Clay Aiken to Become a Father

Clay Aiken and his best friend Jaymes Foster (female) are having a baby via artificial insemination. Ms. Foster has been friends with Aiken since his American Idol days.

You can read more about Clay and Jaymes over at NZ Reality TV.

Idols Past: Kimberly Caldwell

Kimberly Caldwell is currently making news as American Idol David Cook's new squeeze. Actually he's only had one date with her, but since he asked her out on live T.V. it's getting to be quite the buzz.

Kimberly was one of the finalists in American Idol Season Two and finished in seventh place. She was the first American Idol to pose for the men's magazine Maxim in a feature on Reality T.V. Girls, the August 2003 issue.

For more on Kimberly check out:

Kimberly's Website
Kimberly on Wikipedia

What Was Hugh Laurie Thinking?

Taylor Hicks - Teen Angel

Taylor Hicks has a new summer job. He'll be joining the cast of Grease on Broadway, from June until September, playing the part of Teen Angel.

Taylor is said to be excited about joining the cast of one of his favorite musicals and that "the Soul Patrol is gonna invade Broadway".

This is Taylor's debut on Broadway. Grease will be playing at the Brooks Atkinson Theater.

American Idol Finale - What a Night

By now you know that David Cook won the title of American Idol. What a show it was tonight, in between all the commercials.

First of all it was pretty cool that Randy Jackson managed to get his hands on Captain Kangaroo's old duds. It was, after all, a night of bringing out the old, and I say that fondly.

I enjoyed ZZ Top backing up David Cook on one of their hits from the 80's Sharp Dressed Man. David Cook was around the age of one when that song was a hit.

Donna Summer looked a little older than 59, but Graham Nash looked younger than his 66 years.

Lots and lots of commercials and now we know that David Archuleta wears boxers and David Cook wears briefs.

Bryan Adams! I love that guy. He looks pretty damned good for a man in his sixties. Wait, he's forty eight. Never mind.

Who else? Hmmm. Carrie Underwood must have gone to Dolly Parton's dress designer. She wore that half-dressed-bride look that Dolly sported on her American Idol appearance.

Was Ryan Seacrest mixing it up with the dancers from last season's So You Think You Can Dance?

Mike Myers is not funny. It's now out there for everyone to see. He's a one trick pony, plugging his new movie The Love Guru. Same character, different costume. Not funny, not cute.

Syesha and Seal sing together. They shouldn't - their voices don't compliment each other and that was the first time I didn't enjoy hearing Seal sing..... ever.

Amanda Overmeyer looks like she might have celebrated with mass quantities of beers this last month or two. I forgot how good looking Michael Johns is.

Then there were some cute, well dressed boys who had a band. I have no idea who they are - Ryan said they needed no introduction, so he probably didn't know either. But they sounded nice and looked clean. My fourteen year old niece probably knows who they are.

David Archuleta sounded great singing Apologize with One Republic.

More commercials. Itunes featuring Coldplay is my favorite. Moving Art!


There was a video of Gladys Knight and the Pips - the Pips in this video are Ben Stiller, Jack Black and the amazingly cool Robert Downey Jr. It could have been good, but it went on for a little too long and what the hell was with Jack Black and Downey disappearing and Black coming back with his pants around his ankles? If you want to see the video on YouTube, click here.

They also brought back Reynaldo Lupez and sent in the USC marching band to back him, along with cheerleaders. I think just seeing him in the montage of bad auditions was enough for most viewers.

George Michael actually made an appearance. He looked and sounded good. After all this waiting to see the man, Ryan had a brief exchange of words and Mr. Michael said something about having a cold. And then it was back to business. A little bit of a letdown.

The judges all had a little something to say and Simon was very gracious, offering up an apology to David Cook for being borderline disrespectful to him the night before. David Cook is announced as the winner and it all gets really emotional, with his Mom and brother up on the stage. Then David Cook has to sing the winning song, which was better than last year's drivel. Cook keeps hugging his little buddy Archuleta. Cook's brother mouths into the camera "that's my brother". It was a nice ending to a very, very long show.

David Cook Wins American Idol 2008

So much for the judges two cents worth.

Check out my recap here.

American Idol Judges - Should They Call the Winner Before the Show Ends?

The American Idol Judges clearly called a winner last night in David Archuleta. Do you think they should be able to do that, or should the last night of competition be "Judges Shut the F*ck Up Night"? Did a lot of people think that David Archuleta was already the winner and didn't bother to vote for him?

Throughout the season the judges have made comments like "I'm looking at the next American Idol" or "I think you can win this whole competition". My thought on this is that judges should judge and leave the predicting to the psychics and the odd makers.

American Idol - David versus David May 20th

We're still waiting to watch the show out here on the West Coast, but if you want a recap or to find out how tonight went on American Idol, go check out The Baltimore Sun.

Fantasia Barrino Doing the Funky Rooster on American Idol

Good grief, what the hell was that woman doing? With her bright red hair and all that strutting and squawking and shrieking out something called Bore Me, Fantasia Barrino came onstage to show Simon what a grotesque performance actually looked like, and she sure did show him.

