Idol Headlines for 08/07/09

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‘American Idol’ Kris Allen heading for LI

Since Kris Allen’s victory on “American Idol,” the laid-back 24-year-old singer-songwriter from Conway, Ark., has been working nonstop, moving back and forth from the “American Idols Live” tour to working on his debut album.

“It’s tough,” says Allen, calling from a tour stop in Washington, D.C. “It’s almost like you have to switch your brain over to the other side. It’s a whole different animal. Touring is a whole different mind-set from recording.”

Newsday

Devotion to Paula Abdul floors Constantine Maroulis in bar fight

‘American Idol’  alum Constantine Maroulis, 33, got his butt kicked by an Abdul hater during Casio’s G-Shock party Wednesday night at Cipriani Wall Street.

The partygoer threw punches, pushed Maroulis to the ground and kicked him repeatedly before security guards stepped in. According to witnesses, fisticuffs erupted because Maroulis professed his desire for Abdul’s return to ‘Idol.’  His attacker was more than happy to see her gone.

‘It was hilarious! Constantine got into it with this guy who was probably 6 inches shorter and 60 pounds lighter,’  laughs an observer. ‘The guy body-slammed him and punched him in the face and then just stood up, straightened his tie, and said, ‘B’”ch, don’t you ever,’ before walking away.’ 

NY Daily News

More Idol Headlines after the JUMP…

David Cook: Nokia Theater Times Square

David Cook said he didn’t want to act too much like a Midwesterner, but the Kansas City native seemed pretty excited to be playing a New York show at the sold-out, 2,100-seat Nokia Theater Times Square.

“How ya doin’, New York City?!” he exclaimed at one point during Thursday’s show. And then he grinned. “I’ve been saying that in a mirror when I was playing a tennis racket,” he said.

Wearing a black T-shirt that quoted Bruce Springsteen’s Born to Run (Springsteen’s guitar player Steve Van Zandt was in the house), Cook gave an eager crowd a 14-song set that hit his RCA album, his pre-American Idol material, even a couple of covers — in fact, pretty much everything except his Idol coronation song, Time of My Life.

USA Today

Hundreds Storm NYC JC Penney (to Get Look at David Cook)

The marketing minds at JC Penney cooked up three months of nearly daily activities to christen its first Manhattan store — from a Paul Frank bike giveaway to specialized bra fittings — but the place was really um, cooking, yesterday as season seven “American Idol” winner (who incidentally has collected a fair share of bras thrown onstage) showed up to sign autographs.

AdAge

He does declare

Contestant No. 36214 is anonymous no more.

But David Cook is still the same guy ‘” and revealing even more about himself.

Millions of people around the nation watched him go from the likable Midwestern rocker with spiky hair and a husky voice singing Bon Jovi’s ‘Livin’ on a Prayer’  to the likable Midwestern rocker with only slightly less-spiky hair and a husky voice singing ‘The Time of My Life’  as the winner of ‘American Idol’  in 2008.

Ventura County Star

Daughtry keeps it real on new album

Chris Daughtry didn’t realize he had vocal talent until he was in his early teens.

“But I always had this dream of doing something big,” he says. “And I knew that doing anything big would require me to leave the small town I grew up in.”

Hence, “Leave This Town,” the title of his band Daughtry’s new album. It sold 269,000 units on its debut in July to top Billboard’s album chart. The disc is the follow-up to his self-titled 2006 debut, which went five-times platinum.

Chicago Sun Times

Help Is On The Way

John Lloyd Young (Frankie Valli from Jersey Boys) sang the song from the show, ‘Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You,’  and he was indeed ‘just too good to be true’  in a melt-your-heart high tenor. Melinda Doolittle, finalist from TV’s 6th season of American Idol, gave real heart to ‘Home’  from The Wiz.

San Francisco Bay Times

Kellie Pickler pleases packed crowd at fair

Kellie Pickler chose the first song of the night just right as ‘Best Days of Your Life,’  which described what Katie Falk, 15, and her cousin Stephanie Falk, 14, were going through during the concert as their favorite country artist belted out tune after tune pitch perfect before the grandstand-bursting crowd of over 7,000.

‘I got to touch her hand’  the energized Stephanie said right after Pickler walked across the cement barricades from the stage area to join her fans in her laid-back, bare-footed, down-to-earth, crowd-pleasing way.

Albert Lea Tribune

Reality Stars Strike a Pose for Oprah

Trista Sutter, Kara DioGuardi, Kim Kardashian and five other reality TV stars are getting glam for Oprah’s O magazine, on stands August 11, and we’re exclusively behind the scenes of their fashion shoot!

