Simon Cowell is close to finishing a deal that would keep him at American Idol's judges' table through 2011, earning $45 million for each of the next three seasons, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The new deal includes the upcoming season — the final year in Cowell's current contract, which he had hinted could be his last — said Robert Sillerman, the CEO of...
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Paula Abdul has the support of her American Idol foil, Simon Cowell, as well as scores of fans and Idol alumni, as her fate with the hit reality show remains in limbo.
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Not long after Abdul's manager, David Sonenberg, told the Los Angeles Times that the producers of Idol had yet to make his "hurt' and "angry" client an offer to return for Season 9, Cowell told Extra, "She'll be on the show."
"I don't get a lot of say," added Cowell ...
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Simon Cowell says Britain's Got Talent singing sensation Susan Boyle is "going to surprise a lot of people" with her debut album.
While some, having heard Boyle perform "I Dreamed a Dream" countless times, may think they have a good idea of what her first album will be like, "We're not going to throw out some souvenir album of show tunes," Cowell told ...
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Susan Boyle sounds "fantastic" on the first track recorded for her debut album, Simon Cowell says.
"She sounds fantastic on record," Cowell tells People. "She's so good. The album is not just going to be show tunes."
How did the phenomenon begin? Check out Boyle's first Talent performance
But fans of the Britain's Got Talent sensation won't get to hear the tune any time soon. Cognizant of Boyle's hospitalization for exhaustion and the pressure put on her during ...
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Simon Cowell could command a salary of $108 million to $144 million if he continues with American Idol beyond the coming season, according to a British newspaper.
Cowell, who serves as the most polarizing — and thus the most entertaining — judge on the Fox hit has been offered "three to four times" his current annual appearance fee of $36 million, a source close to Idol executive producer Simon Fuller tells the U.K.'s The Guardian.
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