Read more American Idol stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/230/american-idol.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:26:41 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73017/seacrest-fine-after-stalker-arrest.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRyan Seacrest twitters that he's "fine" and "happy" now that his stalker is in police custody. LA police arrested 25-year-old Chidi Uzomah yesterday after he entered the E! offices looking for Seacrest and armed with a knife. Security guards recognized Uzomah because he was arrested last month after attacking a...http://www.newser.com/story/73017/seacrest-fine-after-stalker-arrest.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 31 Oct 2009 16:42:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68999/american-idol-snags-degeneres-as-4th-judge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagComedian and talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres will be the fourth judge on the next season of American Idol , the Wrap reports. The deal, announced by Fox tonight, fills the star spot vacated by Paula Abdul, who quit the show this summer in a salary dispute.http://www.newser.com/story/68999/american-idol-snags-degeneres-as-4th-judge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 09 Sep 2009 20:00:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68666/awww-simon-misses-paula-on-idol.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTight-lipped Simon Cowell doesn’t want to “get in the middle” of execs and departed American Idol judge Paula Abdul, he tells Extra, but he does say things are “different” without her. “I miss her, of course,” he says. Asked how the new lineup compares to the old, Cowell is characteristically...http://www.newser.com/story/68666/awww-simon-misses-paula-on-idol.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 04 Sep 2009 15:41:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67254/fox-may-replace-paula-withpaula.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPaula Abdul’s replacement on American Idol is looking more and more like…Paula Abdul. Fox will show focus groups taped footage of guest judges like Victoria Beckman, Mary J. Blige, and Shania Twain to determine exactly how damaging her absence is, Radar reports. “If Paula consistently scores far higher than any...http://www.newser.com/story/67254/fox-may-replace-paula-withpaula.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Aug 2009 10:19:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67179/heaton-basic-math-painful-tv.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPatricia Heaton of Everybody Loves Raymond embarrassed herself and everyone watching last night on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Gawker reports. She acted as if her simple question—“If a euro is worth $1.50, five euros is worth what? Thirty quarters, 50 dimes, 30 nickels, or 90 pennies”—...http://www.newser.com/story/67179/heaton-basic-math-painful-tv.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 18 Aug 2009 9:05:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67034/posh-reels-in-5m-idol-contract.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagVictoria Beckham has landed a $5 million contract to sit in for Paula Abdul on American Idol , even though inside sources claim she fumbled her audition, reports the Daily Mail . She has host Simon Cowell's support, though program producers are still worried she comes across as too British and is...http://www.newser.com/story/67034/posh-reels-in-5m-idol-contract.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 16 Aug 2009 7:34:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66702/why-paula-really-left-idol.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPaula Abdul left American Idol only after “months of calculation,” both her own and Fox’s, writes Edward Wyatt in the New York Times . Abdul felt she was being mistreated on the show. Colleagues, she believed, weren’t doing enough to fight rumors about her “unreliability and possible substance abuse”; meanwhile, she...http://www.newser.com/story/66702/why-paula-really-left-idol.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Aug 2009 10:58:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66602/mels-babymama-dont-judge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOksana Grigorieva may be carrying Mel Gibson’s love child, but she wants “to be judged by my art, by my music,” she tells Reuters in her first interview. “How can I be judged for falling in love? We live in the same city. I don’t control who I meet,” she...http://www.newser.com/story/66602/mels-babymama-dont-judge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 11 Aug 2009 11:51:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66498/sometimes-celeb-tweets-bring-real-news.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSurprise! Celebrities do, occasionally, use Twitter to break actual news. Don’t believe it? USA Today lists some examples: Paula Abdul: Bid adieu to American Idol before an official statement was released. Ryan Seacrest: Told the world Ben Silverman was out at NBC before NBC did.http://www.newser.com/story/66498/sometimes-celeb-tweets-bring-real-news.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Aug 2009 11:32:00 CDT