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☆ Mandisa Hundley, ‘American Idol’ Singer and Grammy Winner, Dies at 47
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Christine Hauser | More About Christine Hauser | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Mandisa Hundley, a gospel singer whose strong vocals were applauded on “American Idol” and who later won a Grammy Award for best contemporary Christian music album, was found dead at her home in Nashville on Thursday. The Media Collective, which represented Ms. Hundley, confirmed her death and said in a statement that the cause was not known. She was a fan favorite on “American Idol” in 2006, but became the fourth of the 12 finalists to be eliminated. As a soul singer, she spoke openly about her love of God, and her music resonated with fans. Ms. Hundley famously stood up to Simon Cowell, the “American Idol” judge, who has a reputation for being intimidating.

Persons: Mandisa Hundley, Idol ”, Hundley, ”, Simon Cowell, Cowell Organizations: Idol, Media Locations: Nashville, Chicago

☆ Beyoncé collaborator Willie Jones got his start on ‘X Factor.’ Now he’s featured on ‘Cowboy Carter’
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Willie Jones first popped onto the music scene as a young contestant on the singing competition “X Factor” in 2012. He sang a rendition of Josh Turner’s “Your Man” for his audition, making it through to the live rounds before he was eliminated. Signed with Sony Music, he’s singing his own songs these days that blend the sounds of country music and R&B. He’s joins other emerging country music artists of color featured on “Cowboy Carter,” including Shaboozey, Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy and Reyna Roberts. And I just, I need to get through thisOr just get used to it‘Cause time heals everythingI don’t need anythingHallelujahI pray to herI pray to her

Persons: Willie Jones, Beyoncé, Cowboy Carter, ”, Simon Cowell, Britney Spears, LA Reid, Demi Lovato, Josh Turner’s, Jones, he’s, He’s, Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy, Reyna Roberts, “ Organizations: CNN, Sony Music, Block Party Locations: Shreveport , Louisiana, Clovis

☆ 'The Idea of You' soundtrack producer says he wasn't thinking about One Direction while writing music for August Moon
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

This was just 'great pop songs,' or what we thought were great pop songs." Advertisement"You'll see throughout the movie that he's writing 'Dance Before We Walk' and toying with the idea," Kotecha explains. I'm actually not just a manufactured boy band guy, I'm actually a musician and I want to be taken seriously.'" "For the boy band songs," Kotecha explained, "you don't sacrifice the melody for the lyric." "Nostalgia may be kicking in, but I also feel like it's time for another boy band," Kotecha said.

Persons: Hayes Campbell, Kotecha, —, Nicholas Galitzine, Anne Hathaway, Solène, Campbell, Savan, Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato, Michael Showalter, Cathy Schulman, Robinne Lee, I've, Hayes, Carl Falk, Moon, Simon Cowell, Alisha Wetherill, I'm, Harry Styles, Jackson, what's, sister's, NSYNC Organizations: BI, Service, SXSW, Vogue, Amazon Prime Locations: Coachella, Pixar's

☆ Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Former President of Tanzania, Dies at 98
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Alan Cowell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Ali Hassan Mwinyi, a schoolteacher turned politician who led Tanzania as its second post-independence president and helped dismantle the doctrinaire socialism of his predecessor, Julius K. Nyerere, died on Thursday in Dar es Salaam, the country’s former capital. Tanzania’s current president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, announced the death, in a hospital, on X, formerly known as Twitter. She said Mr. Mwinyi had been treated for lung cancer. Mr. Mwinyi was 60 when he took over the presidency in 1985 as the handpicked successor of Mr. Nyerere, who had volunteered to step down after governing his country since its beginnings of independent nationhood as Tanganyika in 1961 and its merger with Zanzibar in 1964 to create the state of Tanzania.

