Youtube singing sensation Susan Boyle has landed the ultimate talkshow gig: Oprah Winfrey. The Britain’s Got Talent hopeful will appear on Oprah’s show this coming Monday, May 11th. What makes this appearance even more interesting is that she’ll be sharing the spotlight with the man who will help decide her fate, Simon Cowell.

In an episode titled The Oprah Winfrey Show: The World's Got Talent, Simon will address the rumors of him leaving American Idol, while Susan welcomes cameras into her home in Scotland for her debut appearance on Oprah's program. In addition to Susan, Simon will also debut artists from around the world that he calls "the next big thing."

Without a doubt, Boyle’s Cinderella story is inspirational and her voice is terrific. But don’t you think the media is making a little too much of her? Overkill is never good for a career, especially for one that’s just getting off the ground. I’ll still be watching, though!

SuBo does Oprah with SiCo (psycho)

Chicken wars!

Speaking of Oprah, you may have heard about her deal with KFC where Big Chicken hired her to announce and give away free two-piece grilled chicken meals to anyone who went on her site and downloaded a coupon. It was all part of the company's plan to offer healthier fare (alongside the not-so-healthy fare, which likely included at least one side of mashed potatoes and gravy. So much for that “health” thing.) The promotion caused such a frenzy that some stores ran out of the grilled chicken, and now KFC is asking customers to take a rain check for the deal. Another problem with the deal is that the coupons are not valid on Mother’s Day.

Seeing the big opportunity and capitalizing on it was rival company El Pollo Loco, who just launched an ad campaign of their own that not only accepts the KFC coupons, but will accept them on Mother’s Day. The free meal offers two flame-grilled chicken breasts with tortillas and salsa. Their ad features only white words appearing on a dark screen, with a generic voice over.

Total cost to produce the ad? About $1.75. KFC being beaten at their own game by the little guys? Priceless.

Let the chicken wars begin!

Yo Quiero El Pollo Loco

Regina Spektor is back!

29-year-old Russian-born Regina Spektor burst onto the music scene in 2006 with her fabulous CD, Begin To Hope. We haven’t heard from her in a while, but she’s back with a new single called Laughing With and a new CD, Far, to be released on June 23rd.

Here’s a link to the new single, Laughing With. This is a fantastic song. Easily one of the year’s best.

If you haven’t heard of her, take a listen and become a fan!

Laughing With

Tyra unleashes her inner Zoolander

Oh, Tyra. Why do you continue behaving like you do? This woman is the gift that keeps on giving to comedians and late night talk show hosts everywhere. She’s a satirical cesspool!

Her latest ball of crazy appears in an interview with New York Times Magazine, in which she gives pointers on the diverse set of smiles that she uses to evoke various emotions in herself and others. Ben Stiller’s Zoolander was ahead of its time!

Get these:

• The Flirting-With-a-Man Smile: “Turn your shoulder to your man, move your face down, and use a sound effect, a little hmmmmmmmmm,” Banks said. (That “hmmmmmmm” is more of a cat purring than a “What should I have for lunch today? Hmmmmm,” obviously.)

• The Surprise Smile: “We’re not smiling like the surprise is real — it’s not ‘OMG, are you serious?’" Banks said. It’s a hand to the cheek, and a gasp. Remember, the surprise isn’t like, swine flu or an unexpected breakup it’s more of a “I forgot my contacts at home!”

• The Catalogue Smile: This is the smile that sells J.Crew sweaters. “Put the left foot forward, and turn your head ahead as if there’s wind whipping you that way, and smile with your hand on your head and parted teeth. So walk forward with your hand on your right cheek, and step with your left foot, so your booty sticks out.” She then suggests you add a dainty “ahhhh” as a sound effect. Still following?

• The Angry Smile: Save this one for “bitches,” Banks said. You move a hand to your hip, look forward, “dip that booty to the right,” and let your face say “Okay, okay, okay, uh-huh.” This actually make sense in person.

• The Smile With the Eyes ©: “This is crucial,” she said. “It’s on magazine covers, it sells perfume, it sells shoes.” Hirschberg admitted this smile "has changed everything” for her. Tyra recommends pulling your shoulders down, facing forward, pretending there’s a string pulling your head up and that a dentist shot you in the mouth with Novocain. She said it’s “almost like you’re in Star Trek.”

Trya is serious. Zoolander was a fictional character. Both are equally silly.

The Tyra Smile: Acquire massive forehead implants. Smile.

Jon and Kate minus TV show equals one happy me.

Will Jon and Kate take their eight and PLEASE leave TLC and go on with their lives in the private? Even before all this cheating drama, I never understood the popularity of the show. Jon’s innocuous, and Kate’s a domineering, nagging, whiny, poorly-coiffed wife. Every time she opens her mouth my finger can’t hit that mute button fast enough (I realize that I’ve just admitted to watching the show, but this was only once or twice when my wife liked watching the TLC “drama”, which she can no longer stand).

Now not only do we have cheating allegations against Jon, but rumors are surfacing about Kate not being exactly faithful, either. Star Magazine is reporting that she’s seeing not one, but two different men that are not Jon. "I heard Kate was getting way too close with her personal trainer, so Jon started cheating," Trisha Berlin, a fellow Pennsylvanian tells Star. Kate is also being linked to her hunky bodyguard - known as "Mr. Gray" to bloggers.

Enough with these two. Pay them no attention and they may just go away!

Jon plus one mistress plus Kate plus two boys on the side plus eight kids is really fuzzy math. Let's call the whole thing off

A word about last night’s The Office.

Did you catch The Office last night? If you missed it, you missed what was probably the funniest episode of the season - which is saying a lot. The exchange between Dwight and Phyllis was pure comic brilliance. Neighhh!


And... Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there!