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  1. talk
    Call It Now: Who Will Win American Idol?Will victory go to one of the three contestants who have never been in danger of elimination?
    By Kyle Buchanan
  2. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Paul F. Tompkins on Movie-Night Fallout“Am I being hard on a bunch of kids who entered a contest? If so, I am the only one.”
    By Paul F. Tompkins
  3. last night on late night
    Last Night on Late Night: Tracy Morgan Has Obama’s Birth Certificate and (Surprise) It’s in BrooklynPlus, Aziz Ansari testifies firsthand that 50 Cent has no idea what a grapefruit is, on our regular late-night roundup.
    By Nim Barshad
  4. jennifer lopez
    Jennifer Lopez Is the Most Beautiful Woman in the WorldAnd ‘American Idol’ is so proud.
    By Julie Gerstein
  5. american idol
    Pia Toscano Reportedly Scored a Record DealAccording to ‘Us,’ anyway.
    By Mike Vilensky
  6. talk
    Can a Woman Still Win American Idol?Five eliminations, five women gone.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  7. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Paul F. Tompkins Is Shocked to Feel Bad About an EliminationHe wonders what has gone wrong in his life that he will actually miss an ‘Idol’ contestant.
    By Paul F. Tompkins
  8. last night on late night
    Last Night on Late Night: Gary Busey Delivers the CrazyPlus, Jack McBrayer talks about Jewish culture (or lack thereof) at his Georgia high school, on our regular late-night roundup.
    By Nim Barshad
  9. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Paul F. Tompkins on Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Night“So, Will.I.Am is on the show every week, now? It is seriously giving me anxiety that his presence on the show appears to be open-ended.”
    By Paul F. Tompkins
  10. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Paul F. Tompkins on the Double EliminationThis is the “fall back” side of the daylight saving time seesaw that balances out the “spring forward” of the Judges’ Save.
    By Paul F. Tompkins
  11. last night on late night
    Elton John to Bands who Won’t Give their Music to Glee: ‘Lighten Up, You Assholes’Plus, Chris Rock bemoans being a fan of the “broke” Mets and more on our regular late-night roundup.
    By Nim Barshad
  12. american idol
    American Idol Contestant Gets in Trouble With Jackson FamilyWhat? Pepsi jokes are off the table?
    By Julie Gerstein
  13. tv
    The American Idol Contestants Already Hate Their Luxurious MansionBecause it’s haunted, they claim.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  14. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Paul F. Tompkins on Elton John Night“I wonder what the ratio of early/good to late/garbage will be in the songs we hear.”
    By Paul F. Tompkins
  15. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Paul F. Tompkins Weighs In On the Casey SaveOh, the mind boggles trying to imagine the turbulent seas churning in Casey’s perfidious stomach upon this hour!
    By Paul F. Tompkins
  16. chat room
    Simon Cowell on The X Factor and the Only Contestant He Knows From This Season’s IdolNo, it’s not Casey Abrams.
    By Josef Adalian
  17. video
    Watch Casey Abrams’s Dramatic Breakdown After the American Idol SaveIs this what it looks like when someone’s stomach implodes?
    By Josh Wolk
  18. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Paul F. Tompkins on Motown WeekMotown classics are undeniable works of art, the result of concentrated greatness, and they will live forever in the pantheon of songwriting. But many of these treasured songs I never, ever want to hear again, ever in my life, hear me God.
    By Paul F. Tompkins
  19. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Paul F. Tompkins on the Second EliminationScotty is becoming an exact doppelgänger of George W. Bush. By the end of this season he will at least own a baseball team.
    By Paul F. Tompkins
  20. clickables
    Watch the American Idol Top 12 Sing a ‘Born This Way/Born to Be Wild’ Mash-upIt’s kind of embarrassing.
    By Julie Gerstein
  21. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Paul F. Tompkins Endures the Birthday Song Choices“But think of it, gentlemen: what if they sang a song from the year they will die?”
    By Paul F. Tompkins
  22. clickables
    Watch Steven Tyler Explore His ‘Ethnic What-It-Is-Ness’
  23. tv
    Top Model Moves Back to Avoid American IdolStarting April 20.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  24. american idol
    Why Is American Idol’s Casey Abrams in the Hospital Again?His medical condition comes to light.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  25. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Paul F. Tompkins on the First Big EliminationBut first, let’s get ready for the placement of some products!
    By Paul F. Tompkins
  26. american idol
    American Idol Contestant Casey Abrams Is in the Hospital AgainHis condition is unknown.
