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NEWS ABOUT: American Idol

American Idol stories: 132 news summaries

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(Newser) - Adam Lambert finds it “funny” that people are talking about him “coming out” in the new Rolling Stone. “I’ve never been in,” he tells Access Hollywood. Lambert says he didn’t discuss his sexuality during American Idol because he wanted people to focus... More »

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entertainment • music • American Idol • Rolling Stone • bisexual • Kris Allen • Adam Lambert • gay • bi-curious

OPINION

 Cougars Drool Over Lambert 


Jun 11, 09 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - “Cougar-aged” women across the continent tuned into American Idol for the first time this season, Joan Raymond writes for Newsweek, after acquiring an obsession with its oh-so-sexy and oh-so-gay eventual runner-up, Adam Lambert. “We became Glamberts,” Raymond writes. “When we got together, we no longer talked... More »

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American Idol • cougar • sex symbol • Adam Lambert • gay

 Idol Runner-Up Comes Out 

Signs record deal, too

Jun 9, 09 9:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert finally came out to Rolling Stone, Us reports. “I don't think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I'm gay,” says Lambert in the June issue, out tomorrow. “I'm proud of my sexuality. I embrace it. It's just another... More »

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(Newser) - American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert, widely rumored to be gay, is finally coming out. A source tells the New York Post he’ll make it official on the next Rolling Stone cover. Meanwhile, Idol judge Kara DioGuardi seemed pretty certain of Lambert’s sexuality during her appearance on The View ... More »

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(Newser) - Don't look to Adam Lambert to put to rest the guessing game about his sexual preferences. At least not yet. "Calm down," said the American Idol runner-up. "Keep speculating." Asked if he'll address the matter at some point, he responded, "Maybe," reports People. In... More »

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American Idol • sexuality • gays • Kris Allen • Adam Lambert

 Idol Loser's Fans Say 
 AT&T Tainted Voting 

Runner-up's fans cry foul on discovering Allen voters got phone company freebies

May 27, 09 7:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Furious fans of American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert are accusing AT&T of stuffing the virtual ballot box with votes for Kris Allen, the New York Times reports. Company reps allegedly attended Arkansas parties for native son Allen, providing phones that were for free text-messaging services and instructions on how... More »

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reality TV • American Idol • text message • AT&T • Kris Allen • Adam Lambert

 Songs You 
 Can't Escape 
 This Summer 

Unless you go everywhere wearing headphones, of course

May 25, 09 3:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Just because everyone has an iPod these days doesn’t mean you can escape the inevitable “summer jams,” writes Maura Johnston on Gawker. She selects the “seven tracks you will likely be subjected to should you decide to spend headphone-free time” anywhere:
  • No Boundaries, Kris Allen:
... More »

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entertainment • music • American Idol • Fergie • Black Eyed Peas • Journey • Asher Roth • Jay-ZTV • Kris Allen • Glee • Cage the Elephant • Butthole Surfers

(Newser) - As the American Idol dust clears and you resign yourself to never understanding Lost, TV's fallow season looms, just begging you to catch up on some excellent viewing you might have missed. NPR blogger Linda Holmes has some suggestions:
  • Mad Men: "Works very well when you can
... More »

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television • American Idol • Lost • DVD • Netflix • Arrested Development • Hulu • Chuck • Mad Men • Starz • DVDs • Friday Night Lights • NewsRadio • Party Down

(AP) - Britain's unlikely singing sensation Susan Boyle, the frumpy church volunteer who wowed the world with her angelic voice, was today voted into the next round of a TV talent show that propelled her to global fame. Cowell and his fellow "Britain's Got Talent" judges said Boyle is among 40... More »

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American Idol • Simon Cowell • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent

Clay to Idol's Adam:
Sorry for 'Colorful' Slam

Singer apologizes but repeats ridicule of Lambert

May 23, 09 1:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Yesterday, Clay Aiken dismissed fellow American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert as “contrived, awful, and slightly frightening!” But today, Aiken is apologizing for his “colorful (and negative) choice of words,” the New York Daily News reports. “I hope he can forgive me,” Aiken wrote in... More »

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entertainment • American Idol • celebrity • Clay Aiken • rants • Adam Lambert

