American Idol

Last night's show sucked except for Jamie's performace loved it.

Could have done without Taylor soul patrol Hicks and Natalie Cole.

They need to get back to doing a half hour results show.

Oh and next week Slash from GnR is the mentor... interesting

Maybe Adam can channel Axl and give us some Paradise City or Welcome to the Jungle!

Thanks for the Lil article, Lorraine! <3

sure thing Colton!! I thought of you when I found it and posted it.

Daughtry to debut 'No Surprise' on next Wednesday's 'Idol'

Prepare yourselves: Daughtry, the modern-rock band fronted by American Idol alum and all-around nice guy Chris Daughtry, will perform a brand-new single called "No Surprise" on next Wednesday's episode of the show that made their singer famous. "No Surprise," which does not appear to be a Radiohead cover (probably ultimately a good thing), will appear on Daughtry's as-yet-untitled second album, due July 14.

Awesome Daughtry is coming out with a new album right around the time BB11 starts!

Paula Abdul confirms run-in with Sacha Baron Cohen's 'Bruno' on radio show

Rumors that Paula Abdul will make an appearance in Sacha Baron Cohen's upcoming comedy Bruno turn out to be true... maybe. The American Idol judge has confirmed on the Johnjay and Rick morning radio show in Mesa, Arizona that she had a run-in with Cohen's flamboyant fashionista character and will likely be in the movie, which opens July 10. Check out the audio link in which Abdul breaks down her interaction with the "futuristic Captain Nemo-looking dude with a mohawk."



She's such an idiot!

'American Idol' star David Cook's brother Adam dies of brain cancer

After battling cancer for more than 10 years, American Idol star David Cook's brother, Adam, 37, succumbed to the disease Saturday. David made the announcement at the Washington D.C. Race for Hope 5K, which raises money to support finding a cure for brain cancer, this morning. "Like everybody here, I'm affected by this disease. I actually lost my brother yesterday to a brain tumor," Cook said, as you can hear members of the crowd gasping. "I couldn't imagine... I couldn't imagine being anywhere else right now." David was serving as grand marshal of the event and ran the 3.1 miles in 28 minutes. "I lost one today," Cook added. "But I've gained 9,000 and I will be here every year that they will have me."

:(:(:( That's really sad!

can the day get any fucking better???

Simon says Kara will be back next year on ‘Idol’
Judge also tells Ellen that Seacrest appears ‘pompous,’ Adam is ‘fearless’

Good news for Kara DioGuardi, who recently said she’s only on “American Idol” for one season: Simon Cowell says he’ll see you next year.

Kara will be back, Cowell told Ellen DeGeneres during a taping of her talk show set to air Tuesday, but he doesn’t love the new (and crowded) four-judge panel.

“There’s less time for us to talk. One week literally we couldn’t talk, so 10 minutes before the show started they said, ‘Oh by the way you can’t talk for half the show,’” Cowell recalled. “It’s rather like saying in a singing competition to the singers, half of you can’t sing. It was just crazy.” um Simon, this IS a singing competition, not a talking competition, sometimes I think you and the other judges forget that.


Cowell also took a shot at Ryan Seacrest, saying he’s lost popularity because he comes in on a staircase. “It made him appear more pompous, obnoxious, taking himself a bit seriously,” Cowell said. “You don’t give yourself that type of entrance.” oh you mean like holding hands on stage with the other judges? Like that??
When DeGeneres joked that perhaps Seacrest could come in on an elevator, Cowell said, “Yeah, but he’d still want it lit — that’s the problem.”

There is one thing that Cowell is happy about this season, the way contestant Adam Lambert is going for it. He told DeGeneres: “I like the fact he’s fearless. He’s not playing it safe. A lot of the people that take part in these shows want to sing ‘Wind Beneath My Wings’ every week because it’s a sappy song. He’s got guts.”

Paula Abdul admits addiction to painkillers

In the most unsurprising American Idol news since Clay Aiken came out as gay, Paula Abdul has finally admitted to struggling with an addiction to painkillers, including one that was 80 times stronger than morphine. You know, drugs.

Just two weeks ago, Paula told ABC News, “I’ve never been addicted to any prescription drugs.” In other words, she lied. (She also said, “I’ve never been drunk.”) Paula previously admitted taking prescription medication for pain resulting from a car crash and emergency landing on a plane after having called herself “squeaky clean” despite slurring her way through interviews. Later, she maintained that she hadn’t done “recreational drugs,” a key qualification, and called drug use accusations “bullshit.”

But now, Ladies Home Journal reports reports that “[f]or the first time in 12 years Abdul says she’s no longer dependent on medication. The rumors that her sometimes-bizarre behavior was fueled by drugs just may have been true. Abdul was taking heavy-duty pain killers, though she claims she never shot an Idol episode under the influence.”

The magazine says “Paula wore a patch that delivered a pain medication about 80 times more potent than morphine and took a nerve medication to relieve her symptoms. Sometimes she took a muscle relaxer. But the pain was so bad it often left her sleepless and she would, as she says, ‘get weird.’ It was the combination of these factors that may have led to the impression that she was high at times when she was on the air.”

Last Thanksgiving, Paula went into self-created rehab after a 12-year addiction to medication, going to the La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad. “I could have killed myself…. Withdrawal — it’s the worst thing. I was freezing cold, then sweating hot, then chattering and in so much pain, it was excruciating. But at my very core, I did not like existing the way I had been,” Paula told the magazine.



I don't understand how she is NOW coming out and admitting the drug use as if she is for the first time revealing it when didn't she admitted this like 3 yrs or so ago during an interview with Diane Sawyer?