Idol Headlines for 5/29/08

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David Cook Sizzles With Record Chart Debuts

Season seven “American Idol” champion David Cook will set a record for debut entries on the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Digital Songs tomorrow as 11 titles enter the former, while 14 songs jump on the download tally. The onslaught is led by a No. 3 Hot 100 start for his original recording “The Time of My Life,” which shifts 236,000 downloads to easily take the No. 1 spot on Hot Digital Songs.

“Idol” runner-up David Archuleta lands three songs on both charts, led by his cover of John Lennon’s “Imagine” (No. 36 Hot 100, No. 16 on Hot Digital Songs, 71,000).

Cook’s takeover of the Hot 100 shatters the mark for debuts set by Miley Cyrus (as Hannah Montana) in the Nov. 11, 2006, issue, when she placed six new titles on the list. The 11 songs on the chart are the most in a week by any artist in the Nielsen Music era, which began in December 1991 when the chart converted to Nielsen BDS and Nielsen SoundScan data.

His haul also marks the most placements on the list since the Beatles charted 14 songs on the Hot 100 in the week of April 11, 1964.

Billboard

David Archuleta on his lyric flub and his vision for a debut CD

Idol’s season 7 runner-up discusses his desire to make a debut album that’s a little closer to Sarah Bareilles than, say, Dan Fogelberg, and also reveals his ongoing obsession with Billboard’s international charts. Enjoy!

EW.com

David Archuleta wants to know: What was so great about ‘Imagine’?

I kid you not…as you’ll see in part 1 of our interview with this season’s American Idol runner-up, he’s still trying to understand why the nation went nuts over his week-two semifinal performance of John Lennon’s classic; part 2, meanwhile, finds him discussing the “magic rainbow” found in the lyrics of the season 7 victory anthem, “The Time of My Life.”

Entertainment Weekly

American Idol David Cook, Runner-Up David Archuleta Dominate Billboard Downloads Chart

He’s been the nation’s seventh American Idol for less than a week, but David Cook is already proving that, when it comes to marketable, bankable artists, he certainly fits the bill.

“The Time of My Life,” the coronation song that Cook belted out at the close of last week’s “Idol” finale, opens at #1 on next week’s Billboard Hot Digital Tracks chart, which ranks the best-selling digital singles nationwide. With 236,000-plus downloads, Cook bumps Rihanna’s “Take a Bow” from the top spot à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  but that’s not all.

All told, 17 of the songs the 25-year-old Missouri guitarist performed during the show’s most recent season are sprinkled throughout the list, according to the latest SoundScan figures. Cook’s “Dream Big” follows at #7 (with 111,000 downloads), while his rendition of U2′s “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” from the season’s final performance episode occupies the #9 position, having generated 97,900 downloads. At #14, with 80,000 downloads, it’s Cook’s cover of Collective Soul’s “The World I Know,” while his take on Aerosmith’s “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” was downloaded 60,000 times, earning it the chart’s #18 spot.

MTV.com

David Cook Visits Luke Menard in the Hospital

Preparing for the American Idol finale means long hours and hard work. But days before David Cook was declared the season seven winner, he dropped everything to visit with fellow Top 24 contestant Luke Menard in a Los Angeles hospital.

Menard, 29, was diagnosed with Stage 2 Hodgkinà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Lymphoma.

People.com

Idol’s Davids To Rock The Early Show

“American Idol” winner David Cook and runner-up David Archuleta will rock the audience outdoors this time around.

The newly-established stars will take things down a notch from the Nokia Theater in California to The Early Show plaza in New York where fans can see them up close and personal.

Archuleta’s performance airs Thursday, May 29 on the CBS morning show, and Cook’s concert will air on Friday, May 30. Check local listings for times.

