In what will most certainly be a morning Paula Abdul won’t soon forget, the “American Idol” judge appeared to be slurring her words during a very animated interview with Seattle’s KCPQ morning show.
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The story exploded this weekend when the video made its way to the internet, showing up on youtube.com and prompting some to ask, was Paula under the influence?
According Paula’s publicist, the answer is most definitely no.
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Abdul’s publicist said the “A.I.” judge was simply exhausted after three hours of interviews, adding, “Paula never drinks. I have known Paula Abdul since she was 13, and I have never seen her drink ever in my life.”
On Monday, Fox issued this statement.
"All of us at Fox have tremendous respect and admiration for Paula Abdul. She is a consumate professional who always gives 100% to everything she does. Last week, during a satellite press tour there were intermittent technical difficulties including severe audio issues in which multiple stations were speaking to her at once. Rather than getting angry about these difficulties, or stopping the tour, Paula forged ahead and decided to have fun with the increasingly challenging situation. Unfortunately, because reporters and viewers we're unaware of the situation, her humor was misconstrued."
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But it seems no controversy can hurt “American Idol.” Just 24 hours before its highly anticipated return, the show is bigger than ever.
The latest headline boasts that the franchise is worth a whopping $2.5 billion!
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“I feel cheated,” Ryan Seacrest said of the story. “I mean $2.5 billion. Simon has seen most of that.”
Seacrest promised that this season will be better than ever, telling us, “The producers want to outdo what we did last year and try and top.”
Also, expect “Idol’s” star power to increase tenfold. Mariah Carey and Sir Paul McCartney are reportedly in talks with producers to make guest appearances.
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“Certainly having Mariah and Paul on the show would be a good step in the direction of the program,” Ryan admitted.
But “Idol” is not the only big break reality show Seacrest will be hosting this season. On the E! Network’s new show, “Paradise City,” Ryan will be searching for America’s next great broadcaster.
“It’s a different way to find your big break,” he insisted.
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But with a steadily increasing workload and no break in sight, can the hardest working man in showbiz find time for love in his life?
“I am single,” Ryan told us, adding, “Who’s not looking for love? We’re always looking for love, right?”
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As for the mystery blonde who Ryan was recently photographed with, he told us the woman is just a friend.
Don’t miss Ryan and the rest of the “Idol” gang, starting Tuesday night!
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Slurring Paula Abdul Cancels Interviews
Singer-turned-American Idol judge Paula Abdul called off all her interviews Friday after clips of an earlier TV appearance appeared to show her drunk.
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The video - in which Abdul slurs and bizarrely gestures - emerged on YouTube on Thursday, prompting speculation alcohol or medication were to blame.
She subsequently abandoned media engagements scheduled for Friday.
However, Abdul's spokesman Jeff Ballard insists tiredness and a minor throat infection, not inebriation, were the causes of the cancellations and earlier odd behavior.
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He says, "She was exhausted. This was at the end of three days of press (interviews and appearances), and she has had cameras following her around for a reality TV show too.
"She was sitting in a room with just a camera and a mic on, and the controllers dropped the sound twice, which is why she rolled her eyes.
"She never drinks. I have known Paula Abdul since she was 13, and I have never seen her drink ever in my life. And no, she is not on any kind of medication. She was a little tired."
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In 2005 Abdul revealed she suffers from a neurological disorder that causes chronic pain and requires a weekly injection of an anti-inflammatory drug.
Abdul Lands Reality TV Show
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HOLLYWOOD - Eighties pop star-turned-American Idol judge Paula Abdul is set to become a reality TV queen in her own right after landing a deal to put her life on television.
The former dancer has agreed a deal with bosses at TV network Bravo to turn her "hectic" life into a new reality series.
The unnamed show will focus on Abdul's work on American Idol as well as her private life and her new role as executive producer of new film Bratz: The Movie--based on the popular dolls for kids.
The "Straight Up" hit maker says, "I'm excited to open the doors to Bravo and have all my fans see the other sides to me, beyond what they see on American Idol."
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Paula Abdul's Appearance Causes Stir
American Idol judge, Paula Abdul, did an interview with a television station in Seattle and what she did during that interview is getting a lot of attention. Some people say Abdul was slurring and rocking back and forth in her seat. Her publicist said that she was not slurring. He said the Seattle station messed up her audio. He said Abdul did several interviews that day and didn't have any problems with anyone else.
Paula Abdul seen slurring in TV interview
Spokesman denies she was using drugs, alcohol in video posted on YouTube
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NEW YORK - “American Idol” judge Paula Abdul canceled media interviews Friday as an online video emerged of the television star slurring and gesticulating her way through a TV interview a day earlier.
Some viewers of the footage posted on the popular online video site YouTube.com suggested she should head into rehab because it appeared she had been drinking.
