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DioGuardi: Ellen DeGeneres Is So Right for Idol
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Ellen DeGeneres may do a fine job defending herself against critics who don't think she's qualified to be a judge on American Idol, but that doesn't mean her supporters are going to sit back and let her do all the work.
"She loves the show, she loves music, and she's a star," fellow judge Kara DioGuardi says. "You got to be a star to win the show."
And she continued…
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Ms. Chenoweth Goes to Washington
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Kristin Chenoweth may not have a final script yet for the movie she's developing about the late British pop soul singer Dusty Springfield, but she's already gotten the ball rolling on casting.
"I want Kerry Washington to play my girlfriend," Chenoweth tells me. "Dusty had a relationship with an African-American woman and she was supposedly very attractive. Kerry is a great actress and I think we’d be amazing together."
Springfield, whose hits included "Son of a Preacher Man" and "The Look of Love," died of breast cancer in 1999 at age 59 without ever publicly defining her sexuality. "God, I want to do Dusty so bad," Chenoweth says, quickly adding with a laugh, "I mean, do her story so bad. She's amazing and nobody knows the real thing, or some people do, but not the world."
The Springfield biopic is just one of many projects Chenoweth is juggling these days...
Kristin Chenoweth: Happy to Be Invited to the Party
Our TV Diva caught petite Pushing Daisies pie pusher Kristin Chenoweth just after this morning's Emmys announcer found out she was among the nominees for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Hear the renowned stage star (she already has a Tony) gush to our Kristin about being recognized as an actress, singing again on Daisies...and sleeping with her costar!
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