Katharine McPhee of American Idol season five has been dropped by RCA. A rep for the record label confirmed the news today. Coincidentally, season five winner Taylor Hicks was also dropped from his label two days ago, according to Us Magazine:

“I think the industry has seen that unless these artists can churn out strong enough original material, they don’t really have that much traction once we don’t see them on television week after week singing songs we already know and love,” Rollingstone.com editor Caryn Ganz tells Usmagazine.com.

Wow, this news proves a theory I’ve been kicking around for quite some time: I really can care less about American Idol. Seriously, sometimes I wish a plane would crash into the stage while they’re filming the show. Or even better; a private jet carrying Nickelback, Hinder and let’s say Chris Daughtry is the pilot. Also, during the nose dive, part of the fuselage breaks off and lands on John Mayer’s face. Hopefully God reads this post and realizes he forgot to get me a Christmas present.

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Paula Abdul has had one of her crazy moments again. She had an attack of the crazies at a Los Angeles airport over the holiday period, it is being claimed.

It has been sometime since reporting on the American Idol judge’s weird behavior, however she’s appears to have been saving it up - if an eyewitness account of the American Idol judge’s “insane nervous breakdown” at LAX is to be believed, write our friends at Entertainmentwise.

A source tells our friends at Radar Online : “She had an insane nervous breakdown that lasted 10 minutes.

“One minute she was hyperventilating and on the verge of passing out; the next she was yelling into her cell phone in this deep, rage-filled Poltergeist voice.

“She kept screaming three names over and over - Michael, Sidney, and Leslie. Everyone was staring at her, but she didn’t care.”

“A day without a Paula meltdown is what’s unusual,” a longtime show staff member told Chicago Sun-Times Columnist Bill Zwecker Wednesday. “She has become increasingly bonkers the past year or so. It takes three times the number of staff members to deal with her than help Randy [Jackson] and Simon [Cowell]. People are seriously worried about her. She has a horrible time dealing with any kind of pressure. Even the littlest thing can set her off on a crying jag that can last for an hour.”

It’s a New Year – and Simon Cowell has some new advice for an old favorite of his, Britney Spears.

Speaking to PEOPLE on Wednesday afternoon, the American Idol judge says there is still time for the troubled, 26-year-old pop star to get her life and career back on track.

“It’s never too late,” says Cowell, 48, who has shown support for Spears in the past. “I think she’s the most searched artist on the Internet at the moment, so she has a head start.”

As a producer he is also willing to step in and personally lend a hand. “I genuinely think that if I sat down with Britney and, No. 1, remind her of all the good things in her life – which are her kids, her money, her success, everything – I’d try to give her a sense of perspective. And then I’d take her out of where she’s living at the moment and ask her to go and live with her family – and live normally – for six months.”

His rationale, he said, is “because if you live normally and do normal things, you’ll suddenly find that the paparazzi aren’t camped outside your front door every day. Most importantly, just give her a sense of perspective, because it looks to me at the moment that she’s out of control and she needs to have someone in her life who she’s going to listen to.”

Adds Cowell, “She’s welcome to call me anytime.”

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That didn’t take long did it? Let’s face it. Just because you win American Idol doesn’t mean you are going to be the best selling contestant. I think everyone who watched the show two years ago knew that Taylor Hicks’ music did not translate well to mainstream success. Recognizing that, America voted for him anyway and so Taylor won the record contract. His first album sold about 700,000 copies and so he suffered the fate of being the first Idol winner not to cross the 1M mark. He also had no hit singles off the album.

“Taylor is going to record on his own for the next album,” said J Records publicist Liz Morentin, who did not give further details regarding Hicks.

What that means is that Taylor was probably adamant about recording songs he wanted to record and shunned any attempts at writing him songs that would sell. His new album will probably be sold on the internet only and sell about 100,000 copies if that. Taylor would be perfect for Vegas and if I was his manager, I would convince Taylor to sign some type of contract with a hotel in Vegas while he has some name recognition, otherwise it is going to be the celebrity Karaoke judging route for Taylor.

If you think American Idol alum Blake Lewis’ beatboxing is just noise, you should try living near the guy. The sixth season runner-up caused a disruption in his Los Angeles neighborhood late last night, cranking music through the wee hours.

LAPD responded to complaint calls after Blake shrugged off complaints from nearby residents.

“He just laughed,” a spy tells PageSix.com of Blake’s reaction to his tired neighbors, “he was so disrespectful, such a smartass.”

Blake and a male pal were wailing away, mixing beats and even singing when complaints arose at 1 a.m.

The poor show of respect comes as no surprise, not even for Blake apparently, who just two weeks ago admitted to the Associated Press that he’s “tactless and [has] no shame. I’m definitely not your kids’ role model.”

