How do you make money for a good cause? Sell stuff. How do you guarantee that people want what you’re selling? Frame it around American Idol. To help bolster the funds raised by this week’s “Idol Gives Back” show, zealots can now purchase U.S. Postage stamps. The images are of each year’s winner, and the Kelly Clarkson edition is out now. Stamps for Ruben Studdard, Fantasia, Daughtry, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks, and Jordin Sparks are on their way. But they made a BIG mistake, right? If they wanted to help those in need, they should have put Sanj and his ponyhawk on that kickoff stamp. He’d definitely move more units than Hicks. And what about including little Kristi Lee?

If you really want to see which TV hero deserves immortality on a postage stamp, take the jump.
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When Chris Brown isn’t hanging out at the top of the charts thanks to “Miss You” and his Jordin Sparks duet “No Air,” he’s showing off his super-agile performer moves on stage somewhere. Over the weekend it was London and the IndigO2 arena. Check out the photos of what was surely an entertaining evening. And don’t forget that Rhapsody has a couple sweet remixes of “With You” that give Brown’s valentine a completely different personality.

Last season on American Idol, Jordin Sparks became the youngest winner in the show’s history. The 17-year-old had originally been turned away when she auditioned in Los Angeles, but followed that up by winning Arizona Idol, a Fox affiliate-sponsored competition, which guaranteed her a place at the try-outs in Seattle. The lesson? Never let a little thing like defeat get you down. Sparks went on to win the competition without ever being in the bottom two or three, and released her self-titled debut last November. The record featured a variety of popular songs, including “This Is My Now” and “No Air,” on which she sings alongside nascent R&B heartthrob Chris Brown. We caught up with Sparks over e-mail to ask her about Chris Brown, this season’s Idol contestants and whether or not she had any tips for performing in front of the judges. Interview after the jump.

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