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I thought I would start a thread for magazine collectors to post what they find in magazines - this may help others decide whether they want a magazine or not. Magazines sometimes cost a lot now, and I think we can help each other with this. There have been precious few articles this summer (I'm ready for another magazine cover), but here is what I have found so far:

US Weekly - May 31, 2004
Page 87 - 3" by 3" prom picture of Clay with his date, Jennifer Myers.

Entertainment Weekly - June 4, 2004
Page 82 - Half-page article by Chris Willman on making the Sex Pistols movie. Thumb-nail picture of Clay from AI2 days, and a small attempt at humour by the author. Page 83 - Review of Tamyra Gray's CD. Small mention - "It doesn't showcase her voice as strongly as Clay Aiken's and Kelly Clarkson's entries did".

J-14 - July 2004
Page 8 - 3" by 5" picutre of Kelly and Clay at Seaworld with the beluga whale. Page 35 - 4" by &7" article and picture of Clay (GREAT SMILE, black shirt, black pants) talking about AI3. Page 108 - Monthly Poll - Clay #4 for Tops In Pops - Up from #5 in June (You can vote every month at readers-picks@j14.com, or mail the coupon that is in the magazine).

Tiger Beat - July 2004
Pages 28 & 29 - Pictures of Clay and his Mom to match to each other. Pin-Up Section - 8" by 10" picture of Clay on a bike - This has been in a magazine before, but not as a pin-up.

Twist - July 2004
Page 61 Ten Best Makeovers - 3" by 6" picture of Clay "After" 1" by 2" picture of Clay "Before". One line quote from Clay about confidence.

I am with Stephanie on this idea for a thread.fhmmany, This is a super  idea, this will help us determine if we should or should not spend the  $$$ on a magazines.  It may help us save $$$$ for upcoming concert tickets.

GOOD THINKING fhmmany!!

Angela

I also think this sounds like a fine idea, so I just made this topic a "Sticky".

Thanks, fhmmany 2!!!

Deanna

This is a great idea!  Thanks fhmmany2 and Deanna for stickying.

Just for your information, and in case you aren't aware, the CLAY IN PRINT (http://www.claymaniacs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=225) thread lists this information current up until April I believe.

Be sure and check your local used book stores and libraries, as many of them will carry magazines that are a couple or more months old. Sometimes you can score a real treasure if you just scavenge around a little bit!

Or am I the only one who likes to scavenge in used book stores...?   :wink:

with so many teen/pop magazines at Wal*Mart they all seem like a blur. But there's one i saw today. I think it's called Pop Star. Clay is shown inside during a radio interview. nothing much else is said...except the caption "Clay Aiken appears to be laughing hysterically...he's certainly not invisible". within the magazine they have a Clay vs. JC article. i'll paraphrase the comment from JC: 'I don't mean to make the kid's mad but i don't think i can take another Clay Aiken record' . the editor or whoever appears to take up for Clay with their response.

so, if you want the magazine for the picture of Clay laughing with the radio headphones on and wearing glasses, go out and track it down.

What a GREAT idea fhmmany2.

I too buy the magazines and since I don't get around too well,
and my son and daughter-in-law (and don't forget the neighbors),
are not too anxious to search the store shelves for me any more,
I rely on getting them direct from the publishers as back issues.
I even buy from Ebay when I have to.
 
CAN YOU IMAGINE, ANYONE NOT BEING  ANXIOUS TO LOOK FOR
CLAY IN THE MAGAZINES? :wink:

So the reviews would be especially helpful to me.  There must
be others like me who get the mags late, so I was wondering if
you want any reviews for earlier than the beginning of May.
 
Again what a wonderful idea this is.

shirl

I've found a few more. Instead of posting these with my first post, I'm just going with today's date - is this what I should do? I missed the fact that there was already information in the "Clay In Print" Thread, because the date never changed - I thought it was an old thread (I would have just added to the information there, if I had known it was still active.) Anyway, here are a few more magazines - the Teen magazines are not usually worth the price to me (they may be to someone who wants every printed word about Clay), but I'm glad to know that the teen mags still have him in there even when he is taking a little time off.

BOP - June 2004
Page 29 - "4 Eyes" Small article about celebrities who sometimes wear glases. 1" by 2" picture of Clay with glasses. (Britney Spear's picture is a little bigger than the others).

BOP - July 2004
Page 5 - Clay at Disneyworld in the small car with his friend.
Page 53 - "Hot Boys of Summer" - "Clay Aiken - Hot Southern Boy" (Yes He Is!) - Light Blue Denim Shirt, Yellow T-Shirt, That Wonderful Smile.

M - June 2004
Page 9 - Star Scrapbook - Another small picture of Clay, Kelly, and the Whale at Seaworld.
Page 23 - "Whose Butt Is This" (I'm Not Joking) Match Clay's face with a shot of his backside (I'm just reporting what is there).
Page 56 - Unscramble The Stars - Unscramble Clay's Name - The Hint is "I'm Pals With Kelly Clarkson".

Pop Star - July 2004
Page 7 - Clay laughting, wearing earphones, 3" by 5" picture.
Page 10 - JC vs. Clay - 2" by 2" photo of Clay - Quote from Jc Chasez (WHO?) knocking Clay - Clay refused to respond (because he has Class).
Page 27 - Hot Hits - Music Reviews - No Review of the Way/Solitaire, but a small picture of the CD Cover in "Also Totally Tight" Section.
Pin-Up Section - As mentioned Above, 8" by 10" picture of Clay, light blue shirt, white T-Shirt (serious THUD Alert), Kelly's pin-up on next page.
NOTE: AI3 Finalists on large 16" by 20" pin-up.
Page 92 - Address of Clay's Fan Club.
Page 95 - Sketch of Clay sent in by a Fan.

Is it confusing to have the new magazines put in on down the line rather than with the original post? Opinions, Please!

This is a great idea!  Thanks so much!  It's great to have everyone looking for the articles--I bought the Popstar and was so mezmerized by the pinup that I didn't even notice the other five Clay things.  

The mags really are expensive, but I guess I'm addicted to them, so I'll probably keep on getting them.  But it's great to have the info to know which are the best ones.

I posted this on the Got Clay forum, but just thought I'd mention that the teen mags have lots of contests, sometimes with Clay things as prizes.  I just entered one that had 5 autographed Clay photos as prizes in Popstar.

Oops, that was the N & A forum, not Got Clay--sorry.

:D I too found that POPSTAR edition with the pin-up & kelly's pin-up!And the magazine with the picture of him laughing with the earphones as mentioned above!Other then that  I haven't come across anything!I'll keep looking.......

Have a nice night everyone! :)

Clay Obsessed asked if we could go back and review older magazines, since she gets most of hers from ebay. I sent her a message and told her I would be glad to send her the reviews a few at a time - I've been meaning to do an inventory of my magazines, and this will get me started. Unless they are a cover magazine, I can't look at them and tell what's inside, and it's hard to go back and find favorite articles. I don't know if anybody else would be interested in doing this, too, but if you would, I'm sure she would appreciate it - if enough people would be interested, the reviews could just be posted here - if you want to review a magazine, just announce its name  and publication date so we won't all be writing about the same one.

fhmmany2--reviewing the magazines is such a great idea!  And thanks a million for all the info!  Especially the page numbers--I went to WalMart today and was able to find all the mags in a short time, bought five of them.  Without all the good info I would have missed so many good things!

The pic on page 35 of J-14 with Clay's opinions on AI3 was a new one, kind of different, a little snarky with that adorable little smile.  Glad to have it!

Thanks again  :!:

I just got my Collegiate Standard Commerative Magazine - It is 19 pages of Wonderful. Although it has to be purchased through ebay or a private seller, I thought I would do a short review of it anyway. This is what is in the Table of Contents:

Page 4 - I Worked Hard To Be a Teacher
Page 5 - Clay! Can You Sing? - article by Priscilla Brame
Page 5 - Clay and the Metra School - pictures wuth captions
Page 6 - What the Hell You Doin? - article by Fred Spooner
Page 7 - I Thought: I Have To Watch This Kid - article by Cheryl Young
Page 7 - UNC Charlotte's Idol In The Finals
Page 9 - Roommate With A View - article by Amy Pusey (I didn't know Clay had a girl roommate in school).
Page 11 - We Are The Potter - You Are The Clay - 4 Makeover Pictures
Page 12 - The Improbable Idol From UNC Charlotte
Page 14 - Wonderful Ambassador - article by Nancy Cooke
Page 14 - Clay's Clayllegiate Standards
Page 15 - The Hardest Working Man
Page 16 - Can Clay Survive the Demons of Fame? - article by Jeff Stewart
Page 18 - Wouldn't Miss It For the World
Page 19 - It's Great To Be Back!

If I counted correctly, there are 59 pictures of Clay on the front, back, and inside of this magazine. Mine cost me $15 plus $6 postage, but it is the best Clay magazine I've ever seen, and I already have a lot of them.

Hi everyone!
Nothing majore but the June 18,2004 edition of Entertainment Weekly on page 87!Has a small paragraph mentioning Clay & William Hung that they sold the same number of albums in the last week of May!The paragraph is titled "Star Crossed Idols" and there is no pic,just his name!Thought I would pass it along!

Have a great night! :D

fhmmany2, this is a great idea!   :D

I don't have anything to add but would like to share a link I found:

http://www.pax-et-animo.net/mags.html

They have the following posted:

These scans  are provided as a resource for the Clay Nation and are brought to you by the many generous fans of Clay who have taken the time to provide scans of their magazines to share with others. We hope they will help you with obtaining and organizing your own collections.  If you have a recent magazine that you do not see here, we would be most grateful if you could send a quality scan to

For older articles it states to go to Clayphotos.com but of course we know that is gone.    :(

To read the clip you click on the image to enlarge.   :D

Michele

FYI

Clay is in the July issue of M Magazine. There is a poster inside - with this pic:  EW BIKE PIC (http://www.claygirls.com/web_pages/pamela/EWBIKE2.jpg) (I haven't seen it, but found this info on another board!)

My uncle bought the M magazine last night for me just incase he was in there!Good thing he did LOL! :D

My husband & I are on a mini-trip, and I've found a few more magazines.I did buy the July M - thank you, Pamela for the heads up about the 8' by 10" picture - it is the same photo shoot of the bike picture in the July issue of Tiger Beat, but not the same picture. In addition I found:

Blast! - #02-2004 (No Month)
Cover - 2" by 3" picture of Clay with Ruben
Page 16 - "Ultimate Guide To Summer Shows" - Picture of Kelly Clarkson, quote from Clay about the Independent Tour.
Page 53 - Part of a 4-page article about American Idol - Page 53 all Clay - 2 pictures - one alone, one with Ruben.

Teen People - Summer 2004
Page 24 - "Celebs SayThe Darndest Things" 2" by 3" picture of Clay. quote about what fans toss on stage.
Page 25 - "Star Woes" - 2" by 3" picture, quote about most embarrasing moment on stage. (Note: Recent, very good pictures - great smiles, good eye color - only wish they were bigger pictures).
Page 48 - "Ultimate Celebrity Guy Poll" 2" by 4" picture from the Rolling
Stone shoot, I think. Clay at the top of 2 Polls - 41% "He'd Make A Great Friend, But Just A Friend" and 30% "He's Just a superstar Eye Intervention Away From Being A Hottie". Who voted in this poll?

TEEN - Summer 2004
Page 32 - Pop Quiz - What Is Clay's Dog Named After? 2" by 3" picture of Clay (the one with hands over head).

No major covers in a while, but I'm glad to see that he is still in a lot of magazines.

Thanks, fhmmany2, for all the good info!  It seems like he was not in the mags for a while, and now he's back in lots of them!

I wanted to correct something I said about the picture of Clay in the July M (the picture on the bike). It is exactly the same picture that is in the July issue of tiger Beat, and it was also in the Dec 2003/ Jan 2004 issue of Teen People - all 8" by 10" pin-ups. I'm glad that Clay is getting the exposure of being in different magazines - he may be seen by different people - but I wish the magazines would use recent pictures. There are so many new pictures available. I don't know why they aren't being used.

I notice that,they use the same old pics over & over again!Oh well,atleast he's in the magazines!I haven't been to the store since last week so I didn't come across anything new!My mom and dad are always looking and my uncle has a freind who owns a store he checks the magazines for me too & let's him know if Clay is in them!But,if I come across something i will surely post it for everyone! :D

Have a good day!

The August magazines are starting to show up - here is the first one I've noticed:

Tiger Beat - August 2004
Cover - 1" by 2" picture - Article title "Silly, Smooth, or Shy - Who's The One For You?"
Page 18 - "The Write Stuff" - handwriting analysis of Clay's signature. 2" by 2" picture - great smile - face only.
Page 31 - Cover Article Clay represents the "Shy guys" - 4" by 10" picture, black patterned shirt, grey pants.
Page 48 - 8" by 10" pin-up. Light blue shirt with black pattern, black t-shirt (looks like a budda pattern on t-shirt), black jeans. He is sitting on some sort of table or concrete ledge - grass in the background. Sitting down with legs criss-crossed in front of him - bare feet. This is not a new picture, because his hair is American Idol blond, but I don't remember seeing this picture anywhere before.

Thanks again, fhmmany!

The blue picture with the budda tee was in one of the mags about a month ago, but not with the bare feet!  Must be the same photo shoot with a different pose.  Can't wait to see it!

Thanks I will be looking for that magazine!

Jeanette - you are right - the "Budda" t -shirt picture is in the  May/June 2004 issue of J-14. It is a close-up and you can't tell that he has no shoes on. After the family left this afternoon (Happy Fathers' Day), I started to inventory my magazines. It was so interesting to really look at them - usually if I see a good Clay picture, I buy the magazine, it gets into a box, and I never get around to reading the magazine. The "bike" pictures that I said were the same in an earlier post aren't alike after all. The picture of Clay is the same (hands on bike handle bars, holding mirrored sun glasses), but in two of the magazines he is in completely different clothes - I guess they just "paint" on what they want him to wear. I've been griping that Clay is not in the magazines enough, but when I had done inventory on the 2004 magazines, (magazines published since December 2003) I counted 35.  (Of course he is not on the cover or there is not a feature article in most of these, but he is in them - many with multiple pictures).If you had asked, I would never have guessed that he had been in so many, and I'm sure that I have not gotten all of the 2004 magazines. I look forward to posts by everyone else. I live in a very small town, and many of the magazines aren't even sold here - I have to drive one and one-half hours to the nearest book stores such as Books-A-Million or Walden Books. I know that reading posts from other magazine collectors will help all of us to not miss good magazines.

What a great idea!  Good thinkin -- It is really time consuming thumbing through all the mags and then deciding whether to buy or not


 :)  :?  :?

This is a very slow week for Clay in the magazines, so I thought I would post a few he ISN'T  in, just to save you the trouble:

There IS a small mention in US Weekly, June 28, 2004 issue - Page 92 - announcing the AFI 100 Years, 100 Songs Program - mentioned Clay, John Travolta, & Celine Dione.

People June 28, 2004 - 50 Hottest Bachelors. Clay is not here either, but on Page 120, you can meet Ben Jelen, who, from what I've read, will open for Clay's summer tour beginning in August. (I have tickets for a September concert in Houston, so I don't know if he will still be opening for Clay then).

Entertainment Weekly June 25/July 2 2004 - "137 Things We Love This Summer - The Must List". Clay is not on this either. Entertainment Weekly never mentioned the Independent Tour, or the fact that The Way/Solitaire was #1 for nine weeks. There is a small mention on Page 159 about Clay's appearance on A Capitol Fourth 2004, but it is not a good mention. This follows a small mention in the June 18, 2004 edition (Page 87) that would lead someone who did not know better to think that William Hung and Clay are selling the same number of albums. I have subscribed to Entertainment Weekly for years, but that is about to change.

Forbes Magazine, July 5, 2004 - "Tracking Fame In An Insta-Celebrity Age - The Celebrity 100". Clay did not make this list either, but at least Forbes tells how they came up with the list (you do not have to buy the magazine - you can view all of this on Forbes Magazine.com, as I did). They tracked earnings, web mentions on Google, press clips, TV/Radio mentions, and the covers of 17 "major consumer magazines". The rankings show pay rank, web rank, press rank, and TV rank. The worst thing about this is that Willaim Hung is #96. I don't know why that bothers me so much, but it does.

THAT REALLY BOTHERS ME WITH WILLIAM HUNG STILL AT #96.  SORRY BUT THERE MUST A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO BETTER WITH THEIR MONEY.  THANK YOU FOR THE INFO ON THE MAGAZINES THOUGH.


LORRAINE

Ok,I am not sure what page it is on,but in the July issue of the magazine TWIST there is a section in the mag where they do the best makeovers!Clay is featured with a pic & a paragraph basically talking about his makeover!I don't have the mag in front of me so I'm not sure of the page?Just wanted to post incase anyone here wnats to buy it! :D

fhmmany2, thanks again for all the great info, both the ones with and without mention of Clay.  I too was disappointed that Clay was not included in the People list of 50 most sexy bachelors--he was in the last issue of the 50 sexiest men.

The August issue of Tiger Beat is definitely worth getting.  The picture with the buddha shirt and the crossed legs is just adorable!  Those gorgeous eyes!  Those delicious hands!  Those beautiful feet (make that foot).  Those adorable toes!

Reality TV--Official Collector's Edition.

Pictures are on page 136 & 137-- there are 5 pictures of him.   I am pretty sure we have all seen  these particular pictures,  or have them  in our possesion.  Most of the pictures are from AI2.  Three small paragrapghs on page 137.  One part talks about How AI2 ended, The next was another little blurp about  Life after AI2. The last bit was a little story about his childhood his biological father & his sister who comitted suicide.
I say read it while you are standing in line at the market--if you feel it is worth it,  buy it.  

Angela

Small mention of Clay in July 2004 Glamour...the section is titled "What are you singing along to in the car?"

"Anything by Clay Aiken- I can't get enough of that guy."..
by David Spade (comedian actor..most recently on "Just Shoot Me". small picture of David beside the quote.

Is he on the list of Clay fans?

Lora-Ohio

In Touch-page 94: The 4th of July special is promoted and there's a picture of Clay {the one Michele uses as an avatar on here} placed in front of the Capitol in Washington.

i think the caption says: 'what better way to celebrate America than have an American Idol appear at the festivities?'

someone can get the accurate quote if they see the magazine in Wal*Mart or wherever.

In Touch (the 25 cent issue), they list the other people who will be performing, but Clay is the only one with a full-page picture.  I've noticed that with a lot of the magazines lately, if there are several people in an article listed, Clay is the one with the biggest picture, or the one who is placed first in the article.

Thanks for all the updates on the magazines! :D

The Collegiate Standard Clay Commemorative issue just came today--it's just wonderful--so much information about Clay, before AI.  It's great to get a whole new picture of what Clay was like before he was famous, not that he's really different now from what he was then, but to see his evolution.

It's definitely worth the $15.oo--I think July 5 is the last day to order.

Thanks again, fhmmany2!

Thanks Jeanette & AcCountryfan for the information on In Touch (July 5, 2004 edition). It's the biggest bargain of the summer at 25 cents. I love the  full-page picture of Clay with the Capitol and fireworks in the background, and the fact that it says "Clay Aiken highlights this musical salute". It also states that a half a million people go to this concert every year - can't wait to see it.

Star Magazine - July 5, 2004
The same picure as In Touch, only this one is a quarter page in size, not a full page. It does mention that Clay has a summer tour "Clay Aiken takes a break from his U.S. summer tour to perform at this concert".

T.V. Guide - June 27-July 3 Issue
Page 105  Small black & white photo of Clay at the microphone - paragraph about the Good Morning America appearance this Friday (Yeah!). Also gives highlights of his "eventful year". This edition also has a "Where Are They Now" article about reality stars. Justin Guarini  (AI1)is on page 68, and Nikki McKibbin (also from AI1) is on page 72.

US Weekly July 5, 2004
No Clay in this issue, but there is an article on Fantasia on pages 14 & 15, and an article on Dianna DeGarmo on page 73 - Dianna's article mentions that she recorded her first single in the same studio that Clay, Kelly, and Tamyra used.

Thanks for all the magazine updates!I also saw in the the TV guide starting July4-10(I think that's right?)Anyhwo Elvis is on the cover & on the first page there is a little pic of Vince Gill & Amy Grant for the Capitol Fourth Show in front of fireworks and a little article beneath stating who is gonna be at the Capitol Fourth Show & the only thing it says is who is there and it does say Clay Aiken!JUst thought I would post and let everyone know! :)

fhmmany2,

I. too, just bought the IN TOUCH for 25 cents!  A great bargain for a full page picture of Clay!! :lol:   I also bought POP STAR, July edition,  which has:

p. 7 - A picture of Clay that says "Clay cracks up.""During an on-air interview, looks like Clay was more 'hysterical' than 'Invisible!'"

p.10 - A picture of Clay that says "Clay's #1 ....but not without his anti-fans!  JC vs Clay!"

p.38 - A full page picture of Clay

If the July  POP STAR has already been mentioned, pardon me for repeating the info.

Thank you, fhmmany2, for keeping us informed on the mags!!  :D

Prissy

Thanks,I guess I'll be going to the store!LOL :D

thank you..this is a great idea. Every time i look at a magazine I'm wondering is Clay in that one.

I know it was a great idea,I stand at the magazine display for so long I forget what time it is LOL!This has really been helpful to us all! :D

Hello everybody! I have nothing to offer today except three magazines that DO NOT have one word in them about Clay - at least this will prevent you from wasting time looking through them. I'm goint to visit a friend in civilization tomorrow, and I hope to go magazine hunting. The three he is NOT in are:

Entertainment Weekly - July 9, 2004 (Michael Moore on cover)
In Touch - July 12, 2004 (Mary-Kate Olsen on Cover)
People - July 12, 2004 (Britney Spears & Kevin Federline on cover)

Thanks for the update!I was at the store the other day and while my mom was checking out I was trying to read the People magazine and unload the shopping cart at the same time LOL!Needless to say I didn't get very far in the magazine!So,thanks for the update,I  have nothing to offer in the magazine department!I will keep looking and I will update! :)

I found a few things today. J-14 and Bop have already been mentioned in other threads, but I thought I would repeat the information in case somebody missed reading about the magazines somewhere else:

J-14 - August 2004
Page 18 "Surprising School Secrets" 3/4 Page Picture (AI2 blonde hair, red sweater). Interview with a former classmate and friend. Note: The remainder of this page is a picture of and article about Fantasia.

Page 68 "Best Redhead" - Clay vs Lindsay Lohan - apparently Lindsay won (who voted?). Small 1" by 2" picture of Clay.

Page 108 "Your Hot List" Tops In Pops - Clay #7 this month - down from #5 last month, I think. Note: This is a MONTHLY POLL - you can vote for Clay every month in several categories by either sending in the form in the magazine or by voting by email at picks@j14.com.

Page 110 "Say What" - Another picture of Clay & his friend in the car at DisneyWorld - only with silly captions this time.

Twist - August 2004
Page 57 - "Decode His Eyes" Small round pictures of four celebrities and discussion about eye color (guess who represented green eyes?).

BOP - August 2004
Page 33 - "25 Hottest Stars of Right Now!" "It's Bop's First Annual Hot List - Who Made the Cut? See Who's Rockin' Hot!" Clay is #14 - 4" by 5" picture - black shirt with stripes. Quote from Clay "I'm lucky I have so many passionate fans out there. I'm here today because of them!" If you want to email the magazine, (to say they made a good choice, of course) it's bopmag.com, or if you want to go directly to the editor, it's leesa@bopmag.com.

Page 78 - Sketch of Clay by a 13 year old fan.

Thanks for that update!!!!! :D  :)  :D  :)

The August issue of J-14 is definitely worth while getting--it has a large version of the red sweater pic that came out a while back, only with a different, better pose, with an interview from one of Clay's high school friends.  And there is also a good copy of the bumper car pic--it's not the greatest of Clay, but it's kind of different, so I wanted it for my collection.  It's the biggest pic on the page.

A few more small mentions:

People - July 19, 2004 (Tori Spelling Wedding on Cover)
Page 93, 94, 95 - Large article (and three pictures) of Josh Gracin - small picture of Josh, Clay, Ruben and Kimberly on page 93.
Page 111 "Chatter" - 2" by 3" picutre of Clay (recent!) - talking about the Arthur book and about how he does not like to hear himself talk.

Star - July 19, 2004 - (Celebrity Flaws on Cover)
Page 20 - Clay Aiken & Dianna Degarmo - Runners-Up Revenge. Small picture of Clay (from Wango Tango) comparison of Clay's and Dianna's accomplishments.
Page 40 - "What's In and Out" - No mention of Clay, But shows Fantasia as "In" and Ruben as "Out".

Entertainment Weekly - July 16, 2004 - Marlon Brando on Cover
No Mention of Clay In this Edition

I've tried not to give too many of my opinions about magazines, but the August Pop Star is really a good one. There is another thread about this magazine in "Got Clay",  and Pamela also mentioned this edition in one of her daily news briefs, but I thought I would post it here in case anyone missed those:

Pop Star - August, 2004

Page 7 - ANOTHER picture of Clay, Kelly, and the whale at Sea World.

Page 12 - Clay is part of a "Random Gossip IQ Test". He is question #10 - No Picture.

August Calendar (Middle of the Magazine) - Small (1" by 2") picture on August 3 with date of Kingston, R. I. concert.

Page 82 - "Word Find Challenge" - "A Play Date For The Claymates" - A word-find puzzle all about Clay, plus a 3" by 3" picture from AI days. Also on this page - updates on Kelly, Rueben, Kimberly Cladwell, and Kimberly Locke.

Page 90 - Address to write to Clay in care of RCA Records.

Page 92 - "Third Annual Pop Star Awards":
     Poptastic Male Singer - Clay #1
     Class of 2004 Rising Music Act - Clay #3
     Poptastic CD - Right Now! - MOAM #1
     Poptastic Video - Right Now! - The Way #3
     Poptastic Style - Male - Clay #3
     Poptastic Hair - Male - Clay #3
(How did he miss winning Poptastic Male Hottie? He's not even in the Top 5!)

Page 97 - "Speak Out" form to mail in - this form is used to critique the magazine & to say who you want to see in future issues. You can win prizes for mailing in this form. (You can mark your choice of prizes). Among the prizes this coming month - 3 SIGNED Clay Aiken Pop Star posters.

I have bought this magazine before (usually because of a Clay pin-up), but I've never really taken the time to read it. It is a teen magazine, but it seems to be for the older teen (not too silly). I noticed that all throughout the magazine, they ask for reader opinion. If you want to give your opinion, the address is popstarmag@aol.com.

Thanks for all the updates!I have no info on any mags yet,but I am gonna go to the store this week and I will surely take a look & let everyone know! :D

Two more magazines with NO CLAY:

US Weekly July 12-19 - Mary Kate & Ashley Olson on the cover.

In Touch July 19, 2004 - Mary Kate & Ashley on cover (for the second week in a row).

I think it's time to get over Mary Kate & Ashley - we need another Clay Cover!

Clay in People magazine...again!  Is he in there every week now?   :wink:  

People July 26

He's in the "Scoop" section with other 'celebrity' pictures under 'Pop Quiz' where they mentioned his tour.  The best one?  "Kelly Clarkson called your fans crazy."  He answered "They're not crazy, they're enthusiastic."

He's very tactful, isn't he?   :lol:

I appreciate all the info on the magazines.  I have posted about this on another thread, but I am most disappoiinted with ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY.  There has been no mention of Clay for weeks, and I even subscribed to that magazine because there used to be lots of "Clay" in it!

Nothing about his tour or the single or anything!  Frustrating! :evil:

Prissy

fhmmany2--many thanks again for all the info!  I would have missed so many good things without it!  I agree with you about how good Popstar! was again this month.  They are the best!  I always enter the contests for the autographed Clay pics, but it seems like there is a 4-month space between when you enter and the prizes are announced.  I also try to send them thanks for all the Clay things.

Prissy--maybe it's a good thing that Clay isn't in Entertainment Weekly so much.  Their reviews are the toughest of all the mags, and they've made some really sarcastic remarks about AI performers.

In Touch - July 26, 2004 - Jennifer Aniston & Jennifer Lopez on Cover - No Clay.

As Pamela said above, People Magazine - July 26, 2004 - Page 24 - 4" by 5" smiling (face only) picture of Clay and half-page article. Finally more than just a mention in People - the largest article since the two-page spread for the Independent Tour. I keep hoping that one of the magazines will cover the summer tour.

I, too, subscribed to Entertainment Weekly because they did put Clay on a Cover last year. I have been very disappointed about their coverage since. There has been nothing - not even when he had the top selling record for nine weeks. They just use Billboard charts, which we all know are radio driven. I haven't gotten my EW this week - I never know when it will get here on Saturday, or when it will be Monday. There is a thread in "Got Clay" that says there is an interview this week, but my magazine did not come today.

My Entertainment Weekly finally got here, and Clay is in it - Page 84 - the entire page "Stupid Questions - this week with Clay Aiken". There is a 4" by 5" older picture (why can't magazines download some new pictures?). If you don't want the magazine, someone has posted the entire interview in the "Got Clay" section under the thread "have u seen this?". It is the most "unique?" interview of his I've ever read. (Some people in the other thread are doubting that he actually gave the interview).

Clay is pictured (w/ Ruben) in next weeks TV Guide ( July 25-31) as a "Cheers" vs. Jeers. The short clip states that him and Ruben, along with Kelly Clarkson and Fantasia Barrino will be Hall of Fame Idol stars for years to come!  :D
Check it out!  :wink: (pg. 27)

Songbird,

I just saw this in TV GUIDE, too.

HALL OF FAME

"American Idol (Fox)  How refreshing for a show to deliver on its premise.  Kelly  Clarkson, Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken are American idols, and Fantasia Barrino will be, too."

I thought this was great, because Clay was listed with the three winners as a winner, which, of course we all know he is the ULTIMATE AMERICAN IDOL!!

Prissy

Thanks for posting that... :D

-- Entertainment Weekly, July 23, 2004

Entertainment Weekly seems to have something against AI performers.  They have had some pretty scathing reviews of Clay and Ruben and some very cutting remarks about Kelly and Ruben's movie (I didn't think it was THAT bad, kind of liked all the singing and dancing  :D ).  Anyway, the page of stupid questions for Clay was pretty awful, designed to humiliate him.  I admired so much the way Clay answered the questions, how quick-witted he is, he showed them that he is smarter than they are.

     --Billboard, July 7, 2004

Billboard had three wonderful Clay things this week, they have always treated Clay so respectfully, what a contrast!

p.5 -- There is a big headlining article about Buena Vista, the Disney company, which is going to sponsor Clay's tour.  They are doing this to spotlight the Aladdin video, which is going to be mentioned on the tour.  They said this is historic, has never been done before.  I don't have a clue about how all this sponsorship stuff works, I'm sure it will be covered in detail a lot on some other thread.  There is a very good picture of Clay, from the same shoot as the beautiful Feb. 28 article.

p.18 -- An article about how interest is wavering in the AI3 tour, mentions Clay.  It said that there isn't the frenzy that there was last year.  Duh!  We know who the frenzy was for.

p.49 -- Fred Bronson's Chartbeat mentions Diana's single, and other AI performers, including Clay.

Oops  :oops: When I mentioned the movie, From Justin to Kelly, I said Kelly and Ruben  :roll:  Sorry!

To borrow a similar line from Pamela: The gratuitous non-mention of Clay can also be seen in "Reality Quiz" magazine on page 45. In it, they talk about American Idol. although they don't mention Clay by name, we all know who they're talking about. the article is about the contestants from Idol and their dashed dreams sliced to bits by Simon. They go on to talk about Kelly and i'm paraphrasing...

..."While they probably won't achieve Kelly Clarkson status, they could certainly milk the runner-up rank for all it's worth..."
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Star Magazine July 26th 2004...........
Page 41 Under the section that reads"Out & About" just tidbits of info about stars this is what it says about Clay...."Clay Aiken waving to his mom while performing at CBS in New York for an appearance on The Early Show"

Then on page 80 I believe,there is a pic from the rehearsal for The Capitol Fourth concert,where they make a comment about his clothes he was wearing!This si in the section of the Best & worst dressed!But there is a picture of him(very cute) on that page!

