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...American Idol, calling a performance "bad karaoke" is the worst insult the judges can hurl. It is also the greatest compliment they can bestow. Idol viewers, after all, have made the caterwauling audition episodes the highest-rated, except for the finale. In their eyes, karaoke is the Mae West of entertainment: when it's bad, it's better...
Greer, one of the most influential feminist thinkers of the 20th century and author of The Female Eunuch, writes that envy and fear have driven the naysayers: "The possibility that a wife might have been closer to their idol than they could ever be, understood him better than they ever could, could not be entertained." This contentious tone colors much of her discussion. Greer argues that upon marriage Anne had not passed "her sell-by date" - the average Elizabethan woman married at 27 - and that as a landholder she could gain little by seducing a "penniless teenage boy, with nothing...
...next few roles will determine if he stays a teen idol or becomes a star that adults without kids will know. Leesa Coble, the editor of Tiger Beat and Bop, thinks he's already phased out of her demo. "When people are on the cover of Rolling Stone and in People, that's sort of a sign for us that the peak has happened for our readers," she says. "You don't want to like what your parents like...
...Rafa, your "La Bamba" performance is a YouTube favorite. Who knew you had such talent? So tell me, which tv show do you think you could win, "American Idol" or " Dancing with the Stars"? -Sharon Roberts, Houston I am very bad in both dancing and singing. If I have to choose, I am worse in singing. My dancing is not OK, but it's not worse than my singing...
True, the television show does follow a similar format as “American Idol,” and the most useful function of host Cat Deeley is modeling the trendiest outfits. But looking past the at-times vapid commentary and cheap cliffhangers, “So You Think You Can Dance” is a completely different and relevant television show. Whereas “American Idol” is essentially a karaoke competition—that is, singing songs that already exist—“So You Think You Can Dance” exposes viewers...