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Sherbabe
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07-28-2002

Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 6:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sherbabe a private message Print Post    
I just posted on Season II PAGE, regarding Reuben being awarded $2 million for his manager misusing his money.

Kaykohl
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05-10-2004

Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 10:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kaykohl a private message Print Post    
AI Single - First Week Sales

Clay: 393,000

Ruben: 286,000

Kelly: 236,000

Taylor: 227,946 (Physical singles-190,147; Digital Downloads 37,799)

Carrie: 168,634 (Physical singles - 129,610; IYH downloads 39,024)

Fantasia:142,141

Bo: 119,211 (Physical singles - 105,955; IYH downloads: 13,256)

Diana: 64,730

Taylor's CD debuted at # 1 this week according to Billboard

Chy
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07-19-2003

Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 11:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chy a private message Print Post    
Just saw Extra talking about Kat and her battle with weight/eating disorder.
There were too many things going around here, I didn't catch every thing, but it seems she will be on a Teen people's cover soon.

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 6:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
supposedly, she didn't seek help until last fall, after she had already started with AI. she said she was throwing up as many as 7 times a day for 5 years.
her boyfriend is 41. almost double her age...well, i can tell you, i would about s#it if my dd was dating someone in their mid- to late- 30's, which is the equivalent for her being 18 1/2. no wonder kat didn't like taylor; he was too young for her!

Sherbabe
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07-28-2002

Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 11:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sherbabe a private message Print Post    
American Idol's Simon Cowell called runner-up Katharine McPhee's voice "the best of the competition." What hardly anyone knew, however, was that she'd risked destroying that voice: She'd struggled with bulimia for five years, and the self-induced vomiting could have taken away her ability to sing.

At her worst point, she was throwing up as many as seven times a day, which is like "putting a sledgehammer to your vocal cords," she tells PEOPLE in its new issue.

Finally, after successfully auditioning for Idol last fall, McPhee, 22, decided to seek help. "When I made it onto American Idol, I knew that food – my eating disorder – was the one thing really holding me back," she says. "I was bingeing my whole life away for days at a time … So when I got on the show, I said, 'You know what? I can do well in this competition. Let me give myself a chance and just get ahold of this thing.' "




Her Aug. 18, 2005 Idol audition
CREDIT: RAY MICKSHAW / WIREIMAGEWith the support of her parents, Peisha, 52, and Daniel, 57, and her actor boyfriend, Nick Cokas, 41, in October McPhee enrolled at Los Angeles's Eating Disorder Center of California, where she spent three months undergoing group and individual therapy, six days a week.

"I knew I had put off going to a treatment center long enough – I'd been struggling with bulimia since I was 17," she says. "Growing up in Los Angeles and spending all those years in dance class, I'd been conscious of body image at a young age, and I went through phases of exercising compulsively and starving myself. … Food was my crutch; it was how I dealt with emotions and uncomfortable situations."



More on this story
American Idol's Katharine McPhee Visits PEOPLE!
Idol Scrapbook: Katharine McPhee
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Finally, her program at the Eating Disorder Center helped her gain control of her relationship with food – but it wasn't easy. "I really had to surrender and give up having a free life to do the program, because I'd be there from 9 in the morning until 7 at night. … I remember that first night, my dad holding me, crying and saying, 'I don't know why you have to suffer through this, but it's going to be okay.' "




McPhee and boyfriend Nick Cokas in June
CREDIT: MARCEL THOMAS / FILMMAGICNow, McPhee, whose first single comes out June 27, has dropped 30 lbs. as a result of the "intuitive eating" approach she learned at the center. "I learned that there's no such thing as a bad food," she says. "If you look at a doughnut, people think it's a fattening food – why? Because if you eat it you'll get fat? No, you'll get fat if you eat 10 doughnuts."

Although McPhee admits she's still learning to deal with stress – "I still bite my nails," she says – she's much happier these days. Of getting treatment for her illness, she says, "That's why I say American Idol saved my life, because if I hadn't auditioned I don't think I would have gotten a handle on food."

