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Did You Hear? :: Many musicians are still riled up that the Recording Academy has eliminated over 30 categories (including Best Tejano Album, Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album and Best Contemporary Folk Album) for this year's Grammys. A protest committee has been formed, and will stand protest outside the Staples Center on Sunday. Fans of Latin jazz, gospel and blues music have been invited to participate as well. [ MSN ] :: The coaches for the Australian version of The Voice sure look familiar... bald, black singer, blonde female [...]

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 [...]

Kelly Rowland's summer jam "Motivation" is up for a Best Rap/Sung Collaboration Grammy , and the sultry singer hit up Chelsea Lately last night to talk, among other things, about how she came to work with Lil Wayne on the track. "Sometimes, I don't know if you guys know, but artists will be really, a little bit, difficult when it comes to getting on songs," Rowland said. "And he just did it." Ms. Kelly also had a good time poking fun at Simon Cowell's British accent and discussing her Sexy Abs workout DVD. [...]

Did You Hear? :: Jay-Z and Kanye West's "Ni**as In Paris" video will reportedly drop by the end of the week. Get ready to recreate the live experience by watching the video seven times in a row . [ Complex ] :: Rihanna is considering dropping her Talk That Talk track " Birthday Cake " as her next single, and has been asking her Twitter followers who they'd like to see featured on the song. Our pick: Shy Ronnie . [ Pop Crush ] :: Simon Cowell finally [...]

Just when you thought ' The X Factor ' was falling apart… Reports are saying that Simon Cowell is offering Beyonce a hefty some to join him on the judging table! So how much money are we talking? $500 MILLION ! According to the same source that revealed that Jennifer Lopez was joining ' American Idol ', Cowell is desperate to keep his show afloat and is willing to pay top [...]

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 [...]

Back to the drawing board. After the bloodbath of firings that rocked the US edition of The X Factor — Steve Jones, Nicole Scherzinger, and, most surprisingly, Paula Abdul have been cut from the show — there are suddenly a ton of job openings for a new host and two new judges. (Somewhere, Cheryl Cole is laughing at all this mayhem.) After a disappointing inaugural season , it looks like the singing competition is in need of an overhaul, anyway. But who should join the judges' panel for Season 2? Our Top 5 [...]

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" [...]

Melanie Amaro was "crowned" the winner of the first American season of " The X Factor " -. Now the 19 year-old chanteuse must please "King" Elton John in a humorous new Pepsi commercial which will air during the broadcast of Super Bowl XLVI on February 5, 2012. "Set in a rock-fantasy version of medieval times, the 60 second commercial features Melanie Amaro performing in front of a "royal court of rock," including Elton John's character, the King," reports Pepsi. "With epic Pepsi scale and [...]

On a personal level you could certainly understand Lana Del Rey if she disagreed with the epigram "The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about." It's difficult to think of a singer who has had to endure such a vitriolic backlash before having even released an album and it must be said, much of the abuse has gone way beyond the pale. Indeed the bafflingly popular "alternative celebrity" site Hipster Runoff claims to have developed such an unhealthy obsession with attacking Del Rey that it's re-branded itself " The [...]

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On a personal level you could certainly understand Lana Del Rey if she disagreed with the epigram "The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about." It's difficult to think of a singer who has had to endure such a vitriolic backlash before having even released an album and it must be said, much of the abuse has gone way beyond the pale. Indeed the bafflingly popular "alternative celebrity" site Hipster Runoff appears to have developed such an unhealthy obsession with attacking Del Rey that it's re-branded itself " The [...]

According to some rumours Khloe Kardashian will host the show, and the panel will include Steve Aoki, Paul Oakenfold and Jamie Jones. Apparently House legend Frankie Knuckles is also on board as a mentor. The X Factor creator is set to launch a new show with the intent of finding the next great DJ. Cowell, who's been developing this show for over a year, calls DJs the "new rock stars," and says the show will capture the trendy rise of the DJ phenomenon. In my own personal opinion, I don't believe you have [...]

Even though we posted about it yesterday, we still feel like the news of Simon Cowell's latest venture kind of ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/ deadmau5-supports-simon-cowell s-planned-dj-talent-/61019/

Saw an article from the LA Times that Will Smith and Simon Cowell are teaming to produce a new competition show for the next DJ Superstar. I guess the pop and dance teams have all been played out in reality TV competitions shows and now they are seeing DJs as being the next big thing to milk millions from. I wonder how the show is going to play out and how they would judge something like that. I can already see Simon saying "That was terrible, I mean just awful, that transition was [...]

Miley Cyrus - TMZ Miley Cyrus celebrated her super hot actor boyfriend's birthday by licking all over his penis...cake! Holy x-rated! But that's just Miley being Miley: PopBytes While we're talking about Miley, let's look at her boozing it up, dancing on tables and more at Liam Hemsworth 's party: TMZ Nick Jonas may not be as scandalous as his ex, but he's just as newsworthy. The teen heartthrob apparently kicked some serious butt during his Broadway debut: Teen [...]

Though most of America probably couldn't pick David Guetta out of a lineup, his name and brand is bigger than ever — and Simon Cowell knows this. In a sea of singing competitions watering down primetime television, Cowell will attempt to stray from the pack (that includes himself ) and launch a show searching for the world's best new DJ. "DJs are the new rock stars," said Cowell, whose SYCO Entertainment will team up with Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith's Overbrook Entertainment to produce. "It feels like the right time to make this show." At least we [...]

The X-Factor took America by storm late last year, and now Simon Cowell is looking to apply the same model to the world of DJing. Cowell's Syco Entertainment company — the same one involved with that little Leona Lewis debacle — has confirmed a live, international contest to "find the world's greatest DJs." Cowell himself told Music Week that he's been working on the show for over a year, and adds that "DJs are the new rock stars." It'll be interesting to see how this all goes down when the show finally airs, but this certainly [...]

The news that Seal is to divorce from Heidi Klum is like journalistic viagra to Gordon this morning. Why? Because it allows him to wheel out the tabloid's favourite old trope : [Other divorcing celebs] may have valid reasons but neither can compete with a national rivalry that's sparked two world wars and two semi-final defeats on penalties. Seal said: "We certainly have differences of opinion. I mean, she's German and I'm English, so if I said we didn't have differences of opinion, no one would believe that." I suppose the grinding out of world [...]