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Maris
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03-28-2002

Monday, May 02, 2005 - 4:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have thought for a long time that AI steers contestants towards certain songs. If it comes out that the contestants were influenced to pick certain songs only to be told on judging night, that "that song didnt do it for me" or you "picked a safe song", then that will be something notworthy. I have long suspected that they steer the contestants they like towards songs they love and nudge the contestants they are not crazy about to songs that will not go over well.

Maris
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03-28-2002

Monday, May 02, 2005 - 5:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The e channel is doing a special on paula right now.

Bonzacat
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07-08-2003

Monday, May 02, 2005 - 5:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thank you, Maris - I just Tivo'd it (8PM all time zones).

Fruitbat
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08-07-2000

Monday, May 02, 2005 - 5:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Paula, love her or hate her the show will never be the same if she quits.

The relationship she shares with the judges and Ryan is the core. When Siskel died Ebert was never able to dublicate the chemistry.

Cory has screwed himself. He will not be well received if his actions alter this hit show.

Maris
Member

03-28-2002

Monday, May 02, 2005 - 5:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Simon Cowell: "What does Paula bring to American Idol? Insanity -- Seriously"

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, May 02, 2005 - 6:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
DR Phil is on Larry King tonight talking about his interview with Pat O'Brien (and supposedly will talk about the Runaway Bride and something else, I forget..

Bonzacat
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07-08-2003

Monday, May 02, 2005 - 8:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OMG..... now it's getting Globe-ugly:

Globe Challenges Paula Abdul to a Polygraph Test 5/3/05

GLOBE Challenges American Idol Host Paula Abdul Offers to Pay for Polygraph Test to Determine if She Had a Secret Affair With American Idol Contestant

NEW YORK, May 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The new issue of GLOBE is continuing its exclusive coverage of former American Idol contestant Corey Clark's claims that he had a steamy secret affair with judge Paula Abdul during the show's 2003 season.

On sale May 5, the GLOBE responds to vehement denials from Abdul's camp on Clark's alleged claims that he had a relationship with Abdul while a contestant by giving both camps a chance to tell the truth; GLOBE will arrange for Abdul and Clark to be tested by a board certified polygraph expert for which it will pay and print the results.

"All eyes are on Corey and Paula right now," says GLOBE Editor-in-Chief Candace Trunzo. "They owe it to American Idol fans to settle this thing once and for all. We invite both of them to sit down and take a lie detector test. We'll let our readers judge who is telling the truth on American Idol."

The claims first became public as Clark was shopping around a book proposal on his relationship with Abdul, which GLOBE reported exclusively in its May 2 issue.

The new issue of GLOBE will hit newsstands on May 5. SOURCE GLOBE

-0- 05/02/2005

STORY

Alisons
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01-10-2003

Tuesday, May 03, 2005 - 2:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It is very nerve wracking to take a polygraph even if you are totally innocent. If I were Paula I would not do it.

Maris
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03-28-2002

Tuesday, May 03, 2005 - 3:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Awwww Alisons, I am sure she has something that will calm her nerves. Perhaps she can take the cocktail they gave me when I was in the hospital a few years back.....a little valium with a demerol chaser.

Alisons
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01-10-2003

Tuesday, May 03, 2005 - 3:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh poor Paula - she is the only one in that franchise I actually like.

Maris
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03-28-2002

Tuesday, May 03, 2005 - 5:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Alisons I love Paula too, if it wasnt for her, we would all be in a coma by now.

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Tuesday, May 03, 2005 - 6:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Just think if they replace her with Kathy Lee what's-her-nut, who's no longer famous either like when they first cast Paula? And then we're treated to a whole nother round of pictures of her husband doing it with chicks who are NOT Kathy Lee, then Kathy Lee and Frank go to the same church couples counselor as Star and Al? Then Kathy Lee comes on AI and announces Star's husband is not straight to deflect attention from the fact that her own husband is busy proving he's straight over and over again, and isn't she the lucky one? And then Star shows up at AI and beats Kathy Lee about the head and neck with one of her Payless Shoes? Wouldn't that be a good time? Much better than "Paula got busy with an ex-contestant" I'm saying. ABC's got nothin.

Darrellh
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07-21-2004

Tuesday, May 03, 2005 - 6:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Maris, you mean, instead of just her?

Maris
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03-28-2002

Tuesday, May 03, 2005 - 6:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Maybe Star's husband was caught fooling around with Stedman..................

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Tuesday, May 03, 2005 - 6:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I can see the wigs flying already . . . PS my money would be on Oprah in that particular commotion.

Maris
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03-28-2002

Tuesday, May 03, 2005 - 7:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Tuesday, May 03, 2005 03:05:10 AM
FAMOUS TELEPHONIC DIALOGUE
The Paula Abdul and Corey Clark Telephone Conversation

In light of the scandal swirling around pop star and American Idol judge Paula Abdul over an inappropriate relationship she may have had with former contestant Corey Clark, our team of so-called reporters with far too much time on their hands felt obligated to release the following telephone transcript -- before Matt Drudge does.

