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David Brooks: How GOP candidates perform says a lot, even to a 12-year-old
January 18, 2012

Something new coming to mornings
January 05, 2012

Maureen Dowd: GOP should adopt Patton's credo, not those of 'Braveheart'
December 29, 2011

Bob Shallit: Paragary's Cosmo Cafe to close and become a Cafe Bernardo
December 06, 2011

Old groove still working
December 11, 2011

A 'Peter Pan' for everyone: Even adults become lost in this rollicking version of the tale about a boy who never wants to grow up
November 29, 2011

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American Idol Videos

'American Idol' Review w/ Sarah Fraser
February 09, 2012 | WTTG FOX 5 Washington, DC

Local boy goes to Hollywood on sound waves of "idol"
February 09, 2012 | KHON Fox 2

Hollie Cavanagh Visits Good Day
February 08, 2012 | KDFW FOX4 Dallas-Ft Worth

American Idol Wikipedia Information

American Idol is an annual American televised singing competition, which began its first season on June 11, 2002. Part of the Idol franchise, it originated from the British reality program Pop Idol.The program seeks to discover the best young singer in the country, through a series of nationwide auditions. The outcomes of the latter stages of this competition are determined by public voting by...

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Celebrity Sunday: Kellie Pickler
July 17, 2011
It's been a long time since I've watched American Idol. The last season I remember paying attention to was Kellie Pickler's season. I thought she was cute as a...

Popular TV shows teach children fame is most important value, UCLA psychologists report
July 12, 2011
July 11, 2011 - Fame is the No. 1 value emphasized by television shows popular with 9- to 11-year-olds, a dramatic change over the past 10 years, UCLA...

Scanning The Contestants For ‘American Idol’ In Stockton
June 23, 2011
That's interesting: a familiar name - Tayler Anderson! May the Force be with her!(Another name is familiar too, but outside the target age range, so I will...

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The year Miller saw the light
January 04, 2012 | AppealDemocrat
Here is a company whose top seller, Miller Lite, forever stands with McDonald's and'' American Idol'' as the archetypes of dumbed-down American culture, whose pursuit of......

' Idol' runner- up Archuleta to serve Mormon mission
December 23, 2011 | AppealDemocrat
SALT LAKE CITY'' American Idol'' runner-up David Archuleta will take a break from his singing career to serve a two-year proselytizing mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of...

Ron Hart: GOP must prep for Obama attacks
October 22, 2011 | AppealDemocrat
The process is like the first rounds of'' American Idol,'' yet no one ever gets sent home and the bad singers and train wrecks are drowning out the good singers. Any of the...

Yuba City woman goes from IHOP to' American Idol'
May 21, 2011 | AppealDemocrat
Longtime'' American Idol'' fan Amy Smith of Yuba City is heading for Hollywood -- with a seat in the show's VIP section Wednesday when the 10th season's winner...

From around the web

From American Idol to Lollapalooza, Google aims big to market Google +
December 24, 1999 | VentureBeat
Google + is using some of its oldest marketing tricks, and some surprising new ones, as it battles for socialsupremacy.'' This is a very small team but we have the benefit of...

Fox fired Paula Abdul, calls X Factor season one'' an audition'' (ha!
February 07, 2012 | reality blurred
He also discusses changes coming to American Idol ... As to American Idol, he praised'' the fun and funny auditions,'' and said,'' if Idol ever becomes a second- or third-place...

The Voice Debuts Big After The Bowl
February 06, 2012 | Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton
Eat your heart out American Idol! Last night X-Tina's The Voice's post-Super Bowl season debut made HUGE ratings! The ratings were not just good by NBC standers (two TVs in a...

Beyonce judging X Factor rumor: more evidence that Simon Cowell and his ego still...
February 06, 2012 | reality blurred
once made American Idol ... He wants Beyonce because that would immediately give him the bounce needed to beat American Idol. Let's assume that's true for a second: it's insane....

Too many ads drag out a strong start to The Voice's second season
February 06, 2012 | reality blurred
The format still feels fresh, and one thing that struck me as I watched is how much more weight it has for a performer to see the four coaches spin around -- or not -- than it is to do the American Idol ...

Poll: Are You Going to Watch the Voice After the Super Bowl?
February 04, 2012 | Dawgs By Nature
For a singing show that is not American Idol,... itself above American Idol at some point. Reality shows always seem to do the best in post-Super Bowl timeslots too. For example...

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