LOS ANGELES – Paula Abdul has decided to quit the top-rated US television show “American Idol,” ending weeks of speculation about her future as a judge on the popular singing contest.

Making her announcement on her Twitter feed on Tuesday, Abdul said “with sadness in my heart,” she had decided not to return to “Idol” which is due to start auditions for its ninth season within days. She did not give any reason.

Abdul, 47, a singer/dancer turned TV personality, has been a mainstay of the show since it was launched in 2002 and quickly became an audience juggernaut for News Corp’s Fox network, growing into an estimated $1 billion-plus brand.

“I’ll miss nurturing all the new talent, but most of all being a part of a show that I helped from day 1 become an international phenomenon,” said Abdul, who was known for finding something positive in almost every performance. Read more »

During the 50s and the 60s, It was Sylvia La Torre - The Queen of Kundiman who continued the legacy of their family’s love of music. Sylvia is the daughter of soprano Leonora Reyes and film director Olive La Torre. She started her singing career at age five, entering a big amateur contest in Manila in 1938. She is renowned for her heart-rending interpretations of such immortal and timeless songs as “Bituing Marikit,” “Nasaan Ka Irog,” “Madaling Araw,” “Mutya ng Pasig” and many other classics. La Torre was also the undisputed queen of novelty songs such as “Waray-waray,” “Alembong,” “No Money, No Honey,” Read more »

Reports says that hollywood actress Angelina Jolie gives birth to a girl and a boy. The babies are doing marvelously well according to their doctor interviewed by Associated Press. Jolie delivered the twins through Cesarian section at the seaside Lenval hospital in Nice in southern France, a boy named Knox Leon, and a girl named Read more »

Once a child star in the film “ET: The Extra-Terrestrial,” Drew Barrymore, share her blessing to the children. This eighth-highest-paid actress in Hollywood, earning more than $10 million a movie donated one million dollars of her Read more »

Hollywood troubled Pop Star singer Britney Spears spent time with her sons at last since Jan. 3. Last Saturday Feb. 23, Spears were granted to visit her children Jayden James, aged one and Sean Preston, aged two. The visitation was made possible with the help of Britney Spears’ father, James Spears. Kevin Federline agreed to give ex-wife a visitation rights with their two children. Read more »

Hollywood American actress, singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, fashion designer, and television producer Jennifer Lopez finally gave birth to her twins early on Friday in a New York-area hospital according to People magazine, which reportedly paid upward of 6 million dollars for the exclusive first photo rights of the twins. Read more »

It was confirmed that Nicole Kidman is indeed pregnant courtesy of her husband Keith Urban. Kidman had been hoping to have a child after getting married with Keith. She’d been through months of fertility treatment to be pregnant. Read more »