“I’m feeling a lot perkier today with all this color; I’m starting to feel girly,” says Kara.

From “American Idol” and “The Hills” to “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” and “The Biggest Loser,” eight reality TV stars translate the season’s most visionary trends into clothes you can actually wear in O.

ETOnline

‘So You Think You Can Dance’: America’s favorite dancer is … Jeanine!

F659For a two-hour program, Thursday night’s “So You Think You Can Dance” finale offered about five minutes of must-see material (including the announcement of the winner). But other than the obligatory video flashback to the season that was, the episode featured encores of the favorite dances of all of tonight’s judges: Lil C, Mia Michaels, Tyce Diorio, Debbie Allen, Adam Shankman, Mary Murphy and Nigel Lythgoe. It was kind of nice because you could tune out during those dances you didn’t need to see a second time and focus up and feel good when your old favorites came back.

LA Times

So You Still Think You Can Dance?

Consistency won the ratings race on Wednesday as Fox’s reality show ‘So You Think You Can Dance’  made the network No. 1 for the night despite finishing as the runner-up in both its 8 and 9 p.m. time slots. According to Nielsen’s estimates, the two-hour broadcast earned an average of 7.6 million viewers. During the 8 p.m. hour, the show trailed slightly behind ABC’s ‘Wipeout’  (7.8 million), while at 9, NBC’s reality show ‘America’s Got Talent’  delivered 10.1 million viewers, the largest audience of the night. ABC and NBC fared considerably worse for the rest of prime time. ABC averaged just 3.8 million for its two-hour finale of ‘I Survived a Japanese Game Show’  from 9 to 11, while NBC averaged 4.8 million and 4.4 million, respectively, for an 8 p.m. rebroadcast of its special ‘TV’s 50 Funniest Phrases’  and a new episode of ‘The Philanthropist’  at 10. CBS ranked third for the night ahead of ABC but behind NBC with a lineup of repeats.

NY Times

Jeanine pulls off upset in ‘Dance’ finale

At the end of last night’s So You Think You Can Dance season finale, as Jeanine Mason’s fellow season 5 dancers swarmed over to congratulate her on a fantastically improbable victory and the Kodak Theater became choked with a blizzard of confetti, I found myself overcome with a feeling of bittersweet melancholy that this most imperfect of seasons was over, and that caught me quite off guard. Perhaps it was the result of the thoroughly entertaining tour of (most of) the season’s best routines. Perhaps it was the exceptionally satisfying sight of watching Jeanine’s genuine astonishment at her success, and her pitch-perfect reaction when Cat Deeley then asked for her favorite moment from the show: ”Okay, right now.” Perhaps it was the nagging regret that SYTYCD ‘” and, by extension, the viewers of the show who never picked up the phone to vote ‘” never quite gave Kayla, Ade, and especially Janette their due recognition. Or perhaps it was the result of watching Evan Kasprzak’s earnest, choochie face wash over with waves of gratitude, frustration, relief, and disappointment after placing third, and realizing that Evan’s fans only have themselves to blame for so tantalizingly dangling success in front of his puppy-dog mug only to fail him utterly when it came time to get out the all important finale power vote.

Entertainment Weekly

So You Think You Can Dance Champ Plans to “Chug” Tylenol PM

Now that she’s won Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance, what’s next for Jeanine Mason?

“I was contemplating chugging Tylenol PM and sleeping for a full week,” the 18-year-old Florida native joked with Usmagazine.com after winning the title of “America’s Favorite Dancer” on the Fox hit show Thursday. “I think I’m going to go with natural sleep, and I’ll be icing myself to take care of my bruises.”

US

‘America’s Got Talent’ recap: The first 5 advance

How does it feel, guys/America? With a simple text or toll-free call following Tuesday’s performance show, you finally played a role in the America’s Got Talent saga. No more sitting back and idly watching as your favorites face rejection and mediocre acts advance to the next round; no, this time YOU (‘ ¦well, mostly) got to decide who stays and who goes. The power is in your hands!

And like Indiana Jones in The Last Crusade, you (‘ ¦well, mostly) ‘chose wisely.’  Acrodunk, Drew Thomas Magic, Kevin Skinner, Grandma Lee, and Arcadian Broad all push on to the semifinals thanks to your votes. Over the next three weeks, those five contestants will be joined by fifteen more and the Top 20 will finally take shape. But that’s then! Today we have the chance to discuss our first results show: who advanced, how it went down, and why ‘” seriously, why? ‘” we had to sit through a seven minute Mariah Carey performance. Hold onto your butts.

Entertainment Weekly

ETA:

David Cook plays catch, walks dog on Sand Island during Musikfest down time

David Cook’s touring lifestyle may not be what a lot of people would consider typical for a young rock star.

