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Now that Simon Cowell has jumped from the American Idol ship, Ellen DeGeneres was shortly behind. And today, we’ve just learned that Kara DioGuardi has been canned, in favor of Jennifer Lopez. Wha?

And the rumors go on to reveal that the only remaining original judge will be Randy Jackson. He’s said to be joined at the judge’s table by J-Lo and Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler.

Will you watch?

Since Lindsay Lohan isn’t partying it up or falling out of clubs anymore (so she says), she’s been feverishly on Twitter, retweeting fans proclamations of how much they love her, etc.

In the midst of all of that, a fan asked about her upcoming third album, to which she replied, “snoop dogg is on it… and i can’t say the others yet!! kara d and jr rotem wrote a track that has a madonna undertone.. shhhh lol”

Translation from crackie to English: Snoop Dogg collaborated and Kara DioGuardi and J.R. Rotem wrote a song for the album. It’s going to resemble something that Madonna has done, but what hasn’t she done? So that’s cryptic.

Are you excited for her new album? Or do you care what she does anymore as long as she goes away?

Our congratulations go out to Adam Lambert on his debut album, “For Your Entertainment”, for going gold!

FYE has now sold over 500,000 copies, which marks its status as a gold record. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard Top 100 Chart and hasn’t yet fallen below the top fifty since being introduced.

It also appears that there’s been an effect on new American Idol competitors, as well. This was thought to be brought on by Lambert’s willingness to add his own style and flair to a song. Of the Adam Lambert effect, Kara DioGuardi said, “I think that people were interpreting songs from the get-go in audition week. They weren’t just singing them the way they were sung by the people who originally recorded them. They were kind of taking some risks, and I like that. And maybe that is because of Adam.”

Congrats Adam!

Howard Stern addressed rumors that he is gearing up to replace Simon Cowell as a judge on “American Idol”.

The shock jock said, “They’d have to pay me a ton of dough because I already make a ton of dough. Yeah I would do that show for $100 million.”

I would love to see that. We’d have Howard, Ellen and Randy. Now if they would only can Kara DioGuardi, it would be the best show ever.

According to Kara DioGuardi, there was no feud between herself and singer Katy Perry on last night’s “American Idol”.

When talking about the so-called feud with Ryan Seacrest, she said, “I think that’s really funny. People actually think that I was upset by this – like there was tension. When I look at it, I think that it’s really funny. I think that it’s really good that she disagreed with me. I think that it’s important that people have different opinions or else wants to watch the show. It’d be boring.”

When asked by Seacrest if there was any tension between the two, she replied, “Not really.”

She said, “It’s Katy. I’ve known Katy for a long time. I remember Katy when she was jumping up and down on consoles. She had more energy than the room could actually take.” (continue reading…)

Now that Ellen DeGeneres is in as the fourth “American Idol” judge, the talent competition has released this photo showing all of the judges.

I can’t help but to think that they should have kept Paula Abdul and traded Kara DioGuardi for Ellen. Either way, I hope Ellen will run the show with her comedy and that somebody will tell Kara to keep her trap shut.

What do you think?

Photo via The Hollywood Gossip

Adam Lambert didn’t seem to mind all of those gay rumors as he walked out of Guys & Dolls nightclub in West Hollywood last night. He was hand in hand with a new mystery man, confirming previous speculation as to his sexuality.

He was smiling for the cameras as he made his exit from the club. Even though “American Idol” judge Kara DioGuardi took it upon herself to out him to the world via “The View” and his mother’s refusal to confirm the news, this seals it in for the unbelievers.

His mother, Leila Lambert, said, “I would rather not answer until it comes out”, adding that she signed a contract with “American Idol” prohibiting her discussion of his personal life. It was also rumored that Adam would be coming out officially in an upcoming issue of “Rolling Stone” magazine.

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The ladies from “The View” talked about “American Idol” judge Kara DioGuardi’s outting of Adam Lambert on the show previously.

Barbara Walters said that she asked about Adam Lambert because of the consensus of people saying that he lost “American Idol” because he’s gay. I even asked that myself, on the night of the announcement that Kris Allen had won, because it seemed so clear that Adam was the better entertainer.

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Kara DioGuardi has the let the gay cat out of the bag as far as “American Idol” runner-up Adam Lambert is concerned.

Even though Lambert hasn’t really addressed the rumors circulating as to whether or not he’s gay, DioGuardi has called it like she sees it.

Considering all of the pictures that were leaked of him in drag and smooching up on another guy, I didn’t think it was an issue worthy of him being closeted.

Rumor has it that Lambert will declare his sexuality with the inevitable, “Yes, I’m Gay!” “Rolling Stone” cover. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

Adam Lambert and “American Idol” winner Kris Allen performed on “The Today Show” earlier today.

First, the guys talked about the show and how things have changed for them. Kris was also asked about “TextGate” whereas AT&T were said to have rigged the results in favor of his win on the show. Kris joked that he didn’t call AT&T and tell them that he needed more votes.

Adam said that he rolled his eyes when he heard the news and said that people are just looking for something to be dramatic about. He adds that there is no conspiracy, so relax.

And Adam says that he will not be working with Queen!

The guys also performed for the show, with Kris singing “Heartless” and Adam singing, “Mad World”:

Kris also sang the “American Idol” coronation song, written by Kara DioGuardi, “No Boundaries”:

I love how well they got along throughout the show and the results. It bodes well for both of their careers.

What do you think?

Update: Click here to see Kris Allen perform “Heartless” on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”.

Image Credit: Bauer-Griffin

I guess Bikini Girl Katrina Darrell really wants to keep her fifteen minutes going, but seriously, someone should tell her that her time is up.

When she performed “Vision Of Love” by Mariah Carey on the season finale of “American Idol”, Kara DioGuardi came out and showed her up.

Not so, says Darrell, in a new interview.

When asked who has the better body in a bikini, Katrina said, “I’m not 50-years-old and I do spray tan.”

She was then asked what she was thinking throughout Kara’s performance, what was going through her mind? She answered, “Well, at first I’m singing, and I hear this voice and I had no idea where it was coming from. And I’m thinking is that Mariah? Nooooo. It’s not Mariah. Then I realized who it was. And then I didn’t know if I was supposed to keep singing, so I started to sing again, but then they had shut my mic off, and I’m like ‘Oh, well I guess she’s singing.’”

She goes on to say that she didn’t think that American Idol tried to embarrass her, but they tested her. When asked whether or not she thought if Kara should come back next year, she responded that she wasn’t sure why they added a fourth judge in the first place. She added that Kara’s ratings aren’t too good, so we’ll see.

Who do you want to see more of? Kara DioGuardi or Katrina Darrell?

To view the full interview, go here.