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Sanjaya is voted off as "American Idol" is down to the final six.
April 19, 2007
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For the first time all season, "American Idol" delivers a compelling hour of television.
April 18, 2007
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The season of Sanjaya moves forward as Haley Scarnato is the latest to be eliminated from "American Idol."
April 12, 2007
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Our favorite critics -- Powers, Christgau, Klosterman, Marcus and more -- on whether Sanjaya is "Idol" haters' savior.
By David Marchese
April 11, 2007
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As long as it's still separating the wheat from the chaff, the show is a bore.
April 4, 2007
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Worst singer in talent-show history, or proud inheritor of 5000 years of divinely inspired musical tradition?
By Andrew Leonard
March 30, 2007
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Allegations surface that support from Howard Stern and ballot stuffing from Indian call centers are responsible for the improbable staying power of "Idol" contestant Sanjaya Malakar.
March 26, 2007
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Most of these Oscar-nominated actors gave it 110 percent in some cheesy roles.
By David Puner
February 23, 2007
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New takes on "American Idol," George W. Bush, Anna Nicole, and "Meet the Press."
By David Puner
February 21, 2007
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It's not easy being on the show or, getting off stage.
By David Puner
February 12, 2007
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A podcast with the former "American Idol" singer.
January 24, 2007
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Simon says: You really suck.
By David Puner
January 19, 2007
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Maybe if enough cable news segments suggest as much.
By David Puner
January 18, 2007
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She loves the satellite interviews.
By David Puner
January 17, 2007
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In this interview, she's "doing great."
By David Puner
January 17, 2007
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A disillusioned ex-boho argues that consumer culture has turned "rebellion" and "individuality" into meaningless poses, about as transgressive as a turtleneck.
By Andrew O'Hehir
May 2, 2006
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Barry Bonds in drag: Is this what it takes to create "team chemistry"? We'll see. Plus: A Buck O'Neil petition.
March 1, 2006
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Gotti now claiming "breast disease." Nick Lachey, ink-stained wretch. Plus: "American Idol" goes Baghdad.
August 25, 2005
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Bland country moxie beat brash Vegas rocker, in the first -- and last -- "Idol" I'll ever watch.
By Thomas Bartlett
May 26, 2005
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I had nothing better to do than watch the taping of Simon Cowell's amateur-hour schlockfest. Here's my shocking story.
By Lee Soult
May 13, 2004
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This criminally misguided musical for last year's processed-cheese American idols might be the worst movie you ever see -- but it's still not worth seeing.
By Heather Havrilesky
June 25, 2003
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The triumphant Devils skating with it was a sight to behold, as always. Just thinking: What if Brooke Burke skated with it?
By King Kaufman
June 10, 2003
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How did a competition between amateur pop vocalists -- presided over by a bitchy Brit -- become an addictive delight and ratings juggernaut?
By Heather Havrilesky
May 6, 2003
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"American Idol" is back -- which means more Simon Cowell wisecracks, more tone-deaf Mariah Carey covers, more undermedicated Pacino impressions.
By Aaron Kinney
January 22, 2003
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Kelly Clarkson has a golden future, right? Maybe so. But the "American Idol" winner and her fellow finalists had to sign virtually their entire careers away to the show's producers for one shot at stardom.
By Eric Olsen
September 18, 2002
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