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  'American Idol' is better now than it was with me, Simon Cowell says

  March 10, 2011
  American Idol can count former judge Simon Cowell as a fan of this season's retooling.
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  Kara DioGuardi booed for not answering 'American Idol' question

  January 14, 2011
  Kara DioGuardi booed for not answering 'American Idol' question
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  'American Idol' will have single semifinals round, judges' pick finalists

  January 12, 2011
  American Idol's tenth-season format rumor mill has apparently ground to an end.
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  Kara DioGuardi to release memoir about life, including 'American Idol'

  December 1, 2010
  Kara DioGuardi has decided to dish about her experience as an American Idol judge.
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  Crystal Bowersox's debut 'Farmer's Daughter' album to drop Dec. 14

  November 10, 2010
  U.S. singer/songwriter Crystal Bowersox has recorded a first CD she calls "Farmer's Daughter," Jive Records announced Wednesday.
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  Kara DioGuardi and Jewel to judge new Bravo singing competition

  October 26, 2010
  Kara DioGuardi has a new reality TV judging job.
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  Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler announced as 'American Idol' judges

  September 22, 2010
  Fox has finally confirmed what had been widely reported for weeks -- that singer and actress Jennifer Lopez and Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler will join returning judge Randy Jackson on American Idol's tenth-season judging panel.

• Oprah Winfrey lends her voice to 'Sesame Street' animated character

  September 21, 2010
  U.S. media mogul Oprah Winfrey lends her voice to a character in an animated clip called "The O Show" for the 41st season premiere of "Sesame Street."
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  Jennifer Lopez will reportedly get $12 million to judge 'American Idol'

  September 13, 2010
  Jennifer Lopez will reportedly be very well compensated for her new American Idol judging position.
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  Kara DioGuardi's 'American Idol' departure announced by Fox

  September 4, 2010
  Fox has announced that Kara DioGuardi leaving American Idol and will not be part of the show's tenth-season judging panel.

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