Inside Paula Abdul’s Split From American Idol

Paula Abdul’s departure from “American Idol” was the product of months of calculation: financial and logistical on the part of the show’s producers and its network, Fox, and entrepreneurial and retaliatory on the part of Ms. Abdul, who in recent months has grown increasingly certain that greater opportunities lie elsewhere.

Paula Abdul

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Allison Iraheta Shines But Adam Lambert Is The Crowd Wants

The top four finishers are saved for the second half — after the intermission, which renders this more a theatrical revue than a traditional concert. Allison Iraheta hits a snag right away. She sings Pink’s “So What,” with a wind machine to blow on her hair. All that means is that she can’t move.

Allison Iraheta and Adam Lambert

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