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	<title>Pop Crunch &#187; American Idol</title>
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		<title>Adam Lambert Boyfriend Drake LaBry Split</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Castina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adam Lambert and his longtime boyfriend, interior de signer Drake LaBry, have called it quits. 
The news comes just four months after the American Idol star revealed his homosexuality in an interview with Rolling Stone Magazine in last June. His relationship with LaBry became public soon after, with the pair kissing for snappers to confirm [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Adam Lambert and his longtime boyfriend, interior de signer Drake LaBry, have called it quits. </p>
<p>The news comes just four months after the American Idol star revealed his homosexuality in an interview with Rolling Stone Magazine in last June. His relationship with LaBry became public soon after, with the pair kissing for snappers to confirm they were an item. Reports of a split hit the Interwebs via Twitter late Saturday, after a pal Lambert was partying with in West Hollywood over the weekend decided to share the development.</p>
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<em>&#8220;BREAKING NEWS!!! ADAM LAMBERT IS SINGLE!,&#8221; </em>Tweeted Markus Molinari, an aspiring actor and filmmaker. </p>
<p>With friends like these, who needs gossip blogs?</p>
<p>When an angry Tweeter scolded Molinari for dishing about Adam&#8217;s private affairs, Molinari snapped:<em> &#8220;UR RUDE! wouldn&#8217;t you wanna know rather then [sic] assume [Adam] he was cheating?!?!&#8221;</em></p>
<p><em>American Idol</em> fans first noticed Drake sitting in the audience with Lambert&#8217;s family and friends as the campy singer sang his heart out on the talent competition last spring.</p>
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		<title>David Archuleta Putting Career On Hold As Parents Divorce</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Castina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life after Idol is looking a bit grim for Season 7 runner-up David Archuleta.

David, now 18, is considering putting his promising recording career on hold to care for his younger siblings as their parents battle it out in divorce court, sources close to the singer dish in the new edition of The National Enquirer.

The teen [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Life after <em>Idol</em> is looking a bit grim for Season 7 runner-up David Archuleta.</p>
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<p>David, now 18, is considering putting his promising recording career on hold to care for his younger siblings as their parents battle it out in divorce court, sources close to the singer dish in the new edition of <em>The National Enquirer</em>.<br />
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The teen heartthrob is rumored to be concerned about how his three siblings &#8212; Daniel, 15, Melissa, 13, and Amber, 10, &#8212; are handling the split and is pondering taking a break from recording to focus on helping his family heal.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;David is talking about putting his career on the back burner while he focuses on helping his brother and sisters cope with the divorce,&#8221; </em>says an Archie insider. <em>&#8220;He doesn&#8217;t care how long it takes &#8212; he wants to make sure his mom and brother and sisters are OK.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>David&#8217;s father, James, filed for divorce from Lupe Archuleta earlier this year, just days after he was busted during a police raid on a massage parlor in Midvale, Utah. The couple previously filed for divorce in 2002, but later reconciled. This time, there&#8217;s little hope for a happy ending. Citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split, the couple will share joint physical custody of their three minor children.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;The embarrassment over Jeffrey&#8217;s arrest was the final straw. This time David knows he can&#8217;t save his parents&#8217; marriage, and it is killing him,&#8221;</em> the insider added.<em> &#8220;In the meantime, David is doing everything he can to hold his brother and sisters together.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>Of course, complicating matter futher are Lupe&#8217;s claims that Jeffrey is secretly shielding assets.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;If Jeffrey doesn&#8217;t come clean in disclosing his financial dealings, their divorce will become a lot nastier than it has already&#8230;&#8221;</em></p>
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		<title>Adam Lambert American Music Awards 2009 Performance</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Castina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert called Ryan Seacrest&#8217;s KIIS-FM radio show Tuesday to announce that he&#8217;ll be performing his eagerly-awaited new single at the 2009 American Music Awards next month.The Black Eyed Peas are also scheduled to perform at the awards show on Nov. 22.

The single has yet to be released, but will be &#8220;something [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>American Idol</em> runner-up Adam Lambert called Ryan Seacrest&#8217;s KIIS-FM radio show Tuesday to announce that he&#8217;ll be performing his eagerly-awaited new single at the 2009 American Music Awards next month.The Black Eyed Peas are also scheduled to perform at the awards show on Nov. 22.<br />
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The single has yet to be released, but will be <em>&#8220;something entirely different&#8221;</em> and <em>&#8220;glammy,&#8221;</em> Adam explained.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;It&#8217;s all very exciting&#8230;we&#8217;re bringing back a glam-rock kind of feel to pop music so I hope everbody likes it.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>Adam&#8217;s still untitled album will be released November 24. </p>
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		<title>Allison Iraheta &#8220;Friday I&#8217;ll Be Over U&#8221; (AUDIO)</title>
		<link>http://www.popcrunch.com/allison-iraheta-friday-ill-be-over-u-audio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Castina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Allison Iraheta, the 17-year-old singer, who cracked the Top 4 with her rocker-chic stylle on American Idol last season, has been signed to Jive Records and is releasing her debut single &#8220;Friday I&#8217;ll Be Over U.&#8221;

