Articles tagged with ‘Simon Fuller’
Posh Helps Honour Simon Fuller on the Hollywood Walk of Fame!
Posted on May 24th, 2011 at 1:44 pm by
‘I want one!’… I can only imagine that is what pregnant fashion designer Victoria Beckham might have been thinking to herself earlier this week while attending a ceremony for fellow Brit, Simon Fuller, who was presented with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame… Er, perhaps?
Close friends, Simon and Vic’ go way back as it was Simon who first brought us the Spice Girls, AND who is responsible for bringing American Idol to our screens…For those reasons alone, I reckon this guy deserves his place on Hollywood Boulevard!
However, there was no sign of posh’s hubby David Beckham, the soccer ace is currently back in the UK to play in a testimonial football match for close friend and former teammate Gary Neville. Becks is also on Royal duties once again, the star is due to have dinner with the Queen and President Obama while on his visit to the UK…One can smell the knighthood…
Victoria, who was looking her usual gorgeous self while doing her trademark poses for the cameras and fans, bought along her eldest son Brooklyn to join the celebrations, which included A-liters Jennifer Lopez, Randy Jackson and a host of American Idol contestants…I guess this is one way of promoting the shows finale!
Simon Cowell Opens Up On Oprah’s Own!
Posted on January 23rd, 2011 at 10:28 am by
There are probably quite a few ‘suits’ in Hollywood kicking themselves after pointing Simon Cowell towards the exit sign back in the day, when the 51-year-old mogul, who’s personal wealth is now estimated at around $250 million, arrived in Tinseltown to pitch Pop Idol… You know, that ‘little’ talent show we all now know and love as American Idol!
Talking to Oprah Winfrey on her new show Master Class airing tonight on American TV, Simon confesses he was more or less kicked out of a US television network after failing to impress its bosses.
This saw Cowell leaving Los Angeles, as he explains, “with my tail between my legs”.
Master Class is Oprah’s new show on her Own network and takes an unprecedented look into the minds of true modern masters, like Cowell, who Winfrey considers have made a unique impact on the world of entertainment.
Cowell confides he was left disappointed sitting on the steps outside the unnamed company after he forgot to hire a car, turning to the other Simon [Fuller], saying: “The good news is, it will never get worse than this.”
And sure enough things got much better, after several more meetings the Fox network eventually bought Idol, dropping the ‘Pop’ and branding it ‘American’, changing many lives and turning Simon Cowell into an international star.
Now, Cowell, TV’s former ‘Mr. Nasty’ turned nice is poised to launch an American version of X Factor with a budget of around $300 million and a predicted 30 million viewers, er, not bad for someone left sitting on the steps after having doors slam on him left, right and center… There’s hope for us all!
I’d say if that story were anything to go by then X Factor should become an even bigger success than Idol… We certainly hope so…
Hollywood suits take note!
Piers Morgan to Replace Larry King on CNN?!?!
Posted on July 14th, 2010 at 6:47 am by
Piers Morgan has reportedly signed a £5.5 million deal with US cable television news channel CNN to replace renowned talkshow host Larry King, who will be retiring in a few months. Apparently executives at CNN are fans of Piers Morgan’s Life Stories on ITV. US broadcast television network NBC, home of America’s Got Talent on which Morgan is a judge, is rumored to have agreed to share him with CNN. It is not clear whether Morgan will continue as a judge on Britain’s Got Talent.
First Simon Fuller and Simon Cowell captivated America with American Idol and now Piers will be replacing one of the highest profile talk shows in the United States – the Brits really are taking over American telly! Congratulations Piers!
Beckham – Not Such A Good Sport…
Posted on July 20th, 2009 at 11:07 am by
Things can’t be rosy for you all the time, can they Becks!
David Beckham lost his cool Sunday night as he played a friendly game on the LA Galaxy home pitch, facing his former team AC Milan, where he spent five months on an extended loan earlier this year.
