AMERICAN IDOL - WILL PAULA LEAVE IDOL ?

WILL PAULA LEAVE IDOL ?

Some newspaper and online TV columnists are expressing skepticism about a declaration by Paul Abdul's manager that she will not return to American Idol next season unless the show's producers make her the same sort of lucrative offer that they have made Ryan Seacrest and Simon Cowell. The manager, David Sonenberg, told the Los Angeles Times over the weekend that Abdul is "hurt" and "angry" about the way she has been treated. "It does not appear that she's boing to be back on Idol ," he said. Sonenberg's comments came after it was disclosed that Seacrest had signed a new contract paying him $15 million a year and that Cowell will likely earn $100 million. Word that Abdul might not return set off a firestorm on Twitter, the Times said today (Monday), noting that tweets included comments from former American Idol contestants. But the celebrity website TMZ, noting that Abdul currently pockets $2.5 million per Idol season, commented "In Hollywood, stars have to talk the walk in order to rob the bank. ... So it's yet another ploy for more moolah."

20/07/2009