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Earl Deal's Smokey Holler Tree Farm in western North Carolina won the arboreal equivalent of American Idol in 2005 when one of its Fraser firs was chosen as the White House Christmas tree. Many of Deal's guest workers come back year after year. In turn, they are given decent housing and a legal way to earn a good wage. But when I visited them last year, many were jealous of the one worker at the farm who said he was in the U.S. illegally (like most other employers, Deal is simply unable to tell a good...
...Deep breath, America: Paula Abdul has broken her nose by (stay with us) falling to avoid stepping on her Chihuahua, Tulip. She still appeared on the American Idol finale, chipped cartilage and all. On the TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO, Abdul's supportive co-host Simon Cowell inquired solicitously, "How's the dog?" SCORE...
...look at searches for the two American Idol finalists going into the show's finale on Wednesday, beatboxer Blake Lewis, 25, is edging out 17-year-old Jordin Sparks by just 25%. Compare that to his searches for the prior week, which were 270% more numerous than Jordin's. Even though the race is narrowing, it would appear sound to declare Blake as the favorite going into the finale. Not so fast...
...Taking the analysis one step further, you have to consider the American Idol audience. I can create a profile by looking at visitors to the American Idol website. Over 61% of site visitors for the four weeks ending May 19, 2007 were over the age of 35, predominately female, and more likely to live in rural areas, all factors that would seem to give advantages to the old-fashioned song styling of the young Jordin Sparks. Counter that would be the fact that text message voters are more likely to be Blake Lewis' young urban peeps...
...MAKE SURE YOU'RE GONNA LOVE ME Even American Idol's Simon Cowell, whose chest cavity apparently developed without a heart inside, rooted for Jennifer Hudson's soulful singer Effie in last year's Dreamgirls. All good movie musicals give us a lovable character to invest in - in Once it's Hansard's tender, awkward busker, in Hairspray Blonsky's cheerful teen reformer and Travolta's well-intentioned big momma. Contrast these huggable characters with, say, 2005's Rent, which celebrates broke, dysfunctional pseudo bohemians who you wish would just shut...