Word: idols
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...wide as the grille on a '65 Cadillac--because lightweight and superficial have been very, very good to him. He spent a decade apprenticing, first in local Atlanta radio, then doing gigs on a kids' version of American Gladiators, Talk Soup and Extra. Now he has parlayed his Idol success into a pop-trifle trifecta. While still the host of Fox's smash talent hunt, which returns this week, he has also taken over the radio institution American Top 40 from host Casey Kasem, and last week he launched On-Air, a variety "infotainment" (Seacrest's word, and proudly) show...
...goes well, On-Air will ensure Seacrest a future in TV long after Idol and the ministrations of his hair stylist (who has been spiking and streaking his fronds since the Extra days) have failed him. At the University of Georgia, Seacrest majored in not just broadcasting but also business. "You can't be successful and have longevity in this business," he says, "if you don't have a business plan." Under Seacrest's thoroughly modern metrosexual exterior beats the heart of a septuagenarian Hollywood dinosaur. Among his idols, he says, are Larry King and Dick Clark, and Seacrest turned...
PEOPLE: Christina vs. Britney; The Incredibles; a worldwide Idol; Willie Nelson on the warpath for peace...
...winner of last week's World Idol competition, gap-toothed Norwegian KURT NILSEN, proved that international fans will forgive a mediocre mug. "You have the voice of an angel and the face of a Hobbit," the Australian judge told Nilsen. "If they had Middle-earth Idol, you'd be it." Still, Nilsen beat out American Idol's Kelly Clarkson and nine others. We assume American Idol washout Justin Guarini and the potent Scandinavian voting bloc hit the phone lines hard...
...intentional. The Apprentice is produced by Survivor's Mark Burnett, who met Trump in 2002 when he leased Central Park's skating rink from Trump for the show's live finale. "He told me all the right things," says Trump--among them, that the tycoon had been Burnett's idol ever since Burnett read Trump's The Art of the Deal when the then aspiring producer was selling T shirts in Venice Beach, Calif...