Characteristically cool, Simon Cowell has tossed around a few potential replacements for himself on American Idol for Extra! without giving anything away.

Cowell told Extra! he could see the likes of Jamie Foxx, Howard Stern and Mario Lopez stepping into his shoes on Idol. But he would not say which of them he favoured.

“Tell Mario [...]

The UK king of talent show judges, Simon Cowell, is the top-earning man on US television, according to a Forbes ranking.

Cowell of Britain’s The X Factor and creator of America’s Got Talent, took home an astonishing estimated $75million, Forbes reported.

He skittled out The Apprentice’s Donald Trump, a New York City business magnate who earned $50million [...]

American Idol judge Simon Cowell has penned a letter to his younger self, reflecting on his battles to make it big in the industry.

Simon, 49, is now one of the most-successful A&R executives and has gone on to have a successful career as a judge on shows such as American Idol and the X Factor.

Simon [...]

American Idol has finally chosen its new judge to replace Paula Abdul – and it’s none other than Ellen DeGeneres. The 51-year old talk show host will be joining Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi for the upcoming season of the reality talent show. Ellen shared her excitement saying “I’m thrilled to be the [...]

American Idol may not want Paula Abdul anymore but Dancing with the Stars does. ABC entertainment president Stephen McPherson told reporters that he would love it if the former AI judge joined the dance show. He said last weekend “We would love to have her on Dancing whether it’s as a contestant, or a participant, [...]

There aren’t many girls who get the chance to feel Joe Jonas’ grapes but when Jordin Sparks, who is on tour with the Jonas Brothers, was greeted with “Hey, go feel his grapes”, she had to decline. Of course, that was all about Joe being dressed in a costume that the brothers have made into [...]

Former American Idol finalist, MICHAEL JOHNS will be performing his new single “Heart on My Sleeve” on The Ellen DeGeneres Show next Monday, May 25th. The Aussie vocalist will be releasing his first post-Idol solo album, Hold Back My Heart on June 23rd. Encouraged by his mentor David Foster, who invited Johns to appear on [...]

Movie director Quentin Tarantino confirmed he is one of American Idol’s biggest celebrity fans by making his second guest appearance on the hit show.

The Pulp Fiction director offered tips to the hopefuls as they rehearsed songs from movies ahead of their live performances.

Tarantino, who was a guest judge on a previous series, left [...]

The singer has recently admitted that her new look might be the reason for her booming success with “My life would suck without you”. Kelly Clarkson explains: “Everyone has been trying to put pink on me since I started seven years ago so now I’ve given in. I was always dark before but [...]

Kelly Clarkson was photographed as she arrived for a pre-taping of Live with Regis and Kelly in New York City on Tuesday morning. The 26-year old original American Idol’s performance aired this morning. She did great on that performance just like she did on the elimination episode of American Idol this past Wednesday. [...]

Tune in tomorrow morning, February 12th, to Live With Regis and Kelly to see ten lucky girls vying for a date with Taylor Hicks! The American Idol alum is participating in the show’s “Dating With The Stars” contest which will score one winner a date with the soulful singer. The audience [...]

It looks like 2009 is going to be a good year for Clay Aiken. The former American Idol runner up has been given the job of a lifetime. The singer has been tapped to serve as a guest judge on Tyra Banks’ ‘America’s Next Top Model’. The 12th season of the show starts at the [...]

Country singing sweetheart Carrie Underwood is featured on the December 2008 cover of Elle. In the accompanying interview, the 25-year old former American Idol champ talked about fame, dating, her voice and even Jessica Simpson. She again tried to clear up on her comment that Tony Romo still calls her saying “It [...]

I have always thought that one of the greatest icons in the entertainment industry has not been rewarded in the way he actually deserved. And the person is Simon Cowell.

The music mogul Simon Cowell has lately been awarded with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the National TV Awards in London on October [...]

The beautiful and stunning country singer Carrie Underwood has unveiled her own wax duplicate at the Madam Tussauds Museum in New York City recently.

The hot and spicy “What Child Is This!” singer released a holiday edition for her current album “Carnival Ride”.

The holiday edition of Carrie Underwood’s album consists of a two-disc [...]

David Archuleta’s dad should be out on a hunt for ex American Idol champion Taylor Hicks for the comments he made about the young Idol contestant. Taylor Hicks actually said that David reminds him of a young Wayne Newton. He continued to tell the Louisville Courier-Journal that David is “a young entertainer” and says that [...]

Earlier this month, Brooke White had to skip out on her sister’s wedding because she was on American Idol lockdown. Now, another Idol contestant will have to miss a milestone of his young life as David Archuleta will not be able to attend his high school prom. The contest [...]

American Idol contestant Brooke White mentioned on Friday’s elimination show that she was going to skip her sister’s wedding on Saturday because of the show’s rehearsal schedule. All contestants know in advance about the schedules and are very aware that they can’t miss the weekend rehearsal. Don’t feel sorry [...]

American Idol’s special ‘Idol Gives Back’ was the highest rated program last Wednesday night but it actually received lower ratings this year than it did during its debut year last year. Even with A-list appearances and performances from the likes of Brad Pitt, Fergie, Rihanna and Mariah Carey, the [...]

Fergie was at the taping of the American Idol special ‘Idol Gives Back’ which took place at the Kodak Theatre on Sunday in Hollywood. The 33-year old singer also performed on the show with the lead singer and flute player of Heart, Ann Wilson and Ann’s younger sister Nancy [...]