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We are truly shocked and saddened by the untimely death of Whitney Houston , and it looks like we aren't alone. Many of the pop legend's collaborators, peers and fans took to Twitter to express their grief upon hearing of the passing of this extraordinary talent. Read their reactions below. Mariah Carey : "Heartbroken and in tears over the shocking death of my friend, the incomparable Ms. Whitney Houston. My heartfelt condolences to Whitney's family and to all her millions of fans throughout the world. She will never be forgotten as [...]

Simon Cowell is missing Paula Abdul . In an interview with Extra , Simon reveals that the recent X-Factor firings didn't come directly from Cowell. In fact, if it was up to him, one familiar face would still be there. "You know, it was fairly straight what (the network) wanted," Cowell said of talks with FOX officials. "We were told it had to happen straight away." "It" being the rapid-fire terminations of host Steve Jones , judge Nicole Scherzinger and Cowell's fellow former "American Idol" judge [...]

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Madonna made sure she is all anyone is talking about this week, whether it was expressing her worth as a live performer , answering journalists' stupid questions , or revealing her new video " Give Me All Your Luvin' ". But there was still plenty else going on — who did not get any luvin' this week was Steve Jones, Nicole Scherzinger and Paula Abdul, who were unceremoniously 862d from The X Factor , or Taylor Swift, whose exit from the Les Miserables cast did not leave many [...]

Sorry — what was that? We could barely hear you over the locomotive that is the Madonna Train roaring through Planet Pop at 140 mph. The Queen truly soared and thrilled over the past seven days, but the week wasn't without heartbreak, as a bona fide R&B pioneer from the television world met a tragic end. Thankfully we had the Michael Jackson episode of Glee , the rise of UK gents The Wanted and the rad return of Garbage to ease the pain. See how all these music players ranked on our weekly Pop & Fizz hype [...]

Vi abbiamo aggiornato in alcune occasione sulla prima stagione di "X Factor Usa" che ha riscosso un discreto successo in America (nonostante, prima del debutto, Simon Cowell si fosse augurato uno share decisamente maggiore). Come dimenticare le polemiche del rapper ragazzino Astro (successivamente impegnato in un duetto con Cher Lloyd in "Want You Back" ), la crisi di nervi della piccola Rachel Crow e la vincitrice Melanie Amaro . Da qualche settimana è stata confermata una seconda edizione del programma ma, a quanto pare, cambieranno molte cose. A partire dal conduttore Steve [...]

It's official Paula Abdul has been canned from ' The X Factor !' Paula has become another victim of 'X Factor' producers who are cleaning house and trying to tweek the struggling show. Abdul joins former fellow judge Nicole Scherzinger and host Steve Jones in the unemployed line. Am I surprised Simon Cowell axed his own friend? Not really, he wants nothing but for this show to succeed. He's going to do what [...]

Paula Abdul - Getty Judges are dropping like flies on X Factor USA . Not long after Fox confirmed Nicole Scherzinger 's exit, reports from several media outlet were out, stating that Paula Abdul , who joined Scherzinger, LA Reid and her former American Idol partner in judgement, Simon Cowell , on the judges' panel, was also axed. Today, Abdul confirmed the news in a statement, saying , "Yes, it's true; I won't be returning to The X Factor next season. [...]

Who will return to the US version of The X-Factor in Season 2? The FOX reality competition's host Steve Jones will not be returning for season two, nor will mentor Nicole Scherzinger . "I won't be hosting next seasons X Factor which is a shame but I cant complain as I've had a great time," handsome Welshman Jones tweeted Monday. "Good luck to everyone on the show." Now it appears that Simon Cowell 's longtime friend and American Idol colleague Paula Abdul won't be returning [...]

It turns out The X Factor may be carrying out an off-screen elimination more brutal than anything seen on its debut season. In addition to the departure of Nicole Scherzinger and Steve Jones , there's word that pop superstar and longtime Simon Cowell colleague Paula Abdul has also been ousted from Fox TV's would-be American Idol rival. A source tells Hollywood news blog Deadline that Abdul, Scherzinger and Jones were all asked to exit. We had no idea this is what Cowell meant when he promised Season 2 would be "a bloodbath" [...]