Persons: Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Julius K, Nyerere, Samia Suluhu Hassan, Mwinyi, Mr Organizations: Twitter Locations: Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika, Zanzibar

☆ John Bruton Dies at 76; Negotiated for Peace as Irish Prime Minister
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Alan Cowell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

John Bruton, a former Irish prime minister who led an alliance known as the Rainbow Coalition and played a central role with Britain in an effort to secure peace in Northern Ireland after decades of strife, died on Tuesday in Dublin. His family said his death, in a hospital, followed a long illness; they did not specify the cause. Feted in death across the political spectrum in Britain and Ireland, Mr. Bruton had a long career in the center-right Fine Gael party. He was his country’s prime minister, or Taoiseach (pronounced TEE-shack) in Irish, from 1994 to 1997, a time when Britain was led by Prime Minister John Major of the Conservative Party. The governments in Dublin and London had long acknowledged that they each played a major role in navigating the treacherous sectarian and political divisions of warring Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland.

Persons: John Bruton, Bruton, John Major Organizations: Rainbow Coalition, Britain, Fine Gael, Conservative Party Locations: Irish, Northern Ireland, Dublin, European, Washington, Britain, Ireland, London

☆ Alistair Darling, Guiding Hand in Britain’s Financial Crisis, Dies at 70
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Alan Cowell | More About Alan Cowell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Alistair Darling, a British lawmaker and cabinet minister who played a leading role in his country’s response to the 2008 global financial crisis, rescuing troubled banks with huge injections of public money that staved off a broader economic collapse, died on Thursday at a hospital in Edinburgh. Darling became “best known as the steady pair of hands who shepherded the U.K. economy as half its banking system collapsed,” noting his moves to rescue British banking giants, especially the Royal Bank of Scotland. Just before the crisis, in 2007, Gordon Brown, Britain’s Labour prime minister at the time, elevated Mr. Darling to chancellor of the Exchequer, the government’s most senior official in charge of the nation’s finances. Darling had held a series of government offices at the Treasury and at ministries dealing with welfare, pensions, trade and transport.

Persons: Alistair Darling, Darling, Gordon Brown Organizations: Lehman Bros, BBC, Royal Bank of Scotland, Labour, Treasury Locations: British, Edinburgh, United States

☆ X Factor's Simon Cowell said no one should work 5 days: 'it's just pointless'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Studies have shown that the four-day workweek can be beneficial. AdvertisementTV personality and multimillionaire Simon Cowell has gotten on board with the four-day workweek hype and given up working on Fridays because "it's just pointless," he said in an interview with British tabloid The Sun . The 64-year-old said that he used to be a workaholic and clocked in 20 hours of work a day running shows. There is evidence that a four-day workweek can be beneficial. They're seeking out alternatives such as the four-day workweek, working nine days every two weeks, or even opting for so-called "lazy girl jobs" that are low-effort roles with decent pay.

Persons: Simon Cowell, —, multimillionaire Simon Cowell, Cowell, It's, They're Organizations: Service, British

☆ At unicorn startup Carta, a culture of absolute fealty to an erratic and vindictive CEO, employees say
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Darius Rafieyan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

Both men remained valued employees at Carta, with the sales representative even getting promoted just weeks after the alleged "helicopter penis" incident, according to former employees. CEO Henry Ward cofounded Carta, originally called eShares, in 2012 as a service for startups to digitize their paper stock certificates. Today Carta helps startups track their investors, employees manage their equity awards, and venture capitalists administer their funds. The lawsuit says that 10 days after Rogers filed her complaint, Ward "began treating Ms. Rogers in an aggressive and demeaning manner during several meetings." Many of the employees who have spoken out publicly about Carta and Ward have found themselves embroiled in expensive legal battles.

