American Idol

Former stripper David Hernandez can now say it --
"Yes I Can!"

We found out the "American Idol" wannabe will be performing in the Grand Ballroom at the Renaissance Washington Hotel for the inauguration kickoff tomorrow.

Jessica Alba is hosting. Maroon 5 will be performing. Samantha Ronson will be the D.J. No word on Lindsay. Tickets go for $250 a head. Attire: "celebratory casual."

BTW, Hernandez will be singing a song called, "Born Again American."

Turns out Emily Wynne-Hughes was working at the tattoo shop Britney Spears wandered into back in February 2007 (aka The Night Britney Shaved Her F&*%ing Head!!!). And get this -- Emily was actually interviewed by "Extra" moments after Britney got inked up -- nearly two years ago!

She told the show Britney's "mind was in a different place" and her "thoughts were definitely somewhere else."

And believe it or not ... neither of these girls is Selena Gomez.

Check out a tuxedoed Anoop getting his "Sexy Love" on as the lead vocalist in his college a cappella group, UNC's Clef Hangers, back in 2007. And he wasn't only a member -- he was also the group's Prez.

Before Casey Carlson made it through to Hollywood last night, the 20-year-old made it to the Virgin Islands, where she stripped down to her bikini for some unbelievably erotic poses.

But don't go slappin' her with the Antonella Barba skank label just yet -- the pics were for a website called Campus Girls USA, which sells calendars and donates all the profits to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

If "American Idol" wannabe Emily Wynne-Hughes manages to stick around for a while, you might get to see the first contestant perform with an alcohol monitoring bracelet!

Turns out Emily -- the same tattooed chick who can't seem to keep her pants on -- is smack in the middle of a DUI fiasco, and she has been ordered to wear a SCRAM bracelet.

The whole thing is over an arrest back in July, where cops busted her for allegedly driving drunk in West Hollywood. Emily copped a plea to a lesser charge of reckless driving.

In addition to the bracelet, Emily was placed on 3 years probation.

One of them wrote six songs on McPhee's debut album.

We're just sayin.'

Emily Wynne-Hughes, who is in the popular L.A. band Go Betty Go and who sang "Barracuda" last night, is clearly not shy about showing her bare bottom.

Tonight on "American Idol," Ryan gives Paula's home address to another stalker.

The "Idol" winner was about to lose her $1.1 mil pad in North Carolina because of $$$ probs -- she owed $58,000 to Broward Energy Partners and the company had put the house on the auction block. She had borrowed the cash from the company to pay taxes.

At the last minute, the woman who is now most famous for being a no-show when she starred in an Oprah play on Broadway struck a deal with the company and her home is safe -- for now.