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Adam Lambert recently commented on the controversy surrounding Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir, commending him for being a trailblazer. The American Idol alum said “I’m glad he’s a trailblazer. He’s comfortable in his own skin, clearly. And he’s expressing himself. I think that’s what art’s all about. Whenever you do something that hasn’t really been done…You’re going to get love. [And] You’re going to get hate.” As for Johnny, he hasn’t let the BS get him down. When asked about the homophobic remarks made during his performance by Canadian broadcasters, he said “Every little boy should be so lucky as to turn into me. And that’s all I have to say.”

Adam Lambert recently revealed in a radio interview that he made out with none other than trashy pop singer Ke$ha. The American Idol alum said “I made out with Ke$ha actually a couple nights ago…She’s really pretty and we were laughing and just started kissing, I don’t know…She was great. It was pretty innocent to be honest with you. I mean, it wasn’t too dirty.” This is Ke$ha we’re talking about. That was dirty by default. If Adam was going to cross over from his being gay from time to time, he could have definitely done much better than Ke$ha.

Adam Lambert put one of his own fans on blast earlier this week and in the middle of a live performance too! The rude fan was caught babbling away on her phone while the American Idol alum was trying to sing. It all went down while the singer was performing a song for the iheartradio in New York when Adam heard the girl talking, stopped mid-song and said “Can you get off your phone?! You’re yelling into it … wait, sorry, we’re going to start over.” Adam then continued to go after the fan saying “Really?! Dominoes … we deliver! You’re not watching TV honey … it’s a live show.” I guess he doesn’t like being interrupted.

Adam Lambert was recently featured as a guest on Fuse’s interview Show ‘On the Record’ this past Monday. The American Idol alum talked about his new album cover, his experiences in junior high school and coming out of the closet. The 27-year old singer said “It’s funny …This whole thing, talking about coming out. I don’t even think about it anymore until all of this started happening with my career. And it’s interesting now, because I am open and visible. I suppose it is important to talk about it, but the past eight or nine years of my life I haven’t thought twice about it, it’s just who I am.”

Everyone knows that Adam Lambert is gay and even if the singer didn’t come out to say it, everyone would think just as well with some of the styles that he pulled off during his stint on American Idol. Adam recently spoke about androgyny though, saying “I mean, I kind of went for shock value on Idol. Did you guys not see me with rhinestones around my eyes and platform glitter boots on the finale? I kind of thought I had stepped it up and bought myself that leeway…It’s been a while since a very visible male performer has publicly experimented with androgyny. It’s just not current anymore. I’m trying to make it current again. I’ve always been attracted to that. That’s my thing!” Trust me, you’re not visibly male.

American Idol alum Adam Lambert and ‘Gossip Girl’ actress Leighton Meester co-hosted the Y100 Jingle Ball concert this past Saturday at the Atlantic Bank Center in Miami, Florida. Both singer introduced the most hotly anticipated performers of the year including the likes of Shakira, Timbaland, Jordin Sparks, The Fray, Flo Rida, LMFAO, 3OH!3, Colbie Caillat, Jason Derulo and iYaz. For your next chance to catch Adam, the openly gay singer will be performing on the So You Think You Can Dance finale this Wednesday. Here’s to hoping that he doesn’t stir up anymore controversy than what he’s already in now.

Allison Iraheta, who placed fourth in the last season of American Idol, might want to start checking out a couple of colleges and other venues of life because the music business might not be for her after all. According to reports, the singer’s debut album ‘Just Like You’ brought in piss poor numbers, only managing to sell about 25,000 to 30,000 in its first week of sales. It was totally expected but it’s a burn nonetheless. They can chalk it up to being up against heavy hitters like Lady Gaga, Susan Boyle and fellow Idol alum Adam Lambert but then again, if you can’t handle the competition, that usually means that you aren’t any.

Adam Lambert appeared on The Early Show on CBS last Wednesday morning to address the controversy surrounding his performance at the American Music Awards. The network showed a clip from the show but they blurred out the image of the gay singer kissing his band member. Moments later, CBS aired the clip of Madonna and Britney Spears making out at the MTV Video Music Awards from a couple of years back, completely uncensored! Talk about having a double standard! How the heck is that ok? I’m sure the American Idol alum has a lot to say about this one. I’m sure he’s loving all the publicity too.

Adam Lambert aimed to be memorable with his American Music Awards performance this past Sunday and boy did he succeed! He may have been pitchy at times but the singer’s performance did what he set out to do – get people talking. From the crotch-grabbing to the simulated oral sex to the guy on guy make out session, how can people keep quiet after that? As if responding to all the recent controversy that’s been around him, the American Idol alum was gay, in your face and super sexual at the show. As a result, Adam’s gotten a lot of criticism for his performance. But a lot of people are also applauding him for his guts.

It’s not like anyone else could have taken the title from him but Adam Lambert has been honored in the new issue of Out magazine as the Breakout of the Year and he tells the magazine that he’s doing the best that he can when it comes to his career and fame. The singer talked about being a performer and taking on American Idol, saying “I’ve lived in L.A. for eight years. It’s about making a good TV show. I just wanted to be really careful that it didn’t turn into a fucking pageant. I can sing my face off. All this other stuff is part of a personality, a persona.”