Persons: Lisa Whittaker, Whittaker, Jerry Talton, David Kim, Andrea Lamari, Kim, Henry Ward, Andreessen Horowitz, Ward, Henry, Alex Kurland, Carta, Peter Thiel, Simon Cowell, Talton's, Suzanne Elovic, Elovic, Lamari, Jeff Perry, Perry, salespeople, JT Goodman, Goodman, Goodman didn't, Jeff Perrry, Allie Rogers, Rogers, Rodgers, Rachel Mayes, Ward doesn't, Mayes, Jeff, Jeff Perry countersued, Orrick Herrington, Sutcliffe, Kleiner Perkins, Ellen Pao, Amanda Sheets, Sheets, Pushback, Lindauer, Whitaker, Whittaker wasn't, Barbara Byrne, Byrne, Talton, Joe Osnoss, Osnoss, Heidi Johnson, Johnson Organizations: Carta, UBS, Gold Club, Lightspeed, California Civil Rights Department, Meritech, YouTube, Win, York Stock Exchange, San, San Francisco Superior, San Francisco Superior Court, Barclays, Lehman Brothers, Montana Human Rights Bureau Locations: San Francisco, Brazil, Silicon Valley, California, Palo, Iranian, Lindauer, Silver, Montana

☆ 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Max Roach
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Marcus J. Moore | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

Listen on YouTube◆ ◆ ◆Joseph Patel, producer of ‘Summer of Soul’Max Roach, “Drums Unlimited”I discovered and fell in love with jazz while in college. From this study, I could put my finger on the records, musicians and lineups at the forefront of change in the genre — and at every step of the way, there was Max Roach. On “Freedom Day,” Max’s drum playing represents a heart dealing with the emotions of becoming a free human being. Listen on YouTube◆ ◆ ◆Brandi Waller-Pace, musician, educator and scholar-activistClifford Brown and Max Roach, “Joy Spring”Few drummers have reached the level of innovation and influence Max Roach did throughout his long and prolific career. “Joy Spring,” recorded with the legendary and tragically short-lived Clifford Brown and Max Roach Quintet, is a jazz classic and a personal favorite.

Persons: “, ”, Abstrutions ”, Stanley Cowell’s, ◆ Joseph Patel, ’ Max Roach, Max Roach, Roach, Abbey Lincoln, ◆ Nicole Sweeney, Lincoln’s, Max, Booker Little, ◆ Brandi Waller, Clifford Brown, Kenny Clarke, Roach’s, Harold Land’s, I’m, ◆ Elena Bergeron, Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, Mingus, Ellington Organizations: YouTube, Calif, Harlem Cultural, Pace Locations: Davis, Harlem

☆ Simon Cowell sold his 6-bedroom London mansion for $19 million amid security fears that left him in 'total shock'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Simon Cowell sold his six-bedroom mansion in London amid fears for his family's safety. The 6-bedroom residence in Kensington was sold for £15 million (about $19 million). Cohort Capital, a real estate private equity firm, provided a £5.5 million ($7 million) loan to the buyer, whose new neighbors will include Ed Sheeran and David Beckham. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe garden of the property on Addison Crescent in Kensington, west London. Cohort Capital disputed reports that the asking price had been reduced by £30 million.

Persons: Simon Cowell, Ed Sheeran, David Beckham, Cowell, Lauren Silverman, Eric, we're, Matt Thame Organizations: Service, Capital, Guardian, Daily, Addison, Press Association, Sun, People Magazine Locations: London, Kensington, Wall, Silicon, Addison Crescent

☆ Mzansi Youth Choir: The South African group that brought Simon Cowell to tears eyes next stage of US singing competition
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Jackelyn Prager | Jackie Prager | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —On a stage more than 16,000 kilometers (10,000 miles) away from the small township of Soweto in Johannesburg, South Africa, the Mzansi Youth Choir was seeing their dreams come true before their eyes. Ever since, the choir has been back in South Africa preparing for the next step of their journey. “Coming to the US to perform on the world’s biggest stage, ‘America’s Got Talent,’ is a dream come true,” choir member Zoe Gulwa, 21, told CNN during a recent interview in Johannesburg. The Mzansi Youth Choir is family away from family,” said Mphahlwa. Trae Patton/NBC via Getty ImagesEyes on the prizeThe Mzansi Youth Choir has performed alongside musical talents including Shakira, Beyoncé and South African flutist Wouter Kellerman.

