What a boneheaded move. Um, American Idol, what were you thinking, ushering Casey James to safety right away? What was the audience supposed to think after that? That, somehow, season-long favorites Crystal Bowersox and Lee Dewyze weren’t going to make the top three along with Casey? Because if they thought that, they would have been [...]
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There’s going to be a “Party in the U.S.A.” — or at least in Hollywood — when Miley Cyrus lends her musical expertise to the remaining contestants on American Idol this week. FOX confirms that the teen pop sensation will be the celebrity mentor during the Billboard No.1 hits-themed show on Tuesday (8 p.m. EST). [...]
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For many American Idol fans – and especially the rejected contestants – it’s difficult to imagine Simon Cowell talking about love. But in an interview with fellow Britain’s Got Talent judge Piers Morgan, scheduled to air Saturday on Piers Morgan’s Life Stories: Simon Cowell in the U.K., the sharp-tongued Brit uncharacteristically opens his heart, confessing [...]
Read MoreAdam Cook, the eldest brother of “American Idol” winner David Cook, has died from brain cancer. He was 37. David Cook announced the Saturday death at the 12th annual Race for Hope 5K in Washington, D.C., where he was serving as grand marshal. The singer says the cause of death was a brain tumor. Adam [...]
Read MoreThere are only eight weeks left in American Idol’s eighth season, and tonight’s episode drove home Ryan Seacrest’s enduring refrain about the importance of speed-dialing on behalf of your favorites — even when you think they’ve performed well enough to easily bypass the bottom three. [SPOILERS AHEAD: West coast readers beware!] Indeed, the sight of [...]
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Probably trying to avoid viewer’s fatigue, the reality show American Idol made unprecedented changes for this eighth year’s season. They hope to continue getting viewers hooked to the talent search. Songwriter Kara DioGuardi replaced Paula Abdul as the only female judge. The show is also accommodating 36 contestants instead of the 24 selected in previous [...]
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After blaming American Idol producers for letting a stalker get close to her, Paula Abdul’s future on the show is being discussed. One month after alleged stalker Paula Goodspeed died from an apparent suicide in front of the Idol judge’s Hollywood home, an emotional Abdul slammed the show’s producers, blaming them for letting Goodspeed audition [...]
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After more than a year of dating, Paula Abdul and her restaurateur boyfriend JT Torregiani have split due to their hectic work schedules, his rep tells PEOPLE exclusively. “It became too hard to maintain the relationship,” says Torregiani’s rep, who adds: “They remain best of friends.” The couple began dating in 2006 and were spotted [...]
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American Idol runner-up David Archuleta, 17, will have close supervision as he hits the road for the summer’s American Idols Live! Tour. His father Jeff, who had his backstage privileges revoked in the final weeks of Idol, will be on the tour bus with his son and the other top five guys (Michael Johns, David [...]
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Paula Abdul says she and her fellow American Idol judges were thrown a “curveball” Tuesday night when they were asked to quickly sum up first half of the show — after originally being told they’d critique the contestants at the end. Calling into Idol host Ryan Seacrest’s KISS-FM show Wednesday morning, Abdul said her strange [...]
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“American Idol” judges Simon, Randy and Paula believe they have what it takes to bring back Britney’s career. In an announcement to FOX News, Simon Cowell says that, among other things, getting her “away from her stupid friends” will help revive her career. “MTV ratings are up and all we’re hearing is Britney, Britney, Britney!” [...]
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