Last night the American Idol season 11 auditions reached Portland, Oregon for the first time ever. There were a few blooms in the City of Roses but a few thorns too. First up was Brittany Zika, who really did blossom with a bit of encouragement from the American Idol judges. She arrived complete with a fedora and giant, black hipster glasses, which the judges talked her

Perez Hilton wants to replace Paula Abdul or Nicole Scherzinger as a judge on the next season of The X Factor. The celebrity blogger posted an open letter to the music impresario, detailing why he thinks he would be perfect as a judge on The X Factor USA’s second season. In the video, Perez cited his 4.5 million followers on Twitter, the millions of fans who regularly

Selena Gomez says she and Justin Bieber can keep up a “normal” relationship, even though they are both mega-famous. Wizards of Waverly Place star Selena says that she and Justin are still just teenagers in love, despite their jobs, which put them in the media spotlight. “I’m just like every 19-year-old girl. If you’re in love, you’re in love to the fullest,” Gomez told Cosmopolitan. And she is

Paula Abdul has confirmed that she will not be returning as a judge on the second season of The X Factor USA. Her firs season will be her last on the show. “Yes, it’s true; I won’t be returning to The X Factor next season,” the reality TV judge revealed in a statement on Tuesday. “I’ve learned through my longevity in this industry that business decisions

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Taylor Armstrong received several serious death threats on Twitter, on Sunday night. She is taking them seriously and the FBI has been contacted. On January 29, @Hardboiledpeggs sent Taylor Armstrong a Tweet which said, “see u on February 7 ill be there with a book and a rope so i can kidnap u.” That is the date of a

Keira Knightley last night attended the British premiere of her new movie, A Dangerous Method. And it seems that only the Brits wanted to talk about the sadomasochistic scenes. Keira plays the central character David Cronenberg’s new movie, Sabina Spielrein, who is a psychiatric patient of Carl Jung’s who becomes his lover. Spielrein recovered from her illness to become a leading therapist and intellectual colleague of

Last night saw the screening of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills reunion special. Perhaps the big surprise of the evening was to see an emotional Taylor Armstrong admit that, six months after his suicide, she still loved and missed Russell, her estranged husband who allegedly beat her. “I love this person and miss him terribly,” she said. Russell hanged himself just weeks before the second season

Warring former couple Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry have been urged to get counseling for the good of their young daughter Nahla. It already emerged from their latest court date yesterday that the judge recommended therapy for Nahla. It was also earlier established that Gabriel has agreed to anger management classes. And after a largely unproductive day in court yesterday it seems the judge wants the whole

Chris Colfer (who we all no doubt know plays Kurt on Glee, as hinted at trouble ahead for his character as his new love interest Sebastian stirs things up and takes them to harmful extremes. Sebastian, played by Grant Gustin, has already made it blatantly obvious that he is attracted to Blaine (Darren Criss). And Kurt's not happy about it. Colfer, who plays Blaine’s boyfriend Kurt, has

There are only 11 girls left on The Bachelor and this week, and with Ben Flajnik they all headed down to Vieques Island, Puerto Rico. The only thing is certain: Courtney will continue to upset people. Oh, perhaps we also know Kacie will cry every time Ben spends one-on-one time with another contestant. Let’s see. Ben feels it’s only at this stage of the competition when real relationships