Roppiepie
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05-06-2004

Sunday, June 25, 2006 - 5:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roppiepie a private message Print Post    
Anyone know why Katherine has canceled all her press interviews with the rest of the idols?

Sherbabe
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07-28-2002

Sunday, June 25, 2006 - 6:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sherbabe a private message Print Post    
NO, hadn't heard that. Wonder what's up w/ her.

I was watching on E! network, the red carpet of Pirates of the Carribean Movie at Disneyland. Ace was there and was interviewed. He is recording his album now and preparing for the tour. He is as cute as always. His brother was in the background.

Chy
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07-19-2003

Monday, June 26, 2006 - 6:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chy a private message Print Post    
What's the date of Kat's Bocceli gig? That's probably what she's working on or resting from.

Roppiepie
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05-06-2004

Monday, June 26, 2006 - 2:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roppiepie a private message Print Post    
She did a 2-show weekend gig with Bocelli about 3 weeks ago. Celebrity Spider says she cancelled all her stuff the day after she broke her bulemia news. Doesn't her single drop today? I would think she would want to be out and about promoting it.I hope she's ok and not sick or just acting temperamental.

Sherbabe
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07-28-2002

Monday, June 26, 2006 - 5:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sherbabe a private message Print Post    
Just my humble opinion, but, there's a likability factor missing (for me) for Miss Mcphee. Can't put my finger on it.

Roppiepie
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05-06-2004

Monday, June 26, 2006 - 9:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roppiepie a private message Print Post    
Same here, Sherbabe. Is she going to be a whiney baby all through the tour!?!? Sounds like she's practising to be a real diva. They could drop her from the tour and I doubt that I'd miss her.

Mak1
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08-12-2002

Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 10:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mak1 a private message Print Post    
Kat is on "complete voice rest" due to laryngitis and bronchitis. Per doctor's orders, she did not perform at the AI5 opening concert in Manchester NH last night and will not perform tonight.

She will be guest co-host on The View on July 19.

There are some fan reviews of the opening concert at mjsbigblog. mjsbigblog.com/categories/americanIdol/

Chy
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07-19-2003

Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 5:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chy a private message Print Post    
EEeek! Poor mj's got some distorted Bass in the vids on her Blog.
Does anyone know how to fix it?(She's asking for help.) Or is there another place for peeks? (That's for me.)

Naja
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06-28-2003

Monday, July 10, 2006 - 11:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
Hi, I don;t know if you all know, but the idol tour NEVER comes to Kansas City. They go to St. Louis which is too far for me. Anyway, the Idol Gods have given me an Idol pacifier. William hung will be here in about 3 and half hours to perform at a baseball game that isn't even associated with a team's major league. WoW!

http://www.tbonesbaseball.com/promotions/

or

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/sports/15002738.htm


"Tonight’s 7:05 game features, to quote the T-Bones’ Web site, “American Idol sensation William Hung, live and in person.” Never seen the show, but apparently this is the guy who’s famous for being a no-talent hack."


The rest of the world gets Taylor and the cool people, I get William Hung :-(

Naja
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06-28-2003

Monday, July 10, 2006 - 11:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
Nobody wants to carpool?

Sherbabe
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07-28-2002

Monday, July 10, 2006 - 12:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sherbabe a private message Print Post    
Chris Daughtry, the American Idol fan favorite who placed fourth on the FOX talent hunt, has signed a record deal.

The North Carolina native, 26, has inked an agreement with RCA Records chief Clive Davis and Idol creator Simon Fuller's label, 19 Recordings Unlimited, and is expected to release an album later this year, RCA announced Monday.

Two of Daughtry's fellow Idol contestants – winner Taylor Hicks and runner-up Katharine McPhee – have already signed similar deals with 19 Recordings and Davis, who launched the careers of Whitney Houston, Alicia Keys and many others.

According to a statement by RCA, Daughtry will form a band and "has already begun to work with A-list collaborators" to write and record new material.

The singer, whose raspy vocals can be heard on the American Idol: Season Five compilation CD (which features his popular cover of Bon Jovi's "Wanted Dead or Alive"), was born in Roanoke Rapids, N.C., but grew up in Lasker, a town with a population of 103, according to the 2000 census.

