In today's Beacon Journal I have a contemplation of Taylor Hicks that you can find here.

You can read reactions from Hicks fans, including one that caught me in an error, after the jump ...

Wednesday night podcast info:

Listen - http://www.ohiomm.com/podcasts/american_idol/20070328.mp3

In praise of a very stupid movie, after the jump ...

A tighter category and other notes after the jump ...

Longer results shows coming, and a peek at the next guest coach ...

The New York Times tries to explain a screwup, after the jump ...

Halle's from Cleveland and maintains ties to the area. So she brought her latest movie, Perfect Stranger, to town for a preview screening on Thursday. And that barely describes the fun ...

Details from Fox, after the jump, and video recorders should note the item at the end.

Also, here's some relevant info about Wednesday's podcast:

It's Wednesday, and we're not in the '60s anymore. The weekly podcast is done, so look for a link at www.ohio.com.

Here, too, is a link to Olbermann's piece on the crying girl.

Live notes from tonight, including two Zombies songs and lots of mike-stand manipulation, after the jump ...

I've been a little lax about posting after a weekend that included my wedding anniversary dinner, younger son acting in a production of "Peter Pan," some household activities and a shooting death ...

Networks shouldn't think in quotas -- shouldn't consider, for example, that a schedule has room for only one show with a strong underpinning in faith. But that's how networks do think, and it let to a great disappointment for me in 1995 ....

The songs are from the '60s British invasion, the guest coaches are Lulu and Peter Noone, and the official announcement is after the jump. And, after you've read it, any thoughts on the appropriate songs for the performers? I'm imagining Sanjaya's "Do the Freddie" ...

You can find the latest podcast with me and Malcolm X Abram, linked through www.ohio.com

And there's a live recap of tonight's show, after the jump ...

Andy Richter's TV shows are like the drawings in Mad magazine in its glory days ...

And it's from one of our local stations, no less:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ynz2Vvz9xo

Fun playing murder victims and other notes, after the jump ...

Well, in the parade of "Idol" stars who have gone on to other things, they didn't get footage of Jennifer Hudson at the Oscars. No rights or too cheap to buy them, you be the judge. And more, after the jump ...

You've had plenty of time to see it, so the cone of silence is lifted, after the jump ...

Little things can feel like big worries. Nice to see Molly Shannon on a good "30 Rock" on Thursday, but she looked alarmingly thin. Then there's the way Newsweek's Joshua Alston wrote about Amy Winehouse ...

My review in today's Beacon Journal is here.

I went back and forth quite a bit while writing it, mostly because I was concerned that I was giving too much credit to a movie that was aimed at me, or at least aimed at me when I pretend I am about 30 years younger.

The big 12. Post-show podcast link now available at www.ohio.com. Live blog during the show, after the jump. ...

Blogging while watching (on delay, after painfully slow restaurant service), and my faves for the final 12, after the jump ...

Since I'm playing catch-up, performances and not much more, after the jump ...

I took a break from TV tonight to attend a screening of "300." An impressive movie in many respects, though I have a few reservations. I will be posting more about it, as well as some catch-up TV, sometime on Wednesday.

Over the weekend I caught a little bit of ''Teacher's Pet,'' the 1958 comedy starring Clark Gable as a hard-bitten newspaper editor and Doris Day as a journalism teacher. I've always been kind of fond of it and even as a kid I learned a journalism lesson that can still hold -- the one about the virtue of brevity in storytelling.

The explanation, with spoilers, after the jump ...

Tonight's post-results podcast info:

Listen - http://www.ohiomm.com/podcasts/american_idol/070301.mp3