William Hung Is Not Dead

A false news-story involving the death of American Idol celebrity William Hung is currently circulating. The story claims that Mr Hung "was found dead yesterday, apparently of an intentional heroin overdose". The story is being passed around via email and has generated a lot of discussion among those who frequent online message boards.

In fact, Mr Hung is alive and well. This rumor started from a story on the satirical "news" site, Broken Newz. Although it resembles a real news story, it is a complete fabrication apparently in the name of entertainment. Personally, I find this sort of satire in poor taste.

The following quote is from the Broken Newz "About" page:

Broken Newz is a satire news and entertainment site. All names, except when public figures are being satirized due to their own stupidity, are made up and purely coincidental if connected in any way. The stories listed on this site are not real (really).

These are strange days indeed! William Hung has become something of a celebrity because of a decided lack of musical talent rather than the reverse. Mr Hung even has his own website! I'm very glad to hear that the likeable gentleman is still with us. I just wish he'd stick to singing in the shower rather than in public (grin).


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American Idol’s William Hung Found Dead of Heroin Overdose

Las Vegas, NV - Kitschy American Idol Star William Hung, famous for his botching of Ricky Martin’s “She Bangs,” was found dead yesterday, apparently of an intentional heroin overdose. The announcement of his death sent shockwaves to the tens of people who still found him funny.

Ironically, Mr. Hung was found by a VH1 camera crew sent to begin filing “William Hung: Behind the ‘Music.’” Viacom immediately decided to rename the special: “William Hung: fifteen minutes till death.”

Friends of Mr. Hung say he had become despondent in recent days. “I don’t know, it’s just so sad,” said Ming Tse, one of Hung’s former classmates at Stanford, “I heard him the other day on Snotbubble’s Morning Madhouse; he kept trying to make William say things like ‘me so horny’ and ‘hey sailor’ while playing the sound of a bomb falling. I just know William was hurting inside when Snotbubble got him to say, ‘you wanna some-e egg foo young-e.’ It was so sad. I just think he was tired of the commercialization of it all.”

Other friends, who had lost contact with him in recent weeks, feared he was becoming too “Hollywood.” “I’m not surprised he was on heroin,” said Hung’s engineering cohort Melvin Samples, “I mean just two months ago we were out at our usual corner table at Smitty’s, and William actually went and talked to some girls. The next thing I know he’s doing shots with some hipster guys; they were calling him ‘Long Duck Dong’ and making him say ‘au-to-mo-bile.’ From what I hear, it’s not a long leap from that to heroin addiction.”

Stanford’s hippy population immediately misconstrued the situation and adopted Hung’s death as a pet cause. “He was a victim of the corporate greed-machine, just like Kurt [Cobain] and Eddie [Vedder, who is actually still alive],” said one dreadlocked mourner outside the engineering department at Stanford University, where a makeshift memorial had been set up, “he just wanted to sing, and Fox decided to turn him into this joke, man, this fucking joke. They just ate him up and spit him out. Fucking Bill O’Reily. I think it’s because he was against the war.” The last comment is apparently in reference to the fact that Hung once answered “no, thank you” when asked whether he was “for or against the war in Ira

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Constantine from American Idol gets a TV deal

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

People Magazine reports that Constantine will star in a series produced by Kelsey Grammer’s production company.

However, the TV series won’t be a sitcom, People Magazine reports that Constantine described the series as “a family drama with music.” No official word yet on when the series will air or on what network.

Fox still probing former 'American Idol 2' finalist Corey Clark's claims

Fox TV has an outside investigator looking into charges levied by a former "American Idol" contestant against judge Paula Abdul.

Abdul will remain on the show until the investigator comes to a conclusion about Corey Clark's claims that he and Abdul carried on an affair -- and that she helped him during "Idol's" second season -- Fox Entertainment President Peter Ligouri told the Television Critics Association press tour in Los Angeles.

"The credibility of the competition is extraordinarily important to us," Ligouri said Thursday. "And we want to make sure that there's a thorough inquiry."


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American Idol 5

American Idol 5 is expected to premiere in January 2006

American Idol 4' finalist Constantine Maroulis busy with TV and music

The next time you see "American Idol" finalist Constantine Maroulis on TV, he may be playing a musician on his own family drama series.

The popular New York rocker told MTV.com he has signed a deal with Kelsey "Frasier" Grammer's production company and the two are developing a TV drama series.

"We're looking to find the right home for that," he said of the project. "It's something I think is missing in TV today, a great family drama. We're being very picky right now 'cause we really believe in the project and we want it to last."

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Former 'Idol' finalist Clay Aiken to appear on ABC's 'All My Children'

Clay Aiken, currently on a 25-city U.S. tour, will appear on the ABC's "All My Children" playing himself being interviewed by Erica Kane.

Kane, played by Susan Lucci, will have the singer on her new talk show. The show will air Sept. 14.

Aiken, who sang three songs from his Jukebox Summer Tour 2005 on ABC's "Good Morning America" said he has decided to leave Los Angeles and return to his hometown of Raleigh, N.C.

"I like L.A., I like California, but there's a different energy there," he said.

In addition four singing tours and selling nearly 4 million albums in two years, Aiken was named a UNICEF ambassador.

"It's the closest thing I can do now to being in a classroom and teaching," said Aiken, who earned a degree in special education at University of North Carolina-Charlotte. He told "Good Morning America" he recently visited Uganda, where he visited "night commuters" -- children who must leave their homes in the countryside every night to sleep in UNICEF shelters to avoid being abducted by a rebel group.

Last March, Aiken visited camps for tsunami survivors in Indonesia.

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See William Hung's appearance on The Today Show!

Check out his appearance. There is a video clip on this site. William Hung

American Idol Auditions

Here is a list of cities that the next American Idol will be held in.

San Francisco, California
Thursday, August 18, 2005
location – to be determined
Austin, Texas
Thursday, August 25, 2005
location – to be determined
Boston, Massachusetts
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
location – to be determined
Memphis, Tennessee
Monday, September 5, 2005
location – to be determined
Denver, Colorado
Sunday, September 11, 2005
location – to be determined
Chicago, Illinois
Friday, September 16, 2005
location – to be determined

American Idol Somehow Getting Even Bigger

American Idol, it seems, is a force that will not be stopped.
Beginning in August 2006, the reality phenomenon will turn its tryouts into an Idol Auditions Tour. According to a press release, the tour will stop in 50 cities and will allow an additional 20,000 people to attempt to win over the judges.
In other seasons, the show held auditions in less than 10 cities and some hopefuls, like recent winner Carrie Underwood, had to travel for hours to reach a tryout destination. Spokesperson Ken Seiff said the idea for the tour was born upon learning that one contestant had to sell her wedding ring in order to make the trip. "We realized that there were probably other contestants who couldn't afford to travel or take time off from work in order to try out for the show," Seiff said.
The first 500 people to arrive at each audition site and meet the show's requirements will perform for the judges. The best of the 500 will then sing in front of a live audience in their city to gain access to one of the show's main audition sites.
Dates and cities for the Audition Tour haven't been announced yet but officials say it will take place in time for the show's sixth season.
Jasime Trias, a native of Hawaii and third-place finisher in Idol's third season, said the tour will open doors for people who, like her, wouldn't have been able to travel for an audition. "American Idol changed my life and I'd hate to think that there's some performer out there who won't be given the chance to shine because they can't make it to an audition," she said. "This is a great opportunity."
Auditions for American Idol's fifth season will be held later this summer in Austin, Chicago, Denver, Boston, Memphis and San Diego.

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