Cowell's mum wants him to marry? - Oct 20 2007
Simon Cowell has built up a showbiz empire worth millions - but it seems all his mum wants is for him to settle down and have children.

Octogenarian Julie reportedly told the Daily Mail she hopes her 48-year-old son will marry his long-term girlfriend Terri Seymour.

"I wish he would settle down with Terri," the mother-of-five apparently admitted. "She's a wonderful girl. She's talented and she's good for him.

"They've been together for five years and I can't think of anyone who would suit him more."

But at least Mrs Cowell, who accompanied Simon to the launch of Michael Winner's Fat Pig Diet book, has other grandkids.

"I've got five sons - Simon is the second youngest - and all the others are married with children," she said.

"It's only natural to want the same for Simon, But you can only nag up to a point."

Simon will be appearing on our screens on ITV1's X Factor on Sunday, cheering on the groups he's been mentoring.



Simon offers to help Britney? - Sept 14 2007
Earlier this week Simon Cowell apparently declared Britney Spears’ career over after her performance at the VMAs, but now it seems he’s offered her a chance to star on American Idol - as a contestant.

"We have decided we can bring Britney back," Fox News reported Mr Nasty saying.

"We are serious. We plan to buy her underpants, get her bigger shorts to perform in and get her away from her stupid friends."

Simon’s fellow Idol judges seemed to agree.

Paula Abdul apparently gushed: "We always have time for Britney. We love her."

And Randy Jackson was also in agreement.

"We’d love to take care of you, Spears! We will make you a superstar again!" he reportedly added.

The troubled 25-year-old has met with a barrage of criticism after her poor performance at the MTV Video Music Awards which was watched by more than 7 million people.

Her new single Gimme More entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart at 85.

X Factor is genuine, says Simon - Aug 16 2007
Simon Cowell has denied the X Factor misled viewers as a 14-year-old who’s lucky to be alive, a dinner lady, and a mother-of-two whose father sent off for her application just before he died, were unveiled as this year’s hopefuls.

A record 150,000 people have applied for the fourth series, to show off their talent in front of Simon, Sharon Osbourne, Louis Walsh, and new recruit Dannii Minogue.

Louis returned after being sacked as a judge by Simon.

The first episode, going out on Saturday, shows Simon telling producers he wants Louis back.

Show bosses said they had to re-stage some scenes involving the judges deciding what to do about bringing Louis back but said is didn’t mean they were misleading viewers.

Simon said: "What you see is what happened. We don’t try and censor this show. I’ve always said we will allow viewers to look through the keyhole and that’s what we do. It’s raw and we don’t censor. It’s not a sanitised, make-believe show."

Asked whether any of the delusional wannabes who were convinced they were the next big pop star although they couldn’t sing could have been actors duping the judges, he said: "I’m very, very careful that the people that come on for these auditions are not the people that dress up as a banana because they want to be on TV.

"I’m pretty much 100 per cent certain that they are all genuine."

Cowell’s Mummy Worry - Aug 13 2007
Simon Cowell locks himself in his dressing room after X Factor auditions because he is scared of contestants’ mums.