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LOS ANGELES, Calif. --

The speculation concerning the judges on FOX?s upcoming ?The X Factor? continues!

In an interview with Deadline?s Nikki Finke, Simon gushed about his desire to work alongside his former ?American Idol? pal, Paula Abdul, on his new series.

?I?ve always wanted Paula. Always been very vocal about that. I missed her the second she left the show. Always loved working with her even though she can be a pain. And I?ve been consistent about this. I don?t know what it is about her, but I?ve always clicked with her. You just have to get that chemistry, and she?s right,? Simon said. ?I?ve never found anyone better than her. I think there?s a good chance it will be her. We?ve agreed that we would meet as many people as possible, and now we?re reaching the deadline we?ve got to make the decision soon. But I think she?s got a really good shot.?

Despite his enthusiasm for Paula, a rep for Simon told Access that nothing was decided.

?It?s still playing out,? his rep said in a statement to Access on Monday. ?Nothing is set, and Paula is one of many people Simon is talking to. He?s said the same thing many times, including on the radio last week. There?s nothing new.?

Simon also expressed his support for Cheryl Cole, the British singer who was a judge on the UK version of ?The X Factor.?

?I never think about it as an American or British audience. I genuinely don?t. I think that?s what?s happened on a lot of these shows now is it?s almost like you?ve got to hire well known celebrities to be a judge. And with Cheryl, when I hired her initially, I?d only met her literally once when I offered her the job on [British] ?X Factor.? I thought she was bright, cute, knew what she was talking about, ambitious. And you meet someone special a few times in your life? and this girl is special. She?s just got a great ability to communicate. She?s a great judge. She?s smart. It?s just a hunch. If people take to her like the British public did, I think she?s going to do really well in America. And Fox was desperate to hire her,? Simon said in the interview with Deadline.

A source added, ?She?s pretty much a shoo-in for the show.?

A rep for FOX told Access Hollywood they had ?no comment.?

Former record label executive L.A. Reid was previously announced as the first judge to sit beside Simon on the FOX reality competition set to debut this fall.

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May 15, 2011

'Thor' returned to number one at the box office this weekend, beating Kristen Wiig's laugher, 'Bridesmaids.'

Moviegoers shelled out $34 million to see 'Thor' swing his hammer this weekend, compared to the $24.5 million for 'Bridesmaids.'

'Fast Five' hasn't slowed down too much, pulling in $20.2 million in its third week, and 'Priest' came in fourth with $15.5 million.

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Par Benoit Bisson - 14 mai 2011 - 7:10 | Dermi�re mise-�-jour: 15 mai 2011 - 5:24 Imprimer

Ce ne sont pas les folles soir�es qui manquent pendant le Festival de Cannes. Hier soir, Duran Duran donnait un concert au VIP Room pour le lancement de la vodka Belvedere Red et on a pu y voir Vanessa Hudgens, Rosario Dawson et Jude Law. Voici, en photos et en vid�o, tous les d�tails de cet �v�nement.

Au VIP Room du Palm Beach Casino sur la Croisette, c?�tait soir de f�te. Le groupe Duran Duran y donnait un concert priv� hier soir, le 13 mai. La soir�e r�serv�e � quelques stars avait pour but le lancement officiel d?une nouvelle bouteille de vodka Belvedere Red. Mais attention, c?�tait aussi pour la bonne cause.

Car les ventes de cette nouvelle bouteille servent � amasser des fonds pour l?organisme Global Fund, la moiti� du prix de la vodka �tant directement remis � l?organisme de charit�. Cette association � but non lucratif a pour objectif de financer des programmes qui servent � lutter contre le sida, la tuberculose et la malaria dans les pays en voie de d�veloppement. Et apr�s avoir d�j� invit� Debbie Harry et Grace Jones les ann�es pr�c�dentes au Festival de Cannes, la marque de vodka Belvedere avait choisi le groupe britannique Duran Duran pour faire danser les invit�s tri�s sur le volet.

