Hello! It's Tuesday! And that means it's time for this week's American Idol performance episode. Tonight, the Top 10 will sing live for your votes from 8:00 to 10:00 PM ET on FOX. Excited? More inside, plus your open thread.

Sources say the star has made up her mind. Lindsay Lohan nonsensically addresses her white powder accident. Mischa Barton barfs. Levi Johnston is back for more. Michael Jackson wasn't dead at the hospital. Tuesday's gossip is alive. It's alive!

Dear Internet, tonight—at 8:00 PM ET on FOX—the Top 11 American Idol finalists will perform live for your votes, singing Billboard #1 Hits. Oh, yeah—accompanied by mentor MILEY CYRUS (seriously). More inside, along with your open thread!

After talking about her hilarious Ambien-induced tweeting problems, Kristin Chenoweth completed an obstacle course of horror movies to show Hollywood that she is ready for her first big role as a scream queen.

It's safe to say that Betty White is probably the funniest woman in comedy right now—especially of the octogenarian set. But can Ellen DeGeneres make her laugh? Today on Ellen, White's stoicism gets put to the test.

Ellen showcases many internet marvels and today was no exception. Here's "Crystals Wings," a small-town Irish group. We have to wonder about the boy who sings alongside his mother and sister about drinking Tequila and talking dirty in Spanish, though...

Well, guys, it's here! Your American Idol Top 12 is set, and tonight—at 8:00 PM on FOX—they'll perform Rolling Stones songs live for your votes. More inside, plus your open thread and the best comments from last week.

Tonight on American Idol, when Kara DioGuardi wasn't busy saying things that she should shut up about, Ellen DeGeneres took the opportunity—after resident hot thang Tim Urban's performance—to get out of her seat and hug him. Video inside.

Last month, we told you that Victoria Beckham was the worst American Idol judge ever. And like Richard Lawson predicted, we were wrong, because Kara DioGuardi is absolutely, unequivocally, indescribably worse than Posh. Or anyone. Inside, proof from tonight's episode.

It's time for your American Idol live blog! Tonight (9:00 PM ET on FOX), the Top 8 guys will perform live for your votes. More inside, along with your open thread and the best comments from the last two episodes.

Eight-year-old Austin knows his presidents. He's wearing a shirt that proclaims the Martin Van Buren is his homeboy, because, as he says, "I'm eight and he's the eighth president, so he's my homeboy."

It's Tuesday, and we all know what that means... it's time for another American Idol live blog. Tonight, the Top 8 girls will perform live for your votes at 8:00 PM on FOX. Come on in to your open thread!

Kathy Griffin just played an over-the-top lesbian activist on Law & Order. It was so overblown, that it made us think that the portrayal of lesbians has been regressing recently. Inside, the historical arc of on-air girl-on-girl smooching.

It seems that Cougar Town is actually fueling Courtney Cox's man-eating delusions. Today on Ellen, Cox revealed that she's courting Zac Efron to appear on her ABC show. And even though she realizes it's a stretch, it won't stop her.

Tonight on Idol (8:00 PM ET on FOX), the Top 10 girls will perform live for your votes—or will it be the Top 9? More inside, along with your open thread and the best comments from last night.

It's Tuesday, so you know what that means: this... is your American Idol open thread. Tonight (at 8:00 PM ET on FOX, and for two hours), the Top 10 guys perform live for your votes. More inside. Come on in!

We thought about introducing our live blog for American Idol once the Top 12 was solidified, but then realized: why wait? So, here it is! Tonight, the Top 12 guys perform live for your votes at 8:00 PM on FOX.

It may be her first live show, but Ellen DeGeneres isn't holding anything back so far on American Idol. Her first order of business: letting America know that Simon Cowell is just dying for a sexual harassment suit.

Papa Lohan's acting out coincided with LiLo's "rock bottom." The search for Andrew Koenig continues. Russell Brand leaves Katy Perry "bedridden" for days. Lady Gaga wants to make babies with her stylist. Tuesday gossip is in need of a father figure.

Tracy Morgan found a way to toe the line between being funny, and being bat-poop insane. He'll give a perfectly timed zinger, then will promptly ramble-off incoherently. This week, he was everywhere promoting Cop Out, and he wore his crazypants.