Adam Lambert’s debut single ‘For Your Entertainment’ has failed to get some legs and isn’t selling very well on iTunes at all. As of Monday morning, the American Idol alum’s song was only at number 76 after already being on the iTunes chart for a week. That doesn’t bode well for the singer’s album release next week. I wonder where he went wrong with it. I like the song just fine. Has all the hype surrounding him fizzled out already? Or has my liking of the song just some preconception because I really wished for him to succeed.

The track list for Adam Lambert’s debut album ‘For Your Entertainment’ has been released and it has all the makings of a hit considering who the American Idol runner up has collaborated with. The singer collaborates with the likes of Max Martin, Pink, Kara DioGuardi, Lady Gaga, Linda Perry, Ryan Tedder and a slew of other great writers and producers. The track list of the album goes ‘Music Again’, ‘For Your Entertainment’, ‘Whataya Want from Me’, ‘Strut’, ‘Soaked’, ‘Sure Fire Winners’, ‘A Loaded Smile’, ‘If I Had You’, ‘Fever’, ‘Sleepwalker’, ‘Aftermath’, ‘Broken Open’ and ‘Time for Miracles’. I can’t wait to hear it all!

Shakira’s new album ‘She Wolf’ has already been pushed back more than once and now her label has just announced that it will be released on November 23rd and will contain her newest Timbaland-produced single called ‘Give it Up to Me’, featuring rapper Lil Wayne. That’s such a bad move as the Latina singer will now be going up against Lady Gaga’s ‘Fame Monster’, Rihanna’s ‘Rated R’, Adam Lambert’s ‘For Your Entertainment’ and Britney Spears’ ‘The Singles Collection’. Shakira certainly won’t take the top spot up against all of that strong competition. What was her label thinking? This really smells like sabotage to me.

Adam Lambert shows off his sexy side in the November 2009 issue of Details Magazine. In the interview, the 27-year old singer talked about his American Idol past, kissing women and entertaining, among other things. He talked about AI, saying “There’s a feeling of entitlement [with the fans] because they voted to get us where we are. But you know what? I am responsible for what I created on the show – you voted for what I created, and thank you, but I created it, you didn’t.” On entertaining, Adam said “It’s all fantasy – that’s what entertainment is. I’m here to entertain you, and if my sexuality is apparent and you respond to it, and you’re attracted to it, then great, I’m doing my job.”

According to Extra, Adam Lambert’s cover for Rolling Stone was their top selling issue of this year. I guess people were dying for the details about his sexuality after months of speculation. But apart from being a successful cover girl, er, guy, the singer has some work to do on his upcoming release. The American Idol runner up spoke of his new album saying “It’s gonna inspire you, some anthems on there, some emotional….Overall, it’s just gonna feel really sexy.” He better deliver. I’m sure a lot of his fans are expecting the best and hoping that Adam gets to trump Kris Allen.

Allison Iraheta, this year’s American Idol fourth place winner, has also signed with 19 Recordings. The 17-year old singer said in a statement released to Entertainment Weekly saying “I think I’m still in shock that this is happening — getting to record my first album and this whole awesome experience is a dream come true!” Earlier this week, both Kris Allen and Adam Lambert also signed their record deals with 19. I wonder if her album is also going to come out this fall. It will be an all out Idol competition for sales. I also wonder if third place winner Danny Gokey will get a contract.

There’s a rumor going around is that Adam Lambert is officially going to come out to Rolling Stone magazine in their upcoming issue. However, the American Idol runner up’s mom will not give any details. In a phone interview with E!, Leila Lambert said “I would rather not answer until it comes out.” Apparently, she still couldn’t even if she wanted to. The singer’s mom states that she signed a contract with American Idol which forbids her to discuss her son’s personal life in any way. I didn’t know a TV show can prevent you from talking about your own son without their permission. That’s crazy!

It seems that Adam Lambert wants to stay in the closet as long as he can, which is why I find it a bit too hypocritical that he still preaches about being true to yourself. In an interview earlier this week, the singer said “It’s a really, really cool thing to be able to show people that you can be yourself, and you should be proud of yourself, and you should own who you are and what you’re about, and never make apologies for it.” The American Idol runner up also relishes in the opportunity to be an eccentric role model and show youngsters how to be comfortable in their own skin, saying “It feels really amazing to be able to try and pass that on to kids and young adults who don’t have a role model like that.” True, except he’s not really doing that by staying closeted.

Adam Lambert is turning out to be a pretty lame guy as he still refuses to admit his homosexuality. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, the American Idol runner up was bluntly asked about the dangling speculation about his sexuality. He said “It’s not dangling over my head. [Laughing] It may be dangling over yours, but it’s not over mine. Yeah, I think speculation keeps things really interesting.” What speculation? And what things are kept interesting? The show is over and we’re all really just waiting for you to admit it. Screw you Lambert. It’s not like you can hide forever anyway. Just ask Clay Aiken.

While some people aren’t too happy about Kris Allen winning American Idol over Adam Lambert, experts say that the fans may have gotten it right. If you compare the singing styles of the final two, Kris is clearly a more marketable singer. It’s easier to make a great record out of R&B with a touch of John Mayer and Jason Mraz than an album of rock and roll with a touch of theater. And did you know that with the addition of Kris Allen in the set of winners of American Idol, three quarters of the winners are from the south?