The first thing the seventh season “American Idol” winner wanted to do when he arrived at Sand Island before his Monday performance at Musikfest’s RiverPlace was go to the basketball courts and join in a pickup game, said Patrick Brogan, the director of performing arts for ArtsQuest.

Lehigh Valley Live

Tony Nominee Constantine Maroulis to Rock Joe’s Pub

Constantine Maroulis, who earned a 2009 Tony Award nomination for his performance in Rock of Ages, will take to the intimate stage of Joe’s Pub for two fall performances.

The former “American Idol” contestant will offer A Night At The Rock Show Sept. 23 and Oct. 14. Show time both nights is 9:30 PM.

A Night At The Rock Show, according to the Joe’s Pub website, “will feature Constantine’s unique interpretations of some of the greatest rock songs of all time. He’ll be backed by an all-star band.”

Playbill.com

Brooke White to Appear at Lincoln Triangle Barnes & Noble

Former American Idol contestant Brooke White will be performing selections from and signing her new CD, High Hopes & Heartbreak, at the Lincoln Triangle Barnes & Noble Bookstore on Friday, August 14 at 6:30pm.

As previously announced, other upcoming events at the store include director Ang Lee and screenwriter James Schamus discussing their new film, Taking Woodstock (August 11); cast members from the Broadway musical Hair in a performance celebrating the show’s cast recording release (August 20); and singers Tish Oney (August 12). Kate Pazakis (August 19), and Marlene Ver Planck (August 24).

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  • washpd

    Is that Constantine article for real? OMG.

  • http://twitter.com/baxtelf baxterlf

    Amazing stripped down version of “Starlight” by Adam on the GMA show. Totally changed up the song and vocals. And he looked great. Wonder where he got those jeans.

  • Niall

    As much as I’d love for Constantine to get beaten down, the description of the incident screams fan fic. I wonder if the NY Daily News person got suckered with a bad tip?

  • ozarka

    David Archuleta now has over 175,000 followers on Twitter. Woohooo!!!
    Also, his account was given the “Verified Account” stamp of approval a couple of days ago. So, in case you were wondering, @DavidArchie is the real deal!

  • CindyM

    edit: THE BLOG is not THE SUBJECT

  • sonyab

    ‘The guy body-slammed him and punched him in the face and then just stood up, straightened his tie, and said, ‘B’”ch, don’t you ever,’ before walking away.’ 
    ========================================
    Is the guy gay?! ROFL! Bitch don’t you ever! :)

  • babybelle32

    That Constantine story can’t be real. If it is, that guy was obviously a nut. That is just weird.

  • weareallinnocent

    edit: NO

  • Squirrely

    OMG – I don’t know if I believe that Constantine story – it doesn’t sound right.

  • 123abc456

    GMA was fabulous and they all sounded great. David’s Band sounded wonderful and Little Lies was fantastic. David and band did a show last night and then first thing this morning. How does his voice hold up? I don’t know but the show was very good. Also love the review in the USA today sounds like he enjoyed the David’s show last night at the Nokia.

  • steve

    edit: NO NO NO

  • dv

    Behind the Scenes: Kelly Clarkson Self Cover Shoot
    posted by Ashley Mateo

    Our lives would suck without Kelly Clarkson (and her addictively fun new singles!), so what to do? Put her on the cover of SELF’s September issue! We named the Grammy Award-winning songstress one of SELF’s ten Most Inspiring Women of 2009.

    At her cover shoot in Los Angeles, Clarkson kept old friends close–she’s been friends with her makeup artist since eighth grade, and she danced along to pal Carrie Underwood’s tunes while posing–and made new friends fast. The singer bonded with SELF’s crew over everything from craveworthy L.A. treats (like crab rolls at Katsuya) to favorite films (she named her dog after Twilight’s Bella). After the shoot, she decided to go see Star Trek, and invited the crew to tag along! Want to hear more about Kelly? Let her tell you herself! Watch SELF’s exclusive behind-the-scenes video below. Don’t forget to check back here for more exclusive behind-the-scenes moments from our September issue, on newsstands August 25.

    behind the scenes video at the link
    SELF.COM

  • BootStar

    Thought all three guys sounded awesome on GMA this morning. Hope Adam doesn’t regret the bra comment, however. God only knows what they’ll be throwing on the stage tonight!

  • Vada

    edit: UGH

  • will

    Kara posing in that magazine layout with all of those skanky reality-TV “stars” is just so hilariously WRONG. I don’t care if it’s for Oprah’s magazine, it’s degrading and humiliating. So now she’s on the same level as Kim Kardashian and that bimbo from The Hills? :thumbdown_tb:

    ETA: Frankly, I’m surprised that TPTB at AI even allowed this. They usually don’t like being lumped in with all the other junky reality-TV shows.