Click here to listen to the song!
Allison&#8217;s self-titled debut drops Dec. 1. Read all about the teen&#8217;s pop-rock premiere in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Allison Iraheta, the 17-year-old singer, who cracked the Top 4 with her rocker-chic stylle on <em>American Idol</em> last season, has been signed to Jive Records and is releasing her debut single &#8220;Friday I&#8217;ll Be Over U.&#8221;<br />
<a href="http://www.popcrunch.com/dj-am-drug-intervention-reality-series-premieres-on-mtv-oct-12/allison-iraheta-friday-ill-be-over-u-single-cover/" rel="attachment wp-att-73336"><img src="http://www.popcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/allison-iraheta-friday-ill-be-over-u-single-cover.jpg" alt="allison iraheta friday ill be over u single cover" title="allison iraheta friday ill be over u single cover" width="296" height="296" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-73336" /></a><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/665279806a32cba5/">Click here to listen to the song!</a></strong></p>
<p>Allison&#8217;s self-titled debut drops Dec. 1. Read all about the teen&#8217;s pop-rock premiere in her new interview with <a href="http://www.popeater.com/2009/10/05/exclusive-allison-irahetas-friday-ill-be-over-u-premiere/">PopEater.com</a>.<span id="more-73329"></span></p>
<p><strong>So how’d ‘Friday I’ll Be Over U’ come about?</strong>I worked with Max Martin, and he pulled it out of his magic box. He came up with an awesome song and sent I to me and we cut it and it was just amazing. He definitely knows how to put himself in other people’s shoes.</p>
<p><strong>What were you looking to convey with ‘Friday?&#8217;</strong><br />
Pretty much show who I really am as an artist, and what I really want to continue doing for the rest of my life, which is this. Just really do awesome music for the rest of my life.</p>
<p><strong>What will your fans take away from the song?</strong><br />
It’s a song everyone can relate to. It’s a pretty simple song. It ain’t too hard to understand. I think people will really just be like ‘Yeah!’ … hopefully.</p>
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		<title>Justin Guarini Getting Married This Weekend</title>
		<link>http://www.popcrunch.com/justin-guarini-getting-married-this-weekend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Castina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry, girls. This former Idol is officially off the market. American Idol Season One runner-up Justin Guarini will marry fiancee Reina Capodici, 27, in an intimate ceremony in Pennsylvania this Saturday.


The intimate family wedding will be held on a private estate along the Delaware River, not far from both their families&#8217; homes in Pennsylvania. 
The [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry, girls. This former <em>Idol</em> is officially off the market. <em>American Idol</em> Season One runner-up Justin Guarini will marry fiancee Reina Capodici, 27, in an intimate ceremony in Pennsylvania this Saturday.<br />
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<p>The intimate family wedding will be held on a private estate along the Delaware River, not far from both their families&#8217; homes in Pennsylvania. </p>
<p>The lovebirds have written their own vows for the &#8220;spiritual&#8221; service, to be officiated by a female minister at the couple&#8217;s church.</p>
<p>The couple have known each other since high school but only started dating a few years ago. They announced their engagement last December.</p>
<p>Justin will also become stepdad to Reina&#8217;s 4-year-old daughter Lola.</p>
<p>Guarini, 30 recently worked as a correspondent on the TV Guide Channel&#8217;s Emmy Awards coverage and he hosts Idol Tonight for the network. He plans to head back to the studio to work on another album this winter.</p>
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		<title>Ellen DeGeneres Defends Her Right To Judge &#8220;American Idol&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.popcrunch.com/ellen-degeneres-defends-her-right-to-judge-american-idol/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Castina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[She&#8217;s made headlines for replacing Paula Abdul on the judges&#8217; panel of the ninth season of American Idol, and on Tuesday&#8217;s episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, the comedienne is taking on critics who have questioned how qualified she is to judge TV&#8217;s top-rated singing competition.

