By RICK MASSIMO For some of them, it's a last obligation before they begin a recording career in earnest. For others, it's the last time they'll ever see the inside of a tour bus. It's the American Idols Tour, and at the Dunkin' Donuts Center last night, there were several members of each camp.

By Norm Clarke If Igor Jijikine's improbable American adventure becomes a book, the perfect title might be: "From Russia With Luck." Eighteen years after arriving in Las Vegas as a trapeze artist with the Moscow Circus, Jijikine, 44, has landed the role of a lifetime as a villain out to whip Indiana Jones.

By Julie Hinds There may be two Davids in the "American Idol" finale, but there's no Goliath. Either would be OK as a winner. Both are good singers. One doesn't overpower the other.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- On the eve of the 2008 Idol coronation, BuzzLogic is releasing the season's influencer "buzz," to highlight how contestants fared with blogosphere opinion leaders. This season of American Idol has been difficult to predict, and the David vs.

By CARY ASPINWALL Well, if nothing else, Andrew Lloyd Webber week on "American Idol" was appropriately dramatic.