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Kris Allen. Yup, in an upset to everyone but me (go ahead, ask my girlfriend, I told her Kris would win), Kris Allen beat Adam Lambert to take the title of “American Idol” this year. It probably bodes better for Adam to not win, it can keep him a little more low-key as any other stories about him might come out, and he seems aggressive enough to push his own agenda while the soft-spoken Kris will probably need the entire Idol publicity machine to reach gold, or platinum as it were.

Lots of women are diagnosed with breast cancer every day, so why does it take a famous person’s wife getting the disease to bring greater focus? In any case, best wishes to Amy Mickelson, wife of Phil Mickelson (he’s the pro golfer dude). Good job to Phil for taking the time off to support his wife.

A radio station Twittered that Patrick Swayze is dead, and the world believed it. Low and behold he isn’t dead, so says a spokeswoman. The funniest part of the story, though, is that messages left for Twitter for a comment were not returned. What comment would Twitter actually have to say about it?

Looks like people were tired of the big mustache and big-busted blond because the folks at NBC said they don’t want “My Name is Earl” back. Looks like Crabman can put his hair back to normal. Maybe Jay Leno will have a new sitcom in its place because it’s slowly looking like NBC is putting all of it’s eggs in the Leno basket. Hope they don’t go rotten.

Just a helpful travel tip that if you plan to drive near Chicago anytime soon, you might want to have a full tank of gas as you make your way through The Windy City because we’ve got the most expensive gas. If only we could harness the awesome power of the burrito!

I’m a big fan of the TV show “Chuck,” and of the hot blond, Yvonne Strahovski, (though I’d be a happier fan if she got naked), so I was worried it wouldn’t get renewed for the Fall. Thank the heavens above, and a “Save Chuck” campaign, because it’s coming back for at least a lucky 13 episodes. Yay!

Neither rain, nor snow, nor the Catholic Church could keep the world from seeing “Angels & Demons,” so Tom Hanks gets another #1 movie, especially worldwide. “Star Trek” did pretty awesome, too, especially for its 2nd weekend out, but can an Ahnold-less “Terminator: Slavation” dethrone both of them next week? Only a week will tell.

Donald Trump has spoken and Miss California will stay Miss California, and will not give up her crown to Almost Was Miss California.  Yup, Carrie Prejean, whom none of us would give a damn about if she didn’t say something about marriage to Perez Hilton, keeps her crown, and Donal Trump also had no problem with her semi-nude photos.  Well, duh!?!

Baba Booey, a.k.a. Gary Dell’Abate got the chance of a lifetime, the dream of baseball fans everywhere, to throw out the first pitch at a baseball game.  Gary’s dream came true before a New York Mets game, and much to the delight of Howard Stern fans everywhere, Baba Booey threw like a girl.  YouTube has pulled the video – here’s a link to the MLB version.

It’s a threesome I’m wondering if anyone wants to see, but Susan Boyle and Simon Cowell will both be on Oprah.  The show is slated to air on May 11th and is titled “The World’s Got Talent.”  Will Simon stay on “American Idol?”; Will we care what Susan Boyle’s house looks like?; Will Oprah give away more KFC people can’t get?  Some of those questions might be answered.