&#8220;Apparently, there&#8217;s a lot of debate going on right now, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>She&#8217;s made headlines for replacing Paula Abdul on the judges&#8217; panel of the ninth season of <em>American Idol</em>, and on Tuesday&#8217;s episode of <em>The Ellen DeGeneres Show</em>, the comedienne is taking on critics who have questioned how qualified she is to judge TV&#8217;s top-rated singing competition.<br />
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<p><em>&#8220;Apparently, there&#8217;s a lot of debate going on right now, whether I&#8217;m qualified or not to be the new judge on &#8216;American Idol&#8217;&#8230; I&#8217;ll tell you right now, how I know I&#8217;m going to be a great judge &#8212; because I&#8217;ve spent my whole life being judged. So, I know what it&#8217;s like. So, I will be kind. I will be compassionate. I will be empathetic, and I will be truthful. I will be an honest judge without being mean,&#8221;</em> Ellen told her audience.<br />
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<em>&#8220;I&#8217;m very excited to be on the show. I will tell you that right now,&#8221;</em> she added. <em>&#8220;I just continue to be excited every single day. I knew people would have opinions, and I did not want to know what they were because why should I take that stuff in? I try not to watch anything that I think is going to be talking about me….&#8221; </em></p>
<p>She continued, &#8220;But the things that people are saying. &#8230; I thought America had moved past this. First, we have the first African American President. We&#8217;ve sworn in our first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice. I think American Idol is ready for there first blonde judge.&#8221; </p>
<p>The new season of <em>American Idol</em> kicks off in January 2010 on FOX. </p>
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		<title>Kara DioGuardi &#8220;The View&#8221; Guest Co-Host</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Castina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With conservative chatterbox Elisabeth Hasselbeck still out on maternity leave, American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi is the latest star joining the round table for a guest co-hosting gig on The View, ABC News announced on Monday.
Kara will guest co-host the Emmy-winning daytime talk show, alongside regulars Barbara Walters, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, and Sherri Shepherd, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With conservative chatterbox Elisabeth Hasselbeck still out on maternity leave, <em>American Idol</em> judge Kara DioGuardi is the latest star joining the round table for a guest co-hosting gig on <em>The View</em>, <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/kara-dioguardi-american-idol-judge-hosts-view/story?id=8616653">ABC News</a> announced on Monday.</p>
<p>Kara will guest co-host the Emmy-winning daytime talk show, alongside regulars Barbara Walters, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, and Sherri Shepherd, on October 15. The singer/songwriter/producer made her View debut following the <em>American Idol</em> finale last May. The appearance will be the first time Kara has co-hosted the show.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.popcrunch.com/kara-dioguardi-hopes-paula-reconsiders-leaving-american-idol/kara-dioguardi-on-paula-abdul-american-idol-departure/" rel="attachment wp-att-66810"><img src="http://www.popcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/kara-dioguardi-on-paula-abdul-american-idol-departure-500x596.jpg" alt="kara-dioguardi-on-paula-abdul-american-idol-departure" title="kara-dioguardi-on-paula-abdul-american-idol-departure" width="500" height="596" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-66810" /></a></p>
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		<title>Ellen On Joining &#8220;American Idol&#8221; &#8212; &#8220;I Hope Paula Is Okay With It&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.popcrunch.com/ellen-on-joining-american-idol-i-hope-paula-is-okay-with-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Castina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is music industry novice Ellen DeGeneres ready to take over as a judge on American Idol?
On Wednesday, the talk show hostess announced that she will be taking over as the fourth judge on the FOX reality talent competition, and in a new interview with colleague Ryan Seacrest on Thursday, Ellen revealed why she&#8217;s a good [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is music industry novice Ellen DeGeneres ready to take over as a judge on <em>American Idol</em>?</p>
<p>On Wednesday, the talk show hostess announced that she will be taking over as the fourth judge on the FOX reality talent competition, and in a new interview with colleague Ryan Seacrest on Thursday, Ellen revealed why she&#8217;s a good fit for the show.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;I love music, period. I&#8217;ve always loved music. And i&#8217;m a huge fan of the show. I haven&#8217;t missed one show since season one,&#8221;</em> Ellen say in responses to critics who claims she lacks the background essential to selecting an <em>Idol</em> champ. <em>&#8220;The people are the ones that choose the American Idol. Ultimately it doesn&#8217;t come down to some expert in the music industry, it comes down to everybody at home that says &#8216;that&#8217;s the person I relate to, that&#8217;s the person that I&#8217;m going to buy music from&#8217;.&#8221;</em></p>
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<p><strong><a href="http://www.kiisfm.com/cc-common/mediaplayer/player.html?redir=yes&#038;mps=ryan.php&#038;mid=http://a1135.g.akamai.net/f/1135/18227/1h/cchannel.download.akamai.com/18227/podcast/LOSANGELES-CA/KIIS-FM/ellendegeneres091009.mp3?CPROG=PCAST?CCOMRRMID&#038;CPROG=RICHMEDIA&#038;MARKET=LOSANGELES-CA&#038;NG_FORMAT=chrrhythmic&#038;NG_ID=kiis102fm&#038;OR_NEWSFORMAT=&#038;OWNER=&#038;SERVER_NAME=www.kiisfm.com&#038;SITE_ID=842&#038;STATION_ID=KIIS-FM&#038;TRACK=">Listen To Ellen&#8217;s Interview With On-Air With Ryan Seacrest</a></strong></p>
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<strong>Ellen On Her Judging Style</strong>: <em>&#8220;I&#8217;m not going to be mean, I hate when Simon [Cowell] is that mean. You can be constructive and criticize somebody that&#8217;s helpful instead of mean spirited.&#8221;</em></p>
<p><strong>Ellen On Paula Abdul</strong>: <em>&#8220;I was shocked like everybody else. I thought Paula was a huge part of the show.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;I was sad, and so I went &#8216;well that&#8217;s going to be a hole that needs to be filled by someone that really is going to contribute in a totally different way,&#8217; and didn&#8217;t think for a second that was going to be me,&#8221;</em> Ellen told Ryan.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;I hope Paula [Abdul] is okay with it. I don&#8217;t want anybody to think I took Paula&#8217;s job away,&#8221;</em> she added. <em>&#8220;I feel like she was gone and then everybody was looking for somebody else, then I stepped in. I certainly don&#8217;t want to be that person that is the evil taking Paula&#8217;s job away.&#8221;</em></p>
<p><em>&#8220;I hope to be that compassionate person, because that&#8217;s one thing that Paula did bring is that empathy and that compassion.&#8221;</em></p>
<p><strong>What Will She Bring To <em>Idol</em></strong>: <em>&#8220;I&#8217;ve gone through the criticism, and I think a lot of these kids all of the sudden are just thrust into this limelight and don&#8217;t understand that this is just the beginning of being judged. This is just the start of people having opinions about you, so hopefully I will be able to guide them through that, and give them good advice and spot somebody that I think is going to be a huge talent that we&#8217;ll watch just like everybody else we&#8217;ve chosen through the years.&#8221;</em></p>
<p><strong>How Will Ellen Juggle Her New Duties As An Judge With Her Daytime Talk Show</strong>: &#8220;<em>We have to adjust the schedule a little bit. For those days we&#8217;re going to shoot earlier, and then i&#8217;m going to jump in my car and i&#8217;m going to drive over and sit down and be entertained by these kids singing for us. It&#8217;ll add a whole lot of content to my show and I think I&#8217;m going to bring something to that show that&#8217;s fresh I hope. I&#8217;m going to do it like I do everything else I enter into, with 110% of all I got.&#8221;</em></p>
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		<title>Randy Jackson: &#8220;Does Ellen DeGeneres Have Enough Experience To Judge &#8216;American Idol?&#8217;&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[American Idol judge Randy Jackson is reacting to the news that daytime talk show host Ellen DeGeneres will be joining him at the judges&#8217; table when television&#8217;s most-watched program kicks off its ninth season on FOX next year.
 