Showbuzz

David Cook looking at a Fall Release Date

After two years of releasing the debut albums from à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“American Idolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  winners in the Christmas rush, BMG is returning to a fall release for the newest champ, David Cook.
Cook has been signed to 19 Recordings/RCA Records and is preparing to start recording his debut album which is due for release in the fall.
Cook, who’s first single, “The Time Of My Life” skyrocketed to No. 1 on iTunes, will be recording his album over the summer while on the road with the American Idol Live tour. Tour kicks off on July 1 in Glendale, Ariz. à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  hometown of last yearà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s winner Jordin Sparks à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  and wraps Sept. 13th in Tulsa, Okla.

Variety.com

Jason Castro: catch him now on local TV/radio

Jason Castro is so busy; he has little time for rest. He was on Fox4 this morning singing Daydreamin’ Boy and Somewhere Over the Rainbow. See his local live radio interview schedule here. And see him in Rockwall tomorrow at his homecoming celebration!

Neigborsgoblog

`American Idol’ Owner CKX Agrees to Revised 19X Offer (Update3)

May 28 (Bloomberg) — CKX Inc., owner of the “American Idol” brand, said it agreed to a revised buyout offer valued at $1.19 billion from a group led by Chief Executive Officer Robert F.X. Sillerman, called 19X Inc.

The revisions include an increased breakup fee payable to CKX if the acquisition isn’t completed by a new deadline of Oct. 31, CKX said today in a statement. CKX will also conduct a new “go shop” period between 45 and 60 days while the company seeks better offers.

19X’s offer is for $12 a share. The $1.19 billion transaction value is based on 99 million common and preferred shares outstanding, the company said. 19X will also assume $100 million of debt.

Sillerman, who is chairman of both companies, had offered $13.75 when he originally proposed the buyout in June. He reduced the offer May 12, citing a “seismic shift in the buyout world since the time we originally entered into this transaction.”

Bloomberg.com

Kellie Picklerà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s “Maturity” Drawing Attention

Although not confirmed, it seems that Kellie Pickler has been through a breast augmentation since her days on Idol. Last week Pickler told Fox News, “It’s been two years since my first record came out. I still have my sassy and girly side, but I’ve been growing a lot à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  in many more ways than one,” she said while motioning to her chest. “Let’s just say I feel much more mature now.”

Country Hound

Jennifer Takes on Sex and the City

With an Oscar under her belt and a new dream role in the highly anticipated movie Sex and the City, it hardly seems possible that Jennifer Hudson was once known only as the girl voted off of American Idol.

The actress tells Parade.com’s Jeanne Wolf what it was like to work on the famed SATC set, dishing on everything from the clothes, to men, to even–get this–how she had to research the show because she’d never seen an episode!

OK

US announces Sullivan delegation

The US Government has announced its high-profile delegation to the 8th Leon H. Sullivan Summit, to be held in Arusha next week.

A statement that was released to press by the American Embassy in Dar es Salaam yesterday said that Dirk Kempthorne, the US Secretary of the Interior, would head the delegation.

President George W. Bush today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to Arusha, Tanzania to attend the Leon H. Sullivan Summit VIII on June 2, 2008, read the statement, dated Tuesday, May 27, 2008.

Members of the delegation will include Mark Green, the US Ambassador to Tanzania, Jendayi Frazer, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs from State Department and John Simon, Executive Vice President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.

Others are Michael Steele, former Lieutenant Governor and Maryland Chairman, GOPAC, Edward “Ward“ Brehm III, Chairman of the US African Development Foundation and a Singer, Melinda Doolittle.

IPmedia.com

American Idol Finalist Melinda Doolittle Teams with Ellie’s Run For Africa

American Idol finalist Melinda Doolittle will join the 4th annual Ellie’s Run for Africa as its Master of Ceremonies, Ellie’s Run organizers announced today.

Ellie’s Run For Africa — a family fun day including a 5K race, a kids – one mile fun run, outdoor games and African dancing and drumming — will take place on Saturday, June 14, 2008, at Percy Warner Park in Nashville, Tenn.
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Since its inception in 2004, Ellie’s Run for Africa (www.elliesrun.org) has raised over $100,000 to provide education and health-related assistance in Kenya and South Africa.