  • wellhesback

    I loved, loved, loved seeing that “Little Lies” on the GMA website!!!!! Cookie & his band sounded, looked fantabulous and seeing DC, Adam Lambert & Kris Allen all singing together on a stage was a sight to behold. It should happen again.

    Also fun hearing DC talk on Regis & Kelly today.

  • star

    ‘B’”ch, don’t you ever,’

    :lol_tb: The full article says Constantine tweeted about it, what’s his twitter?

  • ozarka

    The full article says Constantine tweeted about it, what’s his twitter?

    @ConstantineM:

    # Haha I’m FINE! Some drunk dude tackled me in the middle of the concert and jumped on me.
    11:22 PM Aug 5th from txt

    # Broke up quick, didn’t even know him. Or throw one punch. I don’t mind a fight…but only when its fair and I’m lookin.
    11:23 PM Aug 5th from txt

  • wellhesback

    I missed my edit window, but here’s a cute little article mentioning David Cook
    http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/music/index.ssf/2009/08/david_cook_plays_catch_walks_d.html

  • webster

    Re GMA: good crowd, Kris had the best hair. Apparently Adam didn’t get the plaid memo. Cool that Tim took the time to work with him on a new arrangement – always good to hear a new take on something. Looking forward to seeing the vid of all 3 together

  • leeaundra

    Re GMA: good crowd, Kris had the best hair. Apparently Adam didn’t get the plaid memo. Cool that Tim took the time to work with him on a new arrangement – always good to hear a new take on something. Looking forward to seeing the vid of all 3 together

    It’s been up for a while:

    http://www.abcnews.go.com/gma/sum

  • Michelle

    Yay for all the DC press today :)

    I had to laugh at the last two questions in Kris’ interview:

    So how do you feel about the song [co-written by "Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi]?

    Um, no comment. I think it’s a really good song.

    lol sweetie…that is a comment!

    Have you had any surprises on the tour?

    I think the fans are a little bit crazier than I thought they were going to be. They like to touch you and sometimes in ways that maybe they shouldn’t . . . but those people buy records, too.

    The things we do for our art…

  • 123abc456

    I loved all the articles about David Cook but this line at the end of the Ventura County Star made me smile:

    That’s David Cook, aka No. 36214, rocker, balladeer, songwriter, guitarist, runner, brother, ear seeker and ‘” especially without the cheesy theme music, toll-free call-ins and Ryan Seacrest ‘” an American idol.

  • dflowers

    Does anyone know if there are any videos for the “Help is on the Way” show that Melinda Doolittle was in. After reading the review it sounds like it was a really fun evening.

  • meganb

    Kris is going to be on It’s On with Alexa Chung on Monday @ 12pm on MTV.

    She is a bit odd but I generally like her interviews. She tends to ask different questions than most other talk shows do.

  • Vada

    From KrisAllen4Real twitter:

    My pimp name is Papa Allen G.
    about 7 hours ago from TwitterFon

    I wonder if Kris recorded yesterday? He wrote a song with Claude Kelly a few weeks back, and Claude works in NYC. That ‘pimp name’ just sounds so Claude Kelly.

  • Squirrely

    Yay for adam not going last on GMA.We’ve just averted 10 pages of why adam got to go last over 2 winners and 1 music star.

    Movie star? There was someone else?

  • wand3rful

    Have you had any surprises on the tour?

    I think the fans are a little bit crazier than I thought they were going to be. They like to touch you and sometimes in ways that maybe they shouldn’t . . . but those people buy records, too.

    Kris keeping it real. So i guess its good if i shove my tongue down his throat as long as i buy 2 albums? and katy shouldn’t complain, im basically paying her damn bills :)

  • pjd

    Wow – 2 Adam twitters in one day (so far)?!?!

    Looks like maybe he is shopping again …

    “I’m obsessed with these YSL’s!!!! Sick right? http://twitpic.com/d1vqy ”

    “New York!!!!! GMA was fun this morning! What a treat to sing w David cook and kris allen!!!”

  • Truthiness

    Hmmm. So Warwick Saint tweeted about meeting and working with Adam. He’s the photographer who does a lot of the covers for Lady GaGa, as well as Missy Elliott, Alicia Keys, some Bjork stuff, and sundry: http://www.warwicksaint.com/photographer/gallery/

    his music page :

    http://www.warwicksaint.com/photographer/archive/music

  • will

    Movie star? There was someone else?

