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I hope Simon Cowell "being too busy" to select the Top 24 properly did not ruin season nine of American idol. Not only does the competition seem weak, I'm over Kara Dioguardi, and dare I say it... I kind of miss Paula Abdul. I'm also tired of all the online polls asking if Ellen DeGeneres is a good judge. She is great. People need to realize Idol is not the kind of show where she is going to be able to crack a joke after each performance. She is doing exactly what she was brought in to do; be Ellen and introduce a new audience to the show. She will make the joke when it prevents itself, like she did with Alex Lambert's (aka Corky) mullet. We just need to give her some time to settle in... Unlike Dioguardi whose time is up.

The producers should've just replaced Paula with DeGeneres and let Kara go. Listening to four judges prattle on about the same performance is boring without a crazy intermission from Abdul. The other judges were always just filler until it was Simon's turn to talk, and with four of them, it just takes longer to hear him speak. At least with the old system you could expect one entertaining outburst from Paula, or at least for her to crown a new contestant the winner each week. Plus the Simon and Paula fights were fun. I miss seeing her attack him one second and dry hump him the next. Kara just seems like the Cousin Oliver nobody wants around. Oh and can Ryan Seacrest please stop trying to force a conflict between Cowell and DeGeneres... It is getting old and they're too smart to take the bait and force it.  read more »

Not only does she have one of the top five white trash names, Crystal Bowersox, she has the worst haircut a white person can have -- dreadlocks -- a kid who looks like he starred in the movie Mac and Me, and teeth that look like she just gargled with piss.

American Idol fans know that the best performers can be sent home after one slip-up for being ugly, fat or black. While subpar performers glide by on dead wives, good looks or handicaps (being blind). So thank god Bowersox decided (or was forced) to get her teeth cleaned!

The women last night were anything but good, making the anticipation to see if Bowersox packed a toothbrush, the highlight of the night. And even though she was only in the middle of the pack performance wise, she stood out as the most memorable performer of the night, for of her turnaround in hygiene.

Congratulations! Maybe you do have a shot at this after all!

Meanwhile the charismatic Haeley Vaughn and last season castoff Lacey Brown look like they will be Idol's first casualties. The best performances of the night went to Siobhan Magnus with Wicked Games, Lilly Scott and Michelle Delamor -- who pulled it off with good looks and a great Alicia Keys imitation.  read more »

Simon Cowell didn't say who he would have changed his mind about, but he did say, if he had more time to pick this season's Top 24 he would have picked differently.

"This was a difficult one because it all happened so quickly," he said. "In hindsight, it would have been much easier if there had been five or six days to really review the performances."

Normally the top 24 is cut down from hundreds weeks after the Hollywood round, but this year it was done in about a week, because Cowell is busy with other projects.

Meanwhile the Top 24 started using Facebook and Twitter for the first time today. There wasn't much activity, but all 24 contestants did manage to make at least one Tweet linking to their Facebook pages.

Complete list of American Idol Top 24 Twitter Accounts.

This morning Idol hopeful Andre W. Garcia led the pack with 6,026 Twitter followers  read more »

After rumors back in January that American Idol hopeful, Michael "Big Mike" Lynche, was kicked off the show for Tweeting early about making the Top 24, Ryan Seacrest announced on his Twitter account, that "contestants will have MySpace, Twitter, and Facebook pages" while on the show.

Click here for a complete list of the Top 24 Idol contestants' Twitter accounts

While it sounds fun to be able to follow Idol contestants on social websites, it does raise the question if it will tip off America about who is more popular... And perhaps who is in the lead to win, or possibly go home. Even before one live show has been aired, contestant Tyler Grady has 450 followers, and Casey James only 127. Does this mean the 70s rocker wannabe has an early advantage?

Contestant Paige Miles -- who got very little airtime -- has only 54 followers, while Crystal "Needs a Toothbrush" Bowersox" has 134, Lacey Brown (she lost out to the annoying Megan Joy last season) has 303 followers and Katie Stevens (grandmother has Alzheimer's) has 276 followers.

