Kara DioGuardi: "I can't get over" Paula leaving, "I was never supposed to replace her"
"I'm completely shocked," she tells Ryan Seacrest. "It's such a loss for the show…She's definitely the heart of the panel … I'm hoping she'll reconsider." She adds: "I was never here to replace her." (MP3 link)

Victoria Beckham: "I feel like I have the best job that there is"
"I am so grateful to be given such a fantastic opportunity," Beckham told Ryan Seacrest this morning before embarking on her one-day of judging "Idol." She says she got the call Wednesday morning, and that Simon once turned down the Spice Girls, saying that the group would never work. (MP3 link)

Paula Abdul: I've been getting "many wonderful" offers since leaving "Idol"
Paula phoned up the Associated Press last night for her first non-Twitter interview since leaving the show. "At this point, there are so many wonderful things that are being offered to me," Abdul said. "And I got to take a deep breath, sleep a little … and go through everything."

Paula hater beats up Constantine Maroulis
“I’m fine! Some drunk dude tackled me in the middle of the concert and jumped on me," Constantine tweeted of the fight that happened after he voiced support for Paula.

FX boss jokes about cable competition: "We know how HBO feels now"
John Landgraf says it's "flattering" but also challenging that so many basic cable channels have taken a a page from FX. PLUS: FX announces premiere dates for "Sons of Anarchy," "Philly," "Nip/Tuck."

Burglars strike "Survivor" Rupert Boneham's charity
At least $5,200 worth of electronics was stolen from the Indianapolis headquarters of Rupert's Kids.

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