Idol Headlines for 12/19/08

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Menà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Club being sued for à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢Stripper Idolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ show name

Simon Cowell would much rather be a judge of this competition! FremantleMedia, the corporation that created à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“American Idol,à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  is suing the owners of the Palazio Menà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Club in Texas, TMZ.com reports. The suit is over a $500 stripper competition they held called à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Stripper Idol.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  In the lawsuit, filed this week in U.S District Court in Texas, Fremantle claims Palazioà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s competition, which allegedly used Idolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s name and trademarked logo, has tarnished the singing showà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s good name. Fremantle is looking to strip away the clubà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s profits from à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“S.I.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  along with collecting on all damages sustained and legal fees accrued from the suit.

Boston Herald

‘American Idol’ coming to Disney World

Starry-eyed singers who dream of being discovered — like Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson or Clay Aiken — will have a chance when a new “American Idol” attraction opens in February at Walt Disney World in Orlando.

Or, if singing on stage doesn’t appeal, visitors to the theme park’s new attraction can make like Simon Cowell or Paula Abdul by taking on the role of judge in the live, interactive competition.

The attraction, scheduled to open Feb. 12 at a time when attendance and revenues are down at the Orlando theme park, was announced today in a joint statement by Disney Parks and Resorts and producers/creators of the phenomenally popular “American Idol” TV show, Fremantle Media Licensing and 19 Entertainment.

Detroit News

More Idol Headlines after the JUMP…

Simon Cowell Interview, Part I

Simon Cowell was kind enough to do a round-table interview with a bunch of journalists and bloggers by phone yesterday. He was funny and delightful, I really enjoyed it. I’ve got the first part of the interview edited and formatted for you guys today.

Zap2it

Simon Cowell Interview Part II

A number of idolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s this year were nominated for Grammyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ Jennifer Hudson, Carrie, Fantasia. I was wondering your thoughts on that. Obviously, you must be proud.
You know what? I absolutely love it when that happens à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ (a) because they deserve it and (b) I was referring to this earlier on: Thereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s so much snobbery in the music business about what we do on these shows and I know how upset they all get, so I think ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fantastic.

Zap2it

‘Rock of Ages’ locks Broadway run

“Rock of Ages,” the Off Broadway tuner that draws its score from a variety of 1980s rock hits, will jump to Broadway in the spring with a reduced pricing plan and in-seat cocktail service.

Show will sit out the industrywide January doldrums by shuttering at Off Broadway’s New World Stages Jan. 4, then begin Rialto perfs at the Brooks Atkinson Theater in March.

As many producers tout discounted tickets to encourage legit biz in what’s shaping up to be a particularly chilly winter, “Rock” arrives on Broadway with lower-than-usual pricetags already in place.

Tickets for the Rialto incarnation of the tuner will range from $46.50 to $99, with a top ticket price of $89 on weeknights and $99 for weekend perfs. (Most musicals on the Main Stem top out at around $120; “Billy Elliot” stretches up to $135.)

Variety

CD Salesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ Coldest Winter: December Numbers Plummeting

As is becoming an annual winter tradition, CD sales are having yet another icy December, with sales down 21.7 percent compared to the first week of December 2007. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s hard to blame this yearà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s slate of releases, as the Top 10 albums are selling better than their counterparts last year. So whatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s to blame? Most likely the recession: iPods and Wiis arenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t selling out like in previous years, either.

Rolling Stone

“12 Days of UNICEF” Encourages Americans to Give Gifts that Give Back This Holiday Season

New York, NY (PRWEB) December 19, 2008 — The U.S. Fund for UNICEF announced today “12 Days of UNICEF,” a blogging campaign to encourage Americans to give back this holiday season with Inspired Gifts. Beginning December 19 and running through December 31, UNICEF celebrity Ambassadors and Supporters, including Lucy Liu and Clay Aiken, will post daily blogs on the UNICEF website at http://fieldnotes.unicefusa.org about Inspired Gifts and their impact on children around the world.

