Mighty Ducks

Britain's Queen Elizabeth was banned from using her royal box at Newbury racecourse. The 83-year-old monarch sat in the luxury suite on Friday (17.04.09) to watch one of her horses race and enjoyed the day so much she decided to return the next afternoon - only to discover course officials had rented out the royal room for a private function. Instead, the queen was moved to the Champions Suite, a hospitality box only accessible by a public lift. A source said: "She had to slum it in one of the hospitality boxes. It was unusual." Insurance broker John Finch had hired the royal box for £10,000 to celebrate his 60th birthday with wife Sheila. He told Britain's The Daily Mail

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'American Idol' finalists joined by Queen members for Freddie Mercury's classic.
By Gil Kaufman

Queen's Brian May and Kris Allen
Photo: Kevin Winter/American Idol 2009/Getty Images
The last time Kris Allen had to sing a rock duet, things didn't go so well for the Arkansas Kid, whose Rock-Week duet with Danny Gokey was memorable for all the wrong reasons. But on Wednesday night, just minutes before he would be crowned this year's American Idol, the 23-year-old singer redeemed himself by teaming up with a partner that was sure to make him look better: fellow finalist Adam Lambert.

Singing their first-ever duet, the friendly rivals perched just above the judge's pit as the spotlight hit their all-black ensembles and the iconic first notes of Queen's "We Are the Champions" washed over the crowd. Looking over at Lambert and smiling, Allen went first, singing the triumphant rock anthem's opening couplet,

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