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When “American Idol’’ returns to the airwaves tonight there will be roughly 800 singing/talent competitions on TV. Or at least it will feel that way. With vocal showdowns proliferating like notes in an Aguilera-sung vowel, what will the granddaddy of the format do to freshen things up for its eleventh season? Not much apparently. Staying the course seems to be the theme of season 11, as last year’s newbie judges - Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, and Jennifer Lopez of the block - settle into their seats alongside Randy Jackson of the limited critical vocabulary.
In advance of tonight’s season premiere of “American Idol,’’ Sarah Rodman talks to “Idol’’ judge and Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler.
He already has a Super Bowl ring, and now football star Donald Driver can add the "Dancing With the Stars" mirrorball trophy to his awards collection.
Phillip Phillips, a bluesy Georgia guitar man, was crowned the new "American Idol" on Wednesday after defeating teenager Jessica Sanchez in record viewer voting. He was the fifth male "Idol" winner in a row.
Whither Dr. Gregory House? Would the cantankerous hero of the Fox medical drama mend his ways or self-destruct for all time?
It will be painful saying goodbye to "House." The Fox medical drama concludes its eight-season run Monday with a series finale at 9 p.m. EDT, preceded by a one-hour retrospective. And with that, Hugh Laurie will be done as the show's abrasive champion, Dr. Gregory House -- unless, Laurie adds with a laugh, "someone comes up with an idea for ...
Television journalist Katie Couric has urged University of Virginia graduates to take risks and persevere.
Kristen Wiig got a musical sendoff as she made her exit from "Saturday Night Live."
BET's hit series "The Game" has lost another star: Pooch Hall isn't returning for the show's sixth season.
Three members of the children's music quartet The Wiggles will be hanging up their colorful outfits and leaving the Australian band this year, with the Blue Wiggle the lone original member left dancing.
Phillip Phillips, a bluesy Georgia guitar man, was crowned the new "American Idol" on Wednesday after defeating teenager Jessica Sanchez in record viewer voting. He was the fifth male "Idol" winner in a row.
Kanye West showed off his short film and his celebrity girlfriend in Cannes. The rapper walked hand in hand with Kim Kardashian at the launch of "Cruel Summer" on Wednesday night.
2012-05-24T02:04:12Z
Bluesy guitar man Phillip Phillips of Leesburg, Ga., wins 11th "American Idol" crown.
The brother-in-law of "Cake Boss" television star Buddy Valastro has been sentenced to nine years in prison for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in New Jersey.
A prominent British TV presenter said Wednesday that CNN talk show host Piers Morgan gave him a primer on phone hacking, a revelation that suggests he knew a fair amount about how the shady practice was carried out.
Lifetime network has set a premiere date for its new reality series about Bristol Palin's home life in Alaska.
2012-05-23T03:04:12Z
Football star Donald Driver named "Dancing With the Stars" champion.
Jessica Sanchez wishes she could've changed one thing about the "American Idol" finale: her final song.
The studios of the Venezuelan television channel RCTV used to be filled with thousands of actors, production assistants and other employees. Today, nearly five years after the channel was forced off the air by the government, the building seems largely empty.
A new Colombian TV series about the arch-criminal Pablo Escobar has a key ingredient that is apt to ensure an unsympathetic portrait of the infamous cocaine kingpin.
