Idol Chatter: Finally …
Carrie Underwood!
It wouldn’t be an American Idol without Carrie showing up to add some class to the place.
My wife says she’s got a weird outfit on.
Tony Romo isn’t complaining.
Do you think there’s some small type in your American Idol contestant form that forces you to show up whenever the producers ask, no matter what?
Like when Simon needs his gutters cleaned, he’s able to force Bucky Covington to climb a ladder to fish out the dead leaves.
Idol Chatter: Line of the year
Ryan: “Stay out of my closet.”
Simon: “Come out.”
That’s all I’m saying.
- mk
Idol Chatter: Tony Bennett
There’s good and then there’s Tony Bennett.
One note, though, it seems that the older legendary singers get, the more they talk a song than sing it.
In his later years, Frank Sinatra sat on the stage and read a book.
Tony’s got mad chops.
Wow, Justin Garini and Jerry Springer seem to like it.
- mk
One more thing about Biz Markie
You think Blake is a good beatboxer.
Check this out.
- mk
Idol Chatter: Here come the girls
* In a stunning move, Haley is wearing the shortest skirt.
* Someone check Melinda Doolittle for a crowbar. She may kneecap Jordin before the night is over.
* Gina Glockson looks strange in white. I don’t think they sell that dress at Hot Topic.
* Gladys Knight is underrated. Aretha gets all the love.
- mk
American Idol Ch-ch–ch-chatter
Doug E. Fresh?! Now that what’s we’re talking about.
Where’s Biz Markie?
That was good.
That was bad.
That was funky fresh.
- mk
Idol Chatter Online II
The Golden Idols, great.
Any chance you have to rewind back to the freak show that is the tryouts the better.
The casting director of this show needs a raise.
* Je’Rena swears she doesn’t have a yellow outfit like that.
* If that doesn’t make a man out of Seacrest, I don’t know what will.
Speaking of rejects, it’s the return of Phil Stacey.
* Nothing makes a father proud like his son yelling “Ooh, Sanjaya!”
Celebrity Watch
* The dude from the Shield; Clive Davis; Smokey Robinson; Gwen Stefani.
mk
Idol Chatter Online, Part I
What’s up, public. Self-appointed American Idol expert Mike Koehler here, co-host of NewsOK’s wildly popular American Idol podcast.
I’m going to blog tonight during the two-hour series finale. If you can imagine, there are some lulls in the show tonight.
Let’s start off with some observations:
* First things first, I think Jordin is going to win. She blew the doors off everything she sang last night. Sorry Blake.
* And she’s 17. The judges may not have pointed that out a billion times.
* I’m not an anti-Blakeite. He’s cool and unique, which is saying something in the music biz these days. Of course, it’s only time before he has a single feature Akon.
* How are they going to fill two hours? You got me.
* I’ll check in the rest of the night. E-mail me with snide remarks.
- Mike Koehler, Deputy Sports Editor, Fantasia Apologist.
A primer on the rise of mixed martial arts
Last time I blogged, I mentioned the contrast between the relatively unexciting De la Hoya-Mayweather title bout and the almost certain excitement fight fans will get this weekend when Quinton “Rampage” Jackson takes on Chuck “the Iceman” Liddell for the UFC light heavyweight championship belt. But missing was a full background on how mixed martial arts got so big. Space and time did not permit. But there is a very thorough and informative story from Sports Illustrated that gives a pretty good explanation of how this latest sports phenomenon came to me.
Check it out and post here or e-mail me.
Bob Doucette
Assistant City Editor
bdoucette@oklahoman.com
Stephanie Jackson named Outstanding Officer of the Year in Tulsa
Tulsa police Sgt. Stephanie Jackson was selected Outstanding Officer of the Year for 2007 by the Insurance Women of Tulsa. A ceremony honoring Jackson will be at noon Thursday at the Radisson Hotel Tulsa, 10918 E 41st.
Tulsa police Capt. Travis Yates nominated Jackson for the award based on several factors, including:
— Her actions on Jan. 28 when she stopped a woman armed with a knife who was terrorizing residents of an apartment complex. Jackson fired several gunshots at the attacker, stopping the threat to her and the residents of the apartment complex.
— Jackson’s role as the Tulsa Police Department’s public education sergeant. “Her dedication and diligence to this duty is seen by not only her co-workers but the citizens of Tulsa,” Yates wrote on Jackson’s nomination form.
— Jackson’s supervision of more than 700 community events attended by more than 28,000 people. The events have ranged from neighborhood meetings, benefit basketball games to the Tulsa State Fair. So far this year, Jackson has led some 30 presentations of the Student Crime Stoppers Program to 12,000 Tulsa Public School students.
“While community policing is not new to the department, Jackson has taken it to another level. Whether it is placing child seats in the cars or telling the public how to prevent crimes, Jackson is the model that every officer should reach for. Her career has not been about one particular incident but about a commitment to providing the public with safety, customer service, and prevention strategies to make their lives better,” Yates wrote on Jackson’s nomination form.
Brian Sargent
Staff Writer
