Ashley Rodriguez has travelled internationally with the gospel group Overjoyed, but when she attempted to persuade American Idol judges with her vocals, she chose secular ballad "If I Ain't Got You" by Alicia Keys. The song is extremely difficult to pull off, but Ashley did it well.

Kara DioGuardi "loved" her, Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson gave her big "YES!" votes and Victoria Beckham liked the way she was dressed, lol. I adore Posh as an Idol judge because she's always critiquing the contestants attire and not their voices. She's the best!

Ashley's Boston audition is after the jump. She already has the looks for pop music. By the end of this season we'll learn just how far those full bubes, lips, and big voice will take her.

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He may only be 19 years old, but Tyler Grady dresses like he's from the '70s and he sang Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" during his American Idol audition. Victoria Beckham was f*cking him with her eyes and Kara DioGuardi was fairly smitten too. He's tall, he has great energy, and Tyler's voice is sexual chocolate. He would be promoted to sexual fudge, but he could be easier on the eyes, so I'm sticking with 'sexual chocolate.' I like to rate my men by food sometimes.

Tyler is a drummer who says he wants to get his shine from becoming a frontman. Both of his wrists were broken when Tyler auditioned. His band, Wailing Waters, has done fairly well, winning three battle of the bands competitions. Tyler sang at the Boston auditions but he's from Pennsylvania.

I worship the microphone Howard Stern gets his spit on. I'm that much of a fan. Howard's contract with Sirius radio expires at the end of this year and Howard admitted that he's in talks to replace Simon Cowell.

On why he wants to become an American Idol judge: "There's not a better job on the planet than judging that f---ing karaoke contest. It would be the best thing that happened to me."

On his potential new schedule: "What a cush job -- $100 million for four months. Who wouldn't take that?"

On the salary he wants: "They'd have to pay me a ton of dough because I already make a ton of dough. A $100 million to judge a karaoke contest? Yeah, I would do that show for $100 million."

On why the King of Media should replace Mr. Cowell: "I can't imagine anyone else but me replacing [Cowell]... I don't know. How else are they going to make that show work? Who knows how to broadcast and who knows how to be interesting? And who's not afraid to speak their mind?"

I am so in love with Howard Stern, I can't even express it without sounding as sane as Tila Tequila, so I won't bother to attempt it. But I will say this: American Idol is a sinking ship. Howard could rescue it, he really could! Simon is so much easier on contestants, but Howard never gives a sh*t and he is amazing. Fox, make this happen!

With a last name like Bowersox and blonde dreadlocks and a lip-piercing, Crystal Bowersox has got some distinctive features!

It's not everyday that you see a folk rock and blues singer wearing a guitar and rocking blonde dreadlocks. It's even more rare that a girl who grew up on a farm in Ohio would remind you of Janis Joplin - in braces.

Crystal has a stand-out look and a stand-out voice. I like her already.

Blake Lively was photographed while on the beach in Miami, and boy did she look hawt!

I love a woman with some meat on her bones and Blake's got that. Unlike airbrushed magazine photos, bikini pics can reveal hideous Mischa Barton-like cellulite, Jennifer Love Hewitt's rolls and dimples, or bikini pics can be an opportunity to prove your natural hotness.

The Gossip Girl star was photographed with co-star Chace Crawford, but her boyfriend Penn Badgley was also there. Blake looks amazing! She clearly must work out. Blake has said, "I do panic before I have to wear a really skimpy outfit, but I don't have enough willpower to diet." Whatever Blake's doing, it's working.

Sarah Silverman was dating Jimmy Kimmel for five years, and now she's moved on to Family Guy writer producer Alec Sulkin.

Sarah sounded pretty strange when she explained to PageSix magazine how her current boyfriend differs from Kimmel and some of the other men she's dated.

"I think he's the first guy in a decade who's given me any kind of compliment, like saying I'm pretty or anything." WHAT?! Compliments should be a prerequisite before any kind of panty-dropping takes place. Then again, I remember when I heard Kimmel on "The Howard Stern Show" forever ago. Jimmy said that his wife had NEVER given him a blow job and Sarah hasn't either. He didn't wanna ask Sarah to do it, so it just hadn't happened. SMH.