But Abdul’s spokesman, Jeff Ballard, denied that she was under the influence of alcohol or on some kind of medication and said the U.S. performer never drank.
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Ballard said the interview was one of the last in a string of question-and-answer sessions she had done over two hours Thursday ahead of a new season of “American Idol,” debuting next week on the Fox network.
“She was exhausted. This was at the end of three days of press (interviews and appearances), and she has had cameras following her around for a reality TV show, too,” said Ballard, referring to a new documentary series about the star’s life.
“She was sitting in a room with just a camera and a mic on, and the controllers dropped the sound twice, which is why she rolled her eyes.”
‘She was a little tired’
Ballard said Abdul, 44, had canceled all media interviews Friday because she had a sore throat after sitting in the chilly studio Thursday.
“She never drinks. I have known Paula Abdul since she was 13, and I have never seen her drink ever in my life. ... And no, she is not on any kind of medication,” he said. “She was a little tired.”
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Abdul, a former Los Angeles Lakers cheerleader who gained fame in the late 1980s as a pop singer with such hits as “Straight Up,” has been known for emotional displays on “American Idol.”
In a 2005 People magazine interview, she denied having a drug problem, saying, “I’m not addicted to pills of any kind.”
She went on to explain that she suffers from a neurological disorder that causes chronic pain and requires a weekly injection of an anti-inflammatory drug.
Bravo to capture Paula Abdul's life in new series
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American Idol judge and actress-singer Paula Abdul's life will be the subject of a TV series on US cable network Bravo, media reports have said.
The series, called Hey Paula, will trail the 44-year-old singer during the filming of American Idol and also that of Bratz: The Movie, which she is starring in and producing. Abdul's business of clothes, perfume and jewelry lines will be included in the series as well.
“Bravo has been successful with profiling dynamic, creative personalities that quicken the pulse of pop culture. Paula's career epitomizes the frenzy of Hollywood as it relates to television, music, dance and style. Viewers will get an intimate glimpse at the real woman behind the headlines,” said Lauren Zalaznick, the president of Bravo, while announcing the series. However, the show will capture only her present and will not be biographical, Zalaznick said.
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The aim of the show is to capture all the facets of Abdul's career, including those as 'a business woman, producer, choreographer, singer and friend', a statement released by the network said. “It's a hectic time in my life right now with several projects in television, film and fashion. I'm excited to open the doors to Bravo and have all my fans see the other sides to me, beyond what they see on American Idol,” Abdul responded to the announcement. In April last year, the Head Over Heels singer entered jewelry designing and launched her Paula Abdul Jewelry Collection.
Produced by Scott Sternberg Productions, Hey Paula will premiere later this year. It is not clear if it will include the 2003 controversy where American Idol contestant Corey Clark had accused Abdul of offering him her support and advice in return for sexual favors. Investigations into the allegations by Fox, the channel that airs American Idol, cleared Abdul of any such misdeeds.
Bravo, a part of NBC Universal, airs pop culture and entertainment shows, some of which include Inside the Actors Studio, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, Celebrity Poker Showdown, and Top Chef among others.
Slurring Paula Abdul Cancels Interviews
Singer-turned-American Idol judge Paula Abdul called off all her interviews Friday after clips of an earlier TV appearance appeared to show her drunk.
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The video - in which Abdul slurs and bizarrely gestures - emerged on YouTube on Thursday, prompting speculation alcohol or medication were to blame.
She subsequently abandoned media engagements scheduled for Friday.
However, Abdul's spokesman Jeff Ballard insists tiredness and a minor throat infection, not inebriation, were the causes of the cancellations and earlier odd behavior.
He says, "She was exhausted. This was at the end of three days of press (interviews and appearances), and she has had cameras following her around for a reality TV show too.
"She was sitting in a room with just a camera and a mic on, and the controllers dropped the sound twice, which is why she rolled her eyes.
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"She never drinks. I have known Paula Abdul since she was 13, and I have never seen her drink ever in my life. And no, she is not on any kind of medication. She was a little tired."
In 2005 Abdul revealed she suffers from a neurological disorder that causes chronic pain and requires a weekly injection of an anti-inflammatory drug.
Bravo will make Paula Abdul docu-series
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PASADENA, Calif. - Straight up, Bravo says it's making a TV series about the life of
Paula Abdul. "Hey Paula," set to debut sometime later this year, will follow Abdul, 44, as she films a new season of Fox's "American Idol," works on "Bratz: The Movie" and develops her own perfume and cosmetics line.
"It fits the Bravo mandate to show what's going on in the culture of the moment," said Bravo President Lauren Zalaznick.
The pop culture network has hits with "Project Runway" and "Top Chef," and announced Friday that the upcoming fifth season of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" will be its last. It makes a similar docu-series with comic
Kathy Griffin, who mocks her life on "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List."
