Some Tour News...

There’ll be something special for all of you who go see the Idols on tour. “TV Guide” has produced a tour guide that will be given out free to all concertgoers. “TV Guide” will have a special display where people can pretend to be on a red carpet and have a chance to be on TV…

This week’s “TV Guide” shares some details about the tour. Jordin and Blake were doing a song together, but it got cut. Blake told the magazine, “Thank goodness! It was terrible.” Blake will apparently do a song with Chris Richardson. “Chris is a really good beat-boxer too. So we’re doing an acoustic thing. It’s going to be cool.”

“TV Guide” also reports that there will be “lots of dancing, Idol guys playing instruments and perhaps even a new Sanjaya hairdo.”

In case you’ve forgotten, the Idols will be in Huntington Saturday, September 15th…

Fantasia stays at #1...

Fantasia remains atop the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Chart for a second straight week with “When I See U.”

The song has yet to crack the Billboard Hot 100…

"Never Again" for Kids?

One of the craziest things I heard during my vacation was a commercial for “Kidz Bop 12,” the latest in the series of CDs where kids record popular songs. One of the songs on the newest CD is “Never Again;” but the kids sing “hurts” instead of “sucks.” I don’t know if they sing “I hope when you’re in bed with her” or not.

This must terrify Kelly Clarkson to her very soul. I know it does me...

“Kidz Bop 12” hits stores July 31st…

What happened to Justin?

While I was on vacation, I caught a TV Guide Channel interview with Justin Guarini.

It’s a shame that he wasn’t a contestant these days, because he probably would’ve been a bigger star…

As Justin said during the interview, “Idol” was still working out all the kinks in that first season and he, unfortunately, fell through the cracks.

Because of the filming of “From Justin to Kelly,” the recording of his CD got postponed. But then, RCA decided that Justin would have to wait until Kelly released her CD. So by the time “Justin Guarini” was released, “Idol” fans were caught up in the Ruben vs. Clay fervor. In fact, his CD was released the same day as Ruben and Clay’s singles.

He never stood a chance…

Justin is now a co-host on TV Guide Channel’s “Idol Tonight” and he just finished filming the movie, “Fast Girl.”

Say what you will about “From Justin to Kelly,” but it did show us that Justin can act. And he is the best part of “Idol Tonight” (if you can tolerate Kimberly Caldwell long enough to watch him).

Maybe things will come around for him yet…

"Hey Paula" Makes It Worse...

This week’s “TV Guide” cover story tells us that “Hey Paula” is meant to be “a rebuttal to [Paula’s] loopy ‘American Idol’ image, indisputable evidence that she is not the scatter-brained nutjob the tabloids frequently make her out to be.”

But if you’ve watched the first three episodes, you know that statement couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, the show only makes her image worse…

In the first episode, we see Paula chastising her assistants for bringing her the wrong clothes to wear on a flight. She opens her suitcase and starts throwing out clothes right on the curb. And although we didn’t see it, I would guess that they held the plane for her. Then, we see her bicker with the folks at QVC about a key pendant she designed having an indentation she didn’t approve. Then, she arrives an hour and a half late for an event where she is being honored with a fashion icon award forcing the fabulous Tim Gunn to babble like an idiot until she gets there. When Tim finally does announce her name, she is still in the hallway, shaking hands with fans. Her voiceover tells us that even though she’s “a little late,” she will always make time for her fans…

Then we get to see Paula in all her loony glory. She tells us that she has a problem with insomnia, but she insists on making a stop at Starbucks, where she incoherently tells them to “surprise her” with something. After getting very little sleep, she meets with the makers of her perfume and makes a complete fool of herself. At one time she sat in the floor doing a “mad scientist” laugh…

And then, we got to see the infamous satellite interviews. Yes, she had a touch of the flu. And yes, she appeared to have not gotten much sleep, but it still didn’t all add up. And the story she told on “The Tonight Show” about having two different cities in her ear. Sorry, didn’t see it…

So what’s really going on with Paula? First of all, her publicist is an idiot who lets Paula run all over him. Of course, since his idea of damage control is to do nothing, I can kind of see why she does. Secondly, it’s clear that Paula packs her schedule with WAY too much. If her constant jetting from coast to coast is going to wear her out and make her act like an idiot, maybe she should just slow down…

And she really should start thinking a little more about others when it takes her FOUR HOURS to get ready for an event…

I’ve always liked Paula but when you make Tim Gunn look like an idiot, that seriously knocks you down on my list…

“Hey Paula!” airs Thursdays at 10 p.m. on Bravo…

Kelly's Good News/Bad News Week...

I’m back! Did you miss me?

So let me get back in the swing of things by telling you about the good news/bad news week for Kelly Clarkson.

The good news is that she sold more copies of “My December” in its first week on the charts (291,000) than she sold with “Breakaway” in its first week (250,000).

The bad news is that she only debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200, finishing behind “Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus.”

I warned you that “Hannah” would give Kelly a run for her money. I just didn’t realize how much of a run…

And as happy as I am for Miley Cyrus, Kelly really needed that #1 debut…

In other Kelly chart news, "Never Again" slides to #20 on the Hot 100, while "Sober" has yet to crack the top 50. Kelly's duet with Reba McEntire, "Because of You" is at #52...

An "Idol" Fourth of July!

You can make this Fourth of July an “Idol” Fourth of July thanks to NBC and PBS…

Elliott Yamin will perform on “A Capital Fourth” at 8 p.m. on PBS…

Jordin Sparks, Blake Lewis and Melinda Doolittle will perform on “Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular” at 9 p.m. on NBC…

And with that, I’m officially on vacation. Have a safe and happy Fourth, and I’ll catch you all next week…