    Nope, none of them are movie stars (yet) — I think the comment is referring to Cook as the music star since he has an album and is touring, which Kris hasn’t done yet.

  • Squirrely

    Nope, none of them are movie stars (yet) ‘” I think the comment is referring to Cook as the music star since he has an album and is touring, which Kris hasn’t done yet.

    oh MUSIC star – I totally read that wrong ;p

  • girlygirl

    Those boots of Adam’s look like something I’d like to wear. Though I probably couldn’t afford one of them, let alone the pair.

    Wonder where he’s tweeting from? They should be in AC by now — or at least on their way there, yes?

  • pjd

    Wonder where he’s tweeting from? They should be in AC by now ‘” or at least on their way there, yes?

    Hmmm .. you’re right, he can’t be shopping now. Maybe he saw them yesterday and took a photo then? Since he is “obsessed” with them :) one assumes he has not actually shelled out the cash and bought them!

  • will
  • aek

    I just watched these interviews with Anoop, Scott, Allison, and Michael. I never saw them posted here…I apologize if reposting. I thought they were kinda funny.

    Scott nominates himself as the funniest…lol. Allison hates her songs on tour, and has since the 5th show. Everyone says that Matt is the biggest spender. I was surprised that none of them said that Adam was, since I remember one of the stylists saying that Adam had broken Taylor Hicks’s(he held the previous record for spending on clothes) spending record on clothes….by alot.

    Anoop, Allison and Michael all nominate both Matt and Danny for the funniest, but Allison also includes Adam. Anoop also says that Matt and Danny are the loudest people that he has ever known, which kinda reminded me of Adam, while sandwiched between the two of them, saying “this is my life” …lol.

    Michael says that he doesn’t ecpect to get bras thrown at him because people dont find him that attractive. (Is this a ploy to get a bra thrown at him? lol) He also seems annoyed that Scott does vocal warmups ALL THE TIME. I remember Matt complaining about Scott’s vocal warmups, too.

    Scott
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nIIQIElWxg
    Anoop
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_4UDc-vK2k
    Allie
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY0aVWprgAo
    Michael
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aKO5ycYAXY

  • tierbee
  • CindyM
  • Squirrely

    Michael says that he doesn’t ecpect to get bras thrown at him because people dont find him that attractive.

    The sad puppy routine makes me go ‘aww Michael’ and STFU at the same time.

    ETA: The RS clip is great. I liked the story he told about Paula.

  • wellhesback

    There are lots of great photos from the GMA appearance showing up on the net. Here’s a link to my favorite
    http://www.apimages.com/OneUp.aspx?st=k&kw=DavidCook&ids=GMA Concert American Idol&sh

    Re Cookie’s vlog: Wonder if he’ll donate the infamous pirate pants to the Hard Rock?

  • readon

    What’s with the RS connection? Does he have to do things with them because of the cover? Just curious.

  • https://twitter.com/draddee Sunn

    readon
    Aug 7th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
    What’s with the RS connection? Does he have to do things with them because of the cover? Just curious.

    They like the web clicks he gets them.

  • readon

    They like the web clicks he gets them.

    Thanks

  • Susan M.

    My favorite comment from the RS story:

    Bill

    God, he is gorgeous. Sorry, nothing deeper than that to say.

    I’m with you, Bill.

  • Q3

    American Idols Live! Tour 2009 to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell

    What:
    The American Idols Live! Tour 2009 will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite
    in New York City’s Times Square.

    In honor of the occasion, the top 10 AMERICAN IDOL finalists will
    ring the NASDAQ Closing Bell.

    For more ticket and tour info, fans can visit ticketmaster.com,
    poptarts.com, americanidol.com and idols.aeglive.com

    Who:

    * Adam Lambert
    * Allison Iraheta
    * Anoop Desai
    * Danny Gokey
    * Kris Allen
    * Lil Rounds
    * Matt Giraud
    * Megan Joy
    * Michael Sarver
    * Scott MacIntyre

    Where:
    NASDAQ MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio

    When:
    Monday, August 10, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. ET

    Here’s the link:
    http://www.worldmarketmedia.com/856/section.aspx/?GUID=9683624&Page=MEDIAVIEWER

  • http://myspace.com/girlgeek mj

    Reminder:

    UGH to the comments on the commenters.

    These meta comments on what posters might post ARE TOTALLY OFF TOPIC. And it’s backhanded fanwarring to boot.

    So frustrating to mod the same stuff over and over and over again. And often it’s the same peeps over and over again….

    Please take note if I edited your post.

  • pjd

    The American Idols Live! Tour 2009 will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City’s Times Square.

    Is it just me, or is this bizarrely random? What on earth do the Idols have to do with NASDAQ?