&#8220;[Ellen] can be the voice of the people among us,&#8221; Jackson said Fox &#038; Friends on Thursday [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>American Idol</em> judge Randy Jackson is reacting to the news that daytime talk show host Ellen DeGeneres will be joining him at the judges&#8217; table when television&#8217;s most-watched program kicks off its ninth season on FOX next year.</p>
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<p><em>&#8220;[Ellen] can be the voice of the people among us,&#8221;</em> Jackson said <em>Fox &#038; Friends</em> on Thursday morning. The record producer was responding to a question of whether it was <em>&#8220;okay&#8221;</em> for Ellen to judge a singing competition when the comedienne has virtual no background in music.<br />
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<em>&#8220;I think between me, Simon [Cowell] and Kara [DioGuardi], there&#8217;s enough musical experts to go around right there,&#8221;</em> he added.<em> &#8220;Dude, listen, I love Ellen. &#8230; I think she&#8217;s going to bring a really interesting, different perspective to the people [and] to the panel.&#8221;</p>
<p>American Idol</em> returns to FOX in January.</p>
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		<title>Ellen DeGeneres &#8220;American Idol&#8221; Announcement (VIDEO)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, comedienne Ellen DeGeneres was named the new fourth judge on American Idol, replacing Paula Abdul, who quit the most-watched show in America after a salary dispute last month.
&#8220;&#8230;.Getting this job is a dream come true, and think of all the money I&#8217;ll save from not having to text my vote,&#8221; she said in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On Wednesday, comedienne Ellen DeGeneres was named the new fourth judge on <em>American Idol</em>, replacing Paula Abdul, who quit the most-watched show in America after a salary dispute last month.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;&#8230;.Getting this job is a dream come true, and think of all the money I&#8217;ll save from not having to text my vote,&#8221;</em> she said in the statement.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a video of Ellen&#8217;s announcement, to air on Thursday&#8217;s episode of <em>The Ellen DeGeneres Show</em>.</p>
<p>The ninth season of the show returns to TV in January 2010.</p>
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