Word: idol
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...cool judge whose laid-back style and constructive criticism tend to strike a more reasoned note when the other two go over the top, which they often do. Like Simon and Paula, Randy Jackson has become a celebrity in his own right judging hundreds of warbling American Idol wannabes each week on Fox's unbeatable talent competition, which has steamrolled into its sixth season, debuting with its highest ratings ever. TIME's Jeanne McDowell talked to Jackson - the man who introduced "dawg" and "pitchy" into the lexicon - about a new Idol season, what Simon says and being a top "dawg...
...attention by testing the tensile strength of Oprah's couch - but somehow these guys don't fit the image of movie star. The Harris poll suggests the yen for a platonic ideal: the humane man (Washington, Hanks, Smith), or the tough hombre (Wayne, Eastwood, Gibson, Ford), or the matinee idol (Depp, Clooney) or the pretty woman (Roberts). These are not just people we want to watch, says the poll, but people we want...
...society, where list-servers, text messaging, and online lectures already govern our hours. Soon, we will live in a Harvard that seems possible only because of the iPhone and its unified marvels. Let us ask ourselves if too many hours haven’t already been fed to the idol of Facebook in place of hearty dinners with friends. How many much-needed moments of solitude are drowned out by iTunes, or conversations are shattered by shrill ring tones? We should, of course, buy and enjoy our armadas of gadgetry, but not forget that they all come with...
...lead singer of “Tommy and the Tigers” (and some other band), is taking his act to the small screen—on American Idol! That’s right. A certain sophomore of www.boredatlamont.com fame ran Primal Scream with “B@L” scrawled on his abdomen and “Agree” “Disagree” written on either thigh. After a recent bash two Harvardians hit the Charles’ dinky “ice rink,” sliding penguin style in their penguin suits. Their...
...Accepting a trophy for his World War II drama Letters From Iwo Jima, veteran Globesman Clint Eastwood traded gravitas for a groovy toss-back to a newcomer's speech earlier in the show. "You don't know what this does for my confidence," American Idol runner-up Jennifer Hudson said when she collected an award for her performance in Dreamgirls at the top of the show. When Eastwood repeated Hudson's line, it was with a wink. But no matter. Dirty Harry quoting an Idol runner-up is a sure sign of the apocalypse...