 Idol's Lambert 
 May Front 
 Queen 
 Someday 

Band's guitarist addresses rumors, would like to work with Lambert

May 23, 09 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Despite high-flying rumors, American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert isn't the new frontman for Queen—yet. But after performing with him on the show's finale, drummer Roger Taylor and guitarist Brian May “are definitely hoping to have a meaningful conversation with him at some point,” May tells Rolling ... More »

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 Clay: 
 Idol's
 Lambert 
 'Frightening'

Former runner-up trashes Idol, contestants in blog

May 22, 09 9:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken finds this year’s runner-up, Adam Lambert, “slightly frightening.” Aiken trashed Idol in a post on his blog yesterday, Gawker reports, and Lambert did not escape unscathed. Aiken says he watches Idol only once a season, and “this year, I happened... More »

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(Newser) - Last night’s American Idol was more than just a reality-show finale: It was a symbolic victory of the religious right over the liberal left; red states over blue states. At least according to two bloggers. “For a theory about how Kris Allen pulled an upset over the wildly... More »

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religious right • entertainment • American Idol • conservative • celebrity • blogger • red state • liberal • blue states • Kris Allen • Adam Lambert

 Kris Allen Wins Idol 


May 20, 09 9:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - And the winner is ... Kris Allen. The 23-year-old native of Conway, Ark., is the new American Idol. Allen, a married college student, defeated judges' darling Adam Lambert, reports AP. Host Ryan Seacrest said a record 100 million votes were cast after last night's singing showdown between the two. Allen receives... More »

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television • reality TV • American Idol • Kris Allen • Adam Lambert

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Bodyguard 
 Sues Brit 

Plus, Winehouse hospitalized yet again, and more

May 20, 09 1:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Britney Spears’ legal battles continue—but this time it’s the pop princess who’s getting sued, by her former bodyguard, Us reports. Kerry Vine, who says he was hurt while working at Spears’ former home, is suing her for personal injury, battery, and negligence. Elsewhere:
  • Amy Winehouse was
... More »

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entertainment • Britney Spears • American Idol • Nicolas Sarkozy • celebrity • lawsuit • Amy Winehouse • Ted Haggard • Carla Bruni • hospitalization • Kris Allen • Adam Lambert • Kerry Vine

(Newser) - Tonight’s American Idol showdown between glitzy Adam Lambert and down-home Kris Allen is too close to call, Rolling Stone reports. With both contenders performing ably at last night’s performance show—and a “Glamb-Slide” thus averted—it’s up to the viewers, whose wishes will be... More »

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television • music • reality TV • American Idol • season finale • Kris Allen • Adam Lambert

TV REVIEW

Glee Charms Critics Despite Clichés

Fox musical comedy tweaks old high school archetypes

May 18, 09 3:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fox’s new attempt to capitalize on the TV mania surrounding amateur singing with its musical comedy series Glee will get test run tomorrow night before continuing in the fall, but has already swayed several critics with its fresh take on high-school stereotypes.
  • Rohin Guha, writing for BlackBook, applauds
... More »

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American Idol • high school • Fox • Glee

OPINION

 Drug Trials a Lot Like Reality TV 


May 14, 09 12:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Only one couple from The Bachelor has actually gotten married. No Apprentice winner has become fabulously wealthy. American Idol produced Taylor Hicks. Reality shows don’t always make good on their real-world promises, and in that way, they’re a lot like clinical drug trials, writes pediatrician Darshak Sanghavi in... More »

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reality TV • American Idol • ADHD • pharmaceutical industry • clinical trials • Ritalin • The Bachelor • The Apprentice • Taylor Hicks

 Idol Down to Final 2 

Gokey given his walking papers after some desperate dancing

May 14, 09 6:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Adam Lambert and Kris Allen are the last American Idol contestants left standing after Danny Gokey got the boot yesterday, E! Online reports. Gokey, long considered a frontrunner to take the crown, got the fewest viewer votes for his performance Tuesday of Terence Trent D'Arby's "Dance Little Sister"—... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • American Idol • Jay-ZTV • Danny Gokey • Kris Allen • Adam Lambert

(Newser) - American Idol star David Cook choked back tears and left the stage last night in his first performance since his brother's death, People reports. "It's gonna be tough for me," he told the Akron, Ohio crowd. But as audience members passed up cards and flowers for his brother... More »

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music • American Idol • tour • David Cook • performance

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