Tidbits 8/10

• Clay is on AOL.com's homepage listed under "Popular Searches". Woohoo!
  
• ATDW is finally available for pre-order at WalMart.com. Priced at $14.98, you're better off with Amazon.com's $9.99 price.
  
• Hey! It looks like the house Clay did his ATDW photoshoot at last month is a hotspot for photography/video shooting. Take a look at this Rebecca Lynn music video from 2002- shot at the exact LA same house!
• WCSH 6 TV- article about Dean Benowitz, AI hairstylist -- "If you've never heard of Dean Benowitz, you probably don't know beans about hair styles. And he should know, because Benowitz is the hair stylist for American Idols Kelly Clarkson, Taylor Hicks and Clay Aiken."
• Richmond Times Dispatch- CD release season heating up! "September is particularly overstuffed, and many of these folks -- Clay Aiken, Ruben Studdard, John Mayer and that memorable pair, Justin and Janet -- have much to prove to remind us why they matter."
• As they say it, better late than never. Blog from WDBJ-TV's Kimberley about the May AI5 finale: "My personal favorite....the Clay Aiken wanna-be who looked like he was about to have a heart attack when his Idol came out on stage to perform a duet with him of Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me. What a great moment in Idol history.... HaHa! By the way, what was up with Clay's hair?"
• Florida Sun Sentinel answers reader's question about Clay (funny since there's no mention of ATDW):

  Aiken might not have won American Idol but he has gone on to have the biggest career of anyone who has appeared on the show with the possible exception of the first winner, Kelly Clarkson. His debut album, Measure of a Man, sold more than 3 million copies. He tours constantly, almost always to sold-out venues and is very active on behalf of charitable causes, especially the Bubel/Aiken Foundation, which he formed in 2003 with activist Diane Bubel, whose son Mike is autistic. The organization is dedicated to the integration into the mainstream of young people with developmental disabilities.

• MTV.com reports yesterday's Parade mag poll which Clay won.
• Christian Today article about Christmas CD mentions Clay/MCWL.
• Press Connects - someone in NY named their horse "Aiken For Clay". Too cute!
• ATDW is now available at Sony Music's store... very good description:

  Chosen in Rolling Stone's "People of the Year", Clay Aiken has gone from American Idol to American icon. Clay's new album, A Thousand Different Ways is sure to capture the hearts of millions with a passionate, engaging voice in more than a thousand ways! The album features the hit, "Without You", and so much more.

• Taking A Moment- how to beat the summer heat. "It's so hot that I think Clay would be down to his last three shirts, and probably had to apply extra deodorant."
  

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