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After all the back and forth, hair-pulling, hissing and other things I like to imagine took place between Kelly Clarkson and music mogul, Clive Davis, the two have finally agreed that Clarkson will set to work on a new pop album that will include songs picked out by Davis himself, with the album set to be released in 2008. The cat-fight references, of course, come from the controversy sparked when Davis was displeased with “My December,” her follow-up to the highly successful “Breakaway” released after her American Idol victory. Then, Kelly got publicly pissed, vented about it, and has since apologized. As for the “My December” album, its sales are predicted to be decent. It seems that this new bit of information broke at the annual UJA Federation lunch, where Clive was being honored. I just hope that they’ve learned a little something here–when you air your personal grievances in public, everyone wins! At least gossip bloggers do. Woo hoo! Yes, I just “woo hoo’d.” It is Friday after all.

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Kelly Clarkson has done a lot of talking about reports of a feud with Clive Davis over the direction of her new album, “My December.” Now, she’s apologizing.

“I want to set the record straight on this by saying that I want my band, my advisors, those close to me and my record label to be one big, tightly knit family,” the 25-year-old singer said Monday in a statement posted on her Web site.

“Like any family we will disagree and argue sometimes but, in the end, it’s respect and admiration that will keep us together.”

For months, Clarkson has weathered - and also fueled in candid interviews - reports of a battle with Davis, who oversees her record label, RCA, over the direction of “My December,” which was released June 26.

“A lot has been made in the press about my relationship with Clive,” the former “American Idol” said in her statement. “Much of this has been blown way out of proportion and out of context.”

“Contrary to recent characterizations in the press, I’m well aware that Clive is one of the great record men of all time,” her statement said. “He has been a key advisor and has been an important force in my success to date.”

Clarkson, who co-wrote every track on “My December,” gives Davis kudos for releasing the album when he wasn’t obligated to do so.

“I really regret how this has turned out and I apologize to those whom I have done disservice,” she said. “I would never intentionally hurt anyone. I love music, and I love the people I am blessed to work with.”

A spokesperson for Davis didn’t immediately respond Monday to an e-mail from The Associated Press seeking comment.

“My December” - which has yet to produce a hit single - is No. 5 on Billboard’s 200 top albums chart; it arrived at No. 2.

Clarkson’s first album, 2003’s “Thankful,” sold over more than 1 million copies. The multiplatinum “Breakaway,” released in 2004, cemented her status as a bona fide artist outside of “Idol” with hits including “Since U Been Gone” and “Because of You.”

Kelly Clarkson, perhaps sensing that there’s a foreboding sense of failure attached to her newest ventures, has spoken out about her perceived hatred of record label exec Clive Davis. She’s trying to soften her image, because the black bra, white shirt, clunky earrings I hate the label schtick wasn’t cutting it.

I want to set the record straight on this by saying that I want my band, my advisors [sic], those close to me and my record label to be one big, tightly knit family,” Clarkson wrote. “Like any family we will disagree and argue sometimes but, in the end, it’s respect and admiration that will keep us together.”

The former Idol went on to say, “Contrary to recent characterizations in the press, I’m well aware that Clive is one of the great record men of all time.”

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This is interesting, because she said something verrrry different previously. Keep reading (plus more photos).

While the fight between singer Kelly Clarkson and record mogul Clive Davis has been spilling into the press, Clarkson has been quite muzzled speaking directly about it — until now.

In the new August issue of Blender, which goes on sale next Tuesday, Kelly really lets Davis have it and she does not mince words. I’ve attached the cover of the new Blender.

Clarkson recalls telling Davis: “I don’t know you very well, and I am not a bullshitter. I get you don’t like the album. You’re 80; you’re not supposed to like my album.”

She continues laying it on to her record company: “I literally got told to my face that it wouldn’t sell more than 600,000 copies. And I got lied to. One reason I don’t like working with people at the label is that they lie. They told me, ‘We really want you to go to Sweden. Those people really want to write with you.’ So I flew to Sweden with lyrics I’d written to this track I’d been sent, ‘Since U Been Gone.’ I get there, and the writers are like, ‘Oh, we already have the lyrics. We just want you to sing it.’ It was really awkward. It was mean. That’s why there’s no relationship with them. Because I don’t like being lied to.

“I can’t stand it when people put out the same record over and over again. It’s annoying. If you’re going with the flow and not fighting, that’s settling. I can’t take that. Life is just too short to be a pushover.”

(courtesy of Four-Corners Communications)

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Kelly Clarkson looks sweet as pie in this pictures. I really do enjoy the various textures and colors of the dress, but think that if it were long that it would be too much. As it is, it’s short and I approve. However, she isn’t all Mary Sunshine all the time, as evidenced by the following quote of hers in Blender Magazine, aimed at her arch-nemesis Clive Davis.

