A Randy Jackson "workshop," returning alums and the spirit of Paula Abdul are all in store for the Fox show's latest run, kicking off Jan. 15. By Shirley Halperin With American Idol about to kick off ...

Season 13's best get informed advice from "Idol" alumni Taylor Hicks and Carly Smithson, plus a pair of "X Factor" contestants are in the house. By Fred Bronson For the first and only time, the top 13 ...

Oh, if only someone on "American Idol" had covered Weird Al Yankovic's "Another One Rides the Bus" this Wednesday. Because contestants were riding buses, literally, and getting thrown under them, ...

Tonight was the season 13 premiere of American Idol. Keith Urban has returned to the show as a judge, along with Jennifer Lopez and newbie Harry Connick, Jr., who brings a little edge to the judges’ ...