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Ausdon aren't the posts we lose always the most witty things we've ever written!! http://www.billboard.com/features/top-24-american-idols-of-all-time-1004088662.story#/column/reality-check/top-24-american-idols-of-all-time-1004088662.story?page=1 So was looking through the top 24 idols ever. Clay is number 5 this year. Interesting read. I don't know most of them since I quit watching so long ago. I made it through 5 or 6 episodes last year and have been watching this season. I have a few faves but let's see how long I last. I'm also watching The Voice this season and there's just so much more diversity. I really prefer it. The music world has really changed. Jordin can't sell an album but she sold 9 million singles? The you tube stat is interesting. Unfortunately for Clay, his fans didn't need you tube. Everything was vaulted. Anyway, I know it's not a competition but I like looking at this fluid list every year. I know JHud has an album coming out. Jordin has Sparkle (Whitney's last film) about singers so she'll be featured on the soundtrack. Also learned that Fantasia will play Mahalia Jackson! I didn't know that. And I'm really curious to see if C.A. will help Clay in any way with his music career. But so many of these idols are doing well in other media. I tried to watch Smash with McPhee but the writing was so bad on it that I just gave up after the 3rd episode. I thought she was fine in it. But I just couldn't hang on to see if it got better. I don't usually go for "musicals" anyway. When is the album coming out again? The clip was great. Arsenio cracks me up as did Clay. I'm looking forward to seeing Clay more involved. But unless you're on the losing team you din't get to talk that much. But you don't want the men to lose ha ha. So is it George Takai the leader on the next challenge? Those pumps Aresenio pulled out were awesome but seriously I don't think I've ever worn such a shoe. And I haven't worn a high heel at all in at least 15 years. Speaking of musicals...hey Tree...Spamalot is coming to San Francisco in April. Wanna go?

I don't think these have been posted. I'ts funny I still only really use TWOP for any kind of TV show discussion. So these were posted there but I think via a Clay board ..don't know which one. http://www.huffingto..._n_1304747.html Victoria talking Clay Aiken. I tried to copy over something else but the format is whack and I'm running out. If I don't see here later I'll post it. It's an interview by Dee who talks about Lou being very agressive all the time -- on the verge of scary.

Twitter just confounds me. This is one I'm just going to continue to pass up. I have friends that are absolutely addicted. I don't like Lisa either. In fact, I thought she was an awful PM. She didn't listen. And she assigned things out of spite or something. No way on earth Victoria should have been the lighting person. Yes Victoria was useless but if she were articulate enough perhaps she could have made a better case for Lisa's ouster. And on a mean girl note, I can't believe me and Victoria are the same age. She looks 60 if she's a day.

I only saw the show in pieces because I kept falling asleep on it. Some of the other things I've done to see Clay are coming off more sane than sitting in my living room watching TV. Definitely not my type of show. I'll go back and watch the guy's parts after their "show." Happy Monday.

Oscars are kinda boring. Changed my mind about Crystal. I'll probably turn at 8 to watch TAR. So is the first hour of C.A. all repeats from last week?

so who is out?

LOL... I ddidn't watch Big Brother but she annoyed me last week on TAR. Hope she goes fast. Watching the Academy awards. I like Billy Crystal as host. Helen Mirren is my new girl friend. For some reason I just "discovered" her.

No she wasn't being snarky. I read the comments and she said most technology would fly right over her heard. She didn't even think of ipad. But still, it was a funny recap.

That was hilarious Aikim. But I think the funnies thing was unintentional...white kids without eye pads. I can understand no knowing our caring who Aubry Oday is..but how do you not know what an ipad is.

I don't know who Patricia Velasquez is but she seems to have a lot of heft. I'm not sure where she goes out but I liked her more than all the other women...combined.

I don't think there was anything wrong with the one big donation vs the 10 smaller donations from friends. I think all the guys were set to bring in money but then Pal said he could do 500K...well at that point it became a matter of strategy. And it could have cost someone on the men's team big time if he hadn't delivered. Is this 2 hours every week?

White Kids need Ipods. LOL I don't know most of these people. Red headed chick that thinks she's the most popular -- I don't know if I've ever seen her before. I'm not sure if Cheryl Tiegs has had bad plastic surgery or no plastic surgery. She doesn't look "naturally" old. Plus she just seems out of it.

did the men or women win?

ha ha ha..thanks for the definition. I'm so not current!!

what the hell does throwin' shade mean?

Lucky east coast..you can match the tweets up to what's going on.

Yay cool news about the blog. Ha ha..looks like he is going to tweet as it goes along. I guess he's just seeing hte edited versions himself.

Looking forward to reading comments. I don't mind being spoilered so don't mind having the conversations on main. But if someone thinks it's better to use the CA spoiler thread then just let us know and we can do that.

Slap on those seatbelts it's gonna be a bumpy ride LOL. Haha. Trump calls Clay nasty. Clay calls himself colorful. I have a feeling we might get some Boston Rob like confessionals.

Happy Birthday Luckiest. hope you had a wonderful day.

LOL at Clay the twitterer. Well I for one don't care if any of the other celebrities like Clay or is his BFF. The man sounded sincere about how he thinks Clay feels about him and he didn't sound vindictive. Or it could just be build up for the show. Either way it goes, Clay can take care of himself. Clay's already warned his fan base and they need to take that to heart before the show starts. I'm not going into this thinking Clay is some victim that needs protecting or that if someone doesn't like them then I must hate them. I'm sure he will give as good as he gets. And maybe he will be reasonable or unreasonable. Nobody is perfect. One thing I have learned about these types of shows is that they are heavily edited. So I will likely go out of it just like I go into it -- not giving a damn about any of them but Clay and Arsenio. And if Clay and Arsenio happen not to get along for whatever reason that's between them.

So is this a clip of the actual show. Love it. Clay is really fast on his feet. I'm not surprised he does well on this show.

Watching the Grammys and god is it boring. Just trying to hold out for Adele. A standing O for Taylor Swift? Really? So Adele was worth staying up. As ya'll know I'm not really into pop music but thanks to this guy at work who turns up the radio in the office every time one of her songs comes on - and they come on every hour on the hour LOL - I am a fan. Blake Shelton is my new boyfriend. He's so cute. Never heard of him before 2 weeks ago. Glen Campbell sounded better than 90% of the "talent"on the stage tonight. And Jennifer's tribute song was excellent. The rest was not my cuppa. And it went on and on and on. So next week is Celeb App, and TAR yay and TGW returns. I just put CA on season pass on the DVR.

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Long time drug use could have deteriorated her health over time. She was such a good little church girl - or at least had that reputation for such a long time before she descended into drugs short cutting what could have been an even better career in music and film. A little known factoid is that it took the African American community (I won't speak for all and definitely not me as I always loved her) a while to fully embrace her. I think it was the fact that she had that great voice yet Clive Davis had her singing pop songs. Some thought of her as souless and rhythmless which is a major crime in some circles. Found this 1991 article that addresses some of that, ironic in many ways since knowing what was to come. http://findarticles....ag=content;col1 In hindsight it's a good thing they moved celebrity apprentice. ETA: I didn't realize Whitney had finished filming a remake of Sparkle w/Jordin Sparks in the title role. Dang I was 14 when the original Sparkle came out. I think I had to sneak to see it with all that sex, drugs and rock and roll. I'm not sure this is one that needed a remake.