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In a finals show marked by a notable lack of cheese and manipulation, the American Idol Final Four was whittled down to the Triumphant Three. Just before the moment of truth, host Ryan Seacrest, dressed like a banker in a sedate black suit, displayed three slick Marquis Jet passes for …

Between the phone records, the answering machine message, the corroboration of the parents, the photos of them together, the detailed knowledge of Abdul’s home and habits, I have very little doubt that SOMETHING interpersonal occurred between American Idol contestant Corey Clark and judge Paula Abdul back in ’03, as he …

After last week’s American Idol upset debacle, leaving the nation without the sexy, smarmy charms of Constantine Maroulis, tonight’s results show was a step closer to reality as we should know it: Scott “The Body” Savol and Anthony “Tutti-Fruitti” Fedorov as the bottom two. Finally, Scott Savol packed his big, …

ABC’s Primetime Live has revealed the thrust of its “explosive” expose on American Idol that runs tonight at 10 pm. The show’s website states that the show will reveal that Paula Abdul provided provided contestant Corey Clark “with off-camera tips and assistance while he was a contestant, even helping him …

Only with oven mittens, Britney. Britney Spears and husband Kevin Federline have announced the name of their upcoming reality show, Britney and Kevin: Chaotic, which premieres with a special one-hour episode on Tuesday, May 17 at 9PM ET/PT, on UPN. Is the show an exploration of chaos theory, the “butterfly …

I have been frantically poking around and I can’t find any corroborating evidence anywhere, but the dreaded Drudge is reporting that ABC’s Primetime Live — which is airing a segment on American Idol on Wednesday entitled Fallen Idol (melodramatic much?), which purports to “explore explosive claims about behind-the-scenes activities” — …

Shock! Outrage! I could just cry. Tonight’s American Idol shocker is that rocker Constantine is going home. In a typical AI tactic, they had it down to two camps with just Scott and Constantine. Ryan asked them each to pick a group to be in between Carrie/Bo or Anthony/Vonzell – …

In film clips on last night’s show, the six American Idol finalists got all gushy about their hometowns and families, and their families returned the favor. What are the local papers saying about their American Idol finalists? My bud Michael Heaton of the Cleveland Plain Dealer did a survey of …

As followers of the show know, American Idol finalist and pouty heartthrob Constantine Maroulis took a break from his hard rock band Pray For the Soul of Betty to pursue his solo dreams of pop idolatry on the show. Now that he is in the final six and appears to …

In 1990 I DJ’d a big college graduation party for John Stamos’s sister at Paula Abdul’s top-o-the-Hollywood Hills house. Stamos and Abdul were dating at the time and she had a big spread with outdoor tennis courts, so it was an ideal spot for a party. People think Abdul’s cheerleading …