What’s behind ‘Idol’s’ ratings slide?

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Published: April 22, 2010

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Actress Rosario Dawson is all smiles at the Tommy Hilfiger fashion show Thursday. With her are Hayden Panettiere, left, Ashley Olsen and Penn Badgley. An array of stars turned out for New York Fashion Week.

Bret Michaels’s health has taken a turn for the worse, PEOPLE has learned: After an excruciating headache late Thursday night, the star was rushed to an undisclosed hospital where doctors discovered he suffered a massive subarachnoid hemorrhage (bleeding at the base of his brain stem), according to a source close to the situation.

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In 1971, 1981 or 1991, Middle Distance Runner, the indie-pop craftsmen from Washington, D.C., might have become the biggest band in America.

Heidi Klum has officially changed her name to Heidi Samuel, four years and four kids after getting hitched.

Elin Nordegren doesn’t want to raise their two children without a father.

Cutler whined his way out of Denver, so he deserved to be criticized to some extent.But now I turn on NFL and have to listen to Mike Martz and Jim Mora bash Cutler for a “poor” post game interview.The Sun Times ran a good article here that breaks down exactly what they said.But seriously, I did not hear anything wrong with Cutler’s post game talk In fact, I kind of liked what I heard. Viewpoints offer expert opinions and Our views of variousdevelopments that have been taking place in the oil and gas industry across theworld.Reasons to Buy* Develop business strategies with the help of specific insights from GlobalDataon the key events happening in the oil and gas industry. It is understandable a punishment should have been served to Blount, however, the suspension was quickly issued and extremely severe. Forward-looking statements include statements regardingour expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future andcan be identified by forward-looking words such as ‘anticipate,’ ‘believe,”could,’ ‘estimate,’ ‘expect,’ ‘intend,’ ‘may,’ ’should,’ ‘will,’ and ‘would’or similar words. Thecompany recorded income from continuing operations before income taxes of$11.1 million including net charges in the amount of $26.9 million. ) We all Know the results of SB43, but come February 2010, who’ll be holding the Lombardi Trophy?Now my predictions below probably mean absolutely nothing to most, and chances are I will be miserably wrong, but part of the preseason fun (other than seeing Brett Favre in his new colors) is choosing who you think has a shot at the biggest game of the year. This would have been costly for both parties involved, the goose and the gander.Look, whoever you want to give the moniker too, Leach being the goose and Tech being the gander or vice versa, both had nothing to gain from this squabble.It has become painfully obvious that Tech is Leach’s only shot at handling a bigger program would be in Lubbock, because rumored around the college football nation is Leach is…well, he’s just plain weird.He will talk about anything on an endless ramble and he’ll answer any question put before him, including his thoughts on dating advice.

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Susan Boyle returned to her home in Scotland to find something she didn’t expect — an intruder, police have confirmed to PEOPLE.

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Cox, a fifth-year senior, has shown some potential in spring and in mop up duty. The bullpen should be fairly good, but the key for this team is their starting pitching.Though this team has gotten better and is more talented this year, they still have a ways to go. Excitingtours will show travelers why Cape Town is ranked as one of the most excitingcities on earth. televisionnetwork is seen in more than 98 million households and has been thenumber-one-rated basic cable network for 14 consecutive years.

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Anne Hathaway will be Tim Burton-ized next month when the eclectic director’s “Alice in Wonderland” is released in theaters.

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Civil rights songs were the soundtrack of the movement that helped bring President Obama to the White House. On Tuesday, Obama welcomed an array of artists to celebrate those songs.

Singer Chris Brown returns to a California courtroom Tuesday afternoon to officially hear his sentence for the assault of his pop star girlfriend, Rihanna.

Was is just me, or did George Clooney seem upset at the Oscars last night?

There’s speculation that two of the “Real Housewives of Atlanta” may not be back next season.


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