Simon Cowell
Monday is the day when American Idol changes forever.
According to an industry source close to the situation, Fox and Idol's production company, 19 Entertainment, have made their decision on a replacement for departing judge Simon Cowell — and will make an ...
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Nigel Lythgoe
Nigel Lythgoe is nearing a deal to return to American Idol as an executive producer, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The So You Think You Can Dance executive producer and judge is being brought back to revamp Idol following Simon Cowell's exit earlier this year. The 61—year-old producer, who helped launch the original Pop Idol in England along with creator Simon Fuller, also worked on American Idol for the...
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Chris Isaak
Will singer Chris Isaak become American Idol's newest judge?
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With preliminary auditions for American Idol's 10th season well underway, Fox is hustling to find a suitable replacement for Simon Cowell, and Isaak may be one of the top contenders after ...
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Joe Biden
Vice President Joe Biden will make his third appearance on The Tonight Show Friday, an NBC rep tells TVGuide.com.
This will be Biden's first appearance since...
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Eva Longoria by Ron Tom/ABC
Eva Longoria and ex-flame Jason Biggs investigate allegations against an elementary-school principal (Rob Corddry) in the comedy Lower Learning.... Also per the Reporter, Angela Bassett and Noah Wyle have joined the Rod Lurie thriller Nothing But the Truth.... Crooner Chris Isaak is a sex- and alcohol-obsessed father in an adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' The Informers.... According to Variety, a May 1, 2009, release has been set for X-Men Origins: Wolverine, starring Hugh Jackman and perhaps also Liev Schreiber (as a young William Stryker).... After gaining 20 pounds and a beard for the role, Ryan Gosling has parted ways with Peter Jackson's take on The Lovely Bones, due to "creative differences." Mark Wahlberg steps in as the new Jack Salmon.
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Reunion
SmallvilleProfessor Fiiiine takes a giant leap in airtime and what does he get for the effort? He gets spiked! Ironic — yes? But you can't keep a big baddie down for long. I’m thinkin' Milton will be back.
In Smallville, Kansas… some cosmic thing zaps MamaKent with a mysterious incurable disease. You know what that means, right? There's a cure. We just have to wait until the end of the episode. But ImpatientClark is really worried because of Jorel's prophecy: Someone close to him will die. Mr. Gullible then falls for Fiiiine's line of Jorel BS. Basically, Krypton Daddy is a bad, bad dude. He's all evil and tortures people — including the peaceful Zod. Uh-oh. Something's not right here. No Zod I know is peaceful (and I know at least three Zods).
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When reflects on his career mistakes, his idol — the late, great '60s rocker Roy Orbison — comes to mind. "I got a call from Roy Orbison years ago, when I was out playing some hole-in-the-wall," Isaak says. "He wanted me to play on a special and I said, 'Yeah, I'd love to do it!' My manager said, 'We already booked a gig and they're depending on you.' And from wherever the hell I'm from, I went, 'You're right, they're depending on me.' Now, I realize I should have said, 'Screw them, I'm playing the Roy Orbison thing!'"
It's too late for Isaak to do a gig with Orbison, but thanks to the magic of television, he can go back in time to share in his legacy. The rockabilly guest-stars on Sunday's American Dreams to sing "Pretty Woman" — as Orbison himself.
"That [song is] so much Roy, I u
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