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SF Gate
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The grown-up rocker triumphed over the smooth-voiced kid as David Cook claimed the "American Idol" title Wednesday, and it wasn't as much of a surprise as it seemed.
While the judges all but crowned 17-year-old David Archuleta the night before, the vot..
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Variety
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NBC is getting into the ring with "American Gladiators," which has been revived by the Peacock for midseason.
The competition skein -- which featured players with names like Nitro, Turbo and Laser in its campy, early '90s syndie incarnation -- will be..
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FOX News
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For the first time in "American Idol" history, an auditioner went into labor while waiting with 3,500 hopefuls for her chance to become the next singing superstar.
On Monday, nine-months-pregnant Antoria Gillon arrived at Texas Stadium with hopes of be..
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FOX News
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Well, we finally made it to the "American Idol" finale, where Ryan started off the show by reminding us of final "Idol" duos of the past before attempting to get Paula to say something interesting about her recent fall and nose-break.
And then, before..
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FOX News
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The "American Idol" season finale is tonight with Jordin Sparks and Blake Lewis the last contestants standing.
Before the third and last song of last night, the "American Idol" judges were of a mind that the title still was up for grabs — and then Jo..
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Guardian Unlimited
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Cannes is smacking its lips in anticipation of filmmaker and provocateur Michael Moore's latest jeremiad against the US administration, which receives its premiere at the film festival today. Sicko, a documentary tackling the state of American healthcare,..
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FOX News
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A former "American Idol" contestant was arrested Sunday on drug and assault charges after an incident at a Tampa cafe.
Jessica Sierra, who was a finalist in the fourth season of the TV show, was arrested by Tampa police at 2:15 a.m. for allegedly hitti..
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CNN
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An annoyed look from "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell as a contestant expressed sadness over the Virginia Tech shootings was drastically misintrepreted, Cowell and the show said Wednesday.
Cowell rolled his eyes and raised his eyebrows as contestant..
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FOX News
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Well, it looks like the woman who's going on a hunger strike until Sanjaya gets booted off of "American Idol" is going to be losing some more weight.
Yes, it's true. The Sanjaya haters feel so passionately that the little mop-top should be kicked to th..
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News.com.au
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CAUSTIC television talent show judge Simon Cowell, whose comments have reduced many an American Idol entrant to tears, says he deserves to be paid more than American rock legend Bruce Springsteen.
In an interview with CBS television due to be broadcast..
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Yahoo News
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The hit American movie "300" has angered Iranians who say the Greeks-vs-Persians action flick insults their ancient culture and provokes animosity against
Iran.
"Hollywood declares war on Iranians," blared a headline in Tuesday's edition of the indepe..
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Washington Post
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When Victoria Beckham moves to town, the momentous event will be recorded for television by the creator of "American Idol."
NBC has signed a deal for six episodes of a half-hour unscripted series chronicling the former Posh Spice's relocation from Euro..
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FOX News
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Until now, when asked her favorite male singers, Jordin Sparks topped the list with John Mayer and Justin Timberlake. But, the effervescent new "American Idol" champ said Wednesday, she's got another name to add: Sanjaya Malakar.
"He had so much guts,"..
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CNN
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American Idol" finalists Jordin Sparks and Blake Lewis are attractive, talented and have millions of adoring fans. That's where their similarities end.
The two telegenic singers -- The Beauty and The Beatboxer, respectively -- will try to out-sing, out..
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CNN
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With no one ousted at the end of last week's charity-focused show, "American Idol" gave the heave-ho to two contestants Wednesday night -- Phil Stacey and Chris Richardson.
The viewer vote tally from last week was added to this week's, with more than 1..
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FOX News
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While many theories have been put out there about how, exactly, Sanjaya manages to escape eviction on "American Idol" every week, the audience reaction this week only made the mystery deepen.
At elimination time, there were huge cheers when Ryan called..
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SF Gate
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Tears, wild hair and unhealthy songs are banned when China's latest version of "American Idol" goes on the air next month.
"No weirdness, no vulgarity, no low taste," the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television said Friday in a notice to the..
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Yahoo News
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China's broadcasting watchdog has issued a list of rules governing the airing of its latest take on the "American Idol" television series, urging the singing contest "Happy Boys Voice" to uphold high moral standards.
Contestants on "Happy Boys Voice" m..
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ABC News
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Gina Glocksen, who had her share of good and bad "American Idol" moments, kissed the show goodbye Wednesday, becoming the latest casualty in viewer voting. The exit of Glocksen, 22, of Naperville, Ill., trimmed the number of finalists to eight. The winner..
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FOX News
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At this point it shouldn't surprise anyone that Sanjaya not only wasn't cut from "American Idol," but that he wasn't even relegated to the bottom three.
Some part of the world has gone Sanjaya-crazy, and whether they're follicle-obsessed, devotees of t..
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