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American Idol Finals: David Wins It All!

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.21.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

The show's producers may have told us it's been a lot closer than we believed (with only one million votes separating the Davids two weeks ago), but this is what I think: a tie goes to Archuleta.

Larry King, Ryan Seacrest Deny CNN Rumors: "There's Nothing To That"

Huffington Post | Posted 05.16.2008 | Media


Larry King hosted good friend — and rumored replacement — Ryan Seacrest Thursday night in an interview hyped by Seacrest saying they would...

American Idol Top 3: David Vs David

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.14.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

The top three finalists on Idol performed last night amid the growing possibility that the inevitable David Archuleta crowning is not in fact so inevitable.

American Idol Top 4: Jason's Last Bow

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.07.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

I've preached that as long as the two best make the finals, there's no real big scandal about who goes home in what order. But if Jason Castro doesn't say "bye bye" this week, it'll be a shonda.

American Idol Top 5: The Results

Michael Giltz | Posted 04.30.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

Diamond gave away little about his attitude towards the singers and since we didn't see him actually giving any tips or suggesting arrangements, changing keys, or doing much of anything, I assume he wasn't a very active mentor.

Emmys Add Award For Reality Show Hosts

AP | Posted 04.23.2008 | Media


LOS ANGELES — Real competition is coming to reality TV: Hosts including Ryan Seacrest, Howie Mandel and Tyra Banks are now eligible for an Emmy ...

American Idol Top 6: Andrew Lloyd Webber

Michael Giltz | Posted 04.23.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

Idolmade the debatable claim that Andrew Lloyd Webber "composed most of the important musicals of our time," and I predict the bottom three will be Carly, Jason, and Brooke.

American Idol: The Scripting, Pretaping And Sorority Girls

New York Times | Edward Wyatt | Posted 04.22.2008 | Entertainment


The tens of thousands of hopefuls who lined up last summer to audition for "American Idol" have been trimmed to just six aspiring pop stars, whose fat...

"American Idol": Ominous Signs For Ratings Juggernaut

LA Times | Posted 04.21.2008 | Entertainment


MAYBE it's not as shocking as, say, Aussie heartthrob Michael Johns getting voted off the show. But the news still surprises: "American Idol's" rating...

American Idol Top 7: The Results

Michael Giltz | Posted 04.16.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

My apologies to Mariah Carey. I thought she would be a disaster as a coach and that a week devoted to her songs would be a mountain of melisma overload.

What Celebrities Earned In 2007: From $5M To $260 M

Huffington Post | Posted 04.11.2008 | Entertainment


This Sunday's Parade is their annual feature on what people earn. In addition to regular jobs, they round up some celebrity pay packages for ogling. F...

Jesus Idol: Contestants Ask WWJD? I Ask WTF???

Patrick Waldo | Posted 04.11.2008 | Entertainment


Patrick Waldo

What the hell happened to my favorite karaoke show? First Kristy Lee Cook vomits out "Proud To Be An American" and now we've moved on to singing praise to Jesus?

American Idol "Shout to the Lord" Controversy and Results

Michael Giltz | Posted 04.10.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

Asking all the kids to do a group sing on a born-again evangelical Christian number is wrong for many reasons. As a practicing Catholic I was stunned and upset for the performers.

"American Idol" Shock As Michael Johns Is Eliminated

AP | DERRIK J. LANG | Posted 04.10.2008 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — "American Idol" said g'day to Michael Johns. The Australian-born singer was eliminated Thursday from Fox's popular singing compet...

American Idol Top 8: Inspirational Song Night

Michael Giltz | Posted 04.09.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

A lot of very savvy song choices, some major stumbles from front-runners (by which I mean the people whose initials aren't D and A, since we're talking front-runners for second place) and my girl Syesha is in trouble.

'Idol Gives Back' Tapes Star-Studded Show

AP | DERRIK J. LANG | Posted 04.07.2008 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — "American Idol" _ and just about everyone else in Hollywood _ were in a very giving mood. "Idol Gives Back," the Fox singing comp...

American Idol Top 9: The Results

Michael Giltz | Posted 04.02.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

Dolly Parton is one of the most talented songwriters in country music history, has a sensational voice and has recorded more great albums than you can shake a stick at.

American Idol Top 11: The Results

Michael Giltz | Posted 03.20.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

The results show begins with a list of all the mentors who will appear this season. Mariah Carey one assumes would be useless -- doesn't she need six assistants to get up in the morning?

American Idol Top 11: The Beatles

Michael Giltz | Posted 03.19.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

Simon can no longer be dubbed the judge America loves to hate. He's the judge America loves to love because he's blunt and funny and usually right.

American Idol Top 12: The Results

Michael Giltz | Posted 03.13.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

The results show began with a very expensive promo for Horton Hears A Who, which Ryan Seacrest said with scripted punk-rock attitude was a FOX movie. Way to read a cue card, Ryan!

American Idol Top 12: The Beatles

Michael Giltz | Posted 03.12.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

Ryan Seacrest said we had been waiting for it with bated breath. But it wasn't the Top 12 he was referring to -- it was the set.

'Idol' Cuts 4 More, Leaving 12 Finalists

AP | DERRIK J. LANG | Posted 03.07.2008 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — The top 12 "American Idol" finalists include an actress, a "Star Search" champion, an Australian, a male stripper and someone who ...

American Idol Top 16: The Women

Michael Giltz | Posted 03.05.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

It's Ladies Night and Eighties Night and the women...had their butts kicked by the guys.

"Idol" Contestant Robbie Carrico Denies Wig Rumors

People | Posted 03.02.2008 | Entertainment


When Robbie Carrico was eliminated Thursday on American Idol, host Ryan Seacrest asked judge Simon Cowell to give the rocker some advice. "It's authen...

American Idol: The Swingin' 70s

Ken Levine | Posted 02.29.2008 | Entertainment


Ken Levine

Unless David Archuleta knocks up Miley Cyrus in the next two months he's the new American Idol. The rest are playing for hometown parades and royalties on the eight iTunes they sell.


 

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