Only hours after Daughtry's surprising Idol ouster, the multi-platinum rock band Fuel offered him a job. Bass player Jeff Abercrombie and guitarist Carl Bell told TV's Extra that Daughtry was invited to replace singer Brett Scallions, who quit in February.

While considering the offer, Daughtry, who is raising two children with wife Deanna, told PEOPLE of Fuel, "They're good friends of mine, and right now I'm just thinking everything through and making sure that I make the right decision for me and my family. Those things take time."

But Daughtry eventually declined the invitation, telling the Charlotte Observer, "I'm going to be doing my own thing."

Keldogg
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08-12-2005

Monday, July 10, 2006 - 1:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Keldogg a private message Print Post    
Naja...LOL....please tell me that you are going to hear him! You could maybe take a video camera and record it for all of us who are deprived of this wonderful opportunity!
I for one am lookign forward to your posting and your review!

Naja
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06-28-2003

Monday, July 10, 2006 - 2:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
Keldogg, maybe somebody went, but I didn't. I couldn't find a carpool volunteer :-(

LOL

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Monday, July 10, 2006 - 7:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
Katharine misses tour start but shows up for Cosmo Girl photo shoot

On Wednesday, the American Idol 5 tour started without Katharine McPhee, who was too sick to attend or perform. In a statement, she said she needed “to recuperate.” On Thursday, Katharine “showed up for a Cosmo Girl photo shoot” in LA, according to E!’s Ted Casablanca, who cites an unnamed source saying she “looked pretty healthy.”

Why would she do such a thing? Ted says she’s a “supreme sass-follower in the diva shoes first donned by such AI legends as Clay Aiken.”

TMZ has a different, contradictory theory: Katharine has been “working so hard on her debut album that she’s hurting her voice, and sources tell TMZ that FOX is none too happy about it.” This sounds credible, but a nameless, pretend source tells me that TMZ’s lack of credibility combined with the all-too-perfect reason makes that sound like a story planted by a PR person.

Speaking of unnamed sources, Rush and Molloy cite a single unnamed source who actually confirms Ted’s claims, unless, of course, it’s the same source. Anyway, they report that “the other contestants … secretly despise Katharine for her diva-like behavior and the special treatment they feel producers have bestowed on her. She begged off the first three weeks of the tour — supposedly due to bronchitis — and the others are not looking forward to her antics after her return.”

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Mak1
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08-12-2002

Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - 12:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mak1 a private message Print Post    
I was thinking how disastrous this would have been for the tour if Kat had won the title. Of course, it's hard to say if she would have fallen ill if she had won. I think I've given her the benefit of the doubt long enough. Something's not ringing true.

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - 4:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
Sure, Naja, come on down to Dallas and pick me up...I can't wait!

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - 9:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
I love articles based on single unnamed sources. Don't they understand that you don't have to sing at a photo shoot?

Keldogg
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08-12-2005

Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - 12:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Keldogg a private message Print Post    
Jimmer...you're right you don't have to sing at a photo shoot, but rest/relaxation (freedom from stress) will go a long way in speeding recovery. Now I'm not saying that she actually did the things that this "unnamed source" says she did, like showing up for the shoot and all, but if she did, I think I would question her judgement, that's all. Unfortunately, I had the same kind of reaction as Mak1, especially after her explanation of her eating disorder....I know quite a bit about that subject, and what the press was reporting was not ringing true to me...but since I know how the press can twist things around, and it could have been highly edited, I took it with a grain of salt...let's just say it's another one of those things that make you go.....hmmmmm?

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - 1:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
Did y'all see on eonline that they are about to start auditioning for next year?

Roppiepie
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05-06-2004

Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - 8:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roppiepie a private message Print Post    
I don't think Kat will even step foot on the idol stage if she can avoid it. he proof is in the pudding, as they say. She's set to co-host Regis and Kelly on 7/17. If she can talk there, I expect here to haul her butt onto that idol bus and give the people what they've payed for!