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gossip roundup
Meghan McCain Always Gets What She Wants And She Wants Hillary Duff
Meghan McCain demands the "really hot" Hillary Duff to play her in the movie about her life, Lindsay Lohan is paid big bucks to party, Farrah is laid to rest, Michael Jackson's photographer speaks and Courtney Love suffers from malnutrition. More »
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Comment by bmoreDLJ: Well, we all know who's playing her dad...although he'll have to lose the Canadianian accent: 14 Responses | Other threads
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progress
BREAKING: Some Straight Men are Friendly with Gay Men!
For all of you people who are always complaining about how the "good" news rarely gets reported, here's a little ray of sunshine courtesy of the New York Times—-Some straight men are actually accepting of the gays! Amazing! More »
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Comment by GregSamsa: Stevie Wonder sang 'Ebony and Ivory,' not Michael Jackson... I realize all darkies look alike, but damn. They don't all... 8 Responses | Other threads
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Watershed Moments
Simon Cowell Admits To Being Part Of The Susan Boyle Problem
Susan Boyle's lightspeed ascension to fame and inversely proportional emotional well-being has been utterly tragic. But: in what might be a watershed pop culture moment, Simon Cowell has admitted some culpability and taken responsibility in a newspaper editorial. More »
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By Foster KamerComment by Pope John Peeps II: Although admittedly they're pretty clear that American Idol is generally for young people who know they want a role in... 9 Responses | Other threads
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trade roundup
Nothing Is Scarier than Ballet or the Internet
We have news from around the world today, but mostly from Foxborough and Australia. Two places both alike in dignity, but then suffering complete indignities like American Idol and movies about teenagers who save the world. More » -
comings out
Adam Lambert: Gay As He Wanna Be
The most ludicrous American Idol contestant ever, Adam Lambert, has finally come out of the closet. In a cover story for Rolling Stone! All of America's gay boo-boos are now healed, or something. More » -
gossip roundup
Royalty Acting Like Royalty, Media Acting Like Media
Prince Harry isn't being a dick! Octomom gets her own TV show, Candy Spelling works her late husband's TV pitches in real time, and Rachel Bilson doesn't eat chap stick. Presenting your Saturday morning gossip roundup. More »
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By Foster KamerComment by persimmon: Wow. The handsomeness window for Harry is closing shut rather quickly, just as it did for William. Charles' genes are... 2 Responses | Other threads
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rants
Adam Lambert Is Hurting Gay America
You know what, Adam Lambert? Just can it with the coy shit. Everyone knows the American Idol second-placer is a big ol' homo from Fruitington Corners, but in every goddamn interview the lurching behemoth always says things like "keep speculating..." And I wish he'd just man up and step out.
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america's pastimes
A Nation Shrieks for Poor, Defeated Adam Lambert
On this season of American Idol, Adam Lambert—the bouffanted gay one—was supposed to defeat Kris Allen—the cartoon-faced strummer. But he didn't. And so many people were horrified, as evidenced by this fabulous listicle of YouTube reaction-freakouts. Above is our favorite, in which a young man gets snappy. -
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scandal
AT&T's American Idol Vote-Rigging Conspiracy
The voting machines were tampered with! By "voting machines" we mean the mindless finger-dialers from Arkansas who were tricked by the nefarious AT&T syndicate into voting for, successfully, Miss Kris Allen, the straight white corn boy who defeated, in an upset, gay Frankenstein. The New York Times now cries foul.
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The Pop Music
Seasonal Jam: Seven Songs You Will Most Assuredly Hear At Some Point This Summer
Gawker: Live, From Vegas! continues unabated through the night (so stick around!). Next on deck, another special guest for this hot, inaugural summer weekend: music writer extraordinaire and Idolator editor Maura Johnston. Maura, kick out the jams, please: More »
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Comment by jasonelias: Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" is so '80s it could resurrect the ghost of Reagan. Oh awful--and I like Journey. Good lord,... 7 Responses | Other threads
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gossip roundup
Gossip Roundup: Tom Brady's Power Babies, Aiken Alien's Beef Squashing, And Beyonce Says "Stay Fat"
Good Saturday morning! Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen spawning, Keifer Sutherland, Clay Aiken, and Giada De Laurentiis squashing separate (but equal!) beefs, Robert Pattinson gets some Can(nes), and Beyonce sez: "avoid the gym." More »
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By Foster KamerComment by BadKarma: That Pee Wee Herman tattoo makes him look so hot. 8 Responses | Other threads
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catfights
Clay Aiken Trashes American Idol, Adam Lambert
Last night millions of American Idol fans tuned in to watch the show's season finale. But you know who didn't?—-Clay Aiken, who basically trashed everything about Idol today on the subscription-only message board of his website, going so far as to say Adam Lambert made his ears bleed!
