AMERICAN IDOL

Adam Lambert's racy public outing as a solo artist at Sunday's American Music Awards has grabbed headlines and helped send downloads of his debut album soaring worldwide.

ABC television said on Monday it had received about 1,500 complaints about the sexually-charged performance by American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert at the American Music Awards on Sunday.

Adam Lambert -- the man with the outsize personality who delivered an audacious octave-and-a-half sitar-tinged purr of Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire on the most-watched TV show in the country, dodged sex toys thrown at him onstage during the American Idol tour and did it all without smearing his eyeliner -- is curled in the fetal position.

Since winning American Idol in 2005, country singer Carrie Underwood has become one of the show's highest selling graduates, but she warned the latest crop of Idol finalists to stay true to their fans if they want to find similar success.

Kara DioGuardi wants to hang out with Ellen DeGeneres before the new season of American Idol to get the judges working together comfortably.

American Idol champion Kris Allen, who once traveled the world on church missionary trips, took an equally wayfaring approach to record his new album, working in studios across the United States.

Simon Cowell, the acerbic American Idol judge, creator of America's Got Talent an record producer, is the top earning man on prime-time U.S. television with an estimated haul of $75 million, Forbes.com said on Tuesday.

A Los Angeles man arrested with a knife at the workplace of American Idol host Ryan Seacrest pleaded not guilty to a stalking charge on Tuesday, and was ordered to stay away from Seacrest.

Rod Stewart brings a splash of color to the staid surroundings of the Beverly Hills Hotel. He's wearing a blue striped shirt, a white business suit jacket with thick red trim and blue Converse slip-ons -- a look that combines nautical and vaudeville, which seems perfectly fitting for Stewart, the perpetual showman.

Country star Carrie Underwood is returning to Fox, the network that catapulted her to stardom with American idol, to host a variety special.

American Idol is bringing back its Idol Gives Back charitable special on April 21 after a yearlong hiatus.

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Former American Idol judge, Paula Abdul, mocked talk show host Ellen DeGeneres on VH1's show Divas Thursday night amid news that DeGeneres is her replacement on Idol.

The U.S. television industry on Sunday hands out it its highest honors, the prime time Emmy Awards, facing a growing conundrum.

Four of the world's biggest recording companies have sued the producers of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, accusing them of using songs without permission.

The stunning choice of comedian and chat show host Ellen DeGeneres as the new judge on TV show American Idol appeared set to revive interest in the top-rated talent show after three years of falling ratings.

Comedian Ellen DeGeneres, one of the top U.S. talk show hosts, was named on Wednesday as the new fourth judge on American Idol, replacing Paula Abdul, who quit the most-watched American television show last month.

Country singer Shania Twain is feeling like a woman again, returning to the spotlight with a new man by her side after her marriage broke up last year.

FremantleMedia Enterprises is betting that parkour and freerunning, up-and-coming sports that have already attracted an online crowd, can draw a TV audience.

Joe Jonas will be a guest judge alongside Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi during the audition rounds of American Idol's ninth season in Dallas, People magazine reports.

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