� l?int�rieur du VIP Room, le d�cor �tait hautement color�. Couleurs fluos et �clairage tamis� mettaient en valeur les bouteilles de Belvedere. �videmment, les d�gustations allaient bon train, tous les cocktails offerts ayant �t� r�alis�s avec la marque d?alcool. Apr�s le concert de Duran Duran, qui d�butait � 2h du matin, tout le monde s?est mis � danser jusqu?au matin. La vid�o en fin de texte en est une d?ambiance apr�s le concert et on peut y juger de l?ambiance qui r�gnait � l?int�rieur du club le plus exclusif de Cannes (en plus d?y voir Rosario Dawson de bonne humeur!).

Sur le tapis rouge, Jude Law est arriv� au milieu des cris des curieux rassembl�s derri�re les barri�res de s�curit� pour tenter d?apercevoir les stars. L?acteur britannique, qui est sur le jury du Festival de Cannes, est rentr� au VIP Room sans prononcer un mot, mais en prenant quelques secondes pour poser pour les photographes. Par contre, � l?int�rieur, il �tait d�cha�n�!

Quincy Jones est arriv� calmement, entour� de plusieurs gardes du corps. Hofit Golan �tait �galement sur place, la mondaine �tant de toutes les festivit�s sur la Croisette. Et Victoria Silvstedt, la mod�le et actrice su�doise �tait �galement sur place. Quant � Vanessa Hudgens, si elle a pu �tre prise en photo � l?int�rieur du VIP Room, elle n?a pas �t� vue sur le tapis rouge.

Rosario Dawson s?est montr�e la plus loquace et la plus sympa. L?actrice a pass� plusieurs minutes sur le tapis rouge pour signer une bouteille de vodka qui sera mise aux ench�res avant de parler aux photographes sur place. �Je suis une m�ga fan de Duran Duran�, s?est-elle �cri�e. �J?ai tellement h�te de me mettre � danser! Je n?ai aucun mal � admettre que je pleure � chaque fois que je les vois en concert et oui, je vais verser des larmes ce soir.�

Et, avant d?entamer leur concert priv�, les membres du groupe Duran Duran ont tenu � souligner � quel point il �tait important pour eux de participer � de telles soir�es. �Nous sommes ravis d?�tre � Cannes et de soutenir Belvedere. La lutte contre le VIH et le sida est quelque chose qui nous affecte tous et nous sommes toujours heureux de soutenir de telles causes.� Apr�s cette folle soir�e, les membres de la formation retourneront en Angleterre, leur tourn�e mondiale All You Need Is Now s?y amor�ant dans quelques jours.

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HONG KONG (AFP) ? Canadian pop sensation Justin Bieber usually draws legions of screaming girls at his sold-out concerts, but the mop-haired teen idol got a hugely disappointing greeting when he arrived in Hong Kong.

Just seven fans showed up at the city's airport to greet Bieber, the Sunday Morning Post reported, calling it an "embarrassingly low-key reception".

In contrast to the tiny turn-out, footage of his arrival posted on YouTube -- where the star made his name -- had been viewed nearly 135,000 times by Sunday, four days after he jetted in to the muted reception.

The paper said there were "three times" more bodyguards than female fans at the airport with the 17-year-old pop sensation "looking grumpy and walking straight past the small group of fans as they yelled out his name".

But some fans defended the heartthrob, saying his gloomy demeanour was due to him falling ill before arriving in the southern Chinese city.

"He didn't acknowledge us but that was probably because he saw more of the photographers," 15-year-old Ruth Boon told the Post, saying the light fan turnout was likely a result of it being a school day.

Bieber's concert on Friday in Hong Kong -- one of the last shows in his "My World" tour -- still saw a 13,500-seat stadium almost packed to capacity, the Post said.

The pop sensation soared to stardom after videos of his performances were posted on YouTube, with his album "My World 2.0" hitting the top of the US charts.

