Fox will bring only two new series on the air in the fall, traditionally its slow season, but plans flashy two-hour season premieres of four programs during the same August week as the Democratic National Convention.
Backstage meddling has caught up "American Idol" favorite David Archuleta's dad, who's been banned from rehearsals, a person working for the TV talent contest said Friday.
The fevered response to the latest loopy Paula Abdul episode, where she judged a phantom performance, just goes to show how "American Idol" continues to dominate television in its seventh season.
Fox will bring only two new series on the air in the fall, traditionally its slow season, but plans flashy two-hour season premieres of four programs during the same August week as the Democratic National Convention.
Backstage meddling has caught up "American Idol" favorite David Archuleta's dad, who's been banned from rehearsals, a person working for the TV talent contest said Friday.
The fevered response to the latest loopy Paula Abdul episode, where she judged a phantom performance, just goes to show how "American Idol" continues to dominate television in its seventh season.
Vocal problems have forced Jordin Sparks to temporarily withdraw from Alicia Keys' tour and cancel all performances for the rest of the month, a representative for the "American Idol" champ said Monday.
Every bit the blushing bride, American Idol alum Katharine McPhee gushes about her producer fiance, Nick Cokas, and shares their plans for a big, fat, half-Greek wedding.
Dee Dee Myers was the White House's first female press secretary. Now she offers Why Women Should Rule the World. Myers talks to TIME's Lisa Takeuchi Cullen about who rules her household and getting underpaid as press secretary.
American Idol judge Randy Jackson has rounded up famous friends – including fellow reality judge Paula Abdul – for his upcoming album, Randy Jackson’s Music Club, Vol. 1.
Sure, Kanye West and Amy Winehouse are
this year's big Grammy nominees. But which former Dancing With the
Stars contestant is nominated for best Hawaiian music album? (Hint: It's
not Drew Lachey!) And it looks to be a big year for American Idol at the Grammys. Here's our shortlist of some of the more interesting,
offbeat nominations and Grammy tidbits. – Cynthia Wang
Simon Cowell may not have been in the crowd at L.A.'s Nokia theater Sunday night, but the American Idol vibe was alive and well at the 35th Annual American Music Awards.
Now that football season is upon us again, I would like to start off by saying: let's get the foot out of football. It's time to call it, say, passball or smashball. Then we Americans could, like everyone else, call soccer by its proper name, football. Everybody would be much happier this way.
Gina Glocksen may have finished ninth on this year's American Idol, but the 23-year-old singer is sure having a good summer. Her longtime boyfriend, Joe Ruzicka, proposed to her onstage during a performance on Tuesday as part of the American Idols Live tour in Rosemont, Ill.
The good news: You've just been promoted to run a major network. The bad news: It's ranked four out of four. Such is the lot of Marc Graboff, who was recently named co-head of NBC, where he'll share the top job with Ben Silverman, producer of "Ugly Betty" and "The Office."
Think you've got what it takes to win American Idol? Can you see yourself as the next golden-throated superstar adored by millions? Confident you could survive Simon Cowell's insulting jibes and mean-spirited put-downs?
Last week SI writer Richard Deitsch interviewed Phillippi Sparks for the magazine's Q&A.The former NFL star is the father of American Idol winner Jordin Sparks. Here are additional excerpts from their interview:
Blake Lewis looked strangely serene when his adversary, Jordin Sparks, was declared this season's American Idol on the May 23 finale of the Fox primetime hit. Surely, Blake saw this coming. After the previous night's sing-off, American Idol's troika of judges - Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson - had all but crowned Jordin themselves.
Although Jordin Sparks was overcome with emotion when Ryan Seacrest announced that she was the sixth American Idol, she still managed to talk to reporters when the show ended. After sharing her win with her family, getting her makeup touched up - and meeting Bette Midler! - she spoke backstage at the Kodak Theatre about winning, paparazzi and what's next.
It's official! Petty Officer Third Class Phil Stacey has been given the aye-aye by the U.S. Navy to join his castmates on this summer's American Idol tour.
Got a baseball player bobblehead doll on your desk? A stadium blanket, emblazoned with some corporate logo, shoved in the hallway closet? Or maybe your cupboard contains a few Coke glasses, just like the ones used by the American Idol judges?
Dear FSB: I want to offer medical coverage to my employees, but my budget is limited. Insurance companies say I could get a much lower rate (and my employees would have smaller co-payments and deductibles) if they were all nonsmokers. Well, they are nonsmokers at work, because a local ordinance bans smoking in workplaces here. But I feel uncomfortable telling my workers what they can or can't do on their own time. Aren't there laws about this? --Randall Seale, New York City
The yuletide season isn't just about bonus checks and boozy office parties: It's also about giving back. At Las Vegas-based real estate developer Focus Property Group, CEO John Ritter wanted his st...
Aspiring singers tired of watching others soak up the spotlight on the wildly popular "American Idol" television show can now have their 15 minutes of fame (and longer) with "Konami's Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol" for the Sony PlayStation 2.
A music-snob acquaintance recently confessed to watching - and voting on - the finale of 'American Idol,' the music schmaltz-fest that aired in May. "I can watch it with my kids," he said, a bit defensively.
American TV viewers are no strangers to product placement. They've been seeing it in the past few years on everything from 24 to American Idol. The hottest trend: "brand integration," where product...
Elvis left the building 28 years ago, but as a pop icon he's still hot. Over half a million tourists from all over the world stream into the shrine called Graceland each year. When his record compa...
I have attacked many diverse business ventures in my life, but hosting a daily nationally syndicated television show proved to be one of the toughest. Unlike other reality shows where someone gets ...
Who needs a handheld Global Positioning System (GPS) device? Military commanders, to be sure. Around-the-world yachtsmen, yeah. But you? What, to find your way home through the backyard?
Gavin Wood sensed it was time to strike. A parade of male contestants had spent the morning warbling on the stage at Kuala Lumpur's Panggung Bandaraya theater, straining to find the melody to "Can'...
What do these things have in common: the TV show American Idol, Howard Dean's presidential campaign, eBay, and the open-source Linux operating system? They're all manifestations of a key trend of o...
Enduring thousands of bad auditions each season is enough to make any executive snarky. But when Simon Cowell rips apart contestants on American Idol, he's just doing his job. The hit Fox show is m...
1 September starts the way every month should--with a day off. Why is it called Labor Day if the point is not to do any? While you ponder that, please note that it is both Be Kind to Writers and Ed...
His Fox TV network, which airs American Idol, is on a tear. His Fox News channel has a larger U.S. audience than CNN. Murdoch, 72, has shaken up markets from satellites to newspapers wherever in th...
For better or worse, nobody does reality TV like Fox. After floundering last year, the network is now thriving, thanks to such addictions as American Idol and Joe Millionaire, whose finale was the ...
Fox's American Idol was so successful that the other TV networks are trying to develop copycats. The Hype Index is not immune. This month, our American Idol Edition takes a look at some icons, past...
It's hard to top Anna Nicole Smith's new, high-rated Osbournes-esque show--or a "train wreck with breasts," as one TV critic dubbed it. VH1 will try with Liza Minnelli, but a "train wreck with Gest...
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