David Cook needs to stop making me like him so much. I’m waiting for David Cook backlash to begin, because as of now, everyone seems content with loving him. He’s charming and affable and sometimes, on my way home from work, I cannot get The Time of My Now out of my frakking head.
And now he had to go and be kind of funny on VH1’s Best Week Ever…and you know his Cougars are gonna go crazy when he gets to the part about Susan Sarandon in Bull Durham…
And then he went to Nightline, well, via an empty bar. He lists Mariah Carey, Garth Brooks, White Zombie and Nine Inch Nails and acts who influenced him during his youth! Diverse music tastes! Excellent vocabulary! And they DID NOT make him rehash the tired story about playing Madden with his brother, nor did they asking anything about Kimberly Caldwell (Well, duh, they’re journalists over there at Nightline).
But seriously, Cook, you’re way too likable. In fact, sometimes I wonder if it might not be a bad idea for you to say, take candy from a toddler or kick a small animal, I don’t know. Obviously, you can sometimes come off as smug and I don’t always like your big-note-lemon-face, but seriously, most human beings don’t typically come off this likable, and you just kind of seem to continue becoming more likable. I know lesbians with live-in girlfriends who want to marry you AND I live in Massachusetts.
Snagged this homemade video of the beloved Stoner J singing Deep In The Heart of Texas. I know its only been a week, but I forgot how much I loved this kid’s voice. Love it. It was Jason Castro Day in Rockwell, Texas. Guess he got a parade and stuff (i.e., a big fatty bowl, key to the city). About damn time!
Here’s a fabulous play-by-play of all the madness that went down. Poor kid. Here is a sample quote from the on-the-scene witness:
he finally makes it into the suv and he opens the window to wave goodbye, at which point a woman tries to shove her puppy into his car (i dont know if she wanted him to have it?) which she has dressed in dreadlocks and a cap. jason closes his window.
Someone needs to do something about all these crazies. Poor kid.
Don’t you wonder what magazines he picked up before he did his business in that cup? Because that was the first thing I thought after my stomach turned.
From the bastion of hard-hitting journalism TMZ.com:
TMZ has learned Clay Aiken is going to be a daddy. In case you didn’t process that, Clay Aiken is going to be a daddy.
Here’s what we know. Multiple sources tell us the mother is Jaymes Foster, a record producer and Clay’s best friend. He lives at her home when he’s in L.A.
We’re told Foster, who produced several Aiken CDs, is due in August. She’s the sister of record mogul David Foster. We’re told she’s in her late 40’s, though we could not confirm her exact age. She divorced a few years back and has no kids. Aiken is 29.
We’re told Foster was artificially inseminated. But Clay is a lot more than sperm — we’re told he will have an active role in raising the child.
Michael Johns performed the national anthem at a Cubs game at Wrigley Field earlier this week. It sounds pretty damn good. I soooo would not have been off getting a beer if he was singing, which is what I’m usually doing during the Star Spangled Banner.
From The Acorn, a weekly paper serving several southern Los Angeles County suburbs:
HEATING UP - American Idol’s final four — Syesha Mercado, David Cook, David Archuleta and Jason Castro- get cooking at the Four Seasons Hotel in Westlake Village. The singers were participating in the Wellness Kitchen at California Health & Longevity Institute, preparing a healthy meal under the watchful eye of dietitian and chef Paulette Lambert. The four contestants enjoyed an overnight stay prior to the show’s conclusion at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles last week.
Awww, isn’t that cute? I wonder if they actually cooked something or just posed with cooking utensils. Coretta Scott Mercado’s pose is irritating me, but I would be ok sharing a kitchen with the others. Mostly if we could make that special kind of brownies…I know Stoner J is holding the recipe. I think he might be drinking wine or something, which I would probably need at that point, too. Let’s send Coretta home and then call over Michael Johns and Carly. Lil’ Archie can stay if he’s 18 by then. And if he won’t allow himself to be corrupted by then, that’s ok, too, because its always important to have a sober driver.
It was Lil’ Archuleta’s turn to be on Regis & Kelly today. (Hey, Reege, when are you gonna throw down with that asshat Larry King? I will totally buy tickets!)
Rickey also managed to check out David Cook’s new MySpace page…which kind of bugs me because its part of that CELEBRITY MySpace, widening the caste system in the one place where I could be as cool as that Tila Tequila chick if I really really wanted to…Damn them. (I wonder if he’s contractually obligated NOT to post a Facebook profile now.) Meanwhile, Greasy Constantine is trying to get MySpace Tom on the phone to find out why he’s not included on the celebrity pages…
You can even see Rickey in one of David Cook’s MySpace photos, but one of the others posted is so cute that it even managed to temporarily melt my cold cynical heart. Like pictures of kittens romping in fields of green, I tell ya.