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state of the union
It Doesn't Really Matter That Fewer People Are Watching American Idol
There's much hissing about American Idol's swandiving numbers—lowest finale ever! down 10% from last year, which was already low!—but in this modern world, it's really nothing to worry about. (Or, if you hate Idol, to get excited about). Idol is still winning where it counts. More » -
recaps
The American Idol Finale: Everybody Loves Kris
Well, that's it. After all this tumbling and mumbling and Kara bumbling, the eighth and most bespangled season of American Idol yet has come to a screeching, crooning end. How'd it end for you? Are you satisfied? Surprised? Gassy? To work through all these emotions and sensations, let's discuss. More » -
spoilers
About American Idol
If you want to know which totally dreamy piece of manmeat won tonight, go ahead and click through now to see Ryan Seacrest announce the winner. If you don't want to know, you've been duly warned. More »
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Comment by Lysa Paul: Why? Why would someones sexual preference sway you one way or the other? I've heard other people with... 7 Responses | Other threads
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recaps
American Idol: Guy Next Door vs. Guyliner
Oh Ryan, you master of the turn of phrase. Clever little frosted minx. I'm gonna miss you when they pack you back up into your E! radio locker and I don't get any of you until next January. Sigh. The last competition night of the year! It was... just aight. More » -
idol worship
Teg Haggard On Twitter, Still in Denial
Remember Ted Haggard, the defrocked, gay-hating evangelical pastor who was busted having meth-fueled sex with a male prostitute, then allegedly cured himself of gayness? These days he's Twittering up a storm about American Idol! More »
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Comment by seyswho: "friends party" = wild gay sex orgy; "vote" = jizz on pig boy in middle of circle; "#1" = on... 7 Responses | Other threads
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recaps
American Idol: Victory Over the Dan
Have you ever had an angel burp on you? Ever felt the soothing hand of God as He gives you a purple nurple? If not, then you didn't watch American Idol last night. More » -
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American Idol: The Unholy Trinity
Three is a number steeped in magic and myth—the three fates spinning our doom, the three versions of Jesus (dad, son, creepy ghost), the three bears. And now, the three Idol men. Heroes all. More » -
closet cases
Good Thing Charlie Crist Is Only Running For Senate, Not Competing on Idol
Charlie Crist is going to be your next closeted gay Republican Senator from Florida! Thanks to the liberal media! Adam Lambert should probably look into politics. More »
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night terrors
Can American Idol Ever Be Stopped?
Short answer: No. Longer answer: Sorta. The New York Times ponders the important question today, as the singing competition show's ratings drop but its revenues continue to skyrocket. More » -
recaps
God Damn American Idol
Are you happy with yourselves, America? Satisfied yet? This is what you wanted, right? A bunch of thick, charmless white guys for your Top 3? Well you got it! More » -
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American Idol: YAAAAAAGGGHAHGH!!!
Richard is... dead, maybe? Richard is in heaven, with Barack Obama's mom and Danny Gokey's wife. Either that or France. Regardless, he did not watch American Idol last night. But we did! More » -
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The Most Dramatic Rose Ceremony in American Idol History
That's how you do Idol! I mean, that's how you do it. Manufacture "surprises" so people will keep watching a full hour of television that should only take five minutes. Did your jaw drop? More » -
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American Idol: To Inanity, and Beyond!