PR Web

Carrie Underwood Looks Toward New Album

With Carrie Underwoodà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Carnival Ride Tour completed this year, sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s beginning to focus on the third album of her career.

She goes into it with the knowledge that the audience is interested in seeing what sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s able to create. Carrieà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s debut album, Some Hearts, has been certified for shipments of 7 million copies. Her sophomore project, Carnival Ride, is double-platinum.

“I’m a lot more comfortable with the process,” she told the Associated Press. “I have two good albums under my belt, and now I can focus on what I really want to do and say.”

Carrie wrote three of the hits from Carnival Ride à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  “So Small,” “All-American Girl” and “Last Name” à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  a development she considers a bonus to her career.

GAC TV

Photo: Carrie Underwood performs at the Grand Ole Opry

Oklahoma native Carrie Underwood finished her busy touring schedule for 2008 Tuesday night when she performed at the Grand Ole Opry.

In this photo provided by the Opry, Underwood and fellow Opry member Martina McBride and Carrie Underwood perform à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Rockinà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ Around The Christmas Treeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  along with special guest Julianne Hough, who was also making her Opry debut.

This performance and more can be seen during à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Opry Liveà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  at 8 p.m. Saturday on GAC (Great American Country) cable network.

NewsOK

MarVista Presenting New Thrillers at NATPE

Headlining MarVista Entertainment’s slate for NATPE are the thrillers Reflections, Special Delivery and The Watch, as well as a diverse lineup of family movies, comedies and animated features.

American Idol’s Justin Guarini stars in the romantic feature Fast Girl, about a young woman from a small town whose goal is to follow in the footsteps of her late father and become a professional racecar driver.

Worldscreen.com

Review: KISS 108 FM Jingle Ball 2008 keeps rollinà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ along

Due to an unfortunate bout of commuter exodus traffic, my companion and I arrived at the Tsongas Arena too late to catch opener Lady Gaga. Instead, we were treated to the menthol-cool vocal styling of David Archuleta, 17, a former American Idol runner-up. I was quite proud of myself for knowing this small slice of sonic trivia, though less so for legitimately enjoying his performance of current single, “Crush.” Evidently, I was not alone: everywhere screaming throngs of suburban teenage girls paid tribute to their inoffensive, non-threatening teen idol by cloaking themselves in matching sets of jean skirts, purple leggings, oversized UGG boots and David Archuleta t-shirts. Scarier? Their moms were dressed the same way.

Bay Windows

‘No outstanding UK dancers’

Nigel Lythgoe has spoken out about the lack of impressive dancers in the UK.

The American Idol producer is preparing to launch his new reality dance competition, Superstars Of Dance, which sees masters of various dance genres from around the world compete against each other. But the UK is a noticeable absence in the line-up.

“There aren’t really any outstanding dance groups that I know of at the moment that could compete in. I’m sure that’ll change and I’d love it to see it change, but not at this moment in time, in the short amount of time we had to get this together.”

metro.co.uk

Paula’s cheer-tacular special: 5 reasons to be psyched

MTV’s upcoming Rah! Paula Abdul’s Cheerleading Bowl had me at Rah! (It’s possible that my initial excitement à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  fueled by passionately fond memories of Bring It On and Lifetime’s underappreciated reality series Cheerleader Nation à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  was so intense that I promised to forsake all other television shows for just this one 90-minute special on Jan. 3.) But now, having recently discussed the matter with the former Laker girl herself, I will go out on a limb and say it: I truly believe it will, in fact, deliver on the promise of its name. Just a few of the reasons to watch:

Entertainment Weekly

The TV Guide Network Finds a Buyer

Macrovision, the owner of TV Guide, has found a buyer for its utilitarian television network of program listings. And the buyer says the networkà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s iconic scroll will eventually stop, a consequence of viewersà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ preference for on-screen and online guides.

