Boyle Feels 'Fantastic' With Kitty at Home

(NEWSER) - Susan Boyle has checked out of a mental health hospital where she was treated for nervous exhaustion and is "much happier," her brother tells the Telegraph. "She seems a lot more like herself. Things are becoming clearer for her now," he said. "She's now beginning to believe that, 'Yes, indeed, I will be a singer.'" Boyle, 48, has moved to a flat in central London. More»

Gordon Brown asks the 'Idol' judge to work on charity project

(AP) - Simon Cowell says he will produce a charity single within 10 days to benefit victims of the earthquake in Haiti. No word yet on which British stars will perform, but Susan Boyle is a possibility. Prime Minister Gordon Brown asked Cowell to put together the single, which will be exempt from sales tax. The news comes as Quincy Jones plans a 25th anniversary recording of We Are the World in the US for Haiti's victims. More»

After her stellar performance on America's Got Talent , it's time to take Boyle seriously

(NEWSER) - Susan Boyle’s performance last night on America’s Got Talent “was exactly what Boyle's mentor, Simon Cowell, could have hoped for—lovely, inspirational, free of surprises,” writes Ann Powers in the Los Angeles Times. “No matter that it was canned” or that she was nervous. Boyle's time has come, and “we should stop being startled by her performances and respect her for the qualities she's cultivated: scrupulousness and dependability.” More»

November release tops presale chart

(NEWSER) - Beat it, Beatles, here comes Susan Boyle. Hours after the Scottish singer's upcoming album was announced, it hit No. 1 on the Amazon.com presale charts—putting her ahead of Whitney Houston and the Fab Four. I Dreamed A Dream comes out in late November, the Scottish Daily Record reports. "The moment has finally come," one fan said. "Susan's CD is going to be brilliant and I can't wait." More»

(NEWSER) - Simon Cowell admitted that he overestimated the strength of startling songbird Susan Boyle during her trials in Britain's Got Talent. The fragile overnight-superstar has been emotionally overwhelmed, canceling another concert last week. "She seemed fine with all the attention. I thought perhaps naively that she was in control," Cowell wrote in the Daily Mail. But it quickly became apparent that "Susan was finding the experience difficult to cope with." More»