American Idol

Kelly Clarkson tends to show up to red carpets looking either sweetly done-up, as she did at the CMT Giants event last year, or really rocked out. But we’ve never seen Kelly look quite as chic and sophisticated as she did at the ASCAP awards last night! Sporting a sleek and glossy brunette bob, the singer stepped out in a moss green chiffon Monique Lhuillier cocktail dress with a pearl-laden neckline and blinged-out Guiseppe Zanotti stilettos. Even her makeup was flawlessly easy with major lashes highlighting her hazel eyes. Color us impressed! What do you think? Tell us: Do you love Kelly’s sophisticated new look? Or do you hate it and miss the old look better?

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The former American Idol-er may be “Over It” on her new album, but she’s crazy in love with Japanese designer Hanae Mori’s new Magical Moon fragrance. This scent is not for the clean green tea- or crisp cucumber-loving among us; it’s sexy, sweet and very rich, with notes of the night-blooming osmanthus flower, star fruit, vanilla and musk. And in keeping with its shout-out to the mystical powers of the moon, it’s blended in vats lined with blue moonstone and bottled only during a full moon. The Eau de Parfum 1-ounce spray is $65 on nordstrom.com.

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We’ve seen it before with Carrie Underwood — she’s the picture of innocence on the red carpet only to reveal a sexier side onstage. And last night’s CMT awards (where the singer won three awards) was no exception. Carrie told PEOPLE that “I just wanted something different, just something sweet” of her ’50s-style Badgley Mischka dress and nude Christian Louboutin heels that she arrived in. But her onstage look was anything but sweet, with silver hot-pants showing off her toned legs, a keyhole top, armful of bangles and legwarmers over stilettos. We want to know which look you prefer! Tell us: What’s Carrie’s best look? Sweetly retro or rock n’ roll sexy?

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To show their support for American Idol finalist Blake Lewis, the Seattle-based singer’s cheering squad has been sporting shirts emblazoned with “Blaker Girl” or “Blaker Boy” across the chest when they attend the show. Inspired by former Laker Girl Paula Abdul, Blake’s childhood friend Kristi Redman, along with other friends, got serious about making pro-Blake paraphernalia as the singer kept advancing in the competition. Now t-shirts ranging from $15 to $20 along with baby onesies, buttons and hats are available on blakergirls.com with 50 percent of the proceeds going to the Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Seattle, in honor of Blake’s friend Brad and Brad’s girlfriend Heather, who were both diagnosed with lymphoma within two months of each other. Redman notes, “It was really important to [Blake] now that he has this platform to do something positive in addition to all that he’s doing on American Idol.”

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Will Ferrell is happily rocking a highlifted afro for his next film, the basketball comedy “Semi Pro,” and blithely wore a dark shag cut for Blades of Glory. But when asked at the Hollywood premiere of the new ice-skating comedy which celebrity he’d love to swap tresses with, he immediately looked to American Idol’s Sanjaya Malakar. “I love this Sanjaya kid, silky smooth,” Ferrell gushed. “I’d love to run my fingers through it, if that’s possible … but I may get in trouble for it.” Why not vote for Ferrell and which Sanjaya style he should run his fingers through?

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Sanjaya Malakar’s hair is getting as much — if not more — attention as his singing. In just a few weeks on the show, the adventurous 17-year-old has undergone several tress-formations, morphing from shaggy to super-straight to ultra curly and his most recent concoction — seven teased ponytails in the shape of a faux-hawk (Wonder what Mr. T would think about that one?). What look do you think best suits the soft-spoken singer?

Which of Sanjaya’s hairstyles do you like best (clockwise from left)?
The shag
The ultra-straight
The faux-hawk
The poodle

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Lakisha Jones’s performance of the Shirley Bassey classic “Diamonds Are Forever” may not have blown away the judges on last night’s American Idol, but her million dollars’ worth of Kwiat diamonds certainly did. Paula Adbul called Lakisha a “smart girl” for knowing that singing about diamonds means someone will loan you the real thing. And the real thing they were! Kwiat provided the singer with a $150,000 26-carat diamond necklace, a $250,000 diamond brooch worn in her hair, a three-carat ring worth $10,000 and those multiple bracelets with almost 100 carats of diamonds! Whew. And Lakisha should get used to it: It’s just a taste of the borrowed red-carpet bling she’ll surely be wearing someday.

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