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Besides showing the frenzy of life in Hollywood, "Hey Paula" will offer "an intimate glimpse at the real woman behind the headlines," Zalaznick said.
Bravo hasn't decided whether that will include mention of Corey Clark, the 2003 "American Idol" contestant who accused Abdul of coaching him and initiating an affair. Fox, a unit of News Corp., cleared Abdul of any wrongdoing.
"What we want it to be is the current Paula," Zalaznick said. "We're not a biographical or historical channel."
Paula Abdul, Tim Gunn to star in Bravo reality shows
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PASADENA, Calif. — American Idol judge Paula Abdul is getting her own reality show, and so is Project Runway's Tim Gunn, Bravo told critics here Friday at TV's semi-annual press tour.
Bravo, which set ratings records last year thanks to Runway and Top Chef, and is readying Top Design for a Jan. 31 debut, unveiled several new shows due later this year or early in 2008.
Hey Paula promises "an insider perspective" of the onetime singer and choreographer, who's now a movie producer (Bratz), and purveyor of perfume, jewelry and clothing.
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"This is a hectic time of my life," she said in a statement, adding she's excited to "have all my fans see the other sides to me beyond what they see on American Idol."
Tim Gunn's Guide to Style, similar to TLC's What Not to Wear, is a makeover show that will "chronicle one person's fashion dilemmas," solved by the stylist and Runway judge. (Gunn is expected to continue on Runway).
Jaclyn Smith (Charlie's Angels) will host Shear Genius, a hairstylist reality competition due this spring. And as expected, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, which started Bravo's reality-series push, has been canceled, and will air its fifth and final 10-episode season starting in July.
In other highlights at NBC Universal Cable Networks' presentation:
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—USA, the top-rated cable network, has ordered In Plain Sight, starring Mary McCormack (The West Wing) as a federal marshal who works for the Witness Protection Program, and is readying The Starter Wife, starring Debra Messing (Will & Grace) as a newly-dumped Hollywood wife, for a summer launch. It's based on the novel by Hollywood wife Gigi Levangie Grazer.
—New horror channel Chiller will debut March 1, initially on DirecTV, featuring a mix of movies and series reruns, led by Twin Peaks, Tales from the Crypt, Friday the 13th and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. It joins Sleuth, a crime-focused digital channel now available in 24 million homes.
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—Sci Fi Channel greenlit an adaptation of Flash Gordon, due in July, and cast Alan Cumming (Cabaret) in six-hour miniseries Tin Man, a sci-fi take on The Wizard of Oz scheduled for December. He'll play Glitch, one of the motley characters trapped in the Outer Zone (O.Z.). The network is also developing a six-hour miniseries based on the novel The Diamond Age, executive produced by George Clooney. It's also eyeing drama projects from producers Mark Burnett and Darren Star. And the network will shift Battlestar Galactica from Friday to Sunday this month, joining new series The Dresden Files.
Sci Fi's next series, Painkiller Jane, due in April and based on a comics character, stars Kristanna Loken as a superhuman DEA agent recruited by a covert government organization who feels pain but can't get injured, uncannily reminiscent of the cheerleader character played by Hayden Panetierre on NBC's breakout hit Heroes.
"We have a completely different series in terms of tone and storytelling," says producer Gil Grant of Jane, in development for two years, who says he's never seen Heroes. "There's always going to be another concept out there that's like ours," Loken says.
Paula Abdul Interview Raises Eyebrows
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NEW YORK — A video of an interview with Paula Abdul appears to show the "American Idol" judge slurring her words and rocking back and forth in her seat, but her publicist says any oddities in the tape were due to technical difficulties.
The video clip, which has wound up on the file-sharing Web site YouTube, is of a morning-show interview Abdul did Thursday via satellite from New York with the local FOX affiliate in Seattle.
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The very upbeat Abdul seems to be slurring her words during much of the segment, and at times she is moving around so much in her chair that she almost swivels right out of the shot.
Her publicist, Jeff Ballard, told FOXNews.com that the buzz surrounding the clip, which is titled "Paula Abdul — What is she smokin'???" on YouTube, is "much ado about nothing."
"It was a technical problem," he said. "They dropped the sound not once but twice. She's in a little room by herself and could hear people shouting in her mike. She did 20 of those interviews without incident. It was simply a matter of Seattle screwing up."
He denied that Abdul's speech was impaired during the interview.
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"She was not slurring her words," said Ballard.
"American Idol," which premieres Tuesday night on FOX, has distanced itself from the incident. A spokeswoman for the popular singing-competition reality show referred all inquiries about Abdul's behavior in the interview to Ballard.
In other "Idol" news, when asked about Bob Dylan's wish to join him as a judge on the series, Simon Cowell told British paper The Guardian, "Bob Dylan bores me to tears.
"I don't believe the Bob Dylans of this world would make 'American Idol' a better show," he told the newspaper.
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