American Idol News
August 24, 2007
August 20, 2007
Fox gives Ryan Seacrest the Emmys
Ryan (who, as we've pointed out, did an extraordinarily professional and straightforward Dickclarkian job hosting the last season of American Idol) comes the announcement that he'll take over as host of the 2007 Primetime Emmy Awards next month (thankfully, somewhere in between, the next season of Idol and New Year's Rockin' Eve will bridge the Fox-without-Seacrest gap.
But what a choice. Traditionally, the Emmy host is someone with comedic experience who can launch the show with a brisk monolgue, make fun of a few folks in the crowd and keep the show moving with funny bits.
Ry-Ry had better hope that Simon Cowell is in the first couple of rows so he can point out his manboobs.
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August 16, 2007
Ryan Seacrest is headed to the Super Bowl
Hey, enough with the gay jokes!
Ryan Seacrest may have been Merv Griffin's last great discovery...
...he may like a little Botox here and there...
...those Teri Hatcher face-eating photos were suspect...
...and hey, who wouldn't flirt with Anderson Cooper?
But he's All American and everything to everyone-- and will soon be packing solid butch hetero credentials as the very first host, master-of-ceremonies and red carpet kingpin of Super Bowl XLII.
Or do those big towel-snapping football players have a secret?
(And does anyone out there know Roman numerals?)
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August 6, 2007
How about the next great American TV host?
The foreign (British) producers of American Idol couldn't find one American performer qualified to host the Idol spin-off, The Next Great American Band (and why should they, what with broadcast giants like Cat Deeley, Denise van Outen and Cameron Daddo bouncing around the airwaves?). At least that's how things look, with the rumour that they've hired kd lang-lookalike and New Zealand Idol host Dominic Bowden to move up to the big game.
Dom appears to be a host in the Dunkelman-Ant & Dec mold, who once got to meet his own idol, Ryan Seacrest, as you can see above.
And see more of him... after the jump...
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August 5, 2007
Playing Taps for bridge victims & Idols tour
There were five thousand empty seats-- a far cry from last year's 16,000 fan sellout-- and lots of yawns in what was described as a "nearly three-hour karaoke-like show":
The only time the show even came close to breaking from script was when Richardson referred to Wednesday's bridge-collapse tragedy in Minneapolis after a group version of "America the Beautiful."
"We want to offer you our deepest, most heartfelt sympathies," he said, praising "the heroes of this tragedy."
Then the horn player played Taps.
Classy.
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