[Fame hopefuls Tim Urban and Siobhan Magnus train for future careers while watering a beautiful garden in beautiful Los Angeles while filming one of those Ford commercials over the weekend. Image via Splash]

The President and First Lady will appear on the show's "Idol Gives Back" charity fundraiser next Wednesday, to benefit Save the Children and others. Ryan Seacrest can't contain himself! [Fox News]

In an episode that the Fox television network would call "riveting," America's favorite gypsy curse gave us a wanly shocking surprise that really opens this game wide open!

Last night was Beatles night on America's favorite county fair sing-off, because the girls who squealed for them on Ed Sullivan are now grandmothers, so it's OK to karaoke their childhoods.

Hello! It's time for this week's American Idol performance episode. Tonight, the Top 9 will sing John Lennon and Paul McCartney songs live for your votes from 8:00 to 10:00 PM ET on FOX. More inside, plus your open thread.

On last night's eliminationapalooza, several things happened. A robot was given divine power. A pretty girl was scorned. A cutie patootie went skating again. And Puff Daddy Diddy P. shone a strobe light into our eyes and made us crazy.

Last night the ten folks already guaranteed to be wagon carting to a town near you this summer sang for their supper, with equal amounts misery and joy.

Hello! It's Tuesday! And that means it's time for this week's American Idol performance episode. Tonight, the Top 10 will sing live for your votes from 8:00 to 10:00 PM ET on FOX. Excited? More inside, plus your open thread.

Scott E. in LA sent us this Dish Network/TV Guide listing for American Idol. It must have been written by the biggest Ellen DeGeneres fan at all of TV Guide. Her love of Ellen outweighs even her love of employment.

On last night's fitful episode, we saw the dreams of teenagers laid out bare and glorious in front of us. And we saw the dreams of a contestant hoisted onto Ryan Seacrest's petard and bled to completion.

Last night's American Idol contained some of the worst performances in the show's history. And with "mentors" like Miley Cyrus—who just butchered her performance of "When I Look At You"—it's not hard to see why. Video inside.

Last night we saw our Top 11 sing various songs from the catalog of Billboard Number One hits. A pretty vast array to choose from, and yet we heard, basically, all the standard karaoke numbers we've grown grimly accustomed to.

Dear Internet, tonight—at 8:00 PM ET on FOX—the Top 11 American Idol finalists will perform live for your votes, singing Billboard #1 Hits. Oh, yeah—accompanied by mentor MILEY CYRUS (seriously). More inside, along with your open thread!

Well, that was more like it, no? After last week's horrifying — truly horrifying! — bloodbath eliminations, yesterday we saw three deserving singtestants shoved into the bottom three and the worst of the bunch was sent home.

With Simon Cowell's departure from American Idol growing closer every day, many wonder what will happen to the country's favorite talent show. On her show tonight, Joy Behar put it bluntly: when Cowell leaves, Idol is doomed. Video inside.

Two weeks ago, Ryan Seacrest finally grew some balls and confronted Simon Cowell on American Idol for his harsh judgments of contestants. Yesterday, it happened again (and it was awkward/full of sexual tension). Tonight, Cowell fought back. Video inside.

Ryan Seacrest got all up in Simon Cowell's grill last night on Idol. It all seemed a bit theatrical and forced, but it just reeked of sexual tension. Why? Because Ryan Seacrest wants to make sweet love to Simon Cowell.

Well, America. There it was. Your Top 12 Idols. What you prayed and voted for, what you made happen. I hope you were happy. Because, thanks a frigging lot, that was some bullshit.

Well, guys, it's here! Your American Idol Top 12 is set, and tonight—at 8:00 PM on FOX—they'll perform Rolling Stones songs live for your votes. More inside, plus your open thread and the best comments from last week.

US Senate candidate Joe DioGuardi's official YouTube channel offers this video, apparently filmed with a Flip camera pointed at a TV, of DioGuardi's appearance on Fox & Friends this morning. He fathered someone you may have heard of!