WIRE – ENTERTAINMENT
Chattanooga Times Free Press, October 8, 2004
HELLO AGAIN: "American Idol's" Justin Guarini disappeared for the last eight
months, but now he's back with a new plan, a new 'do and new management. It was
highly reported that he had been signed by mega manager Benny Medina, but
Guarini sets the record straight: "Originally Benny and I had tried a bit of a
tentative working relationship, but at the end of the day, it didn't work out.
He had his priorities, and he's been focusing a lot on Mariah (Carey). It was
one of those mutual things where it was like, 'look, this isn't quite the right
fit,' but we parted amicably," says Guarini, who's now with a consultant group
in Washington, D.C. Things seem to be looking up for the fallen "Idol" as he is
"currently in negotiations for a new Broadway show. There are also a lot of film
and television projects under the pipeline, so there is a lot of cool stuff
happening."