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Night of 'American Idol' Alumni on AMA Red Carpet

As a testament to the success of many "American Idol" contestants since the show's inception, artists from a wide range of seasons descended upon the "2009 American Music Awards"' red carpet in Los Angeles on Sunday night....

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Sometimes We Need to Look in the Mirror and Ask Ourselves What the Hell it is That We’re Doing Wrong

I was going through some old e-mails I had from people with whom I used to talk on MySpace and came across one from a lady who was kind enough to give me some relationship advice. She was an ‘older’ woman, and our...

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Jedward out of X Factor show

Twins John and Edward Grimes have been voted off ITV1's the X Factor, after losing in a sing-off against Olly Murs. The pair, 18 and dubbed Jedward, sang Boyzone's No Matter What, but without a dance routine or any gimmicks....

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Does Archie Norman have the X Factor that ITV needs?

The broadcaster's new chairman has a packed agenda, from finding a chief executive to facing the digital future Archie Norman found the business of politics intensely frustrating. "The thing I care about most is making things...

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A dotty diva: Is Mariah Carey pop's pottiest star?

Overlooking Hyde Park, inside a gilded penthouse suite, a two-room farce is being played out that might be more at home on a nearby West End stage. In an outer vestibule, a member of The Dorchester hotel's maintenance staff is...

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Planet pixie

She's conquered the worlds of music and fashion and earned her place as head of the new pop pack, but don't for a moment think Pixie Lott's had it easy. Her rise to fame has been fast and furious, but Lott is keen to point out...

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Alexandra Burke, Union Chapel, London

Sitting in the pews of the beautiful Grade II-listed Union Chapel, the drama of The X Factor could not seem further away. Yet, as the country remains gripped in the weekly twists and turns of Simon Cowell's singing competition,...

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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Why is my gender suddenly in retreat?

Boorish, brutish sexism has broken out again. Yet again. And, as usual, here come lady cheerleaders, handmaidens to men who have never accepted that half of God's people are fully human and entitled to all that the world has to...

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Flarey angel

The Britain's Got Talent sensation - dubbed the Hairy Angel - flew into London from New York sporting a home dye which had gone badly wrong. Backroom staff had to scramble top hairdressers to perform a last-minute colour...

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Saatchi in search of art's X factor

Series will give one unknown a place in Charles Saatchi's next major exhibition By ZENA ALKAYAT - Monday, November 23, 2009 Tracey Emin describes Charles Saatchi as a 'fairy godfather', a 'saviour' even, capable of turning the...

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