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Fantasia's Manager: She Overdosed On Aspirin And A Sleep Aid

August 10, 2010... Fantasia Barrino is now recovering in a North Carolina hospital after an overdose of "aspirin and a sleep aid." Her manager, Brian Dickens says, "She was dehydrated and exhausted at the time" she took the pills. Earlier this week, the...

Steven Tyler Will "Probably" Be An American Idol Judge

August 02, 2010... Ellen DeGeneres quit, Jennifer Lopez has signed on to replace her and now Aerosmith's Steven Tyler has basically confirmed that he's going to be on the show as well! Poor Kara DioGuardi - Randy Jackson will remain, but she's getting fired...

American Idol Shakeup: Kara Out, Jennifer Lopez And Steven Tyler In!

July 30, 2010... The drama over the Idol judging panel reached a fever pitch this week, when Ellen Degeneres announced she was quitting American Idol, and now new reports claim that judge Kara DioGuardi has been fired and that the seats left vacant...

Kellie Pickler Gets Engaged

June 23, 2010... Courtesy: Kyle Jacobs' Myspace Kellie Pickler is officially off the market! The 23-year-old former American Idol contestant is engaged to boyfriend and songwriter Kyle Jacobs. Kyle popped the question to the blonde cutie on a Florida beach at sunset. During a recent...

American Idol Winners At Boa

June 16, 2010... Lee DeWyze and David Cook were both spotted exiting Boa in West Hollywood last night, albeit separately. What could these two American Idol singers have been discussing? Probably about how the winners never get to be as famous as the first...

American Idol Winner Swarmed By Photogs At LAX

June 10, 2010... But it's never really about the winner, is it? Lee DeWyze might've beat out Crystal Bowersox on this season of American Idol, but everyone pretty much feels that Crystal is the one to watch - she's the Adam Lambert of...

A New American Idol Is Crowned, But Simon's Sendoff Steals The Show

May 26, 2010... Vince Bucci/FOX Tonight's American Idol finale was filled with comedy, drama and most of all, a sendoff to the person who made the show for the last nine seasons: Simon Cowell. The stoic Simon even got a little emotional during a tribute...

Who Will Win American Idol Tonight?

May 26, 2010... Photo credit: Michael Becker/FOX The finale of television's biggest show airs tonight and, when you think about it, this is basically the last year of American Idol... why? Because it's the last year with judge Simon Cowell! Boo. Guess we'll all be...

American Idol's Final Two!

May 19, 2010... CR: Michael Becker/FOX America has picked its season nine finalists and competing for the title of American Idol are bluesy mama from Ohio, Crystal Bowersox and soulful paint salesman from Illinois, Lee DeWyze. Bowersox and DeWyze beat out judge Kara DioGuardi's crush,...

Lady Gaga's American Idol Performance Of "Alejandro" Gets Edited Down

May 06, 2010... Where there's Gaga, there's controversy! The outrageous pop star taped her American Idol appearance of "Alejandro" last week and it ran about 6 1/2 minutes... but for last night's results show, it got cut down to 5 minutes and 20 seconds....

David Cook Plays A Pap At STK

April 27, 2010... First of all, David Cook is so yesterday! Check out the vid to see latest American Idol winner, cutie Kris Allen... Both singers were celebrating a pal's b-day at STK in West Hollywood last night; David joked around with the photogs...

Idol Gives Back $15 Million

April 22, 2010... Photo credit: FOX Tim Urban might've gone home - too bad, he was adorable! - but the rest of Wednesday night's Idol Gives Back special was pretty uplifting... A whole slew of celebs got involved, including Victoria Beckham, Ben Affleck, Jim Carrey,...

Miley And Joe And Demi Perform On American Idol

March 25, 2010... But did she perform well? The Disney sweet-tart - who acted as a mentor to the American Idol contestants this week - is taking some hear for her singing last night. Miley performed her latest, "When I Look At You,"...

Paige Miles Says Goodbye As American Idol Narrows It Down To Top Ten

March 25, 2010... image courtesy of FOX American Idol is now down to their top ten, as 24-year-old Paige Miles was sent home last night. After Miles' disastrous rendition of Phil Collins Ã¢â‚¬Å“Against All OddsÃ¢â‚¬Â on Tuesday, the judges decided it was her...

Crystal Bowersox Is A "Tough Cookie" On American Idol

March 04, 2010... FOX Crystal Bowersox, the usually earthy contestant on American Idol, surprised everyone by showing up to perform during last night's Top 10 Girls performance show, despite battling a serious, unknown illness. The powerful and soulful singer had been in the hospital right...

