Paula Lied??

There is another story floating around today about Paula's alleged broken nose. And that story is that she didn't actually break her nose! What's going on here?

According to Page Six, Paula didn't trip over her dog at all!!

"It hurt so bad . . . I fractured my toe, as well," Abdul told reporters. But a source tells us it's a coverup. "Paula did not break her nose. She had pitched a fit, threw something into a mirror or glass object, and a shard of glass struck her in the face, which explains why Paula's nose didn't seem swollen," said our spy. A rep for Abdul termed the account "absolutely, categorically untrue."

Hmmm. If this is true - I would love to know what Paula was pitching a fit about, and why would she tell a big lie about her nose? She could have said she had an accident unpacking the dishwasher!!

This Is My Now

It definitely was Jordin Sparks' NOW last night, as she out classed and out sang and out dressed Blake Lewis every step of the way during American Idol.

The winning song from the writing competition "This is my Now" wasn't too bad at all and Jordin sung it with such passion that she couldn't even hold it together at the end and started to cry. Blake couldn't hold it together for other reasons, it was obvious he hated the song and didn't really put that much into performing it. He was probably mesmerized by his own hideous gold shoes. Where did he get those?

Overall Simon said that Blake performed the first song the best, but Jordin "wiped the floor" with him in the the singing department. Paula loved everyone equally, and Randy, dressed as some throwback from Sgt Pepper, liked Blake but gave the night to Jordin.

Ryan made a point of mentioning Paula's broken nose and then called her dog a bitch, but implying that he was really talking about Paula. She took it well.

Jordin to win it all!!

Paula Breaks Her Nose

Paula Abdul has broken her nose trying to stop herself tripping over her dog!! Her dog is a Chihuahua. Abdul wasn't admitted to the hospital, so she's probably not in bad shape, and her publicist has confirmed that Paula will be at tonight's performance of American Idol.

"I took a nasty fall ... trying not to hurt my dog. I bruised myself on my arm ... my chest, my waist all the way down to my hip. All from my little chubby Tulip," Abdul said.

Paula probably did this on purpose so she'd have an excuse to get loopy on painkillers so she can get through a whole hour with Blake Lewis singing three songs, and keep a smile on her face when he yodels the required treacly ballad. Jordin's yodelling will be much more bearable.

I can't wait. I'm sure Paula will provide us some unintended comedy tonight.

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Who Will It Be????

I have no idea who is going to get through to the final two in American Idol, after last nights performances. All three were pretty evenly matched if you look at the big picture, and Dial Idol has them neck and neck.

Overall, I still can't stand Blake but he did "bring it" last night with all three songs, and Meldina's voice can't be beaten, and Jordin has the best personality.

Jordin sang "Wishing on a Star" by Rose Royce - Simon's choice, "She Works Hard for the Money" - producers choice, and her own choice was "I who have nothing". Overall everyone thought she was great, fantastic, hot and Simon said he didn't like the arrangement of the Rose Royce song, and that he felt I Who Have Nothing was too old for Jordin to be singing. She'll get the sympathy vote for Simon's comments. Ryan tried needling Simon, saying that Simon didn't even like the song that he chose.

Blake sang Roxanne - I hated it. Paula loved it. He then sang some Maroon 5 song which was OK and then some terrible Robin Thicke song, which he clearly stole from Beethoven. Hated that too. Paula said Blake was "in his element". I said "Blake, you should watch yourself in a mirror when you do those irritating moves - then maybe you'll quit".

Melinda aced a Whitney Houston song, Nutbush City Limits and I am Woman. All good, with a smidge of personality creeping out in each song.

Prediction: Melinda/Blake final two. Hope: Melinda/Jordin final two.

Lakisha Goes Home.

In an expected turn of events, Lakisha Jones was sent home last night on Idol, and Blake Lewis made it into the top three with Jordin and Melinda. People out there in TV land sure like their beat boxing.

