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Simon Cowell will marry Mezhgan Hussainy on a yacht named after himself

Simon Cowelll is reportedly making wedding plans and contrary to previous reports the ceremony won’t be taking place in LA or sleepy England.

The X Factor boss is set to marry 36 year old makeup artist Mezhgan Hussainy and reports suggest that the nuptials will take place in the Caribbean, onboard a yacht he will name after himself.

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American Idol 2010: Lacey Brown says ‘Paige Miles is like my sister!’

Lacey Brown has admitted that she and Paige Miles shed some tears together, after she was eliminated from American Idol last week.

The 24 year old Florida girl revealed that she and AI roommate Paige (who also hails from the Sunshine State) became very close during their time on the show and will definitely stay in touch now that she’s left. In an interview with People, Lacey said:

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American Idol 2010: Usher to mentor final 10?

It seems that Usher will be the first celebrity mentor on this year’s American Idol season.

The R&B’s star’s website has announced that he will be appearing on both Tuesday 30th March and Wednesday 31st March 2010. These dates would imply that Usher will mentoring on Tuesday and performing on Wednesday night’s results show.

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American Idol 2010: Simon Cowell and Ellen DeGeneres clash over Paula Abdul

American Idol judges Simon Cowell and Ellen DeGeneres have reportedly clashed, after Simon revealed that he was considering hiring Paula Abdul as a judge for his new X Factor series.

The chatshow host reportedly angered Cowell after she confronted him, saying that appointing Paula as a judge would undermine future seasons of American Idol.

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American Idol 2010: Lee Dewyze’s uncle murdered his Grandma

Lee Dewyze is one of our favourite American Idol contestants this year.but it turns out that the mild mannered rocker has had some huge trials in his personal life.

We had previously wondered why we know so little about Lee’s background, all we have been told is that he is a former paint salesman. But maybe Lee didn’t want the press uncovering the fact that his beloved Grandmother was murdered by her own son.

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American Idol 2010: Kara DioGuardi says Ryan Seacrest & Simon Cowell are like brothers

American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi has claimed that there is no real animosity between her fellow judge Simon Cowell and show presenter Ryan Seacrest.

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American Idol 2010: Next week’s theme will be ‘Teen Idols’

This week the American Idol final 11 contestants will be singing songs made famous by a ‘Teen Idol.’ Following in the wake of a rocking Rolling Stones week, this is the first time the theme has been attempted in nine seasons of the talent show.

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American Idol 2010: Lacey Brown ‘I knew I’d be going home!’

American Idol reject Lacey Brown has revealed that she knew she would be going home this week and wasn’t at all surprised by her elimination.

Speaking to reporters on Thursday morning Lacey said:

“I woke up yesterday morning and had the strangest feeling that I was going home,”

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American Idol 2010: Ryan Seacrest at centre of Twitter complaints

American Idol presenter Ryan Seacrest got himself into a bit of hot water this week, after he spoiled the American Idol result for millions of viewers.

Ryan revealed that Lacey Brown has been eliminated on his Twitter page 17 minutes before the result was aired on the West Coast of America. He tweeted:

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American Idol: Carrie Underwood turns down movie roles

Former American Idol winner Carrie Underwood has revealed that she is constantly being sent scripts and offered roles in movies but hasn’t found one that she feels is right yet.

The award winning country singer recently made her acting debut on TV sitcom “How I Met Your Mother” but told Allure magazine that for now, she wants to concentrate on her music career.

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American Idol 2010: Orianthi Performs “According To You” (VIDEO)

The multi-talented Orianthi gave an amazing performance on last night’s American idol results show.

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American Idol 2010: David Cook ROCKS ‘Jumping Jack Flash’ (VIDEO)

Former American Idol winner David Cook returned to the show last night and in keeping with the Rolling Stones theme, he gave a rocking performance of ‘Jumping Jack Flash.’

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American Idol 2010: Ke$ha wore fake fur for ‘Blah Blah Blah’ (VIDEO)

Before Lacey Brown was eliminated on last night’s American Idol show, Ke$sha took to the stage to sing her newest single ‘Blah Blah Blah.’ The track is the second single from Ke$ha’s debut album ‘Animal.’

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American Idol 2010: Crystal Bowersox ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’ (VIDEO)

Crystal Bowersox suffered from favourites syndrome tonight, when a good performance suddenly wasn’t good enough because the judges were expecting it to be great.

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American idol 2010: Simon Cowell applauds Aaron Kelly’s ‘clever song choice’ (Angie VIDEO)

Aaron Kelly is the youngest of our American Idol hopefuls this year and his age caused him problems last week when Kara DioGuardi accused him of singing songs that were too old for him.

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