The Final 12 Guys Perform On Idol

February 25, 2010... Photo credit: Patrick Ecclestein/FOX And it seems there was a clear favorite: the sexy Texan Casey James! The Top 12 men of American Idol hit the stage Wednesday night to perform for Simon, Kara, Randy and Ellen - Casey sang Bryan Adams'...

Ellen Judges The Top 12 Girls On Idol, We Judge Ellen

February 24, 2010... Credit: Patrick Ecclestein/Michael Becker/Fox Last night Ellen Degeneres and the twelve female finalists made their live show debut and we gotta say, we were a little disappointed -- in both. While the women mostly sang older and boring songs that sound as...

American Idol Top 24 Revealed; One Contestant Mysteriously Replaced

February 18, 2010... CR: Patrick Ecclestein/FOX Last night, American Idol revealed the rest of its Top 24 contenders, and as quickly as it appeared that contestant Chris Golightly would get the chance to sing for American's votes, he was replaced by Tim Urban! "It has...

Get Ready For Ellen On Idol Tonight!

February 09, 2010... Photo credit: Michael Becker/FOX And so it begins! Ellen DeGeneres replaced poor Paula Abdul as the fourth judge on this season's American Idol - and she's just in time for the Hollywood round of auditions! But while tonight's episode was taped last...

Howard Stern To Replace Simon Cowell On Idol!?!

February 05, 2010... Sources say that shock jock Howard Stern may be the first in line to replace Simon Cowell when the Brit bad boy leaves American Idol at the end of this season. This is either the best idea or the worst idea...

Beckham Back For A Second Stint On Idol

February 03, 2010... Courtesy Michael Becker/Fox Victoria Beckham was back last night for a second guest stint on Idol, where she judged the guys and gals of the very talented mile high city of Denver. Perhaps it was Posh's presence on the panel, but I've...

Catfight On Idol: Katy Vs. Kara!

January 27, 2010... Credit: Michael Becker/Fox Katy Perry got feisty with Idol judge Kara DioGuardi last night, at one point threatening to throw Coke in her face! The two argued over contestant Chris Golightly, who sang "Stand by Me" after talking to Ryan about his...

American Idol Moves On Without Simon...

January 20, 2010... Say it ain't so! We all know Simon Cowell isn't returning to American Idol after this season ends, and therefore we've all been wondering how the show can survive without him. Now CKX chairman and CEO Robert Sillerman is arguing that...

An American Sweetheart And An American Idol

January 19, 2010... Okay, Kristen Bell is no Julia Roberts and Randy Jackson is no Simon Cowell, but still! Both showed up to the Letterman show to promote When in Rome and American Idol, respectively. But what we really wanna know is if...

X17 Industry Wrap

January 14, 2010... Daniel Craig In Talks To Replace RDJ In Cowboys and Aliens The latest Bond is eyeing DreamWorks' next big project, Cowboys and Aliens, to be directed by Jon Favreau, so says THR's Heat Vision blog. Daniel Craig would play a cowboy in...

Posh Pulls Her Weight On The Season Premiere Of American Idol

January 13, 2010... After her guest judge appearance on last night's season premiere of American Idol, Victoria Beckham received a fair share of criticism, but personally, we thought Posh was quite entertaining. While there's no way anyone could ever replace Paula's spot...

The Next Kelly Clarkson

December 08, 2009... With all the Adam Lambert controversy, we almost forgot that Idol's fourth runner-up Allison Iraheta also has an album out! Although we preferred her bluesy rock 'n roll style on the show, her new single Friday I'll Be Over U is...

Fierce And Fabulous

September 16, 2009... Ellen better watch out because American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi is one tough cookie! She also has a pretty bangin' bod and lots of experience... Think she'll get along with Ellen? After all, she didn't exactly get along with Paula!

X17 XCLUSIVE - Simon Thinks Ellen Will Be A Tougher Judge Than Him!

September 16, 2009... Like something out of a Grey Poupon ad, Simon Cowell graciously rolled down the window of his Rolls while leaving his mansion for a trip to London, but instead of asking for some mustard, he answered a few questions for...

Kelly Clarkson And One Of The Jonas Brothers Will Join American Idol As Guest Judges!

August 18, 2009... It seems like every day a new superstar guest judge is confirmed to join Fox's hit reality competition! Kelly Clarkson and a Jonas Brother will make an appearance at next week's American Idol auditions as guest celeb judges, reports Fox News'...

