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Singer gets big, wet kiss from Steven on 'Idol'

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Steven Tyler gave fan Jenni Schick what she wanted.

By Liane Bonin Starr , HitFix.com

It's time for auditions in Colorado, which should be a little snowy but will not feature an airplane hangar. Darn it! I just hope we get to see Steven ski. That would be worth it.?

8:00 p.m. EST Finally, "American Idol" is getting away from it all. By going to Colorado. I'm not sure how everyone in Colorado feels about this designation, as Ryan has made an entire state sound like a remote corner of nowhere, but okay.?

8:01 p.m. The "Idol" family is going on vacation in the mountains. Except they're not going on vacation. But they are going to Aspen. They make snowballs. And Steven has a good vibe.

8:03 p.m. Jenni Schick (24) is overly energetic and teaches music to grade school kids. And she thinks Steven Tyler is gorgeous. She'd also like to kiss Lady Gaga and Adam Levine. So would her boyfriend. I think Jenni needs to take a closer look at her relationship.?She's singing Pat Benatar's "Heartbreaker." She misses a few notes, but she's strong. She gets three yeses and she may kiss Steven, because Randy said so. Steven follows order.?Quick, girl, get an antiseptic.?

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8:09 p.m. A clip montage. Oh, wait, one clip is important. Curtis Gray is a singer in a five-piece group, and of course he can sing, and even though he looks like someone who'd belt out some Creedence Clearwater Revival, he applies his talents to Boyz II Men. And does it remarkably well. Three yeses.??

8:12 p.m. Montage!?Richie Law has an extremely deep voice for a guy who looks like a bit like a pipsqueak. Devan Jones can hit some impressive high notes. Mathenee Trego has a breathier quality but he does have range. Still, weakest of the three. Doesn't matter, because they're all going to Hollywood.?

8:13 p.m. Tealanah Hedgespeth has a sister. And her twin sister is her best friend. Even though she's sick of people telling her how great her sister is. This is her chance to shine alone! She sings "Bring Me Some Water." Oops. She can't really sing. Great. Randy tells her she's funny. She smiles, as she doesn't realize this is his way of breaking up with her. Steven tells her she needs to listen to a recording of her voice. Steven says no, Jennifer says no, and Randy says no. We also see a clip of Tealanah singing with her sister -- who seems to have a stronger voice. Oh, I feel so sorry for Tealanah. Back to the shadows, girl.?

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8:22 p.m. Haley Smith loves nature. She has three jobs. And she's a vegetarian working in the meat department. She seems very hippy. She'll be singing Rufus and Chaka Khan's "Tell Me Something Good." It seems to be a good audition, except that Slingbox craps out and so you'll have to fill me in.

8:32 p.m. Shelby Tweten credits singing for helping her through, I think, bipolar disorder (Slingbox came back in the middle of this, so apologies if that's not accurate). Anyway, she sings, and Jennifer gets weepy. Randy thinks she's fearless as a singer. Big yes from Jennifer, big huge yes from Randy. They don't even bother with Steven, but he loves her, too.?

8:38 p.m. A montage of lousy auditions. Some joke avalanche footage. Ha, ha. Because they're in Aspen!?

8:39 p.m. Jairon Jackson will be performing his own song, "So Hard." And wowza, he can really sing. The song isn't bad, either. Randy thinks he's ready for the charts already. And I can't disagree. That was strong. Three yeses. He gets so excited his pants almost come down. I hope he makes it into the top, just so he can work with a costume designer who will burn those awful denim shorts of his.?

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8:46 p.m. Angie Zeiderman wants to open for Lady Gaga and be her best friend. She sings ...?something. OK, I don't know this song, but it's a show tune. Maybe from "Gypsy"? Anyway, I don't think the judges do, either. But it's about showing the boys your birthday suit. The thing is, she can sing. But Randy hates show tunes. He's ready to kick her to the curb. Jennifer quickly intercedes and asks her to sing something else. She chooses "Blue Bayou," and she really does have a gorgeous voice. That changes Randy's mind. Randy just couldn't see past the show tune. Really, Randy? It was pretty apparent she could sing, my God.?Three yeses. Remember when there used to be actual disagreements on this show and the people auditioning didn't automatically know one yes meant three yeses? Ah, those were the days.?

