -- >> gentlemen -- >> the candidates sparring in houston over taxes, immigration and who repeats themselves the most. >> i watched him repeat himself -- >> trump tweeting afterwards, all the online polls have me winning the debate. i really enjoyed the evening. not easy but good. marco rubio still lashing out. >> this guy is a con artist. the corner. the next g

>> reporter: season one winner kelly clarkson returned to the show to co judge and perform. i made something of myself and you want to come back >> because she had the experience, she knew how everybody was feeling, she was in the position i was in. >> kind of made you want to live up to the moment even more, go higher than i planned on doing. for her to say everything she said to me was unbelievable. >> saving the best for last. >> reporter: and after the show the finalists got the star treatment walk first hollywood carpet event. >> it's really, it's wild, i'm not used to it because i just turned 17, but i'm just a kid still, and it's cool to get to >> i'm fitting into it very well. everything is super comfortable. >> reporter: watch to see who america votes through next thursday only on fox. in hollywood, adam housley, fox news. jenna: the hornets owner michael jordan, he's had many accolades for work, but one always eluded him, oscar for work in space jam. no worries. jordan brand is commemorating the cult classic film by releasing a new shoe. the air jordan 11 will be r