LOS ANGELES – Simon Cowell believes a woman is likely to win his final season on “American Idol.”
The acerbic British judge told a teleconference Thursday he thinks one of the 12 women among the ninth season’s 24 semifinalists has a good shot to win the Fox singing contest.
“We’ve had a few years of guys winning the show, and I would say there is definitely a better chance of a girl winning the show this year, certainly,
LONDON (Reuters) – Sony Corp's Sony Music Entertainment will announce a five-year deal with British show business entrepreneur Simon Cowell on Tuesday, the Financial Times reported.
Sony Music will exchange its 100 percent ownership of Cowell's record label Syco for a 50 percent share of a broader venture with Cowell, the paper said, citing a source close to the negotiations.
Cowell said earlier this month
Brittany Murphy’s husband Simon Monjack has accused the media of publishing unfair stories about him following his wife’s tragic death - insisting the press is targeting him because he is not an attractive Hollywood star.
Murphy passed away earlier this month after suffering a cardiac arrest at her Hollywood Hills home in Los Angeles.
Monjack is adamant many of the reports that have surfaced after Murphy’s death have been unfairly negative, with some publications detailing (more…)
LOS ANGELES – Simon Cowell’s brother says the next season of “American Idol” will be the judge’s last.
Tony Cowell said in his weekly podcast, “The Cowell Factor,” that a statement was being prepared that would certify that the acerbic British judge was leaving the popular Fox signing competition at the end of 2010.
Simon Cowell will concentrate on bringing his popular U.K. talent show “The X Factor” to the U.S. next
Simon Cowell will leave American Idol in 2010, according to his brother. The music mogul has become a TV sensation since taking his seat on the judging panel in 2002, and he’s since become the richest man on TV in the States, earning a massive $75 million in the last year.
As well as his panelist duties on the hit series, he also leads the judges on British talent show “The X Factor,” which he is in negotiations to bring stateside in 2011.
And according to Tony Cowell, (more…)
LONDON – A grass-roots Facebook campaign has spoiled American Idol mogul Simon Cowell’s Christmas by denying one of his new acts the prestigious Christmas No. 1 spot in Britain.
Thanks to a Facebook campaign that capitalized on growing unhappiness with Cowell’s cookie-cutter approach to pop stardom, the antiestablishment Rage Against the Machine came out ahead of Joe McElderry, winner of Cowell’s popular “X Factor” TV competition.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Having suffered more than 15 years of false starts, failures and musical disappointments, singer-songwriter Harper Simon admits he has hardly charted the ideal path to pop stardom like his father, Paul Simon.
The young Simon had always shown musical promise. At age 4 he sang with his dad on the “Sesame Street” children's TV show. He also attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Now, at 37,
What happened in the wide, wonderful world of celebrity news & gossip today? Here’s a quick recap of the top stories in Starpulse News for Tuesday, October 13, 2009:
Jamie Foxx Fuels Kirstie Alley Romance Rumors - She must be a good cook, ’cause she eats really well…
Carly Simon Sues Starbucks - She has clouds in her coffee over a deal she made with them to distribute her last CD…
Taylor Swift, Michael Jackson, Eminem Lead 2009 American Music Awards Nominees (more…)
What happened in the wide, wonderful world of celebrity news & gossip today? Here’s a quick recap of the top stories in Starpulse News for Monday, October 5, 2009:
Ozzy Osbourne: ‘Doctors Told Me I Had AIDS’ - Making Ozzy the only person other than Magic Johnson to survive the disease…
Lindsay Lohan’s Fashion Debut Slammed By Critics - Which is probably why she burst into tears on the runway afterward…
Paris Hilton Plays A Monster This Week On ‘Supernatural’ (more…)
Pop sensation Mika’s dream of a record deal was shattered by Simon Cowell - the media mogul rejected the Grace Kelly hit-maker’s demos when he was a teenager.
The star sent off some rough copies of his tracks to Cowell back in 1996, but the record boss refused to give Mika his seal of approval.
The singer tells Britain’s Heat magazine, “The first time I met him, at 16, he very professionally rejected me… He did say back then, ‘You’ve got a good really good voice - (more…)
