Report: Howard Stern was never even considered for "Idol"
The shock jock, of course, is playing along with the hype, but Page Six's story last week isn't true, according to "Idol" insider Richard Rushfield. Two "Idol" insiders, he said, told him "no offer has been made to Stern, and that in fact, with the new season just beginning, the show is months away from choosing a replacement for Cowell. A source familiar with the search process says Stern was never even being considered."
Why so many "Idol" contestants who are parents?
This year's auditions seemed to showcase more young parents than usual.
Doritos was the most-watched TV ad of all time, with 116 million viewers
That's 10 million more than watched the Super Bowl itself.
ABC renews "Dating in the Dark"
PLUS: TLC has ordered more "One Big Happy Family."
Anna Torv goes topless
The "Fringe" star takes it all off for Esquire.
Not watching "The Wire" could hurt your job
"You haven't seen 'The Wire'?"
"HIMYM" — the song
Listen to "A Daughter's Lament," a tribute to "How I Met Your Mother."
Breasts banned at Saints parade, which will be shown live on ESPN News
ESPN News and NFL Network will carry the parade live today at 6 PM ET (Watch it here).
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Garth or Kenny?: Next year's Super Bowl halftime will likely go country
Next year's Super Bowl will be played in the Dallas Cowboys stadium, so it makes sense to go with a country theme, according to SportsbyBrooks. Among the acts under consideration: Kenny Chesney, Garth Brooks, Tim McGraw, Brooks & Dunn and Jimmy Buffett.
Watch Beaker meep Kansas' "Dust in the Wind"
He's the latest star of a "Muppet" music video.
Paul Reiser poised to make an NBC comeback
The "Mad About You" star's next comedy, which he wrote and will star in, has reportedly been picked up.
How did Megan Mullally end up married to "Ron Swanson"?
Mullally, 51, has been married to "Parks and Rec's" Nick Offernan for six years, and they've decided to pose nude together.
"Bachelor" Jake dumped for a job
Ali opted to lose Jake rather than her job, much like what happened last year on "The Bachelorette." Said Jake: "I wish I could’ve had Mike Tyson punch me square in the jaw, because it would have felt so much better than what I feeling as I watched AliCat drive away that night."
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Has "Lost" lost what made it so compelling?
After last week's season premiere, Emily Nussbaum says she's worried: "My love was always fueled by the sense that there was something more perverse, more adult, buried beneath, that the show had something to say about guilt, about the way society (and individuals) re-form after a crisis. Now I’m worried those themes are gone for good, that the island is just a chess game played by Egyptian gods, and within that chess game, a pissing match between a coldly scheming CEO and a warmly scheming weasel, Ben, the last great character left."
Jimmy Fallon spoofs "Lost" with "Late" // What we don't know
"Lost" must solve the problem with Kate // The music of Lost"
"Lost" vs. Narnia // Nestor Carbonell on Richard's age
Terry O'Quinn jokes: "I notice that the effects are much better now that it's me"
Madonna's manager is the latest to be rumored for Simon Cowell's job
Madonna' righthand-man, Guy Oseary, could be a serious contender because he's so young (two years younger than Ryan Seacrest) and because he's been in the music business for more than two decades. A Fox insider tells the NY Daily News, "Guy has been in the music business since Madonna discovered him when he was 17, and he has a lot of the same experience as Simon."
Howard Stern didn't confirm "Idol" talks; "Idol" source says nobody's been asked
Don't take the Howard Stern-"Idol" rumors seriously
Ellen DeGeneres talks to Ryan Seacrest about her first night on the job
Singers to watch // Why the talented singers aren't featured in audition rounds
Fox's "Past Life" is a ridiculous wannabe procedural, with bad acting
The new drama, premiering tonight after "Idol," features a ridiculous premise with bland leads, says Rob Owen. "Take the procedural, case-solving elements of 'House' and 'Lie to Me,' add 'X-Files'-like skeptic-believer tension and mix in a generous dollop of reincarnation hokum and you'll get a pretty good sense of Fox's 'Past Life,' a been-there, watched-that program with a supernatural gloss."
It's shocking how bad the writing is // Fox edited out Baltimore
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