Tonight marks the start of the 9th season of ‘American Idol,’ with auditions in Boston, where 9,000 people showed up for their chance to make it to Hollywood; Victoria Beckham was the guest judge. When all was said and done, 32 people from the Boston auditions made it through to Hollywood. Here’s a short list, with commentary from Wendy of TV Crunch: Justin Williams, 27 – Sandy, UT His story is touching – a cancer survivor who... 

Right after the season that is just now starting ends, that is. After months of speculation, it was officially announced today that Simon Cowell will be leaving his ‘American Idol’ judging chair after the show wraps this coming May. But fear not Simon Cowell fans, the judge that everyone loves to hate isn’t disappearing from the world of Television. Not by a long shot, actually. According to Simon Cowell himself, he is leaving... 

Hm, you know, I totally did not see this one coming. Starting January 2010, Ellen DeGeneres will be the fourth judge on “American Idol,” filling the seat left empty by Paula Abdul’s interesting departure. Ellen made the historic announcement today on her daily talk show. I guess the whole thing was really top secret ‘cause not even people in Ellen’s inner circle knew. You can really see in her face how excited she is to be joining... 

Leaving American Idol, silly, not the Psych ward – Paula Abdul will never leave kooky town. Paula Abdul’s new manager David Sonenberg says the American Idol judge is not happy with the way things are going and she just might not be back next season. “Very sadly, it does not appear that she’s going to be back on Idol, I find it under these circumstances particularly unusual; I think unnecessarily hurtful. I find it kind of unconscionable... 

Adam Lambert is gay. In other news, the sky is blue. Duh!! In the latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine, American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert finally admits what most of us have known all along – he’s gay. “I don’t think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I’m gay,” Lambert says in the new issue of Rolling Stone, hitting newsstands this week. The flamboyant Idol singer hits our cover and bares all, talking about... 

Wanna hear a secret? And by secret I mean something we’ve all known for years and years. Ready? Paula Abdul was addicted to painkillers. Why, after all this time is she finally admitting to her drug use? Just two weeks ago she was swearing up and down to Cynthia McFadden on Nightline that she’s not an addict and has never had a problem. “No, no, no, no, no. Will not take those drugs [she said referring to prescription pain medications]... 

Sad news to report from the American Idol world tonight – Adam Cook, the oldest brother of American Idol season 7 winner David Cook, lost his battle with brain cancer at 1:00 a.m. on May 3, 2009. David Cook announced his brother’s death Sunday morning in Washington D.C. where the singer was serving as grand marshal for the 12th Annual Race for Hope 5K Walk/Run. “I actually lost my brother yesterday to a brain tumor and I couldn’t...