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  • Role Models? Depends on Where You Look!

    Just when you think it’s safe to love a celebrity — even a Disney one — they go and break your heart with news they’re headed to jail or rehab. It’s no wonder parents in this town are a little nervous about naming a Tinseltown role model for their kids.   My top choice right…

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    Laura Clark

  • Uh-oh … Someone’s Not a Shoo-in!

    Wow. On "It Don’t Mean a Thing," the Idols actually seemed to be singing live, a testament to their collective talent! Kris Allen, we’ve all bought into the idea that you’re the "cute one." How about dressing up a little next time? After the group number, we were all treated to an inexplicable food fight…

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    Jennifer Kelly

  • The Soloist Meets the Rat Pack

    So it was Rat Pack Night! Yes! Finally a theme I can get behind! I was fired up for Michael Buble, the obvious choice for mentor. Then in walks … Jamie Foxx. What? Was this another example of the producers’ “let’s make Quentin Tarantino a singing mentor” logic? Perhaps it was a PR stunt to…

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    Jennifer Kelly

  • Fire the Timekeeper!

    You know, for a show whose producers are obviously worried about time issues, they sure did let Seacrest drone on and on, coming up with adjectives for the judges’ personalities. Then Seacrest and Simon went back and forth, explaining that because of said time issues, only two judges would critique each contestant, which meant only…

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    Jennifer Kelly

  • Guess Who’s Finally ‘Passed Off’!

    Oddly, no mention at all Wednesday night of the overtime glitch that left DVR viewers out in the cold for Glambert’s performance. But they did seem to have time for Seacrest to yet again make fun of Simon’s age. Isn’t that joke getting old? Apparently Frankie Avalon’s “Venus” was on the top of the charts…

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    Jennifer Kelly

  • ‘Idol’ Gets Smokey

    I can’t believe they are still doing that lame melodramatic thing where the judges walk onto stage and are announced. Is this the reason the show is still clocking in at two hours? Ridiculous! (I also can’t believe Ryan Seacrest made an allusion to oral sex when Paula reached under the desk to get a…

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    Jennifer Kelly

  • Hollywood Week Group Auditions Full of Drama

    Hollywood Week on “American Idol” is not about singing; if you’re interested in that, check out your local opera. If it’s drama and schadenfreude you seek, however, then you’re in the right place.   The fun of these episodes is in pushing contestants to their breaking points.  What usually end up breaking, by the way,…

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    Jennifer Kelly

  • Hollywood Week Begins

    TIME TO SET THE DVR You know what time of year it is. For many fans, “American Idol” didn’t officially begin until last night, when they programmed their season recordings three weeks behind the rest of us. For those of you who either haven’t enjoyed or didn’t even watch the seemingly endless a capella auditions…

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    Jennifer Kelly

  • And I Am Telling You Adeola Will Not Make It To Hollywood

    As Melinda Camille sang on last night’s episode, “It’s a new dawn; it’s a new day; it’s a new life for me.” It truly is a new dawn for all of us, as the entire country embraces an Obama-fied appreciation of unity. “American Idol,” never one to miss a trend (or a new cashcow), jumps…

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    Jennifer Kelly