Thanks so much to all of you who have written to me! I love reading your letters! I wanted to catch you up on what's going on with me right now. I was super busy the last few months during American Idol 4. I hope all of you got to catch the weekly TV Guide show, Idol Chat, that I co-hosted with Rosanna Tavarez. We had an absolute blast doing the show and I looked so forward to it every week! Rosanna is FABULOUS and we developed a terrific friendship because of the show. I also was a weekly guest on the CNN Headline News show, Showbiz Tonight, and had a lot of fun doing that as well.

I was so very honored that Ruben Studdard asked me to host his annual benefit for the Ruben Studdard Foundation for the Advancement of Children in the Music Arts that was held in Birmingham in May. It was an incredible black-tie affair to raise money for the scholarship that he gives every year. My sister, Kristy, and I had a fantastically wonderful weekend in Birmingham with Ruben and his family, and I'm so proud of him for his efforts with this scholarship fund. Ruben is one of my favorite people in the entire world! My buddy, Rickey Smith, who was on American Idol 2 with me, was there too and it was so wonderful to see him and catch up. I adore him!

As of right now, we have a total of five songs for my album with Diane Warren and Randy Jackson. The newest one, Cost of Love, is my absolute favorite and I can't wait until all of you can hear it! Diane wrote it and it's a great, great song! I hope we'll have some news about the album to share soon!

Thank you so very much for continuing to support me and believe in me!

Much love to all,
Kimberly

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