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Ryan Seacrest looks for “sexual tension” from new “American Idol” judge Ellen DeGeneres
The stars of Fox’s “American Idol” expect great things from new judge Ellen DeGeneres , but they are all saying something different about her addition to the judging panel of Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi, and her replacement of songstress Paula Abdul.
Host Ryan Seacrest told Fox News at the Primetime Emmy awards on Sunday that DeGeneres, a comedian with her own daytime chat show, is a “superstar.”
“She will change the sexual tension,” Seacrest said of DeGeneres, who is lesbian and last year married longtime girlfriend and actress Portia de Rossi in California, before voters in the state banned same-sex weddings during the November 2008 election.
“Simon and Paula had a specific kind of tension, but this will be quite different…” Seacrest told Fox.
Emmy winners line-up looking like a repeat
They’re rolling out the red carpet in Los Angeles for television’s prime time Emmy Awards on
Sunday but some experts are already predicting a winner’s line-up in the main categories that looks much the same as last year.
That means that popular favorites like hospital drama “House”, animated comedy “Family Guy” and the “Law&Order” actress Mariska Hargitay could again lose out to shows like “Mad Men”, “Damages” star Glenn Close and the Tina Fey comedy “30 Rock”.
Watch TV’s Emmy Awards live instead of on TV
American TV fans are being offered the chance of a seat “next to some of the biggest stars in
Hollywood” at the annual prime time Emmy television awards next month.
CBS, which will broadcast the Emmy ceremony live from Los Angeles on Sept. 20, has invited fans to enter a “best seat in the house” contest by submitting a 30-second video explaining why they are “TV’s Number One Fan.”
The Emmys: Hosts, hosts everywhere
For the 60th Emmy Awards , the show’s organizers made a bold decision to scrap the one-host format typical of awards shows.
Instead, they opted for not one, but five hosts — the five being Ryan Seacrest of “American Idol,” Heidi Klum of “Project Runway,” Tom Bergeron of “Dancing with the Stars,” Howie Mandel of “Deal or No Deal,” and Jeff Probst of “Survivor.” All were nominated for the newly-created category award for the best host of a reality or competition series.
Emmys Red Carpet: Who was best dressed?
Braving blistering afternoon heat and more than a little sweat, the world’s top television stars rolled onto the red carpet at the Emmy Awards in downtown Los Angeles in all their finery.
Once the arrivals wrapped up and the show got started, it was left to us onlookers to decide who looked great and who, well, didn’t.
