Hellmuth Dominguez, PacificCoastNews.com

You know something is very wrong in the world when reality TV show hosts are too busy for the president. PR Inside reports that Simon Cowell turned down a dinner party invitation from Barrack Obama.This is less than a week after Barack had given Simon an epic shout-out on “Jay Leno,” saying, “I do think in Washington it’s a little bit like ‘American Idol.’ But everybody is Simon Cowell. Everybody’s got an opinion.” According to our Mr. President. In an interview with Jay Leno the other night, Simon ever-so-smugly mentioned this invitation to the White House(name-dropping to the max), “He wanted to have dinner and our diaries didn’t quite match. We just didn’t quite connect.”

A shocked Jay replied: “And what were you doing – whitening your teeth? Fixing your hair?”

First of all, Simon, be a man and call it a day planner. And while we understand reality TV show hosting in conjunction with model-dating can simply be exhausting, when the leader of the free world, Barrack-star Obama, invites you to dinner, you go. Simon has since invited the US leader to appear one of his shows. Speaking to a UK radio station he said: “We’re trying to get Obama to do a show at the moment. He was talking about how everyone in Washington is a critic, like me. I’m not sure if it’s a compliment or not.” Oh, how many people would love it if Simon Cowell got a snub from the President, if their ‘diaries’ didn’t match.

Adrian Varnedoe, Pacificcoastnews

Yes, it seems that in some cases opposites really DO attract. Though I have never had any harsh feelings towards either of these two starlets, I would never have put them together when it comes to music. But it seems that the forces may come together. And this has more to do with Kelly Clarkson’s country roots than Carrie Underwoods, believe it or not. Kelly Clarkson as we all know grew up in Texas and wanted to be a star. Blah blah…Now that she’s grown up on country tunes, she is living in Nashville and wants to strengthen her country ties. Can this be so for this pop princess?

“I never know what I’m gonna do in the future, but I grew up loving country music. It’s one of the things that’s been really close to me. I did a lot of country events, so I think people were thinking I was gonna [record a country album]. But the thing I love about pop music is that you can kind of incorporate any style you want …There’s always gonna be those influences in my music, but I’ll probably never just do one thing. I would be bored out of my mind.”

Besides growing up on it, Kelly is no stranger to country. She spent most of last year touring with Reba McEntire, and would do it again with America’s country princess, Carrie Underwood. Kelly thinks Carrie’s voice is ‘kick butt’ and is a huge fan. Now this would be an interesting combination, and I will be very excited to see how it turns out, should it ever, but you know what they say in Hollywood. When people say they are ‘thinking’ about something, it’s usually in the works. Remember how Ashlee Simpson said she was ‘thinking’ about getting pregnant?

Juan Soliz, PacificCoastNews.com

We all heard about the tragic incident that occurred outside Paula Abdul’s home not that long ago, when an obsessed fan and Idol reject committed suicide. When the situation happened, Paula was not at home, and we didn’t hear too much actually about how she felt about the situation, until now. Paula is more than a little unnerved over the situation, as anyone would be, and says she has been staying in different homes and hotels since the incident with round the clock security. She found the whole thing very tragic and upsetting, and of course, there is more to the story than we once heard. Paula Goodspeed, the fan and suicide victim in question, was mentally unstable and this was not the first time that she had attempted suicide. And, if you want to know the timing of things with Idol, the incident which happened 3 weeks ago, occurred during the infamous Hollywood Week of the American Idol competition. While Paula was working at the Kodak Theater and taping the show, Paula Goodspeed was outside her home overdosing on pills. Producers of American Idol were informed of the situating during the taping, and informed Paula Abdul of the situation after taping for the day had been finished. So Paula has been throwing herself into work with the new Idol season, and a newly taped MTV cheerleading squad competition called ‘Rah!’, as well as a Forever Your Girl accessories line she will be launching on HSN December 13th. And if that isn’t keeping her busy enough, she is also looking for a new place to live. A choice you can’t really blame her for. As far as the obsession between the victim and Paula are concerned, Paula says she would love to dish about it, but because there is an ongoing police investigation, she needs to hold her tongue. In fact, she can’t say anything at all about the Goodspeed obsession, though producers and those close to Idol are well aware of the years of stalking that Paula Abdul endured by this one girl. There were flowers sent to Paula just before the suicide, and Goodspeed would follow Paula from season to season and city to city during the Idol tours and auditions. But this isn’t the first time Paula has been the victim of an obsessed fan, as she told People Magazine about another rather bizarre situation that happened in 1993:

“this gentleman was writing letters everyday from prison saying he was getting out in 120 days, then 119 days, all the way down to he’s getting out and he’s coming to get my mom and I. Thank God we were in Canada for my touring, and after that we were in Washington and he made a threat against the President, so he’s in jail for the rest of his life, but he had tattoos of me all over his body.”

Once she finishes the touring with Idol and launches her accessories line, Paula is taking a much needed vacation. She says she is going so far away that nobody will be able to find her. We can’t imagine how stressful this has been for Paula, but we certainly hope she finds the R & R she needs and is back smiling for us in no time.

Juan Soliz, PacificCoastNews.com

This is just one of those stories with weird and sad twists. We heard earlier this week that a body had been found outside American Idol judge Paula Abdul’s home, and the story has gone from bad to worse since that report. The body has been identified as Paula Godspeed and it has come to light that this Paula Godspeed was an obsessed fan of Paula Abdul’s and committed suicide outside her home. In fact, Paula has been stalking Abdul for as many as 17 years and touted herself as Abdul’s biggest fan. And this was a fan in the ‘over the edge’ kind of way. Paula Godspeed did however get her fifteen minutes of fame and even got to meet her idol when she appeared in front of her idol and hero for an American Idol audition. If you have memories of a particularly dreadful Proud Mary audition in 2006, then you too will remember Paula Godspeed. This same Paula Godspeed had been reported by her parents on Tuesday night as missing. And well, her parents knew just how bad the stalking was, as Paula Abdul’s address had been given to the authorities as a possible lead. But the police department may not have even needed this information, as Paula’s stalking was no secret to them, and a previous report on Godspeed had been filed on June 24th saying that an overdose would not be unexpected, and that, based on material they found in her home, they had been given ‘information that she may be suicidal’. Paula was found in her Toyota outside Paula Abdul’s gated estate. A picture of Paula Abdul was hanging from the mirror, and Godspeed’s license plate reads ‘ABL LV’ which is presumed to mean ‘Abdul Love’. Because the stalking had been going on for 17 years, it is also presumed that Paula Abdul knew about the woman. As we know, celebrity stalking is not an unfamiliar concept. A Dr. Abrams, that analyzed the case after Paula had been identified stated that the stalking involves a personality disorder where an individual psychologically ties themselves to a star in order to become famous themselves. She says:

“Fans become a danger to themselves or others when they feel like they have a special relationship with an entertainer. By killing that person or killing themselves in front of them, that brings them attention and they’ll always be linked with them in some way.”

Paula Godspeed decided to become a danger to herself with this problem she was dealing with, and a bottle of prescription medication was found in her car. Nothing more is being said about the suicide at this point. Paula Abdul was not at home at the time that the body was found, and given the nature of the disorder, she may not have been home intentionally, BECAUSE of this woman. That we will never find out, though Abdul has released a statement that she is extremely saddened by the situation.

Gaz Shirley, Andrew Shawaf, PacificCoastNews.com

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