    By Julie Gerstein
  27. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Paul F. Tompkins Judges the Top Thirteen“The top thirteen will be working with producers from Interscope records. This is a big deal, because the music industry is doing so great!?
    By Paul F. Tompkins
  28. tv
    Why Has the Network TV Audience Gotten So Old?The average age of viewers for the No. 1 show on television is ten to twenty years older than it used to be.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  29. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Paul F. Tompkins Judges the Final Thirteen“I don’t know why they can’t just stick to ten people. People like the decimal system; it’s comforting.”
    By Paul F. Tompkins
  30. clickables
    Watch Jennifer Lopez’s New Video for ‘On the Floor’It debuted last night.
    By Julie Gerstein
  31. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Paul F. Tompkins on the Top Twelve Women“I find it hard to believe all of these kids would be choosing stuff ever-so-slightly out of their range. But maybe they like a challenge! All of them!”
    By Paul F. Tompkins
  32. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Paul F. Tompkins on the Top Twelve MenThey pick their own songs. Is that good news or bad news?
    By Paul F. Tompkins
  33. second chances
    Chris Medina’s New Music Video Jerks More of Your TearsThe ‘American Idol’ alum isn’t going anywhere.
    By Mike Vilensky
  34. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Paul F. Tompkins Makes It Through the Final 24 Fake-OutsWe have our finalists, but Steven Tyler never masters the art of “Bad news … you made it!”
    By Paul F. Tompkins
  35. american idol
    You’ll Be Able to Vote for American Idol on FacebookYeah, dawg.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  36. overnights
    Paul F. Tompkins Recaps American Idol’s Solo NightI was relieved to see that the contestants are going back to singing individually, even though I knew I would not like most of their singing.
    By Paul F. Tompkins
  37. overnights
    Paul F. Tompkins Recaps American Idol’s Group NightWhy are they really doing this, I wonder? Is ‘American Idol’ broke, and they’re subcontracting sleep-deprivation studies?
    By Paul F. Tompkins
  38. ratings
    Jersey Shore Continues to Kill It in the RatingsIt’s outdoing ‘Idol’ in the demo.
    By Josef Adalian
  39. overnights
    Paul F. Tompkins Recaps the Kickoff of American Idol’s Hollywood Week“327 contestants will parade across the stage, but only none of them can justify this arbitrary number of people.”
    By Paul F. Tompkins
  40. overnights
    Paul F. Tompkins Recaps American Idol’s San Francisco Auditions“‘Idol’ wrote the book on milking it and must be rereading that book on a rainy day.”
    By Paul F. Tompkins
  41. your tv ratings explained
    Fox Trumps CBS in the RatingsBut Fox’s new ‘Chicago Code’ is only doing so-so.
    By Josef Adalian
  42. overnights
    Paul F. Tompkins Recaps American Idol’s L.A. Auditions“I am starting to really kind of like J.Lo on this show. Wait, what did I just write?”
    By Paul F. Tompkins
  43. overnights
    Paul F. Tompkins on American Idol’s Austin Auditions“Okay, Texas. This has gone on long enough. You can’t have both: Hats or belt buckles, time to choose.”
    By Paul F. Tompkins
  44. overnights
    Paul F. Tompkins on American Idol’s Nashville Tryouts, Singing Exes and AllHe wonders whether the dueting exes are really suited for the reunion the judges hope and pray for.
    By Paul F. Tompkins
  45. overnights
    Paul F. Tompkins Recaps American Idol’s Milwaukee AuditionsJerome Bell gets through with the loudest version of “Let’s Get It On” you’ve ever imagined. That song is about sex, does he know that?
    By Paul F. Tompkins
  46. ratings
    Last Night’s Ratings: Good for Everyone!’Idol’ and NBC’s three-hour comedy block both did well.
    By Josef Adalian
  47. overnights
    Paul F. Tompkins Recaps the American Idol PremiereRandy has been joined by “former actress/eventual Zsa Zsa Gabor successor Jennifer Lopez, and a creature some say is a living candle, but whom I believe to be the Ghost of Steven Tyler.”
    By Paul F. Tompkins
  48. american idol
    Meet Vulture’s New American Idol Recapper: Paul F. TompkinsWe gave him a questionnaire to have him prove his recapping credentials.
    By Josh Wolk
  49. alex lambert
    Actually, Alex Lambert Isn’t HomelessJust having a “bad day.”
    By Julie Gerstein
  50. fame
    Former American Idol Finalist Alex Lambert Is Homeless“I have been crashin behind buidings and sleepin outside.”
    By Kyle Buchanan
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