Queen Bea Reaches for the Stars

This is the Paula Abdul "Reach for the Stars" ring that Paula took off her own finger and gave to that cackling contestant who we all love to hate, Tatiana, during last night's episode of American Idol. Tatiana already had the coordinating bracelet and Paula wanted her to have the set. Plus, Paula wanted to oh-so-subtly promote her HSN jewelry line to a captive audiance of millions.

If you haven't been following Idol this season, here's a little sample of Tatiana's cheese-grater ways (and don't say I didn't give you fair warning!):



The ring is on sale for only $12.95 and is a customer pick (!). Tatiana has been chosen as the Vote for the Worst favorite so she might be around for a while for that kind of voting block behind her.

I have to confess, the same part of my heart that loves the cheese of home shopping, also adores the cheese of American Idol. I just can't help myself!


I'm fairly certain that I'll be fishing around for ways to tie American Idol into this blog so that I can write about it with reckless abandon. So far, Paula, Clay Aiken, and Barry Manilow are the only clear links I can think of, but I'm willing to get creative.

How bad is this little addiction of mine? I'll admit to going to one of the American Idol concerts. In my defense, it was just one and I only went to see my all-time Idol fav and number one boyfriend, Chris Daughtry. He totally rocked it too. Mr. Queen Bea doesn't mind me drooling over Chris since they could pretty much pass for twins. It's a healthy kinda lust, y'all!

So if you aren't into Idol, you'll just have to gloss over these little posts from time to time. I just need an outlet for my obsession.

Her Name was Lola ...

... she was a showgirl ...

Have I mentioned that I'm a Fanilow? Oh, yes I am! And I don't care who knows it. I came out of the Barry-Manilow-fan closet years ago, which is way more then I can say about Mr. Manilow. He seems to be rather fond of the closet.

... with yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there...

I've even seen him in concert. I'll admit it. I had a good time too. He might be cheesy, but in a totally awesome way. My mother even got to sit on stage at his concert in Las Vegas. I come from a long line of proud, yet still somewhat embarrassed, Fanilows.

... She would merengue and do the cha-cha ...

There's nothing better than cranking up "Mandy" on the car stereo and belting it at the top of your lungs and completely out of key.

... And while she tried to be a star, Tony always tended bar Across the crowded floor, they worked from 8 til 4 ...

So, I have an appointment to watch Barry on the Q tomorrow night and I can't wait. He writes the songs, you know!

... They were young and they had each other, Who could ask for more?

Copacabana Now:


Copacabana 1978(!):

Want to be Neighbors with $uzanne $omers?

This week, Suzanne Somers—the smartest dumb blond evah!—is celebrating 16 fabulous FaceMaster-filled years on HSN. But it’s not just fake diamonds that Suzanne is selling, she recently put “Les Baux de Palm Springs,” her 73-acre Palm Springs mountainside French villa, on the market for only 1 million FlexPays of $27.50 (plus shipping & handling and applicable state and local sales tax). That’s $27.5 million dollars for the HSN-impaired.

Not only does the new owner of the 9,000-square-foot home get to live next to Barry Manilow (Queen Bea is a big Fanilow!), Suzanne is building her new home right next door. So if you buy the house, you get to live in between Suzanne and Barry! Isn’t that going to create some kind of cosmic cheese warp in the space-time continuum???

You absolutely must check out the house here. The décor is … ummm … interesting--especially the zebra accents.

***Note: This is NOT referring to the home she lost last year to fire. That one was in Malibu.