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Topic: American Idol

Paula Abdul at the premiere of "The Color Purple" held at The Academy Museum on December 6, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Christopher Polk/Variety via Getty Images)

Paula Abdul files sexual assault lawsuit

Joy Saha
Claudia Conway on American Idol (ABC)

Idol's shameful Conway sanitization

Ashlie D. Stevens
Katy Perry kisses contestant Benjamin Glaze on "American Idol" (ABC/Mark Levine)

Keep your lips to yourself, Katy Perry

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Judges Charlie Walk, Meghan Trainor, Sean “Diddy” Combs and DJ Khaled in "The Four: Battle for Stardom" (FOX/Ray Mickshaw)

The Four: Battle for Stardom

Melanie McFarland
(Salon/Peter Cooper)

Aiken talks "Idol" reboot

Melanie McFarland
La'Porsha Renae (Reuters/Mario Anzuoni)

Stop piling on La’Porsha Renae

Nico Lang
Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson (AP/Mario Anzuoni/Mario Anzuoni/Erik Kabik/David Ryder)

How "Idol" destroyed itself

Annie Zaleski

Kanye's American Idol audition

Brendan Gauthier
Joe Perry (Katy Winn/invision/ap)

JAMIE BLAINE - The Weeklings
Mindy Kaling in "The Mindy Project" (Fox/Jordin Althaus)

Daniel D'Addario
Jennifer Lopez (Reuters/Neil Hall)

Daniel D'Addario
Keith Urban, Jennifer Lopez, Harry Connick, Jr., of "American Idol" (Reuters/Kevork Djansezian)

What killed "American Idol"?

Daniel D'Addario
MK Nobilette (americanidol.com)

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Clay Aiken (AP/Charles Sykes)

Clay Aiken: Why I'm running

Josh Eidelson

Sarah Kessler - Fast Company
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Derrik J. Lang

Fox reality exec quits

Daniel D'Addario
(Logo/Mathu Andersen)

Ru sashays into the mainstream

Daniel D'Addario

Katie McDonough
(FOXMichael Becker)

Nicki: Mariah is a mean girl!

Willa Paskin
(Seth Perlman)

Coke goes on the defensive

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell. (Wikipedia/Charles Haynes)

Salon Staff
(Debby Wong / Shutterstock.com)

Prachi Gupta

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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