8:54 p.m. It's party central in the audition room! But the party pooper is Magic Cyclops from Davenport, Iowa. Where he picked up an English accent. No one talks to him because he looks scary and homeless. He's a master of air guitar. He will not reveal his age, because it's not polite to ask a lady her age. I kind of like Magic Cyclops. He sings Neil Diamond and Jimmy Buffet, and not horribly, really. But Randy is appalled.?Randy has to go to the bathroom. Magic Cyclops launches what seems to be a confetti firework, and everyone leaves, dismissing him as ?joke. Which he is, but Randy didn't have to be so cranky about it.?

Tomorrow night, "American Idol" heads to Texas. And it seems the judges actually disagree about something! Shocker!

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Joan Rivers Slams Chelsea Handler As A ?Drunk? & ?Whore?

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Forums: Random app appearances, Contacts in the cloud

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If Dooce Can?t Make an Egalitarian Marriage Work, Who Can?

So this endeavor supported her family in luxurious style, but it still allowed them to have a wonderfully flexible life; they could get all the fulfilling, lucrative work done and still pick their kids up from school every day. Many of her readers want and appreciate what she appeared to have?a thriving home business with a ?[l]over, business partner, best friend,? which is how Armstrong described Jon three years ago. Her marriage seemed aspirational, yet attainable?particularly because their lives weren?t entirely perfect, given Armstrong?s depression and anxiety, and her husband?s own mental health issues.

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The 10 Best Survival Movies

There are few things on Earth as beautiful, awe-inspiring, and simultaneously terrifying as the ocean, and 2003's horror film Open Water is acutely aware of the latter. Loosely based on the true story of Tom and Eileen Lonergan, the film depicts the harrowing trials of a married couple, Daniel (Daniel Travis) and Susan (Blanchard Ryan), who are stranded in the middle of the ocean when their scuba diving group accidentally leaves them behind. What ensues is pretty much every oceanic nightmare you might imagine, short of a kraken attack: It begins early (and innocently enough) with petty bickering between the couple, but quickly escalates to panic, dehydration, swarming jellyfish, and circling sharks, and you know when sharks are involved, it's all downhill. Made for just $500,000, Open Water offers a lot of bang for its buck, immersing the viewer in a palpable sense of dread and reminding all of us why our planet's most abundant resource is also one of its most frightening habitats.

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Apple sees massive revenues to end 2011, edges past Android in U.S. (Appolicious)

Apple had an earnings call this week running down the numbers for its first quarter of 2012 (which was actually the October through December quarter of 2011). They were mind-blowing: the company doubled its revenues and its profits over the same period from just a year before.

As Mashable reports, Apple?s record revenues for the quarter shot up to $46.3 billion, with profits coming in at more than $13 billion ? more than all the revenue brought in by Google ($10.6 billion) during the same period. Apple saw growth just about across the board, with an increase in Mac sales as well as iPhones and iPads. Sales of the iPod Touch were down, but it seems mostly due to the fact that iPhone sales were up so high.

It?s the iPhone market that?s the biggest story (outside of just massive, massive numbers) for Apple. The constant war between Apple and Google for smartphone supremacy has tilted back in Apple?s favor with its latest numbers, if only just barely (and only in the U.S.). According to Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, as reported by GigaOM, Apple has claimed 44.9 percent of the U.S. smartphone market with the help of the release of the iPhone 4S, which is double the share of the market it held a year ago. Meanwhile, Android dipped to 44.8 percent (down from 50 percent a year ago), which was just enough to put it behind iOS. Kantar also said the iOS market share was growing faster than Android across nine other countries the research firm covers, including Mexico, Brazil and the UK.

Apple moved 15.4 million iPads in its Q1 2012, an increase of 111 percent over the same period the year before. During the earnings call, Apple CEO Tim Cook fielded a question regarding whether iPad sales had been affected by the release of Amazon?s Kindle Fire tablet, but Cook said it didn?t appear as though the iPad had felt the presence of the Fire one way or the other. At more than twice the price of its popular Android competitor, TechCrunch reported that the iPad still is believed to have outsold the Kindle Fire three to one (Amazon hasn?t released any concrete Kindle Fire sales numbers as yet).

It?s a banner way for Apple to begin 2012 (or end 2011). Apple is more than likely poised to announce a refresh for the iPad, expected sometime this spring, with a higher-resolution screen and a more powerful processor. Apple has some big expectations to meet, but given some of the insane numbers it saw during the last quarter, it seems the tech giant is headed in the right direction.

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