'Idol' odds 'n ends: Cook to perform on New Year's Eve Live

The following are Idol-related odds and ends that happened this week:

>David Cook will perform on FOX's "New Year's Eve Live" special on Dec. 31, 2008 with Scott Weiland. The show is hosted by Spike Feresten and Mark Thompson and will begin at 11 p.m.

>Amanda Overmyer's debut album is available to download on her official Web site. The 12-song album is titled Solidify and "Play On," "Iroquois Lane" and "Fail to Compromise."

>Kady Malloy added a new original song to her MySpace called "Autumn Leaves."

>Simon Cowell and Ryan Seacrest will appear on the Family Entertainment Awards tonight at 9 p.m. on the CW network. Miley Cyrus and Leona Lewis will perform.

>Katharine McPhee appeared at the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces gala last night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel with David Foster, Charice and Lionel Richie among others. It benefited 30 members of the Israel Defense Forces.