We all know strange things can happen on Idol, but allowing the Top 24 to tweet and socialize on Facebook (MySpace really? Does anyone even use it anymore?) should make for an interesting season 9. So Idol fans make sure you show your support (or hate) for this season's Top 24 by following you favorite Idol on Twitter.  read more »

Every time I watch an episode of the TV show Keeping Up With The Kardashians with my friend she asks, "Do you think this is scripted," and I never have an answer for her... But after seeing these "topless" (her nips are covered) pictures of Khloe Kardashian on SheSoCrazy.com (site NSFW) I'm starting to wonder if some of the Kardashians' antics are real. I can't really imagine producer Ryan Seacrest scripting a topless scene or Scott's drunken dinner debacle that aired last night.

I don't know what is really going on in these pictures -- they are supposed to be from an upcoming episode of the show -- but it looks like Khloe either had a wardrobe malfunction or pulled a Girls Gone Wild at a movie theater? The real question is... Which one is Khloe again?  read more »

Kate Gosselin is doing a great job of staying out of the public eye and not exploiting her children by appearing on countless talk shows, magazines and releasing her third book, I Just Want You to Know: Letters to My Kids on Love, Faith, and Family.

After debuting her newest weave Gosselin announced that her new novel will be released on April 13 by Zondervan Publishers, and will feature prayers, excerpts from her journal and eight individual letters addressed to each one of her children.  read more »

Howard Stern confirmed Monday (February 8) that reports claiming American Idol producers were interested in him replacing judge Simon Cowell are true.

"There's not a better job on the planet than judging a f-----g karaoke contest," Stern said on his Sirius radio show. "It might be possible, we'll see."

According to some reports Idol is prepared to match the shock jock's $500 million contract with Sirius XM that expires January of next year.

"A $100 million to judge a karaoke contest? Yeah, I think I would do that show for $100 million," he said. Stern also believes American Idol is nothing without Cowell -- who may have suggested him as his replacement -- but if one person could replace him it would be Stern.

"If I do say so myself, I can't imagine anyone else but me replacing [Cowell]. I mean, how else are they going to make that show work? Who knows how to broadcast and who knows how to be interesting? And who's not afraid to speak their mind?"

Here is my Idol dream team; Howard Stern, Ellen DeGeneres, Kara DioGuardi (someone on the show should actually know about music) and Gary Coleman.

According to Radar Online; "American Idol producers 'will do what it takes to sign' radio legend Howard Stern as a must-have replacement for Simon Cowell when the British mogul leaves the show after this season."

The idea is to replace Simon with someone who would be even nastier to contestants and clash with the other judges. Stern has been known to discuss the TV show a lot with Eric "The Midget" on his radio show.

I'm sure Stern joining American Idol would create a HUGE buzz but does the shock jock and tween/teen girls really mix?

"Stern, whose Sirius XM contact is up in January 2011, recently said on his radio show he was 'approached by a major TV network to take over a TV show and leave here and do that next year -- and I did turn it down.'"  read more »

There were two big celebrity deaths on Monday February 1, 2010. First 27-year-old former Boston Legal actor Justin Mentell died in a car crash.

The incident occurred around 3:30am. A farmer spotted the Jeep while driving along a road outside Blanchardville, Wisconsin around 8:30am. Mentell was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash and was thrown from the vehicle. There is no indication that alcohol or drugs were a factor until a toxicology report can be completed in six to eight weeks.

Jaws producer David Brown also died at the age of 93 on Monday due to kidney failure after battling a long-illness.

To keep updated on all of 2010's celebrity deaths, visit and bookmark our 2010 Celebrity Death List.

It didn't take long and it's definitely not surprising... According to RadarOnline nude pictures and videos of Jersey Shore's J-WOWW (Jenni Farley) and Snooki (Nicole Polizzi) are being offered for sale. Probably by themselves!

Radar who claims to have seen the pictures wrote that Snooki's video and stills "leave nothing to the imagination."

"In one photo she is in her bedroom, on her knees, with one hand on the ground and the other holding the rail of the bed frame. She is looking at the camera with her head tilted slightly. Her spot-it-anywhere fingernail polish is plainly visible. Another shot is too graphic to describe."

We will keep you updated on any future developments, or check with SheSoCrazy.com to see the uncensored pictures when and if they're released.  read more »