WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG? "American Idol is adding a fourth judge: Grammy-nominated songwriter Kara DioGuardi. DioGuardi will appear at the judges' table with Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson on the eighth season of the hit show, which premieres in January."
Forget the crowning moment last night on American Idol — the real magic happened a little after 9 p.m. when the producers decided it would be a great idea to bring back Renaldo Lapuz, the guy from the first round of auditions who made up a song for Simon about being brothers forever. Actually, the lyrics go, "I am your brother, your best friend forever." Deep. Naturally, Renaldo was given the Idol treatment, which included a USC marching band. Making a mockery of people: It's the American way.
Simon Cowell spoke to Ellen today about the upcoming American Idol finale (he predicts David Cook will win), his harshness and, of course, FantasiaGate. The former Idol's performance on last week's results show "just sort of exploded," according to Cowell, whose commentary always perfectly sums up everything we were feeling as well.
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Every week, a bunch of “real” people say really stupid things on reality TV. These are their stories.
10. "Don't be a vulture, learn your culture." — Flavor Flav, Flavor of Love 3
When you picture Mother's Day, you likely imagine flowers and brunch and happy moments with Mom — but thank goodness for Hollywood, which serves as a reminder that this special holiday isn't always picture perfect.
After the jump, a look at how some of our favorite celebrities honored mothers everywhere, complete with a rating on how well their moms fared in the rearing of their children. CONTINUED »
After all that begging, I sit here, typing through the tears (OK, maybe that's a bit melodramatic), hoping for a miracle to save Jason Castro. Except maybe I don't want him to be saved. After last night's unwarranted beating by the judges, maybe he deserves to be done with this show and the horrible people who run it; the brutality will be even worse if he survives this week, and the public will hate him for not being voted off after his roughest night to date. CONTINUED »
• Behold Tom Cruise! Tom Cruise is disgusted with you puny humans. Tom Cruise will laugh with glee when your blood stains the streets. [CityRag]
• "[Dina Lohan] has been named one of Long Island's top 20 moms by Mingling Moms." [DListed]
• Simon Cowell smokes Kools! [ICYDK]
• "If something’s cool and funky and I like it, it doesn’t matter how much it costs." -Vanessa Hudgens, role model [INO]
• Hey, everyone: Mischa Barton is a real woman with real legs. Get over it. [HT]
• Britney Spears recently took a private jet to Kentwood, Louisiana to attend her 17-year-old sister's baby shower. Smashing apart the class system is great.[Yeeeah]
The American Idol machine appears to be falling apart as of late, and a new interview with Brian Dunkleman will likely not help matters. Dunkleman, as you may recall, co-hosted the competition's first season with Ryan Seacrest but stepped aside to allow Seacrest the chance to take over the world. Dunk gave an interview on Adam Carolla's radio show to talk about his time on Idol, where he said he "developed such self-hatred" for taking part in a show he claims was mean-spirited and targeted specific contestants in an effort to break them. It's quite disturbing, if you are one of those people who still thinks this show is completely fair and balanced. CONTINUED »
American Idol's Neil Diamond night was just as disastrous as I feared, and it's safe to assume everyone not named David is in danger of getting axed tonight. Everybody was off their game, including sobriety princess Paula Abdul. Once each contestant had performed their first songs of the evening, Ryan asked the judges to offer their comments; naturally, Paula began giving Jason Castro her critique of both his songs, one of which had yet to be sung. Her excuse: "This is hard."
So what happened? Conspiracy theorists are crying foul, saying the show is fixed and she had written the critiques beforehand, but we're talking about Paula Abdul here. It's quite possible that she just mixed the wrong meds.
Details magazine celebrated their Mavericks 2008 issue last night in LA. Under the false pretense that they are true mavericks, a bunch of reality "stars" showed up. How embarrassing for them.
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Simon Cowell stopped by The Oprah Winfrey Show today to pay off a family's mortgage after it was revealed the parents are struggling financially in the wake of their young daughter's debilitating cancer.
In the clip above, he takes us on a backstage tour of American Idol, where he bickers with Ryan Seacrest and discusses the crazy that is "Pauler" — and then he predicts this season's winner.
Valentine's Day wasn't just celebrated by Heidi and Spencer. Lots of Hollywood's players came out for the anniversary of love.
Bono raised money for charity, Hayden Panettiere took her little brother on a date, Joy Behar performed a comedy act, Simon Cowell busted out his best baby T — and Paris' publicist even washed the orange off his face to impress a new lady friend!
How did YOU spend Valentine's Day?
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• LOL, indeed. [PITNB]
• No more masculine musicals! They're oxymoronic and moronic. [DListed]
• Cigarettes and jet skis would be a good name for an electroclash band if anyone listened to electroclash anymore. [PS]
• It's time for the porn awards; also know as the Oscars for Victims of Sexual Abuse. [HT]
• Mischa Barton makes history and takes responsibility for her actions. [INO]
• YIKES: "Pregnant Jamie Lynn Spears has been dumped by boyfriend Casey Aldridge because he doubts he is the father…" [ICYDK]
• Madonna's bottled water is even more stupid than everyone else's bottled water. [Yeeeah]
• Vinyl records are exactly 87 percent cooler than MP3s. [CityRag]
With the pointy-nosed Jamie Hince at her side, Kate Moss debuted her haircut and her Topshop Christmas collection to a large crowd of long-A-listers.
As soon as the show was over, people ran outside for a cigarette. But they were back in time for pudding and to enjoy a performance by Grace Jones, who entertained into the small hours.
With a newly-cut long fringe, eyes underlined in heavy black kohl, and black catsuit and sequinned bolero, Kate certainly turned heads with her sexy new glam rock look.
Buying a $900 baby stroller means that, pound for pound, you're just as vanity-driven as that jackass Simon Cowell and his stupid $1.5 million land rocket.
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What causes a notoriously cruel prick to crack a self-satisfied grin from ear to judgmental ear?
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"You call that sunshine? That performance was ab-solute-ly dreadful. At most that was the simple work of a Type M star—the lowliest, coolest stars. And the temperature? Pathetic. I've felt more heat off a squirrel's fart in a snowstorm. Pay attention, because I'm going to be honest with you: Don't ever, ever try to shine again. I look forward to you being eclipsed."
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One of these performers appeared on America's Got Talent, while one of these performers appeared on Britain's Got Talent. I'll leave it up to you to guess which is which and, after watching the videos, I think you'll agree that each clip speaks to plenty more than just their respective country's game shows.
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