The Top 5! Rat Pack croony swoony songs! What a magical combination. Oddly, I don't mean that entirely sarcastically. There was some good sing-sangin' on Idol last night, mostly from my long-term two favorites. More » -
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American Idol: Disco Ain't the Only Thing That's Dead
Oh American Idol Season Eight. You're showing your age. Two more dreamers were sent packing last night, they were—just by coincidence probably!—the two most conspicuously brown of the bunch. Obama Era nothing, huh? More » -
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American Idol: Disco? Balls.
So Disco Night happened on American Idol. Everyone still with us? Ten toes, ten fingers? All right, good. We made it. That wasn't so bad, was it? I mean, it could have been much worse. More » -
poll
Hillary Clinton Asks You to Pick Your Poison
Hillary Clinton is holding a contest to sucker people into paying her debt to Mark Penn. You can choose a prize, including a not-creepy-at-all day with Bill Clinton. We ask, which is the most bearable? More »
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By John CookComment by Pamela Strangeways: OKay to drop the snark for a moment... I would love to hang out with Bill Clinton for a day. That... 5 Responses | Other threads
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recaps
The Most Important American Idol In History
The fuck? The long-threatened veto was finally exercised last night. On Lil! Wait, no. On Gokey! Oh, hm, not that either. On Matt Giraud. Really, Irdol? A season's worth of build-up for... Matt Giraud. More » -
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American Idol: Sit Back and Relax, Enjoy the Schmo
Forget you, Sasha Frere-Jones. The hip hipster face of music appreciation is now Quentin Tarantino. The onetime Idol guest judge was a Mentor to the kids last night. With, you know, predicatably disastrous results. More » -
breakdowns
The 5 Types of American Idol Watchers
Junk-haus auteur Quentin Tarantino is a guest judge on American Idol tonight, for the second time. He's an unabashed, earnest fan of the show. It got us thinking. What kind of people watch Idol? More » -
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American Idol: I Trust You Can Show Yourself Out, Scott
OK. Let's just get it out of the way: Didn't see that one coming! OK. That's over. Now, let's go on and discuss the elimination of Scott and hopefully not make any more terrible jokes. More » -
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American Idol Has Dreams In Which It's Dying
What's so amazing that keeps us wannabe-stargazing? I mean, really. What is so amazing? This season is so bland and undercooked. And yet I keep trudging back, grumbling away week in, week out. More » -
gay panic
Two Man-Tongues Touching Too Icky for Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly did a segment on American Idol contestant Adam Lambert's apparent gayness last night, but actual photographs of two men kissing were too much for the old man. More »
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By John CookComment by Corey Olin: Thank you again, Bill, for reminding us that the Pilgrims are still amongst us. 3 Responses | Other threads
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recaps
American Idol: The Rest of Megan Joy
Oh April Fools' Idol! You had no fooling. It was a traditionally brusque and quick and not-at-all-time-wastey affair, straight and to the point. Ha ha! April Fools! It was long and boring and stupid. More »CorkeryIs Eliminated -
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American Idol: Please Don't Play That Funky Music, White Boy
It was Top iTunes Downloads night on Idol! That means modern, hip, fresh songs, right? Songs like "Play that Funk Music White Boy" and "Surrender". Wait, what? Where's the Leona Lewis? More » -
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American Idol: Motown's Just a Fancy Name for Detroit
I think Motown is my least favorite of the Idol theme nights. The songs have all been sung too many times, they almost always sound dated, and it's racially embarrassing. Last night was no exception. More » -
trade roundup
The Heart Wants What It Wants
A kiddie update gets a release date, lawsuits are filed, quirky indies are cast with cult fave actors, Michael from The Wire joins the war effort, and people are watching Gary Unmarried. More »
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recaps
American Idol: Pre-Owned Alexis, For Sale, Cheap
Well, that was unexpected. On last night's Idol elimination episode, twasn't Scott (as I predicted) or Anoop (as some of you did). It was blondie Alexis who went home. Wha' happened? More » -
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American Idol: Murdering Johnny Cash for Fun and Profit
Country week is often the worst Idol theme night, because belting black ladies and barn-burning rocker grrls and fey dancepixie gays have a hard time twanging. This year's version went... actually, kinda OK. More »
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