Kris Allen
American Idol's reigning champ, Kris Allen, has debuted the new music video for his single "Live Like We're Dying."
The single, originally performed by...
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Kris Allen
Mark your calendars: Kris Allen's debut disc has a release date.
"Hey guys! The album is set to release Nov 17th," the Season 8 American Idol champ announced via Twitter.
Watch Kris answer TVGuide.com readers' questions
Ever the tease, Allen ...
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Kris Allen
American Idol champ Kris Allen canceled his Wednesday night appearance on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien because of his maternal grandmother's death.
Taking Allen's place on the late-night talker will be Idol pal Allison Iraheta, performing "Barracuda."
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"I know I was supposed to do Conan ... but there was a death in my family," Allen said on Twitter. "But everyone ...
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Kris Allen and Adam Lambert
American Idol champ Kris Allen says he is "flattered" that runner-up and former Idol roommate Adam Lambert found his good looks "distracting."
"I'm flattered," Allen told People. "And think it's hilarious."
In the same Rolling Stone interview in which he said he's gay, Lambert described his reaction to the news that he would be rooming with Allen: "I was like, 'Oh, s--t, they put me ...
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Allison Iraheta and Adam Lambert
And on the third day, 19 Recordings signed... the fourth-place finisher. Following Monday's and Tuesday's one-two punch of record deals for American Idol champ Kris Allen and runner-up Adam Lambert, Idol top 4 finalist Allison Iraheta landed one of her own with 19/Jive Records on Wednesday.
"I think I'm still in shock that ...
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Adam Lambert
American Idol finalist Adam Lambert is ready for next week's issue of Rolling Stone to come out — perhaps so that he might do the same.
"At this point, I think everybody knows everything. But once the Rolling Stone article comes out, people will know..."
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Kris Allen
Kris Allen officially has a record label to call home: The American Idol champ has inked a deal with Jive Records and 19 Recordings.
"As exciting as the last few months have been, I'm really looking forward to what is next," Allen said in a statement. "I'm very grateful to be working with ...
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Paula Abdul on Late Show with David Letterman
Paula Abdul admits that any appearance of indifference about continuing with American Idol is largely a negotiating tactic, as she and the Fox hit ponder a new deal.
On Thursday's Late Show, David Letterman asked Abdul why she's planning to exit Idol now that her contract is up, calling such a decision a "mistake." Abdul countered ...
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Kris Allen, Mike Huckabee
Forget Adam Lambert and Jamie Foxx. Kris Allen's first post-American Idol duet is with a former Republican presidential candidate: Mike Huckabee.
Allen, a Conway, Ark., native, teamed with Huckabee, the ex-governor of his home state, for a duet of The Beatles' "Yesterday" on Huckabee's Fox News Channel talk show, scheduled to air Saturday.
Huckabee, who often jams along with his musical guests, backed up the Season 8 champ on ...
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Kris Allen
In Part 1 of TVGuide.com's video sit-down with Kris Allen, your new American Idol shared his hope that the final vote came down to the music, copped to being an "Oscar Madison," and revealed the issue on which his wife sided with no less than Simon!
Here in Part 2, Kris answers a series of questions from TVGuide.com readers. They include:
• Which song choice does Kris feel was the biggest risk?
• What were Kris' most and least favorite performances? (Hint: For the latter pick, he laments, "I shouldn't have done the pit.")
• If Kris could record with any current artist, who would it be?
• When Kris returns home to Arkansas, what's the first thing he plans to buy for his wife?
Watch Kris' new video after the jump.
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