The television producer Allen Shapiro and a private equity firm, One Equity Partners, have agreed to purchase the channel and the TV Guide Web site for about $300 million, Macrovision announced Thursday. Macrovision, which acquired Gemstar-TV Guide in May, recently sold the TV Guide magazine to another private equity group, OpenGate Capital, for a symbolic selling price of $1.

TV Decoder

Hallelujah set to be a Christmas No 1 and 2

If the fans behind an audacious internet download campaign get their way, the 74-year-old Canadian could find his 1984 anthem Hallelujah making chart history by becoming the first song to hit the top two slots at the same time.

And second place is almost within the posthumous grasp of Jeff Buckley. The American singer-songwriter, who drowned in 1997, recorded what some believe to be the definitive version of Cohen’s Old Testament-informed love song for his 1994 album Grace.

Such is the awe in which Buckley’s cover is held that horrified fans from all over the world embarked on a campaign to get it to No 1 as soon as it emerged that Hallelujah would be released as a single by the X Factor winner.

Guardian.co.uk

Lance Bass: DWTS Tour Bus à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹Much Betterà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ Than à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹N Sync

The Dancing With the Stars tour kicked off in San Diego Wednesday night and Lance Bass couldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t be happier.

Bass, who toured for a number of years with à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹N Sync, tells PEOPLE his favorite part of being on the road is living on a bus.

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“I love, love riding on a tour bus, sleeping on a tour bus. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m more comfortable on my tour bus than I am in my actual home. The buses are so comfortable à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  much better than when I was on the road with à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹N Sync,à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  he says.

Something fans catching the show will love are new costumes and fresh performances by the stars and the pro dancers.

People

Dancing Stars live!

Cheryl Burke and the Dancing with the Stars tour kicked off in San Diego. SheKnows was in the middle of the live Dancing with the Stars action.

Dancing with the Stars tour hits the roadHost Tom Bergeron and Samantha Harris welcomed the audiences via the three enormous video screens. Then, led by Burke, the entire Dancing with the Stars tour cast strutted on stage to thunderous applause. After the first number, Lance Bass took the microphone and set the tone for the evening in terms of emcee duties.

Toni Braxton and her partner, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, dazzled to Santanaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Smooth. Braxton and Maksim entertained the thousands with Dancing with the Stars moves seen in living rooms all fall that were now live and in person.

She Knows

ETA:

VH1 Maintains Its Sobriety with ‘Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House’

“Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House” Premieres Thursday, January 15 at 10pm*

VH1.com To Sneak Peek The First Episode Beginning Friday, January 9

NEW YORK, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire/ — At the end of the first season of VH1′s “Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew,” each cast member was given the opportunity to spend three months living in a sober house as they transitioned from a rehab facility to the real world and many of them quietly took advantage of the opportunity. The cast from season two are also being given that same opportunity … and this time it will be filmed.

“Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House” is an eight-episode, one hour series that is set to premiere on Thursday, January 15 at 10pm*. Moving into the Sober House will be Rodney King, Nikki McKibbin, Steven Adler and Amber Smith from Season 2 of Celebrity Rehab, Seth “Shifty” Binzer and Mary Carey from Season 1 and comedian Andy Dick who will join the show a few episodes in.

PRNewswire

 
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  • sonyab

    Men had a stripper idol? ROFL ROFL! What were the judges judging the men on? Who has the bigger, Umm never mind. :)

  • tinawina

    Am I the only one a little disappointed I missed Stripper Idol? LOL.

  • poporange

    Well starting to warm up to David A and David C is still a puzzle . Then from the beginning always prefered Jason ,Brook and mj so no surprise there..Yes people may have a differing opinion which is ok but time to move on.

    MERRY CHRISTMASS PJ!!!!!!!!
    forgot your email…

  • itsalleternal

    If the overall album sales have crashed from last Christmas, it seems the Idols are doing even better overall, since they weren’t that prominent last Christmas (Jordin was slow out of the gate, and Blake didn’t do that well, plus it had been a while since any other big Idol release came out).