  • pjd

    What’s with the RS connection?

    This little snippets explains the Rolling Stone connection this time:

    “Season 8 runner-up Adam Lambert was honored on Thursday for his best-selling Rolling Stone issue. ”

    http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2009/08/stars_show_support_for_paula.php

  • SarahP

    has this been posted before? kris’s latest tweet :)

    KrisAllen4RealThanks David Cook for getting The Mac stuck in my head all day. Seriously had a great time this morn on GMA with David and @adamlambertabout 2 hours ago from TwitterFon

    adorable as always :)

  • readon

    Updated version of Flash Forward video. Ignore if already posted.

    http://beta.abc.go.com/watch/clip/flashforward/FK_FLF/-1/225134

  • http://myspace.com/girlgeek mj

    Is it just me, or is this bizarrely random? What on earth do the Idols have to do with NASDAQ?

    Not much, but the Idols do it every year, as do lots of other celebrities.

  • dhunken

    Does anyone know more about Adam being honored on Thursday for his best selling Rolling Stones Cover.

    On Extra.com in the article about support for Paula ( http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2009/08/stars_show_support_for_paula.php ) they have a quote from Adam but before that had this to say about him:

    Season 8 runner-up Adam Lambert was honored on Thursday for his best-selling Rolling Stone issue. At the event, he told “Extra” Paula had his back when he was on the competition show. Lambert said, “She made me feel really save and loved when I was on stage.”

    I did not read anything on it and did not hear that he was being honored for it. MJ did you post something in a headline thread that I missed.

  • readon

    This little snippets explains the Rolling Stone connection this time:

    ‘Season 8 runner-up Adam Lambert was honored on Thursday for his best-selling Rolling Stone issue. ‘ 

    http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2009/08/stars_show_support_for_paula.php

    Thank you. The engineer in me has to have all the knowldege gaps filled.

  • https://twitter.com/draddee Sunn

    Breaking news: (well not exactly the article is from yesterday, but it’s exciting nevertheless)

    http://www.reuters.com/article/musicNews/idUSTRE57659E20090807

    Headline:

    Dance queen Lady GaGa fashions booming career

    And the pertinent quote:

    Gerson says that she and GaGa are both particular about who the artist will work with, especially with her current touring schedule. “She’s swamped right now,” Gerson says. “There is a lot of interest; we’re talking to (“American Idol” runner-up) Adam Lambert right now, for instance. But it has to be a good match for her to spend the time.”

    Squeeeeee.

  • readon

    And the pertinent quote:

    Gerson says that she and GaGa are both particular about who the artist will work with, especially with her current touring schedule. ‘She’s swamped right now,’  Gerson says. ‘There is a lot of interest; we’re talking to (‘ American Idol’  runner-up) Adam Lambert right now, for instance. But it has to be a good match for her to spend the time.’ 

    Squeeeeee.

    If it evers happens, I guess he will be Lord Gaga. I like the ‘squeeeeee” thing. Indulge me and educate me on the origination of that term. I hope you don’t tired of us asking you to explain things. For some of us, this is very new.

  • star

    I like the ‘squeeeeee’  thing. Indulge me and educate me on the origination of that term. I hope you don’t tired of us asking you to explain things. For some of us, this is very new.

    Urban Dictionary is your friend. ;)

  • GeminiDolly

    I really hope Lady Gaga and Adam get to collaborate. That would be amazing and it would make Adam so thrilled since he likes her.

  • girlygirl

    short interview clip where Kris is asked to tell them something people don’t know about him.

    http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=138454219368&ref=nf

    I knew about this, but I’ve wondered how serious this was, whether it was anything life threatening or more benign. I know he also got really sick on one of his mission trips, but I’ve never seen any interviews with him talking about that, either.

  • https://twitter.com/draddee Sunn

    Dance queen Lady GaGa fashions booming career

    It would launch him. Personally, I don’t worry about the Lord Gaga thing, Adam will define himself through the totality of his music and his performances, one single does not define an artist.

    I think this collaboration would be perfect for them both. I would love to see it happen.

  • soveryMel

    Updated version of Flash Forward video. Ignore if already posted.

    http://beta.abc.go.com/watch/clip/flashforward/FK_FLF/-1/225134

    Oh, WOW, this is even better than the earlier versions. I wonder if we’ll see it on TV rather than just the web, it’s a lot longer, with a middle “Making Of” type section which is pretty cool, but the last part incorporates much more of Adam’s Mad World vocals, and integrates them really well with what’s happening in the clip.

    LOVE that first moment at 1:53 when we hear the first strains of that beautiful song to a shot of balloons someone let go of drifting up into the sky. Nice.

