Sanjaya Looks A Whole Lot Different Now

Over the weekend, former American Idol contestant Sanjaya stopped by a pub in Seattle and sang about ten songs with a buddy of his. Apparently the crowd went crazy for him and if someone had not specifically told me he was Sanjaya I'm not sure I would have recognized him. I wonder how many other former contestants are still trying to make a go of a musical career and are playing in pubs and bars around the country trying to make a buck or get a record deal.

Sanjaya Is A Subway Singer

Even if you are not a regular viewer of American Idol and have not watched it in years, chances are you might remember a contestant named Sanjaya Malakar. You know, the guy with hardly any talent that lots of websites encouraged people to vote for. Still nothing? The guy who had a sister who worked at Hooters. Yeah, him. Anyway, Sanjaya has a new career now. After finishing seventh on Season 6 of American Idol, Sanjaya went on the tour with the rest of the top finalists and is now making a living singing in NYC subways. OK< well probably not a living, but he does it and obviously someone spotted him and took this photo but did not want to get too close and disturb his musical genius.

American Idol - Where Are They Now?

I went over to Life & Style looking for some dirt, but what I got were a bunch of recaps of past American Idol contestants. I thought it would be boring but I kept reading them and flipping through and before I knew it I was finished. When I was reading them it was kind of sad. The contestants were all happy to talk about Idol, but to me it was kind of like listening to some kid who peaked in high school. They kept reliving that time and were kind of stuck. It is like once these people had a taste of fame they thought they would be famous forever and most of them have not really forgot that taste and want to try and hold on.

Sanjaya is just a guy who had lightning strike about a million times to get where he is today. He is on Broadway which is amazing considering he was not that great on the show. This is a guy who took the time on Idol and realized he needed to make something out of the opportunity given to him and he seems to be working hard which is great. Then you read about some of the others and they talk about possible film deals and how they want to record an album and they are just dreaming and will probably keep dreaming. Someone should do an in depth look at the top 12 from each season and see what they are doing now.

Who Knew Sanjaya Was Such A Crazy Man?

Since there doesn't look like there will be any immediate television plans in Sanjaya Malakar's future, it looks like he decided to go ahead and get some publicity in another way. The former American Idol contestant and oh, also I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, Sanjaya was clocked doing 110 m.p.h on Tuesday morning. He was going so fast it took the police three miles to catch up with Sanjaya. Note to police, buy faster cars. Sanjaya was driving a Mazda 6 so, umm, yeah, get faster police cars. Sanjaya was not drunk or on drugs, just high on life and excited to watch another week of American Idol. Wow he must have been disappointed. With the exception of like two people, it was like watching really bad karaoke.

Sanjaya wasn't arrested because it was 2:30 a.m and there were no other cars around. The ticket is $411 so look for Sanjaya at a club near you soon.

Morning Links

Carrie Underwood and Tony Romo out in public for the first time. He looks better with a helmet.


Minnie Driver's always the last one to know when she gets dumped.


Inside the diaries of Anna Nicole Smith. Guess what? She loved the idea of fake breasts. Who would have guessed?

Sanjaya's new job.

Clips of the new Bionic Woman.

Some Morning Links

Sanjaya's mom and sister busted in 2005 because of the 310 marijuana plants at their home. Sanjaya's mom then decided to turn on Sanjaya's step dad and have him busted as well. Awwww. That's love baby.

Anorexia "is the nice girl's way of becoming a crack whore." So Kate Beckinsale used to weigh 70 pounds and was anorexic. But what she's really saying is that she was a crack whore and not anorexic after all? I'm confused. Has she wanted to be a crack whore? Is she a nice girl who dreams of a life caring about nothing but crack and using her crack whore body to get that crack? A crack whore is generally someone who has sex for crack. Anorexia is doing everything possible not to eat. So logically does that mean that Kate Beckinsale is someone who wants to have sex so she won't eat?

Some really good dirt on Diddy.

Popsugar is trying to convince themselves that Rachel Bilson and Hayden Christensen are a couple. Click on these two photos from their site, and then get back to me. One. Two. I guess I have seen men walking and standing like that but it's usually during a ballet. Yes, I go to the ballet. Not very willingly though. It's hard for a man of my girth to fit into those tiny seats for long.

Weekend Photos--ZX Later Today Recapping Her Weekend In Words And Photos (No Pools Though)

White House Correspondents Dinner

Eddie Izzard is always at the top of my list. To me, he is the funniest man alive and no doubt has some type of women's underwear on under that tux.

Possible Captions From Sanjaya's perspective.

1. "I'm touching super model ass."

2. "I'm a step up from James Blunt."

3. "I wonder if she likes to roleplay. She can be Simon and I'll be the bad singer who needs to be punished."

No need to wait for Valerie Bertinelli's weight loss commercials. I'm going to track it for us every time I see a photo.

Michelle Kwan better hope her double sided tape is really, really strong.

Tiki Barber. I hate the NY Giants so don't have much more to say.

Morgan, Morgan, Morgan. Now I know why I liked growing up in Texas.

Jason Strauss Birthday Party aka Valtrex World Tour

Seriously. Look at Paris' right hand. It really is huge. Didn't she have sex with James Blunt the night before? Doesn't she ever just get tired?

"You might get a chance to f**k my sister, but this is as close as you are getting to me."

"So, you and Britney huh? You have any tapes?"

1. When Accountants Attack--New This Fall.

2. Flash how many inches you got.

3. "We're all going to take a turn with Paris later." Actually I don't think Paris would even do them.

Morning Links

Bye Sanjaya. We will miss the way you almost brought the show down. We will also miss you because your presence assured more pictures of your sister in her Hooters outfit would surface.

50 Cent doesn't like metal detectors and also has a huge monthly child support bill.

Bye Joan. It just wasn't the same with you on TV Guide Channel anyway. Face it, no one wants to watch that channel because you are always distracted by the scrolling screen, and then you get caught up in actually watching the screen. Then, when you turn away for a second or respond to Joan's shrieks you miss the channel you were interested in and have to watch the scroll for another 10 minutes before it pops up again. You need to find some work soon Joan because I'm not sure Melissa has ever got a job on her own and she has a child to feed.

Chris Rock wants to know if he's the baby's daddy. I want to know why she waited until the child was 13 to file something. Chris Rock has been famous for awhile now. I don't think it's his unless maybe he told his wife he didn't have any other kids, then was paying the mother on the side. His wife notices some money is missing from the cookie jar and so Chris stops paying the mother. Mother gets pissed and files the action which leads to all the Chris Rock marriage on the rocks rumors. Nice little circle. Glad that's solved. Oh, and if that little scenario is true, the IRS would like to have a chat with both parties.

Lindsay says she's not an addict. I thought she went to AA meetings. You know the first thing everyone does is go around the circle and say, "Hi, I'm Lindsay and I'm an alcoholic." So anyway, I'm confused. Of course I'm confused about lots of things especially when they involve Lindsay.