American Idol's Ruben Studdard to Headline the Miss Black USA 2005 Scholarship Pageant

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Ruben Studdard, the 2003 American Idol winner, will be the headline entertainment act for the Miss Black USA 2005 Scholarship Pageant to be held this Sunday, August 7, 2005 at 6 p.m. (EDT) at the Warner Theatre in Washington, DC, which is located at 13th and E Streets, NW. The double-platinum Grammy nominated Recording Artist, affectionately known as the "Velvet Teddy Bear," will entertain the audience and serenade the contestants who are contending to be the next "Miss Black USA."
The Pageant will be co-hosted by Kimberly Brooks from the new Showtime series "Huff," and critically acclaimed Television and Film Actor, Philip Morris, whose credits include playing the popular "Jackie Chiles" character on "Seinfeld." Actor/Comedienne Tommy Davidson, Meg DeLoatch, the Creator and Executive Producer of UPN's top-ranked show, "Eve," R & B Recording Artist Ginuwine, former "Washington Redskins" player Brian Mitchell, and best selling authors A'Lelia Bundles and Farah Gray will serve as final night celebrity judges.

The women who are participating in this competition are all single and their ages range from 21 to 27. The District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia will be represented in this year's Pageant along with the following states: Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Texas. The theme for the Pageant is "Keeping the Dream Alive in 2005."



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Kelly Clarkson in radio station give-a-way

Kelly was a part of a Boston radio show giving away a BMW. Click the link below for more photos.


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Fox needs to come clean about Abdul

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Fox has a big problem with "American Idol," where allegations of inappropriatecontact between judge Paula Abdul and a young contestant have damaged the credibility of primetime‘s top-rated show.

While ABC News‘ "Primetime Live: Fallen Idol" expose in Maydid not have much solid proof of all of contestant CoreyClark‘s allegations of a sexual relationship with Abdul, thephone records it produced showed that Abdul, one of only three"American Idol" judges, had frequent and extensive contact with Clark, a contestant on the program in 2003.


Whether other allegations also are proved -- such as Abdul‘s coaching the candidate, purchasing his clothes andcarrying on an intimate affair -- the damage has been done.Under no circumstances should there be even the appearance ofcollusion between judge and candidate, and the phone records,all by themselves, leave no doubt that this occurred.

An honorable and ethical response to the situation requiresa full, forth coming investigation by Fox. Meanwhile, Abdulshould have been removed from her position as judge pending theoutcome. The name or names of the investigators should be madepublic as well as the findings. Anything less smacks of acover-up and, at this point, the smacking is practicallydeafening.

Fox, perhaps hoping no one would remember, said at the time that it would look into the matter and then said nothing more.Maybe, just maybe, if the TV critics attending the Television Critics Assn. summer press tour didn‘t bring it up, the wholet hing could be swept under the rug. Alas for Fox and to thecredit of the critics, the subject came up throughout programing president Peter Liguori‘s news conference.

"We‘re addressing it as we speak," Liguori said during his executive Q&A session during Fox‘s portion of TCA last week,though there has been no announcement of any progress in the two months since the investigation began.

You can verify a phone bill statement in two days. You can talk to the guy who sold Abdul the suit she allegedly boughtfor Clark and all the other witnesses in two weeks. Heck, you can develop a TV series based on this scandal in less time than it is taking to investigate it. Being thorough is one thing;foot-dragging and playing for time is another.





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