Tennessean.com

Hey Guys, American Idol Isn’t Helping

So far, American Idol has introduced two successful female singers into the country format – Carrie Underwood and Kellie Pickler. Unfortunately, time has run out on the guys. A finalist from the 2007 season, Phil Stacey has sold just over 25,000 copies of his self-titled debut album in the month since its release. Josh Gracin, who came in fourth in 2003, isn’t faring much better – less than 45,000 in two months. The debut CD by Bucky Covington, the 8th place finalist of season six, started strong with “A Different World,” but stalled at 345,000 units. Not bad, I guess, considering the current record-buying climate. However, country still hasn’t had a male crossover champ yet – how long until Taylor Hicks, David Cook or Ruben Studdard gives Nashville a try?

CMT.com

Bucky Covington Makes Every Show Count

The summer months are marked by outdoor shows, and some of them à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  including several festivals and Kenny Chesneyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s stadium concerts à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  have drawn 40,000 or more people. It would be easy to get keyed up for a performance of that magnitude but then let down a bit for a show in a club for maybe 500 fans, but the best live artists give their all no matter the setting. Bucky Covington understands that well. He reached approximately 30 million people each time he performed as a contestant on “American Idol,” but heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s also been reminded by Sawyer Brownà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s lead singer that even small audiences can be crucial.

GACtv.com

An American Idol Singer’s Prayer

George Huff may have lost the 2004 American Idol competition to Fantasia Barrino, but that didn’t stop the New Orleans native from flashing his brilliant smile. Television viewers and Idol judges alike were won over by the soulful singer’s contagious joy, which earned him the nickname “Smiling George.”

Last August, however, George’s famous joy was temporarily replaced by anxiety when Hurricane Katrina devastated his hometown. His mother and sister left town for Dallas, Texas, the Sunday before Katrina hit, but other members of his large family were forced to stay behind. George’s father, who is divorced from George’s mom, later described to him the view in the front of his house when the storm came. The waters blew his windows in immediately, and pushed the front door open. “A lot of my family didn’t make it out in time,” George told TC, “but they were rescued from their homes and went to the Superdome. I praise the Lord that we all eventually got out safely.”

Christianity Today

So You Think You Can Dance: The Judges Not Doing Their Happy Dance

While the judges on “So You Think You Can Dance” tend to be more straightforward, optimistic and knowledgeable about the subject matter than those on that other, more famous reality competition on Fox, it doesn’t mean that they don’t get crabby from time to time, and plenty of dancers on Wednesday night’s audition episode tested their patience. Subpar dancers with subpar attitudes were accused of wasting everyone’s time, of not really dancing, of executing a joke merely by being there. And on “SYTYCD” it’s not just the British chap who delivers the bad news: Mary Murphy was quite sharp-tongued on the episode, even having to be covered up by the censor’s blue button.

LA Times

‘So You Think You Can Dance’ explores new frontiers

The second audition episode of So You Think You Can Dance brings us to two cities they’ve never held auditions in before and two people new to judging preliminary rounds. We’re one step closer to Vegas, peeps.

Salt Lake City, UT welcomes the crew with cold and snow. Joining Nigel and Mary Murphy for her first foray into judging is choreographer Mandy Moore (who quickly became one of my favorites in her first season with the show thanks to the Pasha/Sara “Body Language” and Neil/Sabra “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” numbers). Travis returns for the choreography round. Also, a great number of the folks auditioning are married and have all kinds of kids (one potential contestant has seven).

Zap2it.com

 
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  • Jeweldude

    What was with the Wonderwoman clip at the end of the interview video with David A on EW? Strange!

  • wfowfowfo

    EW’s videos are hysterical — have you watched them all? They had Brooke set up as Bambi. Tongue in cheek, and very very well done all season.

    eta – on the end of that Archie’s #3 EW clip – accidential cougar bait — Mr. Cook thinks it’s all good. Thank God.

