Word: idol
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...weirdness, no vulgarity, no low taste.' CHINA'S STATE ADMINISTRATION OF RADIO, FILM AND TELEVISION, in its guidelines for a new Chinese adaptation of American Idol. The media watchdog said that contestants' physical appearance must reflect 'mainstream' values, and forbade Simon Cowell-esque barbed critiques of contestants by judges
...hasn't been uncool for at least a decade. That the semiotics of dorkdom have become wonderfully unclear, and that the teenage social world might be a tiny bit less stratified than it used to be. That things are so mixed up, a cool guy can become a matinee idol by pretending to be a nerd. And if Adam Brody helped make that change, by appearing in the same media that cover Paris and Britney and Lindsay, then I hope he does become an action hero. That's got to help me somehow...
...talk-o-saurus Larry King has nominated the man he thinks could take over the reins: Ryan Seacrest, the well-coiffed host of American Idol. "He's the classic generalist," King tells the NEW YORK TIMES. "The only thing I don't know ... is how versed he is in politics, world affairs. Does he read the paper? Is he interested in Iraq? Because if he is, he's going to be very good." SCORE...
...Howard Stern is trying to kill American Idol by supporting votefortheworst.com an anti-A.I. site that ballot-stuffs for increasingly improbable contender (and "ponyhawk" aficionado) Sanjaya Malakar. The NEW YORK POST calls for calm: "Even if he survives ... he's no music star. But his hair--his hair will last forever." SCORE...
Iraqi wins Arab Idol...