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TV Review

American Idol

by Tricia Olszewski

[22.Jan.08] :. The transvestite sequence? Considering that not one of the cross-dressers -- save the belly-dancer -- was shown giving a full audition, I'd say it put another notch in the Idol-goes-too-far column.

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American Idol 5

by Roger Holland

[25.Jan.06] :. American Idol is an entertainment industry shark, a brutally efficient money-making machine.

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American Idol

by Nikki Tranter

[31.May.05] :. How did a longhaired 29-year-old rocker in vinyl pants make it to the Idol finale stage? Was somebody reading my dream journal?

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World Idol

by Leigh H. Edwards

[26.Jan.04] :. As 'Australia's Idol' or 'Canada's Idol' gyrated onstage, we could picture what the U.N. would look like if it were run by singing waiters.

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Film Review

Scary Movie 3 (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[23.Oct.03] :. Just when you thought the Scary Movie franchise had run out of ideas, here it comes again -- looking like it's run out of ideas.

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American Idol 2

by Kirsten Markson

[10.Feb.03] :. During the first episodes this season, Cowell was, in his own words, 'bored,' which made him rather boring to watch.

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American Idol

by Noah Davis

When the potential Idol whined he was Season Five's Aiken, Simon Cowell responded acerbically, 'But Clay Aiken could sing.' With this one line, he perfectly encapsulated the problem with Idol.

 
 
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