Simon Cowell (born October 7, 1959) is music producer and TV personality best known as a judge on "American Idol" and "The X Factor," where he holds nothing back in his critiques of performances. Find more pictures and articles about...
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Simon Cowell (born October 7, 1959) is music producer and TV personality best known as a judge on "American Idol" and "The X Factor," where he holds nothing back in his critiques of performances. Find more pictures and articles about Simon Cowell here.
You will have heard by now about the campaign that’s running against Simon ‘King of the Beavers ‘ Cowell’s latest X-Factor protege. Instead of letting the doting housewives and goggle-box zombies claim another Christmas No. 1 for this year’s Winner Joe McElderry, we in the UK are all supposed to take the advice of this Facebook campaign and strike a blow against formulaic pop music by purchasing Rage Against The Machine’s “Killing In the Name Of” before Dec 19th.
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Always startling a universe with her words, Megan Fox feels opposite than many about Simon Cowell – she thinks he is hot!
“Simon is hot,” a Transformers star gushed over a British judge. “It’s a total mean, powerful, British gent kind of thing.”
Meanwhile, a 23-year-old has had to understanding with a fame. “Being a luminary is similar to being a sacrificial lamb. At a little point, no make a difference how tall a pedestal which they [critics as well as audiences] put we on, they’re... Read Full Story
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Simon Cowell plans to relinquish his role as a judge on TV's "American Idol" after next season, Cowell's brother, Tony, said in his podcast Tuesday...
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – British TV and record producer Simon Cowell , one of the most successful entrepreneurs in British and U.S. show business, is planning to bring his " The X Factor " talent show to Las Vegas in a global pay-per-view Internet venture. Cowell, 50, best-known as the acerbic judge on America's top-rated TV singing contest " American Idol ", told the British version of GQ magazine he had partnered with British retail billionaire Sir Philip Green on the new "X-Factor". The... Read Full Story
The end of an era
Yes, we've heard this a million times. It seems as though every single year, Simon Cowell threatens to leave American Idol. But this time his brother is saying it. Do you think it's really true? Read Full Story
Simon Cowell is set to return to The Simpsons for a second cameo role, despite branding his last animated experience "embarrassing and intimidating." " />" class="middle" /> Read more!
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Funnyman Will Ferrell says it is his biggest dream to play the character of celebrity judge and music mogul Simon Cowell .
“I would love to play Simon Cowell in a movie – heck I would love it. It would be my dream role,” the Sun quoted him as saying.
The Anchorman star continued: “He’’s become a legend in five years. Nobody in the States knew who he was five years ago and now he is one of the most famous people on TV.
“It wouldn”t be that hard for me to play him because I see a lot of... Read Full Story
Simon Cowell is notorious for his tough critiques and brutal opinions on American Idol . So what does he think of new judge Ellen DeGeneres set to debut on the hit FOX show this January? “She’s going to be very different than Paula,” Simon says in an interview with Extra . “I think she’s probably quite nervous… She’s smart, but make no mistakes: this will be a very different kind of show than what you’re used to.”
Will Ellen sit next to Simon at the judges table as Paula did?
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Simon Cowell is eying another big payday – he is taking his smash hit U.K. show The X Factor to the States.
Cowell found fame with his role as a judge on Pop Idol in Britain and on American Idol in the U.S. in 2002, earning a ‘Mr Nasty’ reputation for his cutting comments and biting put-downs.
In 2004, he launched The X Factor – a search for new singing sensations which regularly draws an audience of millions in the U.K. and discovered Bleeding Love hitmaker Leona Lewis.
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"A press statement is being prepared that will confirm what everybody expected: Simon will leave 'Idol' at the end of 2010 to concentrate on bringing the American version of 'X Factor' to U.S. TV in 2011,"
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