Matthais Giraud is known for his list of firsts: Shooting GoPro's first viral video. Completing the first ski BASE jump off the Alps Trilogy, Mt. Hood, Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn, Aiguille Blanche de ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A sequel has been greenlit for Matt Giraud on "American Idol." The 23-year-old piano player from Kalamazoo, Mich., who crooned Bryan Adam's "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" ...

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LOS ANGELES -- It was another big dodge in the "American Idol" competition for Kalamazoo singer Matt Giraud. After he received mixed reviews from the judges for his performance of the Bee Gees' ...

KALAMAZOO -- It's around 11:45 a.m. Thursday, more than seven hours before Matt Giraud is to appear at a homecoming celebration in downtown Kalamazoo, and he is already on his 16th interview. If he's ...

The typical casting formula is for a current cast member to introduce a friend as someone new. “It takes a village,” Ryan Flynn shared Bravo’s The Daily Dish podcast. “It is definitely not a ...

The Top 5 contestants on "American Idol" continued their bids toward the crown Tuesday night, performing jazz standards sung by members of the Rat Pack. For most of the night, the judges on the panel ...

GRAND RAPIDS -- When American Idol's Matt Giraud of Kalamazoo performs at the Forest Hills Fine Arts Center in January, the irony of the venue won't escape him. "Two years ago, I auditioned for West ...

West Michigan's own Matt Giraud made "American Idol" history on Wednesday night, becoming the first ever contestant to be "saved" by the judges after he was eliminated by voters in seventh place. As ...

When Matt Giraud takes the “American Idol” stage for the first time since placing fifth last season, he won’t have votes or Simon Cowell to worry about. On Thursday, he and eighth-place finisher Scott ...

After a rocky performance last week, Kalamazoo's Matt Giraud dazzled the judges with his imaginative, stylized "Part Time Lovers." The theme? Year of Your Birth, and Matt did the year 1985 proud.

In the 2022 Prix Goncourt-winning novel “Live Fast,” Brigitte Giraud pieces together the motorcycle crash that killed the narrator’s husband, while tearing her apart. By Brian Dillon Brian Dillon is ...