It happens each year. By a time we cavalcade down to a tip 3 on “American Idol,” tears are strew and teeth are gnashed when horde Ryan Seacrest announces a third-place finisher. After entrance so far, climbing so high and alighting within one part of a show’s finale, whatever dear thespian creates it to a [...]

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Jennifer Lopez and “American Idol” producers played a cat-and- mouse game on Friday over the singer’s future on the TV talent show that revived her career and sent her to the top of a global celebrity power list. “American Idol” producer Nigel Lythgoe said on Friday that Lopez must decide whether [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – He brought the “American Idol” judges to their feet, but Joshua Ledet couldn’t win over fans and was sent home from the top-rated TV talent show on Thursday, leaving Jessica Sanchez and Phillip Phillips to battle for the crown on next week’s finale. The elimination of Ledet – through audience voting [...]

On Tuesday night, a long-hyped Lindsay Lohan part of “Glee” strike a airwaves. Although her coming was short, it was also full of sweet, self-deprecating humor. The actress, personification herself, was means to make cracks about her quarrelsome open image. Joking on a uncover that she’s “in full ‘image re-branding mode’ here, people,” Lohan seemed [...]

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Simon Cowell and Fox television are gambling on pop icon Britney Spears and teen singer Demi Lovato to revive “The X Factor“, but for many media watchers it could be a case of “Oops!…” did they do it again? Spears, 30, and former Disney Channel star Lovato, 19, are expected to [...]

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Britney Spears and former Disney Channel star Demi Lovato officially joined the U.S. version of “The X Factor” on Monday, leading creator Simon Cowell to pledge the second season would “seriously kick butt” when it returns in September. Spears, 30, the world’s biggest pop phenomenon of the 2000s, and Lovato, [...]