Barry Gibb showed up with his shirt tucked in and his hair brushed, a vast improvement on the night before an sang something. I fast forwarded through it. Sorry, Barry.

The best part of the filler full hour was a short clip of the Idols talking about their childhoods, and their dreams. Strangely, three of the four are only children. I don't know why that's strange, it just is. Another great moment was Ryan Seacrest talking to random people at the Farmers Market and these two girls spontaneously gave imitations of Paula clapping like a seal. It was hilarious.

Ryan Seacrest had a strange moment hiding Jessica Alba behind him, and then Jessica hogged the microphone giving Fabulous Four a lengthy plug.

Only two weeks to go!! What a ride it's been, mostly downhill.

Idol Gives Back - The Recap!

Ryan Seacrest announces that not only did they get 70 million votes last night, it was going to be the most shocking elimination EVER!!!! OMG!! Is that a suit Simon is wearing??

Hey - it's Ellen De Generes - who asks if she is getting kicked off? I think it's going to be Melinda - that would truly be shocking! Ellen introduces Earth, Wind and Fire. Is that the original guys? They don't look too bad, and they sing a medley!

Quincy Jones mentors the Idols and writes and anthem for them - Time To Care!! Then Quincy conducts and the Idols sing their caring anthem. Blake still looks irritating.

Ben Stiller!! I love Ben Stiller!! Ben sings and threatens not to stop until $200 million has been raised. We are only 30 minutes into the program and already Ryan is torturing the contestants with safe/not safe. Melinda is safe. I was wrong. Blake is safe. This elimination is turning out not to be so shocking after all. Unless of course it's Jordin - gasp!

Jack Black! Jumps on stage and sings Kiss From a Rose - he's fantastic!! Simon says he's better than Sanjaya (whose in the audience - and so is Seal!!) Seal loves him too. Carrie Underwood sings "I'll Stand By You" while they show a montage of Carrie in Africa! She sounds fantastic. Rascal Flatts sing.

Phil is safe!! That means Lakisha, Jordin and Chris are the bottom three - WHAT?? Jordin??

Ellen personally donates $100,000. Then Josh Groban sings "You Raise Me Up". Everyone is getting teary. Kelly Clarkson wearing some kind of Janis Joplin mumu thing, sings Up to the Mountain. The crowd goes nuts.

Lakisha is safe. What's going on here - this leaves Chris and Jordin. I'm not getting a good feeling.

Celine Dion and Elvis. Elvis is in the building - I'm so excited. It's hologram Elvis!!!! It's bloody brilliant. Elvis is really standing there next to her. They are singing "If I Can Dream". I LOVE it.

Finally the elimination - it's NOBODY!! Everyone is safe!! How cruel. Jordin is in tears. Next week two people go home. Yikes. Total let down. Bono finally shows up!! Idols sing "American Prayer". It's all over.

Paula Wants to be a Diva

Paula Abdul is trying so hard to be a diva. She tried to get preferential treatment on a Southwest flight only to discover that there is no first class section on Southwest.

She asked to be let on the plane and seated first,” a witness told Star. When Paula was told that only young children, people with disabilities and the elderly were allowed to board early, she reportedly declared, “But I’m famous! I need to go on first!”

Then it really gets hysterical - a passenger on the plane shouted out at Paula,
"You're no Sanjaya! You have to board like everyone else!"
The rest of the passengers cracked up. Ouch!

The Wait is Almost Over!

Yay! The wait is almost over for our favorite reality television show, Kathy Griffin's "My Life on the D-List"! Bravo says it's coming back this summer! The premier will be Tuesday, June 5 at 10:00. Her show is a blast, even if you don't think you like Kathy, please check it out and your mind will be changed! This season is going to include her prison comedy tour and a trip to Chicago for her high school reunion, sure to be hilarious. According to a Bravo press release yesterday, who is very busy tooting their own horn by the way,

"Coming off our best year ever and our best first quarter ever, Bravo continues to thrive and attract viewers that are 'The Affluencers' -- they're young, rich, acquisitive, educated and influential, at the forefront of trends both in style and technology," said Zalaznick. "Our audience flocks to all our digital offerings, while their buzz-power simultaneously drives our on-air ratings."

