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 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

After coming off of Rosie O’Donnell’s family cruise, American Idol castoff Danny Noriega spent last Sunday watching people lip synch in drag – and no, he wasn’t on scene at a Paula Abdul video. Danny was spotted at Oasis nightclub in Upland, California for their weekly Drag Idol contest [...]