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A published report reveals the Paula Abdul has big ambitions for an upcoming Las Vegas revue. In fact, the singer-dancer-choreographer is said to have her sights set on nothing less than a stage-to-small screen sensation.
In an interview with TV Guide, the former “American Idol” judge wouldn’t come right out and say that she would never return to ‘Idol.’
Paula Abdul is back in the judge's seat — but not on the "American Idol" stage.
Guest judges due to take turns in Abdul’s old “Idol” seat aren’t just filling in; they’re also helping Fox figure out how much the past panelist is worth.
Paula's particular blend of sympathy and loopiness is irreplaceable, but there are still a number of women who could fill her soundbite quota. Posh Spice would love the job, but what about Lil Kim or Queen Latifah?
With the chemistry of the "American Idol" judges' table dramatically altered, now is as good a time as any for the show's remaining stars to reflect and make some much-needed changes.
For all her faults, it's difficult to envision "American Idol" without Paula Abdul in the chair next to Simon Cowell. By Andy Dehnart
The great muzzle-the-judges experiment is over on “American Idol.” Unfortunately, disco night didn’t follow that into the dustbin of pop culture history.
If “American Idol’s” new two-reviews-per-contestant policy proves anything, it’s that four’s a crowd on the show’s bloated panel.
There's still a month and a half to go until "American Idol" crowns its champion, and anyone left in the competition could come out on top. But if it ended right now, there's no question that Adam Lambert would be the most deserving winner.
In its annual effort to make younger viewers switch from Top 40 radio to oldies stations, “American Idol” brought back the songs-from-your-birth-year theme this week. That left most focusing on the 1980s catalogue, and since few 1980s songs are still hits these days, the judges tended to be unhappy with the song choices and arrangements that resulted.
The judges gave the remaining “American Idol” finalists a lot of rope this week, allowing them to sing any top iTunes download. That freedom proved to be a mixed blessing, as Tuesday brought some brutal song choices and bizarre looks.
For $45 million a year, you'd think Simon Cowell could at least look interested for three hours a week while he judges "American Idol."
The “American Idol” judges shocked everyone a week ago by adding an extra finalist to the mix, and apparently, the show isn’t finished with the surprises.
Of all the changes announced for the eighth season of "American Idol," perhaps none was more hotly debated ahead of time than the addition of songwriter Kara DioGuardi as a fourth judge.
"American Idol" headed to Churchill Downs in Louisville, home of the Kentucky Derby. About 11,000 showed up to the city's auditions, and only 19 advanced to Hollywood. That made for 579-1 odds, officially turning the crowd into the longest of longshots to hit the track this racing season.
Aspiring singers who watched "American Idol's" trip to San Francisco got a crash course in how to ensure success when Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi arrive in their hometown.
In her first two appearances on the country's top-rated television show, the show's new fourth judge, Kara DioGuardi, has already improved "American Idol."
Paula Abdul has spent the better part of the week telling anyone who would listen that she’s dissatisfied with the producers of “American Idol” and the she’s upset with Simon Cowell (“he’s like a family member you can’t get rid of”).
While all eyes were on the auto bailout last week, another bailout of sorts was taking shape: One for Sen. Hillary Clinton, who has racked up $7.5 million in campaign debt.
Xiamara Mena stands amid an army of tombstones. She has come here to begin the long, slow business of learning how to live alone. Her son, Army Cpl. Andy Anderson, is buried here among our heroes in Arlington National Cemetery. He was killed in Iraq two years ago.
With just one week to go until the “American Idol” season finale, Ryan Seacrest made it clear that it’s anybody’s competition to win. Each contestant was reportedly within a million votes of each other a week ago, so it wouldn’t take much to make a difference.
This will sound incredibly ridiculous to just about every single person reading this, but it’s actually my job to sit on my couch and watch “American Idol” with my friends. I’m sorry if you have a really boring sales meeting coming up in 15 minutes and you’re just killing time on the Internet until then and I just made you start daydreaming about how awesome it would be to get paid money to watch TV. But that’s my job. Really.
It’s been a tough week for “American Idol,” which made the news for its declining viewership and the unfortunate Paula Abdul comments on last week’s show stand out that much more. Fortunately, the “Idol” fans helped make things a little brighter for the show’s final two weeks by evicting the contestant who least deserved to be in the final three.
Jason Castro has spent the past three months perfecting his image as the slacker dude with the guitar who doesn’t try very hard but sneaks by on his natural gifts and personality. Every week, the judges have gotten more and more annoyed at his style, but it doesn’t seem to faze him.
Texas Woman Hits Suspected Burglars With Pool BallsPaula Ollie threw pool balls at two persons she thought were attempting to break into her home on September 30, 2009.
Fresh from sneaking two young women out of yet another government building, Huckabilly for Life Bill Clinton may be called upon to rescue another dark haired beauty.
