It must be nice, while people all over the word suffer with a variety of troubles, chaps like American Idol’s Simon Cowell are driving Million dollar cars, introducing Cowell’s $1,000,000.00, 240 MPH, Bugatti Veyron.
Sure Cowell has the money, and mostly thanks to our patronage of TV shows like American Idol and XFactor, however, is it not a bit, well, obscene to be this flashy in these times? I admit this is a bit of sour grapes as I try and figure out how to pay the gas bill this week, however, I am also thinking about other everyday folks also suffering with money problems and how this type of excess must make them feel.
Hey Cowell, go take a bath in champaign in the privacy of your own mansion, use 100 dollar bills to wipe your ass, I mean, light the fire place, buy your dog a condo, whatever, just stop rubbing in all of us little people’s faces…
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Kris Allen
All this time I was wondering what I would buy my brother for his birthday. He was born on November 17 and always expects a great present. Well, the gods are working in my favor because Amazon is now reporting Kris Allen’s still-untitled album will drop on November 17. Hooray, birthday present predicament solved! Does my brother like Kris Allen? Not at all, because the sheer convenience of this release date is just perfect for me.
I know, I know, I’m a horrible brother.
For any real fans of Allen, this is good news. He’ll be releasing his album during a busy music season but we’ll finally be able to see if he can really deliver a hit record. Your thoughts/predictions?
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When American Idol premieres in December will you be watching now that Paula Abdul has left the show?
Your vote counts!
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We might not get Paula Abdul but we’ll definitely get a whole lot of Simon Cowell.
Robert Sillerman, CEO of 19 Entertainment parent company CKX, let it slip yesterday that Fox is expecting Simon back for not one, not two but three more seasons of the hit reality competition.
“We’ve heard from Fox, who has asked us for approval for Simon Cowell to appear for three more years on ‘Idol,’” Sillerman said, later adding that nothing should stand in the way of Cowell’s return. Word is that Simon will pull in $45 million for the new deal. Not too shabby.
There was no word on any other new guest judges scheduled to replace Abdul.
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who's laughing now?
Most know by now, FOX seriously underestimated the power of Paula Abdul. Now other networks are courting Abdul and her star-power with offers to install Abdul in their own top rated talent competitions.
Steve McPherson, ABC’s entertainment president has been quoted that he would love to have Abdul on “Dancing with the Stars” adding he had already made the call to Abdul.
“I would love to have her. I was a little stunned by the American Idol decision. We would love to have her on ‘Dancing’ either as a participant or a contestant, I definitely have reached out to her. I gave her a call first and foremost to say I was sorry about the situation and to say we’d love to see her on ABC.”
McPherson will have to make Abdul a very nice deal if he wants her on his show as Abdul already met with Nigel Lythgoe, executive producer of “So You Think You Can Dance” this weekend.
No word yet on where Abdul will go post Idol, however one thing is for sure, American Idol brass made a serious mistake letting her walk away over something silly like a few million dollars.
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What’s up with American Idol? Why are they still looking for a replacement for Paula Abdul? Isn’t Kara DioGuardi Paula’s replacement? IF AI producers are still looking for a judge to replace Paula and Kara is still on-board, does this mean there will be 4 judges for now on? How do you send people to Hollywood if there are two judges saying “yes” and two judges saying “no”? Will one judge have seniority to overrule another? If so who would that judge be?
So many questions, so little time left before season 9 of American Idol begins…
What do you think?
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With Paula Abdul out, it seems American Idol honchos are already trying to fill the big void.
The promotion machine is in full swing, today announcing none other than, Posh Spice, Victoria Beckham, will judge at least one episode of the upcoming, 9th season of AI.
Reports firstly stated Posh might replace Abdul, which would have actually been somewhat a fair trade-off, however, her reps shot that report down.
Sources close to AI told ThecounT.com, “The producers are worried about a huge void left by Abdul’s departure that Kara Dioguardi simply can not fill, They really didn’t expect the AI fans to react this strongly to AI’s future minus Abdul, the data shows, as of now, ratings will suffer massively now that the panel chemistry is fractured.”
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Some things never change
Even though Paula Abdul had been with American Idol since day one, she was offered much less in salary then that of her fellow workmates, both whom are male.
Abdul’s asking price was $12 Million, however, it was “no dice” from Idol brass, in stark contrast to Ryan Seacrest, who recently inked a new deal for over $45 Million plus other incentives, while Simon Cowel is reportedly making at least $100 Million a year also with heavy incentives.
A lot of mud was slung as to why Abdul is leaving the popular singing competition that she helped make famous, but when you look at the facts, it comes down to dollars and cents, men are paid dollars and women are often paid cents.
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Times, they are a changin’. Now with Paula gone from AI, the show will never be the same!
MTV wrote a great article titled “Paula Abdul: A Timeline Of The Former ‘Idol’ Judge’s Long Career”
Definitely worth a look.
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Paula Abdul
We can’t say this was unexpected.
Paula Abdul announced on her Twitter page that she is officially out of American Idol. Done. No more. Fin.
Let’s allow Paula’s tweets to speak for her:
With sadness in my heart, I’ve decided not to return to #IDOL. I’ll miss nurturing all the new talent, but most of all..
I’ll miss nurturing all the new talent,but most of all being a part of a show that I helped from day1become an international phenomenon.
What I want to say most, is how much I appreciate the undying support and enormous love that you have showered upon me
It truly has been breathtaking, especially over the past month
I do without any doubt have the BEST fans in the entire world and I love you all
Rumors have been swirling for weeks about Paula’s involvement in the next season. It’s no secret that she’s been unhappy and looking for more (money, attention, adulation). You can’t really blame her, she was a major part of the show’s success.
However, some industry insiders are saying that this is PR stunt and Paula’s contract is already signed and ready to go.
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