    Thanks for all the links, MJ. I didn’t know that Cook had gone to see Luke — truly nice guy.

  • abbysee

    I believe the wonnderwoman bit is about Syesha. A spoof on her incredible powers lasting on the show….

  • Kirsten

    What was with the Wonderwoman clip at the end of the interview video with David A on EW? Strange!

    The EW people associate Syesha with Wonder Woman because of her ability to survive week after week (On Top 3 Night, they showed Syesha interleaved with Wonder Woman being kidnapped and shoved in a packing crate).

    Very, very interesting that the producers wouldn’t allow Archie to do any re-arrangement of “Longer”. I guess there can only be one person in the “able to do original arrangements” box.

    I swear, the producers are this show’s own worst enemy. Why do they seem deteremined to make the show less interesting? Succeed or fail at re-arranging “Longer”, it would have been more interesting for the viewers to see something other than the karaoke version. The producers are leaving nothing to chance and it’s strangling the show.

  • jpfan

    That info about “Longer” is quite interesting. I’m not sure why they wouldn’t let him do something different, it would have made the show more interesting and wouldn’t have hurt Cook.

    It’s obvious from the downloads and votes that Cook had been the frontrunner for at least the last month and probably longer. In terms of the judges calling it for Archie on finale night, I think that live he gave an incredible performance. Their responses were honest in the moment. The producers did some “magic” with the sound that night and on TV things didn’t appear that one sided. That explains why Simon apologized to Cook the next night after watching the show. I’m not saying that Cook wasn’t good that night, just trying to explain the disconnect.

    I don’t think any thing that happened during the finale would have mattered. Cook was going to win no matter what. However, making it appear that Archie was a threat to Cook was a good ratings ploy and it worked.

  • GwendolynD

    Yeah, Syesha = Wonderwoman.

    I think I may have even seen a Teletubby at one point.

    But, the best one of all IMO, was KLC as the robot in the Japanese movie clips. Those were hilarious.

    Re: “Longer” rearrangement. Wonder what he would have done? Thrown in an expensive clip Beyonce’s “Crazy in Love”, perhaps? Hmmm….

  • cheese

    Archie’s comment about the magic rainbow song in the Idolatry video cracked me up. “If I were to sing it, a rainbow would appear behind me.” So true.

    Can’t wait to see DC’s Idolatry videos. I hope Slezak shows him the Happy Trails segment.

  • http://myspace.com/girlgeek mj

    At MTV, Slezak explained to us how those Idolatry clips are put together. He and his colleagues tape the talking heads part of the video. The footage is then handed over to a mad-talented video guy who watches it, comes up with the concept, and edits in all the extra clips. Michael said he has no idea what’s going to happen with the footage until he sees the finished clip.

  • Chicago-sally

    So far, American Idol has introduced two successful female singers into the country format – Carrie Underwood and Kellie Pickler. Unfortunately, time has run out on the guys. A finalist from the 2007 season, Phil Stacey has sold just over 25,000 copies of his self-titled debut album in the month since its release. Josh Gracin, who came in fourth in 2003, isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t faring much better – less than 45,000 in two months. The debut CD by Bucky Covington, the 8th place finalist of season six, started strong with à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“A Different World,à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  but stalled at 345,000 units. Not bad, I guess, considering the current record-buying climate. However, country still hasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t had a male crossover champ yet – how long until Taylor Hicks, David Cook or Ruben Studdard gives Nashville a try?

    I don’t follow country so I wouldn’t know what’s a good country artist and what’s a bad country artist….however, they make a good point. The women of Idol have excelled compared to the men, and country seems to be the “fall-back” for the males that fail.

    It also appears that S6 singers haven’t lived up to expectations except for Jordin….S6 finalists seem to be really struggling, and I don’t think it’s because they don’t have the singing chops…so AI is not the magic pill that brings stardom to top finalists. The show biz field is mighty crowded with and w/o Idols.