  • sonyab

    tinawina says

    Am I the only one a little disappointed I missed Stripper Idol? LOL.
    ===================================
    ROFL! I missed it too rats!!!!

  • http://www.myspace.com/gwendolyndiane GwendolynD

    à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢Stripper Idolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢

    Shut. Up.

    And, it was in Texas? Austin….

    Geez.

  • tinawina

    LOL! You know, I think the Idol people are missing a big opportunity here. We know there are a whole lotta former contestants looking for something to do. Instead of booking one of those lame Idol Showcase thingies, they can do this! Stripper Idol FTW!! Hot Aussie has a record to promote, you know. If Cook doesn’t get any takers for the summer, here’s his other option. Brandon Rodgers could use the work. Hernandez already has experience in the field! Me likey this idea.
    :thumbup_tb:

    ETA: I forgot Ace! Yeah Ace, you know you need the work too baby. Chris Richardson, where are you? That’s what I thought.

    Whoa Sligh, not so fast. :nono_tb:

  • wjmtv

    I received the Dec 22 issue of TV Guide yesterday, and inside are not one, not two, but three blurbs on Cookie:

    A revisit of the lovely “fake album photo” they did of the Top 4 back in April. Which, I might add, is much much nicer than the one he got stuck with. The caption: “This was the faux disc for Idol victor David Cook, who couldn’t look more natural as a chart-shattering, YouTube dominating rock-and-roll heartthrob.” Couldn’t agree more.

    Cute pic from that Disney World photo shoot he kept cracking up during. A few typically lame questions I’m too lazy to type, except this one about buying gifts for the family this year with his new-found cash:

    Q:Better cough up some big gifts!
    A: I know, right? I lucked out the last couple years, since I was definitely under the poverty line.

    And he made the “Year in Cheers and Jeers” article: “CHEERS to David Cook for bringing genuine emotion to American Idol. The heart-tugging story of his brother Adam’s battle against brain cancer made the rocker’s victory even more bittersweet. Besides, anyone who can wring tangible angst out of pop dross like Lionel Richie’s ‘Hello’ and Mariah Carey’s “Always Be My Baby,’ deserves to be worshipped.”

    Oh, I forgot one. He’s playing the Las Vegas New Year’s show on FOX (which we knew) and they list him as “The Big Draw.”

    If you’re rushing out to the store to find a copy, it’s the one with How I Met Your Mother‘s Barney and Friends on the cover.

  • Jolene

    A revisit of the lovely à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“fake album photoà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  they did of the Top 4 back in April. Which, I might add, is much much nicer than the one he got stuck with.

    Here’s that wonderful wonderful picture from TV Guide,.

    Yup.

  • JudyOhio

    ^^^^ Wow! That is the best picture of Cook I’ve seen! Now, that would have been one great album cover for sure! Mercy!

  • tinawina

    Whoa @ that picture. Damn, Cookie!

  • FolkFan

    Oh yeah—that would have been a much better album cover.

  • Michelle

    Pretty. Maybe it’s the cold meds but i’m fixating on how they swish-swirl-swooped his hair.

  • ozarka

    Vh1 Top 40 Videos of 2008 Countdown …

    06. Daughtry — Feels Like Tonight
    16. Jordin Sparks — No Air
    23. David Archuleta — Crush
    28. David Cook — Light On

    The show will be aired again tonight and many times from now until New Year’s Eve. Congratulations to the Idols!

    ETA: Leona Lewis’s “Bleeding Love” was No. 1.

  • Trina

    Besides, anyone who can wring tangible angst out of pop dross like Lionel Richieà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹Helloà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ and Mariah Careyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Always Be My Baby,à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ deserves to be worshipped.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

    I’d like to worship that picture :o hmy_tb: :tongue3_tb:

  • nomi

    Not to be contentious or to minimize Cookie’s acheivements or anything, but “Hello” was already full of palpable angst. It’s just that the song has been around so long, and Lionel Richie had become so irrelevant to current pop culture (being eclipsed by one’s offspring, regardless of the level of talent can do that — just ask Billy Ray Cyrus) that the song in it’s original state seemed stale.