Yup. I'd say that is 100% accurate because it describes Kate and I perfectly!
In weirder Bravo news, one of the new shows in their "Watch What Happens" line up is "Hey Paula".

"A new docu-series following the unique and multi-faceted Paula Abdul, "Hey Paula" provides a candid real look at the "American Idol" judge, pop star, choreographer and multi-platinum artist, as she takes two steps forward, and two steps back into the spotlight, giving an inside perspective on her professional and personal life."

Interesting. Or not. The only thing about that show that might make it interesting is if we learn what she is on when she appears on Idol!

Gina is Gone!!

I was really surprised that Gina Glocksen was eliminated on American Idol last night! I thought for sure that Phil was a gonner. Poor Gina, she cried on Ryan Seacrest's shoulder while they were showing her farewell video. I feel bad for her. She definitely wasn't at the bottom of the pack as far as I was concerned. Haley Scarnato was wearing another pair of hotpants, that made her legs look really long. Haley managed to squeeze out a few crocodile tears for Gina when she found out she was safe.

Apparently Tony Bennett couldn't stomach another evening on Idol, so he called in sick and Fox managed to talk Michael Buble into a "surprise" appearance, which by the way, was announced to all Michael Buble fans by email a couple of hours before the show.

In another astounding twist, Randy was wearing a shirt made from his grandmothers tablecloth and Paula was wearing the matching lace curtains. Simon didn't stray from his tight t-shirt wardrobe.

So, another week of Sanjaya hair, Sanjaya news, Sanjaya propaganda and Sanjaya lame singing. Sigh.

"Bye Bye, Curly"

Chris Sligh went home last night on American Idol. It was not unexpected after his woeful rendition of "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic". Chris was "off tempo" the whole way through the song and just didn't look comfortable, and then admitted to the Judges that he was off. Admitting you were off is on par to forgetting the words, and that was his ticket home.

Haley Scarnato narrowly avoided the boot, as she was in the bottom three along with Chris and Phil Stacey. Even Ryan Seacreast couldn't remember Haley's name,calling her Stacey before going to break. It was all quite predictable,as Chris was the worst of the night, apart from Sanjaya, who it appears is never going home.

Also predictable was Ryan Seacreast walking on stage wearing a Sanjaya mohawk wig. Randy Jackson pretended to look gobsmacked, and Simon was trying to fake a bit of shock, and weirdly they didn't show Paula's reaction,(maybe because she was trying to find her arms in those enormous sleeves she had on) It was a lame gag. Sanjaya thought it was the funniest thing he'd ever seen. He's clearly enjoying his 15 minutes.

Bye Bye Brandon

Yo! Wassup Daawg? How do you think you did? ???The results are in - and Brandon Rogers - forgetter of words, was sent packing from American Idol last night. I thought he looked relieved. Sadly, he will be but a faint memory by next Tuesday.

Diana Ross on the other hand was unforgettable last night, for all the wrong reasons. She should have been wearing her Spanx, the lighting made her dress look horrible on her, and I'm sure if Simon could have critiqued her he would have said " I don't mean to be rude, but you were shouting for most of the song.

Incredibly, Sanjaya Malakar survived to sing another week. I think everyone feels sorry for him. Ryan was wearing a fabulous purple tie, and Paula didn't speak.

Simon Trys to Out Ryan

Last night's American Idol will probably be remembered most for the exchange between Ryan Seacrest and Simon Cowell, which I'm sure was totally scripted. Ryan was interviewing Melinda Doolittle before she sang and she said she didn't like her high heels. Then Ryan and Simon had the following exchange:

Ryan: Any advice on the high heels, Simon?

Simon: You should know Ryan. (audience screams on cue)

Ryan: Stay out of my closet.

