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Cindy Chaffin is not the only person miffed about VH1’s Music Behind Bars, an immensely tasteless concept that ignores the feelings of crime victims and their families, adding insult to injury: Families of Pennsylvania crime victims are in an uproar over a new VH1 documentary series that spotlights prison music …

The crew is back and talent auditions begin Monday: Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson will return for the second edition of Fox’s “American Idol,” joining fellow judge Simon Cowell, who had already reupped with the hit talent show. Fox also confirmed Thursday that the next version of “American Idol” will …

You know you’ve reached a certain level of cultural penetraton when you are parodied on SNL. I vaguely remember a sketch from last Saturday’s show taking on Dell’s “Steven” character, their relentlessly cheerful and insistent pitchman. Well now the dude may be getting dumped: Dell Computer Corp.’s sales of personal …

"Puppetry of the Penis"

American Idol’s Kelly Clarkson has answered the first question of the rest of her life: can she sell records? The answer so far is a resounding “yes,” made all the more impressive by the overwhelming banality of her single: utterly generic pop/R&B balladeering. Perhaps the very blandness of the recording …

ABC’s daily political semi-blog, The Note, written by Mark Halperin, Elizabeth Wilner and Marc Ambinder, has some interesting rules for political coverage as the November elections creep closer: We are writing on the ABCNEWS blackboard 1,000 times each the rules of political journalism that we hope to follow assiduously for …

NY mayor Michael Bloomberg, told he couldn’t march with cast members from The Sopranos in the annual NY Columbus Day Parade, is staying home: The mayor even slipped in a little mob-speak about the tempest in a cappuccino cup caused by his invitations to Monday’s event. “I’m sort of walking …

Michael Olshansky is a cabbie, the likes of which you only see in old movies. Played by David Morse, he of the perpetual hangdog expression, “O” (any similarities to the high school Othello are purely accidental) is a canned Philly cop with a penchant for helping passengers in trouble. This …

Faith Hill will make her SNL debut this Saturday, October 12 – Sarah Michelle Gellar will host: The singer will perform the title track and one other song from her upcoming album, Cry, which hits retail outlets Tuesday (October 15). LAUNCH spoke with Hill about appearing on the show. “I …

As if the appearance of P. Diddy wasn’t enough to suck me into the show!! Singer Christina Aguilera will perform alongside some of the biggest names in pop music at the MTV Europe Music Awards next month, MTV said Wednesday. Aguilera will join Coldplay, Enrique Iglesias, Robbie Williams, and Pink …