Simon Cowell

By Lindsay Powers Kara DioGuardi and Paula Abdul wanted to use their one-time wild card to keep him in the competition, but Simon Cowell made the final call to send him home. The seven remaining contestants will sing movie tunes on next week's show. Jennifer Hudson and Miley Cyrus are slated to perform.

By Kate Schweitzer He also defended the producers of American Idol, who have received criticism for allowing Goodspeed to audition. Although controversies surrounding contestants or judges on the show can help ratings, Cowell sees this much differently.

By Rachel Paula Abrahamson Celebrity News Dek "It was Terri's idea, not Simon's," his rep tells Us Body Simon Cowell and girlfriend Terri Seymour, 34, have ended their six year relationship, Cowell's rep confirmed to Usmagazine.com. "They broke up about a month ago. It was Terri's idea, not Simon's," Cowell's rep, M...

By Peter G American Idol judges Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul are expressing their well wishes to season three contestant Jennifer Hudson, whose mother, brother and nephew were violently killed by an unidentified assailant last week in Chicago.

By Mandi Illuzzi Oprah Winfrey earns a whopping $385 million a year. banks $50 million. David Letterman? $32 million! And The Simpsons cast — Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith and Hank Azaria — each earn $400,000 per episode.