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Susan Boyle Placed Rather Than Won: Hollie Steel Cried Her Way into the Finals

Michael Russnow | Posted 06.30.2009 | Entertainment

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Michael Russnow

it seems to me Susan's negative press in the tabloids and CNN, plus tweets on Twitter may have worked against her.

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Susan Boyle: The Poster Child for Late Bloomers

Holly Robinson | Posted 06.29.2009 | Entertainment

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Holly Robinson

Boyle gives all late bloomers hope that we still have a chance to realize our own dreams. Want to be a singer? Run a marathon? Invent a flying car? Watching her, we know it's not too late!

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Susan Boyle Made it to the Finals But Wasn't Great in the Semis: A Case of Nerves and the Wrong Song Choice

Michael Russnow | Posted 06.25.2009 | Entertainment

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Michael Russnow

To win the contest Boyle should revert to a song that shows her greater strengths, one which is in her complete range so that she can demonstrate she deserves to be a musical star.

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She Had A Dream

Neil McCarthy | Posted 05.24.2009 | Living

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Neil McCarthy

Then Susan Boyle sang. She didn't just sing. She overwhelmed. She was perfect. The audience was on its feet. Simon was simply fooled and couldn't wash that "I've been had" smile off his face.

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I Just Don't Get the Big Deal with Susan Boyle

Rachel Thebault | Posted 05.24.2009 | Entertainment

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Rachel Thebault

I JUST DON'T GET THE BIG DEAL WITH SUSAN BOYLE. I watched the video on YouTube. In case you haven't seen it (but almost everyone I know has), it's ...

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Thoughts on Susan Boyle

Anne Buelteman | Posted 05.21.2009 | Entertainment

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Anne Buelteman

This is something else that bothers me in all this: the fact that many of us cannot believe that 'unattractive' people have sex. Yes, Virginia, all over the world, even in this country.

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Stop the Music

Nora Ephron | Posted 05.21.2009 | Entertainment

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Nora Ephron

The worst thing about Susan Boyle -- and there are several, but I'm going to deal with only one -- is that she sings that horrible song.

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Susan Boyle: Kissed by an Angel

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 05.20.2009 | Entertainment

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Dr. Susan Corso

Susan Boyle is the exact right singer with the exact right song for our exact right time. We have to let life kill the dreams we dreamed, and let new dreams surface.

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Two Reasons Susan Boyle Means So Much to Us

Mark Blankenship | Posted 05.17.2009 | Entertainment

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Mark Blankenship

I have a theory on why Susan Boyle has become such an instant and inescapable internet star -- she rebukes the bitchy cynicism that often defines reality talent shows.

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I Dreamed a Dream

Dr. Brent Ridge | Posted 05.17.2009 | Entertainment

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Dr. Brent Ridge

Susan Boyle is a good singer, but she is not an extraordinary singer. So what is it about this performance that has resonated with so many people?

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What's Television Telling Us About American Men in Deep-uh-?

David Finkle | Posted 05.16.2009 | Entertainment

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David Finkle

Maybe this is an overdue recognition that men -- traditionally socialized to be strong, to deny their flaws adamantly -- are finally able to come face to face with them.

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