(scrambled message) Haerw disis Cryra.
Hi Corey, this is Paula. There seems to be something wrong with this line.

Hi Paula. What did you think of my performance the other night?

That's why I'm calling Corey. To be honest, I thought it was real s**t.

I real hit!!! Wow!!! Thanks Paula!!!

No, I mean, your voice grates.

My voice is great. Paula I don't know what to say.

Corey, listen to me, your tunes suck.

You're moonstruck. Paula, wait a sec, I'm not sure I understand.

Corey, you haven't got a chance.

I thought that's what you were saying. You wanna start a romance. Paula?

I give up. I'd rather be shat on by a wren. Good night, loser. (Hangs up)

You'll pick me up at ten in a cruiser. Sounds wild. Until then, my love.

http://www.chortler.com/1679pabdul.shtml



Maris
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03-28-2002

Tuesday, May 03, 2005 - 8:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
anyone have money burning a hole in their pocket:

vote paula off.com

Sadiesmom
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03-13-2002

Tuesday, May 03, 2005 - 9:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I understand that Trenyce said her portion of the show was pulled because they could not prover her acusations with a named source. I have been wondering what her accusation was, especially since Josh was talking about percentages ofthe votes that people received. I wondered if it had to do with her voting off - was Ruben really in the bottom two, or if he was, could he have had less votes than Trenyce? You know people tgend to vote more if they think you have a chance at getting voted off, Ruben's fans could have been too confident.

Supposedly ABC was an invited guest to the Hollywood rounds of AI2 for a piece they were doing on the show, so they have a lot of background footage left over from that filming. I wonder if they caught something special on that taping? For example the night out Corey had drinking with the boys was arranged by the show, they were paid to do that (I think I heard that from Quiana, they were offering guys money to go out for "drama"). It may be a reality show, but they are not above staging some scenes. A lot of the scenes with the judges reacting are filmed without anyone singing, so what else is new. I believe some one reported that the "arguement" amongthe judges was staged at the end of the day this year.

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Tuesday, May 03, 2005 - 9:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Why would it have necessarily been Ruben that had the lowest fan count? Good grief ... it never ends, does it?

Maris
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03-28-2002

Tuesday, May 03, 2005 - 9:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
that's because Ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuben won fair and square.

Essence
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01-12-2002

Tuesday, May 03, 2005 - 10:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Trenyce didn't have a prayer of winning AI2. If it wasn't Ruben, it would have been Clay... if it wasn't Clay it would have been Kimberly... hell, Josh would have beaten her too. She only lasted as long as she did because of the talent (or lack of) that went before her.

Bonzacat
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, May 03, 2005 - 10:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I just saw a new ABC promo for the special.... this one had lots of clips of Corey, some of Paula, and several of Corey sitting with the interviewer, John Quiñones. Unfortunately, I was on the phone so didn't get to listen to what was certainly the "explosive" promo language.

Sadiesmom
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03-13-2002

Tuesday, May 03, 2005 - 1:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ladytex, I also questioned if, indeed, Ruben was in the bottom two at all. The show has the exemption guarantee that they can pick the winner if the results don't come out the way they like in the contracts with these kids. They like their drama and they can pretty much make up anything they want. I was just wondering what Trenyce knew, I believe the contestants knew a lot of what was going on in the land of manipulation.

The only reality of this reality TV is the fact that there are real live kids with real live feelings on the stage getting ripped apart each week. We know everything that Ryan says is scripted (some one bought an results night AI script and absolutely every word Ryan said was in there). I believe that Bo was told ahead of time to stand in the middle and not pick a group, because Ryan does not ad lib. We know that AI offered money for a set of guys to go out on the town during the AI2 Hollywood stint and Corey accepted.

Of course, now Carmen is talking about her time there and how they knew that when they sung was important, last never gets voted off and first has a good shot at being forgotten. How sitting in certain spots on the couch almost ensured that you would be bottom 3. The funniest thing she said was how she woke up one morning and Corey was in the bed of the girl she shared a room with and she could not figure out what he was doing there since there were guards (?) in the house and the boys were supposed to stay on their side of the house. She said he left after a few minutes, but had no idea how long he had been there. She did say she was not sharing a room with Paula. She also wondered if some of her lines had been shut down when she was voted out. She said no one ever had a hard time voting for her until the day she was voted out, all her lines were busy. Her parents tried for 2 hours to get through and they never had a busy signal before.

Maris
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03-28-2002

Tuesday, May 03, 2005 - 2:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well Corey couldnt have been that good if Carmen was able to sleep through him in the next bed with her roomate.

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Tuesday, May 03, 2005 - 4:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
ROFL Maris!

I'm not surprised about the voting. I've had nights where I couldn't get through at all and a person ended up in the bottom 3 or voted off. I could barely get through for Anthony last week and there he was, bottom 2 when he was one of the best singers last week. I never had that much trouble getting through for him before so I thought for sure he was safe.