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The circus is in town! Well, theoretically. Britney Spears brings her Circus tour to the Wachovia Center this Sunday and opening for her is 19 year-old Kristinia DeBarge. Yes, of those DeBarges—but she's working to forge a name of her own. The pop tart progeny is finding her own niche with her debut album Exposed, its most notable track being "Goodbye," which samples the chorus from the 1969 Steam song "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye." DeBarge joins Britney as well as Jordin Sparks, season six winner of American Idol on an extensive world tour. Phillyist had an opportunity to catch up with Kristinia before joining Britney's crazy train . Here's what she had to say.

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Normally when Phillyist thinks of American Idol, we think of the likes of Kelly Clarkson and over-produced pop music. Season seven brought a little rock to the competition in the form of David Cook, whose gritty-but-pretty vocals and commercially popular cover versions of Michael Jackson's , among others, catapulted him to seemingly immediate stardom. This Friday, he'll be bringing his "Declaration" tour to the Keswick Theatre.

• The Sestak vs. Specter smackdown begins! Rep. Joe Sestak has decided to run against Senator (and former Republican) Arlen Specter in the Democratic primaries.
• Protests against torture and the Inquirer's employment of John Yoo begin at 4:30 today. Scheduled activities include a free waterboarding demonstration!
• Nutter's chief planner resigned yesterday and is headed to London.

Welcome back to another tasty serving of local tweets. We try to find some interesting Philly-area Twitter users and give them a shout once a day or so.

News broke out recently that Philly's own Joanna Pacitti was disqualified from this season of American Idol after being selected to the top 36.

What's new and/or interesting on TV this week.

Be sure to tune into The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet tomorrow morning (Wednesday) at 9:00 a.m. on WTXF Fox 29 to see their exclusive interview with Ryan Seacrest and Randy Jackson of American Idol.

Ah, love. Though we may not have an overflow of the brotherly variety, Philly is offering plenty of options for those happy couples looking to sanctify said happiness with boxes of chocolates and a night on the town. We’ll tackle the latter here; we've given you some chocolate-related goodness already.

Or something.

What's new and/or interesting on TV this week.

What's new and/or interesting on TV this week.

Philly, we know you've got musical talent. You play instruments, write music, dance, dj, and, of course, sing. Some of you sing for money, in venues ranging from the Kimmel Center to any patch of concrete you can grab. Ever thought of taking your tunes on the road? If you have, the Boston Pops want YOU... to put a video of yourself singing on YouTube and join POPSearch 2007. If you can't get your own video up on YouTube, you can also contact them via mail - instructions to do so are on their website.

Toby Lightman

As everyone watched Haley Scarnato get her ass kicked off American Idol last night, we were at The Tower Theater watching Toby Lightman's kick-ass show. She was so good we forgot who she was opening for. Oh yeah, Taylor Hicks, the winner of American Idol's fifth season, and better known as The Soul Patrol. Toby Lightman, a native of Cherry Hill, NJ, rocked the house last night showcasing songs from her new album, Bird...

That's right, the Soul Patrol is in town. Not really sure if Philadelphia needs any more soul, but I guess we can decide that tonight. I'll be honest, I am not really a fan of Taylor Hicks. I didn't vote for him nor do I agree with America that he should have won American Idol's Season 5. He's a good performer and singer, just not an "idol" to me. His part of the show should be entertaining with well-performed music even though his newly released album is contrived, boring, and a bit adult-contemporary. It's entitled Taylor Hicks. Original, don't you think? Tonight is really about his opening act, Toby Lightman. This is truly an artist who actually still has some soul in her.

New York native Richard Goode, piano, comes to Philadelphia (thanks to the PCMS) for an evening of hits: Bach, Mozart, Brahms, and Debussy.

What's new and/or interesting on TV this week.

Austinist gets arty with an interactive guide to SXSW, loved some local art galleries and a new art exhibit and lamented the possible loss of "Friday Night Lights" production to New Mexico.

Little-known fact: There are a hell of a lot of blogs in Philly. While we here try to hold our own, there are a lot of good stories out there just waiting to be read from around the Philly blog community. Here are a few that popped up throughout the week. Go ahead, check it out, we won't get jealous. Just come on back here when you're good and ready. We'll have cookies and soy milk waiting.*

We here at Phillyist love a good contest, and what better contest than one where we all get to watch hundreds of people make asses of themselves on national television?! Yes, American Idol is a grand display of what we like to call "TV 2.0" - part game show, part reality show, part drama, part comedy; 100% entertaining.

It's the steak that's cooked.