Simon Cowell banks on the Cheryl Cole factor in America ... but Victoria Beckham's chances look slim
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Cheryl Cole is being lined up to star in the American version of The X Factor.
The 26-year-old singer, who has enjoyed a successful run on the British show, is lined up to appear alongside Paula Abdul – who left rival show American Idol last year – and rap star Jay Z.
Simon Cowell was offered £200million to judge American Idol for a decade – but turned it away to launch The X Factor in the States.
He is determined to have Cheryl, left, on the show and has already told his aides to start house-hunting for her in Los Angeles.
‘Simon has asked Cheryl to join him on the panel for the debut of American X Factor and she’s delighted,’ says my source.
The 26-year-old singer, who has enjoyed a successful run on the British show, is lined up to appear alongside Paula Abdul – who left rival show American Idol last year – and rap star Jay Z.
Simon Cowell was offered £200million to judge American Idol for a decade – but turned it away to launch The X Factor in the States.
He is determined to have Cheryl, left, on the show and has already told his aides to start house-hunting for her in Los Angeles.
‘Simon has asked Cheryl to join him on the panel for the debut of American X Factor and she’s delighted,’ says my source.
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SM Entertainment, the source of top idol groups Super Junior, Girl's Generation, and SHINee, has a new ambition: f(x), a group with powerful dance moves and trendy pop-music inclinations, which has placed itself as a strong new contender on the music foreground. With leader Victoria, members Krystal, Amer, Sulli, and Luna form the five-member girl group f(x), which debuted last September with its song 'LAchATA,' receiving much love for its cute and appealing image.
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If Nick Jonas can do it, his brother Joe can do it, too.
Alibaba Group, the owner of Yahoo China, rejected as "reckless" a Yahoo statement supporting Google's stance in the country, after Google said it was hit by cyberattacks from China and may cease business there.
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Yesterday at the "JSG Best Ten Music Award 2009 Presentation", Raymond Lam skipped to becoming the new Asia-Pacific Most Popular HK Male Singer. When Raymond went on stage to accept his award, both cheers and boos were heard among the audience. He was very incoherent, excited and emotional when he gave his acceptance speech, but its not a surprise that TVB changed to help their own "friends" this year. Last night, on the discussion forums there were Netizens criticizing that EEG has become TVB's good friend in award ceremonies compared to previous years.
Google was victim of a cyber attack from the Chinese Government recently. Hackers were able to gain access to certain Gmail accounts by using an undocumented Internet Explorer exploit. These attacks were mainly against human rights advocates, and involved several internet companies, including Microsoft and Yahoo.
Last year, Jay Chou self-directed his first television series ‘Pandamen’ and it will be broadcasted on January 17th in China, one day before his birthday! Yesterday night at 10pm, Jay left a touching message titled ‘regarding Pandamen’ on his JVR website, and he stressed that filming ‘Pandamen’ is not to win a Golden Bell Award!
If your organization is still using Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP, just stop. Stop it now.
Pop the champagne and raise a glass! It may have just been the first big awards show of the year, but Sandra Bullock and Meryl Streep shared a win – and a kiss – at the 15th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards in Hollywood, making for an entertaining night. 
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