I'm still stunned over the kudos for Haley.

Sometimes I wonder whether the judges are hearing the same thing we are as we watch along at home.

Anywhoo, the performance show is done, and I'm anxious to hear what you thought of Elton John night? Will it be hard to send two people home this week? Any predictions on who those two people might be?

I'm going to be on pins and needles during elimination. Don't forget to join me here live while I blog the results.

Peace out "Idol"-ators!

9:51 p.m. - OMG, I love "Bennie and the Jets."

That's my jam right there. Haley takes a stab at it, and my husband looks and me and laments "really?!"

Not my favorite performance. I'll forgive her for being sprawled out on the piano a la  "The Fabulous Baker Boys," but that hard "s" on the "Jetssssss" was just too much. It all felt weird and wrong to me.

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How are they going to top last week?

After the emotional save of Casey Abrams during last week's elimination, our Top 11 are back on track with even more on the line because TWO people will go home this week.

That's right, the good news of the Casey save will turn into bad news times two for whoever fails to bring it Wednesday night.

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If you’ve ever had to hustle through an airport, you know that flying can double as a workout - though perhaps not quite as intense a calorie-burner as an in-flight safety video for Air New Zealand shows.

The airline tapped none other than ‘80s exercise guru Richard Simmons to show off all the ways one can be “fit to fly" in just three minutes.

For example, if you need to brace yourself during flight, Simmons’ neon-spandex clad cohorts demonstrate how to do “the duck,” where you sit with “flat feet, elbows outside your thighs, hands on your head and duck on down.” "Amazing Race" host Phil Keoghan is particularly adept at demonstrating "the duck" in a cameo.

Check out more of Keoghan's moves in the video above.

Rihanna isn't lying when she sings about finding whips and chains exciting in her hit single “S&M.”

The pop star reveals in a saucy interview with Rolling Stone that those sort of accoutrements are a plus in the bedroom.

"I like to take charge, but I love to be submissive," she tells the magazine. “You get to be a little lady, to have somebody be macho and in charge…That's sexy to me. I work a lot, and I have to make a lot of executive decisions, so when it comes to being intimate, I like to feel like I'm somebody's girl."

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Charlie Sheen’s antics aren’t restricted to Twitter and “Torpedo of Truth” tour stops – the rock-star-from-Mars has taken his act to Drew Carey’s “Improv-A-Ganza” on GSN.

According to a statement, “Improv-A-Ganza” is “a new original, primetime daily strip series” that’ll premiere on April 11 at 8 p.m. on the network. Sheen will presumably show off some tiger blood-fueled improvisation skills when he makes his "impromptu appearance" in the episode airing on April 12.

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We started out with 18 contestants coming back to vie for the title that eluded them all the first time around. And after the longest season in “Top Chef” history, it all comes down to this.

In one corner, we have Richard Blais, the mad scientist from Season Four. In the other, Mike Isabella, the antagonistic Mediterranean-style savant from Season Six.

It’s certainly not the final pair I would have predicted. Along the way, we lost fan favorites Carla and Fabio, super-strong competitors Angelo and Dale, and redemption-seeking former finalists, such as Tiffani, Marcel and Casey.

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Jennifer Aniston and a few other famous females are teaming up to make a movie that makes a difference.

Singer Alicia Keys, actress Demi Moore and filmmaker Patty Jenkins will all join the former "Friends" star as directors on the Lifetime Original Movie "Project Five," the network has announced.

The movie is a collection of humorous and dramatic short films that explore the impact of breast cancer on people's lives, from the way diagnosis affects relationships to how those diagnosed perceive themselves.

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Hotshot actor Chris Hemsworth is getting a little too big for his britches — or at least his superhero costume.

The "Thor" star says he packed on so much muscle to play Marvel's hammer-wielding warrior that he couldn't fit into his crime-fighting clothes.

"I got the part and immediately started looking at the comic books, and the guy is 500 pounds or something and looks like Schwarzenegger," the Aussie actor, whose film hits theaters on May 6, tells the L.A. Times. "And I thought, 'OK, I'm not gonna get to that. But I have to get bigger.'"

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The Bravermans return after a break without the clouds that seemed to be hanging over them - well, most of them anyway.

Pre-break saw Jasmine and Crosby breaking up after a fight and infidelity on Crosby's part; the infidelity was with Max's therapist Gabby, which affected Kristina, Adam and Max. Sarah was back to bartending, and her unreliable ex was in and then back out of the scene.

While he was there, he did spark some creativity in her - Sarah's working on refining a play she wrote. Zeek, who brings his own style to being a supportive parent, decides to help Sarah with her dream of being a writer.

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