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We've promised to keep you up to date on the "American Idol" schedule, and this week is yet another unusual one. After bouncing around a bit earlier this season due to a speech by President Obama and some expanded three-night performance schedules, "Idol" is on the move again.

This time, it's because of the president again. Due to Obama's prime time press conference, "Idol" will bump back to tomorrow night, when the top 10 will celebrate 50 years of Motown goodness.

That means the elimination night will also shift back a night to Thursday, when Motown legend Smokey Robinson and former "Idol" winner Ruben Studdard will be on hand to perform as the contestants await word of their fate.

Get your "Idol" fix on MTV News' "American Idol" page, where you'll find all the latest news, interviews and opinions.

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By Cara Alwill

To quote an '80s hit, "American Idol" champ David Cook always feels like somebody's watching him.

In a recent MySpace plea, Cook begged fans to respect his privacy while on tour, according to People.com. In a blog titled "Attention," he wrote that "efforts by some fans to find our hotel rooms, call our hotel rooms, attach things to our bus, etc., is something I have to condemn." The reigning Idol warned fans that if their behavior continues, he may have to take strict security measures that will in turn limit their interaction with him.

"This relationship only works when it remains healthy for both parties," he continued, "and should this behavior continue, the only thing we can do is take more preventative measures to maintain our privacy, which in turn makes us less accessible to you."

Well, Cook always said he auditioned for the show on a whim and didn't have big dreams of stardom. Still, enjoy the attention while it lasts, David ...

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By Rya Backer

Hello, Newsroom readers! Here's what we've got going in today's Headlines of the Day.

"WrestleMania XXV" is on April 5 in Houston, and Pussycat Dolls frontwoman Nicole Scherzinger and Kid Rock will be performing. Find out who will be kicking off the show with a rendition of "America the Beautiful."

And growing girl Miley Cyrus wants all of you to know something — check out what she has to say about her career.

That's all for today, but check back tomorrow!

Tags Kid-Rock, Miley Cyrus, Pussycat-Dolls, Wrestlemania

FROM MTV.COM Britney Spears' recent single and video, "If U Seek Amy," from her Circus album, has a not-so-subtle dirty reference in its title that has caused some radio stations to edit or consider not playing the song. Just in case the reference isn't clear (and according to Google data, it's unclear for a lot of people), we've got it spelled out in our story from January …

Continue reading more about "If U Seek Amy" at MTVNews.com.

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By Ryan Kroft

So last night my inner 16 -year-old girl got to stretch her legs when I headed to the Nassau Coliseum in blustery Long Island for Britney Spears' Circus tour. We (yes, I'm referring to myself and my soul as two separate people!) thrilled and delighted in the elaborate sets, the glittery costumes and the amazing dancing. Was Brit lip-synching? Probably. But who cares? Ms. Spears definitely knows to work a crowd, and quickly had me and my fellow revelers whipped into a bigtop frenzy.

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Though strongly counseled against it, I will admit here and now that I don't believe I've ever consciously sat down and listened to Pearl Jam's debut album, Ten, from beginning to end.

It's not that I don't like PJ — in fact, they've grown to be one of my favorite live bands over the past decade or so. But before I started writing about music for a living, I was much more regimented about my listening habits. I'd devour everything I could, but for some reason PJ's music just didn't grab me back in my Nirvana-centric days.

Which is why listening to the remixed reissue of Ten that hits stores Tuesday (March 24) is something of a revelation. I've been spinning it almost exclusively for the past few weeks and each time I give a song like "Once" or the ominously alluring "Garden" another try, I'm newly blown away at their power, punch and the intensity of singer Eddie Vedder's voice. I'm not telling anyone who's already a big fan anything new, but even if you've listened 1,000 times, the crispness of these tracks is like someone grabbing you from the back row and pushing you up to the sweaty pit, pulling your ear plugs out and shoving you up against the speaker as the seasick guitars start swaying crazily during "Deep."

Of course "Even Flow," "Alive" and "Jeremy" still pack a wallop — and the band continues to tear into them like they're brand new in concert to this day — but these other songs, the ones I hadn't really investigated fully before ... wow.

