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C.J. Harris, the former American Idol contestant who died Sunday in his hometown of Jasper, Alabama, suffered a fatal heart attack, the Walker County Coroner’s Office has confirmed to Deadline.

The 31-year-old Harris was rushed to the hospital but CPR efforts proved unsuccessful.

The singer, born Curtis Harris, was a Top 6 contestant on American Idol in 2014, winning over the judges and audience before the semi-finals with soulful interpretations of the Southern Rock classic hits “Soulshine” (by the Allman Brothers Band) and “Can’t You See” (by The Marshall Tucker Band).

Although he advanced to the semi-finals, Harris was eliminated in the sixth round on on April 24, 2014. The year’s winner was Caleb Johnson.

After his Idol season, Harris continued his music career, releasing his debut single in 2019 with the song “In Love.”

After his death, American Idol released a statement reading “C.J. Harris was an incredible talent, and...

Cj Harris, a former contestant on American Idol, has reportedly died at the age of 31.

The musician, whose full name is Curtis Harris, is said to have been rushed to hospital in Jasper, Alabama after suffering an apparent heart attack on Sunday (15 January) night.

A family member confirmed to TMZ that Harris was subsequently pronounced dead.

During his time on the 2014 season of the popular US reality show, Harris made it through to the top six.

Among the songs he covered on the show were “Soulshine” by the Allman Brothers Band, “Too Close”, and “American Woman”.

He was selected by the judges to progress through to the Top Six after making it through to the semi-finals.

At the time, the show’s judges were Jennifer Lopez, Harry Connick Jr and Keith Urban, the lattermost of whom described Harris’s singing as “believable and real”.

“You sing ‘cause you have to sing,...

Cj Harris, a former contestant on American Idol, has reportedly died at the age of 31.

The musician, whose full name is Curtis Harris, is said to have been rushed to hospital in Jasper, Alabama after suffering an apparent heart attack on Sunday (15 January) night.

A family member confirmed to TMZ that Harris was subsequently pronounced dead.

During his time on the 2014 season of the popular US reality show, Harris made it through to the top six.

Among the songs he covered on the show were “Soulshine” by the Allman Brothers Band, “Too Close”, and “American Woman”.

He was selected by the judges to progress through to the Top Six after making it through to the semi-finals.

At the time, the show’s judges were Jennifer Lopez, Harry Connick Jr and Keith Urban, the lattermost of whom described Harris’s singing as “believable and real”.

“You sing ‘cause you have to sing,...

Nominations for the 46th NAACP Image Awards have been revealed and "Belle," "Beyond the Lights," "Dear White People," "Get On Up," and "Selma" are duking it out for the Outstanding Motion Picture Award.

Winners will be announced on Friday, February 6, 2015 in a two-hour televised event on TV One.

The NAACP Image Awards celebrates the accomplishments of people of color in the fields of television, music, literature and film and also honors individuals or groups who promote social justice through creative endeavors.

Here's the complete list of nominees for the 46th NAACP Image Awards:

Television

Outstanding Comedy Series

. "black-ish" (ABC)

. "House of Lies" (Showtime)

. "Key & Peele" (Comedy Central)

. "Orange is the New Black" (Netflix)

. "Real Husbands of Hollywood" (Bet)

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

. Andre Braugher - "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (Fox)

. Anthony Anderson - "'black-ish" (ABC)

. Don Cheadle - "House of Lies" (Showtime)

. Keegan-Michael Key - "Key & Peele" (Comedy Central)

. Kevin Hart...

Nominations for the 46th annual NAACP Image Awards were announced today across categories in film, television, music and the literary world. In the film arena, top nominees were Amma Asante's "Belle," Gina Prince-Bythewood's "Beyond the Lights," Justin Simien's "Dear White People," Tate Taylor's "Get On Up" and Ava DuVernay's "Selma." Check out the full list of nominees below. Winners will be announced on Feb. 6. And remember to keep track of the season via The Circuit! Film Outstanding Motion Picture "Belle" (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films) "Beyond The Lights" (Relativity Media) "Dear White People" (Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions) "Get On Up" (Universal Pictures) "Selma" (Paramount Pictures) Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture Amma Asante, "Belle" (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films) Antoine Fuqua, "The Equalizer" (Columbia Pictures) Ava DuVernay, "Selma" (Paramount Pictures) John Ridley, "Jimi: All Is By My Side" (XLrator Media) Gina Prince-Bythewood, "Beyond The Lights...

Gearing up for another year of excitement, the 46th Annual NAACP Image Awards just unveiled the first round of hopefuls and there are plenty of worthy contenders.

In the television categories, Shonda Rhimes’ series “Scandal” and “How to Get Away With Murder” are among the most nominated, though “Black-ish” is also up there. Meanwhile, “Selma” and “Get on Up” are the top two movies on the docket, ahead of the big event on Friday, February 6th, 2015. Per the official website, “The NAACP Image Awards honors the accomplishments of people of color in the fields of television, music, literature and film, and honors those who promote social justice through creative endeavors.”