Anyhwo,just wanted to pass this along............ :D

Clay in Woman's World, July 27, 2004:
Summer Fun on the Carolina Coast
Clay is mentioned along with Sandra Bullock and Andie MacDowell.

There is a mention of Clay in the Entertainment Weekly issue for July 30 with a caricature cartoon of Clay with a halo:

I don't know why EW has been so hostile towards Clay.  Either they don't mention him at all, or it's uncomplimentary or has a "dig" at him. :evil:

Prissy

Hello! I'm back from vacation and trying to catch up on all of the posts after a week away. I've been going back and forth about Entertainment Weekly - about whether I've done the right thing cancelling my subscription (I figured that they would start to cover Clay as soon as I let my subscription go), but I think I have done the right thing.  I hate that cartoon in this week's magazine. After this month I won't be getting it any more. I've tried to be a positive fan - not to complain or send negative emails. But I've decided to spend my magazine money on the magazines whose writers have the sense to recognize talent when they see it. I did send an email to let EW know why my subscription is being dropped.

Another non-Clay Magazine: Tiger Beat, September 2004. This is unusual - there is usually at least a small picture or mention of Clay, but not this month.

Hello,
The Baltimore Sun has a magazine style booklet  called LIVE enclosed in every Thursday's paper highlighting the weekend events.  Well, Our Man Clay was on the FRONT page on July 22 to annouce the concert on the 23rd.  This magazine/booklet fits nicely in my magazine collection.  I picked up 5 extra copies of this paper to share with my fellow claymaniacs.   :D   So I am looking forward to claying these forward to the first 5 PMs I get.   :D  :D

The front page has the picture of him that they used in Touch Magazine to announce the 4th of July.  In big letters if says. CLAY NATION.  Then the front reads, Aiken takes the country by storm with a huge fan base and double platinum sales of his debut album.

Page 18, big picture from GMA and this article:

Clay Aiken is a school teacher distracted by fame


By Rashod D. Ollison


He doesn't get it.  Clay Aiken never dreamed of becoming a pop star - never mind a sex symbol. And he is an unlikely one: skinny and gawky with jug-handle ears.

"Hello! Have you seen me?" says Aiken, who's calling from a tour stop in Kentucky. He plays 1st Mariner Arena Friday night. "The attention is flattering. Some [fans] are, like, mothers and grandmothers, but the fan base spans different age groups. I don't understand being ga-ga over anyone, especially me."

Last season, he came in second behind Ruben Studdard on American Idol. But with all the media attention, the massive fan base and the double platinum sales of his debut, Measure of a Man (released in October, two months before Studdard's), it seems as if Aiken were the first-place winner. His first single, "This is the Night," made history by entering Billboard's Hot 100 at No. 1, selling more than 392,000 copies during its first week. It beat Elton John's record for "Candle in the Wind 1997." Measure of a Man moved 613,000 units during its debut week, also entering at No. 1.

The North Carolina native and former special-ed teacher, 25, can hardly go to the grocery store these days without getting mobbed. Security guards shadow him at appearances. He sells out arenas. Last July, he graced the cover of Rolling Stone, rocking a What Would Jesus Do bracelet, his shirt blown open revealing a slightly hairy abdomen.

"I am not a sex symbol," Aiken insists. "It's only been a year since nobody knew who I was or cared who I was. So it has taken some adjusting to all of this. But American Idol was a good boot camp. We had to learn how to perform live, take criticism, do interviews. Now I kinda know what's going on around me."

Regardless of his awkward looks, there's no denying Aiken's charm. On the phone, he's polite and humorously self-deprecating, his Southern twang warm and relaxed. As it has been said several times before, Aiken's booming vocals, though adequately suited for the glossy, bombastic pop songs on Measure of a Man, are ideal for Broadway (or those over-the-top productions at amusement parks).

On his debut - and it is no surprise - Aiken says he had very little creative input.

"The main thing with my last record was setting the standard," he says. "I wanted to maintain who I was before all this started. There's a misconception that I had to fight hard to maintain my identity. That's not true. There were some songs I didn't want to sing, and the producers were respectful of that. But I had hardly any input on the songs."

Most of the tunes, including the stalker anthem "Invisible," seem to focus on unrequited love.

"Musically, the last album was much more an album that didn't define who I was," Aiken says. "Much of it was sad songs and downers. The next album will have more of an up side."

No release date has been set yet. But who knows whether his second album will be as well-received as the first? Pop audiences are notoriously fickle. Aiken, however, is not worried. If the fame evaporates, he will be all right.

"I was gonna be a teacher my whole life," Aiken says. "I had no other plans. But doing this wasn't worth changing who I was. If this singing doesn't work, fine. I consider my teaching Plan A and singing Plan B."

Clay Aiken performs at 1st Mariner Arena, 201 W. Baltimore St., tomorrow night at 7:30. Tickets are $35-$45 and are available through Ticketmaster by calling 410-587-SEAT or by visiting www.ticketmaster.com.

Copyright © 2004, The Baltimore Sun | Get home delivery

fhmmany2,

I am NOT goiing to renew my subscrition to EW when it runs out.  Either there has been NOTHING about Clay or it is negative. :evil:  And this is the same magazine that had Clay on the cover in sunglasses and the caption, "We love Clay Aiken."

If something good about Clay appears in EW, I will just buy a single copy from the store.  

Prissy

You can count me in on the canceling of my EW subscription! Other than the Stupid Questions last week- which in my opinion was not a "positive" story..I don't think they expected Clay to be quite so quick witted in it though-..they have been just plain unaccepting. They only need to REPORT the weekly updates of the ENTERTAINMENT NEWS! I would prefer NOT to spend my money on their negativity! When they had their tour issue out and there was not even one single blurb about Clay's tour - that was my first indication I would not be paying for this magazine much longer. 5 months left of the magazine is paid for..one more crappy comment- I will request a refund. I am sure it won't hurt their bottom line but I will feel better not flipping through a magazine I have paid for just waiting to have the feeling of a fist punched into my stomach!

Lora-Ohio

Thanks for updating on the magazines!

I'm not having much luck finding Clay this week, but maybe this will help you not waste time looking for articles. There is NO CLAY in the following:

In Touch - August 2, 2004 - Cover - Jennifer Anniston
US Weekly - July 26, 2004 - Cover - Justin Timberlake/Cameron Diaz
US Weekly - August 2, 2004 - Cover - Cameron Diaz (again)
People - August 2, 2004 - Cover - Martha Stewart

Have you noticed that the weekly magazines usually all have the same covers and/or stories when they could be reporting about a great concert series and a performer who has done more good in the world in only one year than most other performers have done in their entire careers? We really need another Cover - someone needs to let the editors know how to have a sold-out edition!

The Aug. edition of Pop Star has a page about Clay (p82, I think) Nothing new or exciting, but it was positive.  They did list Kelly, Ruben, and Kimberley as being "claymates", as for Kim Caldwell "not likely".

The September issue of Wow!(I'm not sure what happened to August--maybe it's bi-monthly) is amazing!  On the cover a small pic of Clay with the caption "Where in the world is CLAY AIKEN?  Find out inside!"  On page 12 a full-page article "Catching up with Clay Aiken".  The sections are:  Summer Singin', Helping Others, Clay...The Cartoon?, Claymates v. Claymaniacs, What's next?  There are two great pics of Clay on the latest Leno appearance.  This has a facing full-page pic (an old one, but nice).

     The exciting thing is the section about Claymaniacs and the Claymaniacs convention!!

     Then on pp. 86 and 87 there are listings of the tours, with Clay's being the first and the biggest pic (as often has been happening lately).  It's a great pic that I had never seen before, with the famous BLACK LEATHER PANTS :!:  :D

    There might be more Clay things in the issue.  I'm sorry if I haven't covered this fully, I was so excited about the Claymaniacs mention and the black leather pants that I couldn't wait to post it!

Thankyou for the posts! :D

Thanks for the post about WOW - I hardly ever see it here (Louisiana), and when I do see it, it is only at Books-A-Million.  I agree that it must not be a monthly magazine - in fact, the last one I remember seeing was in the spring when they had the life-size poster of Clay on one side and Justin Timberlake on the other side. Maybe it only comes out quarterly?

Hey!  I'm glad you guys all know about the new issue of "Wow."  I am the person who wrote the article..so I wanted to be sure to post here that I mentioned the Claymaniacs in the story.  Hopefully everything I wrote was accurate, but I had to turn in the story a couple of months ago.  Hopefully everyone will be able to locate an issue in their local newsstands..but I've been told it doesn't officially hit the stands until next week.  :)

I'm glad to hear that the edition of WOW isn't officially out yet - I was afraid it had been out for a while and that I had missed it. I live 2 hours away from both Books-A-Millions in my area, so I can't just go check anytime I want to.

Another NON-CLAY MAGAZINE - Star - August 2, 2004 - Cover: Busts (a picture of Mariah Carey's Bust) and Butts (a picture of Briney Spears' backside).

I just got back from the grocery store where I saw:

People Special Collector's Edition - "30 Years of Seeing Stars". Drew Barrymore is the large picture on the cover, with several smaller pictures of others.  the magazine does not have a month date. It just says "Display until 10/18/04". Clay is on pages 120-121 - in a section called "1995-2004 Real World". Reality shows shown are Survivor, The Real World, The Bachelorette, The Apprentice, and American Idol. There is a 4" by 4" picture of Clay & Ruben together from the last night of AI2, and a 2 1/2" by 3" picture of Kelly, from the last night of AI1. Only Clay, Ruben, and Kelly are shown or mentioned. There is only one short paragraph. it says:

     American Idol - With brutal barbs like "rubbish" or "pathetic" acerbic Brit judge Simon Cowell crushed the dreams of thousands of pop-star wannabes. The few who made it past Cowell and his gentler co-judges, Paula Abdul and Randy jackson, competed in weekly singathons for the vote and mercy of the viewer masses. Baby-faced Texan Kelly Clarkson handily became the Idol in the '02 maiden season. The next year was a saw-off between the so-called Sumo of Soul Ruben Studdard, and Clay Aiken, who went from geek to chic during the show. When Studdard won, Claymates (fanatic Aiken rooters) barraged the network, charging a rigged ballot. The rage was not shared by the finalists, who amiably barnstormed the nation on a 39-city American Idol mop-up tour."

The over-sized magazine is the same size as the end of 2003 People Yearbook, and it is just as pricey - $10.99 U.S.A., $16.99 Canada. If you need every printed word about Clay, here is something new for your collection. I am glad to see him in this special edition, though. I'll never understand how he was left out of People's Top 50 Bachelors this year, so this makes up for it a little. People they consider top stars have full-page pictures in this magazine, but at least Clay is in it.

I found the Wow! issue at Barnes and Noble--they seem to get things a little sooner than the grocery stores and Walmart.

MalibuLeigh--thanks for the great article!  It was great to see so much recent information about Clay, loved it!  And also wonderful to have the recent Leno pictures.  

There were a couple more things that might have been included:  Clay's new inspirational book is coming out on November 1st, and is already sold out on Amazon, and also the Arthur book.  Also we'd love to see some more recent pictures--there are many gorgeous recent pictures in the Photo Album forum (I'm not sure if it's possible to use them, though).  Another life-size poster would be nice, too!

Thanks again, it was an amazing article!

Thanks Jeanette!  Wish I'd known about the book when I was writing the article..I definitely would have included it!  Also...I'll let the photo editor know for a future issue..unfortunately I had no say in what photos were used. I can't wait to see the official magazine!!

I posted this info somewhere else but since his book is mentioned here
I will repeat it.  
Amazon is again selling the hardcover book and also selling an audio CD
version read by Clay as well as a cassette version.  3 versions of his book
all at the same time.  I can hardly wait.
shirl

Today I found:

People - August 9, 2004 - Cover: Kristie Alley
Page 120 - Crossword Puzzle - 2 Clay clues - #28 Across and #55 Across.
4 Other American Idol Clues - #3 Down, #13 Down, #36 Down, and #39 Down. No Pictures or other mentions of Clay in this issue.

In Touch - August 9, 2004 - Cover - Mary-Kate Olson
Page 95 - Cherie - A review of her album - says that she "is opening for Clay Aiken on his Tour right now".
Page 98 (last page) "Last Words" - 4" by 4" medium blue shirt, yellow t-shirt, what has been called by some his "snarky" smile, and a quote "I don't know that I'm the King of Wuss Mountain. I would call myself the Mayor of Nerdville. I'm more of a dork - Clay Aiken, our loveable loser".

US Weekly - August 9, 2004 - Cover - Jennifer Garner/BenAffleck
Page 46 - VIP Scene Column (No Pictures) "Clay Aiken and Dianna DeGarmo having dinner at the Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. In Times Square".

Star - August 9, 2004 - Cover - Mary-Kate and Ashley Olson
No Clay pictures or mentions in this issue.

I LOVE YOU GUYS! THE CLAY MANIACS ARE THE BEST. DO YOU HOW LONG I SPEND AT BARNES AND NOBLE AND HALF PRICE BOOKS LOOKING THROUGH MAGS JUST SO I CAN FIND CLAY ARTICLES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS SECTION.

Thankyou so much for the info! :D  :D  :D  :D  :D

I received my last Entertainment Weekly  subscription magazine today - August 6, 2004 - Cover - Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx - As usual, NO CLAY.

Thanks for all the new info!

Thanks again for all the info!  I love this section. :D

Hi everyone,
Thanks for the FYI.

Thanks for the post!Great pics...... :D

Michele - the  back issue of WOW you pictured is the May 2004 issue. The centerfold poster is a "life size" poster of Clay (Justin Timberlake on the reverse side). It is really worth ordering.

I went in search of magazines today (visited a friend in civilization), and I found:

WOW - the edition that everyone has been talking about. (Definitely buy this one). I was confused at first, because it is really the October, 2004 edition, even though it is already out. I'm sure it is the same magazine from what I've read from the other posts - GREAT 8" by 10" picture. I also loved a quote by Diana Degarmo in her article on page 7 - "Look at Clay Aiken, I mean, he is triple quadruple plantinum. He's amazing and so many people love him, so I just hope I can take his example and do the same". She was my favorite on AI3.

M - August 2004 -
Page 51 - M's Entertainment Guide - July 31 2" by 2" picture - "Clay Aiken is on Tour! He plays Atlantic City, N.J. tonight!"
Bottom of same page: HOT TOURS - Clay Aiken (7/6-10/18).
Page 58 - MakeOver What Ifs - What If Clay and Eminem switched clothes? Two pictures of Clay 2" by 6" - one in his own clothers, one in Eninem's clothes.
Page 70 - Shout Out - A message to Clay from a fan.

Bop - September 2004 - No Clay

Thanks Stephanie!  :D



"Life size" poster of OMC!!!  :shock:  Where is my check book!?!?!  I need to get that order in ASAP!!

I already have two posters of OMC framed and hanging on my bedroom wall.  :oops: I can surely make room for another.   :D

Oh my word............. :shock:

I 'm just now realizing that there are some people who missed the May 2004 WOW. Just for fun (and for Michele and Stephanie1130) I got my copy out and measured the poster. It is 30" by 39". It is a picture of Clay from the waist up - brown plaid shirt, bright yellow t-shirt (he wears bright yellow t-shirts a lot, I've noticed). I measured the face - it is 14" across, so the poster is actually much bigger than life-size. In case you can't read the address from Michele's picture, to order the back issue: Sterling Magazines, WOW Back Issues Department, 66 W. Merrick Road, Valley Stream, N.Y. 11580. Magazine - $2.98, Shipping - $1. They are also offering the March 2004 magazine - both magazines for $4.98 - but I can't tell from the cover if Clay is in the March issue at all. It says to make checks out to Sterlings Magazines.

I found reference to this in GOT CLAY and thought I would bring it over.

There is a very nice article about Clay and a couple of good pictures.
One of them is familar and one is new to me.  It is a picture with a child
in his lap at Camp Gonzo.  There is a link below to go there and see the
article and pics.  And the 2nd link is to order a copy of the Magazine.

Links for THE FUTURIST, September-October 2004:

Clay Aiken article, "Visionaries: Enabling the Disabled to Serve":
http://www.wfs.org/visionso04.html

Order print edition:
https://www.wfs.org/futuristorder.htm
(Remember to specify that it's the September-October 2004 issue you are ordering.)[/color]

Cost is $4.95 + $3.00 S/H and should arrive in 5 days.

There is more info on the original posting on GOT CLAY.

shirl

I'd been looking all over for WOW, and finally found it at Ralph's market yesterday.  That is were I ended up finding the May issue, as well.

I still haven't been able to find a copy of WOW!  I am going to go on another hunt this afternoon when I go to run some errands.  I WILL FIND IT!!!   :!:

I received an Entertainment Weekly today - August 13, 2004 - Julia Roberts on Cover. I had been told that last week's edition was the last magazine on my subscription, but another one came today anyway. Page 87 - "Ask The Critic  - Critic David Browne. Question: With so many recent bad covers (remakes), has there ever been one you felt was better than the original?" I won't read the whole thing, but one sentence reads "More often, we're subjected to everything from Tiffany's tinny "I Think We're Alone Now" to Clay Aiken's embalmed "Bridge Over Troubled Water", which only makes me yearn to hear the originals." As I said before, I'm so glad I stopped my subscription. I walked around for a while, thinking about writing another letter to EW, then I happened to think that I was mad becase of a bad review for THE BEST SELLING SONG OF 2003. Does this man get paid for being a music critic?

Thanks for all the updates on the magazines! :D

J-14 - September 2004
No Clay except for the monthly poll (Page 108) Clay is #8 for Tops in Pops - down from #7 in August, #4 in July. To vote in this poll every month, go to readers-picks@j14.com. The two categories that apply to Clay are Tops in Pops and Hot Guys. (This address probably needs to be put into the Voting Sticky).

Star - August 16, 2004 - Cover: Paris Hilton
No Clay

In Touch - August 16, 2004 - Cover: Jennifer Lopez
No Clay

The May Wow! life-size poster is great!  I have two copies, one for my collection and on is hanging in my bedroom, watching me in my room. . .  :D

I would think the best way to get it is to find the back-issue order page in a recent issue and order it that way.

Two more magazines with NO CLAY :(

Twist - September 2004 - Cover - Britney Spears, jennifer Lopez
US Weekly - August 16, 2004 - Cover Jen Schefft (Bachelorette)

According to posts on ANN Aug 12:

US Weekly  -   has a tour of Clay's house by his roommate Kimberly.  
                     (don't know the date but has Kate Hudson on the cover)
InStyle mag -  has named Clay the sexiest singer

      I am on my way to try to order both of these.
shirl

Clay IS NOT in the August Edition of In Style magazine - the ANN August 12 said Clay was in the "most recent" In Style as the Sexiest Singer, but we don't know when that review was written. I hope we haven't missed it. The "Coming Attractions" for the September edition (on newsstands August 20) say "What's Sexy Now - A Sizzling Portfolio of Today's hottest Stars". MAYBE Clay is in the September edition - I guess we'll have to wait and see. :)

US Weekly - August 23, 2004 - Cover - Kate Hudson
Pages 73-75 Kimberly Locke's tour of the home she shares with Clay. Page 75 - Two small pictures of Clay (one of them with Kimberly and Raleigh), and pictures of the things he has added to their home - dog figurines, bowls of candy, and the couches. Clay is mentioned several times in the article. :D

People - August 16, 2003 - Cover - Lori Hacking (Murder Victim)
NO CLAY :cry:

People - August 23, 2004 - Cover - Britney Spears, Kevin Federline, & his daughter.
Page 37 - Review of the Jimmy Kimmel Show - 4" by 6" picture of Clay & Jimmy Kimmel : :D  
Page 43 - Picture of Cherie & review of her Cd, but no mention of Clay :?

In Touch - August 23, 2004 - Cover Kirstie Alley
NO CLAY :cry:

Star - August 23, 2004 - Cover Demi Moore
Page 8 - Kelly Clarkson with Mickey Mouse - says her new CD will be out in November
NO CLAY :?

I had to edit! I said the picture of Clay & Jimmy Kimmel was 4 by 6 FEET, NOT INCHES! (That would have been really good! :wink:

fhmmany2  Thanks for clearing up the
InStyle issue date.  It sounds like perhaps the Sep issue is the one.  
That makes it easier for me to find it.
As always you are very informative.  Thanks a lot.
shirl

Thanks for the magazine updates! :D

Another Entertainment Weekly came to my house today (Why?) - August 20/27, 2004 - Cover: Johnny Depp - Again NO CLAY :roll:

They like you fhmmany2!  And so do we!!!!!!
shirl

Thanks a million, fhmmany2!  You're the best!

I guess everyone saw Entertainment Tonight a little while ago - Friday's In Style is the one with Clay as the Sexiest Singer! :lol: They said 40,000 people voted and that Clay won by "a landslide"! :wink:

fhmmany2,

I want to tell you again how much I appreciate your keeping up with the magazines for us.  I know I am not alone.

I got my WOW a few days ago. BARNES & NOBLES has been my best source for magazines.  They always have lots of teen magazines and others, too.
  I don't think I got the May issue of WOW, however! :cry:

As for ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY;  you know that I have been very disappointed in their Clay coverage or lack thereof!  My subscription should be running out soon!  I may donate mine to a nursing home or retirement center.  There certainly hasn't been much "cut" out of them!!  :evil:

Is InStyle a magazine or TV show?

Prissy

Prissy - In Style is a magazine, and you should be able to find it almost anywhere. It is even sold at my grocery store (and it is a small grocery store in a small town). If anyone has problems finding it, however, please p.m. me - I will always be glad to mail any magazine to anyone who cannot find one themselves. I don't think she will mind me saying this - ClayObsessed (hope that is spelled right) and I have been encouraging each other to get our magazine collections organized - mine is a mess. We have both gotten to the point of listing what we have, and my next goal is to go through each one and catalog what each magazine has in it. I have done the recent ones - since this sticky was started - but the older ones are not done. I wish I had been keeping up from the start - now I hope to get from 3-5 done per day until I catch up. I do donate non-Clay magazines to our local nursing homes and to our Council on Aging. Seniors on fixed incomes just do not have the money to spend on magazines, and they are always appreciated (even Entertainment Weekly).

fhmmany2,

Thanks for the info about INSTYLE.  I will look for it today or tomorrow.  I just got back from WAL*MART and bought US and PEOPLE with Clay stuff in them.

I usually cut out the Clay pictures and articles, but don't always throw the rest of the magazine away.  That is why I have a  "stack" of magazines.  

The ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY magazines are mostly intact!  NO CLAY STUFF!! :twisted:  I think they might be appreciated as a donation somewhere.

Prissy

This is not a magazine, but I received the Summer 2004 Tour program today - if you haven't ordered one, do! (I won't be able to go to the Houston concert very early, so I ordered one rather than stand in line or risk them selling out of programs as they have at some concerts). The pictures are wonderful. If I was a teen again, they would be framed & on my wall - husband would not be fond of that now, though!

In Style - September 2004 - Cover - Haley Berry
Clay is on page 552. For those of you who may not have read In Style before, it is an over-sized fashion magazine (this issue has 620 pages). I am so glad that Clay won the Sexiest Singer vote, but I am disappointed in the magazine's comment "That's right. Clay Aiken (yes, Clay Aiken) beat - uh, make that killed - the competition. No, seriously. We're talking landslide. The people have spoken; we are but reporting. Justin Timberlake, Usher, and Enrique Iglesias also topped your charts." There were no large pictures in any category. Clay's picture is 2" by 4" (at microphone - jeans and patterned balck shirt (stripes, of course). The other singers only have 1" by 2' pictures. The magazine did not make a comment of this type about any other winner. Pages 588-593 - Tour of Ryan Seacrest's home and a long article.

There is NO CLAY in any of these other magazines (all dated August 30, 2004):

Star - Cover - Jennifer Aniston, Martha Stewart, Naomi Campbell, Paris Hilton.

People - Cover (Main) Nicky Hilton's wedding.

In Touch - Cover - Mary-Kate Olsen.

US Weekly - Cover - Jennifer Lopez-Marc Anthony.

fhmmany2,

Thanks for the info about INSTYLE.  I looked at the August issue today with Jennifer Lopez on the cover.  Lots of ads  :evil: but not much else. I will look for the September issue, now.

I am going to the Houston concert, also.  I think I am sittiing with Houston and Moneyhoney.  Liftclayup and Dudley will be there, too.  I will PM you as the concert gets closer.  Maybe we can all say, "Hello" at some point!

Prissy

In Style is 75% ads - and most of the ads are either full page or double page - you have to litterally search for the articles. I looked for the Table of Contents, and I think I looked through 20 pages of ads before I found it. I already know where Houston is sitting (unless she has upgraded her tickets). My daughter teaches, so we won't be getting into Houston early enough to go to any fan meet and greets, but I hope to at least wave to all of you! I'll p.m. you with our seat numbers.

Fhmmany2--I agree with you totally about In Style and their comments about Clays Sexiest Singer win--in fact I wrote to them the next day.  I thanked them and also protested their comments.  I mentioned the fact that it was an old picture, and tried to make the point that a macho image, 12-pack abs and a square jaw don't necessarily make a man sexy.  And if you saw Entertainment Tonight, they took the same approach, as if Clay didn't really deserve the award.

My tour book came today--the pictures are the absolutely most beautiful I've ever seen :!:  :!:  :!:   I'm still scraping myself up off the floor!

I emailed InStyle, too - there is a thread in Got Clay asking everyone to thank the magazine, and I did, but I let them know I didn't appreciate the comments either. (And I told them that if they wanted to have a sold-out edition, to put Clay on the Cover! 8)

Tiger Beat - October, 2004 - They have made up for not having anything in the September Magazine:
Page 7 "Seeing Stars" A current picture! Yeah!  3" by 7" picture - Holding microphone - Brown Shirt & Tie, Striped Pants.
Inside of Back Cover - 8" by 10" Pin-Up - Older picture, but a good one. Obviously made before he bought Raleigh - Picture with a very large black, brown & white puppy - Clay pictured from waist up - black denim jacket, green t-shirt, very green eyes. Clay has tongue out just like puppy -cute picture.

In Touch - September 6, 2004 - Cover - Britney Spears
Page 85 - 2" by 3" picture - brown shirt - sleeves rolled up - holding microphone, singing. Quote from "a friend" about Clay wanting to sing on Broadway.

Star - September 6, 2004 - Cover Mary-Kate Olsen (again)
NO CLAY

More Magazines:

Pop Star - September 2004 - NO CLAY

People - September 6, 2004 - NO CLAY

M - September 2004
Page 57 - Summer Tour is still shown in "Hot Tours"
Page 65 - Quarter-sized cut-out of Clay's face - Article - "Match The Star With His Or Her Favorite Food". (Rueben is in this article, too).
Page 71 - Larger head shot of Clay - "Celebrity Bloopers" - "I was running though an airport in Europe, late for a flight, when I bumped into an old man. He beat me with his cane."

US Weekly - September 6, 2004 - Cover - Britney Spears
Page 6 - "Loose Talk - What the Stars Said This Week"
"I don't want to be mean, but the Clay Aiken song "Invisible" - it sounds like a wierd old Church song or something" - Avril Lavigne. (Note: Consider The Source - I don't think Clay's career will suffer from anything Avril Lavigne says).

CORRECTION:
Pop Star - September 2004
Page 7 - Another small (3" by 4") picture of Clay and his friend riding the go cart race car at Disney World. (I missed this the first time because I was painting with a five year old! - sorry!)

NO CLAY IN:
US Weekly 9/13/04
BOP October
Star 9/13/04
In Touch 9/13/04
Teen People October 2004

People 9/13/04
Page 61 - Quote from Kimberly Locke "who has been sharing a Los Angeles pad with Clay Aiken, says the American Idol duo will be getting their own digs - I'm ready to have my own home, says Locke. After being on the road, we both come home to an empty house, so I might as well come home to my own empty house."

No info here!But thanks for the updates! :cheer

Collegiate Standard - Summer 2004

...this is the magazine that Clay's Comemerative was issued with.

.....Cover -- small pic cover of Comemerative magazine
.....page 1 - small pic with paragraph
.....page 5 - 4 small pics and a really great long narrative of the trials and
.....tribulations of producing the Comemerative

Really nice article if you can find a copy somewhere.

I don't know if anyone else saw this, it was in the Sept. 3 (I think) issue of Entertainment Weekly, which is off the stands by now.  I've been off the boards for a while, and couldn't find anything about it here or on Got Clay,  so thought I'd mention it.

It was on p. 18, in the Hit List section by Dalton Ross:

   "#6  Clay Aiken named by Instyle readers as sexiest man alive.  What?  Over Eddie Money?  And Biz Marko?  More like In Sane readers.  (Remember:  Nobody beats the biz)"

     I'm not even sure what it means, but the Hit List has had some pretty mean things in the past about American Idol singers.  I was thinking of writing to Dalton Ross, maybe it 's just better to ignore it.  After catching up on all the wonderful positive posts, sorry to bring up something so negative.

Thanks for posting the EW information, Jeanette. Since I cancelled my subscription (and EW is not sold in my area) I had wondered if I was missing any articles about Clay. This only confirms once again that I did the right thing cancelling.

NO CLAY IN:

Star - Sept 20, 2004 - Cover - Julia Roberts
US Weekly - Sept. 20, 2004 - Cover - Ashley Olsen
People - Sept. 20, 2004 - Cover - Best & Worst Dressed

YM - October 2004 - Cover - Avril Lavigne

Clay's name is on the lower right bottom of the cover, as if there is a good article in this issue, but this is all there is:
Page 76 - On Tour Now - Clay Aiken 9/7-9/19
"Claymates get ready to celebrate. On this solo tour, the almighty Aiken doesn't have to split stage time with Kelly Clarkson (no more fan feuds). that's right - 75 whole minutes of His Clayness, uninterrupted."

I think this is false advertising - magazines have learned that we will buy almost anything with Clay's name on it, but I'm not playing that game anymore - I've learned to look before I buy. Another thing - I love Kelly. When was there ever a feud?

I've learned to look first, too, and have been skipping some of the smaller things.  Never heard of a fan feud either with Kelly and Clay.

I wrote a letter to Dalton Ross of Entertainment Weekly.  From looking at some old issues of EW, he has gotten quite a few letters from irate readers, he doesn't seem to check the facts.  I just pointed out that Clay won the Sexiest Male Singer over Justin Timberlake, Enrique Iglesias and Usher.

Thanks for the updates! :bouncy

Pamela put this in one of this week's ANNs, but in case you missed it"

In Touch - September 20, 2004 - Cover Jennifer Lopez
Page 6 (Table of Contents) 2 1/2" by 2" picure of Clay - from the waist up singing.
Page 47 - Article - "Return of the Rock Stars" - 2" by 4 1/2" picture of Clay - in white - From AI2 - singing - Comparison to Barry Manilow

This was a suprise!:
 Family Circle, October 1, 2004 - Cover - Halloween Cupcakes!
Page 55 - Article - "Role Models - Naughty Or Nice?"
"Who is the best and worst influence on kids? Parents and adolescents mostly see eye to eye".
Best Infulence:
     Parents///////////////////////Adolescents
     1. Hilary Duff 23%      1. Hillary Duff 25%
     2. Clay Aiken 22%      2. Clay Aiken 17%
     3. Mandy Moore 12%   3. Beyonce Knowles 13%
Worst Influence
      1. Eminen 21%           1. Michael Jackson 33%
       2. Michael Jackson 20%   2. Britney Spears 17%
       3. Britney Spears 19%    3. Eminen 17%
There is a 1" by 1" recent picture of Clay's smiling face (and the same size picture of everyone else, too).

Hello All,
Just wanted to let you know that Clay has two (somewhat small) pics in this weeks In Touch magazine. It's called seeing double, and they have him paired with Barry Manalow.
I have tried to attach them to this post, but i'm not sure how. I have them scanned, if anyone wants them, just shoot me an e-mail and i'll send them to ya. Or, let me know how to attach pics.
Thanks,
Manda
(you'd think that someone who's in the Air Force would know how to do this... nope!)[/img]

NO CLAY IN:
In Touch 9/27/04 - Cover - Britney Spears/Jennifer Lopez
US Weekly 9/27/04 - Cover Ben Affleck/Jennifer Garner
People 9/27/04 - Cover Siegfried & Roy
Star 9/27/04 - Cover - Who Got Fat - Who Got Thin

J-14 October/November 2004
Page 22 - Part of Celeb Quizfest
Question 19 - "Which of the Following Celebs Once Wanted to Become a Priest?"
a.  Carson Daly
B.  Clay Aiken
C.  Colin Farrell
D.  Justin Timberlake
One-inch picture of all four - Clay in Glasses!

