Idol Worship

While Wednesday night's (Jan. 19) season premiere of American Idol saw the judges mostly playing it safe, things got a whole lot feistier during Thursday's New Orleans episode -- so feisty, in fact, that at one point Steven Tyler and Randy Jackson even showed some skin. 

Let's keep things in perspective: 26.1 million viewers may be a double-digit drop in ratings, but it's still a mind-boggling number, especially for a show that just passed the ten-year mark. 

To quote Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler: “Well, hellfire, save matches, f--k a duck and see what hatches!” Never did I imagine such an absurd construct of the English language making its way into the national conversation, but it must be said: my thoughts, exactly. 

It's a good thing Jennifer Lopez isn't getting in front of Randy Jackson for an assessment of her talent anytime soon. On Jimmy Kimmel Live last night (Jan. 18), American Idol's veteran judge was asked to rate Lopez's singing ability on a scale of one to 10. His answer? "She would definitely get a strong, solid 7," he said to host Jimmy Kimmel's surprise. After all, a 7 pretty much amounts to a C-. 

Steven Tyler has a busy week ahead of him: along with a with a media blitz to promote American Idol's season premiere on Wednesday (Jan. 19), the Aerosmith frontman says he'll hit the studio with his bandmates this weekend in Los Angeles to start recording the group's first album since 2004's Honkin' on Bobo.

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The floating music festival known as Jam Cruise, which brings together like-minded free-spirited folks for five days on the, ahem, high seas, had a bit of a hiccup before leaving Florida shores on January 4 when a police raid turned up a small supply of illegal drugs, including psychedelics like LSD and mushrooms along with ecstasy and marijuana.

PASADENA - Kara DioGuardi has a new job and she’s not interested in rehashing her ouster from American Idol. DioGuardi is a judge on Bravo’s upcoming Platinum Hit, which is not a singing competition, but a songwriting competition.