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Gym, tan, laundry may have been the essentials in Seaside Heights, N.J., but now that the Jersey Shore cast has officially touched down in Italy, the only thing they need is, well, Rosetta Stone.

In fact, Ronnie Magro tells PEOPLE he ordered the language software as soon as he heard about the GTL gang's season 4 destination.

"I need to know how to order grilled chicken when I get down there," he told PEOPLE before they arrived in Italy, where they were greeted by a crowd of fans on Friday. "I can't have pasta every day!"

And he wasn't the only one concerned about learning the language ? or keeping away from the carbs.

"I think I'm gonna do the same thing because obviously we need to communicate with Italians and none of us speak Italian," Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi tells PEOPLE. Her other concern? "All we're gonna eat is pasta," she continued. "We're all gonna get fat."

Polizzi, after all, has been clocking in more hours at the gym lately ? and pasta isn't on her diet.

"I'm very, very scared because I'm trying to lose weight," she says. "So going to Italy and drinking wine and having spaghetti all day ? it throws me off course."

Production began this week after a delay in Florence last weekend due to a visit from Italian President Giorgio Napolitano.

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Washington, D.C. (May 13, 2011) -- Following our extremely popular contest, 'HD Hottie Hysteria,' we've started a new feature in which we will highlight a top female star every day. The gorgeous female will come from a program that can be seen in gorgeous high-def that very day. Today's 'HD Hottie' is Katherine Heigl, who stars tonight in high-def in 27 Dresses at 8 p.m. ET on FX.

The 32-year-old actress, who was born in Washington, D.C., got her first big break in the sci-fi drama, Roswell. But it's her role as Dr. "Izzie" in Grey's Anatomy that made her star. Although Katherine criticized her role in the TV drama in 2008, saying the material was too thin to warrant an Emmy nomination, she returned to Grey's Anatomy for a additional season before bowing out. Katherine has since left Grey's Anatomy for the movies. Heigl has starred in the films Knocked Up, 27 Dresses, The Ringer, The Ugly Truth, Killers and Life As We Know It. She will soon star in One For the Money and New Year's Eve. So, here is Katherine Heigl, today's HD Hottie:

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The Mean Girls star recently signed a two-picture agreement with Fiore Films, with her first role starring alongside John Travolta, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci in Gotti: Three Generations, based on the real-life crime family.

Her involvement had been thrown into doubt after she was sentenced to 120 days behind bars for violating her probation stemming from a 2007 DUI charge. She will begin her jail stint next month (Jun11), but producer Marc Fiore is adamant Lohan's prison time won't have an impact on her planned work schedule.

He tells reporters at the Cannes Film Festival in France, "Lindsay Lohan is a talented and beautiful actress, she is in the film and will be playing the role of Kim Gotti. She will also be co-starring in our next film, Mob Street."

Lohan broke her probation when she was accused of stealing a necklace from a California jewellery store earlier this year (11). She pleaded no contest to the charge.

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Irin Carmon ? Women Falling Down On Film, Over And Over And Over Again Whatever you think of the prospect of the diarrhea-vomit-wedding dress scene in Bridesmaids, it's palpably more original than the romcom standby of a girl falling down. (Though let's not forget Sex And The City's less-committed diarrhea gag.) Here, Nerve's compendium.

Why does it happen so often? Tad Friend's New Yorker piece on Anna Faris and Hollywood's funny lady problem has become like a handy decoder tool for this crap, and it's also cited by Nerve:

'To make a woman adorable,' one female sucessful screenwriter says, 'you have to defeat her at the beginning... It's as simple as making the girl cry, fifteen minutes into the movie.' Relatability is based on vulnerability, which creates likeability. With male characters, smoking pot, getting drunk, and lying around watching porn is likeable; with females, the same conduct is hateful. So funny women must not only be gorgeous; they must fall down and then sob, knowing it's all their fault."