Question #54 - Name Winners & Runners-Up of All three American Idol Seasons
Answers to all 55 Questions on Page 26.

Page 46 "Hot Words From Stars"
2" by 3" picture (finger in mouth - pensive) Image "I'm not really a wuss - I'm more of a dork - there's a big difference."

November Calendar (middle of magazine) November 30 - Happy Birthday Clay Aiken!

Page 108 - Clay IS NOT LISTED in either the Tops in Pops (Kelly is #5) or in the Hot Guys list - these are voted on each month by readers, and I think the magazine uses this poll to decide who to focus on in the magazine. TO VOTE IN THIS POLL EACH MONTH - readers-picks@j14.com. You do have to give your name to vote.

Thanks for the updates on the magazines,I haven't been able to get to the store I have been staying with my mom since she is sick!But as soon as I go I will check the mags & make a posts! :bouncy

Pop Star - October 2004

Page10 - "Pure Goss"
A 2" By 2" picture of Clay and makeup artist Mezhgan (cropped to show just their faces) - caption above reads "Just Clayin' Around". Article reads: "American Idol fans were shocked to see a picture being forwarded all around the internet recently - it showed gentlemanly Clay Aiken grabbing onto a female fan in a way that implied he was either searching for a heartbeat or researching designs for a new line of bras! So, was the picture fake? After all, Clay's not the type of rock star to do that, right? Wrong! The photo was real and became a huge news story. But don't lose any respect for Clay - he was just playing around, posing for a staged, outrageous picture for the girl's website. She turned out to be famous makeup stylist Mezhgan (say MESH-kan). After coming to the USA from Afghanistan, she has become a top-notch groomer and outspoken human-rights activist. Luckily, the zany photo has not hurt either of their careers. Glad we got that off our chests!" (Good for you, Pop Star editors!)

Page 27 - "Ear Candy"
"Without You" by Clay and Kimberly Locke is one of the top 4 reader picks this month. There is a 1" by 1" picture of Clay - none of Kimberly. To vote for your favorite song for next month, log onto popstarmag@aol.com.

Page 94 - List of Winners
Five fans won Clay autographs last month. They were from Missouri, New York, Minnesota, Texas, and Florida.

Diana Degarmo is all over this issue - including a two-page article. There are small mentions of Fantasia and Josh Gracin, and the calendar mentions that October 7 is Simon Cowell's birthday, for those of you who would like to send a card!

This picture circulated on the web a couple of months ago (maybe three or four months ago - I can't remember), and was even shown on the T.V. show "The Week That Was". I guess it could still be found somewhere on the web, but I don't know where - I never looked for it, and only saw it once on the T. V. show.

Twist magazine - October/November 2004

Page 12 - "Shoutouts" 2" by 3" Picture (laughing)
Quote that has been in several magazines already "I would call myself the Mayor of Nerdville. I'm not really a wuss. I'm more of a dork. There's a big difference." ---Clay Aiken on the subtle distinctions of geekdom.

Page 36 - "When Geek Is Chic - Sure they're a little dorky, but that's why we love them! These stars prove that the secret to being really cool is being yourself". "Clay Aiken - Clay may have been the runner-up on American Idol, but we think he's number one for daring to be different and refusing to fit the pop star mold - and apparently his fans agree!" :cheer  There is a 2" by 5" picture of Clay's American Idol 2 audition.

NO CLAY IN:

In Touch 10/4/04 - Cover Britney Spears Wedding
Star 10/4/04 - Cover Britney Spears/Sandra Bullock
US Weekly 10/4/04 - Cover - Britney Spears
People 10/4/04 - Cover Britney Spears Wedding

I thought there would be coverage of the Miss America Pageant, but only In Touch had a very small article & picture of the winner - no mention of Clay at all. In Touch, Star, and People all had articles about Ruben Studdard's diet - about how his progress will be an on-going feature on EXTRA.

NO CLAY IN:

Tiger Beat - November 2004
US Weekly 10/11/04
Star - 10/11/04

In Touch 10/11/04 - Page 91
New on DVD - "American Idol Does Disney - The two disc Aladdin Special Edition is packed with extras, including a new musical video from Nick Lachey & Jessica Simpson (a cover of "A Whole New World") and Clay Aiken sings the unreleased ballad "Proud of Your Boy". It's genie-us!" there is a round (about the size of a half dollar) picture of Clay from AI2.

M - October/November 2004 - Page 53
October Calendar. They show the release date of the Christmas CD as October 12, but this is wrong. There is a 2" by 3" picture of Clay (my favorite all-time photo - the HITS cover picture from 2003).

People 10/11/04 - Page 17
No Clay article, but this is the first full-page ad I've seen for Aladdin. There is a small (postage size) picture of Clay and a line about "Proud of Your Boy".

Thanks for the updates! :cheer

I found Clay in WOW magazine, OCT 2004

Small photo on the cover, and a full size 8x10 on page 13 looks to be a older photo.
A nice photo of cClay on tour on page 86 and it lists tour dates.
A nice one page article called catching up with CLAY ON PAGE 12.
jUST PASSING IT ON.

SHANNON WHERE DID YOU BUY IT? CANNOT FIND IT ANYWHERE ON LONG ISLAND!!
 :cry  :cry  :cry

NO CLAY IN:

Star 10/18/04
In Touch 10/18/04
US Weekly 10/18/04 :cry


People 10/18/04 - Cover: Plastic Surgery

Page 53 - "Fast Takes" "American Idol Producers think they've found a female version of William Hung for the new season which starts in January. We met someone that makes William Hung look like Clay Aiken, says Idol host Ryan Seacrest".  :duh

PopStar - November 2004 (no big article or pin-up, but lots of small things): :bouncy

Page 7 - "Eyewitness" 2" by 3" picture of Clay singing from GMA Appearance (brown shirt & tie) "AW! He's just so...! Yes, Clay really sang his heart out to promote Measure of A Man on Good Morning America."

Page 9 - "People Wanna Know" 3" by 4" picture of Clay from July 4th Capitol Appearance - suit & tie. Small article about age limit for American Idol being raised.

Page 14 - Mention of Clay (no picture). Says he was "thrust into superstardom" - full-page article and pictures of American Idol finalists from all 3 seasons.

Page 42 - November calendar - Nov. 30th - "Superstar Clay Aiken blows out 26 candles today!" - 3" by 4" picture on facing page. (black jeans & shirt - laughing)

Page 80 - no picture or mention of Clay, but Horoscope for Sagittarius (birthdays from Nov.22-Dec.21) says "Although it seems like the spotlight has been on everyone else but Sags lately, take heart in knowing that you're the kind of shining star that never fades.  Sit tight and remember - what goes around comes around. You'll get plenty more days in the sun!

Page 92 - Clay's RCA fan club address with 3" by 4" picture (another suit picture) that says "Write Clay Some Idol Chatter!"

Page 94 - Pictures of 2 Clay fans (with framed Clay posters) who won autographed posters from Clay in a PopStar contest.

YM-November 2004

Page 17 "What's Hot - Books - Learning To Sing: Hearing The Music In Your Life by Clay Aiken and Allison Glock (Random House $22 - The memoir that will be the focus of every Claymate book club in America for the next 12 months. Enough said." 1" by 1 1/2" picture of book cover - probably not enough to warrant buying the magazine, but a good mention in a national publication.

NO CLAY IN:

Star 10/25/04
US Weekly 10/25/04
In Touch 10/25/04
People 10/25/04

NO CLAY IN:

BOP - November 2004 (Have I mentioned lately that I think we are all due a major magazine cover? I know that a T.V. Guide cover is coming on November 11 - hope it has a nice long article, too!)

Maybe someone alraedy mentioned this but Clay is mentioned in this month's Cosmopolitan Magazine for October:

p. 44 - 10 Signs He's Loco in love with you

#7 "During a night out with the boys, he ducks into the urinal to text-message you the lyrics to Clay Aiken's 'This is the Night', just to let you know he's always thinking of you."

LOL - too funny!

NO CLAY IN:

Tiger Beat - December 2004
People - November 1, 2004
Star - November 1, 2004

WOW - January, 2005 (Why Is This Magazine Always On The Newsstands So Early?)
Page 96 - 3" by 4" Picture of Clay on Good Morning America T. V. Appearance (singing) - Picture Caption Only - No Article. "Good Morning America hosted tons of celebs this summer during their concert series. Here, Clay Aiken serenades fans with one of his sweet ballads."

Pop-Star -November 04 - Clay is mentioned (with small photos) at least 5 times!

He is in this weeks In Touch magazine. Large photo about being Number One from Reality shows in "From Geek to Chic". Has a picture from AI audition and a more chic photo beside it.

Also- Annette Benning is a feature in the "Bad Hair" column do's and don'ts. In the bottom right..Clays picture with a question if she was trying to look like him. It was kind of cute and her hair did look like his.

The magazine has Mary Kate Olsen on the cover.

Lora

I was glad to see Clay finally in a couple of the magazines this week - to save you time looking, he is NOT in US Weekly - Nov. 1, 2004.

I forgot (this is an edit). Yesterday's Aiken News Network mentioned that there is a picture of Clay and an article in this Week's Entertainment Weekly, but it sounded as though it might be another snarky article - Entertainment Weekly is not available where I live except through subscription - and I cancelled mine. If you do get this magazine, could you give a review, please?

Family Circle - November 9, 2004

No direct mention of Clay, but there is a multi-page article, beginning on page 122, about reality shows - "What America Thinks of Reality TV". On page 124, the results about American Idol are given. The article is entitled "They Call It Reality TV, But Is It - American Idol: Can We Trust The Outcome?"

In Novembor Cosmo issue there is a Clay mention...not a good one though!!  There is an article where men talk about what they look at when they come to the womans house for the first time and in the party where they talk about the music collection there is a big clay dis.  I will quote:  "The best is when she has a little of everything-pop, rock, jazz.  It tells me she's open minded and doesn't follow the fads.  Hint:  YOu still might want to hide that Clay Aiken disc."  AND THEN it shows a picture of the CD and the caption says "Only cool when used as a coaster."  Not cool cosmo..not cool at all.......... :argue  :headache

ALL YOU
Novemeber 2004    

(I had never heard of or seen this magazine, but my friend gave this issue to me because it has a pic of Clay.)

1/4 page picture from the MOAM photo shoot (I think, good pic)

Merry Christmas
*Clay Aiken Get in the Christmas spirit with a traditional holiday album from this American Idol superstar. It includes rich orchestral arrangements and classic seasonal songs.


--On this page they list 2 other albums coming out, some books and TV stuff with tiny pics, Clay's pic takes up top left 1/4 of page!!

Found this at clayaiken.com

NO CLAY IN:
Life & Style Weekly (Premiere Issue) 11/8/04
US Weekly 11/8/04

J-14 December 2004

Middle of Magazine - December Calendar - December 14 Block - Smiling picture of Clay "Look Out For Holiday Music Fram Clay Aiken". :bouncy

Page 91 - Music - Pictures of Clay and Jessica Simpson (Clay's pictures is 2" by 2" - my all-time favorite picture again - the 2003 Cover of HITS Magazine). "Get into the holiday spirit - you are invited to spend the holiday with Jess and Clay - both are releasing CDs of carols. Claymates: Mark your calendars for November 2 (Wrong! - We Wish!) :duh

NOTE: If you are a Kelly fan, she is all over J-14 this month 4-5 articles.

Entertainment Weekly mention in an interview with Charlene Tilton- she used to play Lucy on Dallas..



Thank you Charlene!! Add her to the list of CLAY celebrity fans!!!

Lora-Ohio

AWWWW YAY!!

If you are going to be looking  for magazines today -
NO CLAY IN:
Star 11/8/04
People 11/8/04

PEOPLE EXTRA - WINTER 2004 :cheer

COVER - 2 1/2" BY 3" -Clay Aiken At Home (one of only 4 people on the Cover!!!) :cheer

Pages 48-49 - Double Page Article!!!! :cheer

Four 4" by 6" pictures across the top of the pages - Clay in brown striped t-shirt with Faye baking Christmas Cookies - too cute! :bouncy

Article:  "Pop Singer Clay Aiken cooks up a Southern-style Christmas with his mom. When Clay Aiken returns to his boy-hood home in Raleigh N.C. for Christmas this year, mom Faye Parker will pull out all of the usual stops: Shel'll whip up batches of cow patties (thin fudge-and-oatmeal cookies) and sausage balls (ground pork and cheddar cheese wrapped in Bisquick dough) - both southern traditions. She'll prepare a pre-Christmas dinner for 30 to 40 family members and close friends. And she'll ready the porcelain nativity scene for her son to arrange on the living room bookcase. "That's my fravorite part of Christmas" says Aiken. "It has become a holiday that is more about Santa than Jesus. That is not how it should be". On the other hand, the 25-year-old singer did such a good job playing Santa last year, he'll have a hard time outdoing himself. Flush from his breakout album Measure of A man, which sold 1.7 million copies in 2003, he suprised his mother by paying off the mortgage on her house. The occasion, however, was bittersweet: It was the first Christmas the family had celebrated since the 2002 death of Aiken's stepfather, Ray Parker, who raised him and his brother Brett, 18, a U.S. Marine. While Faye and Clay reminisce about past holidays with Ray (whom he called Dad) they laugh when recalling his attempts at decorating the front of their house. "We had to have the tackiest yard", Aiken says. Other memories include family taffy pulls, when "we would cook the taffy, then take it outside in the cold to pull it", Aiken says. "My Mom almost ripped my arms off." Parker remembers things differently. "You weren't doing it right," she insists. "You needed to pull it hard, like a chain saw!" This year Aiken will ring in the season with a Christmas album, Merry Christmas With Love (the title track is a song he sang in high school choir), and his first book, Learning to Sing: Hearing The Music In Your Life (Random House). It is a collection of stories about people who have taught me something", he explains. "My Mom always told me to pay attention to the lessons, whether they came from something bad or something good." Meanwhile, since buying his own house in Los Angeles this fall, Aiken has enlisted (Who else!) his mother, a professional interior-design consultant to help him decorate it. "I keep telling him not to buy everything now and leave some things for me to get him for Christmas," she says. "Now he has so much money I don't know what to buy him."

COOKIE RECIPE:

Faye's "Cow Patties"

1 Stick of margarine
1/2 Cup Milk
6 Tbsp. Unsweetened Cocoa
2 Cups Sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla
3 Cups Old-Fashioned Oatmeal
Optional: 3/4 cup peanut butter

1. Microwave the first 4 ingredients 7 1/2 minutes on high, stirring occasionally.
2. Add vanilla (and peanut butter if desired). Pour the mixture over the oatmeal and stir well.
3. Spoon the mixture onto wax paper to form individual patties.
4. Let the cookies cool and set until firm.

NO CLAY IN: In Touch 11/8/04

Womans' World - 1/9/04
Page 5 "Turn on some holiday cheer - Clay Aiken, along with Jessica & Ashle Simpson, are ready to get you in a festive mood. American Idol Star Aiken is set to release his first Christmas album this week." Small picture of the Simpson sisters - not picture of Clay.
Page 50 - Two-page article about the city of Atlanta, and what activities are planned  there this holiday season (very helpful, if you are going to the Atlanta concert - I am!). At the bottom of page 50, there is a 1" by 2' picture of Clay in "Celebs you might see there---and Ryan Seacrest and Clay Aiken were spotted at a Georgia Dome benefit."

Twist - December 2004
Page 12 - Twist Poll Results
"Fun Fact - your top two picks for celeb president are Kelly Clarkson and Clay Aiken, giving new meaning to the term American Idol." Cut-out pictures of Kelly and Clay - 2" by 3" together behind a podium.

Thank you everyone for this info. I am in the book club with books a million, and there is a small snipit of clays book in there monthly newsletter. It comes to me by mail because I am in the club. It is called BookPage Nov issue, and they are at all books a million stores. They are free.

Clay will be on the cover of TV GUIDE for next week.  Mine should come in the mail today or tomorrow.

I am using the cover for my Avatar.  I am somewhat disappointed because I think this is not a new picture but one from the TIME magazine shoot quite a while back.

I hope there will be other pictures of Clay inside the TV GUIDE.

I'm really looking forward to that PEOPLE EXTRA!

Prissy

Hello everyone! I've been gone from home for almost a week, and I have really missed logging on to Claymaniacs!

In This Week's TV Guide - An ad for next week's Cover edition (this week has Shania Twain on the cover). The ad is on page 135, 1/6 of a page, a black and white ad. I was hoping that this would be the Cover of the Nov. 11 edition, because it is a really good picture, but from what Prissy has shown us, it is not.  That's OK - after all - is there ever a bad picture of Clay? NOTE: The Claynationnews said that the ad would not be in all TV Guides. It was not in my edition in Louisiana, but I picked one up in Tennessee, and it was there.

US Weekly - 11/15/04 - NO CLAY
TIME - 11/15/04 - NO CLAY
Life & Style Weekly - 11/15/04 - NO CLAY

People 11/15/04 - NO CLAY
Page 24 - Ruben Studdard - Article - Ending his Diet deal with EXTRA - says is still trying to lose weight, but program with EXTRA was taking too much time.

Star - 11/15/04 - NO CLAY
Page 42 _What's In and Out"
In - College courses on the cultural importance of American Idol
Out - William Hung (THANK YOU!!! - Finally!!!)
Pages 78-79
Two-page article on Cherie - There is a quote and a question about touring with Clay - No Clay pictures, of course - just pictures of Cherie.

In Touch - 11/15/04 - Page 81
Half-page article "University Offers American Idol Course".
Article about Professor Jay Grymes and the course he will be teaching. Good quote "UNC Charlotte has identified itself with American Idol and with Clay, even now, two years later." 2" by 3" pictures of Clay and Fantasia, a 3" by 4" picture of one of the University buildings.

In another thread someone pointed out that some TV Guides had the
picture of Clay on page 168.  In my TV Guide that is where I found it.
Before you throw yours away look all thru it, just in case it shows up in
different spots.
We missed you Frankie.  WELCOME BACK!   :cheer Hope you had a good time.
shirl

Aw Prissy, that's a great pic! It may not be new to us, but I don't think it actually ever appeared in Time.  It was released later as part of the photo shoot for that issue, so it's great for people who aren't us!  :lol

Also, I learned that there's a mention of Clay's Christmas album in the new (December) issue of Redbook with Martina McBride on the cover - it's on page 32 (in the Entertainment section) along with several other Christmas CDs.  

Unfortunately, the picture they feature is of Jessica Simpson.

First of all, Clayobsessed - Shirl - you are right about last week's TV Guide - the Clay ad is all over that magazine. I thought the ad was not in the editions here in Louisiana, but I looked just for fun and found it - on page 69.

The TV Guide cover is finally here! Nov. 14-20 - Clay with Microphone on cover (several people are already using this as their avie). Pages 24-25 TV Guide Interview, Pages 26-31 Book excerpt from "Learning To Sing".

NO CLAY IN:
Blast #05-2004
Tiger Beat December 2004
BOP - November 2004

M - December 2004
Page 84 "Best Friends" - "These Hotties are in love - with their 4-legged BFFS!" 2" by 4" picture of Clay - blue striped shirt, blue jeans, walking holding Raleigh. Looks like he is on the way to his car - has car keys in his other hand.

Pop Star - December 2004 (If you collect, get thee to a store to buy this one!)
Clay on Cover - 3" by 4" picture - chin in hand - smiling "Clay's Tell-All Book".
Table of Contents - 1" by 3" picture.
Page 10 "VIQ - Very Important Question" - "Q. - What is happening with the book Clay Aiken is supposed to write?". "A. - Clay is not the kind of guy to say he's gonna do something and then slack off. Nope, the always-busy American Idol Hottie found time to finish his book even while working on his new CD! Clay's Christmas album is a ho-ho-hymn book of classics, but it's his book that's truly inspiring. Learning To Sing - Hearing the Music In Your Life - just came out from Random House and it features Clay's memories of all his friends who influenced him from his days living in Raleigh, N.C. through the present. Pop Star strongly endorses Clay's music and his new book!" :cheer
Page 12 - Random Gossip I.Q. Test
(True) "Clay Aiken hates having his picture taken if he hasn't given permission first!".
Pages 30-31 - Two-page article on Kelly Clarkson - Page 31 Separate Small Article "Kelly On Clay" - 3" by 3" of Clay singing. "Clay and I were constantly nagging each other on the tour bus we shared. We knew we'd probably just hang out on the same bus anyway playing games or something, so we didn't even take separate ones. We're totally like that. He's such a fun guy!"
Page 62 - 8" by 10" Pin-Up
older (but good) picture of Clay - Black jacket, black jeans, white dress shirt, black tie - hands in back pockets, looking down.

If you want to give feed-back to Pop Star, the email address is popstarmag@aol.com.

Thanks fhmmany2 I must agree with what you said about the pop star it is a good one this month, and I usually do not buy the teen mags.

I also have the TV guide ok I bought Three LOL. I sent one to my friend in Miami. And one I can chop up and put in my scrapbook.

I've recently started to scrapbook magazines, too - they were taking over my house. I'm keeping the magazines with major articles or covers intact, but the others I am putting on 12" by 12" pages - the cover of the magazine, with the articles or pictures around the cover. I think this will be a good way to document Clay's career.

That's a good idea!

People Magazine 11/22/04 - Cover - Johnny Depp

Page 96 - 3" by 7" Article With Pictures
"Here Come the Idols...and there go the jingle bells of holiday cash registers". 1 1/2" by 1 1/2" pictures of the CD Covers of Clay, Fantasia, Kelly, and Diana Degarmo that are being released this month. Under the picture of Clay's CD Cover, it says "Clay Aiken wishes us Merry Christmas With Love (Nov 16) then follows up with a concert tour and NBC Special (Dec 8). :bouncy

(This is an edit) I forgot to mention that there is a two-page article in People (along with several pictures) about Ruben and his diet problems.

Star 11/22/004 - Cover Jessica Simpson
Page 71 - 3" by 6" Article on the American Music Awards - Picture of Host Jimmy Kimmel. Clay is mentioned first in the list of presenters.

Pamela said:

Pamela, I agree it is a great picture!  I was just hoping for more of a "Christmas" or "Holiday" type picture like last year's.  

Also, let me comment on what an adventure this has been trying to find the TV GUIDE and PEOPLE EXTRA this week.  Evidently, as I've posted elsewhere, the Veteran's Day holiday delayed the deliveries of magazine vendors to several stores.

I went to Walmart, Target, and Barnes and Nobles and could find no TV GUIDE or PEOPLE EXTRA Thursday, the 11th and Friday, the 12th.

Sunday, the 14th, still those magazines were not at Barnes and Nobles or Target.  Finally, at Walmart I found both.  Very frustrating!!

Mack said Walmart had PEOPLE EXTRA at the registers and that's where I found it.  

Prissy

No good news today, except that there is no problem here finding either the People EXTRA or TV Guide.

There is NO CLAY IN:

US Weekly 11/22/04
In Touch 11/22/04
YM December/January Issue (This is their "Hot Guys" Issue - Boy did they get it wrong!)

I can't find the TV Guide in Raleigh!!!!!  :headache  :arg

Mack, I'm still trying to find you a TV Guide!

Also, here is some information from People if you can't find the special edition in your local Walmart:



Hope that helps!

Pamela - The People EXTRA issue was sent to my house last week as part of my subscription - and there are still copies at my local Walmart - if anyone needs help, pm me.

Newsweek November 22

Page 72  There is a review of Learning to Sing, Clay's book is combined with the autobiography of an opera singer, can't remember the exact title, it's about the two divas.  It's fairly favorable to Clay, and he is mentioned in the review more than the opera singer.

THANKS FOR THE INFO

I happened upon a copy of the TV Guide today.  Does anybody need one?
First PM gets it!

People Magazine - November 29, 2004 "Sexiest Man Alive" Issue
NO CLAY :bang  (Will Somebody Please Tell Me How He Missed Getting On This List? :duh
Page 37 - "Don't Miss" Column - "Kelly, Ruben, and Fantasia: Home For Christmas (FOX, Nov. 24, 9 p.m. ET) Three American Idol Winners rush the season in a song-filled special."

fhmmany2 wrote:

Makes no sense to me.  How if he was on the list last year, and the whole
year he has been getting sexier and sexier, can he not be on it this year?
Are they blind?

shirl

Entertainment Weekly, Nov. 19

p. 84 -- A review of Learning to Sing.  I was kind of bracing myself for something nasty, considering all the bad things EW has had in the past about Clay, but actually it was a pretty favorable.  It was written by a woman, with some interesting insights.

what a great group to be included with!! :bouncy

Star 11/29/04 NO CLAY

In Touch 11/29/04

Page 66 - "The Biggiest Idol Fight Ever?"
Full-page article reviewing the new CDs of Kelly, Clay, Diana, Ruben and Fantasia - Postage-stamp size picture of each CD cover. CDs are compared on 5 points:
1. Album title & release date
2. Why you want to buy this album
3. Perfect Holiday Gift For
4. Reminds Us Of
5. Highlight (they think the highlight of MCWL is Silent Night)

Page 96 - American Music Awards
"The Oddest Couples" - 3" by 3" picture of Clay with Ivana Trump - "Ivana Trump, who chatted with Clay Aiken, says it's fine for older women to enjoy the company of younger men - If there's a chemistry - then go do it, she says. Don't worry about the neighbors."

Note: Kelly Clarkson is shown on the next page as "Best Dressed"

Really?!?  So do I.  But...In Touch?  Aren't they the mag Clay called "trash?"  Hmm.  I may have to rethink my highlight!  HAHA

Just kidding.



Amen sister.  I never worry about what the neighbors say.  They may however, worry about me.  HAHA

Here's another In Touch mention.  The issue with J Lo on the cover has the following:

Clay is on page 90:

STAR - 12/06/04 - NO CLAY

People - 12/06/04
Page 39 - "Don't Miss" Column
"Christmas At Rockefeller Center - (Nov. 30, 8:00 p.m. ET) - Al Roker and Nancy O'Dell host the big tree-lighting in Manhatten with songs by Hilary Duff and Clay Aiken". NOTE: There are many other artists on this show - including Nick and Jessica - but People knows who to mention!  :slick There is no picture with this small article. :cry

TV Guide - Nov. 28- Dec. 4, 2004

Holiday Preview
Page 42 (At least in my edition - may be on another page depending upon where you live) "A Clay Aiken Christmas - (12/8, 8 pm, NBC) the measure of a man goes a long way when Barry Manilow, Megan Mullaly, and Yolanda Adams chime in for the American Idol runner-up's first solo special." 2" by 2" color picture of Clay (the one with the candy cane).

In the Dec issue of M magazine (teen mag) there is a picture of Clay and Raleigh (stars and their pets page).

People Magazine 12/13/04

Page 36 - Clay Aiken Sounds Off"
3" by3" picture of Clay from the Christmas Special. Questions include"Favorite Christmas Memory" (The one about buying the Christmas tree that was too big). A question about making the Christmas Special - talks about what an honor it was to work with his co-stars. and "What is on your Christmas wish-list". The answer "I'm not sure I want anything. It will just be a nice gift to go home and see family and be off for a while."

Page 44 - "Spotlight on Holiday CDs" 4" by 4" Picture of Clay with Candy cane and Christmas ornament (the largest picture on the page). People only gave the Christmas CD 2 and one-half stars out of a possible 5.

STAR Magazine 12/13/04
Page 83 - "Talk Scoop" - Very Small picure of Clay - announcing appearance on The View Thursday, Dec. 9. Note: STAR Reviewed Christmas CDs and TV Specials of the week, but didn't mention Clay on either of these pages :duh

pa is that a new picture?  Because I'm all about the puppy!
And her owner too of course.
:wink

Pamela,  If memory serves me right, (and that's a big IF) It was an unposed picture with Raleigh walking near Clay's legs. I never saw it before.

TV GUIDE - December 5-11, 2004

Page 1 - TV Guide's Hot List!
 Wednesday - A Clay Aiken Christmas - NBC 8pm/ET
"The American Idol Runner-Up with the pipes that can stop time performs a round of seasonal favorites and soaring ballads with a little help from Yolanda Adams, Barry manilow, and Will & grace's Megan Millaly" :cheer

Page 46 - (This TV Guide Issue lists the 100 most Memorable TV Moments)
#80 is Idol Final - Clay vs. Ruben "Two candidates with passionate supporters and the results are celebrated by all? That's the American way."

The December 13 In Touch article mentioned that Clay was beefing up and showed a picture of an Usher-type body with Clay's head.  Please say it isn't so!!!  If it means that Clay is more healthy and has more energy for his hectic schedule, and that he's eating more protein instead of Krispy Kremes and mac and cheese, that's great.  But leave that beautiful lanky body alone!  It's gorgeous the way it is!

The January issue of Popstar is out--it's in a sealed packege, with a double-sized poster of the Christmas tree picture of Clay included in the package (I looked and looked through the whole magazine for it, and finally discovered the big poster).

I'm sorry I don't have any info about the rest of the mag--there may be other Clay things in it, didn't have time to write them down.

Pop Star - January 2005
In addition to the separate poster of Clay (10 1/2 inches by 16 inches) - (one of the great pictures of him sitting beneath the Christmas tree) - there is, on Page 10 - A mention of Clay by Kelly Clarkson. She was talking about how the Idol finalists keep in touch with each other. She said Clay was "mad" because 5 Idols from her year came to see her perform during her last Tour. Only Kimberly Locke came to see Clay in his last tour. There was a picture of Kelly, but no picture of Clay.

Twist - January 2005
Page 85 "Kelly's Favorite Things" (Kelly seems to be talking about Clay a lot) - About Clay..."He is a goober. And that is what is attractive about him. He's really smart, and he's funny." There is a small picture of Clay's face - laughing.
Page 98 - Yet another picture (4" by 4") of Clay and friend riding the race car at Disneyworld. I still don't know why Teen magazines have such a problem finding new pictures!

Tiger Beat - January 2005 - NO CLAY

J-14 - January 2005 - NO CLAY

US Weekly 12/13/04
Page 15 - Full Page Ad from RCA "This Year's Great Music: Still The Best Gift" - CD Covers from 20 Cds - "Merry Christmas With Love" is in the top right corner 2" by 2" picture of CD, decription of CD contents.

People 12/20/04 - NO CLAY

STAR - 12/20/04
Page 22 - "Eavesdropping In Hollywood - Overheard"
"Paris and Nicole said the F Word. Nick and Jessica alluded to their sex life any chance they could. My Mother was not enjoying what she would later call a smutty little program." ---Prudish Clay Aiken's take on the American Music Awards. Cut-out picture of Clay's face.

Page 86 - "STAR Reviews - T.V."
Half-page picture of Clay, Yolanda Adams, and Barry Manilow from Christmas Special. Review by Marshall Fine ---"The biggest Star to be manufactured by American Idol (and he didn't even win the top spot!), Clay Aiken has spawned a mini-industry of singles, albums, even a memoir. So who wouldn't want to spend an hour at the tube watching him and guest stars such as Barry Manilow put Christmas standards through the musical blender? We do have one serious question, however: Has anyone ever seen Aiken and his doppel-ganger singer k.d. lang in the same room?" :duh

I know someone mentioned Clay was in US and a short but good review of his New CD was mentioned, but alas this was bound to happen at some point I think. He was also in what you were thinking when you put this outfit on section. (The mag is a work so I can not tell you what page it was on or anything like that.) But it shows a pic of Clay at the Christmas Rocke (not sure how to spell the rest)  But the one where they lite that big Xmas tree.) (spelling is all wrong here, but forgive me.) The one where he is wearing the hat and scarf and is all dressed in black. The comments were not any more awful than any one else the judges have dissed, and really so many others have been poked fun at, I am sure Clay turn was comming at some point.  So I just take it with a grain of salt and I think that this outfit he wore was pretty good compaired to some of the others he has choosen or have been choosen for him.  He is also mentioned in the Globe Paper, I did not buy it standing in line at the checkout looking for something to read and happened to pick this. (Honest I do not buy these rags) and in the Ask Ivanna (Trump) there is a blurb with a picuture of Clay and he is talking about the sucide of his half sister and Ivanna has advice for him. But this is one of those things where they get all that old news Clay has talked about and try and make it new. This is all old news and why people choose to dwell over again I fail to understand.