    Idolatry is the best….I hate it when they take a break…Slezak is simply the best commentator and blogger (sorry MJ, you’re second)

  • AInoob

    I wish the producers would address why they wouldn’t allow Archie to rearrange Longer. I agree that it wouldn’t have hurt Cook and frankly, it might have made for an even tighter race so that would’ve been a win-win for AI. Very strange. I did enjoy Slezak’s interview with Archie, finally questions that aren’t the same old, same old. The kid is genuine and I wish him luck. I doubt he’ll still be this unjaded a few years from now, I imagine its not possible in this industry but with luck both he and Cook will stay grounded. I’m looking forward to Slezak’s Cook interview, love that guy (Cook, that is, but I do enjoy Slezak’s blogs as well, lol).

  • dahirsh

    In terms of the judges calling it for Archie on finale night, I think that live he gave an incredible performance. Their responses were honest in the moment. The producers did some à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“magicà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  with the sound that night and on TV things didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t appear that one sided.

    I’m not sure what kind of “magic” you think they might have done with the audio on a live show.

  • wfowfowfo

    There are three parts of Slezak’s Cook interview up — 4 & 5 to come.

    They’re great, as always.

  • IGetCranked

    Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not sure what kind of à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“magicà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  you think they might have done with the audio on a live show.

    I’ve read plenty of people who were there that said the live performance was quite a bit different than what we heard on tv. That said, I don’t think it was done purposefully to cheat. From what I gather, the applause and cheering was so loud that they were trying to muffle that a bit.

    I have more of a problem with the camera panning away from him for so much of the performance. He was really exuding a lot of emotion and I don’t feel like I really got to see that because it was so broken up.

  • colette

    That was very stand-up of Cookie to visit Luke in the hospital.

    Anyone have an update about Menard’s medical situation?

  • skylight1219

    Here’s a radio interview with Jason from this morning. There’s also an interview with David. A. on there.

    http://www.1037litefm.com/pages/635262.php?

  • BigNLiddle

    http://www.tmz.com/2008/05/29/clay-aiken-impregnates-someone/

    They’re usually dead on about things, but this could just be a nasty rumor

  • http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=84731174 purplesmile

    That’s sweet of Cookie to take time out from his busy schedule to visit Luke.

    à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Luke, Michael Johns, Jason Yeager and myself, we kind of buddied up one day at Hollywood week,à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  Cook explains.

    Mr. WordNerd seems to be a little too fond of using “myself” in place of “I.” Heh.

  • psnax

    The Michael Slezak clips of David Cook are pretty good. Other than the 60 seconds of “cougar bait” the interview is asking substantive questions and giving David the chance to answer a lot of the questions his fans have been looking for answers for about his music and his journey on the show. Loved DC’s eye roll when Slezak was asking the question about Simon calling DC smug.

  • dfc

    Skylight, thanks so much for the interviews with Jason and his mom. That was so sweet of him to buy his mom a washer and dryer so she could wash his clothes. His mom seems as sweet as he is.

  • Duke

    Um- I think this might need to be in the headlines…this goes above and beyond creepy.

    http://www.tmz.com/2008/05/29/clay-impregnates-someone/?icid=100214839x1202974223x1200109621

  • gabam

    Happy Jason Castro Day!

    Thanks for the link, Skylight. The celebration starts in a few hours.

  • http://myspace.com/girlgeek mj

    Um- I think this might need to be in the headlinesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦this goes above and beyond creepy.

    Somebody already posted it. And no, I’m not putting THAT in my headlines. Besides the fact that I fucking HATE TMZ, and refuse to willingly give them hits, I’ve got my hands full as it is modding this place. lol.

  • IGetCranked

    I’m not going to TMZ because I refuse to give them a hit but ROTFL @ the wording in the link!

    I haven’t had time to watch the Cook/Slezak interviews yet. There’s too much going on this morning!

