On Feb 5, 3:38=A0pm, "explorer" wrote:
> x-no-archive: yes"Twitchell" wrote in mess=
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> news:hkhfjq02n2a@drn.newsguy.com...
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> >http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/idol_producers_want_howard_stern_YUKl...
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> > "American Idol" producers are eager to hire Howard Stern to replace Sim=
on
> > Cowell
> > as the show's tough-talking judge, sources tell Page Six.
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> > An insider said that producers of the hit Fox show say Stern, America's
> > highest-paid radio personality, is their top choice to take over from
> > Cowell,
> > who leaves at the end of this season. They approached the King of All
> > Media
> > after he repeatedly mentioned on-air that his exclusive Sirius XM Radio
> > deal
> > expires next January and he was open to other offers. Cowell was paid $=
50
> > million a year.
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> > A source connected to "Idol" said, "It's one of the few shows that coul=
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> > compete
> > with Stern's $100 million-a-year Sirius contract, and 'Idol' bosses thi=
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> > he'd
> > be even nastier than Simon.
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> > "They know he would be great TV and would clash with the other judges s=
uch
> > as
> > Ellen DeGeneres and the contestants. 'Idol' will do what it takes to si=
gn
> > him."
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> > But a second source told us Stern hasn't made the "Idol" talks easy, an=
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> > has
> > been giving out mixed messages about his intentions.
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> > "Despite what he's been saying on-air, Howard isn't ready to leave radi=
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> > and
> > would like to stay on at Sirius," the source said. "We believe this is =
a
> > ploy to
> > make Sirius pay up and keep him on his huge contract. But if Sirius can=
't
> > pay
> > him the money he wants, he may negotiate to film 'Idol' on the side."
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> > Stern is also believed to be reluctant to commit to a show that would
> > require
> > him to tour the US as a judge and spend much of the year in Los Angeles=
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> > He recently said, somewhat cryptically, "I was approached by a major TV
> > network
> > to take over a TV show and leave here and do that next year -- and I di=
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> > turn it
> > down . . . I'm not even sure if I want to be working. I'm waiting to se=
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> > what
> > happens."
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> > Calls to Stern's agent and producer were not returned. A rep for FOX
> > declined to
> > comment.
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well said, dumb idea cant stand stern |
