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“American Idol” contestant David Hernandez worked as a stripper at the all-nude Dick’s Cabaret in Phoenix.
He also performed lap dances for the club’s “mostly male” clientele, according to club manager Gordy Bryan.
“He had the look and the type that people like, so he made pretty good money here,” Bryan said.
American Idol had no comment and […]

American Idol “winner”, Taylor Hicks, is now hawking plots of land in Alabama. He will be at the opening of a housing development on the weekend of October 26.
Property owners who’ve purchased land in The Oaks which starts at $49,900, will reportedly enjoy “an intimate dinner with Taylor Hicks and several other celebrities TBA”.
I […]

Portia De Rossi will be appearing in lesbian sex scenes with actress Joely Richardson in the upcoming season of “Nip/Tuck.”
According to a source on the set:
“Portia’s character is going to be involved in a torrid relationship with Joely’s character over about 10 episodes. It’s going to be shocking stuff. So far, the pair’s sex scenes […]

At the auditions for American Idol 7 in Dallas, a woman went into labor while singing for producers during an early round.
According to the contestant, Antoria Gillon:
“I kept singing. One of the judges gave me her seat! I told her I had been there all day, and nothing was going to stop me from singing. […]

Paula Abdul’s new reality TV show for Bravo, Hey Paula, has bombed with only 607,000 total viewers.
I guess the 30 million viewers a week that were watching American Idol were NOT tuning in for Paula.

Has American Idol also given Jordin Sparks a new boyfriend? Jordin and Blake have been spotted “holding hands” while shopping at a Fry’s Electronics store near L.A.
Blake was overheard saying, “We should call your mom.”

“American Idol” host, Ryan Seacrest, is blaming Simon Cowell for the ratings hit this season.
“Well, the knee-jerk reaction would be Simon. Clearly there’s an over saturation of his character.”
When asked about reports of replacing some of the “Idol” judges, “That’s clearly rumor,” he said. “I’m positive you can’t recreate the chemistry that we have […]

In a setback for the FCC, a federal appeals court ruled yesterday that broadcasters cannot be penalized for expletives that are considered impromptu. 
At issue was Fox’s broadcast of the Billboard Music Awards in December, 2002, at which the singer Cher used the phrase “F*** ‘em”, and the same awards show a […]

A Chicago man, if convicted, could face federal prison for posting episodes of this season’s 24 online before they aired on Fox.
After four episodes from this season were made available online, FOX gave the FBI a call to see if they could find someone to blame for […]

A Dutch realty show in which a terminally ill woman is to select one of three contestants to receive her kidneys when she dies has been criticized for being highly unethical.  Well…it turns out the joke is on the viewers. 
During the airing of the first (and only) episode, the patient turned out to be a […]

The New York Post has a recording of a recent call during which American Idol host Paula Abdul has a complete meltdown. She can be heard crying about her publicist who apparently has told her she’s too old to get on the cover of magazines.
Paula also complained that he had called her a “whining […]

According to MeMe Roth from the National Action Against Obesity, Jordin Sparks is overweight and should not have become the American Idol. In an interview with Neil Cavuto on Fox News, the seemingly underweight Roth argues that skinnier people (like Blake Lewis) should win such competitions because they would be better role models.
Interesting perspective; since […]

Awkward and unsuccessful American Idol, Taylor Hicks, was spotted canoodling with a hot blonde in Hawaii. They seem to be pretty hot and heavy.
Sorry ladies!
View the pictures here.

In a contest pitting the better performer versus the better singer, 17-year-old Jordin Sparks edged out Blake Lewis to become the youngest American Idol winner (proving the show is in fact a singing competition).
The finale pulled out the stops with Gwen Stefani, Smokey Robinson, Tony Bennett, Bette Midler, and Green Day among those performing. […]

Celebrity drunk and pill popper, Paula Abdul, reportedly broke her nose last weekend when she fell after tripping to avoid crushing her pet chihuahua, Tulip. Lets hope they didn’t give her a lot of pain meds.
This accident comes just days before the American Idol finale. However, she is still scheduled to appear.
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Looks like Fez is doing pretty well as a producer now. Just recently, Wilmer Valderrama, the man who popped Mandy Moore’s cherry has signed a “first-look” production deal with FremantleMedia North America, the very same company which produces “American Idol”.
When not chalking up conquest after conquest and rating them, Valderrama, through his WV Enterprises, will […]

Some of the biggest stars in music were on hand to perform at last night’s American Idol charity special “Idol Gives Back”. Kelly Clarkson, the first ever winner of the top-rating talent search, was one of the biggest stars there—literally.
As she piles on the hits, she seems to be piling on the pounds as well. […]

Katharine McPhee still looks fine as she attended Hollywood Life Magazine’s 9th Annual Young Hollywood Awards last night at the Music Box in Hollywood. However, she doesn’t look as hot as she did when we first saw her on American Idol last year. Kat looks like she could use some time off. Girl looks tired. […]

Paula Abdul may relatively be the kindest judge on “American Idol”, but a recent airplane trip revealed that all that sweetness on TV is all an act.
Abdul, who’s like two feet tall in these pics from the Kid’s Choice Awards, was reportedly demanding first-class treatment on a Southwest Airlines flight from San Jose to Burbank, […]

Simon Cowell is always a class act.
In an interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes” which will air on Sunday, acerbic American Idol judge Simon Cowell has declared he’s bigger than Bruce Springsteen himself.
“I sell more records than Bruce Springsteen, sure,” Cowell says of the 57-year-old rocker, who signed a contract that was reported to be in […]