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Randy Jackson has judged American Idol for the past seven seasons,has seen all types of people come try out for the show and knows that it isn’t the easiest thing to go through. So on that note, Parade Magazine asked the 51-year-old if he would let his three kids try to become the next American Idol. He replied,

Yes, [I] would, if they truly wanted to try. Oh, my god, you may think we’re tough, but the public is tougher. Mick Jagger had it hard at first. They threw stuff at Prince when he was an opening act. People will say, ‘What big ears, I don’t like that nose, look at her hair,’ even before they listen to the music.

Randy is dad to three children — Taylor, 17, with ex-wife Elizabeth Jackson, and Zoe, 11, and Jordan, 9, with wife Erika Riker.

Source: Parade Magazine

Thanks to CBB reader Mary Beth.

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Nothing says sexy like a washed-up, American Idol coke head and now she’s getting the release of her very own sex-tape.

Vivid Entertainment, the same company that’s brought us the wonders of Pam & Tommy, Tom Sizemore and Toastee’s porn are brining us, “Jessica Sierra Hardcore”.

The DVD will be released January 30th, 2008 and is currently being previewed on the website jshardcore.com.

The co-chairman of Vivid Entertainment had this to say about the DVD:

“This title contains the most explicit sex we have ever seen in a celebrity video… Jessica clearly has more talent than just singing.”
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American Idol Jessica Sierra Sextape Preview Trailer

This past November Constantine Mouralis performed in the underwear section of a Stein Mart in Ohio. He followed that dazzling performance with a sit down at the Oneida Casino in Green Bay, Wisconsin from November 4th to December 28th. No, he didn’t perform in the casino’s theater. He called Bingo every Friday night! God, he’s fucking amazing. Who wants a career like Carrie Underwood or Kelly Clarkson when you can inhale the smoke from 65-year-old women in Wisconsin every Friday night? He didn’t even perform! He did a Q&A and then followed it up by calling Bingo. Connie has the best career ever. Where the hell is he going to perform next? A fucking swap-meet parking lot in Waxahachie, Texas?

Constantine forever!!!!

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Thanks Heather & Mary

My original headline for this post was “Simon Cowell attacked by rogue Ethopian.” Then I did some investigative journalism (i.e. Wikipedia) and learned that it’s actually Simon’s fiancé British TV personality Teri Seymour. The couple are on vacation in Barbados for the holiday. I can understand why he keeps her around. She seems handy. Simon could always use Teri as a walking stick if he were on a long hike. Or, I dunno, maybe as a karate staff if he wanted to fight crime or play Ninja Turtles with Ryan Seacrest who always wants to be “Naked Shredder.”

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American Idol skank loser, Jessica Sierra, is knocked up in the clink. Can I have her life? Sources tell TMZ the father is a “rapper.” I’m sure it could be one of several rappers, because I’d be surprised if Jessica knew who the baby daddy was. She better book her appearance on Maury now.

Jessica not only has a baby to look forward to, but also a sex tape. Jessica’s tape is supposed to be released next month.

She’s currently in the slammer on two misdemeanor charges of disorderly intoxication and obstructing or opposing an officer and two felony counts of possession of cocaine and battery. She infamously told one of the cops upon her arrest that she would “suck his dick” if he let her go. 

That baby is probably praying for a miracle, because his or her life is already planned out. Its life will consist of waking mommy from a drunken sleep, making mommy a cocktail, calling 911 when mommy’s boyfriend of the week gets too rowdy and holding mommy’s hair while she vomits up her 10th can of Ballantine.

Sad.

Here’s the just released trailer of former American Idol Jessica Sierra in her own sex tape.The trailer is just a teaser and it doesn’t show much, yet the actually video is rumored hardcore. It’s suppose to be released on January 30th 2008 , but you can pre-order it here. Also check her out singing Total Eclipse of the Heart on American Idol after the Jump -   Trailer

…and Don’t tell me she isn’t making money off of this.

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Simon Cowell and girlfriend Terri Seymour are laughing in the face of breakup rumors and sun damage, taking a romantic vacation to paradise this week. The couple of five years hit the beach in Barbados on December 17.
The karaoke kingpin even embarked on his annual jet ski joyride that we’ve come to associate with the ushering in of the holiday season. Sadly no cigarette in hand this year!

Though he did refrain from almost mowing down any local 5-year-olds, unlike 2003’s widely-reported “watercraft incident” involving American Idol refugee Justin Guarini (whose “I apologized profusely!” defense failed to resonate with the greater public). Not that Simon would ever let a child or a ticket for “unsafe boat violation” come between him and the perfect wave. Rather, we like to think that he’d just execute one of his epic eye rolls, say “That was a bit terrible, really. Remember these words: You will never be a professional swimmer.” Before riding off while humming the sounds of Il Divo.

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