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This is a head-scratcher. After grabbing our attention on Britain's Got Talent, Susan Boyle debuted I Dreamed a Dream last week — and it's already smashing records. The album banked 701,000 copies, which puts Boyle not only at No. 1 for the week (over Adam Lambert, Rihanna, and Lady Gaga, no less!), but also at the top for first-week numbers for the year. In addition, the sales figures earn her Read more
Just days away from the start of shooting, Columbia has pulled the plug on Moneyball, Steven Soderbergh's baseball drama starring Brad Pitt. — The Hollywood Reporter Here's the track listing for the American Idol season eight album. — Entertainment Weekly A 10-gallery museum devoted to the life of Walt Disney will open in San Francisco on Oct. 1. — AP Simon Cowell has addressed the Susan Read more
The British Academy of Film and Television/Los Angeles will honor Emily Blunt as British artist of the year on Nov. 5. — Variety Big Brother will be watching again starting July 9. — TV.com Chevy Chase is joining the cast of the time-travel comedy Hot Tub Time Machine. — ComingSoon How to watch the Britain's Got Talent finale if you're not in the UK. — AP Naval captain Richard Read more
We've wrapped up American Idol here in the US, but across the pond, Britain's Got Talent is just getting to the good stuff. Semifinals air this week, leading up to the big finale on Saturday. In a normal year, I might not have heard anything about BGT — but this is no normal year, thanks mostly to Susan Boyle, who's taken the media world by storm over the past couple of months. Hardly a day Read more
Chuck, Privileged, Life, Dollhouse, and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles are the five finalists in E!'s Save One Show competition. — E! Meet Susan Boyle's latest Britain's Got Talent competition: a 10-year-old girl. — TV.com After much controversy, The Flaming Lips' "Do You Realize??" will be named the official rock song of Oklahoma this week. — Billboard Warner Bros. is Read more
Yesterday the New York Times rounded up sociologists, anthropologists, and other -gist types to explain the science behind our love affair with singing sensation Susan Boyle. Why did we fall so hard? Because we didn't expect it. The more I read, the more annoyed I became. It lists stereotypes that Susan challenged: unattractive women are not engaging; age stereotypes are harder to change than Read more
This kind of music doesn't usually bring out the best in anyone, but this is a rare exception. While the Pussycat Dolls sucked the sexy out of this overplayed tune, The Kit Kat Girls put it all (and then some) back in-- even Simon Cowell can't resist their charm. "Britain's Got Talent," indeed! Read more
We've already determined that America's talent pool is a little shallow, and apparently, Britain doesn't have much more to offer. Watch this "magic" man try to awe us with a duck trick that doesn't quite go according to plan. In fact, it doesn't fly at all-- but the ducks do. Sort of. Read more
In an astounding turn of events, this guy with a monkey puppet singing Michael Jackson songs goes from being pre-liminated by a withering Simon Cowell, to practically being invited to sing for the Queen herself. Well, dude wasn't kidding when he said, "No one else on this earth does what I do." Read more
Shirtless Simon Cowell showed off his tan and his muscles on the deck of a yacht near St. Barts yesterday. Simon's been vacationing in the Caribbean since the holidays, though his stay has extended longer than some of the island's other recent celebrity visitors. Rachel Zoe and her family returned to LA after their getaway last week, while Ryan Seacrest and Julianne Hough have also wrapped up Read more