    “Always Be My Baby” was a good song when Mariah did it (and she IS still somewhat relevant), but I didn’t hear Cook do his version on Idol, so I can’t comment on the worship-worthiness of that.

    Also, good luck to Constantine and the cast of “Rock of Ages” for their upcoming move to Broadway.

  • ozarka

    David Archuleta is No. 6 on People’s The Year’s Hottest (and Youngest) Stars list.

    DAVID ARCHULETA
    Age: 17
    Though he was the runner-up to American Idol season 7 winner David Cook, the quiet teen with the big voice has a rabid fan base à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ dubbing themselves “Archies.” “It’s pretty cool,” says the singer, who recently released his self-titled debut album and first single, “Crush”". “People put the time and effort into making signs for you with your name and pictures on it! I do appreciate it.”

    Congratulations, David!!! :thumbup_tb:

  • ozarka

    The “A Little Too Not Over You” video in high quality resolution is now viewable from the director’s website!

    http://www.hsiproductions.com/?n=directors&id=24

  • http://www.myspace.com/gwendolyndiane GwendolynD

    à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Helloà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  was already full of palpable angst.

    …as angsty as one can be while singing through one’s nose. Sorry, Lionel.

  • dv

    Kellys single “My Life Would Suck Without You” goes for adds on 19th Jan.

    http://gfa.radioandrecords.com/publishGFA/GFANextPage.asp?sDate=01/19/2009&Format=1

  • KathyH

    Ozarka, thanks for the link to the HQ video. The difference is pretty astounding — David’s eyes look sort of dark in the YouTube videos, but in the director’s HQ you can see their real color.

    Aw… I love Lionel and his voice.

  • KathyH

    Adding — thanks too for the link to the People list. Is that in the magazine or in some online version? Guess I’ll find out when my copy arrives in the mail today.

  • http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=587900002&ref=name cruzceleste

    Paula is at the People List for:

    Stars’ Most Regrettable Moments

    SOUR NOTE
    American Idol’s top 5 contestant Jason Castro had performed the first of two songs during a Neil Diamond-themed episode in April when Paula Abdul told him, “The second song, I felt like your usual charm was missing for me. It kind of left me a little empty and the two songs made me feel like you’re not fighting hard enough to get into the top four.” Oops! Later, she called the gaffe “an honest mistake.”

  • SashaB

    Lionel’s Hello wasn’t so much angsty as whiney. The video was crazy velveeta cheesy.

    Angst has somewhat of a cool moniker. Emo and angst, fit. I don’t thin anyone was describing Lionel as angsty back in the day- but I was a kid, so I could be misremembering.

    Thanks for the TV Guide snippet. Love that he gets such deserved love from them.

    And yay for Jeff Buckley fans. I adore his Hallelujah!

    And lastly, why is Justin Guarini dabbling in movies again? Wasn’t from Justin to Kelly enough?

  • http://www.myspace.com/gwendolyndiane GwendolynD

    Lionelà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Hello wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t so much angsty as whiney.

    There ya go!

  • KathyH

    Deleted — posted in the wrong thread. Have no idea how.

  • Keel

    I don’t know about angst on Hello, the single, but all I can recall was the video and it was full of Captain Inappropriately Creepy to me. But YMMV. That poor blind girl needed to get her a temporary (and ultimately permanent) restraining order, STAT!

  • Duke

    MJ,

    Do you have a copy of the new Season 8 commercial with the group rounds??!! I missed it! And the one posted on VFTW doesn’t work….can you get it for us pa-lease?!?!?! I’m Dying!!!

