Start painting your homemade “I heart David” signs, Las Vegas. This year’s herd of freshly manufactured pop stars is on the move and headed our way. The “American Idols Live!” tour — sponsored, appropriately enough, by Pop Tarts — kicked off Tuesday in Glendale, Ariz., and the Thomas & Mack Center is stop No. 4 on the 53-show, 49-city, 72-day trek ...

Say goodbye, Malubay. Ramiele Malubay — the diminutive singer with the big voice — was booted from "American Idol" as the show trimmed the competition to eight hopefuls. Malubay, 20, of Miramar, Fla., crooned Dolly Parton's "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind" on Tuesday night's show. Paula ...

When Ramiele Malubay takes the stage on "American Idol," the 20-year-old with punkish blond streaks in her dark hair comes off as bubbly, polished and even a little edgy. That's not exactly the young woman her friends and family say was too shy to sing "Happy Birthday" a few months ...