Persons: ‘, Zoe Gulwa, Jane “ Nightbirde ” Marczewski, Simon Cowell, “, ”, Nightbirde, ” Gulwa, would’ve, they’ll, Marina Zaaiman, Zaaiman, Jannie, Jannie Zaaiman, “ They’ve, Trae Patton, Shakira, Wouter Kellerman, America’s, ” “, Keneilwe Melato, It’s Organizations: CNN, NBC, Getty Locations: Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa

☆ AI Scams, Spam, Hacking, Are Ruining the Internet
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Shubham Agarwal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

A report from Europol expects a mind-blowing 90% of internet content to be AI-generated in a few years. A report from Europol, the European Union's law-enforcement agency, expects a mind-blowing 90% of internet content to be AI-generated in a few years. And while AI bots have telltale signs now, experts indicate that they will soon get better at mimicking humans and evading the detection systems developed by Menczer and social networks. While misinformation has long been a problem with the internet, AI is going to blow our old problems out of the water. But security researchers have discovered that the AI bots in your apps and devices might steal sensitive information for the hackers.

Persons: HBO Max, haven't, ChatGPT, Christian Selig, Reddit, Martijn Pieters, He'd, NewsGuard, Gordon Crovitz, NewsGuard's, Filippo Menczer, NewsGuard's Crovitz, Christopher Cowell, Cowell, John Licato, Bing, Florian Tramèr, Toby Walsh, Walsh, Shubham Agarwal Organizations: HBO, Europol, Market, Indiana University's Observatory, Social Media, Facebook, Microsoft, Google, University of South, ETH Zürich, University of New, University of Oxford, Wired, Company Locations: Cambridge, Europol, Portland , Oregon, Etsy, University of South Florida, University of New South Wales, Ahmedabad, India

☆ Simon Cowell says the sexual assault of a former 'X Factor' contestant was 'horrific and heart-breaking'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Simon Cowell said the sexual assault of an "X Factor" contestant was "horrific" and "heartbreaking." Simon Cowell described the sexual assault of a former "X Factor" contestant as "horrific and heart-breaking" after she criticized the support provided by the show's producers. Spraggan, who performed her own songs in her audition for "The X Factor," pulled out of the show during production, citing illness. "The X Factor" has faced criticism from other former UK contestants over their treatment. The X Factor was produced by Thames [part of Freemantle] and Syco, who were primarily responsible for duty of care towards all of its programme contributors."

Persons: Simon Cowell, Lucy Spraggan, Spraggan, she'd, Rylan Clark, they'd, I'd, Tim Whitby, Spraggan wasn't, Cowell, Lucy, Katie Waissel, Simon Cowell's Organizations: Guardian, Morning, Fremantle, BBC News, ITV, Thames Locations: London, Fremantle

☆ 3 major companies trying to move supply chains out of China, and how they're faring in their attempts to move away from the factory of the world
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Ted Cannis, a senior executive at Ford, told the Financial Times in December that there is a "large-scale rethinking of logistics operations" across the auto supply chain. "The supply chain is going to be the focus of this decade," Cannis said. Among the companies Apple is relying on to make the Vision Pro is Taiwan's Foxconn — which is the main supplier shifting its supply chain away from China. The move was made after China's COVID-19 lockdowns rocked supply chain and production timelines, but prices are the real driving reason behind the move. "Right now, robustness of our supply chain also needs to be considered to ensure the stable procurement of parts."

