Adam Lambert continues to stand out on FOX's American Idol. The remaining 8 contestants tackled songs from the year they were born. Several received positive reviews including Danny Gokey, Anoop, Alison and Matt, but it was Lambert who scored a standing ovation from Simon Cowell.
1 more goes home tonight at 9 when former Idol Kellie Pickler returns.
Chuck Wicks and Julianne Hough along with cowboy Ty Murray are safe to dance another week. David Alan grier wasen't as lucky. He and former NFL star Lawrence Taylor were in the bottome 2 on Dancing With the Stars. After the dance-off, Grier was sent home.
Jessica Simpson's days in country music could soon be over. She's no longer with her label Sony Nashville. Her rep says she was only "on loan" to Sony Nashville for a country album and is still with Epic, where she recorded all her pop albums.
She was also a no show at Sundays ACM awards.
George Strait continues to dominate. River of Love is his 57th #1 song. That's the most chart topping hits for ANY artist in country music. He's the ACM artist of the decard and the concert special in his honor will be on CBS May 27th
Kal Penn is trading in trips to the ER and White Castle for a gig at the White House. The former "House" actor will become associate director in the White House Office of Public Liaison. A number of House fans are up in arms over the way his character was killed off.
FOX has fired Roger Friedman for new X-Men movie review. He illegally downloaded the unfinished copy of X-Men Origins: Wolverine and posted a review of the flick online. It doesn't hit theaters until May 1st. He'd been writing for FOX news for 10 years,.