Eat your heart out Donald Trump! Simon Cowell has been named the highest earning guy on TV by Forbes, which reported that last year, he earned a whopping $75 million! Thanks to the millions of American Idol fans, I should say.

What are your plans for your 50th birthday party? If you’re Simon Cowell, you’d rent out Wrotham Park in Hertfordshire, England. It’s this private mansion that the rich people rent to hold private parties. Look at that tent – maybe he’s planning to invite all American Idol contestants, past and present?

Simon Cowell has always been outspoken and his humor is not appreciated by some. Seems like he’s put his foot in his mouth again. He made a joke about “maybe” signing on the three boys, but not Ringo, as he’s “bad news.” He’s taking it back – he’s always said that he wished he signed them on, and said that statement was just a joke!

Why am I not surprised? After all, Simon and Paula had chemistry on screen. Simon says that, while he does not want to get in between the producers of the show and Paula, the show is very different without her. Think she’ll ever come back?

You gotta love him or you gotta hate him. For some, the line is quite thin. One thing is for sure – Simon Cowell will be staying with American Idol for at least three more seasons, cantankerous wit and all.

The first round of auditions for the new season of American Idol has begun. Instead of Paula Abdul, hopefuls faced Posh Spice. Simon Cowell says that he may have bickered with Paula, but he definitely felt her absence. Contestants seem to have the same feeling. Will AI still be as big as it was without her?

“New” American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi had her own fireworks over 4th of July weekend. She got married to her fiance, Mike McCuddy at the Prospect Harbor United Methodist Church. Were Paula, Simon, Randy, and Ryan among the 30 or wedding guests? I don’t know!

She has done it! There IS life after BGT! There have been a lot of doubts as to whether Susan Boyle could take the pressure or not, but the news is that she has recorded her first song in the studio. Simon Cowell is Susan’s first and largest fan, I think; and I doubt that she could have made it this far without his support.

His caustic humor has endeared him to many and made him lots of critics as well. You wouldn’t think that he’d admit to making a mistake, though, would you? Well Sir Cowell, as Ryan Seacrest sometimes calls him, has admitted to maybe making a mistake with Susan Boyle – not about her talent but her mental and emotional capacity to rise to stardom. He even went as far as to say that he could have been kinder to other contestants! Wow!

What does Simon Cowell have in common with Susan Boyle? Aside from Britain’s Got Talent, they’re both guesting in Oprah. Big thing for both of them, no doubt about it. I’ll be waiting for this episode, for sure.

Now this piece of news will certainly make things more uninteresting for the talent show. After all, Simon injects his own character into American Idol. While nothing is definite as of yet, Cowell has said that one of his shows might have to go. Aside from AI, he is also working with Britain’s Got Talent and X Factor, both of which he said he “can’t imagine not doing.”