  • Q3

    Updated version of Flash Forward video. Ignore if already posted.

    http://beta.abc.go.com/watch/clip/flashforward/FK_FLF/-1/225134

    Really nice use of Mad World in this version and more prominent than the other versions.

    Also — at the bottom of the video player, there is a caption during the whole video that says “It’s a mad world”.

  • girlygirl

    Bubble tweet from Danny

    http://www.bubbletweet.com/showBT.php?id=hmwjb

    need to work on the 4-part harmonies, guys

  • https://twitter.com/draddee Sunn

    Updated version of Flash Forward video. Ignore if already posted.

    http://beta.abc.go.com/watch/clip/flashforward/FK_FLF/-1/225134

    This day just gets better and better. That version MAd World with the added beats is glorious. He sounds so beautiful. “Sigh”

    Q3
    Aug 7th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
    edited just saw Sunn’s post.

    Sunn, I agree very exciting and I can’t believe they would mention Adam if the discussion wasn’t at least serious.

    I agree, I think something is happening, let’s hope it pans out. Squeeeee again.

  • Squirrely

    Updated version of Flash Forward video. Ignore if already posted.

    http://beta.abc.go.com/watch/clip/flashforward/FK_FLF/-1/225134

    I don’t watch TV on a regular basis but this looks like it may just suck me in. Joseph Fienes (sp) is HAWT!

  • Squirrely

    I connected my Twitter to my cell phone to prepare for when I go to the concert, and MJ just total blew it up ;p

  • girlygirl

    Okay, more of the backstage interview with Kris that I posted above. Here he talks about what he has learned from Adam…

    http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=138450929368

  • https://twitter.com/draddee Sunn

    Squirrely
    Aug 7th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
    I connected my Twitter to my cell phone to prepare for when I go to the concert, and MJ just total blew it up ;p

    Will you be there tonight? If so, lots and lots of tweets please Squirrely.

    what’s your twitter name by the way, if you don’t mind me asking?

  • Q3

    This day just gets better and better. That version MAd World with the added beats is glorious. He sounds so beautiful. ‘Sigh’ 

    Yes, starting yesterday morning, it’s been a string of really nice Adam news! Out 100, great photog for album cover, RS honors him, GMA is amazing and not Mad World, and now the Lady GaFa interview hint from last night the comment from Jody Gerson confirming that they are in discussion.

    I think that there is a really good chance that they work together – they are both with Sony and both work with RedOne. I sure hope so.

    Finally, the Lady GaGa article contained this nice AI tidbit:

    Coincidentally, GaGa’s crowning TV moment came in April, when she performed “Poker Face” on the “American Idol” results show. While the show helped boost her album sales (according to Nielsen SoundScan, “The Fame” sold 45,000 copies the week before the show aired, 51,000 the week it aired and 56,000 the week after), more important, it showed middle America that she was a bona fide pop star.

    …this looks like it may just suck me in. Joseph Fienes (sp) is HAWT!

    Ahhhh, yeah he is def HAWT!

  • Squirrely

    Squirrely
    Aug 7th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
    I connected my Twitter to my cell phone to prepare for when I go to the concert, and MJ just total blew it up ;p

    Will you be there tonight? If so, lots and lots of tweets please Squirrely.

    what’s your twitter name by the way, if you don’t mind me asking?

    No – I wish it was tonight. I’m going on the 18th but I was testing it out and I hooked it up to receive as well as send. I’m shirldgirl

  • Q3

    Is it just me, or is this bizarrely random? What on earth do the Idols have to do with NASDAQ?

    It’s an honor and it’s great PR — particularly in NY metro.

    NASDAQ closing bell always makes the news, and is shown on all three financial networks that are on thousands of TV screens in every brokerage firm, trading floor and investment office is metro NY.

  • Susan M.

    Yay for more “Mad World” in “Flash Forward” and yes, I LOVE Joseph Fiennes too. I really hope this series takes off.

    On another note, does Victoria Beckham not look gross in this picture? Love the dress, but YIKES!

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090807/ap_en_mu/us_tv_american_idol

  • readon

    It would launch him.

    It would. Being Lord to her Lady would make them royalty, If it ever happens. I could live with that.

  • Sherena

    Michael says that he doesn’t ecpect to get bras thrown at him because people dont find him that attractive. (Is this a ploy to get a bra thrown at him? lol)

    No, it’s just Michael feeling sorry for himself again.

    Reading some of the comments on RS makes me want to cry for mankind.

    I’m not keen on the name “Lord Gaga,” because it makes it seem like Adam isn’t doing anything but copying her. But I would love to see a duet between them, because if it were good, it would totally launch his career.

