Get ready, Idol fans! Tonight kicks off Season 9, the first without judge Paula Abdul. Joining Randy Jackson, Kara DioGuardi and Simon Cowell in Boston will be guest judge Victoria Beckham. (Can someone tell me what, other than her run with the Spice Girls, qualifies her to judge? A fashion show, maybe. But I digress.)…

Quick Idol update: I just heard from a friend who said that there’s some chatter in the town of Lima, NY – a suburb of Rochester, NY, where I live – that Jonathan Stills, a local guy who works as a school bus driver, has made it through to the Hollywood round of Season 9…

Here’s the daily Bible reading for January 12: Genesis 23:1-24:67 Psalm 7:1-5 Proverbs 3:7,8 Matthew 9:1-17 Are you joining me in the challenge to read the Bible in a year? Let me know how you’re doing! Click here to subscribe to Gospel Soundcheck by email and have the Gospel Soundcheck headlines delivered daily to your…

Well, it’s finally official: Simon Cowell will be leaving “American Idol” at the end of this season. He’ll instead be judging “The X Factor”, a show he created in the UK that will air in the US in 2011. Back in December, MediaCurves.com surveyed Idol viewers, who rated Cowell their favorite judge (48%), with Paula…

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