Ryan Seacrest

Bearded Dragons, Chihuahua Named Lou, A Bag of Flour, and the Obama Family Dog

Wendy Diamond | Posted 11.18.2008 | Entertainment


Wendy Diamond

Lucky and I checked out the Fourth Annual Cool vs. Cruel ceremony honoring fur friendly designers and retailers who exude compassion in fashion.

Ryan Seacrest Radio Show To Hit New York Airwaves

New York Post | Michael Starr | Posted 10.08.2008 | Media


RYAN Seacrest is coming to New York. Beginning Monday, Seacrest's newsy radio show, "On Air with Ryan Seacrest," will air from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. weekday...

Ryan Seacrest Coming To Chicago Radio

Chicago Sun-Times | Robert Feder | Posted 09.05.2008 | Chicago


"American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest will soon be heard on Chicago radio, Robert Feder reports in the Sun-Times. Starting Monday, Seacrest's nationally...

Ryan Seacrest Scores New Contract With Comcast, On E! Through 2012

Broadcasting & Cable | Alex Weprin | Posted 08.21.2008 | Media


Fresh off naming longtime agent Adam Sher to head up Ryan Seacrest Productions, Ryan Seacrest inked an expansive new deal with Comcast Entertainment G...

American Exploiter

John Marshall | Posted 08.19.2008 | Entertainment


John Marshall

Ryan Seacrest leads Fremantle into the hallway for an interview. Fremantle cries until the camera is turned off, then heads to another of its sweatshops, Million Dollar Password.

Ben Silverman Explains The "Awesome Wall" Of China, Jokes About Chinese Names On Ryan Seacrest Radio Show

Broadcasting & Cable | Joel Topcik | Posted 08.18.2008 | Media


"Oh! Fireworks! Live! On-air!! Oh, my -- Holy Cow!!!" If you've been relying on Bob Costas or Matt Lauer or any of NBC's ubiquitous platforms for you...

Ryan Seacrest Named Permanent Co-Host Of "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve"

Hollywood Reporter | Nellie Andreeva | Posted 08.07.2008 | Media


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Ryan Seacrest Bit By Shark In Mexico

Huffington Post | Posted 07.29.2008 | Media


The Discovery Channel's "Shark Week" couldn't be getting better free PR. "American Idol" host and radio superstar Ryan Seacrest announced on his radi...

American Idol Finals: David Wins It All!

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.21.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

The show's producers may have told us it's been a lot closer than we believed (with only one million votes separating the Davids two weeks ago), but this is what I think: a tie goes to Archuleta.

Larry King, Ryan Seacrest Deny CNN Rumors: "There's Nothing To That"

Huffington Post | Posted 05.16.2008 | Media


Larry King hosted good friend — and rumored replacement — Ryan Seacrest Thursday night in an interview hyped by Seacrest saying they would...

American Idol Top 3: David Vs David

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.14.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

The top three finalists on Idol performed last night amid the growing possibility that the inevitable David Archuleta crowning is not in fact so inevitable.

American Idol Top 4: Jason's Last Bow

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.07.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

I've preached that as long as the two best make the finals, there's no real big scandal about who goes home in what order. But if Jason Castro doesn't say "bye bye" this week, it'll be a shonda.

American Idol Top 5: The Results

Michael Giltz | Posted 04.30.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

Diamond gave away little about his attitude towards the singers and since we didn't see him actually giving any tips or suggesting arrangements, changing keys, or doing much of anything, I assume he wasn't a very active mentor.

Emmys Add Award For Reality Show Hosts

AP | Posted 04.23.2008 | Media


LOS ANGELES — Real competition is coming to reality TV: Hosts including Ryan Seacrest, Howie Mandel and Tyra Banks are now eligible for an Emmy ...

American Idol Top 6: Andrew Lloyd Webber

Michael Giltz | Posted 04.23.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

Idolmade the debatable claim that Andrew Lloyd Webber "composed most of the important musicals of our time," and I predict the bottom three will be Carly, Jason, and Brooke.

American Idol: The Scripting, Pretaping And Sorority Girls

New York Times | Edward Wyatt | Posted 04.22.2008 | Entertainment


The tens of thousands of hopefuls who lined up last summer to audition for "American Idol" have been trimmed to just six aspiring pop stars, whose fat...

"American Idol": Ominous Signs For Ratings Juggernaut

LA Times | Posted 04.21.2008 | Entertainment


MAYBE it's not as shocking as, say, Aussie heartthrob Michael Johns getting voted off the show. But the news still surprises: "American Idol's" rating...

American Idol Top 7: The Results

Michael Giltz | Posted 04.16.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

My apologies to Mariah Carey. I thought she would be a disaster as a coach and that a week devoted to her songs would be a mountain of melisma overload.

What Celebrities Earned In 2007: From $5M To $260 M

Huffington Post | Posted 04.11.2008 | Entertainment


This Sunday's Parade is their annual feature on what people earn. In addition to regular jobs, they round up some celebrity pay packages for ogling. F...

Jesus Idol: Contestants Ask WWJD? I Ask WTF???

Patrick Waldo | Posted 04.11.2008 | Entertainment


Patrick Waldo

What the hell happened to my favorite karaoke show? First Kristy Lee Cook vomits out "Proud To Be An American" and now we've moved on to singing praise to Jesus?

American Idol "Shout to the Lord" Controversy and Results

Michael Giltz | Posted 04.10.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

Asking all the kids to do a group sing on a born-again evangelical Christian number is wrong for many reasons. As a practicing Catholic I was stunned and upset for the performers.

"American Idol" Shock As Michael Johns Is Eliminated

AP | DERRIK J. LANG | Posted 04.10.2008 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — "American Idol" said g'day to Michael Johns. The Australian-born singer was eliminated Thursday from Fox's popular singing compet...

American Idol Top 8: Inspirational Song Night

Michael Giltz | Posted 04.09.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

A lot of very savvy song choices, some major stumbles from front-runners (by which I mean the people whose initials aren't D and A, since we're talking front-runners for second place) and my girl Syesha is in trouble.

'Idol Gives Back' Tapes Star-Studded Show

AP | DERRIK J. LANG | Posted 04.07.2008 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — "American Idol" _ and just about everyone else in Hollywood _ were in a very giving mood. "Idol Gives Back," the Fox singing comp...

American Idol Top 9: The Results

Michael Giltz | Posted 04.02.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

Dolly Parton is one of the most talented songwriters in country music history, has a sensational voice and has recorded more great albums than you can shake a stick at.