‘The Greatest Event in Television History’: Adam Scott and Jon Hamm are ‘Simon & Simon’
A star-studded special recreated one of the most important moments in the long history of moving pictures.
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‘X Factor’ Lies — Simon Cowell & Britney Spears’ Houses WERE FAKES
“X Factor” producers tried to pull the wool over your eyes last night — because TMZ has learned Simon Cowell and Britney Spears’ mansions on the show weren’t their homes at all … in fact, one actually belongs to MLB star Alex Rodriguez.In case you…
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Cheryl Cole Reveals Her Anger At Simon Cowell Over ‘X Factor’ Firing
By Radar Staff
Cheryl Cole has opened up for the first time about her intense anger with the way she was fired from The X Factor, something she blames squarely on Simon Cowell.
Cole, an English singer and model superstar, became a judge on The X Factor when it launched in the UK in 2008. Show creator Simon Cowell then tapped her to be a judge on the US edition of the show when it premiered in 2011. But she was terminated after just two weeks, while the show was still in the auditions phase.
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In a excerpt from her new book, Cheryl: My Story, published in the London Sun Cole writes that her old friend Cowell was not the one to give her the news she’d been dropped.
She writes that she told her manager, “I can’t get over the fact that ‘big man’ Simon, the same guy that told me I had the job and told me ‘don’t wear that hair’ couldn’t tell me I didn’t have the job! The coward didn’t even have the guts to phone or send a message warning me what was coming.”
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What she said to Cowell, via text, was not nearly as printable.
“I wrote the longest text ever. I apologise about the bad language, but this is how he made me feel.
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“F*** you. F*** Britain’s Got Talent. F*** the orange and purple outfit. F*** big hair. F*** the UK X Factor. F*** you all. I hate you. I understand you’re a businessman, and what I’ve learned from this is that business means more to you than friendship.”
Cole claims that Simon later told her that taking her off the show was “the worst mistake” I ever made, and she now considers him a friend again.
The U.S. version of The X Factor ended up having something of a rocky first season, and judges Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger were both let go.
The second season with judges Britney Spears, Demi Lovato, L.A. Reid and Cowell kicked off last month.
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Brian Grazer Inks Six-Figure Book Deal With Simon & Schuster
The nonfiction tome, tentatively titled “Curiosities,” will chronicle his ongoing weekly meetings with new and interesting people hailing from worlds well outside of Hollywood.
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Move Over Simon Cowell! Britney Spears Shows Off Her Sassy Side On The X Factor
By Radar Staff
Who says Southerners are all charm?
In a new 17-second promo clip for the upcoming season two of X Factor, Britney Spears proves she can show the resident “Mr. Mean” Simon Cowell a thing or two when it comes to harsh criticism.
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“You can’t destroy that song, sweetie,” Brit says to one unlucky contestant.
“Very predictable,” she snipes at another.
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“Bad to the bone,” she quips later.
And, “You definitely don’t have the X Factor,” she opines after another performance doesn’t hit the mark.
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Oh snap!
As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Cowell has already expressed his admiration for Spears’ tough judging abilities.
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“Britney is fearless,” Simon told Radar exclusively, adding the Southern Belle has “no qualms” about turning down a contestant if she feels they don’t have the act to succeed.
Simon compared Britney’s unabashed stream of opinions to those of Paula Abdul.
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“To get a ‘No’ out of Paula, as you know, was like getting blood out of a stone,” Simon said, “because she didn’t want to be unpopular.”
The resurgent Britney has no such issues, Simon said, adding she can blankly turn a contestant down even if there are “4,000 people going crazy about [the] contestant.”
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Factor in Disney diva Demi Lovato, and you have plenty of must-see conflict on the panel of judges.
“When the two of them get together, and me and [L.A. Reid] want someone to go through, these two, they gang up,” he said. “And that’s what happens when you put two girls together!”
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Asked about Britney claiming Simon’s still the toughest judge to please, the English music mogul said, “Watch the tape: I’m not so sure!”
The new season of X Factor will premiere September 12, on Fox, 8 – 10 p.m.
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