Guitar Hero Commercial Featuring Heidi Klum

Activision is pulling out all the stops for the October 26 release of Guitar Hero: World Tour with some Risky Business-inspired ads featuring well-known celebrities. Each ad will feature the rich and famous dancing about in their underpants and doing their best Tom Cruise impression to Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock and Roll" while playing different World Tour instruments or lip-syncing.

Debuting today, the first commercial features sports stars Kobe Bryant, Alex Rodriguez, Michael Phelps, and Tony Hawk "jamming" in a form reminiscent of the first "Risky Business" Guitar Hero ads starring American Idol alumni David Archuletta and David Cook.

Directed by Brett Ratner (X-Men: The Last Stand), these commercials were apparently produced to inspire everyone to "unleash their inner rock star." Ratner explains: "With the first Risky Business ads we wanted to excite fans by combining two pop culture sensations to create something even bigger. Those commercials were such a hit with Guitar Hero fans we decided to give them the same iconic 'living room rock star' moment they love, but as experienced with the new full band version of the game and with an entirely new cast of characters."

Activision and Ratner have no plans to stop there, though. According to Activision CEO Bobby Kotick, we can expect more commercials featuring actors and, uh...supermodels: "To appeal to the multi-generational Guitar Hero fans out there we tapped a wide range of athletes, actors, and even supermodels to unleash their inner rock stars and live out their rock and roll fantasies."

Supermodels. Yeah. For some reason I just cannot see someone like Tyra Banks or Heidi Klum playing Guitar Hero in real life, but then again commercials like these are pure fantasy.See Guitar Hero Commercial here.

Guitar Hero World Tour 'Risky Business' TV ad

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Jeff Archuleta is David’s Father

Jeff Archuleta is the dad of American Idol runner-up David Archuleta.Jeff became known to the public when he received the “stage dad” stigma while David was competing on “American Idol.” Producers of the hit show banned Jeff from coming backstage after he allegedly “badgered producers, the band, vocal coaches and even other contestants.” Now, Jeff is back in the news as People reports he will be joining David and the other top five guy contestants on the road this summer.

Jeff Archuleta was born July 6, 1961 which makes his age 46. Jeff married Xiomara Archuleta and the couple had David in Miami on December 28, 1990. When David was 13, the family moved to Salt Lake City and currently live in Murray, Utah.Jeff flat out denies the stage dad rumors, which reportedly go back to David’s “Star Search” days, and insists he is just David’s “music consultant.”

“I’m definitely involved with my son, and I encourage him, but I think that’s a lot different from forcing and threatening and all that stuff. There was absolutely no truth in any of the stories about me yelling at David, making him cry or withholding water from him. That was crazy!”

Jeff Archuleta is a jazz musician and David cites his father’s music collection as a major influence on his career. Jeff has worked as a boom operator on such films as “The Five,” “Skills Like This” and “Looking For Sunday.” He has also served as a production assistant on other sets.

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American Idol: David Cook Vs David Archuleta Showdown

"You came out here to win and what we have witnessed was a knockout," said judge Simon Cowell, making it pretty clear David Archuleta should be the next American Idol.Make no mistake about it, both Davids were good. David Cook performed admirably but Simon put it best....Archuleta came out for the kill.Archuleta entered the competition as the winner of the Junior Singers competition on Star Search. Archuleta started singing when he was six because he was inspired by Les Misérables 10th-anniversary concert: Live at the Royal Albert Hall video (starring Colm Wilkinson, Lea Salonga and others) he was watching, "That musical is what started all of this." He started performing as an entertainer at ten years old when he participated in the Utah Talent Competition singing "I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton; he received a standing ovation, and won the kid division.

Archuleta has maintained an impressive fan base throughout the season. It can be argued that he has the better voice. Cook, however, is a good singer but he's also a rocker who has received praise for his originality. Along with Chris Daughtry, David Cook is very probably among the show's most original contestants thus far.Idol betting was brisk throughout the week heading into Tuesday night's show. At least a million dollars was anticipated to have been bet on the show since the start of the season.

Who will Win American Idol? David Cook or David Archuleta? Here is a recap.

Round 1:

Cook sing “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.”

All the judges thought he was in fine voice, with Cowell calling his performance phenomenal.

Archuleta sing “Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me.”

Randy Jackson called flawless.

“Taking everything into account, Round 1 goes to Archuleta,” said Cowell.

Round 2:

Cook sings “Dream Big”

Archuleta sings “In This Moment”

Cowell thought Archuleta chose the better song and gave the round to him.

Round 3:

Cook sings “The World I Know.

Jackson said it was the perfect song for him

Cowell pointed out it wasn’t the kind of showstopper that would win the contest. “You should have sung ‘Hello’ or ‘Billie Jean’,” Cowell said, referring to songs that had won Cook praise earlier in the season.

Archuleta sings “Imagine”

“Tonight I think we’ve witnessed one of the great finals,” said Cowell. “Here’s the difference in my opinion: you came out here tonight to win and what we have witnessed is a knockout.”

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