Right before American Idol season 11 runner-up Jessica Sanchez spoke with EW backstage after Wednesday’s finale, she turned to a Fox rep and politely asked, “Can I take off my shoes now?” After the teeny tiny teenage power singer removed her (roughly) four-inch heels, she turned and smiled: “Just made myself smaller!”
As is so often the case with second-place finishers on Idol

Don’t feel bad for Jessica Sanchez — the 16-year-old might’ve finished second to Phillip Phillips on “American Idol,” but she’ll do just fine in the music industry. She’s already got Interscope Records chairman Jimmy Iovine talking about what kind of record she’ll make, and she got to sing with Jennifer Holliday, one of her musical idols, during the finale.
Todd Phillips should be right at home with these guys: The director of ‘The Hangover’ has optioned the feature film rights to Guy Lawson’s Rolling Stone article ‘Arms and the Dudes,’ which will be developed as a potential directing vehicle for Phillips, according to Variety, The dudes in this case are two stoners who became major arms dealers.