On Jul 29, 10:38=A0pm, David wrote:
> http://www.deadline.com/2010/07/breaking-ellen-out-of-idol/
>
> JENNIFER LOPEZ IS NEW IDOL JUDGE! Replaces Exiting Ellen DeGeneres Who
> Told Fox: "It's Not Been Fun"
> By NIKKI FINKE AND NELLIE ANDREEVA
>
> EXCLUSIVE UPDATE 6:30 PM: We've just learned the backstory of how
> Ellen DeGeneres bowed out of American Idol and who will be its new
> judge taking her place. It's Jennifer Lopez, who's singing and acting
> career has been on the skids after her recent movie failed at the box
> office in the spring and she was dropped by her record company Sony
> Music Epic Records this past winter. We hear her manager Benny Medina
> (whom she once fired) orchestrated the meeting with the American Idol
> producers a month ago, and negotiations have been ongoing ever since.
> We've learned a deal was closed earlier this week under the utmost
> secrecy.
>
> Still to be decided is who will replace Simon Cowell. Everyone
>ociated with the show wants Elton John, but we hear he's asking for
> too much money and has too many touring commitments he can't get out
> of.
>
> As for Ellen Degeneres, we're told she wanted off the show two months
> ago, and she and her reps went in to to see Fox Broadcasting's
> Entertainment Chairman Peter Rice and Alternative TV President Mike
> Darnell and asked to be let out of the year left on her contract.
> "She's not comfortable. She's not happy. It's not been fun," Fox was
> told. =A0But Rice and Darnell responded that, with Cowell leaving, "We
> can't let you out now because it would be bad for our franchise. Give
> us a chance to figure out who we could get." In the end, all the
> show's producers -- Fox, Fremantle, and 19 Entertainment -- worked it
> out. "Peter Rice was awesome," an insider tells us. "Ellen is thrilled
> and relieved." We've learned that serious conversations took place
> between Idol and Jessica Simpson to replace Ellen. But once Jennifer
> Lopez was locked in this week, the DeGeneres announcement went out.
>
> JLo badly needs this high-profile boost to her flagging career. The
> actress had many hits with Sony Music Epic Records, so it was a shock
> within the recording industry when her longtime label dumped her. The
> contract period had ended, and Lopez had fulfilled it with her last
> two singles. But in February Sony then cancelled her 7th studio album
> titled "Love?", which was supposed to come out in April and featured
> production from Danja, Jim Jonsin, Darkchild, Chris n Teeb from
> Dropzone, and The Neptunes among others. That never-released album
> delayed the release of her CBS Film, The Back-Up Plan, which bombed
> badly at the box office, as did her performance at the American Music
> Awards. Deadline was told at the time Sony Music execs weren't sure
> who her audience is anymore. Where once she had little girls, she's
> been supplanted by Beyonce, Gaga, and Rhianna. There were also reports
> of fighting going on between Benny Medina (who managed Madonna) and
> the label." Current CEO Rob Stringer (younger brother to Sony parent
> company CEO Howard Stringer) had a meeting at the Four Seasons Hotel
> in Los Angeles with JLo during Grammy week to formalize the
> separation. Sony may be releasing her "Greatest Hits" album this fall.
> There've been rumors she's talked with Island Def Jam=92s bigwig L.A.
> Reid to come to his label. But this is a tough time for music artists,
> especially those like Lopez who were once big in the biz and now are
> battling not only the changed economics and rampant piracy but also
> the moving target of today=92s music fans.
lol I _do_ hope Ms. Lopez reads thisbrutal article because it's the
necessary (ice-) cold-bucket-of-water-to-the-face I think her ego
needs. Jen is the new Paula! Your washed up, it's all down-hill from
here... accept it. Maybe the time she took off in the mid-2000's was
too long (?), or maybe her career was on the fall anyway (?). Either
way, you're making a positive move post-glory years.
In fact, Entertainment Weekly published an article JUST last month
giving Jen 5 career moves she can do. One of them actually _was_
"judge on a reality show".
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