Of course, men fall down in movies too; they also get smacked in the face and the balls by things and a whole other range of things. But it never seems to be about bringing them down a peg.

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Eurovision entries

X Factor rejects Jedward will perform a track called Lipstick at the Eurovision Song Contest while boyband Blue will hope to triumph with I Can.

While the Blue boys stick with the familiar set up of four men strolling around singing with exaggerated arm movements in the video to I Can, Irish pop duo Jedward - John and Edward Grimes - take their trademark quiffs and dance moves to the top of the Eiffel Tower and end up smearing Lipstick everywhere.

Blue's I Can is classic boyband fare: uplifting, inspiring music. The trouble is that while it definitely ticks the cheesy boxes, it's instantly forgettable. �

Lipstick is everything you'd expect from a Jedward track and more: delightfully naff, with plenty of backing music to cover up the less than perfect vocal talents of the Irish duo. The catchy track is guaranteed to stick in your head.

Winner of Round One: Jedward - Lipstick has the ingredients of the classic Eurovision winner. So bad it's good.

What they've got to lose

If the 19-year-old twin singing sensations Jedward win the competition, they could be set to play for US president Barack Obama when he visits their native Ireland.

John told The Sun: 'If we win Eurovision and get to perform for Obama that would be the ultimate, he's even bigger than Simon Cowell!'

Ireland is the country with the highest number of wins in the contest with seven, so they could give it an bigger boost if they take home the prize.

For Blue, this will be the first year in a while that Britain has sent an established act after the likes of Josh Dubovie and Scooch flopped.

If the group fail to succeed at the contest, will they take this as a sign that reuniting wasn't the best thing to do?

Moreover, if this already successful act also went down the pan, who would the UK pop bosses send next year?!

Winner of Round Two: Blue - even more than affecting their reputation, their appearance at the Eurovision could make or break their future as a boyband.

Blue Eurovision Song Contest I Can song Jedward Best-known for their high notes and fancy footwork, the Eurovision Song Contest marks a comeback for reformed pop group Blue (Picture: PA)

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The 56th Eurovision marks a comeback for reformed group Blue.

Simon Webbe, Lee Ryan, Duncan James and Antony Costa are hoping to add another achievement to a successful ten-year career in which they have had several Top Ten hits, including All Rise, Guilty, and their duet with Elton John on his song Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word.

In 2005, the band split to pursue solo projects, but after having varying degrees of success, the band reformed last April and began writing new material, from which we've only heard I Can.

Less established, and arguably less successful are the Dublin twins, who shot to fame after appearing in the sixth series of The X Factor.

Though they didn?t win the contest, the identical twin brothers succeeded in winding up judge Simon Cowell and even some members of the viewing public.

Still, their energetic routines has helped them accumulate fans all over the world ? they have almost 220,000 followers on Twitter and have been rated second favourites for the contest.

Jedward's debut single, Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby) featuring Vanilla Ice failed to hit the top spot and resulted in Simon Cowell's record label axing them. But fellow X Factor judge Louis Walsh took the boys under his wing and landed them another record deal, days after they were dumped by Sony.�

Their strongest points may not be their voices, but this hasn't proven problematic. The duo has had TV ads lined up for them, and even had Jedward Easter eggs made in their likeness.

Winner of Round Three and the contest: Jedward - They can be annoying, but their unique style and verve have made them likeable too. Ireland loves them and Europe seems to be taking to them too.

The Eurovision Song Contest will be aired on BBC One on May 14 at 8pm.

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James Durbin had a weird feeling when he got to the "American Idol" studios on Thursday.

"Something was off with the kinetic energy," he said Friday (May 13) during a call with reporters. "I felt it in people's body language. ... There was a real somber feeling."

Asked if he was blindsided, then, by the news that he would be going home in fourth place on the show later that night, Durbin paused and said, "I'm not going to lie, I definitely was." He said he "freaked out" a bit just before the show went on air and had a feeling that his ride might be over.

