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Adam Lambert works at getting beyond 'the kiss' Singer says there's more to him than 'gay guy' tag
Adam Lambert doesn't want to be the gay guy to which I say, be who you really are. The attempts by your PR team to sanitize your image isn't working.
You continue to whine about the fallout from ...
 Apparently one of the final 24 for this season's American Idol has been disqualified for violating his confidentiality agreement:
Singer Michael Lynche -- AKA "Big Mike" -- is the first contestant to be eliminated from the American Idol top 24 -- but not because of a bad performance.
Instead, Lynche has been disqualified after news of his ...
 Today, Bo Bice announced the birth of his new son on Twitter:
EAN JACOB BICE, 10:30am, 8.5lbs. Welcome To Life My Son, U Make Us Proud.
Baby Ean has two brothers: Caleb James who is 17 months old, and Aidan Michael who is 4.
Bo's rep joked at the time of the announcement, "The rock triad will ...

Many of the American Idol graduates and their fans have tweeted their support of the Haitian relief efforts. There are so many reputable charities that are doing everything they can to help out. Find one and do what you can to help.
I've heard of 2 fan group efforts that are worth noting and supporting. If ...

Danny Gokey's new CD "My Best Days" will be released March 2 2010. It is available for pre-order at Amazon.
1. My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me
2. Like That’s A Bad Thing
3. I Still Believe
4. Tiny Life
5. Get Away
6. It’s Only
7. Life On Ya
8. Crazy Not To
9. Be Somebody
10. I Will Not Say Goodbye

Katharine McPhee was on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night to sing "Its Not Right" from her newly released CD, "Unbroken".

FCC banning wireless mics from 700 MHz
by Ed Gubbins January 15th, 2010
The FCC is clearing the way for use of wireless spectrum in the 700 MHz band with a proposed ban on the sale of devices that currently use that spectrum.
Interference with wireless microphones in particular has been one of the stumbling blocks toward the ...
 Clay Aiken is about to tape a TV special to be shown on PBS stations in June 2010.
On the International Media Facebook page it says;
"International Media COMING IN JUNE: American Idol superstar alumni and TV personality CLAY AIKEN sings great romantic favorites in "Classic Memories". Tapings for this International Media special will take ...

January 14, 2010 | 5:28 am
"American Idol" creator Simon Fuller is leaving 19 Entertainment to start his own company.
Fuller, who had been looking to take over 19 Entertainment parent CKX Inc., has instead signed a consulting deal to the company that will keep him producing 19 Entertainment's "American Idol" and "So You Think You Can ...
 ABC Prez Steve McPherson on Adam Lambert: "We'd do nothing differently."
by
Michael Jensen
After the ABC executive session at today's Television Critics Association Winter Tour in Los Angeles, I had the chance to ask ABC Entertainment President Steve McPherson a quick question about how the network handled the aftermath of Adam Lambert's performance on the American ...

Speaking of American Idol, Katharine McPhee bares her bikini bod for the February issue of Shape, on newsstands Monday.
Of her seven-year struggle with bulimia: "The more I focused on my weight, the worse my bulimia got," she says. "Now I'm more easygoing. I stopped fighting myself and became more forgiving of my body. Ironically, ...

Updated January 11, 2010
Simon Cowell Says He is Leaving 'American Idol'
FOXNews.com
PASADENA, Calif.
Simon Cowell has officially announced that this is his final season of "American Idol."
Cowell says he will instead serve as executive producer and judge on the American version of his hit UK show "The X-Factor," which will begin filming in 2011. The show will ...
 Katharine McPhee is the featured artist on Walmart Soundcheck. She performs six of the songs from her new album: "It's Not Right", "Had It All", "Over It", "Lifetime", "Brand New Key", and "Say Goodbye". There is also an interview. Check it out! I love the new sound.
 Don't get me wrong, I like Carrie but why is she wearing a chain link fence over her outfit?

Discuss!
 If Jason Castro and Adam Lambert had a baby....
His name is Samuel Larson.
His Myspace page
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Burnin' Up
 Weddings
American Idol's Jason Castro Marries in Texas
By Marisa Laudadio
Saturday January 02, 2010 08:30 PM EST
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Jason Castro is a married man, according to tweets from guests at his wedding Saturday.
The 22-year-old dreadlocked singer-songwriter, who finished fourth on Season 7 of American Idol, wed girlfriend Mandy Mayhall in ...

OK!’s Breakout Stars of 2009
December 31st, 2009 1:25 pm / Author: Nicole Eggenberger
As part of OK!’s Year in Review we’ve taken some time to acknowledge the new stars who worked hard this year and whose time in the spotlight is still burning bright!
•Kris Allen
Accomplishment of the Year: Oh ya know, that little contest ...

