Idol Worship

Clarkson, of course, luvluvluvs the movie, which she believes has precisely the same sort of cross-generational appeal of American Idol, on which kids in their 20s perform songs written decades before they were born. She will say, often, that From Justin to Kelly is a Chicago or Moulin Rougefor kids too young to understand, or even see, those movies.

"They kind of opened up doors again for the movie musical," she says, "so we thought it'd be cool to do one for the younger audience. It's kind of a beach kind of Grease, but it's not--it's a PG. We don't say, you know, 'Chicks'll cream.'"

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What happens when an American Idol meets Sideshow Bob on spring break? Something very, very PG.

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