You’ve all had a lot to say about my colleague Adam Markovitz’s post from yesterday concerning Adam Lambert’s sexuality. On The View, Kara kind of, sort of, went ahead and outed him. The American Idol judge showed up on this morning’s episode in a pre-taped interview, during which she told Barbara Walters and Co. this [...]

NEW YORK (Billboard) – Actor Steve Martin returned to the U.S. pop album chart for the first time since 1981 with a new disc showcasing his considerable banjo-playing skills.

“The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo” debuted at No. 106 on the Billboard 200 this week, with a little help from “American Idol.”

Martin performed the [...]

American Idol” winner Kris Allen is already thinking about getting into politics.

The 23-year-old acoustic crooner from Conway, Arkansas, duets with Mike Huckabee (HUCK’-a-bee’) during an appearance on the former Arkansas governor’s Fox News Channel show scheduled to air Sunday.

Huckabee, who ran unsuccessfully for the Republican presidential nomination last year, backs up Allen on bass for [...]

Since emerging as “American Idol’s” Season 4 winner, Carrie Underwood has carved out a career as one of music’s biggest stars.  And although she’s been living life in the spotlight for the last five years — complete with a few high-profile romances — she feels like she’s been able to remain the same humble, thankful [...]

LOS ANGELES - Fox Broadcasting and the companies that produce “American Idol” said Wednesday that they were “absolutely certain” that the outcome of voting for the winner was not unfairly influenced by free text-messaging services offered to fans of Kris Allen, the winner, at viewing parties in Arkansas last week.

 “Kris Allen is, without a doubt, [...]

Stage presence did not come naturally to last year’s “American Idol” runner-up, David Archuleta.  So now that he has a post-”Idol” solo career, one of the things he’s had to do is learn how to be a more dynamic performer He talked to us about how he’s struggled to find his groove and learn how [...]

HONG KONG – From one talent show contestant to another: well done.

Kelly Clarkson, the winner of the debut season of “American Idol” in 2002, says she’s a fan of surprise British singing star Susan Boyle, adding to a growing number of celebrity admirers that already include Oprah Winfrey and Demi Moore.

Boyle, the 47-year-old church volunteer [...]

MILWAUKEE – Danny Gokey isn’t going to let a few put-downs keep him from dancing.

The 29-year-old former church music director and “American Idol” finalist says he’d like to try “Dancing With The Stars,” in part because the “Idol” judges regularly criticized his moves.

Gokey was back in Milwaukee for a free event Tuesday night. He wanted [...]

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - “American Idol” runner-up Adam Lambert’s performance with rock band Queen on the finale of the TV singing contest this week has the British band thinking about a new front man.

“Amongst all that furor, there wasn’t really a quiet moment to talk,” Queen guitarist Brian May told Rolling Stone in an interview [...]

NEW YORK – Clay Aiken says blood didn’t truly pour forth from his ears when he heard runner-up Adam Lambert sing “Ring of Fire” — and hey, he’s sorry for his “colorful choice of words.”

The former Idol contestant writes in a blog on his Web site dated Friday that “I obviously meant it as a [...]