TV GUIDE - December 12-18, 2004

Page 8 - LETTERS

CLAY AIKEN AND KEN JENNINGS
Color me ecstatic when I sifted through the mail to see
TV Guide:  Revenge of the Nerds. Edition (11/14).  There
I discovered my awarkedly awesome hero Clay Aiken, and
my Scholar's Bowl inspiration, Jeopardy (winner Ken Jennings).
They give hope to all of us who enjoy the "geekier" side of life.


I think that makes 3 TV Guides in a row that Clay has been
featured or mentioned in.    Yea Clay.

In Touch - 12/20/04 NO CLAY

US Weekly 12/20/04

Page 104 - US Musts - Hot Christmas CDs
2' by 2' picture of CD Cover - "Clay Aiken lends his trademark vibrato to standards like Silent Night, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, and Winter Wonderland. His soulful dispostion carries the album, much like a preacher leads a congregation. All rise...."

Page 111 - Fashion Police - When Bad Clothes Happen To Good People
3" by 7" picture of Clay from Rockefeller Christmas Tree Lighting. Five stylists give their opinion of the clothes Clay wore (no good comments).

It's already been posted in "Got Clay" that Clay is featured in the January issue of Readers' Digest, but I just got mine, and I just thought I'd say that it really brightened up a cold rainy day in Louisiana! Clay is pictured with his junior high teacher on the Table of Contents (page 4) and again on page 63. The article is one of RD's features "Unforgettable" in which a person tells about someone who really made a difference in his or her life. I loved reading about Clay's love for his former teacher, and I bet this article made her year!! :bouncy

People Magazine
Best and Worst of 2004

NOTE: I did not know whether to post this or not (and the moderators can remove it if they wish), but I've always posted all articles about Clay that I have found - good or bad - so here goes:

STAR - 12/27/04
Page 32
Half -page picture of Clay (looks like it's from a book signing or meet and greet - the brown long-sleeved t-shirt with blue, cream, and salmon stripes), and a half-page article about his encounter with the high-school group from New Jersey. The name of the article is "Clay Aiken Gets Grinchy With School Kids". The article proceeds to claim that Clay was a diva with the kids, etc. - I'm sure you've all heard the story. This article was written by Tom Dinardo. My first impluse, of course, is to email the magazine (I'm a subscriber). but I may just take the high road, as Clay has, and ignore the whole thing. ALSO - right in the middle of this negative article is a picture of Clay's Christmas DVD with the announcement that it is available December 14 :duh

It's too bad that STAR chooses to highlight one negative rumour about Clay instead of doing an article about all of the good he has done in the last 18 months.

From the Clayboard:



Follow up from the Clayboard:

Frankie: I was telling Julie that there was a similar tabloid story in the GLOBE about Clay. It's the December 27th issue of GLOBE. His picture is placed at the bottom of the cover.

Pamela: i am not a donor but we have a KLOVE affiliate in Wilmington, OH. 102.3 FM i believe they still use the same call letters: WSWO. The station used to play country music.

Frankie, the article you were talking about in Star also appeared in NewsWeek Magazine this weeks issue at the bottom on page. 71.  The heading reads An Idol With Feet of Clay.

 :bouncy  Pepe

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS POSTED ALREADY, BUT IN THE JANUARY, 2005  ISSUE OF "READER'S DIGEST" ONE OF THE CHAPTERS IN "LEARNING TO SING"  TITLED "GEEKY KID-BIG VOICE" IS RIGHT FROM LTS.  HOW HE WAS TEASED AS A KID & HOW MUSIC CHANGED HIS LIFE.  
 THERE IS A SMALL PICTURE OF CLAY'S  & TEACHER/CHOIR DIRECTOR, MRS. NORTON.  IT IS NOTHING NEW FOR CLAY'S FANS,  BUT FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT  HIM(BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN SLEEPING UNDER A ROCK)  IT IS GOOD EXPOSURE TO OUR MAN CLAY.

IT IS ON PAGES 63-65.

ANGELA

STAR 1/3/04 - Page 30
This is another bad article - why do these magazines (some of them) look for something bad to print when there is so much good they could be saying? :bang

"Clay Aiken - His New Diva Dress Code" - An untrue article (1/4 page in size) and an awful 3" by 3" picture about the dress code for the Christmas Tour  Written by Tom Dianardo (he wrote the bad article in STAR last week, too) and Nicold Zimmerman. I feel a letter to Mr. Dianardo coming on. :headache

WOW - April 2005

Page 80 - Clay Aiken On Tour - a Christmas Tour schedule listing the December dates through December 21, and a small - 1" by 3" smiling picture of Clay.

Pages 86-87 - "Superheroes vs. SuperStars" Comparisons between Clay and an animated superhero named Clay Bailey (I don't watch cartoons very much, so this was new to me). A great 4" by 5" picture of Clay - that snarky smile, glasses, suit, and blue tie - full-page article.

Pages 88-89 - Fan Club Addresses - Good 3" by 4" picture of Clay singing - Light blue shirt, red tie.

WOW always has something good about Clay - I feel an email coming on, even though this is a Teen magazine. If you see theses articles and also want to email, the address is WOWmagazine@aol.com

While I was attending the Joyful Noise concert in Detroit I picked up ten free copies of the DSO Magazine "Performance" featuring a proflile of Clay with a small photo. If anyone is a collector of Clay's stuff  and is interested in having a copy, PM me and I'll make arrangements to get one each to the first ten people who reply. When I say free, I mean free; I'm footing the shipping cost on this one so don't be shy about telling me you want a copy! This message is posted in the Concert Connection thread and I've had four takers so far, but I've still got six left. Some have small flaws such as a slightly folded corner or a small stain on the back, but I'll send the best available to whom ever askes first. None of the are in unacceptable condition no missing pages or anything like that. Just trying to spread the Clay Christmas spirit of not saving it all for Christmas.

I still have five magazines, as of this minute at least.

Just two left, but they could be yours if you hurry!

Well alrighty then, there is just one more up for grabs then they all go into the mail.

I can't find much good magazine news this week (except for the Cover picture from the Christian magazine that Pamela put into her newsletter today - I'm going to have to order it!)

US Weekly 1/3/05 - NO CLAY

In Touch 1/3/05 - NO CLAY

M - Jan/Feb 2005
Page 56 "This Hair Belongs To...". No picture of Clay, but there is a picture of his hair! :duh

People - 1/3/05 - The Best and Worse of 2004 Issue
Page 150 "School Of Rock" - Small postage-stamp size pictures of Clay and Fantasia, and a small mention about the American Idol course being taught at the University of North Carolina.

STAR 1/10/05 - NO CLAY :cry

Actually I think that it is good if the Star doesn't print anything about Clay.  It sounds like the only things they want to print are negative trash anyway.

Ok out there in Clay land, (everywhere I guess) I still have one left. I'm going to mail the other nine on Monday and I sure would like for someone to have this last one.

TWIST MAGAZINE
January 2005

The story is actually about Kelly, on page 85.
She mentions Clay, calling him a "goober" and says that is what's attractive about him. She says he's really smart and funny. There is a small GMA picture with the article.

On pg 98 there is a cartoon about the Disney car picture.

BILLBOARD MAGAZINE
December 25, 2004
2004 The Year in Music and Touring

The current issue of Billboard has an ad from AEG (tour promoters) which includes pictures of the tours they promoted in 2004.  There's a picture of Clay because they promoted the Independent Tour.

WOO!
A picture of Clay!

WOO!

Hey Pammy!

Have I mentioned lately that I love your new avie?

He's such a cute poochy!

People 1/10/05 - NO CLAY

Page 41 - Full-page article comparing Kelly Clarkson's "Breakaway" CD and Dianna Degarmo's "Blue Shies" - 4" by 4" picture of each. People gives Kelly 2 1/2 stars out of 4, Diana 2 stars.


ChristianMusicPlanet has not gotten Clay's Cover magazine on its web site today as planned (at least not at noon), but you can order the magazine by calling 1-888-848-4808. Cost $4 plus shipping - I was told they did not know for sure when the magazine would be available for sale on the website (ChristianMusicPlanet.com)

Frankie, here is a link to a thread we kept up until about Spring of 04 or so. Perhaps it will provide some information that would help anyone who is interested in buying back issues of magazines that have Clay content.

CLAY IN PRINT (http://www.claymaniacs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=225)

I don't know where your post went, but I'll leave the link up just in case anyone is interested!

In Touch 1/10/05 - NO CLAY -  (Articles on Kelly, Fantasia, and Diana)

US Weekly 1/10/05 - NO CLAY - (Kelly Clarkson on Cover and an inside article)

There is a great article in the Jan issue of Christian Music Planet Magazine! It has a five-page article about Clay with lots of photos and also a separate review of his new book. I got my copy from the mag website at www.christianmusicplanet.com. They are selling single copies.
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I gave the last magazine away yesterday. Thanks to all that responded and may they have a great Clay year.

Kirk48 - thank you for giving these magazines to other site members - that was very generous of you!

No thanks is necessary, I just get a good feeling knowing I'm sharing a little of the good things that come from being a Claymaniac. But thanks anyway :bouncy

Well, I'm afraid I can't be as generous as Kirk48, but I can get copies for a few people who may be having trouble finding a copy. CMP charges $3.50 shipping for a $3.99 magazine. That's pretty steep.

If someone wants a copy but doesn't want to pay that much, I would be happy to get a copy from the store where I got mine - and send it for FREE. That's the best I can do - you could just pay me for the magazine itself. They had plenty of copies, and have more than one store in town, so I can get a bunch if I need to.

PM me if I can help.

~Buffi

STAR - 1/17/05 - NO CLAY

People - 1/17/05 - NO CLAY
Page 111 - "Update" Four-page article about the finalists of American Idol I - I enjoyed reading about what has happened to the original finalists - Clay was mentioned in Kelly's article - just that they toured together in 2004.

Hi all,

(Frankie, not sure if you remember me but we emailed each other awhile back about the commenerative magazine.)

Anyways, not sure where to post this, so I may post it in a few places on this site.  I'm looking for a copy of the Joyful Noise tour program if anyone has an extra one or knows of someone who might.

Thanks!

Laura

Laura - Hello! - I do, of course, remember you. I just checked the Giant Merchandising web site for you - they are sold out of the JNT Program. Then I went to ebay and typed in "Joyful Noise Tour Program". Four programs popped up - two are at $19.99 right now (one of those doesn't even have a bid on it). Another is up to $23.00, and the fourth is up to $39.00! Maybe if you are lucky, you can get one for $19.99 - the original price at the concerts was $20. It is a beautiful program - I bought mine from Giant Merchandising just as soon as they had them in stock. I hope you are able to get one.

Hi Frankie,

Yes, unfortunately they are sold out on the Giant Merchandising site, which has made it hard to get one now.  I will keep an eye out for those for sale on ebay.

Thanks for your help and good talking to you again!

Laura

US Weekly
January 17 issue
Cover - Desperate Housewives

Pg 60 - How Stars Helped


Pg 67 - Ka-ching! Past Idols Cash In

Kirk48- I hope you are still monitoring the thread!

I HUGE THANK YOU goes out to you from ME! I was SO surprised to receive my mail today and find not one, but 2 magazines. NICE CONDITION TOO!!

I did not have either magazine and had to put dinner on delay so I could read them both! I can not thank you enough!

It was a really nice gesture.

Please know how appreciated it is..it goes nicely with all the others!WOW!

Please tell your wife thank you also. She must have a pretty good guy on her hands!

Again- You made my day with your thoughfulness!!

Lora-Ohio

I'm pleased that you are happy. I do the same thing, I was walking through the house reading Clay's book banging my shins and falling over the dogs until I finished it. I used to sell books and magazines on eBay and have a few odds and ends left over, it seemed like a good idea to include two magazines to the first three people who PM'ed. My wife is a loyal loving person; whatever pleases me pleases her. I guess partialy because of that she was a late Clavert but now she is a stand alone Clay fan  :bouncy and she thanks you as well. Good acts beget good events as well. While attending the Joyful Noise tour (where I picked up the magazies) I entered a drawing with a form that was inserted. Lo and behold the DSO called and told me I had one a Clay Aiken CD! Is that cool or what?

Krik - that is cool - congratulations for winning the drawing - I saw the form in the magazine you sent (thanks again!) and I wondered what they gave away.

IN TOUCH - 1/17/05 - NO CLAY :cry

There is a small mention of Clay in the 1/27 issue of Rolling Stone.

There is a small picture of Clay from the AMAs.  The article is a review of the music business in 2004. Under "Labels," there is Clay's picture, and the following text:



Thanks to Claversity for the info!

Clay mentioned in TV Guide for the week of Jan 23-29.  Thanks to Philly and the LBFCA!
 

BOP - January 2005 - NO CLAY
In Touch - 1/24/05 - NO CLAY
US Weekly - 1/24/05 - NO CLAY

STAR - 1/24/05
Page 60 - Mention of Clay in article about Tsunami Relief - No picture of Clay. "On Jan 5 New York's NBC Channel 14  raised over 10 million for UNICEF with help from celebrities like Clay Aiken".

Twist - February 2005
Page 11 - "Dumbo's Not The Only Star In Hollywood With Big Ears". Clay is one of 4 celebrities with a 2" by 3" picture (glasses, black shirt).
Page 14 - "Does Clay Aiken Regret Taking His Mom To The AMAs?" - Nothing new here - old information already quoted in other articles. There is a picture of Clay and his Mom (not a picture from the AMAs, though).

Pop Star - February 2005
Page 24 "Ear Candy - Reader Playlist" - Readers vote on their favorite singles each month. (popstarmag@aol.com). One of the top 4 songs this month is "Without You" - Clay Aiken and Kimberly Locke. There is a 2" by 3" picture of Clay (smiling - no glasses).

J-14 - February 2005
Page 108 - "Your Hot List" Readers vote every month on several categories (readers-picks@j14.com). This month Clay is #8 in Tops In Pops (he still is not on the Hot Guys List :duh ). This is good news, because Clay had fallen off of this list completely for several months. If you are a teen, Clay needs some votes!

Great info Frankie, thank you!

Here's one:

WOW Magazine
April 2005

WOW MAG SCAN (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/joycez/Pictures/ClaySuperstar.jpg)

I just wanted to say Thank You for the info provided in this thread. I read it as religously as I do the News thread.

I have made several purchases from the information provided from here.

Doing a great job!

Lora-Ohio

Thanks Lora & Pamela - I'm obsessed with finding Clay in magazines - it's good to know that other people are, too. WOW was reviewed a couple of pages back - each issue of WOW is released so early - the April 2005 issue came out in December 2004!

this is the list from the CNN:

Rolling Stone Magazine
January 27, 2005
small mention,photo

TV Guide
Jan. 23-29, 2005
#18, TV Teen Idols

Hits Magazine
January 14, 2005
cover

US Weekly
Jan. 17, 2005
two mentions,photo

M Magazine
January/February 2005
photo p.56

Twist Magazine
January 2005
cartoon,Kelly article

Reader's Digest Magazine
January 2005
article, book excerpts

POPSTAR Magazine
January 2005
poster

WOW Magazine
January 2005
Super Poster Special
older photo, caption

but i can't find US weekl anywhere to check it out...(seeing as the date is my birthday, i wanted that one for sure!!)

forever clay - I have the 1/17/05 US Weekly, and I may be able to find it here for you. Things go at a slower pace here, and magazines do not always reach us  the week they come out, so this issue may still be in the stores here. If not, I'll be glad to make a copy of the magazine cover and the Clay articles for you. I've copied magazines for others when they could not find something, and although a copy is not as good as the real thing, the copies turn out pretty well.

The Claynationnews this morning gave instructions for ordering a copy of this month's HITS magazine. (I have looked for this on the internet, but could not find a place to order it - not even at Books A Million). Send a check or money order to: HITS, 14958 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA 91403. The article said you could order up to 2 magazines per order at $9.00 each - this includes postage. The article also said no telephone orders - orders by mail only.

I didn't see this mentioned, but Clay is mentioned in People magazine's Jan. 31 issue on page 38. It's called "What We'd like to see on American Idol." Under #2 it says "Enough with the Celine Dion tributes. ..... Imagine Clay Aiken singing "Blame Canada" ..... "

The Claynationnews reported this morning that the HITS cover magazine has sold out - all orders received by the magazine after today 1/25/05, will be returned. Great for Clay! :bouncy Bad for any collector who did not get their order in early :cry

STAR - 1/31/05 - NO CLAY :cry

:lmao :lol :lmao :lol





Clay sure is in some obscure publications...:hypno

I sent money for a copy of the HITS magazine on Saturday, but feel sure it did not reach California by yesterday.  Anyone know where I can buy one of them?  Do any of the bookstores carry the magazine?  Thanks.

ncfan - HITS is an industry magazine - mostly just charts and numbers, not many articles. Last year when Clay was on the cover (the same pictures as my avie) I bought it on ebay. (I noticed that one person had that magazine for sale yesterday when I checked ebay). I plan to check Sam Goody Music Saturday (they carry Billboard, so I'm hoping they will have HITS, too) - I  will pass one on the way down to my daughter's house. I've already checked Books A Million on the internet. They do not carry this magazine. I have not tried Walden Books or Barnes & Noble on the internet, but I'm going to look. I waited too long to order directly from the magazine, too, and I knew better! :bang

I forgot to say that if I do find HITS at Sam Goody, I will buy a couple extra in case anybody else needs one. I know I could mail one to somebody a whole lot cheaper than them buying it on ebay.

In Touch - 1/31/05 - NO CLAY

M - March 2005
Back page of magazine - Inside and Outside - Set of "trading cards" with each sign of the Zodiac - Clay is, of course, Sagitarius. Picture one one side (the picture is the same picture as my avie :bouncy ), Clay information and a smaller picture on the other side.

Tiger Beat - March 2005
Page 21 - "Diva or Down To Earth" Cut-out picture of Clay's face (glasses). Paragraph about Clay's alergy to nuts grown on trees.

LOVE the article on Clay's hair! He uses more product than I do and that is hard to believe!!

In another thread..someone asked "What do YOU want to see Clay doing in 2005?"

I responded with "Doing a commercial..for Hairproducts!! (Plus a few other things)..I could run to the TV EVERYTIME they played that commercial over and over.

Thanks for that Pamela.

FHMMany2- I have not seen the HITS magazine around here yet. I will look and post if I find it.

Thanks again Ladies.

Lora-Ohio

I was right about the HITS magazine getting to ebay - this morning, there are 2 for sale - one for outright sale for $18.99, one up for bids - there have been 2 bids on that one, and the bids are up to $12.

I didn't see any mention of this in this thread, sooooo

To see the bulk prices, read the rest of the post and sign up for the
resource guide, go here:

http://www.claymaniacs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9039

As usual Pamela is taking good care of us.

shirl

People - 2/7/05 - NO CLAY

US Weekly - 2/7/05- NO CLAY

In Touch - 2/7/05
Pages 42-43 Two-page article about Simon Cowell. Clay Quote" Which Idol breakout will have the longest career? Clay Aiken. Clay understood more than anyone else what made him popular and what people wanted to buy."

STAR - 2/7/05
Page 32 - Article about Simon Cowell trashing Beyonce (he says she can't sing and is not sexy). Clay mention: "Sounds like this Idol judge's brain is fried from trying to find the next Clay Aiken."

People 2/14/05
Page 18 - 4" by 5" picture of Clay (I assume from Scrubs) - singing, holding microphone, smiling, dark jacket, white shirt, no tie, looks like black t-shirt. Caption: "Burbank, Jan. 21. After filming a cameo as a cafeteria worker for the Feb. 15 episode of Scubs, Clay Aiken entertains the sitcom's first-ever live audience by singing "Isn't She Lovely," which he also performs on the show."

US Weekly - 2/14/05 NO CLAY

TV Guide - February 13-19
Page 100 (in my edition - will be on other pages in other editions). No Picture, but under Scrubs listing for Feb 15 - "Act II unfolds as J.D.'s sitcom fantasy, filmed in front of a studio audience and triggered by his tending to a TV writer. Clay Aiken guest stars as a hapless cafeteria worker, who sings "Isn't She Lovely?".

In Touch - 2/14/05
Page 11
"Surprise! Clay Plays A Nerd!" Has Clay Aiken gone back to his geeky pre-American Idol style? No, he's just guest-starring on Scrubs as goofy cafeteria worker Kenny, who has an extreme makeover to help him with a talent show. (That part sounds familiar!) Clay's episode airs on February 15 on NBC." Two pictures! :bouncy One 3" by 5" with another Scrubs cast member (before), and a 3" by 4" close-up, also from the show (after).

STAR - 2/14/05 NO CLAY

FRANKIE,
THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO FOR US HERE---I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT.

ANGELA

Got my People Magazine today...Freb 21, 2005 issue with Julia Roberts and babies on cover..

Under the Picks and Pans page:



This part of the magazine writes their picks for each weeknight TV show. Tuesday..Feb 15- they chose Scrubs. YEAH!!!!!!!!

Feb 13, Grammys (CBS)
Feb 14- Trista and Ryan Honeymoon Hotspots- Travel Channel
Feb 16 The Road to Stardom with isy Elliot (UPN)
Feb 17- Survivor:Palau(CBS)

I have to agree with them for Tuesday..

Lora

This morning the Claynationnews reported that Caregiver magazine still has the July/August edition with Clay on the cover for sale. I called the phone number 1-800-829-2734 and ordered one - $9.95 plus $2.95 shipping. This is much less than what the magazine is selling for on ebay. (Another magazine that I should have ordered long ago, but just didn't take the time). At least this time I didn't wait until it was too late!

TV GUIDE, Feb. 20-26

I'm to page 20 and Clay has been mentioned four times and there's even a picture from SCRUBS.

p. 7 TEEN IDOLS LETTERS

p. 8  YOUR TOP 5 LISTS

      Emmy LeChatz, Studio City, Calif. lists as No. 1  Clay Aiken
      Samantha Beasley, LaVergne, Tenn. lists as No. 3. Clay Aiken
     

p. 10  BEHIND THE SCENES  

        A half page picture of Clay singing on SCRUBS with a small inset picture of Zach Braff and the caption:



p. 20  CHEERS& JEERS



Hey, a Clay picture and Clay mentions!  Not too bad!


Prissy

Life & Style Weekly - 2/21/05
NO CLAY

US Weekly - 2/21/05
Paes 66 & 67
"Test Your American Idol I.Q"
2" by 2" Picture of Clay and Ruben from AI2 final show - Question #2 - What was the real final vote margin between Ruben and Clay?

In Touch - 2/21/05
Page 92 "Best of the Week - Television" "Scrubs - Clay Gets Another makeover" - Article about Scrubs and a full-lenth picture of Clay at the microphone on Scrubs.

Pop Star - March 2005
Page 7 - Article about and picture of Ben Jelen - article mentions that he toured with Clay.
Page 87 - 5" by 5" picture (close-up with glasses) from AMAs. "Rude and Embarrassing Moments" A Clay fan from Ohio writes about getting yelled at by another Clay fan at a concert for standing up during "Measure of a Man" - she stated that security moved her and her friend to better seats.
Page 92 - Clay's Fan Club Address
Page 95 - "Star Hotline" Fan letter to Clay from a fan from Mooresville, N.C.

NOTE: Pop Star is very American Idol friendly this month - Kelly has 2 separate 2-page articles, plus a couple of other small articles. There are also articles about Rueben, Fantasia, Diana Degarmo, and John Stevens from AI3 has two articles with pictures. Julia DeMato's picture is on the March calendar on her birthday - March 7.

People - 2/28/05 - NO CLAY
Clive Davis is pictured on pages 68-69 with his "Posse of Proteges" - with one glaring omission - isn't Clay his most successful protege in years?
This issue also has a multi-page article about Simon and Paula (they are on the cover), pluse the 24 finalists for American Idol 4 are previewed.

STAR - 2/28/05 - NO CLAY

FRANKIE,
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO FOR US ON THIS THREAD.

THANK YOU
 :bighug ,
ANGELA

You're welcome, but I get just as much help from all of you, too - there have been lots of times that I would have missed an article if somebody else had not mentioned it.

STAR - 2/21/05

Pages 66-67 "American Idol's Makeover Magic!"

Interviews with AI's stylist Mezhgan - "Before" picture of Clay (autition) and "After" picture - glasses, suit and tie. Quote from stylist "Clay came in as a nerdy little boy", Mezhgan laughs. "He needed a lot of help, and he got it! We thinned out his eyebrows, tinted his lashes. He was wearing those over-sized button-down shirts, so we gave him more up-to-date clothes. He basically let us do whatever we wanted!"

Sometimes I wish Clay could have kept that stylist--I thought he was a genius.  He put some incredible outfits and looks on Clay.  Sometimes I think the one he has now is trying to make him look like he did in middle school when the kids were picking on him--those redhead colors just don't do anything for him.

Frankie--

Thanks for everything you do for us on this thread!  It's so helpful!  You're the best!

Jane

US Weekly - 2/28/05 NO CLAY

In Touch - 2/28/05 - NO CLAY

Twist - March 2005 (This was also posted in Daily Discourse, but in case you missed it):

Table of Contents - 2" by 3" picture

Page 14 - "Diva In Training" Same old story about conflict with the choir during JNT

Page 27 - Match Star to Their Best Friend (Kelly to Clay) 1" by 1" picture of both of them

Page 38 - Ad for the Disney Mania CD - Thumbnail picture (same one on CD Cover)

Page 58 - 3" by 4" picture "Stars With Embarrassing  Bad Habits" - Quote from Clay "I can bite my toenails if I need to. After that got put in print, I got such horrible fan mail from people!"

Page 90 - Shoutout - Really good  (is there any other kind?!) 4" by 5"  picture and a quote "If anything, I represent the Nerd who made good."

This is not a Clay sighting, but I thought I would mention that I saw American Idol magazine for the first time last night at K-Mart. It had Ryan Seacrest on the cover, and there was no date on the magazine, it just said Volume 1. This magazine previewed season 4 completely, and had pages where someone could jot down notes about each person's performance.

This issue also looked back at season 3. There was one tiny picture of Clay giving Fantasia a hug.

From what I read, the magazine is to come out every month. I will keep an eye out for it, because when they reveiw
Season 2, I want one!

EDIT! Another Maniac (Ilovetowrite) saw this magazine at Walmart, too, and said there was a small article/paragraph about Clay pulling a practical joke during AI - since I did not buy this magazine, I missed that!)

DISCOVERY GIRLS -- February/March 2005

-- p. 46 Starstudded Valentine wishes.  A matching thing, where you match the star's Valentine wishes with his picture.  It was very positive, the wishes for Clay mentioned UNICEF.

My granddaughter found this in her subscription.  Discovery Girls is a very nice magazine for tween girls.

This has not been a good week to find Clay articles, but maybe this will save someone from spending their time looking:

J-14 - March
Page 60  - An Ad for the Disneymania CD (this Ad has been in several magazines). Has the pictures of all of the artists from the CD Cover.
Page 108 - Monthly Survey - Tops In Pops - Clay is #9 out of 10 this month.

Bop - March - NO CLAY - This magazine had 8 articles about Kelly Clarkson, plus 2 8" by 10" photos. Kelly is really getting the coverage in magazines right now.

Star - 3/7/05 - NO CLAY
US Weekly - 3/7/05 - NO CLAY
In Touch 3/7/05 - NO CLAY
People - 3/7/05 - NO CLAY

Well, as Kelly Clarkson says - WhooHoo! Several months ago I noticed a new magazine at Walmart called "Y'all - the Magazine of Southern People".  (All of my life I've spelled Ya'll wrong!) I couldn't resist buying one - it was a well-written magazine, printed on high-quality paper with beautiful pictures, printed in Oxford, Mississippi (Ole Miss is located there). I enjoyed the magazine so much that I subscribed. Today I got the March/April issue - and there was Clay! Page 52 - "American Idol - Southern Power". An article about how Kelly, Ruben, Clay, Fantasia, Justin, and Diana were all born in the south. There are 4" by 6" pictures of Kelly, Ruben, Clay, and Fantasia across the top of this 2-page article. I do not know if this magazine is distributed nationally, but try Walmart.

Looks like your timing was perfect Frankie.

I went to the website (yall.com) and subscribed.  They didn't say whether
or not the subscription included the March/April issue, but showed one
with Bush on the cover.  It appears as tho it is included.  Is the one with
Bush the one with Clay in it?  I also asked if there were other issues with
Clay since there is no search for what is inside.  I'll let you know what
they answer.

Thanks for the heads up on another place to see Clay.
shirl

Shirl - the March/April issue has Kristin Davis (from Sex and the City) and Leeza Gibbons on the front - I'm sure they would sell you this issue if you asked.

Has anyone seen this magazine yet?  Can you tell me if Clay is in it alot?  Also, does anyone know if he's in the second issue or just the first?

thanks!

HELLO EVERYONE AND GOOD EARLY MORNING! :wave I JUST SAW CLAY IN POPSTAR MAGAZINE 4 TIMES WHEN I WAS IN WALDENBOOKS AT THE MALL YESTERDAY. :cheer  :cheer  :cheer  :cheer SO I JUST HAD TO BUY IT! GEE I WONDER WHY? FIVE WORDS: THAT SEXY MAN CLAY AIKEN! ONE PICTURE IS OF CLAY SITTING DOWN IN HIS BLACK OUTFIT WITH HIS HANDS FOLDED LOOKING TO THE SIDE AND SMILING. I THINK IT IS ONE OF THE PICTURES FROM THE MEASURE OF A MAN PHOTO SHOOT. THE 2ND PICTURES ARE OF CLAY IN HIS GREEN SWEATER, BROWN GLASSES WITH ONE COPY OF HIS BOOK IN FRONT OF HIM AND SMILING AT ONE THE BOOK SIGNINGS. ON THE TOP PICTURES IT LOOKS LIKE CLAY IS SAYING, "CRYYYY ME A RIVERRRRR!" AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER IT SAYS, READ IT & WEEP! FANS WERE CRYING WHEN THEY GOT TO MEET THEIR IDOL iDOL CLAY AIKEN AT A BORDER'S BOOKS & MUSIC SIGNING OF HIS HOT-SELLING TOME LEARNING TO SING. THE 3RD PICTURE IS OF CLAY IN HIS FEDORA, SCARF, AND BLACK COAT AT THE ROCKEFELLER CENTER CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING SPECIAL ON NBC. AND THE 4TH LITTLE PICTURE OF CLAY IS WHEN HE WAS AT THE FINALE OF AMERICAN IDOL 2 IN HIS SUIT AND TIE. IT LOOKS LIKE CLAY IS SAYING, " I AM SOOOOOO COOL!" THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER CLAY LOST THE TITLE OF AMERICAN IDOL. :cry BUT 2ND PLACE IS NOT SO BAD. HEEHEE! SO THERE YOU ARE. I JUST LOVE IT WHEN "OUR CLAY" IS IN MAGAZINES, THEN I CAN BUY THEM.  :cheer WELL EVERYONE HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY AND SO WILL I. MAKE IT A CLAY DAY! GO CLAY! :moped I LOVE YOU CLAY AND MISS YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH DARLING! BYE! :wave

HUGS, :ghug PEACE, LOVE, BLESSINGS, HEALTH, HAPPINESS, AND HOPE,

JULIE   CLAY'S SPARKLING JEWEL  :dust AND GUARDIAN ANGEL! :angel1

CLAY AIKEN: THE AMBASSADOR OF LOVE!

What was the date of the issue or at least who was on the cover.  I have
to rely on people to get the mags for me and need to tell them what to
look for.  They are not Clay fans, for the most part, so the information
would be helpful.  Sounds like a good issue.
thanks...shirl

I'd like to know that info too.

