Clay Aiken will be in Atlanta to raise funds for his North Carolina House campaign. He'll be at the home of of Dr. Jesse Cannon in Midtown at 6 p.m. Wednesday evening.
Aiken is an underdog against incumbent and Republican Renee Elmers.
At least through July, he had not raised as much money as Elmers despite his "American Idol" fame, according to a Washington Post story last month.
One of Aiken's consultants put it this way: "It's tough because the people in the district all assume he has these big Hollywood connections so they don't want to donate. But the truth is he isn't that big a deal in Hollywood, so he can't raise that much there."
The man hosting the fundraiser Cannon is an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the Emory Clinic.
In Aiken's only debate with Elmers, she tried to tie him to Pres. Obama.
“This Obama-Aiken economy is just killing us,” Ellmers said.
"You might need to get a new writer because calling it the Obama-Aiken economy is just preposterous," Aiken responded. (More here.)
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The early auditions are over. "Idol" Hollywood week starts October 25. The show itself returns for season 14 on January 14. Mark you calendars! Or not.
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Editors for Bravo's "Shahs of Sunset" went on strike but Ryan Seacrest Productions has decided to get rid of them, giving editing control over to Bravo directly. The union trying to represent the editors is naturally displeased. Details here.
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Carrie Underwood's latest single from her upcoming greatest hits album "Something in the Water" opened huge, selling 124,000 copies the first week and debuting at No. 25 on the Mediabase 24/7 country chart. It slipped down a bit but is now climbing again at No. 33.
As you know every single she has released to country radio has been a top 2 hit on airplay: that's 17 singles in a row. This song with Christian overtones is certain to be the 18th.
Scotty McCreery's fourth top 20 hit is "Feelin' It," which is at No. 20.
Daughtry's "Battleships' keeps battling its way up the Hot AC chart, now up to No. 24. Phillip Phillips' "Unpack Your Heart" is his slowest climbing single to date, now up to 31.
Jennifer Hudson's '"It's Your World" peaked at No. 12 on the urban AC chart.
Danny Gokey's former No. 1 hit "Hope in Front of Me" is at No. 4 on the Christian AC chart.
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Zap2It says CBS's "Scorpion" starring Katharine McPhee is "likely to be renewed" based on ratings from its first three episodes. Ratings did fall off a bit week three so things haven't quite steadied. It drew 11.9 million overnight viewers Monday night.
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