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"AMERICAN IDOL" - PATSY CLINE SONG
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Lilly Scott has "kind of made Patsy Cline
feel current." That's Kara DioGuardi's (dee-oh-GWAR'-deez) praise
for the way Scott sang "I Fall to Pieces" on last night's
"American Idol." Randy Jackson told Scott, he loved the mandolin
she was playing, "loved that song, love the original singer of
that song" and he thinks her performance was "hot." Ellen
DeGeneres had good things to say to Lilly Scott, too, like "love
your voice, love your originality of your style and loved it, love
you." Then, there's Simon Cowell who said Scott performance of "I
Fall to Pieces" was cute and quirky. But, he says it "didn't have
the wow factor." The top-8 men sing on tonight's "American Idol"
on Fox. Two men and two women get the boot tomorrow.

DANNY GOKEY - EYEGLASSES SPONSOR
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Danny Gokey might be changing his glasses as
often as he changes his clothes. He's signed a two-year marketing
agreement with an optical company to promote their eyeglasses. It
calls for Gokey to wear up to 60 pairs of the company's glasses, be
featured in television and outdoor advertising in Wisconsin and
make personal in-store appearances. It's his first long-term
endorsement deal.

JOE DON ROONEY - WILL BE A DAD AGAIN
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The wife of Joe Don Rooney of Rascal
Flatts soon will lose her Playmate figure. It couldn't be for a
better reason. Rooney's wife, former Playboy Playmate, Tiffany
Fallon, is pregnant with their second child. That means, of course,
another Rascal will enter the world. The baby is due in September.
Rooney says they "are so excited to bring another child" into
their lives. He says their first child, son "Jagger has been the
biggest blessing." He was born in May of 2008. Joe Don Rooney and
Tiffany Fallon have been married since April of 2006.

BLAKE SHELTON - CAN SEE MARRIAGE WITH MIRANDA, MAYBE
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - After nearly five years together, Blake
Shelton finally is warming to the idea of marrying Miranda Lambert.
He says they've had their good years, their bad years and their
really bad years. But, Shelton says right now the two of them
"have a stronger relationship" than they've ever had. In fact, he
says it's even stronger and better than "in the early times when
it was new and exciting." He says their relationship now is
"exciting" to him. So, he says probably for the first time he can
realistically say, he can see them being together forever and can
see them "getting married one day, maybe."

JIMMY WAYNE - CHUGGING ALONG
UNDATED (AP) - Jimmy Wayne is making some progress on his walk
from Nashville to Phoenix. Checking in by Twitter, he says he says
that yesterday he walked 25.4 miles. After that, he was "beat."
Wayne is now in the middle of Oklahoma. He's walking to raise
awareness of kids who age out of the foster care system. Those kids
can be at risk for being homeless.

JULIANNE HOUGH - RECORDING; POLICE INCIDENT
UNDATED (AP) - Julianne Hough's (hufs) day started out great.
She says she was at Blackbird Studio in Nashville listening to two
mixes for her new record. In the evening, Hough got pulled over for
speeding. But, she lucked out because she got "off with a
warning." To that she says: "Phew!" Hough says it would have
"been a $200 speeding fine and $160" for not changing her drivers
license from Utah to Tennessee 30 days after her move. Hough adds
"eek" because she moved from Utah to Tennessee two years ago.