With less than an hour of sleep since his surprise ouster, Durbin said the hours since his elimination had been a "whirlwind" of emotion. "I've been really thinking about why I came on this show and why I even auditioned in the first place," he said. "It's for my family and to try and give a voice to a genre of music that seems like it's slowly fading away. I really accomplished a lot on the show, and I'm grateful for the opportunity."

While other fourth-place finishers, including rocker Chris Daughtry, have said not winning "Idol" was probably the best thing that ever happened to them, Durbin said he understood that sentiment, but "winning would have been just great too."

He said his first instinct when host Ryan Seacrest broke the news was to think about how badly he'd wanted to win and fight back the feeling that somehow he'd failed. But after some time to reflect, Durbin said he'd come around on that thought. "I haven't failed at all," he said, adding a refrain often heard from "Idol" finalists. "This is just the beginning."

The singer, who provided one of the most emotionally engaging moments of the season with his tearful farewell, compared the journey on "Idol" to a roller coaster, saying it has loops and corkscrews and that while some people think of elimination as the first step toward the crazy ride down the other side of the fame hill, he sees it differently. "I'm still clicking up the track," he said of his wild ride yet to come. "I'm really, really stoked."

While some of his castmates have hooked up with movie starlets, Durbin said one of the biggest celebrity perks he enjoyed on "Idol" was becoming close to professional wrestler and "Dancing With the Stars" contestant Chris Jericho, whose show is filmed at the same studio as "Idol." For the lifelong wrestling fan, who always idolized Jericho, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. And given that Jericho fronts his own metal band, the boys bonded over body slams, life on the road and all things hard rock.

Given the Hollywood-ready arc of his story ? from his Asperger's and Tourette's syndrome to the death of his musician father from a drug overdose when James was 9 years old ? someone asked who the singer might like to see portray him in a movie. At first, he was speechless and then said he might want to do the honors himself. But then he suggested Matt Damon, since some people have said he resembles the actor, and maybe Steven Seagal for his older incarnation, since he used to rock a Seagal-like ponytail back in the day.

Durbin has lots of plans for his debut album. He'd like to work with Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy, reunite with guitar legend Zakk Wylde and bring out his "secret weapon," his best friend from home who is a shredding guitar player. As he's said before, James wants to bring back the classic metal sound, starting with an iconic singer/guitarist pairing along the lines of Wylde and Ozzy Osbourne or Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry.

And given the chance, he'd like to re-create the sound of his favorite record, the 1983 debut from late Black Sabbath metal screamer and solo star Ronnie James Dio, Holy Diver. He wouldn't give any details, but Durbin said he heard the song that might be his first single Thursday. "I really dig it," he said of the unnamed tune. "It's something I can really work." He described it as having a heavy edge, but also being radio-friendly enough to get airplay.

With no regrets, Durbin did point out his one potential misstep on the show when asked why his number might have been called Thursday. Referring again to his friendship with wrestler Jericho, he noted that the last song Jericho danced to on "Stars" was, yes, Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'."

" 'Don't Stop Believing' eliminated James Durbin, Chris Jericho and Tony Soprano," he said with a laugh.

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Forbes Magazine named Gisele Bundchen as the highest earning supermodel.

According to Starpulse.com the magazine said that Bundchen made a reported $45 million in 2010.

Allheadlinenews says that Bundchen was followed on the list by Heidi Klum and Kate Moss as the top three supermodel earners of the year. The top three models made $112 million between the three of them last year, says Starpulse.com.

With a social calendar like hers, it?s no surprise that the Brazilian beauty is the world's richest supermodel.

According to the Telegraph, she made appearances at the Costume Institute Gala, she hosted the UN Premier Global Environmental Awards, and then she headed to the Robin Hood Foundation Gala all in one week.

She is certainly a busy supermodel, but at $45 million a year - it must be worth it.

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