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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.

(WENN)

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."

(WENN)

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."

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