Kara DioGuardi "Shocked" That Paula's Not Returning To Idol, Never Wanted To "Replace Her"

August 07, 2009... Kara DioGuardi was on Ryan Seacrest's KIIS FM show this morning to say that she's still stunned Paula quit the show in an apparent salary dispute. "I can't get over it. I'm completely shocked," she told Ryan. "It's...

Katy Perry To Guest Judge On American Idol

August 06, 2009... While we won't know for a while if Paula will be back for American Idol next season, we can tell you that Katy Perry has signed up to be a guest judge. And like Victoria Beckham, who will also be sitting...

What Happened To Blake Lewis?

July 13, 2009... American Idol runner up Blake Lewis, whose second album is scheduled to drop in October, was spotted hanging out with friends at the Hollywood Bowl this weekend. Umm, wasn't this guy supposed to be the next big thing? Yeah, not so...

American Idol Kris Allen Gives His Wife A Taste Of The Good Life!

June 22, 2009... Last night, Kris took his wife Katy out for a date at celeb favorite Madeo in West Hollywood. While it was just an intimate party of two, it doesn't seem like his wife would mind a threesome...with Adam Lambert! After Adam revealed...

Adam Brings A Guy To Guy's!

June 02, 2009... So much for all that "speculation"! American Idol runner-up and outed singer Adam Lambert has finally put months of debate to rest. Last night, Adam showed up to popular WeHo nightclub Guy's and Dolls holding hands with a guy, effectively crushing the...

Did AI Judge Kara DioGuardi Out Adam Lambert On The View?

May 29, 2009... DioGuardi's photo credit: Jack Guy/FOX Adam's photo courtesy MySpace It's not as if anyone would be surprised to hear that former American Idol front-runner and now runner-up, Adam Lambert, is gay, but was he "openly gay" as Idol judge Kara...

A Star Is Born

May 28, 2009... A big, bright shining star! American Idol runner up Adam Lambert has sooooo many adoring fans. Maybe not winning will help his career even more! Check out the hottie signing autographs in NYC on Wednesday... think he'll be more famous than...

Adam's Still Screaming Singing!

May 26, 2009... Despite being runner-up, we bet American Idol's Adam Lambert will become even more famous than Kris Allen! I like Allen, but he's (in Simon's words) mildly forgettable, but who could forget Lambert's trademark wail, which he displayed this morning...

Talk To The Hand!

May 21, 2009... And what hands he has - jazz hands! So, rocker Adam Lambert lost last night on American Idol to crooner Kris Allen. Loves it or hates it? I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that Adam is the...

Showdown On Idol: Adam Vs. Kris!!!

May 20, 2009... Photo credit: Frank Micelotta/FOX Let's break it down... We all know that glam rocker Adam Lambert is the favorite here. Deal with it! But some argue that Kris Allen (with his acoustic stylings) is the better singer. Plus, he's the cute...

Who Will Be America's Next Idol?

May 19, 2009... CR: Michael Becker/FOX The showdown between Adam Lambert and Kris Allen starts tonight, and although many believe Adam Lambert's a shoo-in for the title, Allen still has a shot at an upset. These two are pretty much a study in opposites: One's...

Bye, Bye, Bye... Danny!

May 14, 2009... Photo Credit: Frank Micelotta/PictureGroup for FOX YESSS! Can you handle it? So, we all knew Adam Lambert was gonna be in the finale... but it was kind of a toss up between Danny Gokey and Kris Allen. Thankfully, America finally sent...

The Final Three Perform!

May 13, 2009... Photo Credit: Ray Mickshaw/FOX It's down to Adam Lambert (the fave), Kris Allen (the heartthrob) and Danny Gokey (the underdog) - but who's got what it takes??? I know everyone looooves Adam, and he did well singing U2 and Aerosmith, but...

Idol Judge May Be Idle Next Season

May 12, 2009... Rumors of in-fighting, jealousy and redundancy have plagued the fourth Idol judge, Kara DioGuardi, almost since she started on the show, but even the critic herself admits she's not sure whether or not she'll be back for another season. Ã¢â‚¬Å“I hope...

Does He Have A Shot In Hell?

April 20, 2009... Looks like American Idol's Danny Gokey's enjoying temporary fame on a break from the AI grind. He may play the "dead wife" card all the way to the finals but can he best favorite Adam Lambert to win the crown? P.S. Seems...

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