Simon: Come out. (eye roll)

Audience and Melinda Doolittle freak out. Scripted. I'm sure of it. It was the eye roll that gave it away.

Other than that, it was a totally boring except for Melinda Doolittle, who made Paula cry with her rendition of "Home", Lakisha Jones and Jordin Sparks, who were all exceptional. All the men sucked, and the rest of the women were only OK, and Diana Ross' hair was bigger than Texas.

Paula is Outraged

Paula Abdul is upset and angry and she told Entertainment Weekly that she has never "had so much bullshit written about me in my life". This probably has something to do with the fact that Paula is actually coherent so far this year on Idol.

I've never had so much bulls--- written about me in my entire career, 21
years in this business. Nobody, [including] my friends and my family, has seen
me drinking, partying...EVER. I'm the squarest dork there is. I've worked my ass
off my whole career. I challenge anybody, go look at any picture [of me] in my entire life and see if I'm [pretends to stumble] or even holding a drink. Maybe somewhere I'm making a toast, but I've never been drunk in my whole life. I don't do recreational drugs. I have the hardest job — mid-sentence I have to think of what I'm going to say, [and] sometimes I have to talk fast because I
don't want to be edited. I have to think about what I'm going to say because I might not particularly care for [a contestant's] performance. How [can I express this] so they leave with a little bit of dignity and grace?

I do feel a bit bad for Paula, because I think her heart is in the right place, and she tries to let everyone down easy on American Idol. But it's undeniable that she does seem totally out of her tree on occasion.

Let's Bite The Hand That Feeds Us

I'll never understand why these people who have been on American Idol or won American Idol immediately try and distance themselves from the show once they have signed their recording contracts. I can guarantee that if Jennifer Hudson had not been on Idol and had weeks and weeks of exposure she would not be polishing her Oscar right now. Carrie Underwood is the only Idol alumni that actually thanks the show when she wins an award.

The latest controversy is Jennifer Hudson bad mouthing Simon Cowell all over the place. Extra TV has put together a nice montage of Simon praising Jennifer Hudson when she was on Idol. A couple of days ago on LA Fox 11 news Jennifer said: “He wasn’t[a fan]; someone should rewind the tapes.”

'Despite Jennifer’s claims of Simon abuse, Mr. Mean has consistently shot back at Hudson, pointing out, “We put Jennifer Hudson on ‘American Idol.’ The American audience voted her out; I didn’t kick Jennifer Hudson out.” '

I'm a huge American Idol fan and the only time I remember Simon being outright mean to Jennifer was when she wore this pink number, and Simon was quite nasty about the outfit.

My adivce to current Idols: there is nothing wrong with crediting the most popular show on TV and listing to Simon, he's the only one that makes any sense. Randy and Paula are incoherent!


In other Idol news, apparently the more religious contestants are freezing out Antonella Barba over the slutty photos and just sitting around waiting for her to be voted out!

And there is a big brou ha ha brewing over Idol's double standards!

Antonella Sticks Around Another Week

I guess America likes Miss Antonella Barba! She was not voted out of American Idol last night much to my horror.. She can't sing to save herself, and knows it, so maybe having all these leaked photos of her in compromising positions is not such a bad thing after all. Everyone is talking about her, so it's true that there is no such thing as bad publicity. She did have the grace to look a bit surprised that she wasn't going home. I wonder if the producers didn't boot her out of the show because they are relying on "America to Decide" and do the dirty work for them.

Simon Cowell said yesterday that it was disgusting that the photos were leaked as they were private. Hmmmm. Maybe she leaked them herself?

Paula was looking freshly botoxed last night. A mildly amused look and an unwrinkled forehead gave the game away.

Even more shocking to me than Antonella getting to stay on Idol, were Kellie Pickler's new, enormous boobs. Kellie was singing to promote her new single. Ryan Seacrest asked what she'd been spending her money on while looking directly at her massive new chest, and Pickler replied "shoes". Seacrest kept pushing "Is that all?". She wouldn't say, but trust me, you couldn't miss them!

