Tidbits 12/22

LBFCA - parody of "Mary, Did You Know" - Tyra, Did You Know (this is absolutely hysterical!)

• A few mentions of Clay's Days of our Lives appearance - TUESDAY on NBC:
• Entertainment Weekly: "Days of Our Lives (NBC) Like sands in an hourglass, so numerous are the television appearances Clay Aiken has been making as of late. This time, he guest stars as Clay Aiken."
• TV Fodder - preview of Clay's DOOL appearance.
• Not all that interesting - TV Guide takes great pains to insult us Claymates, while at the same time serving up Clay's horoscope... on newsstands now (if you must buy it).
  
• The State - last minute Christmas gifts - “If he brings me Shania, I’ll bring him Clay Aiken.”
• The State - Chris Daughtry pulling a "Clay Aiken" on Idol winner Taylor Hicks? "Or will [Hicks] roll away like Ruben Studdard, leaving Daughtry to bask in the Clay Aiken-like glow of an also-ran?"
• Austin Statesman: three Texas families looking for a brighter future- "Roxane would like music CDs (Clay Aiken is her favorite artist.)"
  
• Seattle Pi - Sony BMG still cleaning up from their anti-piracy "rootkit" mess... "You probably popped that CD of the Dave Matthews Band's "Stand Up" or Clay Aiken's "Merry Christmas" into your computer without thinking much of it." (Select copies of MCWL had Sony BMG's faulty anti-piracy software)
  
• Christmas tour mentions:
• Charlotte Observer
• The State
• More Kelly/Clay/O'Donnell - now Donald Trump is involved... oh my!
• AP wire story on the O'Donnell/Trump feud
• Salon.com
• Inside Entertainment (Canada)
• Pink News (UK)
• Chronicle Herald (Canada)
• Southern Voice
• Detroit News
• Philadelphia CBS 3
• Access Hollywood
• E! News - Daily 10 names the Kelly/Clay feud their #7 celebrity feud of the year... who knew 2006 would bring Clay's first feud? LOL. This repeats for west coast folks at 10:30 Central time TONIGHT.
  
• Foxes on Idol- American Idol CD sales update - ATDW #124, MCWL #21 on holiday charts.
• Tacoma Daily Index - brief mention of Clay being Lycos.com's most searched for man of 2006.
• Speaking of Lycos, Clay drops 1 spot to move to #13 on this week's Lycos50.
• ChartAttack Reader Choice Poll - Clay Aiken still holds big lead in "international record" category (more info here)
• Pensacola New Journal - random Clay mention... (Christmas article)
• TV mentions:
• The State (Meghan Mullally Show)

Make sure you make a stop at LauraQ's Smugmug photo gallery for some fantastic shots from last week's Grand Rapids, MI concert. Whew! HAWT!

• Chexxxy's shows us why we all love Clay Aiken.
• Southern Girl - recap of this week in the Clay Nation.
  

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