1/31/2013 9:02 PM
'Big Crazy Barbie.'
That's the nickname 'Idol' judge Nicki Minaj gave Tulsa contestant Zoanette Patilda Johnson, Miss Z told us a couple hours by phone before tonight's ...
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1/31/2013 7:00 AM
Sometimes, I don't have enough room to talk.
As I told y'all in my Weekend column this morning, I recently spent an afternoon in downtown Broken Arrow, which was ...
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1/30/2013 10:02 PM
I'm presently waiting on Matt Farmer to email me.
Fab friend and former 'Idol' reporter Cary Aspinwall alerted me during the show that Matt, who sang Sam Cook's ...
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1/24/2013 8:33 PM
Forgive me, 'Idol' fans, but I was thrilled that tonight's auditions show was only an hour.
I was even more thrilled that the auditions were in Baton Rouge, which ...
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1/23/2013 10:00 PM
Much as I love the city itself, Charlotte was a smidgen lacking compared to last week's 'American Idol' auditions.
Full disclosure: I'm recovering from flu, and ...
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1/21/2013 8:00 AM
I miss Carnival season on the Gulf Coast.
Not that my family was big on it (at all), but the shrimp boils and king cakes and general revelry from New Orleans to ...
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1/17/2013 9:46 PM
Let's get the negative stuff outta the way first: Why in the bluest of blazes does 'American Idol' let obviously untalented people be on TV to (1) humiliate themselves ...
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1/16/2013 10:00 PM
'Together, we have created a phenomenon,' host Ryan Seacrest's voice narrated the beginning of tonight's premiere of 'American Idol.'
Obviously, Ryan was talking ...
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1/10/2013 9:00 AM
The Folgers Jingle Contest is back.
Starting Jan. 22, Folgers and award-winning musician/songwriter
Gavin DeGraw will invite anyone with an affinity for music ...
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1/3/2013 7:00 AM
OK, so I kinda committed myself to something in my Weekend column today.
Basically, I've said I'd like to do one thing different each weekend -- something I either ...
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1/2/2013 5:11 PM
Of all the headlines I've perused this week, 'Teen offers virginity for money' definitely grabbed my attention.
An 18-year-old Brazilian girl named Rebecca went ...
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1/2/2013 7:00 AM
I love smoothies. I especially love them when they contain vodka. (Just kidding -- I'm a rum drinker.)
Having refused to make New Year's resolutions, as I rarely ...
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