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Simon Cowell and Ellen Degeneres EW Interview – Exclusive Preview

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Simon Cowell and Ellen Degeneres sat down with Entertainment Weekly for an interview, and I’ve got exclusive excerpts from this week’s cover story. Ellen talks about keeping inside info off limits on her talk show

Idol Bits and Pieces 12/30/09: Constantine Maroulis, Ellen Degeneres, Carrie Underwood and Bucky Covington

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Fox411 reports that the reason Constantine Maroulis has been seen canoodling around NYC with reality “star” and “heiress” Tinsley Mortimer, is due to the contract he signed to be Tinsley’s boyfriend for the duration of

Ellen Degeneres on the Oprah Winfrey Show – VIDEO

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The fruits of Ellen Degeneres’ humorous campaign to be on the cover of Oprah Winfrey’s O Magazine have paid off! Ellen and Oprah will grace the cover of the December issue. To celebrate, Ellen

Kellie Pickler Dresses As Dolly Parton for Halloween on Ellen

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Kellie Pickler dressed up as her Idol, Dolly Parton, for a special Halloween-themed Ellen DeGeneres Show on Friday. It was pretty damn funny! Check out the videos after the JUMP… Happy Halloween, peeps! Videos after

Mary Murphy Shares Her Story of Domestic Abuse With Ellen DeGeneres

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Ellen Degeneres proved to be a sensitive and sympathetic interviewer when So You Think You Can Dance judge, Mary Murphy, stopped by the Ellen Degeneres show to tell the story of her 8-year marriage to

Simon Cowell on Ellen Degeneres. Oh Wait…

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Anybody else find it strange that while Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi have offered their enthusiastic thumbs up, Simon Cowell has yet to publicly welcome his new panel-mate Ellen Degeneres to the judges table? He

Ellen DeGeneres News Roundup: Paula Abdul Tweets Her Approval

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Paula Abdul finally speaks. She took to twitter to share her thoughts on Ellen DeGeneres’s new gig as Idol judge, “I think Ellen will b a gr8 judge on Idol. She is wildly funny, talented

Poll: Ellen DeGeneres, Yea or Nay

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I don’t do these opinion polls nearly as much as I should. So I ask you dear readers. What do you think? Ellen DeGeneres as the new Idol judge? Or Not? I expect

Ellen DeGeneres May Not Join the Panel Until January

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UPDATE: Ryan Seacrest interviews Ellen on his KIIS LA Radio show: Ellen DeGeneres on Kiis The Los Angeles Times posted some interesting background information on Ellen DeGeneres’s deal to become the 4th judge

American Idol: Ellen DeGeneres will Replace Paula Abdul as the New 4th Judge

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UPDATE: Ellen signed a 5 year deal. Seriously. And I’ll bet she’ll be making way more money than what Paula was offered. (Read it at Nikki Finke.) The producers call Ellen “warm,