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In Adam Lambert's new interview with The Los Angeles Times, he talks about his image, "the gay stuff, and his music. Adam wants to let everyone know that he's the real deal and he has looked up to people like Christina Aguilera - who can make pop songs while having the talent to truly belt it out.

On his image:

"People want to talk about whether I have rock cred, whether I'm selling out, the theatricality, the gay stuff. ... Chill out! And just enjoy yourself. It's not that deep.

Not wanting to sound fraudulent like Miley Cyrus who hasn't listened to a Jay-Z song but sings otherwise, the guyliner-loving singer corrected himself saying: "...Sometimes it is deep. Some of the songs on the album are. Sometimes it's just, 'This is hot, I feel good, this song makes me want to go get a drink and flirt with somebody and have a good time.' Good energy is just as credible as the cathartic, dark, heavy stuff. It's just as important!"

On his music and style:

"People look at me and immediately say, 'Oh, he's doing the musical-theater thing. But if you look at most female pop stars right now, how are they any less theater"

To further his point Glambert name drops Sasha Fierce: Beyoncé is doing 'Single Ladies' with two girls in character shoes and leotards, doing Fosse choreography from 'Sweet Charity' and 'West Side Story.'"

On his influences:

I was a Paula Abdul fan, a Michael Jackson fan, a Madonna fan. Christina Aguilera was a great example of someone taking the pop-dance feel but who could really sing. Pop stars have done it; it's just not a lot of guys have done it."

Well Adam's doing it and he has the talent and likability to create a lengthy career in pop/rock music.

Adam Lambert's highly anticipated debut single premiered today. "For Your Entertainment" is "dance music with a glam-rock shuffle beat," according to the American Idol runner-up.

Adam describes FYE as his "Britney song" and calls "Time for Miracles" his "Christina Song." While on Ryan Seacrest's morning show, Glambert said, "Hope you're gonna wanna blast it while you're gettin ready for Halloween!! Then at the club!!!"

I think this song is like a "Britney song" in more ways than one. It's like Brit's new single '3.' I hated it at first, but its grown on me a bit.

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American Idol's Latina version of Kelly Clarkson's debut album will be titled Just Like You.

Allison Iraheta's debut single, "Friday I'll Be Over You," doesn't do her any justice; and she looks more like a young Hot Topic addict here than a mature sounding rocker. The background looks cheap and it makes me wonder what her marketing and promotional budget consists of. Yep, I totally think it's that bad!

Just Like You drops on Dec. 1.

Alliston Iraheta's debut single is "Friday I'll Be Over You." Allison made it to American Idol's top 4 and her album will be released on Dec. 1.

When asked what fans will take away from 'Friday I'll Be Over You,' Allison said, "It's a song everyone can relate to. It's a pretty simple song. It ain't too hard to understand. I think people will really just be like 'Yeah!' ... hopefully."

And when it comes to Idol, Allison said that it was "pretty hard" for her to be herself, saying, You're already portrayed as someone else. It's kind of hard to come out as who you really are. But, now people get a chance to know who we are, going to see us on tour and stuff.

I love Allison, but this song is a horrible way for her to launch her solo career. She is much better than this absolute CRAP! Although I'm skurred of her debut album now, I still hope it will at least go gold.

Allison Iraheta Friday I'll Be Over You

Ever the articulate has been, Katharine McPhee weighs in on Paula Abdul's replacement. While performing for a Los Angeles Regional Foodbank benefit concert on Monday night, McPhee said that it "wouldn't surprise" her if Simon Cowell also left Idol.

Katharine claims that Simon, Randy and Paula have been judging "for so many years," so it's natural that some  of 'em may want to go. She's apparently unaware of how badly Paula wanted to stay!

Kat says,

"People try to figure out the real stories and I'm like, 'Who cares? She wants to go.' I imagine some of the crazed fans who love Idol and don't want it to change at all would be upset, but I think it's a great changeup."

Katharine says that Ellen brings "the cool factor" and she can't explain what's so cool about her, but she just is."You can go around and around and say, 'What can she bring to the show?' but she's just cool!"

Yet another reason why I've never had McPheever. "Who cares? She wants to go," Katharine speaks about shiz she knows nothing about. What is she, a gossip blogger?

According to Amazon's bestseller list, Adam Lambert is the American Idol winner. Don't trip.

Kris Allen's cheesy yet radio friendly first single, "Live Like We're Dying" has plummeted on the charts, hitting a low of #58.

But Adam Lambert's yet to be released debut single holds the #3 spot on Amazon's bestseller list.

Naturally, preorders are not final sale numbers, so Kris Allen could actually outsell Glambert. Taylor Hicks could also outsell Glambert, but neither of those scenarios seem very likely to me. Go Adam, go!

American Idol season 1 runner-up, Justin Guarini got married to Reina Capodici on Saturday.

Justin, 30, and Reina, 27, went to the same high school together, and began dating after reconnecting the past few years.

Their wedding was at a private estate in Justin's hometown of Doylestown, Pennsylvania where the newlyweds had music by Radiohead, Paramore and Peter Gabriel performed by the Vitamin String Quartet. My kind of wedding.

The intimate wedding was presided over by a female minister from the Universalist Church and included vows the couple wrote themselves.

"Justin is one of the most deserving people of happiness and love. I know he will be an amazing hubby." Kimberly Caldwell, Guarini's co-host on the TV Guide Network's Idol Tonight said.

The couple were engaged in December and Justin plans on returning to the recording studio this winter to write and record his third cd. Reina has a four year-old daughter, Lola, pictured below.

Reina's a lucky woman! And if Justin's happy too, they're both lucky. You can just tell that Justin is ridiculously sweet. I wish him lots of goodness in the future. Congrats!

Ellen DeGeneres is jumping the shark by signing on to replace Paula Abdul on American Idol. The hilarious host says she's heard that a lot of folks like myself are skeptical about her qualifications. On today's show, Portia de Rossi's wifey fires back.

Ellen DeGeneres says:

"I'll tell you right now, how I know I'm going to be a great judge ... I've spent my whole life being judged. So I know what it's like. So I will be kind. I will be compassionate. I will be empathetic, and I will be truthful. I will be an honest judge without being mean.

"I thought America had moved past this. First, we have the first African American President.  We've sworn in our first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice. I think American Idol is ready for their first blonde judge ... I do.

"I'm very excited to be on the show. I will tell you that right now. I just continue to be excited every single day."

Ellen then told Paula Abdul that she wants her wig back and that she has never patted her a*s like Paula did when she was dancing like her. As much as I disapprove of Ellen replacing Paula, she may prove everyone wrong. I'm interested in her showing us all what she's got!

I am no Kris Allen fan, but his debut single "Live Like We're Dying" is a fairly catchy, uplifting song co-written by Irish pop rockers the Script.

Kris spoke with New York's Z100 about the song, saying, "It was really cool. You dream of this day, you dream of having a single out and having it on the radio."

The reason why I like this song is because it's not nearly as boring as Kris is. If producers can spice him up, he has a shot at success.

You can check it out for yourself after the jump!

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Pill popping princess Paul Abdul did what celebs do best these days which is talk through twitter.

Paula wanted to let us all know she sends kudos to Ellen on her new judging gig on American Idol.

“I think Ellen will b a gr8 judge on Idol. She is wildly funny, talented and I wish her the best of luck!”

Come on now, she can't seriously be happy that Ellen is taking her spot! Paula's gonna pull a Tonya Harding and have someone bust Ellen's knee caps before the first show. I know we can't get lucky enough to have some drama like that between Paula and Ellen but it would make for some great TV!