'Idol' odds 'n ends: Simon & Seacrest top Forbes' men in prime time list

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

>Forbes released its list of the top-earning men in prime time, and two Idol fixtures were unsurprisingly at the top of the list. Simon Cowell nabbed the No. 1 spot with a cool $75 million earned in the period from June 1, 2008 to June 1, 2009. In the same period, Ryan Seacrest took in $38 million from his hosting gig. Needless to say, this news was red meat to late night comedians everywhere.

>David Cook premiered a new song called "Make Believe" with his band The Anthemic at their show at The Pageant in St. Louis, Mo., on Tuesday. Watch the performance below:

Cook's tour will next take him and his band to the Windsor Casino in Windsor, Ontario, where they will perform tomorrow. David Cook and The Anthemic's new album is slated to be out next summer.

>Katharine McPhee attended the 2009 Glamour Magazine Women of the Year celebration at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Monday, where she walked the red carpet sporting her much talked-about new look. Other celebs in attendance included Maya Angelou, Yoko Ono, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Amy Poehler, Serena Williams and Rihanna, who was named the magazine's "woman of the year." The awards honor women that have made great strides in their areas of expertise.

>Anoop Desai uploaded a live performance of his newest song to his official YouTube page on Monday. Anoop performed "L.U.V.R." in concert on campus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Sunday. Watch the performance below:



Anoop co-wrote the R&B track with David Mikush. Anoop also performed a cover of Jordin Sparks' "Battlefield" at the show.

>Reuters yesterday released an update on top-selling Idol alumni, and its findings were not out of the ordinary. While Kelly Clarkson is far ahead of all other alums in terms of digital sales (14.7 million), she leads Carrie Underwood by only 200k in album sales (10.4 million to 10.2 million). One surprise was that while Jordin Sparks lags in seventh with album sales, she's actually third in digital sales with 8.4 million tracks downloaded.