American Idol

Last night Randy, Simon and Paula chose the twenty four contestants who will be competing to be the next American Idol. The forty that survived Hollywood week were narrowed down yet again in the totally unnecessary hour long episode, where each of the forty get to sit in the chair in front of the judges and are told their fate. This is totally fabricated drama. Of course, I still watched it, only to find out that very few of the people chosen I remembered from the last four weeks of auditions. That of course will change next week, when we will be treated to never ending snippets of run of the mill lives of the potentially famous.

Click here to meet the final 24

Meanwhile, Paula has strongly denied that she has ever been drunk or touched drugs

“I’ve never been drunk. I have never done recreational drugs. Just look at my
20-year career. Tell me someone who is into partying or doing drugs that could
have done that.”

Good point Paula, but how do you explain all that totally erratic behaviour that you display every second episode? Or is it just a big act?

Courtney Vs Paula - It's Just Not True!!!

Further to yesterdays story that Courtney Love has been asked to be a judge on American Idol Star Magazine says it's all "BS"!

"I did not call Courtney Love and am afraid someone may have misrepresented
me," said American Idol executive producer Nigel Lythgoe in a statement.
"Courtney Love is a very talented artist, but the judges for American Idol
are Paula, Randy and Simon. We have no plans to add to or replace any of
them." Previously, Usmagazine.com incorrectly reported that Love was being
considered for Abdul's judge spot.

Hahaha - so Star Magazine is having a jab at US Magazine for reporting a story that is not true. The irony of it all is so amusing. For all we know, Star could be totally making it up that the original story is not true, just to make US Magazine look bad.

The whole thing is a bit of a relief really, Courtney Love is a bigger trainwreck than Paula, and then the focus would totally be off the unknown trainwrecks and on the celebrity trainwreck, defeating the purpose of the show.

The Unpredicatable To Replace the Incoherent?

Is Courtney Love going to replace Paula Abdul on American Idol? Courtney Love claims that Idols producer, Nigel Lythgoe, called her office asking if she was interested in joining the American Idol judging panel. Love wouldn't reveal specifics, so it's unclear if Lythgoe was offering her a full time job replacing Paula, or just a guest judging spot. US Weekly

I can't even begin to imagine what American Idol would be like with Courtney Love. She is even more unpredictable than Paula, who sometimes seems totally out of it, rambling, shouting, crying and hitting Simon Cowell. Courtney Love would probably have to be beeped out every two seconds, making her opinions totally pointless as well. However, the addition of Courtney would make American Idol a hell of a lot more interesting!

The American Idol Steamroller has arrived.

This week saw the debut of season 6 of the phenomenon that is American Idol. 37 million people plus watched the talent and the train wrecks of auditions in Minneapolis and Seattle. I for one, was very glad to see Simon Cowell back on my television. I find his acid tongue so entertaining, and let's face it, he's really doing everyone a favour by shattering their dreams of a singing career so they can get on with their lives!

The Post Chronicle is reporting that things were a little tense between Jewel and Paula.

If the two women spoke to each other it was brief. An icy wall seemed to separate them. Reports are that the two didn't get along and even exchanged some words. At one point were told, Abdul even removed her mike and slammed it down because she was upset with Jewel. It never made it to the taped version shown last night.

Quite frankly, I didn't even notice. Paula just sat there looking like a stunned mullet and every now and again she would turn around and hit Cowell in the arm or swivel her chair around and giggle. Jewel just looked bemused and confused. Randy was the most vocal in Tuesdays show, giving lots of "feedback" to the contestants. Randy's has also manged to score himself a bigger vocabulary over the break.

And it was revealed yesterday on TMZ, that Thomas Daniels, who managed to nab a Golden Ticket to Hollywood, already has a criminal record!!!! It's so early in the season for criminal records. Paula will be so disappointed. She loved him.