Simon Cowell will leave American Idol after the upcoming season, his brother says.
"A press statement is being prepared which will confirm what everybody expected: Simon will leave Idol at the end of 2010 to concentrate on bringing the American version of The X Factor to U.S. TV in 2011," Tony Cowell announced in his weekly podcast on his site, The Cowell Factor.
Simon Cowell near deal for three years of Idol
Fox declined to comment on the statement from Cowell's brother, a writer and broadcaster who co-wrote Simon's autobiography.
Cowell, whose existing contract expires after the upcoming ninth season and prevents ...
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American Idol creator Simon Fuller is taking his act online.
Fuller is launching a Web reality series called If I Can Dream that will chronicle five young people — a musician, an actor, two actresses and a model — around-the-clock as they try to break into their respective industries, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The innovative program will stream their experiences 24/7 on ...
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More than a week after Adam Lambert's daring, S&M-themed performance at the American Music Awards on ABC, Lambert's upcoming performance on the network's Jimmy Kimmel Live! has been...
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American Idol and 24 will return just days apart in January, Fox announced Tuesday in unveiling its midseason schedule.
Idol's ninth season — the first with Ellen DeGeneres taking over...
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