On Saturday, April 19th, Kelly Clarkson performed a beautiful rendition of Schubert’s “Ave Maria” for Pope Benedict XVI at Saint Joseph Seminary in New York. More than 25,000 young people and seminarians were in attendance at the rally in Yonkers.

“I was so excited to be asked to sing for the Pope,” Clarkson said. “It’s always been a dream of mine to perform ‘Ave Maria.’ To have that dream come true on such a special occasion is truly a blessing.”

Simon Powell would have been very proud of his first born American Idol.

Hayden Panettiere is the next celeb to be the spokes model for Candies clothing line. Other celeb’s that have modeled Candies are Fergie, Kelly Clarkson, Kelly Osborn, Ashanti, and Jenny McCarthy.

Commenting on her partnership with Candie’s, Hayden said “I am excited to be working with Candie’s. Their campaigns are fun and playful and always feature the hottest stars. I am honored to be the new Candie’s ‘girl’ and I look forward to working with them on lots of exciting projects.”