December 2006 Archives

kat shows off her new wardrobe accessory - a big, green mechanical frog, which will accompany her to the rose parade.

our favorite "american idol" runner-up will sing - a new song, not "it's not easy being green" - on the amazing, adaptable frog float as it makes its way through pasadena on new year's day.

wow! you thought kat looked hot before. check out the cover of her album, which streets jan. 30. this is one kitten we wouldn't mind having around the house.

"american idol" runner-up katharine mcphee, the second-best thing about sherman oaks after the california chicken cafe, is pleased that the release of her debut album has been postponed to jan. 30th.

biz insiders agreed with kat that the original release date of just before christmas was a really bad time to sell a record. the first single will come out early next month.

meanwhile, those who caught early screenings of "alpha dog," the fictionalized account of a murder case involving young adults from the west san fernando valley, were surprised to hear what sounded like kat doing her version of "over the rainbow" in the film's opening credits.

turns out, the filmmakers used the late eva cassidy's decades-old version of the standard --- and it has almost the exact same arrangement as kat's.

they say nearly 64 million voters made taylor hicks their "american idol" last season. that means if those fans get the bug to buy this week, hicks' self-titled debut album is gonna be a soul patrol blockbuster.

six months after his "idol" triumph, hicks, 30, is bringing what he calls his take on r&b to the masses. a seasoned bar band singer, alabama-bred hicks will probably go on tour early next year, playingl theaters and clubs.

bloggers either love hicks or hate him; opinions range from "talentless" to "one of the all-time greats." early reviews of the album from buyers on amazon are five-star raves, claiming the silver-haired singer, who wrote some of the disc's dozen songs, has come up with a real charmer.

here at the daily news, the jury hasn't heard all the evidence yet.