Persons: —, Donald Trump, lockdowns, COVID, Ashutosh Sharma, Forrester, Ted Cannis, Cannis, China's, Wellsenn, Cowell, Liu Young, TSMC, Morris Chang, Chips, Dylan Patel, SemiAnalysis, Tim Cook, Fang DongxuFeature, Mazda, China's COVID, Masahiro Moro, ", Moro Organizations: Mazda, Service, Privacy, East, Ford, Financial Times, Apple, Vision, Apple's, Cowell e Holdings, Future Publishing, Reuters Locations: China, India, Zhengzhou, Henan, Vietnam, Mexico, Taiwan, Arizona, Nanjing, Fang DongxuFeature China, Japan Japanese, Japan

☆ Apple may be diversifying supply chains away from China — but it's still relying on the country's suppliers to build the Vision Pro headset
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Apple's diversifying supply chains away from China, but it's still using Chinese firms to make the Vision Pro. Apple's Vision Pro has been exciting investors since its reveal, sending the company's shares soaring. Tech giant Apple has been trying to diversify its supply chains away from China — but it appears there's no getting away from the manufacturing powerhouse. According to Wellsenn, the list shows eight Chinese companies involved in the making of Apple's Vision Pro headset. And despite the internet's derision about the gadget's hefty price tag and its goofy aesthetics, the Vision Pro itself has been exciting investors.

Persons: Wellsenn, Cowell, Taiwan's Foxconn, Zinya, Nidhi Pandurangi Organizations: Tech, Apple, Vision, Apple's, Cowell e Holdings, Samsung, LG, Sony Locations: China, India

☆ Barack Obama on what 'the most successful people' do differently in their careers
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Throughout his career, former President Barack Obama has had the chance to meet — and work with — some of the world's most successful people, from tech billionaires to Nobel Prize laureates. But if you are passionate about your job, and have a genuine interest in the work that you do, you'll set yourself up to have "an extraordinary career," Obama said. "You can't let your failures define you — you have to let your failures teach you," he said. No one's born being good at all things … you become good at things through hard work." Check out:'Focus on unsexy problems': 3 millennial freelancers on how to build a successful careerThis author spent 3 years interviewing over 100 workers—here's the No.

Persons: Barack Obama, Dan Roth, Obama, Bill Gates, who've, Michael Jordan, —, Simon Cowell

☆ What’s on TV This Week: ‘The Idol’ and ‘Dave’
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( Shivani Gonzalez | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Entering its 18th season, the show that celebrates talents and strange party tricks of all kinds is back with its first round of auditions this week. This semi-autobiographical show about the rapper Dave Burd, a.k.a. Lil Dicky, is wrapping up its third season this week with Dave ending his quest to find love. Titanic has had countless retellings; from the 1997 film to many documentaries, there is not a lot left unknown or uncovered. Who was on the ship that sailed away?

☆ America's Got Talent judge Simon Cowell says this advice from his dad inspired his success
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Karen Gilchrist | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

America's Got Talent judge Simon Cowell said his success was inspired by an early piece of advice from his father. America's Got Talent judge Simon Cowell may be notorious for providing unforgiving advice to wannabe superstars on his TV talent show. But the music mogul-turned-multimillionaire said he wouldn't be where he is today if it wasn't for some early guidance he received from his own father. Speaking at an event in London this week, the British entrepreneur recalled being 12 years old when his dad offered him the advice. "He said: Everyone has a sign on their head and it says 'make me feel important,'" the now-63-year-old recalled at Advertising Week Europe.

☆ The British Coronation: A TV Spectacle, Now for the Digital Age
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Alan Cowell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Some members of the British hierarchy wished to keep cameras out of the inner sanctum of Westminster Abbey, where the queen was crowned. “The world would have been a happier place if television had never been discovered,” the Most Rev. Geoffrey F. Fisher, then the archbishop of Canterbury, who presided over the queen’s coronation, was quoted as saying. Where his mother’s crowning bathed the monarchy in uncontested splendor, Charles’s challenge is to focus a much more diffuse spotlight. While Elizabeth’s coronation required only around 20 cameras, Charles’s crowning is set to be broadcast on the BBC’s hi-definition iPlayer streaming service, alongside television coverage.