And the nominees are:

Outstanding Comedy Series

“Orange is the New Black” (Netflix)

“black-ish” (ABC)

“House of Lies” (Showtime)

“Key & Peele” (Comedy Central)

“Real Husbands of Hollywood” (Bet)

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

Andre Braugher – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (Fox)

Anthony Anderson...

Paramount’s Selma, Universal’s Get On Up and Lionsgate’s Dear White People are among the Outstanding Motion Picture nominees for the NAACP’s Image Awards, which will be bestowed live on TVOne on February 6. On the TV side, Shonda Rhimes’ ABC trifecta of Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and How To Get Away With Murder are all up for best drama. Here is the full list:

Film

Outstanding Motion Picture

“Belle” (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films)

“Beyond The Lights” (Relativity Media)

“Dear White People” (Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions)

“Get On Up” (Universal Pictures)

“Selma” (Paramount Pictures)

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

Chadwick Boseman – “Get On Up” (Universal Pictures)

David Oyelowo – “Selma” (Paramount Pictures)

Denzel Washington – “The Equalizer” (Columbia Pictures)

Idris Elba – “No Good Deed” (Screen Gems)

Nate Parker – “Beyond The Lights” (Relativity Media)

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

Gugu Mbatha-Raw – “Belle” (Fox Searchlight Pictures/ DJ Films)

Quvenzhané Wallis...

The nominees for the 46th annual NAACP Image Awards were announced Tuesday, lauding the year's best films and television shows -- among other artforms -- featuring people of color.

"Selma" led the pack with eight nominations, including nods for best picture, best actor (David Oyelowo), three supporting actor nods (André Holland, Common, and Wendell Pierce), and two supporting actress nods (Carmen Ejogo and Oprah Winfrey). Director Ava DuVernay was also nominated for her work behind the camera.

On the television front, "Scandal" and "Orange Is the New Black" tied with six nominations apiece, while fellow freshman series "black-ish" and "How to Get Away with Murder" each received five nods.

A partial list of nominees in television and movies is below. For the full list -- including nominees in the music and literature categories -- click here.

The NAACP Image Awards, presented by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People,...

Nickelodeon has renewed The Haunted Hathaways for a full second season of 22 episodes. They're expected to kick off some time in 2014.

Only 11 episodes of the series' first season have aired so far. Nickelodeon intitially ordered 20 episodes and then wanted more, bringing the first season total to 26 installments. The next original episode will run on November 2nd.

The Haunted Hathaways follows a single mom and her two daughters as they move into a new home that's haunted by a dad and his two sons. The cast includes Amber Montana, Curtis Harris, Benjamin Flores Jr., Breanna Yde, Ginifer King, and Chico Benymon.

What do you think? Do you like The Haunted Hathaways? Are you glad the show is coming back...

A series I have yet to watch a single episode of has been renewed for a second season. Nickelodeon has ordered a 22-episode second season (after a 20-episode first season) of its freshman half-hour comedy project The Haunted Hathaways, from writer-producer Robert Peacock. The series, which drew 2.3 million total viewers on average (and a 4.0 rating), airing during the Saturday 8:30 Pm slot, centers on a single mother (played by Ginifer King) and her daughters (Amber Montana, Breanna Yde), who move to New Orleans and learn that their new house is already occupied by a father (played by Chico Benymon) and his sons (Curtis Harris & Lil’...

Exclusive: Nickelodeon has ordered 6 more episodes of The Haunted Hathaways, bringing the supernatural comedy’s freshman season to 26 episodes. The Haunted Hathaways will return with originals on September 14 at 8:30 Pm. Since its July 13 launch, which drew solid 3.3 million total viewers, the live-action series has averaged 2.8 million total viewers, 1.5M K2-11 and 1.1M K6-11, improving its time period by double digits. The Haunted Hathaways joins another new Nick comedy series whose freshman season was recently supersized, Nick at Nite/NickMom’s Instant Mom. The Haunted Hathaways, executive produced by Boyce Bugliari & Jamie McLaughlin, follows the adventures of a not-so-typical blended family. When Michelle Hathaway (Ginifer King) relocates to New Orleans to open a bakery with her daughters Taylor (Amber Montana) and Frankie (Breanna Yde), they find out that their new home is already occupied by a ghost family comprised of jazz musician father Ray Preston (Chico Benymon), and...

Nickelodeon has announced that The Haunted Hathaways, their new supernatural comedy, will debut on Saturday, July 13th. The cable channel has ordered 20 installments to start.

The series stars Amber Montana, Benjamin "Lil P-Nut" Flores Jr., Breanna Yde, Chico Benymon, Curtis Harris, and Ginifer King.

Here's the official press release:

Nickelodeon Scares Up Laughs With New Live-action Supernatural Comedy, "The Haunted Hathaways," Premiering Saturday, July 13, At 8:30 P.M. (Et/Pt)

Original Ensemble Sitcom Introduces Viral Hip-Hop Sensation Benjamin "Lil P-Nut" Flores Jr., Breanna Yde, Amber Montana and Curtis Harris; Ginifer King and Chico Benymon Round Out Series

Santa Monica, Calif. - July 1, 2013 - Nickelodeon conjures up some supernatural fun in the brand-new live-action comedy series, The Haunted Hathaways, debuting Saturday, July 13, at 8:30 p.m. (Et/Pt). Created by veteran comedy writer-producer Robert Peacock...

