Simon Cowell

Missing Simon Cowell, American Idol fans? He doesn’t miss you! The King of Mean has moved on to chromer pastures with his new show, The X Factor, and he’s so, so happy. He’s singing “Unchained Melody” practically nonstop now. Seriously though, Simon is making $75 million a year with his new project, but it’s not about the money, he tells TV Guide.

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Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul’s weird love/hate relationship made for some great television back when they were both judges on American Idol. Now, Simon and Paula are getting the bickering band back together as judges on The X-Factor. PEOPLE reports that Simon told Redbook: “From the minute I met Paula, I was fascinated by her.” And Paula knew it – she once told David...

Always the sourpuss, Simon Cowell explains why he was extra cranky during his last days on Idol: He was bored out of his mind! Simon told GQ: "I was bored. But at the same time, I had a deal with Fox, and you've got to do what you've been paid to do."

In fact, Simon was so bored, he wished he could fake being sick. "There were times I used to wake up and I knew it was an audition day," he...

The September premiere of The X Factor marks the happy reunion of Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul! Steven Tyler can string together as many nonsensical phrases as he wants, but nothing quite reaches the entertainment value of Simon and Paula's playful bickering. But after eight seasons together on American Idol, Simon still insisted that Paula work for her spot on The X Factor. That's...