The moment worth watching American Idol for tonight? Simon's truly gobsmacked expression while Fantasia did her thing on stage. I so wish we could have heard what he had to say about her performance.

If I didn't know who Fantasia was, I would have thought she was a Tranny.

Here's the video. You decide.

American Idol Results May 14th - Syesha Goes Home

Predictably, Syesha Mercado was eliminated tonight and it's going to be the battle of the Davids next week. We have not yet watched the show on the West Coast, so if you'd like to see a recap of tonight's American Idol you can go here.

American Idol - The Final Three May 13th

Its a strange night on American Idol when Paula Abdul seems to be the only judge that knows what's going on. She was bright eyed, alert and coherent and didn't talk in jerky partial sentences, as she normally does. She had it together until about the last three minutes of the show, when the Coca Cola must have kicked in and the wackiness reappeared.

I don't know what was wrong with Simon and Randy. Perhaps it was just that it was another boring night on American Idol, with no particular stand out performances, at a time when the "Wow Factor" should be fully present.

The contestants were good, if I had to choose one performance as a stand out, it would be David Cook's version of The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.

And then there's the Chihuahuas again. Simon brought them up this time, by saying that one of the performances was like a Chihuahua trying to be a tiger.

Then there was a song about a "Boo" and a song about penguins and the hour seemed more like three hours. Tomorrow night is results night and maybe David Cook will eliminated, just for shock value.

Jeff Archuleta, David's Father, Banned from Back Stage

Did you happen to notice David's little ad lib to the song Stand by Me on last Tuesday's American Idol? Seems like it was David's dad's idea to add a little something from the song Beautiful Girls. At any rate, Jeff Archuleta has been banned from the back stage business of American Idol. Poor David. he's already super tense, no wonder he lost his voice when he was twelve.

You can read more here: David Archuleta's Dad Loses Backstage pass.

Idol Results Night for May 7th - Jason Castro Goes Home

Hardly a surprise was it? I've never seen a contestant so darned happy about being voted off before. Jason didn't even try to hide the fact that he was thrilled about going home. There were some pretty funny Jason moments tonight, like when he was asked the question "what has been your biggest challenge to overcome" and he answered "Uh..... the brain being dead?" and then when Ryan did a recap of Jason's two songs the previous night, I Shot the Sheriff and Mister Tambourine Man, to which he forgot the lyrics, Jason piped up "somebody told me that I shot the tambourine man yesterday, that was pretty funny".

Other than that, the show was fairly dull, Maroon5 sounded worse than Bo Bice and I am really happy that there's only a couple more weeks of American Idol to go.

American Idol - Jason Castro Wants to go Home - May 6th

Jason Castro strikes me as a man seriously jonesing for some alone time with a bag of weed. Or maybe it's just the dreads and that "hey Dude, how'd I get here?" thing he has going on that puts me in mind of a pot head. It's not much of a stretch, is it? He's been acting like this is all a big joke, which it might actually be, and that he figures he could show up and pass gas and people would still vote for him, which they might actually do. Jason sang I Shot the Sherriff and then botched some of the lyrics to Mister Tambourine Man. Simon advised him to pack his bags.

Syesha was off tonight too. Proud Mary fell short and A Change is Gonna Come was bland. Randy's accurate criticism appeared to bring her to tears and she lost it for a while. Or maybe it was just the pressure of it all and the normally kind Randy being thoroughly unimpressed with her efforts.

David Cook. Hmmm. Not impressed tonight. Was the audio off at the beginning of the show? The band seemed to disappear for a while. I couldn't hear his backing and I think it would have made a difference, especially on Hungry Like the Wolf. And who the hell is Baba O'Riley? I thought that song was called Teenage Wasteland. Where did old Baba fit into that song? Now I have to go and look it up before I go to bed.

David Archuleta was wonderful, but I sure wish he'd done Blue Suede Shoes and had a little fun, rather than tackling one of Elvis's more somber numbers, Love Me Tender. You're seventeen David, loosen up a little bit!

Just two more weeks to go!

Yes Simon, Tara Miller is Still Cute

A picture of Tara Miller! It did go through my mind that thirty seven years and three children later, Tara Miller might not be the cutie of Simon's obviously fond memories, which could have been embarrassing and awkward for all concerned. But, no worry, Tara Smith has indeed "aged well" as she stated during her telephone call on American Idol.

If you'd like to read about Tara and Simon's first kiss and watch the Access Hollywood Interview (and suffer through Nancy O'Dell's juvenile and cringe-worthy questioning of Ms. Miller) just click here.

American Idol - Tara Miller Gives Simon Cowell a Blast From the Past

It was an odd night last night on American Idol, pretty dull for the most part. Paula Abdul had her Chihuahuas tucked safely away last night, opting for a Sunday School outfit. All she needed were the little white gloves and the look would have been complete. One can only assume she was trying for the "sober" look after all the fuss about her peculiar behavior the night before.

During the call-in portion of the show, which I normally don't care for, there was a moment which seemed genuine and unscripted. Tara MacDonald Smith (formerly Tara Miller) called in from Petaluma to ask Simon about the kiss they had shared when they were both nine year olds. It was a moment where Simon almost seemed nice. Below is the video of that phone call on AI and you can click here for a picture of Tara.