Jason Castro sang at four candlelight services at his church over the two days before Christmas. (12-23-09 and 12-24-09) One song made it to YouTube.
Glory in The Highest

Hot Pics: Celebs on the PopScene in 2009
Posted Tuesday 29 December 11:53 AM By: PopEater Staff
Celebrities were at work and play, here there and everywhere this year. But as you'll see, a few stars stepped up to the plate for some seriously good photo ops, including Lady Gaga, Miley, the kids of 'Twilight' and more. ...
 The above color coded map represents a snapshot of the state of acceptance of homosexuality as it is right now world wide. I discovered this while researching how much Clay Aiken's coming out will affect his future UNICEF missions and later came to expand that thought to how it will affect the chances of both ...

Fieldnotes: Blogging on UNICEF's child survival work in the field
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Clay Aiken: progress in Somalia
UNICEF Ambassador Clay Aiken originally wrote this blog post for The Huffington Post on December 29, 2009. Please consider making a donation today to support UNICEF's lifesaving work for children in Somalia.
© ...

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America Freaks Out Over 'Idol'
(September 4, 2002)
Could a bona fide pop star be made on live television with the help of the American viewing public? Why not, thought TV producer Simon Fuller, who launched a U.S. version of his hit British show "Pop Idol" in the summer of 2002. Texas girl-next-door Kelly Clarkson won "American ...

Bucky Covington To Hold Special Event
12/25/2009 10:01 PM ET
(RTTNews) - Nashville's Hard Rock Café is hosting a countdown to the reopening of its doors with a series of special events. The next one will feature Bucky Covington. It is set to take place on December 29.
Tickets for the show are $10 in advance or ...
 I'm in love with this song today. Merry Christmas everyone!
 Finally! Taylor Hicks DVD, Whomp at the Warfield will be released on January 5. It is the live video of his show at the Warfield theater in San Francisco 2007.

Decade in Review: Favorite Reality TV
2. American Idol (debuted June 2002)
Sure, there had been televised talent shows before but never one on the level of American Idol. Putting Star Search to shame, the entertainment industry got a major platform for launching the careers of innumerable young wannabe singers (and even spawning a ...

Purple Darts
Update: I've been told that the details are sketchy and probably not true.
How have I not seen this before?
 Fantasia's new series "Fantasia For Real"
http://www.vh1.com/shows/fantasia_for_real/series.jhtml
The premier episode is called "No More Freebies"
As the season begins, Fantasia is in the studio recording her hot new track, "Move On Me." And with six people living off her dwindling income, she needs a hit... now! Back at her sprawling North Carolina mansion is the entire Barrino clan. ...
 Believe in Zero
UNICEF Ambassadors Lucy Liu, Mia Farrow, Alyssa Milano, Laurence Fishburne, Clay Aiken and others proclaim their belief in zero: a day when no children die from preventable causes. Visit http://ibelieveinzero.org to join the effort.
Just released on the UNICEF YouTube video channel.

Please rate them from best to last and give reasons. Listen all the way through each one. You don't want to miss the embellishments!
Updated to add the names of the performers.
Susan Boyle
David Archuleta
Sugarland with Jennifer Hudson
Chris Brown with Corrine Bailey Rae
Taylor Swift
Clay Aiken
 David Archuleta fans are voting machines! All 87 of them.
OF THE FOLLOWING, WHICH ‘IDOL’ CHRISTMAS ALBUM IS YOUR FAVORITE?
http://www.idollive.net/
Merry Christmas with Love (Clay Aiken)
0 (0%)
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Christmas From the Heart (David Archuleta) ————– keep voting
87 (100%)
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Christmas (Kimberley Locke)
0 (0%)
It’s Christmas (Mandisa)
0 (0%)
A Royal Christmas (Paris Bennett)
0 (0%)
American Christmas (Various)
0 (0%)
American Idol: The Great ...
 The news came in numbers and the numbers were fairly grim, all the grimmer for being unsurprising. A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll reported this week that more than half of Americans, 55%, think America is on the wrong track, with only 33% saying it is going in the right direction. A stunning 66% say ...
 One of our readers (Cathy) complained that I didn't write about Adam's fans posing for pictures with him at the Z100 Jingle Ball event. She said:
"What he did all night was pose for pictures with the long line-up of people who wanted pictures. I read that they allowed 10 in at a time and it ...

David Cook returns this year to the Annual Race for Hope in Washington DC to help raise awareness and funding to benefit the brain tumor community. The Race for Hope is in it's 13th year and with the race just a few months away, David Cook's team is already the top fundraising team!
Here's a special ...
 Idol Kris Allen Says Adam Lambert is
Finally Showing His True Colors
By Mari Kasanuki
Tuesday December 15, 2009 10:10 AM EST
Kris Allen and Adam Lambert
Shocked over Adam Lambert's recent performance antics? Don't be, says American Idol winner Kris Allen, because there is more to come.
"Yeah, that's who he is," Allen told the press at last Friday's Z100's ...

