Idol chatter: Taylor blows up, Kat throws up

Just when you thought it was safe to return to your television set, American Idol is back in your face today with two big news stories:

1. This year's Idol winner, Taylor Hicks, landed his first single, "Do I Make You Proud," at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart published today.
   
   
2. This year's Idol runner-up, Katharine McPhee, announced publicly that she has battled bulemia for years.

So far as we can determine, these two stories are otherwise unrelated.