  • Duke

    If that story is true, i am going to lmao

  • GwendolynD

    wfowfowfo
    May 29th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
    There are three parts of Slezakà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Cook interview up à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  4 & 5 to come.

    Theyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re great, as always.

    Jessica Shaw had me rolling…seriously. Wow.

  • jersey

    That TMZ thing is creepy.

    I was happy to read that David C. visited Luke in the hospital, too. Some things are more important than others.

  • AInoob

    There is a link up at Rickey’s site that shows the video clip from the Z100 piggyback with Greg T, Cook and Archie. Really cute. I’m sorry if this was posted already, I did a quick scan here and didn’t see the clip.

    http://www.rickey.org/?p=8039

  • NOLA

    That’s what you call taking the situation in hand.

  • IGetCranked

    Nola, I almost replied to you and got myself banned!

  • http://inkdbylilyanna.com carolina

    That creepy article is also on the AOL home page. David Foster’s 50 year old sister?

  • hicksaholic

    Damn! I wish Taylor’s publicity team could come up with some of the attention grabbing ideas Clay’s have come up with.

  • skylight1219

    I refuse to believe that about Clay Aiken. Until he tells us himself, then I chalk it up to the rumor mill. She’s 50 years old, for heaven’s sake. Clay just has one nasty rumor after the other follow him around.

  • AInoob

    For any Cookie fans with satellite radio, I read on the AI forum that he’ll be interviewed on Sirius Radio tomorrow (Ch. 6001 on DISH – Top 40 hits).

  • Chicago-sally

    About Clay and the pregnancy: Well, I believe it. It seems plausible to me. Esp. if the woman doesn’t have children at 50 y.o. However, I don’t understand if David Foster is the brother and Clay is close to the Sister, why isn’t David F. producing Clay’s records?

  • wfowfowfo

    Evidentially the publisher has confirmed it. No link, but if I find one, I’ll post it.

  • Chicago-sally

    http://www.tmz.com/tmz_main_video?titleid=1578616263
    More David A (from Rickey)
    Okay, I admit it, I’m a TMZ junkie too.

  • skylight1219

    Whose publisher has confirmed this? Clay needs to give an interview about this, if in fact, it is true.

    Remember, this is TMZ we’re talking about here.

  • abbysee

    I hate TMZ, on the rare occasions I go there I feel as though I desperately need a shower.

  • nomi

    Clay a baby daddy? I’m LMAO true or not. I need a good laugh.

    I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t understand if David Foster is the brother and Clay is close to the Sister, why isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t David F. producing Clayà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s records?

    *shrugs*

    But didn’t Foster co-write “Lonely No More” on CA’s latest CD? I think he did. He probably produced that track. Maybe that song inspired the donation. LOL.

  • skylight1219

    Oh gosh, let’s just replace Clay’s name with,oh, how about David Cook? His fans would be on the warpath if TMZ pulled that. Stop and think before believing an online tabloid. If it’s true, then ok, but, until we have it confirmed, maybe we should treat this as a rumor. AT least I am.

  • http://myspace.com/girlgeek mj

    Well, Fox News We Report You Decide is treating the Clay Aiken story as if it’s legitimate. LOL.

    Fox News

  • http://inkdbylilyanna.com carolina

    Why treat this as if it’s a scandal? Happens everyday.

    I wouldn’t mind David Cook being a daddy at all. Or Jason either. I’d pause if it was Archie though — too young. I think Clay will be a good daddy !

  • http://inkdbylilyanna.com carolina

    It’s still on the aol home page — I’m pretty sure they check they’re facts in advance.

  • http://inkdbylilyanna.com carolina

    Would you believe it if it was on the front page at People.com? Cause it is.

  • http://myspace.com/girlgeek mj

    The Clay thing? Not a big deal at all. Happens all the time. All types of people want to have kids, and sometimes unorthodox methods are necessary to make that happen.

    It’ll be interesting to see how Clay handles it, considering how private he is about his personal life. It opens up that whole can of worms he tries to keep shut all over again.

