Tonight 11 American Idol contestants bid farewell, leaving us with a great list of 13 finalists.  Here they are! Casey Abrams Naima Adedapo Lauren Alaina James Durbin Ashthon Jones Stefano Langone Jacob Lusk Scotty McCreery Paul McDonald Thia Megia Haley Reinhart Karen Rodriguez Pia Toscano. The voting system did its job, and the judges certainly…

The unrest in Libya is having at least one positive outcome – charity by way of pop stars.  Beyonce and Nelly Furtado top a list of pop singers who have performed recent shows for the Qaddafi family, and they are giving their earnings to charity.  Beyonce chose earthquake relief, and apparently donated the money well…

Last night the men rocked the stage and tonight it was the girl’s chance to show what they could do.  There haven’t been any standouts amongst the females this year just yet, Did someone emerge tonight?  Let’s find out! Ta-Tynisa Wilson – Ta-Tynisa got the night started off with a vanilla version of Rihanna’s latest…

Welcome to the first ever “Editor’s Picks”!  It may be a surprise, but I do in fact have an editor.  In an even bigger surprise, he actually likes some of what I write.  Crazy, I know!  Since he is an awesome guy with exceptional taste, I’ve asked him to pick out his favorite posts each…

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