Simon Cowell
December 28, 2012 by Hollywoodite
Britney Spears was given $15 million and a permissive contract on the assumption that she would go off her meds at some point during the X Factor USA live shows and Simon Cowell would get a return on the show’s investment. However, Spears sat in abeyance and when she did speak she had little to say aside […]
December 19, 2012 by Hollywoodite
Simon Cowell has been pretty honest about throwing money at Britney Spears in hopes of an X Factor ratings boon. He offered a permissive contract full of caveats pertaining to her mental health care, and her fiance, and breaks, and letting her get away with a lot on the assumption that people would tune in to gawk at […]
November 26, 2012 by Hollywoodite
The X Factor USA is well into its live rounds and shedding people each week. Although, one of the hosts is still making more headlines than some of the contestants (not least because her family turns up to tapings to make the episodes all about them, just as anticipated). Since the first live episode, Khloe […]
October 30, 2012 by Hollywoodite
This year’s X Factor took a big enough risk casting Britney Spears, whose mental health issues, drug issues, legal issues, and conservatorship, protracted her contract negotiations. The show basically threw money at the 30-year-old, and included several permissive caveats in her contract in addition to paying over-the-odds. They wanted her, badly, even knowing she would […]
October 12, 2012 by Hollywoodite
Wednesday’s episode of the X Factor was slightly more contrived than usual, according to Justin Bieber who appeared in cameo ahead of Thursday’s episode on which his personal mentor L.A. Reid was featured more heavily. Realising he’s only on screen long enough to say a few sentences, he wrote on Twitter Wednesday: “heard we got used […]
September 12, 2012 by Hollywoodite
The merry-go-round gets even more confusing. Simon Cowell reveals that one of the American Idol judges initially asked to be a judge on X Factor, preferring the latter over the former. The listicle of potential judges for both shows became too long to recount but, in short, X Factor settled on Britney Spears who got a contract […]