This almost slipped by us... thanks to the several readers who emailed or sent me tweets about it. Nickelodeon has ordered 20-episodes of a new half-hour comedy project titled The Haunted Hathaways, from writer-producer Robert Peacock. The series centers on a single mother (played by Ginifer King) and her daughters (Amber Montana, Breanna Yde), who move to New Orleans and learn that their new house is already occupied by a father (played by Chico Benymon) and his sons (Curtis Harris, Lil’ P-Nut). And as if that isn't already enough of a surprise, they further discover that the father and his sons happen to be ghosts. By the way, in case you haven't already...

Whenever I happen to change the channel to Nickelodeon, without fail it will always be airing the latest episode of some bizarre creation that, for whatever reason, has somehow become popular. Please, don’t read that as negativity; weird is a better bet than trying to be plain, vanilla pudding normal. Just look at Adventure Time. That show is without a doubt this generation’s most strange concoction, but it deserves every ounce of popularity it’s managed to scrounge up. I can only hope Nickelodeon’s latest creation finds the same comfort zone of weirdness, especially since they’ve committed to 20 episodes. May I introduce to you Nickelodeon’s The Haunted Hathaways.

Coming from comedy writer-producer Robert Peacock, The Haunted Hathaways is the story of a very unconventionally blended family. No, we aren’t talking about a Scottsman who married a Persian and their wacky adventures – though that might be pretty cool.

Exclusive: Nickelodeon has handed a 20-episode order to The Haunted Hathaways, a half-hour project from veteran comedy writer-producer Robert Peacock. Created by Peacock, The Haunted Hathaways features an unconventional blended family and can be described as The Brady Bunch with a supernatural twist. It centers on a mom (Ginifer King) and her daughters (Amber Montana, Breanna Yde) who move to New Orleans and discover that their new house is already occupied by a dad (Chico Benymon) and his sons (Curtis Harris, Lil’ P-Nut)… who happen to be ghosts. Boyce Bugliari & Jamie McLaughlin, creators of the 2011 Nick series Bucket & Skinner’s Epic Adventures, have come on board as showrunners. The Haunted Hathaways was originally picked up to pilot in August. It joins another recently picked up Nickelodeon series, Dan Schneider’s Sam & Cat, starring iCarly‘s Jennette McCurdy and Victorious‘ Ariana Grande reprising their roles.

If you didn't believe in monsters in your closet before, you might after this episode of Fringe (TV). Trust me, I checked behind my bedroom door before bed last night. Somewhere, an old man with bad teeth shaves his head, reciting a prayer. He's got a red "mark" on his skull, and he washes a weird serum over his skin. Elsewhere a little boy named Max (Michael Strusievici) is scared about monsters in his closet. His mother assures him that he's safe. She's wrong, however, when just as Max is about to fall asleep, the old man, wearing a silver mask jumps out and kidnaps him. Meanwhile, elsewhere in New York, Olivia (Anna Torv) meets up with her former taxi-driving buddy, Henry (Andre Royo), asking for his help getting her onto Liberty Island. Our Olivia is fully aware of who she is, and wants to go home. Henry agrees to...

"The Abducted"

Unlikely as it is that any of the show's creators or writers have ever read my regular laments on the subject, it is nonetheless with pleasure that I can report that this week's episode of Fringe actually gave Lance Reddick something to do besides look good in a suit and send agents on missions in a bladder-rupturing deep bass voice. If the Fringe writers hadn't brought Andre Royo's cab-driver back this week (hurray!) only to throw his role away (boo!), I'd almost begin to think that Abrams and Co. actually liked The Wire instead of just wanting to lo-jack the kudos of its stars by including them in Fringe.

Our Olivia is stuck and desperate to make a bid for escape via Walternate's isolation chamber on Liberty Island. But first there's a case to solve: serial kid-kidnapper 'The Candyman' is on the loose in the red-titled Other Place,...

Get ready to slip on your bathing suits, because Fringe is going back to the tank. 

We know Walternate and Brandonym (it's just fun coming up with alternate reality pet-names for these people) plan to place Olivia back in the sensory deprivation tank to further their research into why she successfully crosses universes, but what does that nagging vision of Peter have to say about it?  The newest clip from "Amber 31422" let us in on Faux Faux-Livia's ghostly friend.

And it looks like Olivia won't be the only one with a visitor in upcoming episodes, as we've learned that Director Broyles (which universe's counterpart remains to be seen) will see his young son Christopher Broyles, as played by young actor Curtis Harris.  The meeting takes place in episode seven, "The Abducted," which also sees David Nykl playing "Reverend Marcus." 

A young Broyles?  An abduction?  A member of the cloth?  Hmm.