People 3/17/05 (special double Oscar edition) NO CLAY

Also, for the question about Y'all Magazine: This magazine just highlights celebrities from the south. The magazine just celebrated its first anniversary, and I do not know if the March/April edition is the first one with Clay in it. I bought the first issue I ever saw of it at Walmart, subscribed, and I have received two magazine so far (it only comes out every-other month). I believe in positive feedback for all magazine articles and T.V. shows that feature Clay. I emailed Y'all, thanked them for the American Idol article, gave them some information on what Clay is doing now (especially for TBAF and UNICEF) and asked them to feature him in a future issue - I hope they will.

M - April 2005 - NO CLAY

In Touch = $1.99
**Cover= The Fight Is On
**Date= 03/14/05
**Clay pictures = has a pix on pg 83 of Clay at airport
**Clay mention = pg 83 says Clay is on vacation but we all know he was going to Hawaii for his charity

Hello Tiffson, welcome to Claymaniacs!

We appreciate the info, and this is the place for it.  Thanks!

Hello! I bought the PopStar that Clay's Ladylove told us about (April 2005) and the In Touch that Tiffson told us about - it is really good to see Clay in some magazines again - I've already sent positive feedback to both magazines. (Hello, Tiffson! Your first post is in the magazine thread - Yeah! :cheer )

There is NO CLAY IN:
Tiger Beat - April - 2005
BOP - April 2005
US Weekly 3/21/05
In Touch 3/21/05
Star 3/21/05 (Regular Magazine)
Star 3/21/05 (Double  Special Issue "50 Sexist Stars)

I did go back and take another look at the American Idol Magazine - Volume I, Issue I, and I changed my mind and bought it. There are two covers that I have found, but the Clay pictures and article inside are exactly the same. One Cover has Ryan Seacrest, and another cover I saw has Diana Degarmo. Diana is also writing a column for the magazine, and in the issue with her on the cover, there is a large pull-out poster of her. There are two small pictures of Clay - Page 103, hugging Fantasia, and page 126, with finalists from AI3. There is also a small article on this page - AI3 Retrospective - #8, about Clay playing a joke on the staff. He took Fantasia's place in a line-up at a rehearsal, and it was several minutes before the staff members realized that Clay did not belong there. Clay is also one of the answers in the Ultimate AI Quiz on page 20 - He is question #22 - "Which Finalists and Judges Have Written Books?"

People 3/21/05 - NO CLAY

In case you missed it in the Daily Dish, Clay is on the cover of Caregiver Magazine again - there is a link in Daily Dish if you have an account set up, or you can call 1-800-829-2734. I just ordered mine. The man who answered told me that they still had many copies of the March/April issue, and they even  still have copies of the August 2004 cover if you still need that one.

STAR 3/28/05 - NO CLAY
Entertainment Weekly - 3/25/05 - NO CLAY
People - 3/28/05 - NO CLAY - If you are following AI4, there are baby pictures of all of the finalists.

there is a small picture of Clay in the latest  US WEEKLY  3/28/05 , it's an AI article ,comparing the top 12 to famous stars---- they have compared  Federov to Clay,...   purlees,enough already,there is only 1 clay  and federov IS NOT clay or anything like him. :

Welcome sanjula- Hope to see you post your information and thoughts more around the place!

Lora

FROM Teen Magazine:
http://clayaikenmedia.com/data/media/315/scan0001_2.jpg
http://clayaikenmedia.com/data/media/315/scan0002_2.jpg

Thanks for those links Tiffson!  Here is the text from that article:

Good Morning! Tiffany posted on the OCD Thread that Clay is in the "Scoop" section of People magazine this week! The article is called "From Idol To Angel" and there are pictures of Clay in Indonesia! My issue won't come until tomorrow, so I have no page number, but  it will be the 4/4/05 issue. I just knew that some of the magazines would half to acknowledge Clay's work for UNICEF - Yeah! :bouncy  :cheer

People - 4/4/05 - as stated above, Clay is in the "Scoop" section, page 24 - three pictures of Clay in Indonesia - pictures and article combined form a half-page article. NOTE: On the same page are the results of a People Poll "Who Will Win American Idol 4?" Results: Bo 24 percent, Carrie 17 percent, Anwar 16 percent.

J-14 - April 2005 - Page 42 "Match These Pets To Their Celebrity Owners" - Pictures of Clay (green sweater, brown glasses) and Raleigh. NOTE: Clay is NOT on the Tops In Pops Hot List this month. If you are a teen and want to vote, cast your vote for both the Tops In Pops and the Hot Guys List at readers-picks@j14.com.

US Weekly - 4/4/05 - NO CLAY, except for a mention of Mario Vazquez hiring Clay's attorney in an article on Page 67.

STAR - 4/4/05 - NO CLAY

In Touch - 4/4/05 - NO CLAY

Entertainment Weekly - 4/1/05 - NO CLAY, but a very interesting multi-page article about Kelly Clarkson beginning on Page 40. Talks about Kelly changing her management to The Firm, as Clay has (article does not mention Clay). Says the change "seems to be a tacit indication that she aches to distance herself from the show (American Idol). (In case you're wondering, she no longer watches, knows nothing about the Mario Vazquez brouhaha, won't be making any more Idol appearances, and is too polite to dis the program herself)."

I forgot - if you want to write to the Editor of People magazine (I just did) the email address is editor@people.com. I think hearing positive feedback from fans helps.

Frankie,

I haven't said it lately but I too really appreciate the time and effort that
you take to keep us informed about Clay and the magazines.  What would
we do without you?

This is a little late, but for those who collect all things Clay in the
magazines, perhaps the last TV Guide may not have been thrown out yet.

TV GUIDE (March 20-26) with Jill Hennessy on the cover

On page 50, in the midst of an article about Simon Cowell

Q - Which of the first three seasons had the best finale?
A - American Idol 2.  (We were left with Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken)
.....and nobody knew who was going to win.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Not much, but it is a little something.
..shirl

Shirl - you are welcome, but you know I love to find Clay in magazines. All of you help me, too - there are lots of times that I would miss articles if not for a post here.

HELLO EVERYONE AND GOOD EARLY EVENING! :wave I JUST GOT THE CLAYTRAIN NEWSLETTER THIS MORNING. AND IT SAID THAT CLAY IS IN THE MAY ISSUE OF POPSTAR MAGAZINE AND THE JUNE ISSUE OF WOW MAGAZINE! SO I WENT TO THE STORE AND BOUGHT A COPY OF POPSTAR AND WOW MAGAZINE. I SAW THE MAGAZINES AT WALMART IN THE MAGAZINE SECTION. AND IN WOW MAGAZINE THERE IS A QUIZ ENTITLED, "ARE YOU CLAY'S BIGGEST FAN?" AND RIGHT NEXT TO THE QUIZ IS A BIG PICTURE OF CLAY. IT IS THE PICTURE OF CLAY FROM I THINK IT WAS HIS CHRISTMAS SPECIAL AND CLAY IS SITTING BY A RED CURTAIN, WITH HIS GREEN SWEATER, BLACK STRIPED SHIRT, AND GRAY JACKET AND THEN THE PICTURE THAT IS IN WOW MAGAZINE IS A BIG PICTURE OF CLAY FROM THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS WITH HIS DARK GLASSES ON, HIS BLACK STRIPED JACKET, ORANGE SHIRT, AND YELLOW BLACK STRIPED TIE. I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD LET ALL OF YOU KNOW THAT CLAY IS IN THOSE MAGAZINES. I HAVE A FEELING THAT ALL OF YOU WILL GO AND GET THOSE WONDERFUL MAGAZINES. I AM GLAD THAT THE PEOPLE AT POPSTAR AND WOW MAGAZINE LIKE "OUR MAN CLAY"! THREE CHEERS FOR THE PEOPLE AT POPSTAR AND WOW MAGAZINE AND FOR CLAY! :cheer  :cheer  :cheer WELL EVERYONE HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING AND I WILL TOO. HAPPY READING! AND PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO DO THE CLAY QUIZ IN WOW MAGAZINE AND I WILL DO THE QUIZ TOO. HAVE FUN AND GO CLAY! :moped BYE! :wave

HUGS, :ghug PEACE, LOVE, AND BLESSINGS,

JULIE      CLAY'S SPARKLING JEWEL :dust AND GUARDIAN ANGEL! :angel1

CLAY AIKEN: MY FAVORITE TEACHER, PHILANTHROPIST, AND SINGER!

THANKS so much you guys for the magazine info. I got the April popstar and filled out the survey to get more Clay. I am how old again LOL. :band

I hope posting this is not inappropriate.  The magazine is not current but
I had not seen this anywhere before and it is still available from the
publisher.  (914-935-1000)

It is a publication to promote chain drugstores..mostly ads.  If you get it
at Walgreens it is called Teen Extreme and Teen Beauty Handbook at
other chain drugstores, like RiteAid and CVS.  Same magazine tho.

It is the spring issue of 2004 and the only one so far that has Clay in it.

There is a small thumbnail sized picture of Clay and others across the top
of the cover. (Mischa Barton from The OC is on the cover).  The same
Clay pic is on the TOC and an article with multiple choice questions entitled
"Who Is Singing Your Love Song?" is inside.  The other two singers are
Enrigue Iglesias and Justin Timberlake. The same pic appears again
covering about 1/3 verticle page.  Familiar but very nice pic.

Hopefully this is not the only time he will appear and it is another mag to
keep an eye out for.

--shirl

NO CLAY in:

Entertainment Weekly 4/8/05
Star 4/11/05
People 4/11/05

While I was gone to the Claymaniacs Social, my March/April copy of Caregiver Magazine came - it is well worth buying (ordering instructions are on the previous page of this thread). Clay is on the cover with Michael Bubel, another picture is on the table of contents, There is a full-page picture of Clay, Michael, and Michael's mother Diane on Page 23, a two-page article on pages 24 & 25, and several ads with pictures about the Florida Gala on April 16 (including an ad on the back cover of the magazine). You can tell the pictures are from the same photo shoot as the previous Caregiver cover (last August), but the pictures are not the same - Clay is just in the same clothes.

I'm Back! - I had time to look at a few more magazines:

NO CLAY IN:

In Touch 4/11/05 (There are a couple of American Idol 4 articles).
US Weekly 4/11/05

Twist - April 2005
Page 11 - Simon Cowell's cell phone conversation with an American Idol producer (supposedly overheard). He supposedly said that Kelly Clarkson was the only one with talent who ever won and "without my pushing Clay Aiken would never have gotten as far as he did - and look how well he's done." There is also a picture of Simon Cowell with this article.

I saw this at the CB, I don't know if this is a new issue of the magazine or a previous issue, but Clay is in the American Idol magazine on page 120.

The article is titled "Where are they Now".  There is a photo of Clay singing Solitaire on AI3.  The article is positive and it mentions Learning to Sing as well.

If I find a scan, I'll post a link!

ETA - Links to the AI article and picture are in the Aiken News Network for April 9!

Pamela - this has to be a new issue of AI Magazine - Clay was in the first one, too, but not in an article with this title.

NO CLAY IN:

Star 4/18/05

Entertainment Weekly 4/15/05

People 4/18/05 (Clay's name is used in a headline on page 137 for an article about Simon Cowell's new group Il Diva, but there is nothing about Clay in the article).

NO CLAY IN:

In Touch 4/18/05
US Weekly 4/18/05
Life & Style 4/18/05

Pop Star - May - 2005
Page 41 - 8" by 10" pin-up of Clay - Close-up of picture from Amercian Music Awards. No other articles, just the one picture (but it is a good one).

I checked several stores for the new edition of American Idol, but it hasn't gotten here yet - all of the stores still had the first edition with Ryan Seacrest on the cover (the second issue has all of the American Idol 4 finalists on the cover - (it is for sale on ebay already).

Last night I forgot to say that the May issue of PopStar also has a ballot for the 2005 PopStar Awards. Clay won or was at the top of several categories last year (I think that is why PopStar usually features Clay in every issue). If you buy the magaine, please vote. You can also vote at popstarmag@aol.com, but there is no ballot - you just have to email your vote. Categories are:

MOVIES
Favorite Actor
Favorite Actress
Class of 2005 Rising Movie Star
Favorite Movie - Right Now

MUSIC
Male Singer
Female Singer
Group
2005 Rising Music Act
Favorite Song - Right Now
Music Video - Right Now

TV
TV Actor
TV Actress
Rising TV Star
TV Show - Right Now

FASHION AND BEAUTY
Male Hottie
Female Hottie
Hair - Male
Hair - Female
Poptastic Style - Male
Poptastic Stlye - Female

NO CLAY IN:

People 4/25/05
STAR 4/25/05

Entertainment Weekly 4/22/05 - Page 16 - Article about Contestants' Style choices on American Idol - small Clay mention:" Sure, Idol's produced miraculous makeovers in the past (see Clay Aiken). but most of the latest contenders arrived with style savvy intact."

Hi Frankie,

Thanks for the info on the magazines!!  This is a great thread!  The WOW magazine quiz notes Clay has 2 dogs both named Raleigh...does anyone one know if this is really true or if this was an error...that's the first I've heard about this.

Also, Is there an article in the POPSTAR magazine along with the picture?  The magazines are sealed so you can't look at them first and he's not mentioned on the cover.

Thanks for your help!

Laura

Hello Laura :wave

There is no article in PopStar - just the pinup. I've never heard anything about a second Raleigh - I'm guessing that this is an error.

TV Guide - April 24-30

Pages 12 and 13 (in my issue - the page numbers may be different in your issue). "Insider - A TV Guide Exclusive - Clay Finds Hope In Indonesia" Two-page article and four pictures of Clay's trip. I'm so happy that TV Guide is so supportive of Clay :bouncy

In Touch 4/25/05 - NO CLAY

M - May 2005
Page 50 - Word Search Game "Stars Fave Food" Clay's name is a part of the answer for this game - no picture at all.

American Idol Magazine - Volume 1, Issue 2 - AI4 Final 12 On The Cover.
This issue is much more Clay-friendly than the previous issue. In addition to the main article about Clay on Pages 120 & 121 (with a great picture of my favorite "Solitaire" performance (from American Idol 3) and a good reivew of "Learning To Sing"), Clay is mentioned several times throughout the magazine. There are many "Behind The Scenes" articles written by producers, the dance coordinator, etc. My favorite small mention  (on Page 115) is by the American Idol Hairdresser, Dean Banowetz:
     "During Season 2 transforming Clay Aiken was another of my proudest accomplishments. He's been my best male makeover on the show. Throughout the season we grew out Clay's hair and changed the color at least four times to give it a softer look that would cover the tips of his ears. It was a gradual transition, so nobody really noticed until they looked at the before and after pictures."

Tiger Beat - May 2005 - NO CLAY

NO CLAY IN:

Entertainment Weekly (Double Issue) 4/29 and 5/6/05

People 5/2/05 - (Preview of Kelly Clarkson's "Got Milk" Ad on Page 129)

Several days ago Pamela told me that Clay was in the June/July edition of Elle Girl. I told her to post about the article, but I guess she has not had time. I finally found the magazine today at Books-A-Million bookstore (could not find it at Walmart, K-Mart, etc). so, here goes:
Page 103 - "The Hot 50 - We Stoke the Flames Of Hotness In Our Countdown of the Cutest Boys of Summer!" Page 105 - Clay is #31 - 2" by 3" black and white picture (an old one - the one of Clay in a suit - hands above his forehead). Article - "After some office debate, we put Clay on the list for all you Claymates out there. You guys are the ultimate fans...and we were scared you'd beat us up if we didn't include him" :duh

Tiger Beat - June 2005
Page 62 - Clay is part of a "What's Your Summer Romance Style" survey - Question #8 - "Who's Hottest? A. Clay Aiken B. Usher C. Ryan Cabrera". There is a thumbnail-size picture of each of these three celebrities. Not really worth buying, but at least he is in the magazine this month.

J-14 - May/June 2005
Page 15 - "Is It True" Questions whether Clay helped Mario get out of his American Idol contract - talks about them having the same attorney. There is a 2" by 3" picture of Clay. Note: Same Page - small pictures of all 12 AI4 Finalists, and a match game about them.
Page 28 - entire page of pictures from Kelly's "Got Milk" photo shoot.
Page 32 - "Fast Food Junkies" 4" by 6" picture of Clay feeding French fries to Jessica Simpson at the McDonald House Fundraiser. (Clayobsessed told me she saw this picture before on the internet, but this is the first time I have seen it).
Page 84 - Reality TV Trivia Quiz - 1" by 2" picture of Clay - he is part of Question #1.
Clay HAS FALLEN OFF of the "Tops In Pops" List on page 108. This list comes from readers' votes each month, and I believe that they feature stars that receive the most votes each month. The email address is readers-picks@j-14.com. Clay could use votes in "Tops In Pops" and "Hot Guys" every month.

People 5/9/05 - 50 Most Beautiful People Issue - NO CLAY :duh

In Touch 5/9/05
Page 76 -" Who Has the biggest shoe size?" 1" by 1" Pictures of Usher, Clay, Josh Graban, & Jesse McCartney. "These talented guys all have wonderfully big singing voices. But which singing star also has a 13.5 shoe size?"
Page 82 - 1/3 Page article - 3" by 3" picture of Clay (AMA Picture). Article about Dr. Phil show and bullying.
Page 95 "News At A Glance" - No picture, but a small article about Clay's Debit Card.

Whoo Hoo! Clay is showing up in the magazines again - Maybe the Clay Drought really is over! :bouncy

People 5/16/05
Page 85-88 Long article about Paula Abdul/Corey Clark. Clay is in a 4" by 6" picture on page 88. It is a picture of the AI2 Finalists and all three judges. Clay is not mentioned in this article at all.

Very little this week, but maybe this will help you when looking through magazines for Clay:

US Weekly 5/16/05 - NO CLAY

In Touch 5/16/05 - Pages 95-96 Two-page article about American Idol controversy (Paula). Page 96 - "Problems from the past". 2" by 2" picture of Ruben and Clay - paragraph about voting on AI2.

Entertainment Weekly 5/13/05
Page 16 "Hit List" #8 - "Rush Limbaugh apologizes to Clay Aiken fans for dissing the singer. Too bad he didn't also take the opportunity to apologize to the rest of America for being Rush Limbaugh."

In Touch 5/23/05

Pages 28-30 - Three-page article about Paula Abdul and American Idol.
Page 29 - 2" by 3" picture of Clay (face only - really smiling) - Interviews of several people who support Paula. Quote from Clay "It's my nature to believe Paula, who I know to be nurturing and caring. She was always the judge who was willing to give advice and willing to be supportive."

Entertainment Weekly 5/20/05

Page 14 - Excerpts from Corey Clark's book "Clay from Raleigh, was such a geek when he started...It was funny to watch his transformation into this "I'm Clay Aiken, hear me roar" thing and selling millions of records." (No Clay Picture).

Pages 32-36 - Interview with Simon Cowell - Two small Clay mentions - Page 34 -When asked who will win AI4 - "I couldn't predict out of those two (Carrie and Bo), and I think that is a good thing. The only time out of the three seasons we've had a genuinely close competition was Clay and Ruben." Page 36 (Talking about song selections for albums)  "Clay puts out "Solitaire", which he sang on the show, and it was huge. There's a lesson to be learned here." (No Clay picture).

In Touch - May 30, 2005
Page 92 - "Losers of the Week" Quote from Anthony Fedderof - "You were compared to Clay Aiken! - It didn't bug me - he's very successful". (Picture of Anthony - No picture of Clay).

NO CLAY IN:

People - 5/30/05
Entertainment Weekly 5/27/05

Entertainment Weekly does have a survey/list on the best American Idol performances ever - go to ew.com/idolbest.

In Touch 5/6/05 - NO CLAY

Caregiver Magazine - May/June 2005
Pages 17-22  - Report on Florida Gala with four pictures of Clay (I first bought this magazine just because Clay was on a cover, but later subscribed. If you are the caregiver of a disabled or elderly person - this organization and its magazine are wonderful resources).

EDIT - Someone asked for ordering information - you can order individual copies of this magazine or you can subscribe by calling 1-800-829-2734 or by going to caregiver.com.

clay is in June/July's Elle Girl- he was named one of their 50 hottest guys of summer- he is # 31, picture and caption

US WEEKLY  6/6/2005

Page 76 - "Who's The Top Idol"
No Clay pic, only pic is Kelly Clarkson.

1. KELLY CLARKSON  - The very first idol winner is the most successful of
the idol graduates.  Her two albumns, Thankful and Breakaway ,
have sold more than 4 million copies.      

2. CLAY AIKEN  - "Clay;'s a millionaire" a source tells US of the
season 2 runner-up, who has sold 3.7 million copies of his two albums
(Measure Of A Man and a Christmas album) - and published a book.

3. RUBEN STUDDARD  - Fans have snapped up 2 million copies of the
season 2 winner's  R&B (Soulful) and gospel (I Need An Angel) albums.

4. FANTASIA  -  "This single(Truly Is)is really going up the charts,"  Davis
tells US.   Fans  have bought 1.7 million copies of her album, Free
Yourself.

American Idol The Magazine is  now taking orders for a subscription
for season 5.  It will be a quarterly and will cost $10 for the entire
year.  Since Clay showed up in both of the season 4 magazines it is
probably a safe bet he will show up in season 5.
If you are interested in subscribing click the following.

AMERICAN IDOL MAGAZINE (http://www.aithemagazine.com/)

...shirl

The following is a post by Pamela on the ANN May 28 page 2.
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Clay is mentioned in the June 2005 issue of Carolina Country magazine.
This is the magazine of the NC Electric Co-op.

I couldn't get the picture to post here so to go see the rest of the post
CLICK HERE (http://www.claymaniacs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10339&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=carolina+country&start=15)[/color]
 
Looks like a nice article and possibly some other issues with mentions
as well , but can't tell if we can purchase or not.  Everyone seems to
have taken off today, so hopefully Monday will get additional info.

...shirl

ROLLING STONE - June 16 2005 - cover is Dave Mathews Band

 ...pg 16...small mention in article 'No Dice For IDOL'S Bo Bice'  NO PIC

.............(snip) Past runners-up have a mixed track record.  Clay Aiken
went on to sell more than 3 million CD's, but Justin Guarini and Diana
Degarmo tanked.  Still Bice is optimistic.  (snip)

...shirl

I had thought of taking the summer off as far as posting magazine finds, but I might as well face it - I am addicted to searching for Clay in magazines, so...

NO CLAY IN:

Entertainment  Weekly 5/27/05
People 5/30/05
In Touch 6/6/05
Entertainment Weekly 6/3/05
Entertainment Weekly 6/10/05
In Touch 6/13/05
PopStar Special June 2005
J-14 - July - 2005 (He is not even in the monthly "Tops In Pops" Poll)
M - June - 2005
Teen People - June/July 2005
Teen - Summer 2005

Now for the little bit of good news I found:

Tiger Beat - July - 2005
Pages 28-29 - "Match Stars to Their Favorite Backstage Food". A 2" by 4" picture of Clay to be matched to his favorite food.

Twist - July 205
Pages 66-70 - "Summer's Hottest Tours" reviews written by MTV VJ Quddas. Page 68 - a 2" by 4" picture of Clay, with good comments in the review. Also on Page 68 - another game to match stars to their favorite on-tour foods (not the same food as shown in Tiger Beat).

PopStar - July - 2005
Pages 14 & 15 - American Idol Mysteries and Scandals". Another 2" by 4" picture of Clay - Still talking about who actually won American Idol 2.

Marilyn - Clay was on the cover (small picture) and in the inside (8" by 10" pinup) of the June 2005 Issue of WOW (that issue came out the weekend we were at  the Social in North Carolina in April.). WOW only comes out 6 times a year. The new Issue is probably out now, but I haven't gotten mine yet (I subscribed because they have been very Clay friendly in the past).

Entertainment Weekly 6/17/05 - NO CLAY
TV Guide June 19-25 - NO CLAY

Kelly Clarkson is in both of these magazines her CD is up to #9 from #14 last week in EW, and her diet and exercise program is featured in TV Guide in an article about 50 Stars and what they do to keep in shape.

Not Much Time to read magazines this week, but...

In Touch 6/20/05 - NO CLAY :cry

NO CLAY IN:
Entertainment Weekly - June 24 -July 1 2005 issue
This is their "The Must List for Summer" Issue, and Clay is not on it. :bang  I only subscribed to this magazine again because they offered the whole subscription for only $10 if we would re-subscribe (that is about all it is worth, since they are not Clay friendly!). I hope posting the magazines Clay is not in helps everyone with their looking-through-the-magazines-for-Clay time.

Teen People August 2005 he's featured in a quiz

here's a scan of half it

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/avies02/magazines/f4d2ac01.jpg

I know this has already been posted in "Clay Daily", but it bears repeating:

Astro Girl - Special Isue - Display Until 9/19/05

Page 51 - Word Search Game - Small picture of Clay (head shot only) Search for "Sagittarious"

Page 55 - 8" by 10" pin-up. An older picture (often used by magazines) of Clay and the dog who is not Raleigh. (I hate to complain, since it's always great to see Clay in any magazine, but why can't the Teen magazines seems to find new pictures?).[/code]

No luck finding Clay in any magazines today, but maybe this will help somebody not to waste their time or money looking in these magazines, because there is NO CLAY in:

Tiger Beat - August 2005
M - August 2005
BOP - August 2005
Pop Star - August 2005
Entertainment Weekly 7/8/05
In Touch 7/11/05

Newsweek had a page about former American Idol contestants in the 7/11/05 Issue on its "Newsmakers" page - they talked about Ruben Studdard, Corey Clark, Paula Abdul, Bo Bice, Carrie Underwood, and William Hung - but No Clay :cry

I MISS CLAY VERY MUCH :cry  :cry  :cry

Tiffson - we all miss him. I know he has been off doing wonderful things for his foundation and for other charities, but he needs to come back to us, too - I forgot to say that the PopStar issue (see my last post) was the one that announced this year's PopStar Awards - Clay did not win anything :cry  and he won several categories last year.

The Clay Nation News reported this morning that Clay is in the August edition of J-14 - talking about his charity work. The Clay Nation News never gives much detail on magazine articles - I do not know if there is a picture, or if there is just a mention or a real article. I looked for J-14 when I looked at other magazines this week, but only the July issue is on the newsstands here. If you already have the August issue, please give details!

NO CLAY IN:

People - 7-04-05
People - 7-11-05
People - 7-18-05

US Weekly - 7-04-05
US Weekly - 7-11-05

Y'All Magazine - July/August

Rolling Stone - 6-30 to 7-14-05

Found a little Clay in:

US Weekly - 7-18-05  -
Picture of Paula and picture of Ryan but NO PICTURE OF CLAY

Pg. 40 - "Paula To Stay Idol Jucge" - Plus Seacrest may replace
Stern, and no nuts for AIKEN !  Paula Abdul, 43, need not consult
the classifieds.  (snip)........
Finally, CLAY AIKEN is allergic to nuts.  The SmokingGun.com's
posted concert rider reads:  "No tree nuts or anything touching tree nuts
may touch the plates.  This is truly very serious."  OK, Seacrest out!

Not much but a little CLAY is better than nothing.
...shirl

NO CLAY IN:

Entertainment Weekly 7/15/05
WOW - September 2005

Frankie and others,

I know that Clay is featured and on the cover of TV Guide for the last week in July.  

I have heard mention that in the TV Guide that just came out for next week there was a Clay mention but I cannot find it!!!!

Anyone know about this?

Prissy

Prissy - here it is!

T.V. Guide - July 17-23
Page 85 - 3" by 4" Ad for next week's covers - Black and White Ad - great smiling picture of Clay  - "Next Week In T.V. Guide -Clay Aiken Exclusive" - "As the Pop Star Brings His Show To Good Morning America, He Dishes About Looking For Love, Going Back Home, and Settling Down For Good". PLEASE NOTE: This Ad will be on a different page depending upon what part of the country in which you live, and some parts of the country have an Ad with No Picture! :cry

J-14 - August 2005 (Previously mentioned, but I just found a copy).
Page 12 - "What's Hot - What's Not"
Hot - Stars Giving To Charity - Picture of Clay talking to the children in Indonesia. (But I think the magazine made a mistake - all other celebrities on this page have their names beneath their pictures - Clay does not). :headache

Page 30 - Interview with Kelly Clarkson "Dating Is Impossible". "I have a guy who I'm very good friends with. I'd love to date him, and he'd love to date me, but I'm never here." I'd love to know who she is talking about!

Page 108 - Clay is not listed in either the "Tops In Pops" or the "Hot Guys" poll again this month. :duh  If you are a teen and want to vote, email readers-picks@j14.com.

Thought I would post the T.V. Guide Ad in case somebody has trouble finding it: (Click To Make Big)

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FEW PAGES FROM TVGUIDE!!!!HOLY CRAP!!!HE"S
GORGEOUS!!

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(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a255/degarmotiff/TVGuide0705.jpg)

Entertainment Weekly 7/22/05 - NO CLAY

I just got my T.V. Guide - July 24-30 - in the mail. They sent the color cover. I'm thrilled with the cover and other pictures, but the article makes Clay sound so unhappy - I hope that is not an accurate description of how he feels. If you are having problems finding both covers, the magazines can be ordered by calling 888-TV-Guide or online at shop.tvguide.com.

Regarding the Jul 17-23 TV Guide, there is at least 2 different versions
of it.  As Frankie reported there is a small picture of Clay with  a black &
white ad for the Jul  24 edition with Clay's cover.  AND the one I got that
only has the ad with NO PICTURE.  It appeared near the back on  pg 123.
If you are looking for this TV Guide ,  check out the inside before buying it.

NO CLAY IN :

Entertainment Weekly 7/22/05
People 7/25/05

shirl

NO CLAY IN:

In Touch 8/1/05
Star 8/1/05
BOP - September 2005


Hapefully, when the Tour starts next week, Clay will be in the magazines again.

Up here in Canada.  The cover of TV Guide for that week is Kelly Rippa not Clay..  Darn!!  Hey, we like Clay too!!!

PEOPLE AUGUST 8
HAVE CLAYYYYYYYYYYY


(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v290/MatchSpas/Clayinpeople.jpg)

Yeah! :bouncy :bouncy :bouncy I was just coming on to post about the People article, too! (Love the picture of Clay holding the baby).

If you would like to send an "Attaboy" to People, email the editor at editor@people.com. I've already sent my positive feedback, and have asked for more Clay articles.


NO CLAY IN:

US Weekly 8/1/05
In Touch  8/8/05

 :purpbana :purpbana :purpbana :purpbana :purpbana

Teen People    Aug 2005    Pg 174
Cover  Lindsay Lohan 

POP QUIZ  question #32   
How tall is Clay Aiken
 A.  5' 7"
 B.  5' 9"
 C.  6' 1"
 D.  6; 4"
There is a small picture of Clay
standing next to a very tall ruler.

NO CLAY  IN 
US WEEKLY                Aug  8  2005
Entertainment  Weekly Jul  29  2005
Entertainment  Weekly Aug  5  2005
Rolling Stone              Aug 11 2005

This magazine will not be out for a while, but this morning the Clay Nation News reported that Clay will be in the December edition of Womens' Day magazine, which will be on newsstands in November. There will be an article about a woman who met him during the GMA performance. I subscribe to this magazine!Whoo Hoo! :purpbana :purpbana :purpbana

T.V. Guide August 14-20 2005 (Four different Covers - honoring the Beatles for the 40th Anniversary of their Concert at Shea Staduim):
Page 12 (In my copy - may be on a different page in yours). Clay voted "Most Loved Reality Star of All Time"  :purpbana in a poll conducted by Bravo and T.V. Guide - small picture of his face (with glasses) :bouncy

NO CLAY IN:

Entertainment Weekly 8/12/05
STAR 8/15/05
In Touch 8/15/05
Tiger Beat 8/15/05 - for all of you AI4 fans - there are 8" by 10" pin-ups of Carrie and Bo - the first pin-ups of them that I have noticed.

WOW Magazine - November 2005 (this magazine comes out so early!) NO CLAY  :bang. There is a lot of American Idol 4 things - including  a pin-up on the back of the magazine.

I'm reading my new People magazine (August 22 issue) and a girl in one of the articles mentioned that she got Clay's CD for her birthday in June. This is the issue with Peter Jennings on the cover. The story starts on page 121 and the mention is on page 126. It is an article about a family with 22 kids (18 adopted) most with special needs. The girl who got the CD is a 19 year old named Amy and she has Down syndrome.

