Paula Abdul

By Brian Moylan Extracurricular Activities: Everything about the "sneak peek" of Leighton Meester's music video—the glittery outfit, the clown makeup, the giant hair, looking like a Britney Spears rip off. Just no: -6 Quip: "No one ever accused [Serena] of saying no.": +1, "He's drunker than Paula Abd...

By Tracie 2.) Glassy-eyed Fanilow Paula Abdul attended a Barry Manilow concert, where Entertainment Tonight caught up with her backstage. Really rare. 8.) Holly Montag Who would've thought that Heidi's sister would turn out to spike the punch of The Hills with her dance "fights."

By Brian Moylan The show was a live reunion special for Hey Hey, It's Saturday, a popular and long-running program down under that was cancelled a decade ago. During their Red Faces segment, which is similar to the American version of The Gong Show, six doctors performed a choreographed number in blackfa...

By Tracie 3.) New Judge Judy episodes! It's been a cruel summer without some new JJ. Thankfully the new season has returned to dispense the most practical advice in the world. 5.) Police work stinks for women Oh, and of course, this. 9.) How not to raise children. 10.) Paula Abdul

By Andrew Belonsky Paula Abdul danced her way into her VH1 Divas introduction as a way of poking good-natured fun at Ellen. But could it simply be a sad ploy at subtle revenge? But, have to admit: Abdul does do a knock-out job mimicking Ellen's mannerisms.

By Andrew Belonsky Finally! After weeks of anticipation, the nation can now sleep well at night knowing that American Idol has found a new judge to replace Paula Abdul. Her name's Ellen DeGeneres, and she's the best candidate for the position. I'm thrilled to be the new judge on American Idol. I've watched sinc...

By Andrew Belonsky With her Idol tenure officially over, Paula Abdul's now banking on another gig: host of VH1s Divas special. This year's edition honors Kelly Clarkson, Jordin Sparks, Adele and Miley Cyrus. It's far easier to be a "diva" these days. [Twitter]

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By Richard Rushfield Sources tell us Paula Abdul will make a deal with American Idol if the price is right—and we're told that price is $10 million a year. I am hearing that when the Judges are on hand for round three of the American Idol 9 auditions, none other than Paula Abdul will be sitting at the judges table wit...

By Brian Moylan In the wake of the "Paula's leaving American Idol" tragedy, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and get ready for her to guest star on some shows about dowdy fat girls. Oh, and the New York Times reveals today that Paula left American Idol because of money concerns and because she n...

By Hamilton Nolan Today in too much information: A singer with an unsatisfactory man, a fashion critic with cheap ass gold paint on her walls, an actor in love with his sister-in-law, and some Paula Abdul thing. 1. "Which British solo singer has moaned to pals about her man's ability in the bedroom and has dubb...

By Richard Rushfield While at the LAT, Richard Rushfield became the world's foremost expert on the inner workings of American Idol. He's currently resting up before joining Gawker later this month, but he couldn't resist weighing in on why Paula Abdul quit.

By The Cajun Boy So who to believe here? The occasionally lucid ex-pop star, or the conniving former Gossip queen desperate to drum up publicity for her new internet gig? Though perhaps the biggest question of all is what the hell else is Paula Abdul going to do?

By Brian Moylan It's no secret that Paula Abdul's position on the judging panel of American Idol is as tenuous as her grasp on reality. Where should she turn for inspiration? Try So You Think You Can Dance's resident loon, Mary Murphy. We wouldn't change a thing about Paula, and we don't want her as snide as Si...

By Aaron Coleman American Idol charming kook Paula Abdul has not, we repeat, NOT received a contract for next season, which starts shooting in, um, three weeks. Is it the end of television? Will FOX fold? It's Armageddon! Ryan Gay/Straight/Gay Seacrest, meanwhile, sits pretty and overly tanned with his...

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By Richard Lawson Thousands of sad people lined up on Sunday in Massachusetts. No, it wasn't a Bruins game. It was for American Idol! Determined to realize their dreams of becoming walking, talking, singing contracts, hopefuls like our proud homegirl Tiffany "Shorty" Dorsey from mighty Walpole (they've...

By Dodai On-Set Secrets." Lots of pictures from the set of New Moon and "secrets" about Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart such as , "They were happy and laughing throughout filming," and "They seemed comfortable with each other." Shocking, since this is the second movie they've done together!...

By Seth Paula Abdul is now freely admitting she was scared shitless the day she came face-to-face in the Idol audition room with a longtime obsessive fan who'd later commit suicide outside her home. Paula Abdul Lashes Out at Idol Producers [People]

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By Seth With just a little over a month before Fox parts the 200-foot-high bamboo gates of Karaoke Island and unleashes their gargantuan ratings beast upon an eager-to-be-trampled public, the American Idol publicity machine is in full swing.

By Mark Graham WEDNESDAY, JULY 23 WEDNESDAY, JULY 30 · I spotted JASON SCHWARTZMAN in the Staples on Sunset. He wasn’t holding any office supplies, but he did look like a man on a mission. Very handsome, although much smaller than I would have expected.

By Mark Graham · Saw Brad Garrett rocking out to the Police during night one of their two nights at the Hollywood Bowl. The people behind him only heard the show. Dude is tall. He left during the encore. · Had lunch at Maggiano's on Sunday (June 1st) and saw Paula Abdul there. She was pretty much ignoring the three...