  • BestAI

    It seems Sarver is living vicariously through Adam.

    On another note. What award did Adam receive? Any other news about it? It must have happened at RS. Extra TV sure does love them some Adam.

  • CindyM

    Lady Gaga was interviewed on ryans radio show today and he asked her if she had any news about Adam’s album. She replied with something like ‘I know something, but I’m not telling”. He kinda persisted and she just said no and giggled. I got the impression that a collaboration was definitely possible.

  • isisdagmar

    Updated version of Flash Forward video. Ignore if already posted.

    http://beta.abc.go.com/watch/clip/flashforward/FK_FLF/-1/225134

    Oh, WOW, this is even better than the earlier versions. I wonder if we’ll see it on TV rather than just the web, it’s a lot longer, with a middle ‘Making Of’  type section which is pretty cool, but the last part incorporates much more of Adam’s Mad World vocals, and integrates them really well with what’s happening in the clip.

    That was the exact clip–complete with the “making of” section–that I saw several weeks ago in the trailers before Public Enemies. Does this make it seem likely that the song is going to be the theme song of the show, or is it what they’re using for the trailers?

    Also: that is completely awesome about Adam’s RS issue being a best-seller, and the Lady Gaga possibility is extremely intriguing.

  • Susan M.

    This show is lame, but Adam is on Featured stories on the Yahoo! homepage with it.

    http://tv.yahoo.com/daytime

  • Susan M.

    Oh, and per Yahoo! headline, he’s just “Adam” now. Hee!

  • JosieX

    I definitely did not pick up an “oh poor me” vibe from Michael Sarver about the bras being thrown, it sounds like a pragmatic and amused answer to the question that was asked to me. It’s at around 4:00 on the video.

  • wellhesback

    According to this little blurb Cookie is indeed donating the pirate pants to the Hard Rock
    http://ontheredcarpet.typepad.com/ontheredcarpet/2009/08/american-idol-winner-david-cook-donates-memorabilia-to-hard-rock-collection.html

  • aek

    I definitely did not pick up an ‘oh poor me’  vibe from Michael Sarver about the bras being thrown, it sounds like a pragmatic and amused answer to the question that was asked to me. It’s at around 4:00 on the video.

    Yeah, I just think it’s kind of funny. Sarver is actually a cute guy, and I’m sure he knows it….they all do. ;)

  • ozarka

    @jasoncastro: http://twitpic.com/d35pw – I’m on the cover of the phone book back home! Awesomeeee :D

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    @kbestor (Kurt Bestor):

    # Recording Archuleta vocal tracks. Too bad it has to be via video iChat. Ain’t nothing like the real thing….

    # David practicing French lyrics…sounds tres cool to me! http://img27.yfrog.com/i/1xu.jpg/

    Hmm, does this mean David will be singing some stuff in French on his Christmas album? I think I heard somewhere that he’ll be doing a traditional Spanish Christmas song as well.

    ETA: They’re probably thinking in terms of worldwide sales. Very smart move.

  • ozarka

    Oh, and that would also explain his duet with the Filipina Charice Pempengco. It’s to attract the Asian market. Yeah, pretty smart indeed.

    Don’t mind me. Just thinking out loud here. LOL.

    Btw, just a point of interest… David and Charice first met at last year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. They each had their own float.

  • Cuddles

    Just to let everyone know….Josh Gracin, our country Marine from Season 2 will be in Erie, PA on Saturday, Aug 8th (today), performing at the Key West Phest….Key West is a local band who does Jimmy Buffett music…Josh is head-lining the fund raising event.

    http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009308069954

  • ozarka

    Great article, Cuddles. Josh Gracin was my favorite of that season.

    He finished fourth, as Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken took the top two places. But who has had the better career? Gracin’s eponymous debut CD yielded three consecutive Top 5 country hits (including the jittery, hooky “Nothin’ to Lose,” which hit No. 1 and even cracked the pop charts at 76 — take that, Simon!) and is approaching platinum status.

  • Vada
  • Squirrely
  • Cuddles

    Ozarka, I totally agree with you about Josh Gracin…That first cd was awesome and I own it….sadly, you never hear his name mentioned on AI, nor do I think he ever was invited to perform any of the cuts from that first cd.

    Anyway, the concert was being held outdoors and I do believe it got rained out….bummer.

  • idlefan

    “Bitch, don’t you ever!” = best.line.ever.

    Regarding the whole Constantine drama though – Early reports didn’t say a thing about Paula Abdul. A couple of people mentioned that Constantine may have grabbed the guy’s ass. And anyone who knows about Constantine, knows how much he likes ass. http://tinyurl.com/itlooksloose