NO CLAY  IN 
Teen People   Sept  2005

In Style - September 2005
The Clay Nation News reported this morning that Clay is the "Sexist Crooner" in this year's "What's Sexy Now" In Syle Poll - the magazine won't be out on newsstands until Friday (I looked here today just in case - it is not out here yet, so I guess the Friday date is true).

T.V. Guide - August 21-27
Letters To The Editor Page - 2 Good Letters from fans about the Clay covers - a picture of Clay from Good Morning America.

Star - August 22, 2005 - Page 42 "In and Out" Column
In: Clay Aiken guest-starring as himself on the soap opera All My Children on September 14. Out: Clay Aiken starring on American Idol.

NO CLAY IN:

Interview Magazine - September 2005

J-14 - September 2005 (Kelly is all over this magazine - including a large pull-out poster and is is #1 this month in "Tops In Pops" - Clay did not make this survey again this month.

Twist - September 2005

Entertainment Weekly - August 19, 2005

PEOPLE - Aug 29,05
              Page 6      MAIL BAG  -  CLAY AIKEN  I appreciate your scoop coverage of Clay
Aiken's visit to Uganda for UNICEF.  His voice may have been what initially caught our
attention, but it's his heart and compassion for others that make us so proud.

               Page 112 PUZZLER  1 Across  "No More ___ Songs" by Clay Aiken

SOAP OPERA DIGEST  -  Aug 23, 05
                Page 14   COMINGS AND GOINGS    AMC's All Star Guest List -
Look for a bevy of celebrity cameos on AMC in conjunction with the launch of Erica's
show-within-a-show  NEW BEGINNINGS.  The stars appearing as themselves include
AMERICAN IDOLS CLAY AIKEN, rapper Doug E Fresh, and talk show host Regis
Philbin (snip)

shirl

NO CLAY IN

Entertainment Weekly 8/26/05
In Touch 8/29/05

(I'm also suprised that the weekly magazines have not picked up the news about Bo Bice's surgery and that he has been replaced on the AI4 Tour by Constantine).

THERE's CLAY IN:
People magazine - Sept 12 2005
IN TOUCH Weekly - Sept 12 2005

Hello! With everything going on here in Louisiana, I haven't been to this thread in a while, but I was able to look at some magazines today:

NO CLAY IN:

Entertainment Weekly 9/2/05
M - September 2005
Pop Star - September 2005

I did see the 1/3 page article in People 9/12/05 - Small picture of Clay and picture of his California living room (complete with baby grand piano!) I was suprised at the picture - room looks really formal for a guy Clay's age. If you want to send positive feedback to People, it's editor@people.com.

I finally found a September In Style Magazine - "What's Sexy Now" annual poll edition. Clay is on page 439. There is a 3" by 3" picture of Clay from his 2004 GMA performance (love the brown shirt!). Once again, the editors wrote a paragraph that seemed to express suprise that Clay won this poll again this year. If you would like to comment on their article, it is letters@instyle.com

Now that Tiffson has said that Clay is in "In Touch" this week, I have to go get one!

I haven't bought 'People' magazine in quite a while but I'll definitely purchase the Sept. 12 issue.
Frankie, I too like that picture of Clay in the Sept. issue of 'In Style'.
Thanks to all of you for your diligence in alerting us of Clay "sightings" in the various magazines! 

T.V. Guide - September 11-17, 2005

Page 92 (In my edition - it may be on a different page in yours) "On Soaps" Article about the September 14 "All My Children" show, in which Susan Licci will play Erica Cane with a talk show. The article says that she will interview Regis Pilbin, Whoopi Goldberg, and Mayor Mike Bloomburg in addition to Clay (RATS!! - I was hoping Clay would be her only guest!) There is a picture of Susan Lucci, but she is shown with Yankee player Al Leiter, not Clay.
To contact T.V. Guide (which is so Clay friendly) - tvguide.com

Entertainment Weekly - September 9, 2005

Page 16 - "Hit List" #4 - A cartoon of Clay, suitcase in hand, walking toward a sign that points to North Carolina. "Clay Aiken moving back to North Carolina. A perfect match, seeing as the state's motto, "Esse quam videri"  (To Be Rather Than To Seem") is as nebulous as his popularity. NOTE: I AM AMAZED - SOMEBODY WHO WORKS FOR ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY KNOWS A "BIG" WORD!   Nebulous means "cloudy, misty, indistinct - hence, unclear, vague, indefinite. If somebody at the magazine thinks Clay's popularity is indefinite, they need more help than I could possibly give them. If you feel like contacting Entertainment Weekly - ew-letters@ew.com

NO CLAY IN  :cuss

Entertainment Weekly        Sept 16, 2005
US Weekly                       Sept 19, 2005
Rolling Stone                    Sept 22, 2005

shirl

 

NO CLAY IN:
People 9/19/05

Collegiate Standard Break -  - Fall - 2005 - I just received this magazine today (ordered it weeks ago from a link in one of the daily ANNs).  Clay is on the cover an on almost every page of this magazine (24 pages in total). The results of the NCAA Favorite Idol Poll  (7068 email votes cast) are: Clay #1 - 1,344 votes, Kelly #2 - 1,158 votes, Constantine #3 - 877 votes, and Bo #4 - 831 votes. I counted 7 pictures of Clay, including a recent one taken at Cary in his black leather jacket. There are several good articles, too, especially one written by a fan on page 10 (the title of the article is "Light and Goodness"). It talks about all of the good Clay has done in the world since his career began. I laughed when this magazine was announced, because the Editor of Collegiate Standard published a "farewell" edition last year - supposedly the last Collegiate Standard that was to feature Clay - Wrong!  :lol I wrote to him then, and told him Clay would be back! I hope everybody ordered this one - it was worth the wait.

Went to civilization today - got a chance to check a few magazines -

NO CLAY IN:

Tiger Beat - October 2005
BOP - October 2005
Pop Star - October 2005

 :bang At least he was on T.V. today!  :purpbana

In Touch Magazine 9/26/05

Page 30 "It's Fashion Week" - "Stars Love The View From The Front Row"
4' by 4' picture of Clay  :flame sitting beside Lee Ann Womack - "Clay Aiken wore head-to-toe Kenneth Cole as he sat in the front row next to Lee Ann womack at the designer's show"  :thud

People 9/26/05

 Page 115 - Another picture of Clay at the fashion show - about 3' by 4" -Caption: "I didn't take enough medication - this is freaking me out. It's a little hectic!"  :roflmao

Entertainment Weekly 9/23/05
US Weekly 9/26/05
Star 9/26/05

NO CLAY

SOAP OPERA DIGEST  September 6, 2005
             pg 14 "Comings and Goings"   All My Children appearance
             list of celebrities appearing on the the talk show within the show.

SOAP OPERA DIGEST  September 20, 2005
             pg 14 "Comings and Goings"   All My Children appearance
             list of celebrities appearing on the the talk show within the show.

I appologize for not posting this in a timely fashion.  There is nothing more
there than on the August 23 rd issue.  But just to keep the record
straight, Clay has now been mentioned in 3 different issues of Soap Opera
Digest.

shirl

People     Oct 3, 2005   pg 117
In Style section -  Another photo of Clay at the fashion show (posed) .
                         Caption: CLAY AIKEN, at Kenneth Cole, attended his first Fashion Week.

                         How can one man look so gorgeous in a white T-shirt?
                     :thud  :thud  :thud   :thud  :thud  :thud
NO CLAY IN
     
US Weekly                    Oct 3,2005
Entertainment Weekly     Sep 30, 2005
TV Guide                      Sep25 - Oct 1  2005

Just in case someone hasn't heard, our favorite magazine maniac
Frankie beat the hurricane.  She is struggling along with no electricity but everyone
at her house is safe and her home came through without damage.  It has been a
couple of days since I last spoke with her but she is doing fine and will be back
taking care of all the magazine fans ASAP.  She would like all of those who frequent
this thread to fill in the magazine information as they can.
shirl

Hello! I am evacuated to my son's house in Alexandria, Louisiana. We still do not know when we will have electricity at our house. I'm taking advantage of being in civilization to check on magazines - I only found one yesterday that I had not  already posted :

J-14 October/November double issue:

November calendar (middle of magazine) November 30 - Happy Birthday Clay! Small picture of Clay on the calendar square - from the AMA awards (striped suit, glasses - picture of face only). Clay is still not listed on the "Tops In Pops"  monthly poll or on the "Hot Guys"  monthly poll on page 108.  :bang

Thank you to everyone for their well wishes and prayers since the hurricane.

I was looking at magazines at Walmart tonight and noticed that Clay is in this weeks "ABC SOAPS IN DEPTH".  There is a picture of him on page 42-43 with Susan Lucci.  The picture is with an article about Erica Kane's "New Beginnings".  The caption reads "American Idol pop star Clay Aiken, fresh from an appearance on ABC's Good Morning America, was enthusiastic about his role as an ambassador for UNICEF.  The singer was appointed last year and has traveled to Uganda to advocate for childresn's welfare."

In Touch10/3/05 Page 30 - Emmy clothing reviews by (yuck) Joan and Melissa Rivers. They show Clay as the worst-dressed male  :bduh :bang, but there is a great picture of him waving and smiling.

TWIST     Oct/Nov 2005 
                      pg 15  'For The Record'  with small 3" x 2" older picture (spiky hair)
                      FAN'S CRASH CLAY'S HOUSE  -  Die hard fan's have been getting
                      a closer look at Clay Aikens digs.   Th American Idol runner up
                      put his sprawling, 7800 square-foot Los Angeles home on the
                      market for almost $2.5 million dollars, and thousands of fans have
                      been  taking the virtual tour online.  People have also been
                      stopping by his house in person and trying to get tours from the
                      real estate agent who's selling his house!  Clay who bought the
                      six-bedroom last fall, says that he's selling because he feels
                      "lonely" living in LA.  Aw, poor Clay!

                      pg 31 "STAR TRIUMPH  DON'T GIVE UP"  with 5" x 2 " older picture
                      CLAY WASNT AMERICAS' FIRST CHOICE - When American Idol
                      runner-up Clay Aiken lost to Ruben Studdard during the show's
                      fourth season, little did he know he'd go on to outsell his competitor! 
                      So how did Clay go on to handle  the initial letdown?  "I would
                      have been happy coming in third,"  he admits, "as long as Kim
                      and Ruben were in the top two.  That would have meant that my
                      two best friends were in first and second place."  With that kind of
                      good-natured attitude, its no wonder Clay charmed so many fans
                      and went on to sell over 600,000 copies of this debut album
                      Measure of a  Man in the first week of its release!  Clay's advice
                      to other hopefuls who come in second, "Believe in yourself and
                      practice, practice, practice."
                     
                      I don't see why simple facts can't be kept straight.  2ND SEASON
                      NOT 4TH.             

NO CLAY IN

US Weekly                    Oct 10,  2005
Rolling Stone                 Oct  6,  2005

shirl  Modified to correct error.  Listed Entertainment Weekly under NO CLAY IN.

I saw that, waiting in the chiropractor's office!  :roflmao :roflmao :roflmao

Entertainment Weekly    Oct 7, 2005   pg 6  MAIL
           Wish Wash -  I don't understand Diane Mizota's slam of Clay Aiken
           in your piece on Three Wishes (Television).  A young girl dealing
           with a difficult situation makes a wish to meet the singer, and all Ms.
           Mizota can do is try not to laugh and refuse her request.  Why?  Mr.
           Aiken may not be your cup of tea, Ms. Mizota, but he is a triple -
           platinum recording artist, a Billboard and American Music Award
           winner, chairman of the Bubel Aiken Foundation for children with
           disabilities, and a UNICEF ambassador visiting children in turmoil
           throughout the world.  So what's the joke?  -  Anna Briggs

shirl

BOP - November, 2005 - NO CLAY

T.V. Guide - October 9-16, 2005 - Page 74 (My Issue - may be on a different page in yours) A 3" by 3' picture of Ruben and Clay from AI2. This is the last small-size issue of T.V. Guide. They are reviewing the top T.V. shows from each era - I'm so happy to see a picture of Clay - T.V. Guide really supports Clay, and seems to include him  whenever they can! :purpbana

<--------------I agree that TV GUIDE supports Clay.  (Note my Avatar.)  I don't think any Idol has had as many covers as Clay.

Thanks Frankie and Shirl and everyone that keeps up with the magazines. I take both TV GUIDE and SOAP OPERA DIGEST.  I don't hunt for Clay in other magazines like I used to.   :para

Prissy

People 10/17/05 - NO CLAY (At least posting the magazines Clay is not in may help save someone some time looking).

US WEEKLY 10-17-05      NO CLAY

shirl

Star - 10/17/05

Page 27 - A TINY Clay mention - talking about baby names - "What's Hot, What's Not". Apparently not many people are naming their babies Clay - "Among the big losers: Clay - as in American Idol's Clay Aiken, 26".

Rolling  Stone  Oct 20,2005    NO CLAY

shirl

Tiger Beat - November 2005 - NO CLAy

Entertainment Weekly 10/14/05 - NO CLAY

Pop Star - November 2005 - Calendar (middle of magazine) November 30 - "Clay Aiken Turns 27!" (No Picture  :cry)

In Touch 10/24/05 NO CLAY
(There is a 2-page article on Bo Bice with lots of pictures)

People 10/24/05 NO CLAY

Inside T.V. October 10-16, 2005
Pages 6 & 7 - 4" by 6" picture of Reba, Clay, and Melissa Peterman at Mellisa's baby shower - the baby shower that Clay covered for "The Insider". Caption" "Melissa's shower wouldn't be complete without a visit from her Idol, Clay Aiken". Clay is holding the onesie he decorated for the baby - he painted a quote from Melissa - "Clay Aiken - Better Than A Brest Pump!"  :lol  THAN YOU TO FELLOW CLAYMANIAC "JAN" - I WOULD HAVE MISSED THIS ARTICLE IF YOU HAD NOT TOLD ME ABOUT IT!

Here is the picture: (Click To Make Big)

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I forgot!!! Prissy - even though Clay is NOT in this week's T.V. Guide - T.V. Guide is now a full-size magazine! Just think how big Clay's picture will be the next time he is on the Cover!!! :purpbana :purpbana :purpbana

Entertainment Weekly 10/21/05 NO CLAY

HI  FRANKIE, PRISSY and ANGELA.  No good news here.

Teen People   November      2005    NO CLAY
US Weekly     November 24, 2005        NO CLAY

shirl

Not a big mention, but I love it all.

Today's  Caregiver  September-October  2005    Pg 9    Reader's Letters

(snip)  I recently found  my old copy  of Today's Caregiver that I kept with
Clay Aiken on the front.  I remember reading the article thinking,  "Autism,  hmm,
I don't know much about that"  and I skipped to articles that would  help me
caring for my dad.  I think I will go back and see what Clay has to say, and I am
really glad that I kept my past copies!  (snip)

Pg 45  Care Directory   
TBAF is mentioned in a list of organizations along with their phone numbers.

shirl

Entertainment Weekly 10/28/05 NO CLAY

People 10/31/05 NO CLAY, but the editors put a picture of the Constantine article from last week on the Letters to the Editor page - they were so impressed that Constantine fans wrote double the letters that were written about the cover story. I've always said that magazine editors pay attention to the letters they receive - that is why I've always written a positive letter whenever Clay was on any cover, or when there was a good article about him.

Clandy (ILClaymate) brought this information over from the Clayboard:
Today's Christian Magazine Nov/Dec 2005 Issue
Clay is on the cover (we found that out today when Shirl/ClayObsessed ordered hers) - we assume there is an article, also. To order: 1800-223-3161 - Cost of magazine $2.95 plus postage.
This magazine is usually sold in Christian book stores, so you may be able to find it where you live.

Pretty dismal here.

US Weekly               Oct 31,  2005         NO CLAY

Rolling Stone           Nov  3,  2005         NO CLAY

shirl                     

Nothing good to report this morning - NO CLAY in:

Interview Magazine - October and November (this is an interesting magazine, though, celebrities interview other celebrities - I keep hoping that Clay will be in this - either being interviewed or interviewing someone else (He would be great at this!)

People 11/7/05 - Page 98 - the birth announcemnt of Melissa Peterman's baby - wonder if he has worn the onesie Clay made?

In Touch 11/7/05

Entertainment Weekly 11/4/05

NO CLAY IN:

Entertainment Weekly 11/11/05

People 11/14/05 - HOWEVER! Readers are asked to go to www.people.com/sexiestman to vote for the 2005 Sexist Man Issue, which comes out 11/18/05. Clay is not among the nominations for sexist man, so we cannot vote for him  :bang He is in the "Sexist Geek" section of the web site, so that gives me real hope that he will be included in the magazine, too.  :bouncy

THANKS FRANKIE!!!

Brought over from the CH and CV.

Clay sighting in the latest issue of EMMY magazine. It’s Issue No. 5, with Jason Lee on the cover and a red “Emmy Bash Photo Splash” banner in the bottom right corner.

This is the official publication of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, which sponsors the Emmy Awards. It’s a very interesting magazine about the television industry, geared toward industry professionals, but available at newsstands. This issue, however, is more celebrity-oriented than usual because it includes Emmy coverage.

First the bad news - NO CLAY IN:

PopStar - December 2005
In Touch - November 14, 2005

Now for the GREAT news  :purpbana Fellow Claymanic Carol Hackney's meeting with Clay is FINALLY out in the December 6, 2005 issue of Woman's Day Magazine - the special Christmas Issue!!!  :bouncy :bouncy :bouncy The article is on page 68! I have scanned the page (hope it shows up well): CLICK TO MAKE BIG


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Thanks for the scan Frankie!  Are you posting it in Carol's GMA thread too?

ETA:  Oops - I just saw your post there.  OK, I'll post it over there!

Pamela has already posted the picture and article in a past ANN, but I just received the November/December issue of Today's Christian Magazine, and thought I would mention it again. It is so wonderful to see "That Face" on a magazine cover (there should be a lot more of them), and the article is truly wonderful. I will be giving this magazine positive feedback.

THANK YOU,THANK YOU.THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :hugg

Still haven't found any good nws this week - NO CLAY IN:

People 11/21/05
Entertainment Weekly 11/18/05
In Touch 11/21/05
J-14 December 2005

I know the People "Sexist Man 2005" Issue winners are to be announced today. I hope Clay is included! We are leaving for the Kansas City concert on Friday, and will go home through Memphis to spend Thanksgiving with our Moms, so I won't be around this week - hope I come back and find lots of magazine articles about Clay posted - I keep thinking some magazine will have sense enough to cover the Joyful Noise Tour - we can always hope!  :bouncy

Hello! I'm back from seeing Clay in Kansas City :thud

NO CLAY IN:

Time 11/21/05
Newsweek 11/21/05
Newsweek 11/28/05
Entertainment Weekly 11/25/05
People 11/28/05 (The Sexist Man Alive 2005 Issue) I think the People Editors need Glasses!  :bduh

Time - 11/28/05 - An "Almost" mention of Clay - Page 87 - People Column - "In Reality T.V. It Pays To Lose - Everybody loves a winner, but it seems they adore Reality T.V. runners-up even more. Ruben Who?!" The column talks about Jennifer Hudson (who just beat out Fantasia for a role in the movie "Dreamgirls"), Jennifer Hasselbeck from Survivor, and Omarosa from The Apprentice.

T.V. Guide - 11/28/05-12/4/05 - Page 36 "The 16 Must-Have DVD Releases" "The Best and Wrost of American Idol Seasons 1-4" "So not only do you get such Idol triumphs as Kelly Clarkson and Clay Aiken, you get the weird". There is a picture of Carrie Underwood. I just love the way that T.V. Guide mentions Clay every chance they get - they could have just mentioned "the winners", but chose to mention Clay instead!  :bouncy

Hello! I just talked to Shirl/ClayObsessed. She cannot get online today (she has a new computer ordered!), so I told her I would post the following magazines for her:

Rolling Stone 11/17/05 NO CLAY
Rolling stone 12/1/05 - NO CLAY - There is a full-page Ad for the American Idol Seasons 1-4 DVD, but no mention of Clay, and no picture

US - 11/14/05 NO CLAY
US 11/21/05 NO CLAY
US 11/28/05 NO CLAY
US 12/5/05 a paragraph about the American Idol Seasons 1-4 DVD - Mentioned several people from Seasons 1,3, and 4, but did not mention anyone from Season 2 at all!  :bduh

Teen People Dec 2004/Jan 2005 - NO CLAY - Lots of mentions and pictures of Kelly and Carrie

People EXTRA 11/05/05 - NO CLAY

Thanks to Shirl for all of these - at least we won't have to waste our time looking through all of these at the magazine rack!

People 12/5/05 - NO CLAY - I saw the Ad for the American Idol Seasons 1-4 DVD. There is a picture of William Hung, but No Clay  :bang

E-mail received by CAP121 at CV:

 In the TV GUIDE for Dec. 5-9, Clay is pictured on p.5 for a show on Friday, Dec. 9, on FOX, called DEAR SANTA.
"Move over, Kringle, Clay Aiken, Raven Symone, and Tony Hawk bare their Claus to help answer real-life letters to the North Pole."

Then, on page 82:  'WISHFUL THINKING  When we were growing up and wrote letters to Santa, we were lucky to receive a mimeographed reply from the North Pole reminding us to be nice.  But with the advent of wish-fulfillment shows, like tonight's DEAR SANTA (FOX, 8 PM/ET), today's kids just might receive that real-life pony they asked for.  Or at least a visit from Hilary Duff, who, with Tony Hawk, Raven Symoone and Clay Aiken, helps answer letters to Mr. Claus."

Prissy

Thank you, Meesa and Prissy - Meesa - I was able to buy the magazine from that link!

Readers' Digest - December 2005 - Page 188 - Editors' Choice - Holiday Books - "Heart & Soul" - Learning To Sing, Clay Aiken (picture of the spine of the book - can see Clay's picture if you look closely).

Entertainment Weekly - 12/2/05 (Yes - Clay is mentioned in EW - don't faint! :jaw Page 64 - Review of "The Best and Worst of American Idol Seasons 1-4"  DVD - "Okay, it's a little bit fun to revisit Kelly Clarkson and Clay Aiken's style-challenged beginnings" EW rated the DVD set a "C". NOTE: the DVD set is selling on Amazon (the last time I looked) for around $35.  I saw it at Walmart for $21.88.

NO CLAY IN:

Time 12/5/05
Newsweek 12/5/05
Interview Magazine Dec 2005/Jan 2006
In Touch 12/5/05

People 12/12/05 NO CLAY

Page 82 - one-page article with pictures abpout Kelly Clarkson's new boyfirend - her  tour opening act - Graham Colton. This made me think of our Julie - she always prayed that Kelly and Clay would become girlfriend and boyfriend!

Entertainment Weekly 12/9/05 - Page 83 - "What To Watch" The Dear Santa show, scheduled for this Friday, is listed as a show to watch, but the magazine does not mention Clay or anyone else on the show.  :bang

I just got a call from Shirl/ClayObsessed. She said to tell everyone hello, and that she still cannot get online  :bang Here is her report:

NO CLAY IN:

US Weekly 12/12/05
Rolling Stone 12/15/05

American Idol  the Magazine- Volume 2, Issue 1. This is the first Issue for Season 5 of American Idol. There will be 4 magazines this season, instead of 2. There are only two tiny mentions of Clay in this magazine - one in an Ad for the Best of American Idol Seasons 1-4 DVD, and another small mention, on Page 125, about how past and present Idols have been to Capitol Hill petitioning for money to keep music education in public schools.

The editor of American Idol magazine is asking (on page 23)  for readers to participate in its Blog, which will debut in the Spring Issue "We'd like to hear your comments about the show, magazine articles, and your favorite Idols. Please keep your letters to 150 words maximum, and sign them and provide your hometown and phone number. Be sure to hurry. We need your letters by December 15 to make the Spring Issue. Due to the expected volume of letters, we will not be able to include everyone's correspondence - and the only way to be included is to mail us a letter. Our address:

Editor
Idol Blog
American Idol the Magazine
2120 Range Rd.
Clearwater, FL 33765

Another interesting comment by the Editor (on page 128 - "Coming Next Issue") Our New Columist - Who Is it? Our new columist will offer Inside views and perspectives in the next issue of American Idol the magazine. Who is it? We won't tell you now, but you will be very happy and suprised when you find out. If you want to guess, here's a clue: this person can really sing."

This Issue mentioned a lot of former participates - had a report on almost everyone working on new CDs (not Clay  :bduh) - on the other hand, neither Ruben or Fantasia were mentioned at all in this Issue.  I'm hoping and expecting that Clay will be featured in future Issues.




Seventeen Magazine - January 2006 - NO CLAY
Kelly Clarkson is on the cover, and there is a very good interview with her. Several pages long, and lots of pictures.

T. V. Guide - Dec. 12-18 2005

Page 81 - Picture and article about a show about Carrie Underwood ("In The Moment"). Clay quote - "While Season 2 and 3 winners Ruben Studdard and Fantasia have had moderate succes, each has been overshadowed by other finalists. Clay Aiken skyrocketed past Ruben on the charts, and Fantasia recetly lost the role of Effie in the film version of "Dream Girls" to sixth runner-up Jennifer Hudson."

Time and Newsweek 12/12/05 - NO CLAY

I just got another call from Shirl/ClayObsessed. she is still having computer problems, but found a Clay mention in:

Twist Magazine - January 2006

Page 66 "Hot Stuff" "Secret Scoop - AI Auditions" "Lookout for those Southerners again - North Carolina gave us Clay and Fantasia, and Ruben, Bo, and Diana are all from the Birmingham area." (They didn't mention that Kellly is from Texas  :bduh)

I just heard from ClayObsessed again - this is her report for today:

US Weekly 12/19/05 - NO CLAY
There is a story and a picture about Kelly and her new boyfriend.

and I also found NO CLAY in:

People 12/19/05

M Magazine - December 2005
Page 66 - Small postate-stamp size picture of Clay (from last year's McDonald's fund-raiser, I think). A sentence or two quoting Clay talking about how he is grateful his celebrity lets him work for good causes. Not much, but this is the first time in several months that they have had Clay in this magazine.

No good news, but maybe this will save you some time looking:

NO CLAY IN:

Tiger Beat - December 2005
Pop Star - January 2006
Entertainment Weekly 12/16/05

I just talked to ClayObsessed, who still cannot get online - here is her magazine information:

NO CLAY IN:

Rolling Stone 12/29/05-1/12/06
Entertainment Weekly 12/23/05
Y'all December 2005
US 12/26/05


She did find Clay mentions in:

Jezebell Magazine (this is one Shirl subscribes to - I don't know where she found it!) 12/5/05 - Two Ads for the Atlanta JNT2 Concert

Entertainment Weekly 12/2/05
Page 64 - Review of the "Best and Worst of American Idol" DVD set - Clay's name is mentioned, but he is not pictured.

T.V. Guide December 26 2005 - January 1, 2006
Page 42 - "Photos of the Year" - a picture of Clay from his  latest T.V. Guide Photo Shoot (4' by 5" black and white picture) - the picture that shows Clay's face on the big radio (Clay's body - the radio is his head in this shot!)  - Quote - "I don't like having my picture taken, says Aiken, but he later wrote on his Blog that this was his favorite shoot ever - and it was the first time he didn't feel like throwing his shoes at the photographer!"

Here is the picture - I took it with my digital camera - sorry for the glare!

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ClayObsessed called again (I'm glad she has the time to read her magazines - I have a stack I can't get to because grandchildren are here!). She reports:

NO CLAY IN:

US 1/2/06
Carolina Country Magazine  - December 2005

She did find a Clay mention In:

Caregiver Magazine Dec/05 - Jan/06 (10-Year Anniversary Edition)
Page 8  - A Column giving a restrospective of the magazines's 10-year history. Clay is mentioned, but there is no picture.

I finally had time to look through a few magazines- NO CLAY, but a few American Idol Mentions:

Time 12/19/05 - NO CLAY
Time 12/26/05 - NO CLAY, but Kelly's "Breakaway" CD was chosen (in the Music section) as one of the year's best - picture of the CD cover, and another picture of Kelly.
Newsweek 12/19/05 - NO CLAY - Page 18 - Article about England's first "Pop Idol" winner breaking into movies.
Newsweek 1/2/06 - NO CLAY
T.V. Guide 1/2/06 - 1/8/06 NO CLAY - Page 9 - Update on Bo Bice's medical condtion.
People 12/25/05 - NO CLAY - Page 59 - Kelly's "Breakaway" shown as the #4 Best Seller for the Year.
Entertainment Weekly 12/23/05 - NO CLAY - Page 22 - Mention of Julia DeMato (of AI2) pleading Not Guilty after her arrest for drug possession and DUI.
Entertainment Weekly 12/30/05 - 1/6/06 NO CLAY - Page 92 - Kelly again - Chosen for one of the year's "Great Performances" - Article and Picture.
People 1/9/06 - NO CLAY

In Touch 1/9/06 - NO CLAY
Page  92 - News At A Glance - Ryan Seacrest is "finalizing a seven-figure deal to become the lead anchor of E! News and to develop a new series for E!" (I wonder if this will mean more air time on the E! Channel for Clay - or less?)

T.V. Guide - Jan 9-15 2005 - NO CLAY, but if you are a Bo Bice fan, there is a full-page article with a picture on Page 36 - talks about Bo's health problems, his new CD, T.V. appearances that have had to be cancelled, etc. (NOTE: As you know, articles may appear on different pages in different parts of the country).

I talked to Shirl today - we both have had a chance to look at some magazines - here is what we found:

NO CLAY IN:

O.K. Magazine 1/9/06
In Touch 1/9/06
US 1/9/06
Newsweek 1/9/06
Time 1/9/06
STAR 1/16/06
PopStar - February 2006

But I did find Clay In:

In Touch 1/16/05

Page 32 - "Big Changes - Which Look Is Better?" Two pictures of Clay (they take up 2/3 of the page). One picture from AI2, one from 2005 GMA. (They try to say that Clay looked better when he was thinner on AI2  :bduh). I love the GMA pictures!

Page 78 - "Who Said It?" Three celebrity pictures - three quotes (you have to guess who said what). Clay's picture (round - a little bigger than a quarter) is from the Kenneth Cole fashion show. His quote "I don't like having my picture taken."

People 1/16/06

Clay has two mentions (no pictures) They are:

Page 26 - Interview with Paula Abdul "I amazes me that I can sit on a plane and watch seasons one to four, and I end up welling up with tears when I see Kelly win or Fantasia win or Ruben. I get chills when I hear Clay sing."

Page 41 - Review of Bo Bice's CD (there is a picture of him, if you are a Bo fan). "While Bo gets our vote for the best CD by an Idol runner-up, topping lackluster efforts by Justin Guarini, Clay Aiken, and Diana DeGarmo, he fails to truly set himself apart from the pop-rock pack"  :bang This was written by Chuck Arnold. sombody needs to tell Mr. Arnold that Clay's "lackluster" CD is triple platinum!  :bouncy

EDIT: I forgot to say that People magazine gave Bo's CD 2 and one-half stars out of 4 stars

Time - 1/16/06 - NO CLAY

T.V. Guide - Jauary 16-22, 2006 - NO CLAY (talked about American Idol - highlighted the worst singers of past seasons)

Entertainmant Weekly - 1/13/06 - NO CLAY - Page 76 Another review of Bo Bice's CD -  (they rated it a "C") (Also talked about American Idol starting next week)

NewsWeek 1/16/06 - NO CLAY - Page 97 - Interview with Ryan Seacrest. Question: Does the best singer win on Idol?" Answer: "No, American Idol doesn't add up to be just a vocal competition. It's also a personality contest."

Sorry I have not been here in a while - real life sometimes gets in the way. I have a stack of magazines I have not had time to check, but here is what I have had time to find:

NO CLAY IN:

Teen People - Feb. 2006

US Weekly 1/23/06

Y'all - Feb. 2006

In Touch 1/23/06

But there is good news this week ------

People Yearbook 2006 - Page 112 - Under the "Helpers Who Are Giving Back" Section. A picture of Clay (4" by 5") dancing with the children after the tsunami.

