Tidbits: Past ‘Idols’ consider Simon best judge

Despite his reputation as “American Idol’s” tell-it-like-it-is dream dasher, Simon Cowell is popular with the show’s past contestants. A new report in reveals Cowell’s tough talk earned him the respect of country queen Carrie Underwood and last year’s winner David Cook.

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Please John Mayer, quit while you’re ahead

John Mayer should quit while he’s still pretty much ahead. He’s not the first famous person who thinks he can level up with the gossip mongers. And no matter how calculated he believes his strategy, in his blog or mugging for the Celebrity Industrial Complex, he’s definitely not going to be the first famous person to win.

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TMZ identifies 14-year-old alleged sex crime victim

Breaking with standards widely followed by the mainstream news media, the celebrity Web site TMZ posted a story Wednesday about a 14-year-old who's a movie star's son and an alleged sex crime victim, and it ran the boy's picture.

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Tidbits: Stripper culture riles up Christina Ricci

Opinionated actress Christina Ricci is riled up about the objectification of women. The “Penelope” star told BlackBook the worst part of it is that women choose to be viewed that way.

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Celebrity News Site Breaks Gibson Story

Breaking the Mel Gibson arrest story was the latest coup for Harvey Levin and his staff of 25 at the fledgling entertainment Web site TMZ.com.

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VAN SUSTEREN: Well, the thing, though, Harvey, is that if you mount a defense of this, his defense has got to be either self-defense, meaning, You think she looks back, you should see how I look, and Chris Brown needs to come up with his own photo of himself, of that he didn't do …

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Word has it Chris Brown called Rihanna on her 21st birthday, sent her a diamond necklace for a gift, and pleaded for her forgiveness See more irresistible headlines

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"I think she could be a very important voice and a tool for other people," she said of Rihanna. "She could turn this around," Murphy-Milano said, and tell others, "'Don't be me.'"

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TMZ has obtained a photo of Rihanna taken after Chris Brown allegedly beat her. See more irresistible headlines

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The only thing more painful than having eight babies cut out of you: Carrying them in your ridiculously distended belly. Ouch!.

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Rand Memorial Hospital in the Bahamas tells TMZ the son of John Travolta died today. We're told 16-year-old Jett was vacationing with Travolta and wife Kelly Preston. We do not know the circumstances of his death.

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Excerpt: In mildly emasculating yet quite hysterical court papers, Jay Mohr is asking to have his wife's last name legally added to his own. Jay Mohr will now forever be known as Jon Ferguson Cox Mohr.

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Excerpt: Britney Spears' much-anticipated appearance on "Good Morning America" today celebrated both her upcoming tour and her 27th birthday. Now, a few hours later, the critics have spoken. The consensus? Great abs, heinous performance.

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Article and video of Jacko's old giraffe "Rambo" hittin' the bag to the "Rocky" theme song. Article Excerpt: Michael Jackson has turned his back on cardio-deprived giraffes, according to PETA.

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Video of performance

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"Jennifer Garner has won a restraining order against a man she says has been "stalking and harassing" her for six years, according to TMZ.com.

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Well-placed sources tell TMZ Queen Latifah is getting in the middle of the Sarah Palin/Joe Biden VP debate by portraying last night's moderator, PBS journalist Gwen Ifill, on "SNL" this week.

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... the paparazzo was attempting to photograph the rap star, when Kanye allegedly confronted the photographer, grabbing his camera and smashing it to the ground. Airport security intervened... later releasing them both.

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"Update: The Associated Press reports that the Miss Washington Scholarship Organization plans to hold a press conference in Tacoma about the photos. Can't a girl have any fun?

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A 25-second snippet of video showing actor Verne Troyer and a former girlfriend having sex, available online over the past couple of days, is all the world will see of the tape -- for now.

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According to TMZ.com, the author filed a police report claiming her boyfriend, actor Darius McCrary nearly ran her over with his car on Thursday near Universal Studios.

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What is going on with Tom Cruise and his Scientology video? Cocky, arrogant or all-knowing? Taken down from YouTube, see it here on Webcastr and decide for yourself.

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Check out pregnant Pam, Cuba Gooding and all this week's celebrity news and gossip on this preview of the next TMZ.

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TMZ is there as Britney Spears was just wheeled out of her home on a gurney by paramedics! Why god why?!?

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...Police said they investigating Odom for allegedly running a red light in his Mercedes. Odom's vehicle struck a Geo Prism driven by a 37-year-old woman. The woman needed to be extracated from the car by firefighters....

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britney spears turned herself in for the hit and run awhile back.

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Since Owen Wilson was hospitalized on Sunday, TMZ has done five posts about the world's saddest clown. This is a bit odd, considering that on the single day that Lindsay Lohan got caught with cocaine in the pants that weren't hers, the site did 24.

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Someone called for an ambulance from his home in Santa Monica around noon on Sunday.

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