No wonder men aren't complimenting Sarah! She's giving them no incentive to do so. It's time to get on your knees, honey, (at least for Alec Sulkin) before he drags you along, legally commitment-free, just like Jimmy did.

On David Letterman's sex scandals: “The reasons I love him don’t have anything to do with who he’s f--king. I love ‘talk show host’ David Letterman. I’m not looking to have him be a United Nations representative. The same thing with Tiger Woods. We’re all so shocked that an athlete is f--king people?”

On smoking pot and her medical marijuana prescription: “I went to the doctor and was honest. I said, ‘When I’m working and I have to get to sleep for the next day, I’d rather smoke a little bit of Indica than take a sleeping pill. Also when I have menstrual cramps, that makes it go away.”

Carrie Prejean no longer needs to send sex tapes to her boyfriend, she can now send 'em to her fiance! Carrie Prejean, 22, is now engaged to St. Louis Rams player Kyle Boller.

Kyle proposed to Carrie on Saturday in Prejean's hometown of San Diego. Kyle also has a house in SD and spends his off-season there. Carrie and Kyle began dating last July after Carrie's topless pics were leaked and the religious discrimination victim and sextape star lost her Miss California crown. Kyle has already stood by Carrie during what may have been her worst of times, thus far. Unlike Kyle's poor performance on the football field, when it comes to his relationship with Carrie, he's in it to win it!

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are suing British tabloid News of the World for falsely reporting that the couple were going to split.

The couple's lawyer, Keith Schilling, said Monday "We can confirm unequivocally ... that the allegations published by the News of the World are false as well as intrusive."

It was only yesterday when Brad Pitt and Angelina were caught sucking face from their box seats at the Super Bowl. If you can't release a sex tape to prove you're still with your partner, making out in public is the second most effective way to show everyone you're still banging.

Brangelina are often the subject of many rumors and they tend to stay quiet and keep living their lives. I'm proud of them for standing up this time and suing the idiots at News of the World. For some reason, this breakup rumor gained too much traction, forcing them to have public dates and suck each other down for the paparazzi just to prove everything's fine. They have a mini-army to raise and they just don't need the stress. Good for Brad and Angie!

An absence of self-esteem has caused Heidi Montag to change her face and body forever, and she continues to sound like a lost, confused young woman.

Heidi Montag is full of contradictions, which kind of explains everything: This chick doesn't have a clue! Heidi tells People magazine that she's "very fragile" and "I'm not in a great place right now."

Yet she also says that she is "thrilled." The 23 year-old reality star says "I'm the happiest I've ever been in my life." But I thought you were not in a great place right now, b*tch?!

Heidi says that she was "hysterical the whole time" when she paid her mother a visit in Colorado last month. Their face to plastic face reunion was "so hurtful" because Heidi's mom looked at her "like a circus freak."

Well, Ms. Montag, yo mama isn't the only one looking at you like a circus freak, but none of that should matter since you're "the happiest" you've ever been in your life.

Dating a woman like Lindsay Lohan is a form of abuse all by itself. But "sources" have told Radar that Samantha Ronson gets physical with Lindsay Lohan, and we're not talking about the God knows what they engage in between the sheets kind of 'physical.'

A source claims, “One time I saw her [Lindsay] and she had a large welt on her head. She told me that Sam beat the (bleep) out of her. She also said that Sam even punched and choked her one time.”

Following a break-in at Lindsay's Hollywood Hills home, Linds moved into an apartment in West Hollywood where Sam also lives. Sam "regularly comes over" using a key she has to Lindsay's place.

“It’s so twisted. They’re not together, but they are. I never thought I’d ever say this, but I really do feel sorry for Lindsay. She is just lost. She’s alone. She has no friends to turn to.”

This story has about as much credibility as must-write-notes-on-her-hand-to-give-speech Sarah Palin. It's all about a story's source and Radar is BFFLs with Michael Lohan, who may have provided this more than likely fabricated story to begin with. The story ends with: Michael Lohan has repeatedly expressed concern that Lindsay’s behavior is being negatively effected by the prescription drugs she’s taking and that she is taking too many.

SamRo is passive and that's why her friends have wanted her to stay away from batsh*t Lindsay. Samantha also looks like she weighs as much as one of my thighs. Lindsay is the aggressive one. If we're talking about who's more likely to punch or choke out who, it's gotta be Lindsay Blohan!