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[ 21 Dec 2009 | No Comment ]

In beating X Factor winner Joe McElderry to the Christmas number one, anarchic rockers Rage Against the Machine have pulled off one of the biggest shocks in UK chart history.

The campaign to break Simon Cowell’s stranglehold on the festive charts was started by Jon Morter, a 35-year-old... read more

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[ 19 Oct 2009 | No Comment ]

Whitney Houston, making her first appearance on UK TV in a dozen years, suffered an embarrassing wardrobe malfunction while performing on Saturday’s episode of British series The X Factor, losing a strap on the back of her silver dress. “I sang myself out of my clothes,” Houston, ... read more

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[ 28 Sep 2009 | No Comment ]

Simon Cowell is on his way to becoming the highest-paid star on TV. The American Idol star has signed a deal worth more than $100 million a year to bring X Factor — his A.I.-esque British series — to American TV, London’s The Daily Mirror newspaper reported Sunday.

Recently departed Id... read more