STAR - 1/23/06

Page 78-79 - Article "Who Will Have The Last Laugh" - pictures contestants from AI5 who do not look like pop stars, but who may have the talent to win. A picture of Clay from his audition, and several good mentions in the article.

For those of you adicted to AI, there are also pictures of Ryan Seacrest on pages 26 and 37, an article and picture about Fantasia dating Kayne West on page 19, and an AI5 article and pictures of all 3 judges plus Ryan on Page 84.

This is going to be a long post - with not much Clay, I'm afraid, but at least you will know what not to search! Thanks again to ClayObsessed/Shirl for calling in so many magazines:

NO CLAY IN:

BOP - February 2006
Quiz Fest Jan/Feb 2006
J-14 - Feb 2006
Tiger Beat - March 2006
Pop Star - Feb 2006
Twist - Jan 2006
In Touch - 1/30/06 - Page 23 - Bo Bice - article about 25 lb weight loss. Page 27 - Ryan Seacrest - New Job with E! Network. Pages 46 & 47 Ryan Seacrest - 2-page article about his restaurant "Boa". Page 93 - Ryan Seacrest - correspondent at Golden Globes. Page 94 - Picture & article - Carrie Underwood - "fastest selling Idol album of all time - CD has already sold 2 million".
Life and Style - 1/30/06
US - 1/30/06
STAR 1/30/06
O.K. Magazine - Feb 2006  (there is a pull-out section in the middle (American Idol Contestants - Where Are They Now" - but Clay is not included (of course, everyone knows where he is!)
US - 2/6/06 - Small AI article & small Kelly article (about songs on AI)

Magazines I saw: NO CLAY IN:

Entertanment Weekly - 1/30/06
T.V Guide Jan 23-29, 2006
Time - 1/23/06  - Page 73 "People" section  - Jennifer Hudson of AI in the movie "Dreamgirls" - based on the career of the Supremes.
Newsweek 1/23/06
People 1/30/06 - Page 22 - About Kelly Clarkson songs not being used on AI.
Y'all - Feb 2006
Interview Magazine - February 2006
T.V. Guide Jan 30-Feb 5, 2006
Newsweek - 1/30/06 - Page 67 Picture of Idol judges & AI article
Time 1/30/06

I posted this on the Temporary site - The February cover of  MAD Magazine has a cartoon of American Idol!  :lol All of the AI judges, past winners, and most of the runners-up are shown applauding "Alfred E. Newman" (the cartoon guy who is always on the cover of MAD) who is singing on the Idol stage!  :roflmao Actually, the cartoon of Clay is pretty good, and it is a funny cover. I did NOT pay $4 for this magazine (I have not bought a MAD Magazine since I was in elementary school!), so I do not know if there are other Clay cartoons inside.



EDIT:  I forgot to mention yesterday that I do know which Tabloids printed lies about Clay, and I do know what they said - but I would NEVER buy one, and I won't justify their remarks by wasting our space here with them. WE LOVE AND SUPPORT YOU, CLAY!!! :hugg

NO CLAY IN:

In Touch 2/6/06
STAR 2/6/06

Both magazines had pictures of Jennifer Hudson from AI in her new movie role in "Dreamgirls", and STAR had a two-page article about AI5 - No Clay Mentions or pictures.


EDIT: NO CLAY IN: People 2/6/06 - There is another 2-page article about AI5

Entertainment Weekly - 2/3/06

Page 76 - "Stupid Questions - this week with Ryan Seacrest" (interview by Dan Snierson)

"When I interviewed Clay Aiken, he said he was the mayor of Nerdville. Which office in which far-off crazy land do you think you hold?  (Ryan's Answer: ) Vice president of vanity, Metrosexotropolis". There is a quarter-size round picture of Clay.

I heard from Shirl/ClayObsessed Again - she still has no internet, but wanted me to post this:

US 2/1/306 - NO CLAY
Rolling Stone 2/9/06 - NO CLAY, but Rolling Stone had an Ad for re-prints of past covers - the ad said you could get the covers matted, or matted and framed, in several different sizes. The ad said the details could be found at Rollingstone.com


I Found:

T.V. Guide - February 6-12, 2006 - NO CLAY
Page 1 - Picture of Kelly - article about her singing at the Grammys
Page 11 - "Figure It Out" Kelly Clarkson -Total revenue 39.3 Million from tour and music sales in 2005 - She was #18 on billboard's list of the year's music industry moneymakers (I have to get on to the Billboard site to see where Clay ranked).

STAR - 2/13/06 - Cover  (small picture in one corner) and one-page story -
STAR is the only weekly that chose to cover the tabloid story - and I won't repeat it hear, but they did at least have some interviews with people who did not believe the story.

Teen People - March 2006
Pages 64 and 66 - Clay #2 on list of Top 12 Most Successful Idol Participants. A picture and write-up about what each person has achieved - here is the list:

1. Kelly Clarkson
2. Clay Aiken
3. Carrie Underwood
4. Fantasia Barrino
5. Bo Bice
6. Ruben Studdard
7. Jennifer Hudson
8, Josh Gracin
9. Constantine Maroulis
10. Kimberly Locke
11. Matthew Metzler
12. William Hung

In Touch - 2/13/06 - NO CLAY
Page 23 - Picture and article about Kelly's break-up with her boyfirend
Pages 62 and 63 - "Best and Worse of AI5" - Picture of "singer" who said he sounded like Clay - banner across his pictrue says "He's Not Clay!"

People 2/13/06 - NO CLAY
Page 43 - Grammy Nominees - "Best Male Pop Vocal" - gives list of nominees, and asks "One look at this underwhelming line-up, and we're left wondering,  "Where have all the Male Pop Singers Gone?"  :bduh I could suggest one!  :lol "Best Female Pop Vocal" - they predict Kelly will win.

Life and Style - 2/13/06 - NO CLAY
Page 17 - Bo Bice - 3/4 page picture and write-up.

FRANKIE, I LURK HERE ALL THE TIME & APPRECIATE VERY MUCH,  ALL THE TIME & EFFORT SPENT IN LOOKING FOR CLAY MENTIONS IN MAGAZINES.  :bighug
THANK YOU!!!

Entertainment Weekly 2/10/06 - NO CLAY

You're welcome, Angela - glad to know you enjoy the posts.  I have thought 100 times that I will should not post here any more - at least not until the new CD comes out and Clay is in a lot of magazines again. Sometimes I think only Shirl and I care, and we talk to each other all of the time about magazines anyway!  :lol But  since I am going to be searching the magazines (I'm addicted, and cannot pass by a magazine rack!  :para ),  I might as well post what I do (or do not) find - it only takes a few minutes.

Frankie,

Thanks for taking the time to do the mag posts.  Even if I am just quickly lurking and not signing in, there are two places I always check: the ANN to keep on top of the  news and your magazine thread.  I saw the STAR cover today and I have no intention of buying that one. 

 I am sure that when Clay's new CD comes out, he will be in all the mags again.  I truly can't wait.  I must admit, though, that I prefer to wait  until Clay and his team are ready and with a sound marketing strategy.  I still hear Invisible on the radio every now and again and I believe that The Way would have been a big hit if the record company hadn't changed their strategy midstream to go with Solitaire.   :naughty

Thanks again. :bouncy

There has been some good news this week - as someone posted in Clay Daily, an article about Clay's CD is in the 2/17/06 issue of Entertainments Weekly (I still don't know if I believe the article or not - I still think a release date will come from the OFC or from RCA - not a magazine who has never been Clay-friendly). My issue should arrive today - I'm interested in reading the article myself.

Someone posted that Clay is also in the winter issue of the UNICEF magazine - a great article. I think I will check to see if this issue can be purchased.

The newest Collegiate Standard Magazines are in the process of being mailed out - I paid for mine on December 2, and I haven't gotten mine yet  :cry but the Editors of that magazine always write wonderful articles about Clay.

I found this is this week's T.V. Guide (February 13-19, 2006)
Page 76 (in my issue) A picture of Ruben Studdard singing to a character from the T.V. Show "Eve". Across the top of the picture, in very tiny letters, are the words "Sorry, I Voted For Clay".  :roflmao I'm sure some employee at T.V. Guide slipped this in - I wish I knew who it was!

NO CLAY IN:

US Weekly 2/20/06

STAR 2/20/06

PopStar March 2006

Life & Style 2/20/06

In Touch 2/20/06 - Page 91 - Carrie Underwood at Fashion Week (guess Clay decided not to go this year).

People 2/20/06 - Page 30 - Article & Picture about Kelly's breakup with boyfiend, Pages 81-82 - Randy Jackson's Music Career Day on the USC campus (with Fantasia and Kanye West). Page 122 - Another picture of Carrie Underwood at Fashion Week.

I just heard from Shirl/ClayObsessed, (who is probably going to have to have her house re-wired before she will have internet service again), and she gave me the following information:

NO CLAY IN:

Celebrity Living 2/20/06 - Great Bo Bice article - lots of pictures of his home and family.

J-14 - February 2006

BOP - March 2006

Tiger Beat - March 2006

OK Magazine - March 2006

M - March 2006

There are 4 small Clay mentions in the latest issue of American Idol Magazine - Volume II, Issue II. There are no pictures of Clay at all, and he is just shown on some lists of past contestants, and other small mentions (Pages 5, 10, 18, and 30). Constantine is on the cover, and there is a really good article about Constantine and the new T.V. show that is being developed just for him. (Should have been Clay!  :bang ) Carrie Underwood is the suprise new columnist for the magazine. The magazine had invited fans to write blogs for this issue, talking about their favorite Idol, but the blogs are not in this issue as promised.

Just spoke to ClayObsessed again -

NO CLAY IN:

US Weekly 2/27/06
Rolling Stone 2/23/06

I read T.V. Guide - February 20-26, 2006
There are a couple of American Idol 5 mentions, plus a picture of Kelly and a short article about her winning two Grammys, but no mention at all of Clay.

I am also reading the entertainment sections of Time and Newsweek every week, but won't mention them unless there is a Clay mention.

NO CLAY IN:

STAR 2/27/06
In Touch 2/27/06

People Magazine 2/27/06

Page 16 - "Tell Scoop - Who Is Your Favorite Idol" To Vote for Clay - Dial 72667, then Text "VOTE B". I think it is so interesting that there are only 3 choices, and one of them is not a "Winner". The choices are Kelly (A), Clay (B) and Fantasia (C). What happened to Ruben and Carrie? (There are small pictures of Kelly, Clay, and Fantasia).

Page 76 - Triple-page picture of Clive Davis and "Clives's Crew" at his annual Grammy Party - Picture of Clive surrounded by his musical proteges - this is the second year in a row for a picture of this sort, and I cannot understand why Clay is left out again  :bduh  (Kelly, Carrie, and Fantasia are in the picture) Was Clay invited, but chose not to attend?

All three of these magazines had pictures and articles about Kelly winning her Grammys.

Yeah! A positive magazine sighting!  :purpbana (Thanks to ClayObsessed for this):

Twist Magazine - March 2006

Page 8 "Star Gazing" - 3" by 4" picture of Clay standing in front of a blackboard (pointing to a map) - banner across blackboard says "PS3 Welcomes Clay Aiken". Caption: UNICEF Ambassador Clay Aiken visits New York city school".

People - 3/6/06

Poll results from last week's Poll - Clay won the "Favorite Idol" poll - 69%  :purpbana (Kelly 27%, Fantasia 4%).

Page 81 and 82 - 2-page article on Barry Manilow (AC - this report is for you  :lol )

NO CLAY IN:

In Touch 3/6/06
STAR 3/6/06

I did get a copy of the Twist Magazine that Shirl told us about in my last post - I love the picture of Clay teaching the kids - he has such a serious "teacher" look on his face!

I got my Collegiate Standard Winter 2005 Issue today! (Pause for the Claymaniacs dance here!  :purpbana :purpbana :purpbana :purpbana :purpbana :purpbana It is the "Sensational Alumni" Issue that was shown for order back in December. Clay is front and center on the cover, there is a wonderful picture (orange shirt) on page 1, every Collegiate Standard he has ever been in is shown on Page 5 (and you can still order all of them except for the first one), Pages 8 and 9 are all Clay - (a great article and multiple pictures). Other NC Alumni (among them Michael Jordan, Sandra Bullock Melinda Gates, etc.), do not even have a full page - this is definitely a Clay-inspired Issue.

Back issues (except for the Spring 2003, which is out of print) are all $12 (includes postage) except for the Clay Aiken Unplugged Issue, which is $15. You can contact Collegiate Standard at collegiatestandard.com.

EDIT: - I forgot - on page 5, where you can order the back Clay issues, the page heading reads "Fine. We Admit It. Our Media Is Biased." I just LOVE media that is biased toward OMC  :clap  :bouncy

Not a lot to report, except which magazine not to buy.....

I checked The past 2 weeks of T.V. Guide, Newsweek, and Time - found NO CLAY, but I did find:

Time Magazine 3/6/06 - Page 63 - "Idol  Worship" Time predicts that the 4 Finalists for AI5 will be Paris Bennett, Ace Young, Katherine McPhee, and Taylor Hicks.

ClayObsessed/Shirl just called - Thank You to her for all of this:

NO CLAY IN:

In Touch 3/13/06
J-14 March 2006
M - April 2006
BOP - March 2006
Tiger Beat - April 2006
PopStar - March 2006
Celebrity 3/13/06
OK Magazine 3/13/06
People 3/13/06
Life 7 Style 3/6/06 and 3/13/06

EDIT: A couple of more magazines from Shirl (still NO CLAY)

US Weekly 3/6/06
Rolling Stone 3/9/06
Today's Caregiver Jan/Feb 2006
Carolina Country - February 2006

The tabloids are still at it this week, but I don't waste my time and money buying, reading, or reporting about lies - I hope no one else does, either  :naughty

T.V.Guide - March 13-19, 2006

Page 14 - "Idol Chat - Ready For Their Close-Ups" "Remember Clay Aiken's geek to chic makeover? Forget seeing such radical transformations on this season's American Idol - mainly because they are not needed." Article about how the finalists have been doing their own work so far as far as their looks and clothes go - mentions that only the  Top 12 have help with hair, make-up, and clothes. Small pictures of Ace and Katherine.

There hasn't been much time to read magazines this week (I have a stack to read), but here is what I have found so far:

NO CLAY IN

In Touch 3/20/06
Tiger Beat - April 2006
People 3/20/06
Y'All  - April 2006

There IS  Clay In:

Pop Star - April, 2006
Page 12 - "Pure Goss" Talks about celebrities registering under false names at hotels - sys that Clay registered as "Jimmy Carter" at the Madison Hotel in New York City! Picture of Clay (2" by 4") in white suit from JNT2.  (This picture has already been posted in the ANN, so I won't post it again).

Shirl/ClayObsessed called these in to me:

Rolling Stone 3/23/06 - NO CLAY
Page 50 "Lost Idols" - Article about singers who did not win on Idol, but Clay is not included in this article (I told Shirl that is because he is not considered a loser!)
Page 68 - Review of Taylor Hicks' CD - Taylor had a CD out (with his band) - name of CD "Heart & Soul" before Idol - article says it is selling well now.

US Weekly - 3/20/06 This magazine has a half-page article about the tabloid stories. I thought that the main-stream magazines were all going to do as they should and not repeat the tabloids, but not US. (I will not give page numbers or talk about the article content). Hopefully, all of the other magazines will continue to ignore all of this.

Clay Obsessed/Shirl just called ....

US Weekly - 3/27/06 - After reporting tabloid stuff lat week, US has gone back to saying good things about Clay:
Page 62 - American Article "Who Inspired The Idols" - "Kevin - the next Clay Aiken"  :puke Shows pictures of Kevin and Clay - both with glasses. Kevin does say that it is an honor to be compared to Clay (Yes, it is!!!).

Page 47 - story that has been on several T.V. shows this week about Constantine posibly dating AI5 contestant Kellie Pickler.

Frankie ~ I found this old list in the photo thread and it has alot of good information in it and I didn't want to lose it!  Do you keep an ongoing list of these?

Clandy - No, I do not really keep a list, but I have my magazines in scrapbooks (the ones I brought to the Social - except they have grown in number since the Social!), and it wouldn't take much time to go through and make a list. I have them in order by date, of course, so I can just flip through and see how Clay's career progressed. I posted that list back when Pamela had started a thread for magazine cover pictures - that was before you taught me how to post pictures!!!  :roflmao There have been many more covers since I posted that list - and, I hope, many more covers to come!  :purpbana

I haven't found much Clay this week - but this will keep you from searching for him in:

T.V. Guide - March 20-26, 2006 - NO CLAY - Page 7 "Idol Chat" - Asks if there will be another "Bo and Carrie" final - talking about Kellie and Chris possibly being the 2 finalists.

People 3/27/06 - NO CLAY - Beginning on Page 68 - Current and Baby Pictures of all 12 AI5 Finalists - short write-up about each, also.

In Touch - 3/27/06 - NO CLAY

STAR - 3/27/06 - NO CLAY - I did not note the page number, but there is a two-page article (with many picures) about AI5 Fianlist Elliott Yamin - I thought that this was very unusual for him to be singled out this early in AI5. Talked about all that he has overcome - diabetes and hearing loss.

I just got a call from ClayObsessed/Shirl (hope your internet gets repaired soon, Shirl - before the CD comes out!). Here are some magazines she checked - (no good news, but it will help you if you were going to check magazines for Clay):

M- April 2006 - NO CLAY 2 full-page pictures and 2 articles on Kelly Clarkson

Quiz Fest - April 2006 - NO CLAY full page picture and article on Kelly Clarkson

BOP - April 2006 - NO CLAY full page picture and article on Kelly Clarkson

Tiger Beat - May 2006 - NO CLAY full page picture of Kelly Clarkson

Star - 4/3/06 - NO CLAY Picture and article about Ace from AI5


Entertainment Weekly 3/31/06 - NO CLAY

Country Weekly 3/27/06 - NO CLAY

Life and Style - 4/3/06 - NO CLAY article about Taylor from AI5

O.K. Magazine - 3/27/06 and 4/3/06 - NO CLAY

Celebrity Weekly 4/3/06 - NO CLAY

In Touch 4/3/06 - NO CLAY

People 4/3/06 - NO CLAY

Shirl noticed something that I had mentioned to her - Kelly is also in a March of Dimes Teen Walk Ad in almost every magazine this month (not just Teen magazines). It is a full-page color photo of her face, with just a small paragraph about the March of Dimes - Kelly looks beautiful, and it is really an eye-catching Ad. I wish Clay had her publicist!!!

EDIT - I forgot - Shirl also checked the Globe and the Enquirer for 3/27/06 (she did not buy them). There was nothing in either tabloid about Clay - not even in the Globe article about "American Idol Scandals".

T.V. Guide March 27-April 2, 2006 - NO CLAY

Page 9 = "Idol Chat" - Talks about melissa being eliminated and Ace being in the bottom 3 last week.

Pages 32 and 33 -  "The Fab 5" - Predicts that the final 5 on AI5 will be Katharine McPhee, Ace Young, Chris Daughtry, Mandisa, and Kellie Pickler - a good write-up  and a picture on each. (Is it my imagination, or are the magazines making predictions way early this year?)

You can now purchase the MySchoolRocks weekly readers featuring Clay on Ebay in packs of 5.

EBAY (http://search.ebay.com/my-school-rocks-clay-aiken_W0QQfkrZ1QQfromZR8)

Shirl called from California tonight - --

Rolling Stone 4/6/06 - Cover - All 3 American Idol Judges with a banner that reads "Idol Worship - Secrets of the Unstoppable Star-Making Machine". Shirl was happy, because she read in the Table of Contents that in Randy Jackson's part of the interview he discussed music from "Dylan to Aiken". However, when she read the 5 pages of interviews, there was not one mention of Clay  :cry But I told her that it was still an honor for Clay to be mentioned in the same breath as Bob Dylan! (O.K. - who is as old as I am - anybody want to sing "Subterranian Homesick Blues?) - It's really late, and I'm getting a little crazy!  :lmao

Rolling Stone does have an "Idol" page on its web site - rollingstone.com/americanidol. there is one Clay interview there (an old one from just before Joyful Noise 2), but this might be a good web site to check occasionally.

Since we haven't found a really good Clay article in a magazine lately, I thought I'd post one I had not seen before. Claymaniac "Jan" decided to clear out some of her Clay stuff, because it was over-taking her art studio. She sent me a magazine I had never seen before. It is a magazine about volunteerism called "Inspire Your World". This drawing of Clay and the article are in the April/May 2005 Issue. I love this drawing  (by illustrator Triston Eaton) and I thought somebody might enjoy seeing it: (Click To Make Big)



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Shirl Called Again this morning:

No Clay In:

US Weekly 4/3/06
Carolina Country 3/6/06


T. V. Guide 4/3/06 -4/9/06
Page 31 - "Amerian Idol - Your Burning Questions" Clay is mentioned in the answer to Quetion #3 - no picture of Clay

Frankie - To be honest, I hadn't been here until today. What hard work you put into this thread!  :clap :clap :clap It's amazing! Wonderful job!!!

These scans aren't from a mainstream magazine, but rather from one of those you find on airlines. Imagine the thousands of people who've read this on their U.S. Airways fight! :bouncy

From elaineforclay @ CV who brought them over from the CB ...

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I read about this in the ANN - this is the second time that  Clay has been featured in an airlines magazine - the first time was well over a year ago. thank you so much for posting it here, Lindsay! 

I haven't had much time to look at magazines this week, and I didn't find anything about Clay in the few I have read but here is what I did or did not find:

NO CLAY IN:

Interview Magazine - April 2005
Newsweek Magazine - 4/10/06

T.V. Guide April 10-16, 2006 -  This Issue is full of American Idol:
Page 11 - Win a 4-day, 3-night trip to the finale of American Idol 5 (plus $500 in spending money) by logging onto www.tvguide.com/idol - this Ad also featured a 1/2 page picture of the 10 AI5 Finalists.
Page 12 - Idol Chat - pictures and articles on Lisa Tucker, Kellie Pickler, and Paula Abdul.
Page 15 - Full-page Kelly Clarkson Ad for March of Dimes Team Youth.
Pages 34-37 - Articles and Pictures about the AI5 10 Finalists.
Page 87- Picture of Kelly Clarkson - she will appear on The Brit Awards (U.K. Music Awards).

NO CLAY IN:

In Touch 4/10/06
In Touch 4/17/06
Star 4/10/06



Pop Star - May 2005

Page 101 "Trashin' Fashion Special" There is a 3" by 4" picture of Clay at the Emmys - PopStar Editors think Clay did not look good in "this mismatchy suit-and-tie combo"   :bduh NOTE: This is the same suit that sold for thousands of dollars  for the Clothes Off Our Backs ebay raffle!  :lol I will post a picture later, when husband gets home with the digital camera!

This is also the month to vote for the annual  PopStar  Awards -  the magazine says you can vote at www.popstaronline.com (I looked, and could not find a ballott) .  There is a mail-in ballott in the magazine (it has to reach popStar by May 1st). Clay is not on the ballot in the magazine, but there is a place to write someone in in each category. 


EDIT: Here is the picture  of the clothing that PopStar thought was so  awful:



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Just got a call from ClayObssessed:

NO CLAY IN:

Twist - April 2006
US Weekly 4/10/06
US Weekly 4/17/06

NO CLAY or Idol News in:

Newsweek 4/17/06

T.V. Guide April 17-23, 2006
NO CLAY, but I found:

Page 13 - "Idol Chat" This week discusses Mandisa's departure, Lisa Tucker, and Katharine McPhee.

Page 18 - The T.V. Guide Channel will have a show "Idol Tonight" on April 18 - 6:00 p.m. Central, 7:00 p.m. Eastern time - Hosted by Kimberly Caldwell - show is about AI5, but since Kimberly was on AI2, we can always hope for a Clay mention!  :cross

EDIT: Tiffany tells me (thanks, Tiffany) that this is a weekly show, and that Kimberly does mention Clay occasionally - I'm going to start watching it. I'm glad that T.V. Guide decided to feature the show in its listings - I would never have found it otherwise.

I've just heard from ClayObsessed, who has been hard at work for all of us:

American Idol Magazine - Volume 2, Issue 3 - AI5 Top 12 Contestants are on the cover:
Page 17 - "News" Talks about Teen People March Issue's Greatest Idol Success Stories - Clay was #2 after Kelly's #1. (No Picutre)
Page 20 - Carrie Underwood Interview - she mentions Clay and others as she talks about how success is possible from Idol - talks about the number of albums sold.
Pages 26 and 28 - Article by Fred Bronson (I love him!) "Charting The Idols" Talks about how BillBoard has over 100 charts a week, and that Idols have had over 87 weeks of #1 Hits - Top charters are: Kelly - 32, Fantasia - 11, Ruben - 10, Clay - 8, and Carrie - 7. Page 26has a good-size paragraph about Clay, explaining each of his 8 #1 Chart Hits. On Page 28, there is a thumbnail picutre of each Idol.
Page 79 - clay is mentioned on one of the scorecards readers can fill out each week as they watch AI5.

 
 
 
NOTE: - I first posted this here on April 15, with a long list of other magazines that Shirl had checked, but my post disappeared!  :bduh I will go back and get the rest of the magazines that she called in and will re-post them later.

Frankie

O.K. - here is the rest of Shirl's list - I don't know how Saturday's post disappeared! Not much here, but at least it will keep you from having to search for Clay yourself:

Teen People - March 2006 - Page 64 - "Greatest Idol Succcess Stories" Clay #2, after Kelly - No Picture

Teen People - May 2006 - Page 109 - "Stars In Africa" - talks about Clay in Uganda - No Picture.

Shirls's April Isssue of Teen People did not reach her, so she has no report on the April magazine.

NO CLAY IN:

Astro Magazine - No Date On Cover - It just said "display until July 17, 2006"
BOP - May 2006
Tiger Beat - May 2006
M Magazine - May 2006
Teen Magazine - Spring 2006
Quiz Fest - May 2006
O.K. Magazine - 4/24/06
US Weekly - 4/24/06
In Touch 4/24/06
J-14 - April 2006
Rolling Stone 4/20/06
Star - 4/24/06
People 4/24/06

Thanks, Shirl, for calling all of these in!!!  :hugg

Not much time for magazines so far this week, but here is the little I have had time to read:

T.V. Guide April24-30, 2006 NO CLAY
Page 12 "Idol Chat" Articles about Bucky Covington and Chris Daughtry (said that Chris and Kellie Pickler have been fighting colds). Pictures of Bucky and Chris. Page 32 "Best of May Sweeps" Idol Final will be on May 24th. Pages 34-36 - three-page article with pictures about Simon Cowell - No Clay mention.

Newsweek 4/24/06 - NO CLAY

ClayObsessed did call in:

NO CLAY IN:

US Weekly 4/24/06
US Weekly 5/1/06
Carolina Country - April 2006 (Shirl did say that Carolina Country - which is  free magazine published by the electricity provider in North Carolina - is a great magazine that makes her want to move from California to North Carolina! - even during the months whe they do not mention Clay.  :lol )

NO CLAY IN:

Interview Magazine - May 2006
Newsweek 5/1/06
Twist  Magazine - May/June 2006
O.K. Magazine 5/1/06

Also NO CLAY IN T.V. Guide May 1-7, 2006, but there is:

Page 11 - Cost of a 30-second commercial during the Finals of AI5 on 5/24/06 is 1.3 Million dollars.
Page 12 - "Idol Chat" Articles about and pictures of Ace and Kellie - Article about the "American Dreamz" movie, which spoofs Idol.
Page 21 - "Cheers and Jeers" - Jeers CBS for scheduling the 41st Annual Country Music Association Awards opposite the AI5 Final - reminds CBS of what happened to Grammy ratings when they went up against Idol.
Pages 30-31 - Two page article  about Ryan Seacrest, with pictures.
Pages 38-39 - "Radar - Things We Cannot Live Without" Pictures of the Top 7 AI5 Finalists with "stuff"

I also saw on T.V. that Ryan Seacrest is in People magazine's "Top 100 Most Beautiful People", which is out on newsstands today - haven't gotten the magazine yet, but I assume Clay is not in it  :bang

I finallly had time to read a couple of magazines:

STAR - 5/8/06
Page 29 "Who's News" The Magazine picked up the Poll from the Boston Phoenix about the "Top 100 Unsexist Men". Article mentions that Clay is #59  :bduh No Picture.
Pages 60 & 61 - 2-Page article about Taylor Hicks - sorry, Taylor fans - it is not a good article - talks about a college drug arrest. If you keep reading, though, you find that the charges were dropped.

In Touch 5/8/06 NO CLAY
Page 6 - Full-page picture of Simon Cowell and Terri Seymour
Page 8 - 1/2 page picture of Ryan Seacrest & 2 Models
Pages 68 & 69 - 2-page article about Ryan Seacrest with several pictures.

People - Double Issue - May 8 and May 15, 2006 "100 Most Beautiful People" NO CLAY
Page 24 - "Scoop" Articles about Ryan Seacrest and Paula Abdul, Kellie Pickler, and katharine McPhee
In the "100 Most Beautiful People" Section -
Page 110  Ryan Seacrest (one of the worst pictures of Ryan ever)
Page 174 - Jimmy Kimmell!
Pages 205-208 Article about a 17 year old with Autism and his documentray about Autism - Articles about several people who live with Autism.



Can somebody please tell me how this person can be left off of any list of the world's most beautiful people?!?!?!?

I just talked to Shirl/ClayObsessed, who had the time today to check out magazines:

Shirl subscribes to Rolling Stone - she called about the special 1000th Issue magazine - She called Rolling Stone and found out that it is the May 18, 2006 Issue, and should be on newsstands soon. Clay is on the cover - Clandy has posted the cover in today's ANN. I am so happy aobut this, because Rolling Stone only used 150 people from their covers, and Clay made the cut!!!  :purpbana Shirl called Rolling Stone at 1-800-568-7655 to ask about this Issue, and while she had them on the phone, she asked about Clay articles and another Clay cover. The girl she talked to said that Shirl was the second person she had talked to lately about Clay, and that they had a form to fill out concerning requests for the magazine. So, if you would like to put in a good word or a request for Clay, use the number I just posted (Shirl said they give you lots of menus when you dial this number, but she just held on until she got to talk to a human!  :lol )

Celebrity Living Weekly 4/17/06 - Page 25 - Article about celebrities and internet scandals - mentions Clay and the recent problems. Shirl said there is a good picture of Clay from the Emmys.

Jezebel - May 2006 - NO CLAY

US Weekly - 5/8/06 - NO CLAY
Page 68 Ryan Seacrest - voted "T.V.'s Hottest Host".

Caregiver Magazine March/April 2006 - NO CLAY

Rolling Stone 5/4/06 - NO CLAY

Cosmo Girl - May 2006 - NO CLAY

Pop Star - June 2006 - NO CLAY

Tiger Beat - June 2006 - NO CLAY   EDIT!!!!! - See post by Claygirl a little furthur down this page - Clay IS in this Issue!!!!  :purpbana
Page 32 - Article & Picture - Kelly Clarkson

J-14 - May/ June 2006 - NO CLAY
Page 14 - Picture & Article - Kelly Clarkson & Simon
Page 68 - Articles and small pictures - AI5 Finalists

OK Magazine - 5/8/06 - NO CLAY
Page 31 - AI5 Article

Entertainment Weekly - 4/28/06 - NO CLAY

Lifestyle Magazine 5/8/06 - NO CLAY

Newsweek Magazine 5/8/06 - NO CLAY

T.V. Guide May 8-14, 2006 - NO CLAY
Page 12 - "Idol Chat" Long Interview with Kellie Pickler and Article by T.V. Guide writer Shawna Malcom about having a female guest star - she suggests Mariah Carey.
Pages 14,15, and 16 - Back-home visits by Finalists Katharine McPhee, Taylor Hicks, Chris Daughtry, and Kellie Pickler (No Paris or Elliott! - Do You think that TVG thought they would both be gone by this time?!? )
Page 43 - "Is It Just Me" - column by Rochell D. thomas - Picture of Paris and Ace - article about Paris "Did you Secretly Hope Paris Wouyld Lose On Idol?" Article about how the writer thinks Paris will have a better career as an Idol loser, instead of what she would hav had to do if she had won - this writer may be right!  :lol

If you have read Michael's announcement in Clay Daily, you will know that we may be moving to a new site, and that old threads will not be moved. If this happens, this thread and many others will be gone. Although not many people have participated in this thread as I hoped when I started it, I think a few people have enjoyed reading about what was and what was not in the magazines. If we do move, hope to see all of you there!  :ghug




EDIT - Lindsay  (wvclayfan) just brought a post by someone over at Clayversity over to the OCD - the post said that someone had bought a copy of the 5/18/06 Rolling Stone, and Clay is NOT on the cover. I was afraid of this - I saw a segment about the magazine on the CBS news last night - they showed a really good close-up, and I did not see Clay, but I was just hoping I had missed him.  The person said she had not read the magazine yet, so she did not know if there was a Clay mention inside.

