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Entertainer Quickie: American Idol’s New Judges Round Table, New Voice for Kraft Mac & Cheese, Howard Stern off Scotch Free and More!

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American Idol premieres January 19th with New Judges Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler!

This week’s cover of the Entertainment Weekly sports the new judge panel for season 10 of “American Idol.”  Inside the magazine, new judges Jennifer Lopez and Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler (replacing Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, Kara DioGuardi and Ellen DeGeneres) along with veterans Randy Jackson and Ryan Seacrest, share a round table discussion about “Idol life” after Simon….and Paula and Kara and Ellen.

Seacrest tells Entertainment Weekly “There are less clouds of smoke. We start earlier. There’s less – what is that English dish he always ordered for lunch? Shepherd’s pie? He (Simon) loves shepherd’s pie.”

Regarding the new talent in this upcoming season Tyler said, “It’s just astounding,” he says. “We throw the drift net out and look what comes up? Gold.”

You decide when the all-new “American Idol” airs its 10th Season on January 19th!

New Voice for Kraft Macaroni & Cheese

It didn’t take Simon Cowell or Randy Jackson to spot the newest “golden voice” in voiceover history.  No, a The Columbus Dispatch dispatcher found Ted Williams on the side of the Columbus, Ohio freeway holding a cardboard sign that read: “I have a God given gift of voice. I’m an ex-radio announcer who has fallen on hard times.”

Those hard times are over for Williams who became a viral sensation on Tuesday with the original YouTube clip reaching more than 4 million views in 24 hours and per thestar.com, was spotted by the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers to be the new voice for Kraft Macaroni & Cheese.

Howard Stern off scotch free as is Cornelius Dupree Jr. of a Texas Prison

USA Today Lifeline Live reports a Los Angeles judge today released Anna Nicole Smith’s lawyer and boyfriend, Howard Stern, from allegations that he used false names to obtain drug prescriptions for the actress before her 2007 death and Tuesday Texan Cornelius Dupree Jr. was declared innocent and free after 30 years falsely imprisoned.

Stern walks away without having to pay any fines but as Yahoo! News reports, Dupree Jr. is eligible to receive money: “$80,000 for each year he was behind bars, plus a lifetime annuity. He could receive $2.4 million in a lump sum that is not subject to federal income tax.”  Wow!

Mark Twain is Being Edited

USA Today Lifeline Live reports that the “N” word is being replaced 219 times from a new February print of the combined works of Mark Twain in his novels: “‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and “Tom Sawyer”.

Knowing that some schools have banished Twain’s works for use of this term, a Mark Twain scholar, Alan Gribben, working with NewSouth Books in Alabama decided to pull out the 219 occurrences and replace it with the word, “slave” saying, “I want to provide an option for teachers and other people not comfortable with 219 instances of that word.”

What do you think about all of this? Share your thoughts below.

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