SHOCKING NEWS. In what will surely rock the world of exactly one housewife in Minnesota and literally nobody else, Nicole Scherzinger was un expectedly ousted from her position as judge on US X Factor this evening. From E! Online : "She wants to focus on her music career," a source said. "She's spoken to Simon [Cowell] and he's given her his blessing." Scherzinger is currently rehearsing for her upcoming European tour that kicks off next month. Apart from ruining [...]

Paula Abdul has split from her boyfriend of a year and a half. Jeff Bratton , owner of record label Cascine Records, said he and Abdul broke up in November. "It was an amicable thing," he said. "Between the final months of 'X Factor' and my responsibilities with Cascine, there was little time for us." The couple met in 2010 and split their time between Los Angeles - where Abdul lives and tapes "The X Factor" - and Bratton's home base of New York. "We're still close, [...]

Filed under: The Hit List YouTube Most people think of David Fincher as the man behind several of today's biggest films: the upcoming ' Girl With the Dragon Tattoo ,' ' Fight Club ,' ' Zodiac ,' ' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ' and his Oscar-winning ' The Social Network ,' just to name a few. However, it is a lesser-known fact that he began his career directing music videos [...]

It's Rock n Roll week at the X Factor and we are down to the final 10 contestants ! Tonight was performance night and each contestant did their best to channel their inner Rock star. First to take the stage was LeRoy Bell who performed the Bob Seger song, "We've Got Tonight." The judges were not impressed, saying that Bell lacked the Rock Star confidence and needed to engage the crowd more. [...]

She was one of the last women to really turn me on. I'm not completely sure what got me thinking about Belinda Carlisle. It may have been something by Terence Trent D'Arby (speaking of great singers who never got their commercial due, which is what I intend to do in a future post) that my iPod shuffle selected while I was in the gym yesterday. I don't know why, but for some reason, D'Arby's "Wishing Well" always reminds me of Belinda. I remember watching the Grammy Awards in 1989 -- he was hot with [...]

Media mogul Simon Cowell said he was "fascinated" by singer Paula Abdul, his colleague in the show American Idol, during 2002-2009. Simon Cowell finds Paula Abdul fascinating, informed music-news.com. She worked with him in the American Idol show for 7 years. The two will form a team as judges again in the American version of the show X Factor, along with Nicole Scherzinger and LA Reid. Simon Cowell likes to work with Paul and say she is a very nice person. 'From the moment I met Paula, I was fascinated by her," he told Redbook magazine. "She is [...]

Earlier today, The X Factor judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, L.A. Reid, Nicole Scherzinger and eye candy host Steve Jones stopped by Ellen DeGeneres to sit and chat about the singing competition with the daytime talk show host, herself having served as a judge on American Idol briefly following Adbul's departure. (Ah, memories.) Everyone was all smiles, particularly newcomer Jones, who beamed as he spoke about his love for LA (both the city and the man), and provided an interesting way to describe the show's panel of judges. Watch the crowded [...]

Getting excited for tomorrow night's long-awaited premiere of The X Factor ? You're not the only one! Certainly in many ways, this feels like the second coming of American Idol , and so judge extraordinaire Paula Abdul has been making the rounds chatting up her big reunion (and precarious friendship) with Simon Cowell and how the X Factor is not exactly like the mega-hit show that first brought them together. (We'll just see about that.) The star-studded premiere already went down — now catch Paula on Today and [...]

I was in complete denial about summer ending till I went to the Caribbean this weekend and felt that amazing Cabarete beach weather - yeah summer is over. I've been traveling a lot my whole life, there's something about waking up in different countries within a matter of days that does it for me. I'll never take that for granted and music has made it possible so cheers to that. I woke up this morning still feeling like an islander but regaining my New York State of Mind and the first thing I did was put on the new anti-winter [...]

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Hey Paula. There's nothing to brighten the Monday blues quite like some Balearic beats1. Thank goodness for Jensen Sportag, who have recently provided us with a beautiful, rousing remix of Shine 2009's So Free, which features vocals by the one and only Paula Abdul. Two weeks ago darling Cascine celebrated their one-year birthday, and gave away this track as a reverse birthday present. A nice

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• Shine 2009 - So Free feat. Paula Abdul (Jensen Sportag Mix)