What was it that onetime contestant Jennifer Hudson was saying recently about American Idol?: "Go out on top?"
The producers of the shows don't seem to be taking her advice.
Now in its fourth week of Season 12 - contestants who got through early auditions are in Hollywood Wednesday night, fighting for the top 40 spots split evenly between males and females - the increasingly tiresome singing competition hasn't benefited from the supposed feud between duelling divas and new judges Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj .
The catfight seems to have been completely overblown, with the focus still more on that than any promising new talent, with apologies to last week's yodelling ventriloquist Halie.
Once Mel Brooks began to "make a noise," thankfully he never shut up There’s an apt evaluation in the first minute of the documentary Mel Brooks: Make a Noise. "Mel was not interested in the little laugh," observes writer/director Barry Levinson. "He literally wanted you to collapse and fall on the ground and can’t ... Read more
'SNL' season finale full of goodbyes As Stefon would say: This Saturday Night Live had everything. Kanye West, Jennifer Garner, Anderson Cooper, a musical super group, a surprise guest appearance from Amy Poehler and what looks like the departure of not one, but three cast members. Bill ... Read more
Reporter congratulates Matthew Perry on sitcom axe In what could be one of the biggest live celebrity interview fails of all time, a Fox sports reporter congratulated Matthew Perry on the cancellation of his show “Go On” (which lasted one season) during an NHL game. The impromptu interview ... Read more
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