Seven Reasons Kris Won American IdolJust like it's now bad karma to be the front runner in the Oscar race (as Frost/Nixon can tell you) or the presidential election (as Hillary Clinton can tell you), it also doesn't help if you're the foregone winner of Idol long before the season is over.
Eight-hour agony of woman who mistook nail glue for eye dropsExcerpt: Groping in the bathroom cabinet early one morning, her vision blurred by sleep, Paula Griffin grasped what she thought was her bottle of eye drops. But instead she picked up an almost identical bottle of powerful nail glue and squirted it in her eye.
IDOL: Joanna Pacitti disqualified from American Idol and Felicia Barton InA bit of a mystery has emerged on the first night of "American Idol's" season proper...It has been determined that Joanna Pacitti is ineligible to continue in the competition.
Weclome to Luavul. They did it at Churchill Downs, Trying to invoke the image of a horse race. If Idol is a horse race, they saddled a bunch of donkeys in San Francisco. Will tonight be better? (Is it possible to BE worse???) What was the idea of arriving in 4 separate limos?
Back to the home of William Hung. Not a great thing to recommend the venue!
The first contestant thought she really could sing. Simon was really snarky. He just could not maintain it I guess! "It sounded like a cat falling off the Empire State Building." Randy joined in. The females came to her defense.
Dr. Drew Diagnoses the Harsh Reality of Reality TVIn August 2005, a dream came true for Paula Goodspeed. Having made it to the third round of American Idol's Season 5 auditions, she stood across a table from Paula Abdul, of whom she was a longtime fan.
Idol Elimination 4/17: Too many Cooks in the KitchenCurse you, Seacrest! I've been waiting to use that tag line for weeks and you just had to use it before me. Idol lost the last of its dead weight tonight with the elimination of Kristy Lee Cook, the unofficial ambassador of the country vote.
Of course it had to start out with a lame "April Fool's" joke. Ryan talked about "squeezing" 9 performances in an hour. All they have to do is stop all the extraneous crap. Give each of the nine contestants 4 minutes. It would still leave 6 minutes for Ryan's useless prattling.
We get another "Beatles" night. Things do not look good. They only got rights to 25 songs in the Lennon-McCartney collection. Of course, when Ryan is hyping the show he does not tell us that. They say they 'expanded' to the Beatles. How expanded remains to be seen.
One question, if they are the worst by national vote, why do we have to hear them sing badly again?
We get a new set. "Bigger and better than ever," says Ryan. Does the set make the singing better? One would hope but it is highly doubtful. Tonight Randy was in black and Simon wore a white collared dress shirt, slightly unbuttoned. Paula was there too.
For some reason we had to endure Blake Lewis. He was one who came "close". He demonstrated why he lost. The song was uninspiring. He did a lot of prancing around that must have been meant to substitute for real choreography. He did a bit of his "robot" near the end.
Ryan starts out by telling Randy that he seems too nice this year. He has not been very critical at all and not constructive. He is only slightly less a cheerleader than Paula.
We get the 'embarrassing' moments tonight. I wonder if we get to hear about the male on male stripper? Do the embarrassing moments for the producers count? Speaking of embarrassing, for some reason the last article did not publish even after it said it did.
We are getting less hype now. Have they run out of exaggeration? Randy said that they had to know what they sing best. The songs are 70's Classics.
Ryan started with a lot less hype tonight. The remaining ten and the judges were introduced. It was claimed that Paula had a hit song. Not if he was referring to that atrocious video from last week.
Coming into the program I was a bit surprised by the results of the MSNBC poll about which men should go home. Chikezie Eze and Danny Noriega were neck and neck at 25% and 23% to be the ones to go. My picks Garrett Haley (17%) and Luke Menard (15%) were a distant third and fourth.
We start with the usual hype written for Ryan about the "best talent ever. " Randy says that the boys really did well. I wonder if he was watching a different show. Simon admitted he likes people that stand up to him.
We finally get to the singing. Well, not really. We get a load of useless crap or recrap. Ryan once again claims that this is the season with the "most talent ever." It took 10 minutes to get to the actually singing. Songs of the Sixites is the theme tonight.
This episode starts with a lame sequence with "Darth Vader". We then get to the final 50(?). The judges are going over the candidates. Ryan gives us the usual hype about the talent being the "best" ever. The judges work very hard to decide.
We started with 164 in the "brand new" Hollywood week. At least according to Ryan. We get a recap of the traps and pitfalls of being in Hollywood in past years. The second round has two new twists. Everyone gets a second chance if they bungle the first try.
We meet Ryan's parents. Seems he is from Atlanta. He either never had a Southern accent or had an expensive operation. This is where one of the best singers, Clay Aiken, came from.
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