Good Morning - just got a call from ClayObsessed...

NO CLAY IN:

Star 5/15/06
Entertainment Weekly 5/12/06
Life & Style 5/15/06
People 5/15/06
    Page 24 -  4' by 5" Picture of Kellie Pickler With Constantine Moralis ("just friends")
    Page 158 Paule Abdul - Article about her jewlry on QVC
    Page 162 Idol Worship Crossword Puzzle (no Clay clues)
In Touch 5/15/06
    Page 26 - Paula & Ryan article about their feud - says a Counselor called in by AI
    Page 78 Poll about American Idol  - does Paula make you want to stop watching Idol? 96% said No
O.K. Magazine - 5/15/06
    Pages 64-69 Many pictures and a long Interview of Carrie Underwood

FRANKIE,
I WANT TO THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR TAKING THE TIME TO REVIEW ALL THESE MAGAZINES& POSTING IT AS WELL--YOU ARE WONDERFUL & I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH :hugg . 

You're welcome, Angela - glad to share my obsession with you!  :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao

Please go to the ANN today and add the link to "In Style" magazines's annual poll to your favorites. Clay has won favorite Pop Star for the last 2 years, and he needs to win again! The Issue always comes out in August

Hey everybody! I found a mag Clay's in if anyone is interested! Tiger Beat's June's issue, page 37, there's a small, old pic of Clay, about what stars want backstage when they're touring, besides Clay, they talk about Alicia Keys, and 50 Cent, under the title, "Celebrity Cravings Revealed! What do the stars crave when they step offstage? Some pretty wacky items!" Under Clay's pic they say,"Clay Aiken likes to have four tables, five chairs, a fax line, a phone line and an Internet connection. He doesn't like nuts, mushrooms, coffee, mint, chocolate or shellfish." The first thing I thought when  I read this, was "Wow what a diva! The man wants a space to work, and doesn't want to eat the foods he's allegic too!" Yeah, that's pretty wacky!  :smile  :roflmao

 :wave Everybody - I finally got back on the new site - I've only been able to post on the temporary site for the last 2 days. Here are a few things (not a lot of Clay, but a little about him, and some things about Idol):  Thanks again to ClayObsessed For:

Teen People June/July 2006
Page 78 "Smack Down" Article about Mario Vasaquez, Josh Gracin, and Clay all having CD releases this summer - small picture of each.
Pages 34 & 36 - Candid photos of AI5 Top 12 Finalists
Page 60 "Teen People's Hottest Under 25 - "Hot Idol" - Carrie Underwood
Page 70 "Hot Future Legend" - Kelly Clarkson

Entertainment Weekly 5/19/06 - Kathy Griffin article - states that she loves Clay even though she makes jokes about him.

US Weekly 5/15/06 - NO CLAY
US Weekly 5/22/06 - NO CLAY
   Page 44 - Carrie Underwood graduated Magna Cum Laude from NE State University in Oklahoma

OK Magazine 5/22/06 - NO CLAY
   Page 30 - "Ow to Wow" - Ryan Seacrest - 4 Pictures
   Page 31 - Kelly - Clarkson - Ford Sponsoring her new Tour - Picture of Kelly - her new CD will be released after Tour

STAR - 5/22/06 - NO CLAY
   Page 31 - Kellie Pickler - picture of reunion with her Father

In Touch 5/22/06
   Page 26 - Ace young - offered $100,000 to appear in Playgirl magazine - cannot consider any offers until after Idol Tour

Life & Style magazine - 5/22/06 - NO CLAY
   Page 21 - Picture of Kellie Pickler with Constantine Moralis - rumour that FOX is also building a sitcom around Kellie as they are for Constantine.

People 5/22/06 - NO CLAY
   Page 22 - Katharine McPhee - article about Simon's critisism of her
   Page 114 - Picture of Fantasia, her Mom, and her Daughter for Mothers' Day

Rolling Stone 5/18/06 - 6/1/06 - NO CLAY
   Page 42 - Interesting article about the FCC targeting radio giants - states that this may cause radio to add fewer new songs to playlists - said that Top 40 radio had added 16% fewer songs the first quarter of this year than first quarter of last year.
   Page 44 - Article about digital music - said CD sales are in "Free Fall"

I had time to check a few magazines last night:

T.V. Guide May 15-21, 2006  - NO CLAY
   Page 10- "Idol Chat" - Articles about Paris Bennett, Ace Young, and Chris Daughtry. Column stated that there will be a cover story about Idol next week.

Newsweek - 5/15/06 - NO CLAY
   Page 77 - "Newsmakers" - Paragraph and picture of Paris Bennett

Y'all Magazine - May/June 206 - NO CLAY
   Vintage picture of Elvis on the Cover - This issue featured musicians from Mississippi "Mississippi Music Masters". Maybe someday they will feature North Carolina!  :bouncy

Shirl (ClayObsessed) just called - she just got in from the store where she saw:

BOP - June/July  2006 - NO CLAY

M Magazine - June 2006 - NO CLAY
   Page 16 - Kelly Clarkson picture and article about her weight
   Page 36 - a Poll about who Kelly should date

Readers' Digest - June 2006 - NO CLAY
   Carrie Underwood - Small picture on the Cover - Pages 132-137. Really good interview and several pictures. Article said you can log on to rd.com/carrie to hear more of the interview.

US Weekly - 5/29/06 NO CLAY
   Page 9 - Picture of Chris Daughtry and Katharine McPhee when it as announced that Chris was going home from AI5.

EDIT - From Shirl: 

Carolina Country - May - 2006 - NO CLAY

Yeah! We are back in our "Home!"

I'm going to try to catch up on magazines missed last week - hopefully, Clay will be in lots of magazines this week with all of the AI5 coverage.

From Shirl/ClayObsessed:

Entertainment Weekly - 5/26/06
   Page 13 - "News and Notes" Small picture of Ruben and Clay
   Page 14 - Idol Article - Clay Mention
   Page 18 "The Shaw Report" - Clay Mention
   Page 99 "What To Watch" Article about Idol - Mentions Clay's performance of Bridge Over Troubled Waters".
O.K. Magazine 5/29/06 - NO CLAY
   Pages 44-48 Simon and Ryan Interviews
STAR - 5/29/06 - NO CLAY
  Page 24 - Article about Chris Daughtry's Elimination
In Touch 5/29/06 - NO CLAY
LifeStyle 5/29/06 - NO CLAY
People 5/29/06 - NO CLAY
People 6/5/06 - NO CLAY
Christianity Today 6/6/06 - NO CLAY
US Weekly - 6/5/06 - NO CLAY
   Page 39 - Carrie Underwood - New Sketchers Ad
   Page 70 - Taylor/Katharine Article
   Page 105 - "Summer's Hottest Tours" Kelly Clarkson listed
In Touch - 6/5/06 - NO CLAY
O. K. Magazine 6/5/06 - NO CLAY
   Page 26 - AI5 Article
STAR - 6/5/06 - NO CLAY
   Article about AI Judges' Salaries (No page # given)
   Page 24 - 2-Page article about Taylor - 9 pictures showing progression of grey hair


And from Me:

T.V. Guide May 22-28 - NO CLAY (AI5 3 Finalists On Cover)
   Pages 8-12 - "A Week In The Life" - Follows 3 finalists around for the last week    of   Idol - Several pictures of each.
   Page 12 - 1/2 Page article about Chris Daughtry
   Page 47 - Special Sweeps Guide - Picture of Simon
   Page 57 - One of several full-page Ads for Idol - Kimberly Caldwell (frtom AI2) is featured in this one.
   Page 65 - Article on Country Music Awards - mentions Kelly and Carrie
   Page 69 - "Idol Worship" - celebrities talk about their favorite AI5 Contestant
   Page 71 - "Idol Photo Booth" - Pictures of AI5 Top 4

T.V.Guide - June 5-11  - Clay is NOT included in the Idol Finale Coverage  :shocking
   Cover - small picture of Simon  :bduh
   Pages 6-7 - "Idol Finale" - Large picture of Taylor - 2 other pictures from show
   Page 8 "Winners and Losers of the T.V. Season" picutres of 3 Idol Judges
   Page 14 - "Behind The Scenes" - Full-page picture of Taylor and Katharine
   Page 15 - Pictures of celebrities in Idol Audience
   Page 19 - picture of Chris Daughtry visiting T.V. Guide Office
   Page 39 - picture of Simon in the "Summer Horoscope" section
There is one tiny mention of Clay in this Issue:
   Page 62 - "Q and A With Kathy Griffin" (The second season of her D-List Show is beginning). They asked, since she talks about Clay and Tom Cruise so much, if she is more afraid of the Claymates or the Scientologists - she said she is more afraid of the Claymates (and she should be!  :lol )

Newsweek 5/22/06 - NO CLAY
Newsweek 5/29/06 - NO CLAY
Newsweek - 6/5/06 - NO CLAY
   Page 67 "Newsmakers" - Picture of Taylor and Katharine - paragraph about Idol finale

dudley posted this on the temporary site last night  (thanks, dudley!) - It is In Touch 6/12/06. dudley brought it over from another Board, so there is no Page #. Looks like In Touch doesn't like the new look (I Do!)  :bouncy After I get my copy, I will edit this post:

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I hope Jayne/Her drops in here, because I am doing her Claymaniacs Dance!!!!
 :purpbana :bouncy :purpbana :bouncy :purpbana :bouncy :purpbana :bouncy

Today has been just like going back to 2003, except Clay was not on any covers. I did find him in:

In Touch (shown above also) 6/12/06
Page 40 "Big Changes" In touch does not like his new haricut, but I do!  :bouncy

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Also in this Issue:

Page 4 - Clay mention on Table of Contents
Page 6 - Taylor picture on Table of Contents
Page 31 - Picture of Ryan with girlfriend
Page 35 - Ace Young picture - article about him receiving oan offer from the Chippendale dancers in Las Vegas
Pages 70-71 - AI finale - Large picture of Taylor - smaller pictures of Katharine, Kelly, Ruben (Clay is mentioned in the caption beneath Ruben's picture!) , Fantasia, and Carrie
Page 78 - Poll: Did the right person win AI5? Yes 67%, No 33% - pictures of Katharine & Taylor


STAR - 6/12/06

Page 13 "Amazing Makeovers"

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Part of the caption for these pictures reads: "It gives him a rockstar quality" - "Cool and edgy - a perfect look for him!" (Excuse me while I say Whoo Hoo!!!  :bouncy)

Also in STAR:

Page 6 - Carrie with Star writer at Country Music Awards
Page 8 - Taylor with Star writer at Idol Finale
Page 10 - :Idol Worship" - 2 page article with pictures - Idol finale
Page 30 - "Overheard" Quote by Simon about Ryan
Page 39 Carrie mentioned for winning two country music awards (no picture)
Page 41 "Sightings" - a Ryan Seacrest mention
Page 49 - "Body Watch" picture of Carrie - mentioned her 10-pound weight loss


People 6/12/06

Page 28 - "Clay's MOD Makeover"

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The caption for this picture: "He looks sharp and very cool", says Aiken's hairstylist Steeve Daviault. Maybe too cool. "People would recognize his entourage and ask "Where's Clay?". He'd be standing right there."

Also In People:

Taylor - small picture on cover
Page 5 - Table of Contents - 2 Taylor Pictures
Pages 58-59 "Soul Survivor" 2-page picture of Taylor
Pages 60-61 Idol Finale article with several pictures


OK Magazine - 6/12/06

Page 31 - "Idols Meeting Idols" Clay shaking Michael Sandecki's hand:

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Also in OK:

Page 11 - "Hot Stars" picture of Ryan and Carrie
Pages 30-31 - Pictures from Idol finale (including Clay's)
Page 33 - picture of Ryand and Teri hatcher
Page 38 "This Week We're Loving" - #1 - Small picture of Clay from Idol Finale!
Page 39 -  "Sound Bites"Picture of Ryan and Simon - Simon quote
Page 81 - Interview with Kathy Griffin QUESTION; "KATHY, YOU MAKE FUN OF SO MANY CELEBRITIES - ARE YOU FRIENDS WITH ANY OF THEM?"  ANSWER: "MY FAVORIES ARE THE ONES WHO GET WHAT I AM DOING. CLAY AIKEN LETS ME MAKE FUN OF HIM, AND HE HAS A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR."
Page 97 - Academy of Country Music Awards - Pictures of Kelly and Carrie


US Weekly  6/12/06  had NO CLAY  :bduh, but I found:

Page 9 - "Hot Hollywood" - 2 pictures of Katharine & Taylor - paragph about Finale
Page 14 - Picture of Taylor with US writer at Finale
Page 16 - "Loose Talk" Quote from Kelly clarkson about wanting 10 kids someday
Page 42 - Kelly 7 Carrie at country music awards "Idols Kick It Country"
Page 45 - "The Record" Ryan Seacrest received stitches in hand after falling thru a glass table on May 22
Page 48 - Picture of Chris Daughtry and wife Deanna - short article
Page 91 "What's In Your ipod?" - Constantine Maroulis said "Artic Monkeys, Strokes, and Yeah, yeah, yeahs"
Page 93 - Picture of Simon - New Show - America's Got Talent

My store did not have the new Life and Style in yet - hopefully, Clay will be in that one, too - I'll check later in the weekend!

I just talked to Shirl/ClayObsessed in California. she Found:

Life & Style 6/12/06
Pages 40-41 "Wackiest Idol Finale Ever" - Picture of Clay (on page 41) shaking hands with Michael Sandecki. Shirl said picture is around 3" by 4". I looked for this magazine, but this week's issue hasn't gotten here yet. I'll post a picture when it does.

Quiz Fest - No Date - Says "Display Until 8/14/06
Page 42 - Picture and article about Carrie underwood
Page 49 - 2" by 3" picture of Clay and Ruben from AI2 "Are You In It to Win It".

Life & Style 6/5/06 - NO CLAY
Twist - July 2006 - NO CLAY
Tiger Beat - July 2006 - NO CLAY
J-14 - July 2006 - NO CLAY
   Pages 46-47 - AI5 Article and pictures "Where are they Now" article about several past contestants
Teen Magazine - summer 2006 - NO CLAY
Nick magazine - June/July 2006 - NO CLAY
Elle Girl - June/July 2006 - NO CLAY
BOP - June?July - NO CLAY

Shirl has  the newest PopStar Magazine to check - I will post what she finds later in the weekend.

EDIT:  PopStar - July - 2006 - NO CLAY

    :clap :clap  great job Frankie!!!! :hugg

EDIT!  I just looked at my copy of J-14 - July 2006

Shirl did not find any Clay in the magazine, but if you look at the July Calendar in the middle of the magazine, it says (in tiny print) "Look out for new tunes from Clay Aiken and Nelly Furtado!" I hope J-14 has some information that we don't know about the new CD!!!  :bouncy

Here are two pictures from Life & Style 6/12/06, that Shirl reported:

The full page:

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A close-up of the Clay portion of the page:

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I also bought Entertainment Weekly 6/09/06 today. It was so weird - on Page 20, I found "Open Letter To Idol", and this picture of Clay, Ryan, and Michael:


A far-away shot:

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A closer look at the picture:

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The funny thing about this is that it is the ONLY coverage of the AI5 Finale in the magazine - and this "Open Letter" just gives suggestions on how the Show can be improved next year. Entertainment Weekly did not write an article about the Finale, did not even give the name of the winner, and did not show any other pictures from the show!

I did find:
Page 52 - Picture of Fantasia - Lifetime is doing a movie based on her life.
Page 56 - Picture of Simon - his new show - "America's Got Talent".
Page 129 - Picture of Ryan "Sound Bites" - Quote about Simon
Page 129 - Postage-stamp picture of Taylor "Top Programs Recorded On Tivo" - Idol  shows were #1 and #6 last week.


Oops! I missed something in Entertainment Weekly (6/9/06)

On Page 12 - An American Idol Poll held the Previous Week:

Which American Idol season have you enjoyed the most?"

44% Ruben vs Clay
23 % Taylor vs Katharine
17% Kelly vs Justin
12 % Carrie vs Bo
4% Fantasia vs Diana

Total votes: 11,959

Hey everyone!!  Welcome to the magazine thread if you haven't been here before!

This thread used to reside in our Media section, but we decided to move it here so more people would see it.

This thread was started a long time ago by Frankie in order to have a record of all Clay's mentions in the mags.

However, we'd like to encourage anyone to please post here whenever you see a mention of Clay in a magazine - no tabloids please! - per our forum guidelines!!

Thanks very much to Frankie for all her work in this thread - and we hope you all enjoy it!

Wow! :bouncy :bouncy

I thought I knew all Claymaniac places !    But  . . I missed this fantastic thread!

Already, let me say THANK YOU to Frankie and to Shirl!   :clap

I will be landing here on a regular basis for updates on Clay in magazines!  

Barbara

 :wave Good Morning! If you read the first page of this thread, you will see that I started it as a way for all of us to help each other find Clay magazines - magazines are so expensive, and I thought we could all share information, so as to not waste time at the newsstands looking for Clay "stuff", and for us not to waste money on magazines with NO CLAY. That is why I also show where Clay is NOT!

Please jump in and post whenever you see Clay in a magazine  - I live in a tiny town, and I'm not always the first to see an article.

Last night I found a Clay mention in:

Newsweek 6/12/06

Pages 70-71 - Article about the second season of Kathy Griffin's T.V. show "My Life on the D-List"  - They actualy gave her a two-page article with a large picture!  :shocking (NOTE: - When I saw that Newsweek had an article about Kathy - I knew there would be a Clay mention!).

"Oprah, Barbara Streisand, Sharon Stone, Celine Dion, Clay Aiken, and Ryan Seacrest, among others, have all been targets. I only go after the biggest and brightest, she says."

Information From Shirl/ClayObsessed:

Rolling Stone 6/15/06 - NO CLAY
For you Taylor Hicks fans - Shirl says there are very good articles aout him on Pages 15 and 44.

And from Me:

Interview Magazine - June 2006 - No Clay

T.V. Gude June 12-18, 2006
Elliott Yamin - 2" by 4" picture on Cover

Page 12 "Breaking News" - Article about "American Idol Rewind", which will be on T.V. this Fall in syndication - Season 1 will be shown first, of course. A picture of Ryan Seacrest, Kelly Clarkson, and Brian Dunkleman from Season 1 is shown.

Also on Page 12 "Figure It Out"
   $1,000 - Amount Idol Finalists will receive per show for the Summer Tour
   160,641 - Downloads of Idol clips and audio clips sold on the show's web site during the 8 days they were on sale.
   64.5 Million - Number of text messages related to the show, recorded by Cingular Wireless, up from last year's 41.5 Million

A small picture of Katharine, Paris, and Lisa is at the bottom of this column.

Pages 32 and 33 - "Major Dads" Pictures of Dads and quotes about being Fathers. Bo Bice is on Page 33.

Pages 38 & 39 - Elliott Yamin Story - Full-page picture of Elliott, and a good story about him. - "Everybody Loves Elliott". There is a small Clay mention on Page 39 - "for the July 29 stop in his (Elliott's) hometown, 9,000 tickets sold out in less than 15 minutes, besting the Tour led by Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken in 2003."

Frankie and Shirl...ya'll are great...thanks for keeping us informed of our boyfriend's printworthiness and related AI!!!! :hugg

FRANKIE, I CAN'T BELIEVE ALL THE WORK YOU PUT INTO THE MAGAZINE COVERAGE.  IT IS WONDERFUL!  WHERE DO YOU FIND THE TIME WITH EVERYTHING ELSE YOU DO!!!   :hugg

Big  :hugg to Frankie & Shirl!!!

Thanks soooo much for sharing your info with us!  I always check the magazine racks for new articles on B/F, but after an hour I start getting  :hypno :hypno :hypno

This really helps!  :hugg

:wave Everybody - I checked the weekly magazines - found one small mention of Clay, and it is not really a good one, but here goes:

US Weekly - 6/19/06
   Page 12 - Picture of Clay and Paul Rubens (Pee Wee Herman). US thinks Clay's new hairstyle makes him look like Paul Rubens (and I think that the US writer needs to have his or her eyes examined!!! :lol  )


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   Page 16 - "Loose Talk" - a quote from Katharine McPhee (about her boyfriend).
   Page 54 "The Record" - Announcement about Taylor Hicks signing with 19 Entertainment
   Page 84 - Picture of Chris Daughtry and article about him turning down the offer from Fuel and going solo.


OK Magazine - 6/19/06 - NO CLAY
   Page 4 - Picture of Carrie Underwood - "Red Carpet Roundup" - did not say what event.
   Page 7 - "Hot Stars" - picture of Taylor Hicks and Katharine McPhee on the Today Show.
   Page 35 - Picture of Rob Thomas and Chris Daughtry - article about Rob Thomas advising Chris to try for a solo career.
   Page 37 - "Spotted" Taylor Hicks eating out at a Beverly Hills restaurant.
   Page 97 - Picture of Taylor Hicks with Zack Braeff at the MTV Movie Awards.


Life & Style - 6/19/06 - NO CLAY
   Page 24 - Happy Birthday Paula Abdul - June 19 (age 44).
   Page 53 - "Idol Slim-Down" - before and after pictures of Katharine McPhee - article about her weight loss during Idol.

In Touch - 6/1/9/06 - NO CLAY
   Page 14 - 3 pictures of Taylor Hicks (pictures fill the entire page).
   Page 27 - another picture of Taylor - story about him being offered an advertising deal by Head & Shoulders Shampoo.
   Page 27 - picture of Chris Daughtry "Seen & Heard".
   Page 68 - "Is It True?" - picture & article about Simon.
   Page 83 - Poll "Which Show Are You waiting To Return"
        Lost 47%
        Idol 19%
        Grey's Anatomy 34%


STAR - 6/19/06 - NO CLAY
   Page 30 - "Overheard" - Quote from Paula about being followed in her every day life.
   Pages 58-59 - 2-page article with pictures about Taylor Hick's life.


People 6/19/06 - NO CLAY
   Page 45 - Review of American Idol 5 CD - Picture of Top 4 - CD got 2 stars out of 4.
   Page 45 - "Now Who Will Succeed?" Odds given on the success of the Top 4 from AI5:
       Taylor 2-1
       Katharine 3-1
       Chris 2-1
       Elliott 6-1
   Page 78 - "Idol Talk" Picture of Kelly Pickler and story bout her covering the MTV Movie Awards Red Carpet for The Tonight Show (Note - I watched the Tonight Show that night - Kelly did a great job, and all of the celebrities seemed to love her!)
   Page 138 - "Chatter" "What's The Best Dollar You Ever Spent?" - Carrie Underwood Quote - "Buying Noodles to eat in college - but I don't have to do that anymore!"
   

I got an email from Diane (aikenangel) about  this month's Details Magazine. I had read in a Google Alert that the magazine was going to have an article about ClayMates - and it did not sound like a very complimentary article. Diane found the magazine at Barnes & Noble - she said it did not talk about Clay directly, or show him, except on the front of t-shirts fans were wearing and on posters that fans were holding. This magazine is not sold where I live - I'll have to wait for a larger-city shopping trip to find it - but if you live where this magazine is sold, you may want to look and see what it has to say about us!  :para

Good Monday Morning!

From Shirl/ClayObsessed:

Time 6/12/06 - NO CLAY
Entertainment Weekly 6/16/06 - NO CLAY
Jezebel Magazine - June 2006 - NO CLAY


Details Magazine June/July 2006
Page 18 (Table of Contents) - Picture of a Clay fan's Clay "Shrine" - 1/2 page picture
Pages 82-86 article about Claymates - with several pictures

Shirl called and read me the entire 4-page article in Details Magazine (it is, by the way, a mens' magazine - found in the mens' section of the newsstand). The Baltimore Clay Fans allowed the writer (male) to attend one of its meetings. They watched a Juke Box Tour video at this meeting (the article mentions his orange shirt), and the fan club members seem to have told the writer everything about being a Clay fan - even about the many web sites. My opinion about the article is that it is, for the most part, accurate, but it is not always complimentary to Clay fans. Shirl said the pictures include fans in Clay shirts, fans with Clay posters, and pictures of fans' cars with Clay bumper stickers. I would love to read what the fans in the Baltimore Fan Club think about this article!!!!  :dunno or  :cuss or :rolleyes or :argue

T.V. Guide June 19-25, 2006 - NO CLAY
   Page 13 - Small Individual Pictures of Taylor, Katharine, and Elliott visiting the offices of T.V. Guide.
   Page 17 - "Reality Roundup" - Picture of Simon with Regis Philbin, the host of "America's Got Talent".

Newsweek - 6/19/06 - NO CLAY
Time Magazine 6/19/06 - NO CLAY

People 6/26/06 - NO CLAY, but if you are a Taylor Hicks fan, this is your magazine! "Hotest Bachelors" Issue. Somebody at People REALLY loves Taylor.

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   Cover - Taylor has the main picture on the Cover "Taylor Hicks Tells All About His Love Life"
   Page 8 - Picture of Taylor with People Staff - editorial from Managing Editor - (about Taylor!)
   Page 41 "Picks and Pans" "Don't Miss" - Simon's new show - "America's Got Talent."
   Pages 68-77 - All Taylor Hicks:
   Pages 68-69 - 2 page picture with several girls in the back of a limo
   Page 70 - Interview begins - Picture of fans
   Page 71 - Full page of 4 pictures of Taylor
   Page 72 - Interview continues - 4 pictures from early life.
   Page 74 - Interview continues - 5 pictures from Idol - one about a "black band" that Taylor wears on his wrist - he won't say why or what it means.
   Page 77 - Picture 7 Taylor Interview & another picture and interview with a former girlfiend of over 4 years.
   Page 84 "Holywood's Hottest" - Ryan Seacrest
   Page 88 - Kenny Chesney (no, he isn't Idol related, but I'm posting this for Ilovetowrite!  :lol)
   Page 89 - The Real Deal - Reality Stars" - full page picture - Ace Young
   Page 143 "Pasgaes" Paula Abdul's birthday on June 19

This is the third year in a row that Clay has been left out of the Hottest Bachelor Issue  :bduh


In Touch - 6/26/06 - NO CLAY
   Page 34 - Picture of Taylor - article about diet - trying to lose 20 pounds.
   Page 66 - Happy Birthday Paula Abdul - Picture of her.
   Page 76 - "Who Said It" - Quote from Simon about loving money.
   Page 93 - "Hot Hits You can't Miss" - article about Simon's "America's Got Talent".


STAR - 6/26/06 - NO CLAY
   Page 41 - "Star People" Picture of Katharine McPhee & boyfriend.
   Page 61 - Picture of Simon & 8 million dollar house he is building.
   Page 63 - Picture of Ryan and 11.5 million dollar house he just bought.
   Page 84 - full-page article about Simon's new show with a picture of him.
   Page 91 - Star Ad with picutre of Taylor from last week's magazine.

Just got a call from ClayObsessed:

OK Magazine - 6/25/06 - NO CLAY

Lif & Style Magazine - 6/26/06 - NO CLAY
   Page 24 - Small article about Taylor Hicks Single - 25 cents of each single and 15 cents of each download of the single will be donated to the Red Cross.

Entertainment Weekly - 6/26/06 - NO CLAY

US Weekly - 6/26/06 - NO CLAY
  Page 51 - Small article about Kellie Pickler working the red carpet at the MTV Movie Awards.

Time Magazine 6/26/05 - NO CLAY
   Pages 63-64 "How To Create A Heavenly Host" - article about T.V. Hosts - Ryan Seacrest is mentioned many times in this article.

T.V. Guide - June 26- July 2, 2006 - NO CLAY
  Page 10 "Figure It Out" - There are 5 recordings by American Idol winners or runners-up on BillBoards June 17 Adult Contemporary Chart.
   Page 11 - "You Tell Us" - letters to the Editor - Picture of Elliott Yamin and a letter from a fan.
   Page 11 - TVG Poll - "Meanest Reality Show Judge
     Simon Cowell 44%
     Janice Dickinson 42 %
     Nigel Lythgoe 14 %
   Page 15 - Katharine McPhee - 2 pictures at the launch of a new cruise ship.

Newsweek - 6/26/06 - NO CLAY
    If you are a Johnny Depp fan, he is on the cover, and there is an 8-page article about him (I hope they will give Clay a great article like this one when the new CD comes out!)

Forbes Magazine - 7/3/06 This is their annual "Celebrity 100 - Hottest Movie Stars, Musicians, and Athletes" Issue - NO CLAY

Interview Magazine - July 2006 - NO CLAY
   Only musicians interviewed this month are the Artic Monkeys

Hi everyone.  It is me in the flesh...so to speak. 

Rolliing Stone :  June 29, 06    NO CLAY
      Pg 71      Thought I saw a pic of Clay but it turned out
                      to be a singer  called Thom Yorke of
                     RadioHead/  I would love to see if anyone   else
                     is fooled.  Similar hair, dark blue shirt, head
                     thrown back with eyes closed  and holding
                     mic with both hands.

       Pg  9      'Scalping Out Of Control'  Artists want some
                     of the scalper action.  Fans get the worst of it.

       Pg 12     7 tips to help get hard to get tickets.  Not much
                     new but interesting.

US WEEKLY      Jul 3, 06                    NO CLAY
        Pg 43    Ruben Studdard won over 2 mil from law suit
                      against  ex-manager.

M                      July 06                       NO CLAY

InTouch            July 3, 06                   NO CLAY

Wish I had better news to report, but at least I can give
Frankie a little rest and report this myself.

see you *~*SoOoN!!*~*
shirl

hi everyone, i am missing clay so much it is depresing . thank goodness there are many pictures here of clay to look at.My favorite is the finally with Sandecki and CLAY. LOLITA.

No Clay sightings in magazines this week,  :cry, but maybe it will help you save time looking to know that he is not in:

People Magazine 7/3/06 - NO CLAY
   Cover - top right corner - Katharine McPhee
   Page 1 - Table of Contents - another picture of Katharine
   Page 4 - "Mailbag" - Fan letter from a Taylor Hicks fan
   Pages 8-9 - Picture of Taylor singing with Snoop Dog
   Page 24 - Pictures of Carrie underwood and Kellie Pickler
   Pages 54-57 - Article about Katharine McPhee and her struggle with Bulimia - says she only got help after she was chosen for Idol - credits Idol with saving her.

STAR - 7/3/06 - NO CLAY
   Page 18 - Ryan Seacrest - Picture and article about girlfriend
   Page 42 - "Sightings" - Katharine McPhee mention
   Page 83 - Carrie Underwood - red carpet picture from AI5 Finale
   Page 90 Stars' Horoscopes - For Sagittarius: "don't settle for anything less than perfection" (Maybe that explains why that CD is taking so long!)  :rofl
   Page 96 - "The Worst of the Week" - a picture of Carrie Underwood in shorts, knee-length striped socks, and multi-colored tennis shoes - the quote - "Did she raid Taylor Hicks' Closet?"

And from Shirl:

Entertainment Weekly Double Issue "Summer Must List" - 6/30/06 - 7/7/06 - NO CLAY
   Page 55 - "Must Dream Girl" Jennifer Hudson  - the movie will be out in December - talked about how she beat out 700 other singers for the part in the movie
   Page 110 - "Must Summer Tour" - Kelly Clarkson - article called her the "Anti-Diva"

OK Magazine - 7/3/06 - NO CLAY
   Page 18 - picture and article - Katharine McPhee
   Page 90 - Crossword Puzzle - Elliott Yamin is one of the clues