  • sma11ie

    Confession: I love me some old school Mariah, and I flove Always Be My Baby, BUT, I always just thought of it as fun, airy pop, and never ever noticed the longing in the lyrics until DC’s haunting interpretation. Haha, I can’t believe I always bopped/sang along to the chorus without realizing that the “Baby” had actually left! I thought it was a happy love song [slaps forehead]. How I missed that “now you wanna be free” or “you’ll be back again” lines, I really don’t know. But yeah, I flove DC’s version more than Mariah’s now.

    I actually wasn’t familiar with Hello but DC’s performance that night totally got my attention because it was just plain good IMO. I enjoyed his audition, but didn’t notice DC until that night. I’ve since listened to Lionel’s version, and you know, I think the basic tune of the original was still pretty good, but oh boy did I not enjoy the whininess/cheesiness of it all…

  • KTINTN

    Another stop on Taylor’s Grease Shadow Tour;

    Sat, 01/24/09
    10:00 PM 20th Century Theater
    Oakley, OH Taylor Hicks More Info  »
    on sale:Sat, 12/20/08
    10:00 AM

    $25, All Ages Welcome

    400 seat capacity

    http://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/1092 … der_search

    http://www.the20thcenturytheatre.com/JustAnn.htm

  • frogcooke

    this is kinda interesting about the RIAA and music downloading..

    http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/31678

    At last, the music industry admits what we’ve known for years: That filing music-swapping lawsuits against teenagers, little old ladies, and corpses is a fool’s errand (not to mention an expensive headache for the defendants). But don’t worryà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ the RIAA has something new up its sleeves.
    The new strategy (as reported by the Wall Street Journal): If the music industry finds out that you’re swapping music files online, it’ll send an e-mail to your ISP (agreements have already hashed out agreements with “some” unnamed service providers, apparently), which will in turn forward the message to youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ probably with a little “P.S.” asking you to stop. [Update: CNET has a copy of the RIAA's form letter to ISPs.]

    If you don’t stop, well … your service provider probably won’t sue you, but it might slow down your broadband connection, or cut off your service altogether.

  • dv
  • JOJOSIE

    wjmtv, Thanks for the heads up on the TV Guide issue. Mines been sitting in the other room not even opened as they are always a week early. It’s always exciting to find unexpected media about your favorite current Idol. DC really does have a great sense of humor and an ease with it that make me smile a lot. I think the media likes that too as he keeps popping up lots of places.

  • hypertwink

    I think Kelly lost a little weight. Yay! I want you to rock your little butt out and no more muumuus.

    p.s. if he’s still available, go back to colton.

  • http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=587900002&ref=name cruzceleste

    American Idol is teh second worst tv program this year according to EW:

    THE WORST:
    2. AMERICAN IDOL (Fox)

    The combination freak show/amateur hour rolls on, crushing its time-period competition and not declining in ratings fast enough for my taste. Of course, my taste also includes a predi ­lection for music that hasn’t been strangled by osten ­tatious mannerisms. And since history suggests that the also-rans can become bigger stars than the winners, who cares about a competition that’s increasingly meaningless in every way?

  • cheese

    ^^^
    That’s hilarious considering how much coverage EW gives Idol (especially this past season with Idolatry).

  • JOJOSIE

    This is not a Idol subject but thought it might be okay to post. Oprah is giving free downloads for 48 hrs on her website. They are Christmas songs. El Divo, Josh Groban,Aretha Franklin, etc. We all love free music and tis the season.

  • CathyMK

    A short video interview with some of the Disney Christmas Parade performers, including David Cook:

    http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/12/69047/index.html

  • Jabkmc

    Archie has a new blog up on his MySpace…another long one. haha!

    http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=372079673&blogID=457688314

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/iamthepurplewalrus purplesmile

    The mice ate Archie’s memories. Aww, bad mice.

  • http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=587900002&ref=name cruzceleste

    ^awwwww he is really adorable… I feel for his memories, but reaing his blogs is so funny…

    I miss my Archie fix already…have fun in your party Archie…

  • frogcooke

    lol He must have a thing with mice….