    Oh well, off to post it on the front page…

  • kc f

    The EW Idolatry interviews are great. Really substantive and fun.

  • dfc

    Greta Van Sustern from Fox will probably be all over this Clay story tonight. She does stories like this and quotes TMZ alot, like they’re a real credible news source.

  • nomi

    The Clay thing? Not a big deal at all. Happens all the time. All types of people want to have kids, and sometimes unorthodox methods are necessary to make that happen.

    In all seriousness, I wrestle with whether this is a big deal or not in the grand scheme of things. Of course, Clay’s baby daddy new/rumor affects me in no way whatsoever since I’m neither a Clay fan nor a card-carryign conservative. Well, it does affect my funny bone. I’ll admit that.

    But, as liberal as I feel I am about sexual orientation and the whole spectrum of how people consensually express (or repress, LOL) their sexuality it conflicts with my fairly conservative and sometimes narrow-minded ideas about the family, parenting, maternity, reproductive technology, sperm and egg donoring, etc. I try to adopt a “live and let live and God Bless” attitude whenever I can but sometimes I’m challenged. :(

    The thing I do worry (*snerk*) about, is that if Clay IS a sperm donor, is that he would have had to somehow make the…um…donation come forth in some way or another. Imagine that! LOL!

    OK. I’ll stop now.

  • http://myspace.com/saltwatercures pj

    I don’t think it’s a big deal about Clay. It’s a little bizarro considering it’s his producer and David Foster’s sis, but whatev.

    Anyway, Happy Jason Castro Day! I’m hoping video starts to pop up. Hopefully, Fox Dallas will cover it!

  • mocha

    I’ll admit to checking tmz every now and again, but I find it very sleazy over there, and I always feel guilty after visiting their snarky site….

    pj, I’m with you, where are the Castro Day videos?

  • chachi

    I want Castro Day vids, too! Hopefully, everyone is having so much fun, they’re waiting to post them until tonight. I’m so happy that Jason got his homecoming after all.

  • JessC77

    Wasn’t David Cook suppose to be on TRL today?

    ETA: Anyone have a vid of the interview?

  • http://myspace.com/saltwatercures pj

    There’s a live feed for Jason day, but I can’t get the sound to work. :-(

    ETA: Sound working now. Jason seems rather bewildered.

  • http://www.myspace.com/swood1104 Sarah

    Jess – yeah, the Davids were on TRL today. It was a cute interview. I don’t have video though. Maybe someone will post something here if MJ didn’t get to cap it.

  • JessC77

    Thanks Sarah, I’ll be on the look out!!

  • dfc

    This forum is all I found about Jason’s day. Someone is feeding information and there are a couple of pictures. Thirty-one pages so far.

    http://www.castrocopia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=139&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

  • AInoob
  • mocha

    dfc the Castro day thread is now up to 52 pages and counting, thanks for the link.

  • http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=84731174 purplesmile

    For all your Jason Castro Day needs (pics, videos, accounts, links)… ;)

    neighborsgoblog

  • sumidol

    Purple I KNEW you would come thru – I was just saying how I missed seeing Jason and I could not get Pj’s video to open and have been searching. Thanks

  • http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=84731174 purplesmile

    You’re welcome, sumidol. ;)

    You may want to go check out castrocopia, too. Or youtube… ;)

    Deep in the Heart of Texas

    short clip of Jason’s new song (somebody said it’s called ‘Tonight’)

  • http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=84731174 purplesmile

    I am unable to view this one but it is said to be HQ:

    American Idol’s Jason Castro performs in Rockwall

    There are also some nice pics in this thread at daydreamingboy.com. :)

  • http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=84731174 purplesmile
  • http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=84731174 purplesmile
  • http://www.dancin.ca dancin

    ty so much for all the jason links
    hes soooooooo sweet and adorable :)

  • jersey

    I’m late to the party, but thanks for all the Jason links guys! I have a lot of catching up to do!