On Jul 30, 12:00=A0am, Taylor wrote:
> On Jul 29, 10:38=A0pm, David wrote:
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> >http://www.deadline.com/2010/07/breaking-ellen-out-of-idol/
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> > JENNIFER LOPEZ IS NEW IDOL JUDGE! Replaces Exiting Ellen DeGeneres Who
> > Told Fox: "It's Not Been Fun"
> > By NIKKI FINKE AND NELLIE ANDREEVA
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> 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.
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> In fact, Entertainment Weekly published an article JUST last month
> giving Jen 5 career moves she can do. One of them actually _was_
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