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Big Screen

The Defamer Guide To Saving The Oscars

6:30AM Richard Rushfield | The show may or may not get higher ratings than an Idol finale, but the subject of who will host and produce the 82nd Academy Awards telecast remains Hollywood’s perennial obsession. More »
Small Screen

SYTYCD Tour Is Like Watching TV With 20,000 Strangers

8:10AM Brian Moylan | Last night I ventured all the way out to Newark, New Jersey to catch the live version of So You Think You Can Dance. It is simultaneously worse than you would expect and more awesome than you could hope for. More »
Small Screen

Why Ellen Was Picked For American Idol

2:30AM Richard Rushfield | For all the attention Washington’s bluster gets, history will see this little squabble as a mere sideshow distraction from the news we received yesterday; news that will fundamentally alter the way we pick our next American Idol. More »

‘Idol’ Producer On Contestant Suicide: ‘I Like Dem Odds!’

5:35AM Seth | Paula Abdul is now freely admitting she was scared shitless the day she came face-to-face in the Idol audition room with a longtime obsessive fan who’d later commit suicide outside her home. More »