Congratulations to Chris Daughtry and the gang!  “Daughtry” debuted at #2 on the Billboard charts and sold 304,000 copies in the first week!  I smell gold…oh, no, wait…is that platinum?

Do you think she’ll go to Disneyland?  The Orlando Sentinal gathered some videos of Jennifer Hudson’s Disney days.  Mickey’s got nothin’ on you, girl!

Wouldn’t you know it?  I don’t have $175,000 to bid on this dress.  I don’t have $1.75 to bid on this dress. Here’s the link if you do.  Well, I’ll keep an eye on it anyway.  I wonder how much it would cost to get Carrie’s legs?

Don’t forget about Taylor Hicks and the “Christmas In Rockefeller” special tonight on NBC!  Check your local listings!

I adore Ruben.  He was on the Tyra Banks show on Tuesday to perform and help judge the “Thick and Sexy Top Model” contest.  Read the recap here.

It doesn’t end there!  Ruben has set up his own modeling agency for plus-size models so he can find “real girls” to appear in his music videos.  Read the story here.  He’s an angel…

Apparently, Ryan Seacrest isn’t busy enough.  Read about his new Las Vegas-based reality show here.

If you haven’t visited Idol Waves radio - please, please do. It opens in a new window, so I love to play a little game and try to guess who’s singing before I look at the screen.  I’m easily amused…

Poor little Diana!  Diana was on ‘The O’Reilly Factor’ Tuesday night to discuss her harrowing experience with I.D. theft, stalking, and blackmail which started through her MySpace page.  Fortunately, the story has a happy ending - a woman has been arrested in Australia.  Go here to watch the video of the interview and here to read the story about the arrest.  And below, relive the good ol’ days and watch Diana hold a 17-second note!

If you’ve been watching ‘American Idol: Rewind’, you’ll remember Jim Verraros.  If you haven’t, well…here’s hopin’ you have a much better memory than I do.  (He’s the guy with deaf parents who signed his song in the audition - awwww!)  Either way, Jim will be starring in the new movie, “Eating Out 2″ - this interview is from The New York Blade Online.  Jim talks about the sequel, his music career, and life post-Idol.  Another example of “Don’t walk away from Idol - RUN!” - good for him!

Part Three of Shirley Kennedy’s interview with Elliott Yamin is up.  Elliott discusses his artistic integrity, paying his dues, and his new “day job”.  Thanks, Shirley, for an excellent interview…I’m desperately jealous…but thanks anyway.