“I don’t know you very well, and I am not a bull-[bleep]er. I get [that] you don’t like the album. You’re 80; you’re not supposed to like my album.”

Whoah, Kelly. Them’s fighting words. I want to see these two running into each other and then doing the whole chest-bump-in-preparation-for-kicking-your-ass thing.

More of Kelly Fixing Her Lady Lovely Locks After the Jump

Kelly Clarkson wrote a lovely thank you in the liner notes of her new album to her former manager, Jeff Kwatinetz. Yes, “former”, because she pink slipped him. Her words are meaningless.

While the feud, er, creative differences between Kelly and music mogul Clive Davis haven’t been a secret, her recent firing of The Firm’s Jeff Kwatinetz — on top of scrapping her tour — proved their was trouble in Clarksonland!

But in the liner notes of “My December,” Clarkson sings a different tune by writing, “Thank you to my manager Jeff Kwatinetz for arguing with me and fighting for me! I hate ‘yes’ people, and you are far from that, always wanting the best out of me and for me. Sometimes I want to punch you, but most of the time you inspire me and make me laugh, because you are one of the most passionate and driven people I have ever worked with. Thank you for believing in me! I STILL CAN’T BELIEVE WE GOT THIS RECORD OUT, HA HA!!”

Kelly has now hired Reba McIntire’s manager has her new representation. Maybe she can get a terrible sitcom out of this whole mess. Or at least some lady licking.

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Kelly Clarkson’s album woes keep building, as “Time” magazine gave her a crap review. If you’ll recall, she’s publicly battled with Sony head Clive Davis over the album, and cancelled her summer tour.

The problem with My December is that it isn’t particularly great rock. Even those dismayed by what American Idol hath wrought (consider my hand raised) have to admit Clarkson has a strapping, swooping voice. But it lacks a defined personality, reflected in the bloated industrial-Pat Benatar knockoffs (”Haunted,” “Don’t Waste My Time,” the single “Never Again”) that dominate the album.

I think my Christmas album got a better review.

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More photos of Kelly Clarkson as she performs live on the CBS Early Show are after the jump.

Kelly Clarkson is having an emotional meltdown as she watches her personal life and music career crumble.

Lonely Kelly suffers from constant crying jags and has packed on an unsightly 32 pounds trying to soothe her loneliness with food. It’s all happening as her summer tour has been canceled due to low ticket sales, the final blow in a tumultuous few months.

Kelly recently fired her manager and has been battling with Clive Davis, the powerful head of her record label.The career setbacks have left her a mess, sources say. “Everything in Kelly’s life seems to have skidded out of control all at once, and she’s having a serious meltdown!” a pal told The ENQUIRER. “Kelly’s become a very sad person.” Added a source:, “Clearly her problem is low self-esteem. She cries all the time and complains that no man will love her looking like she does, then she eats to comfort herself.”

A music source adds Clarkson has had trouble adjusting to her fame ever since she won her two Grammy Awards last year. “She saw everything she worked so hard for come true, then it was like, ‘Welcome to the cold reality of show business,’” the source said. “Everyone wanted a piece of her after that, and she became Kelly The Corporation.” In reference to her fight with Clive Dave, and the firing of her manager, a close friend says, “You have to admire her for bucking the system, but it makes you wonder whether the emotional upheaval is worth it.”

Her personal life is in as much upheaval as her career. “Kelly has spent two years stewing over David [Hodges, her ex boyfriend]. It’s still with her every day,” said the source. Kelly even lashes out at her ex in two songs she wrote for her new album, “Irvin” and “Never Again.” She admitted she wrote “Irvine” lying curled up on a bathroom floor, feeling miserable, following a concert performance late last year.

Sources say Kelly’s weight gain since her 2002 “American Idol” win is attributed to loneliness over failed relationships. When she was recording her new album ‘My December,’ Kelly was in the studio up to 14 hours a day. The only food she ate was greasy fast food,” says the source. Her pal added: “In some ways success has turned out to be the worst thing that’s ever happened to Kelly.”

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Kelly Clarkson yesterday canceled her Aug. 18 show at Jones Beach and the rest of her summer tour after failing to sell enough tickets to fill 15,000-seat venues. No wonder Clarkson - who is at war with BMG chairman Clive Davis over artistic control of her third album, “My December” - fired her manager, Jeff Kwatinetz of The Firm, this week. Michael Rapino, CEO of LiveNation, one of the tour’s promoters, told The Post’s Dan Aquilante: “It’s mind-blowing when you stop to think about what Kelly Clarkson has achieved during her young career, but ticket sales have not been what we anticipated. We came to the realization that we had bit off more than we could chew.” Gregg Perloff, CEO of Another Planet Entertainment, also a Clarkson promoter, looked at the bright side: “The day when she’ll play arenas is coming, but for now, her fans should look forward to seeing her in a more intimate concert environment.” Tickets for the Jones Beach show can be refunded at the point of purchase.

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