two things that are AWESOME

Next week's mentor on Idol will be QUENTIN TARANTINO for another movie music night. Remember season 3, when they let the mentors be guest judges, and he sat there being snarky (and shockingly knowledgeable as usual) between Paula and Simon, and then applauded when Ryan sat in Simon's lap? (Ryan did a lot of that in season 3.) I am eager to see what QT will make of Danny, whether QT will fanboy all over Adam, whether Anoop will fanboy all over QT, whether he'll say "fuck singing" and try to put Allison in his next movie because she is his kind of chick, whether he can keep Lil from singing a Whitney song, whether Kris has a clear sense of who he is, and whether he and Matt will have anything at all to say to each other.

South Park took a swipe at Kanye's giant ego this week, and Kanye responded on his blog (get this) thoughtfully, about how he can be a better person. I'm totes serious. Okay, it was in all caps, but he's always in all caps. A sample:

AS LONG AS PEOPLE THINK I ACT LIKE A BITCH THIS TYPE OF SHIT WILL HAPPEN TO ME. I GOT A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF ME TO MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE I'M NOT ACTUALLY A HUGE DOUCHE BUT I'M UP FOR THE CHALLENGE.

You can read the rest here: SOUTH PARK MURDERED ME LAST NIGHT. Not long and totally worth it. I think his heart grew three sizes yesterday.