When Alaina Alexander and Leslie Hunt were voted off American Idol, both were asked exactly what they though of the now notorious photos of Antonella Barba. Both said they were sympathetic.

Leslie Hunt, the 24-year-old Chicago native seemed to hint that she might have those kinds of photos lying around. “It doesn’t excite me that she has pictures like that.

I mean, who doesn’t? Whatever, get over it. But I knew getting into this that it wasn’t just about singing.”

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Popular music’s so-called biggest night — the Grammy Awards — was big on surprises.

Among the biggest was the Dixie Chicks, scorned by country music fans after Natalie Maines’ anti-Bush remarks on the eve of the Iraq war. The trio made a triumphant comeback with five Grammy Awards, among them record and song of the year for “Not Ready to Make Nice.”

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