• Britian's 'The X Factor' finalists to record charity single for troops

  October 5, 2008
  The top 12 finalists from the hit British TV series "X Factor" will record a single to aid a charity that benefits wounded troops, a source says.
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  Simon Cowell on Clay Aiken's gay confirmation: "That's a shock"

  September 25, 2008
  Count American Idol judge Simon Cowell among those "shocked" by Clay Aiken's announcement that he's gay.
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  New 'American Idol' judge Kara DioGuardi: "I'm getting my groove"

  September 16, 2008
  After participating in her first four sets of American Idol auditions in New York, Jacksonville, Louisville and San Francisco, Kara DioGuardi is beginning to feel more comfortable on the show's eighth-season judging panel.
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  Report: ABC orders pilot of Mark Burnett's 'Dragons' Den' adaptation

  September 5, 2008
  Mark Burnett's The Shark Tank will apparently get a chance to show its teeth.
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  Kara DioGuardi joining Fox's 'American Idol' as new fourth judge

  August 25, 2008
  After seven seasons, American Idol is getting a new judge.  Fox has announced Grammy-nominated songwriter and former The One: Making a Music Star judge Kara DioGuardi will serve as Idol's new fourth judge and join Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson as a regular member of the show's eighth-season judging panel.
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  Simon Cowell weighs-in on Nigel Lythgoe's 'American Idol' departure

  August 25, 2008
  Simon Cowell apparently isn't too concerned about the impact American Idol executive producer Nigel Lythgoe's exit will have on the show and added it could lead to his own involement increasing.
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  Simon Cowell: I don't have any conscience about spending money

  August 16, 2008
  Celebrity British TV producer Simon Cowell says thanks to his $65 million-a-year paycheck, he has no problem spending nearly $9,400 on T-shirts.
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  John Rich: 'Nashville Star' title between Gabe Garcia, Melissa Lawson

  August 4, 2008
  John Rich said he takes a "no nonsense" approach to critiquing Nashville Star sixth-season finalists, and while some initially find it hard to handle most eventually think it's helpful.
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  Former 'American Idol' finalists perform in San Francisco show

  July 5, 2008
  Singers LaKisha Jones, Jon Peter Lewis and Anwar Robinson are enjoying modest careers despite not winning "American Idol," a San Francisco newspaper reports.
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  Simon Cowell expecting to make "fantastic" announcement "very soon"

  July 2, 2008
  Even though American Idol's seventh season is in the books there's never any down time for Simon Cowell, who apparently has some "big" news.

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