The remixed songs crackle with a jazzy, swinging energy I began to remember from the time I saw PJ play in a dumpy little off-campus bar in Madison, Wisconsin — called the R&R Station — in March 1992. Mike McCready's feral guitar playing on "Why Go," all coiled energy and chicken scratching bursts of ominous noise; bassist Jeff Ament's finger popping, deep funk bass and Vedder's dog snarl bellow of "Why go home!" are like my own personal discovery of a 12-million selling Rosetta Stone my friends have been trying to tell me about for more than 15 years.

Listening to the undulating, Jane's Addiction-like "Oceans" now, you can clearly see the through line to Vedder's pastoral solo soundtrack to "Into the Wild," which makes all the bizarre twists and turns the band has taken between then and now even more fascinating. The set has been remixed by producer Brendan O'Brien, who didn't work on PJ's debut, but helmed their next four albums and, for a while, was practically a sixth member of the group.

The band are also offering up all the master tracks from Ten for download at the "Rock Band" music store for use on Xbox 360 and PS3. And, if you dare, drummer Matt Cameron is playing "Rock Band 2" with Xbox Live Gold members on March 27 at 7 p.m. EST.

Tags pearl-jam, remix, review, Ten

By Nicole Tahan and Talia Manzo

Atlanta's own T.I. is happy to help new artists from his hometown. Check out what he has to say about B.o.B., F.L.Y., Yung L.A. and other artists that might just rule the rap world.

David Letterman announced his secret marriage on last night's show! Read about his two-mile wedding-day trek and find out why the "Late Show" host waited 10 years to get hitched.

"Twilight" stars have some unfortunate, "unavoidable" run-ins with the paps. Is it possible that a mole is leaking info on their whereabouts?

A Michael Myers sighting in Georgia!? Creep over to our Movies Blog to get the on-set scoop on Rob Zombie's "Halloween" sequel.

By Nick Neofitidis

Even in this mega-deluxe-edition era, the new reissue of Pearl Jam's 1991 debut album, Ten, is nothing short of awesome. With classic tracks like "Alive", "Jeremy" and "Black" defining much of alternative rock in the early '90s, to me, the album stands the test of time and certifies Pearl Jam as one of the best bands of the era.

Ten will be reissued in four editions on Tuesday (March 24), with extras ranging from a re-mastering and remix of the entire album, six bonus tracks ("Brother," "Just a Girl," "Breath and a Scream," "State of Love and Trust," "2,000 Mile Blues" and "Evil Little Goat"), re-designed packaging, a DVD of the band's 1992 appearance on MTV's "Unplugged," an album of its September 20, 1992, concert in Seattle, a replica of the original demo cassette, and a replica of Vedder's composition notebook. Phew! Now that's a deluxe edition!
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FROM MTVNEWS.COM: How can we say this nicely? Kanye West can be a wee bit of a control freak. It's not really a secret, though; the producer and rapper has spoken out in the past about the lengths to which he goes to create his art -- whether it's mixing songs over and over again or tediously planning out his Glow in the Dark spectacular. The result of his passion, however, usually leads to universally amazing work.

Read more about Kanye's complicated Complex cover shoot, and the revealing interview, at MTVNews.com

It's all over.

South By Southwest 2009 wrapped on Sunday, and we're back in New York, picking through the hours of tape we shot, reminiscing about the good times (check out our favorite SXSW moments) and trying very hard not to fall asleep on our keyboards. This is proving more difficult than I had imagined.

Because after the week-long party that is SXSW, there's the inevitable hangover. And, well, right now, that hangover is fierce — and I don't even drink!

I slept 10 hours last week. On Saturday night, I didn't sleep at all, as we wrapped production at 4:30 a.m., then headed right to the airport for our 7 a.m. flight. The scene at Austin-Bergstrom International was like something out of "Dawn of the Dead," with bands, publicists and hipsters wandering around the terminal like zombies, shoveling breakfast tacos into their mouths. There were bodies sprawled on the floor, heads buried in hooded sweatshirts, sunglasses covering bloodshot eyes. It was like one gigantic commercial for Promises. And it's only gotten worse since then!
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Tags austin, James Montgomery, Kanye West, recap, SXSW