And yes, I can’t help to admit I like that god-awful song. It’s like the Armageddon of songs. I know its horribly written and manipulatively moving on a surface level, but I can’t help it…The Time of My Now is just kind of listenable. I guess a bunch of other people agree because its #1 on Billboard’s Hot Digital Tracks Chart and a bunch of his other Idol songs are also ranked on there. Eunuch fans shall not dispair, their little Archie is also on there a few times as well. Cook also signed a record deal with RCA, which really isn’t news considering that was part of the whole winning deal, right?
Since David Cook wasn’t just signing contracts and accepting 40,000+ MySpace friend requests (Yeah, right, they got interns doing that crap), he also managed to make another TV appearance on the The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet, which I had never even heard of before today. (I’ve never been able to sit through an entire episode of anything on daytime TV except The Price Is Right, so color me out of touch.)
Funny thing is, I’ve heard the other famous song with a similar name 2x today. You know what I’m talking about, a little Bill Medley and Jennifer Warren. I swear this is driving up radio play of the classic 1980s hit (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life, too. This is my own personal theory, but trust me, flip through the radio if you’re stuck in a car during a crap commute to work, you’re gonna hear it.
And all those kooky Cooktards can rejoice in the fact Kimberly Caldwell hasn’t been on his arm during this entire NY press trip. Granted, they’re probably sending each other dirty text messages. Alas…not my concern. All I care about is that David Cook gets back to KC soon and gets a delicious fast food meal at the incredible Gates BBQ. That’s a better overall dining experience than in the green room at Regis & Kelly, I’m sure. One more thing, why hasn’t any interviewer asked him how many days of the week of the NYT crossword can he fully complete. (That’s the first thing I would ask, plus it beats that totally recycled story about his brother kicking his ass on Madden right after Hollywood Week.)
EW’s final Idolatry recap shows what happened during the whole Tivo snafu. Bonus points for using one of my favorite all-time films, Run Lola Run (Yeah…it was a lot like that for me, except I wasn’t on a pay phone or speaking in German). BTW, I love Michael Slezak.
David Cook went on Ellen. He talks about winning a Grammy, an Oscar, and maybe a Tony. Hmmm…come on, Cook, I want to keep liking you so don’t get all annoyingly cocky on me.
David Cook also went on Regis & Kelly. I don’t care what anyone says, Regis is way more in touch than Larry King. But that Kelly, she’s just better when she’s being imitated by Amy Poehler.
David Cook is going to be on a lot of talk shows this week. As is America’s Most Beloved Eunuch, David Archuleta, but he’s in all the day-after slots.
And speaking of Archuleta, MTV’s Jim Cantiello reveals he’s nothing like the gaspy kid we saw on the show. Which was also kind of apparent when the Top 10 contestants were on Larry King Live. This all leads me to believe losing was the best thing to happen to this kid because maybe, just maybe, he’s fulfilled his stage kid obligation to his overbearing father and can now maybe lead a relatively normal life.
Also on MTV.com…James Montgomery thinks its still 2005 and talks about how David Cook is a red state hero. While he refers to himself as an “elitist jerk” who “lives in NYC”, all well and good, I suppose, but doesn’t he realize that ESPECIALLY if you’re a music journalist, you should NEVER talk about hanging out in Chile with Fall Out Boy — Especially if you want people to think you’re actually proving a point about a former frat boy turned bartender who proclaims his love for Our Lady Peace. Dude. Seriously. Fall Out Boy. Yeah, I think Collective Soul and Nickelback blow, too, but dude, you just talked about hanging out with Fall Out Boy.
Top Idol just hit the 10,000 hits mark. Yay! And for the past 5 days, we’ve had over 500 hits per day.
If any of you are actually reading this stuff, I thank you. Keep reading. I’ll find some more crappy-yet-addictive shows to Tivo for the summer so I can ridicule them for whomever reads this little blog.
I love you all like David Cook loves hair product.
Just watch this video of a radio interview between Heidi Cortez and Idol Season 4 contestant, Greasy Constantine. It makes conversations I have with my cat sound like the Yalta Conference.
Greasy Constantine actually picked up some post AI Extra work. He’ll be doing Jesus Christ Superstar at a theater in New Jersey. Well, that’s like 30 miles away from Broadway, so you know, same damn thing, right?
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