Confirmation: Stage Dad

All through this "American Idol" season, the rumors have been flying that David Archuleta's father is a stage dad extraordinaire, which could well be the reason his son always looks like the Saddest Little Boy in America. Over the weekend, TMZ provided us with confirmation, by reporting that David's dad has been banned from the "American Idol" rehearsal process. The Associated Press has a recap here; apparently the problem came when Jeff Archuleta insisted that his son take a portion of Sean Kingston's "Beautiful Girls" onto the end of "Stand By Me" last week, messing with copyright issues and costing "Idol" a lot of money. (Ah, money. It speaks louder than psychology.)

P.S. Highbrow meets everythingbrow: The New Yorker on "Idol," here.