Kellie Pickler

Hollywood Heat

By Alexis Chiu/Los Angeles, Marisa Laudadio/Los Angeles, Brenda Rodriguez/Los Angeles, Jenny Sundel/Los Angeles

UPDATED 06/19/2006 at 01:00 AM EDT • Originally published 06/19/2006 at 01:00 AM EDT

IDOL TALK

Move over, Kathy Griffin. Working as a red-carpet correspondent for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, American Idol alum Kellie Pickler charmed celebs with her sweet, goofy antics:

To British actress Kate Beckinsale: "Can you introduce me to Prince William?"

To Keanu Reeves, after imitating his famous slow-motion, falling-backwards bullet dodge from The Matrix: "I've been practicing really hard because I knew [you'd be here]."

To Joe Simpson about daughter Jessica: "She's so tiny, like a little Barbie doll."