☆ Bruce Haigh, Diplomat Who Helped Battle Apartheid, Dies at 77
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( Alan Cowell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Bruce Haigh, an Australian diplomat who brushed aside the protocols of his profession to offer covert support to anti-apartheid figures in South Africa, including the banned newspaper editor depicted in the movie “Cry Freedom,” died on April 7 in Australia. His sister, Christina Henderson, told Australian news outlets that her brother had been medevacked from Laos when a cancerous condition worsened. He died in a hospital in Wollongong, south of Sydney, she said. Over the years Mr. Haigh worked variously as a ranch hand (known on Australian sheep and cattle stations as a jackeroo), an oil rig worker; an Australian Army conscript in Vietnam, a diplomat, a champion of refugees, and a columnist and broadcaster decrying what he considered excessive American influence on Australia’s security and defense policies. But a defining example of his commitment to underdogs and those he saw as oppressed came during his assignment in the late 1970s as a junior diplomat with the rank of second secretary at the Australian mission in Pretoria.

☆ Britain's Superdry considering 20% equity raise
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON, April 14 (Reuters) - Struggling British fashion brand Superdry (SDRY.L) said on Friday a potential equity raise of up to 20% backed by founder and CEO Julian Dunkerton was among funding options being considered. The group, whose shares have fallen 37% over the last year, also withdrew its profit guidance of "broadly breakeven" for its current year and is now forecasting revenue in the range of 615 million pounds to 635 million pounds ($771-$796 million). Superdry, which had warned on profit in January, said retail sales in February and March, did not meet its expectations. Superdry also said it has also identified cost savings of over 35 million pounds. "My belief in the Superdry brand is stronger than ever which is why I’m prepared to provide material support to any equity raise undertaken," he added.

☆ Why is Universal making a live-action 'How to Train Your Dragon'? These charts may explain
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-18 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

In this article CMCSA Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTStill from Universal and Dreamworks' "How to Train Your Dragon 2." For the last decade, the Walt Disney Company has been transforming its classic animated features into live-action theatrical and streaming features. Earlier this week, Universal said it would be doing the same for one of its own animated franchises: How to Train Your Dragon. What is, perhaps, most notable about Disney's live-action remakes is how much of the ticket sales were generated from international markets. This is something Universal is likely also keyed into when creating the live-action version of "How to Train Your Dragon."

☆ A former X Factor contestant studied law so she could sue Simon Cowell's company after the show 'almost ruined my life,' report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-15 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A former X Factor contestant told the Sunday Times she plans to sue Simon Cowell's company. Waissel said she sought therapy for PTSD after X Factor, and that Syco failed in its duty of care. "There are so many of us who have been so trapped and it's not fair, there was a huge imbalance in power," Waissel told the newspaper. The X Factor made stars of contestants in both the US and UK, including One Direction, Little Mix, and Camila Cabello. Were you an X Factor contestant?

Oct 19 (Reuters) - Renowned talent scout Simon Cowell is back, but this time he is focused on the social media platform, TikTok. With the international “Got Talent" TV series, “American Idol” and many more projects already under his belt, Cowell is ready to help aspiring musicians on TikTok share their unique sounds with the world. Cowell is partnering with TikTok to give users access to new unnamed songs by famous producers through the service StemDrop, which launches through the TikTok app on Oct. 26. From his Malibu mansion, Cowell shared that his and Martin's mutual interest in a project outside of a conventional TV show came after TikTok sparked in popularity. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Phil Lavelle and Danielle Broadway; Editing by Josie KaoOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Kelly Clarkson reunites with ‘American Idol’ judges at Walk of Fame event
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Kelly Clarkson isn’t forgetting her roots. The singer and talk-show host was joined by her “American Idol” family at the unveiling of her Hollywood Walk of Fame star on Monday. Cowell praised Clarkson and all she’s accomplished since winning the singing competition in its inaugural season. “We were just talking about the moment when you sang ‘Respect,’ and we all looked at each other, and it was like, ‘Oh. He continued: “What was amazing from that moment was, is that you’re not messing around.

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