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23 May 2012 8:39 PM, PDT | Boomtron | See recent Boomtron news »

Hey, America!  Did you know that there is a film coming to theatres this summer called The Dark Knight Rises?  You didn’t?  Well, it’s a damn good thing you have an internet machine in your home or office, so you can keep up to speed on these sorts of things.  Because if you’re anything like me, watching American Idol is an activity that will make you want a long, hot shower, and who has the time for those?

Yes, during this evening’s season finale of Fox’s big Star Search rip-off (don’t worry, I won’t spoil who won)(because, really, they’re all winners), Warner Brothers Studios aired the first TV commercial for their forthcoming, there’s-no-way-it’ll-beat-Avengers-blockbuster.  And now you can watch it right here!  And you will or suffer the consequences!

As you may or may not have gathered, we curmudgeonly types »

- Jimmy Callaway

18 May 2012 1:23 PM, PDT | Pop2it | See recent Pop2it news »

Though John Legend is starring in "Duets," a new singing competition show on ABC, the Grammy-winning artist tells Zap2It he was actually turned down by another show as a child. 

"I sang at this local 'Star Search' competition at this mall that was opening in my home area," Legend says at a press conference Thursday (May 17). "I won the local competition and winning meant you got a $500 shopping spree at the mall, and you got to submit your tape to Ed McMahon. So, I got that far, but after that I didn't make it any further. And you know, like 12 years later I got a record deal."

Despite his first failed mission, the musician admits he may have tried again to be on television had the opportunity been presented.

"I came up kind of in a different era," Legend says. "The singing talent competition shows didn't have »

- editorial@zap2it.com

22 March 2012 7:25 AM, PDT | TMZ | See recent TMZ news »

Back in 1990, an aspiring comic named Norm Macdonald appeared on "Star Search" ... and Lost to a Liberian comic named "The Bushman" ... who sorta fell off the radar ... until last night! Here's the story -- one of our photogs called up an L.A. cleaning service to work on his apartment (lazy bastard) ... but he kinda sorta recognized the guy who showed up to carry out the job. Turns out ... the guy doing the cleaning is »

- TMZ Staff

25 February 2012 9:41 AM, PST | Hollywoodnews.com | See recent Hollywoodnews.com news »

HollywoodNews.com: Fans are wondering who will be replacing Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger as ‘X-Factor’ judges, and it seems LeAnn Rimes is the newest name to be thrown around.

There has been a new rumor going around that she is interested in the role, and it sounds like it isn’t something she would turn down, states E! News. “There are a lot of unknowns, but I’m always open. Always open to many, many different things,” Rimes commented.

And, it sounds like she may have what it takes to relate to and work with the contestants: “I was a kid on ‘Star Search’ when I was eight. I obviously have an 18-year career in this business.”

Would you like to see her as a judge?

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- Molly Sullivan

22 February 2012 12:23 PM, PST | EW - Inside TV | See recent EW.com - Inside TV news »

Updated: The latest name thrown in the ring for an X Factor judges spot: Singer LeAnn Rimes.

Sources say Rimes is interested in joining the Fox reality hit, with one source adding that she’s met with Factor co-producer FremantleMedia North America about the gig.

X Factor chief Simon Cowell is seeking to fill the judges panel spots vacated by Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger before the second season starts production later this year. Sources say he’ll most likely hire two female talents to join himself and music producer L.A. Reid for a gender-balanced panel.

Cowell has not made firm offers for the posts, »

- James Hibberd

14 January 2012 10:52 AM, PST | Extra | See recent Extra news »

An emotional and proud Oprah Winfrey celebrated the first graduating class of The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa on Saturday.

One hundred percent of the graduates have been accepted to college or university, and more than a dozen have received full scholarships.

"The pride that I feel today is overpowering," Winfrey told her guests, who included the students, their parents and relatives. "I have been on a mission my whole life »

6 items from 2012