Mothers, daughters, reluctant boyfriends and fathers filled in the seats at Madison Square Garden Friday night for Z100's annual Jingle Ball concert. The woman of the year, Taylor Swift was the headliner and put on an amazing thirty minute set that fans went nuts over. Before Swift even entered the building, the Garden was rocking ...

Season 2 Idol, Kimberly Caldwell, has finally signed a record deal. The label, Vanguard records, is known for its roster of folk, blues and rock acts like, Patty Larkin, Shawn Mullins, Matt Nathanson, Live, Greg Laswell, Mindy Smith, Carbon Leaf, Levon Helm, Linda Ronstadt and Joan Osborne.
Kimberley was considered the “rock chick” her season on ...

Most of us know that a musician makes the bulk of their money touring and doing private gigs. These are the going rates for the Idols per gig in 2009-2010.
Fact: out of 1515 acts only 116 earn 100K or more. That is only 7.7%.
Fact: out of 14 viable touring Idols, only 5 start at ...

Z100’s Jingle Ball ’09
20-Year-Old Fogy Cedes Audience to 15-Year-Old
By JON CARAMANICA
NY Times
Published: December 13, 2009
Destruction, thy name is Bieber.
Not frailty of voice nor cast on leg nor uncomfortably tall duet partners could keep Justin Bieber, the pint-size, swoosh-haired 15-year-old pop moppet from Stratford, Ontario — that’s Canada, people — from his appointed duty at Madison ...
 By Request. Who sang it best: Christmas songs.
Let's start with O Holy Night. There will be other songs between now and Christmas.
Please rate them from best to last and give reasons. Listen all the way through each one. You don't want to miss the embellishments!
Update: Adding the names of the performers. Sorry ...
 Adam Lambert is feeling the cold chill these days. He tells OK Magazine about his fear, but he has a few loyal (read crazy) fans who have proudly written to him on his fan club that they will buy buy buy to make him happy.
One pictured her 35 cd collection along with a picture ...

Playlist: The Very Best of Ruben Studdard [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]
Track Listings
1. I Can't Help It
2. Together
3. Just Because
4. The Return (Of The Velvet Teddy Bear)
5. Make Ya Feel Beautiful
6. Change Me
7. I Need An Angel
8. Goin' Up Yonder
9. Restoration
10. Sorry 2004
11. For All We Know
12. Flying Without Wings
13. Center Of My Joy
14. Superstar
Amazon ...

TideLoadsofHope
Kelly Clarkson is on the scene and clothes are getting clean! Come out and get a wash or two for free http://moby.to/gg0syk
She is in New Orleans today.

On December 5, 2009, Jessica Sierra gave birth to a 6 lb. 12 oz. bouncing baby boy! Congratulations Jessica!
Jessica has remained clean and sober for the last two years and is now back in the studio recording a new album. You can see her exclusive interview with Radar Online here: Fallen American Idol ...
 David Archuleta wants you to come to New York City to Build your own Teddy Bear in his honor. Careful not to trample the granny's and the kiddies now!

Adam Lambert lost another gig. This time with Dick Clark's New Years Rockin' Eve and had to settle for the Gridlock New Years Eve party at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles. His publicist could be heard groveling to get something, anything, oh God please!. I hope zippers weren't involved.
He will be sharing the stage with ...

USA Today
Dec 9, 2009
Carrie Underwood's Play On actually moves up three spots (No. 9-No. 6) even though its weekly sales drop was 35%.
Speaking of sales drops, let's talk about Adam Lambert's For Your Entertainment for a minute. Its weekly sales plummeted 74%, from nearly 200,000 its debut week to just shy of 51,000 in its ...

EXCLUSIVE: Adam Lambert Curses At Designer After She Scolds Him BackstageEXCLUSIVE: Adam Lambert Curses At Designer After She Scolds Him Backstage
Posted on Dec 09, 2009 @ 01:40PM
American Idol runner up Adam Lambert's music has yet to make a big splash, but the singer is already a pro at stirring up controversy.
Network's Editing Of ...
KTLA Anchor Slams Perez Hilton: 'You Talentless Dope!'
Huffington Post | Billy Silverman
12- 8-09
What began as a scheduling snafu for Perez Hilton on KTLA's Morning Show has quickly escalated into a full blown battle.
Hilton and KTLA anchor Sam Rubin offer differing accounts of what prompted the gossip blogger to leave the ...
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