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Jennifer Hudson nominated for Best Supporting Actress

01/23/2007 mj santilli 15

Academy Award nominations were announced this morning. As expected, Jennifer Hudson was nominated Best Supporting Actress for her role as Effie White in “Dreamgirls”. Eddie Murphy was nominated in the Best Supporting Actor

Bits and Pieces

01/22/2007 mj santilli 5

Paula Clips Censored? Red Herring reports that TPTB at FOX broadcasting have ordered YouTube to take down the clips of Paula acting a little, err, intoxicated at some recent press interviews. However, the

More on the AI Panel in Pasadena

01/22/2007 mj santilli 3

USA Today posted an interesting follow-up on the American Idol panel that took place Saturday at the television critics winter tour in Pasadena, CA. According to Idol producer, Ken Warwick, the judges aren’t meaner

The Name Game

01/22/2007 mj santilli 4

Reality TV Magazine has started playing the Domain name game. Last year, the producers registered all 44 or so semi-finalists on the same day, December 9, after Hollywood Week. All it took was

Thou Doth Protest Too Much

01/22/2007 mj santilli 15

Have American Idol judges become too cruel? That’s been the theme of recent Idol commentary found ’round the net. Even Rosie O’Donnell has gotten into the act. Lather, rinse, repeat peeps. Here

Going to Hollywood

01/21/2007 mj santilli 11

I did this last year…I captured all the kids who were pictured in the “Going To Hollywood” montage. Season 5 auditions featured longer montages with more contestants pictured who weren’t featured during the show. Having

NYT Interview with Simon Fuller

01/20/2007 mj santilli 72

Bill Carter, the most excellent media reporter for the New York Times interviews Idol producer Simon Fuller here. Not only is Fuller one of the producers at the helm of America’s most popular TV show,

Chat Thread

01/20/2007 mj santilli 11

Looking for the Daily Chat Thread? It’s listed on the sidebar ]]]

Bits and Pieces – Season 6 Contestants

01/19/2007 mj santilli 12

I’ve had a busy week, peeps. I apologize, I’m a little behind. I’ve got a bunch of updates to post on the Season 6 contestants who have appeared in this week’s audition rounds.

Billboard Charts 1/27/07

01/19/2007 mj santilli 10

I’ve got this week’s Idol Billboard chart for you right here. It was another slow sales week. The #1 record on the Billboard 200 is “Dreamgirls” (featuring Jennifer Hudson) selling only 60, 064.