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CONGRATULATIONS TO AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 3 SEMIFINALIST JENNIFER HUDSON ON HER OSCAR WIN FOR HER SUPPORTING ROLE IN DREAMGIRLS TONIGHT.

• Denver Post -article about Jimmy Kimmel ...

  Late night is where he's comfortable, whether plugging mainstream fan favorites (the Clay Aiken crowd of seniors was quite voluble), or hosting more idiosyncratic guests (last year's snakebite video remains a hit on YouTube, showing Kimmel being tended by paramedics and rushed to the "Grey's Anatomy" doctors).

• UGO Actress Archives - AI article... "Over the five completed season of American Idol, household names have been made of Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Clay Aiken, Fantasia Barrino, Carrie Underwood, Bo Bice and Taylor Hicks."
• Los Angeles Times - The CB's CLAYGAL says there was a very nice Clay mention yesterday today's Los Angeles Times print edition (Idol article) -

  Every season's first "Idol" episode brings a lurch to the stomach. We see 24 unformed rough talents and the question looms heavy in the ether: Is there a Kelly Clarkson among this crowd? Can the next Clay Aiken be hanging over that railing before us? And at first glance, the answer is generally: absolutely not. There is no way that these wild, untamed beasts of the musical jungles can rise in one song, in one episode, to the stature of the giants of entertainment. That kind of grvitas comes only after an entire season of trials and setbacks and brilliant breakthroughs.

• Clay mention in the Mar. 5 issue of InTouch. Thanks to CV's Butterflyshine for this:

  Who wore it better?
  
  Imitation really is the hightest form of flattery! Jimmy Kimmel showed upon Ellen on February 21 in exactly the same ensemble as Ellen DeGeneres hereself (black pants, white sneakers, pink sweater, white dress shirt and skinny black tie). "This is so embarrassing!" he joked. Jimmy's got real talent for dressing to impress-check out the outfit he wore when Clay Aiken visited Jimmy's show on Valentine's Day!

• Entertainment World - Diane Austin's article on AI6 ... some Clay mentions:
  - Chris Sleigh - "I’d like to see them do a Clay Aiken makeover on Sligh, but I’m afraid it just ain’t gonna happen."
  - Phil Stacey - "Phil is my favorite at this point, and ironically, he sang a great song I would have said could only be sung by one person, and that no one else since could do it justice. The selection is “I Could Not Ask for More”; the artist is Clay Aiken. But Phil did his own version and nailed it."

• There Was A Man - "Talk the Talk" - Clay co-hosts The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet ... recap, photos, video.