Howard Stern is American Idol producers’ top pick to replace Simon Cowell, who is leaving the show at the end of the season.
However, sources close to Stern say that, despite what he says on-air, he is not ready to leave radio and it is just a ploy to keep him on his $100 million...
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Simon Cowell has announced that he will be leaving American Idol when this season ends on May.
According to the Hollywood Insider, Cowell told the Television Critics Association today that he will be leaving Idol in 2011 to fully devote himself to managing and judging the U.S. version of his British talent series The X...
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Adam Lambert must have heard about Eminem rapping about him in’ Elevator’. The American Idol runner-up is using Twitter to respond, “Wow eminem mentioned me in a song?! I must be doin something right!? Even if he used the f word…. Whtev.”
Elevator is one of the songs set to be listed in his December...
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Adam Lambert wrapped up the 2009 American Music Awards with a controversial, sexually-charged performance of his new single, the title track from For Your Entertainment.
During the S&M-themed performance, the American Idol runner-up flipped off the audience, kissed a male keyboard player and fondled several backup dancers, one of whom had his head pulled into Lambert’s crotch.
Lambert told...
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Chidi Uzomah, 25, was detained by police on Friday after he entered the E! Network building, reportedly armed with a blade, and requested to see American Idol host Ryan Seacrest.
Seacrest was in the Los Angeles TV studio but was reportedly nowhere near the overzealous fan.
Uzomah was convicted of three misdemeanors last month after attacking...
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American Idol contestants Kris Allen and Adam Lambert visited NBC’s Today Show Summer Concert Series and controversy with host Natalie Morales.
Idol winner, Kris Allen performed “No Boundries” and the Kanye West song “Heartless,” and runner-up Adam Lambert sang “Mad World.”
Watch Kris Allen and Adam Lambert’s Today Show performances below.
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American Idol finalist Adam Lambert reportedly introduced a male companion as his “boyfriend” to the other idol contestants at Outback Steakhouse in Burbank, California last Saturday night.
Sources also say fellow contestants Anoop Desai and Megan Joy Corkrey, who were also looking cozy at the dinner, are an item.
Adam Lambert will face off against Arkansas...
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American Idol’s Kris Allen ditched his guitar for the keyboard and the judges were pleased.
Allen chose Ain’t No Sunshine on the reality show’s Most Popular Downloads week. Randy Jackson said, “You’ve been slaying them…you’re in the zone.” Kara DioGuardi declared, “That is artistry.” Paula Abdul said, “That could be the first cut on your...
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American Idol rapped up Motown week after saying good-bye to 27-year-old contestant, Michael Sarver. He performed a second rendition of Ain’t Too Proud To Beg to try and persuade judges to save him from going home, but failed.
It didn’t seem too easy a decision for the judges, who needed a few more seconds to...
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American Idol’s Clay Aiken became a new daddy this morning! His best friend, 50-year-old Jaymes Foster , gave birth to a baby boy at 8:08 a.m.
Jaymes gave birth via artificial insemination. So, there was no actual intercourse for Aiken, to those who were shocked that Clay Aiken would actually knock someone up!
The baby’s...
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