By Seth American Idol judge Paula Abdul—on whom we rely to pull browbeaten contestants into her addled embrace, showering them with slurred words of encouragement—made a gaffe for the ages on last night's all-Neil Diamond-cover show. In her defense, producers made a radical change to the show...

By Seth Luckily, Paula Classic™ was back to form last night, as slurrily effusive as ever: Enjoy every facet of her soft-focus existence in this montage by Defamer videocronologist Molly McAleer. We really have no idea what combination of ingestants is causing Abdul to hallucinate so strongly...

By Seth Week Two of American Idol competition trotted out the boy competitors once more before the Randy/Paula/Simon firing squad, with the ascendancy of teen idol prodigy David Archuleta a seemingly foregone conclusion: Producers left his interpretation of "Imagine" to the end of the broa...

By Seth In today's episode: Javier Bardem; Gary Oldman; Lindsay Lohan, Adrian Grenier, and Danny Masterson; Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman; Jesse Metcalfe; Kyle MacLachlan; Matthew Fox; Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale; Billy Baldwin; Minnie Driver; Chelsea Clinton; Paula Abdul; Chris Not...

By Seth Anyone who's experienced even a single episode of Hey Paula, the Bravo reality show that dared to pull back the beaded curtain and reveal the complex inner-life of soft-focus superstar Paula Abdul, knows that the American Idol judge's fans are like no other. Still, there are lines that da...

By Seth As it turns out, the only usable amount of Abdul would include a brief appearance at the end of an Idol sketch, in which she was called upon to register her displeasure over Poehler's substandard characterization, the versatile Not Ready For Prime Time Player having apparently failed to...

By Mark 8:21: A Paula Abdul sighting! We knew she wouldn't be far away. Seacrest mangles the "Paula Abdul is on drugs" joke by intimating that Abdul enjoyed the Weeds wrap party a little too much, when everyone knows he should've gone with something related to the abuse of prescription painkiller...

By Mark With both Seacrest and Fox's Minister of Alternative Programming Evil on board, it seems all but inevitable that many of these "innovative things" will be borrowed from the Idol formula; the evening's most poignant moment will come when Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series loser C...

By Mark You can have people tell you how you are, but until you see yourself on a 40-inch plasma TV, you really can't know," says Lewis, 37, who grew up in Orange County. The way he has been portrayed, two episodes into the six-episode run, is not an exaggeration. "I really was, at that time, I was a monst...

By Mark In today's episode: Kiefer Sutherland and Shannon Tweed; Will Smith and Jada Pinkett; Cameron Diaz and Mary Lynn Rajskub; Britney Spears; Jeff Goldblum; Zachary Quinto; Paula Abdul; Dominic Monaghan; Jason Schwartzman; Josh Schwarz; Kirstie Alley, Paul Stanley, and Tori Spelling...

By Seth It took five soul-deadening episodes, but Bravo's Hey Paula finally offered something by way of quality entertainment on this week's show, when unstable protagonist Paula Abdul appeared to have been relieved of her producing duties on the Bratz movie, the most hotly anticipated rele...

By Seth By all measures, Hey Paula, the Bravo reality show offering viewers unfettered access to everyone's favorite inarticulate American Idol judge who isn't Randy Jackson, was as sure a thing as they come. Who wouldn't tune in to catch a rare glimpse of the real Paula Abdul—the enigmatic woma...

By Seth We therefore invite you to take BravoTV.com's Abdul Vs. Churchill quiz, in which you'll be called upon to attribute 13 quotes to either the venerated Ally leader or the flatulent lapdog wrangler and star of Hey Paula. Good luck—it's not nearly as easy as it sounds! The Quotable Paula: Abdul V...

By Seth · "Larry Sanders'" former assistant, Wallace Langham, leaving the Home Depot in Hollywood @ 10PM Thursday, 2/8. Carrying what appeared to be a few lightweight bags, but looked like he was getting some help from a couple of clerks. He needs help with that?

By Mark While this just-discovered video of American Idol judge and serial technical difficulty victim Paula Abdul giving an interview to a Fox Dallas affiliate's morning show is decidedly lighter on the slurry, incoherent, and fidgety delights that made her recent Seattle and San Francisc...

By Seth Last week's round of Paula Abdul satellite interviews (we can't decide which we prefer: the perky Seattle duo who kill Abdul with kindness, knowing the longer they keep her there, the worse things will get, or the straightlaced San Francisco interviewer who can barely conceal his utter...

By Seth There's no denying the inescapability of TV ratings juggernaut American Idol, which premieres Tuesday and now bills itself as the planet's ultimate star search. Besides the high-stakes singing competition, however, it's Idol's other regular cliffhanger--how will a seemingly tank...

By Mark Like the desperate, ratings-hungry network executive who, upon reading his morning Nielsen fax and discovering that his lowest-brow offering has become his biggest hit, begins his next staff meeting by declaring, "Goddammit, if they want to see people shouting at briefcases, we're...

By Seth We had been told there was a post-Emmys E! interview with Paula Abdul in which she was perhaps the most soused she had ever been on live TV--hard to believe considering Abdul was so consistently zonked throughout the last season of American Idol, producers opted to replace her midway thro...

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By Mark The Drudge Report, your source for incremental updates in the inappropriate sexual relationships of American Idol judge Paul Adbul, offers a new nugget: contestant Corey Clark claims he can ID a "distinguishing characteristic" on Abdul's body. Given the nature of his allegations, we...