We have all pictured Simon Cowell doing a lot of things, and I don’t think any of us imagined him as an author of children’s books. Come spring of 2021, that will be on his resume.
The television mogul announced today that he and his son Eric are releasing a 7-book series called Wishfits with Hachette Children’s Group. The Wishfits are a combination of two animals like the DAT (dog/cat) the COG (cat/dog), the SNOG (snail/dog – the enthusiasm of a dog at the speed of a snail), the PEEP (pig/sheep) the CHUG (cheetah/slug – the slowest cat in the world), the HIPPOROO (hippo/kangaroo), the CHIMPANPOO (chimpanzee/poodle), the POLARBAT (polar bear/bat), the CROCOPUSS (crocodile/cat), the SHIGER (sheep/tiger – the most nervous cat in the world), the SPIKEY (spider/donkey) and many, many more.
The father and son have been working on this concept for three years, or half of Eric’s life.
Part of the proceeds of the books will be donated to Shooting Star Children’s Hospices and Together For Short Lives. Who knew the King of Mean was such a big softie?
The best part of the press release is the 6-year-old’s bio, “Eric’s favourite things to do are reading stories, he loves going to school and playing with his friends. Eric also loves animals, swimming, go-karting and jet ski-ing together with his dad Simon amongst other adventures. Eric’s dad is Simon Cowell, his mum is Lauren Silverman and Eric also has an older brother Adam Silverman (14).” His bio is more impressive at 6 than mine is now.
Back to the papa bear, does he believe that hybrid animals exist? He wrote, “My gut feeling is that some of these WISHFITS actually exist…somewhere!” Every time our dog humped our cats, we really thought that one day we were going to have a dat or cog. There was only one problem, they were all males, so no puttens or kippies for us. At least not in the real world.
Kelly Clarkson has a new talk show and she had some huge guests on it today. They are Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and the dog Randy Jackson. Three people who have been with her since the start of her career back in 2002 on a little show called American Idol.
That was an interesting year for all of them and they talked about what it was like working on the singing competition before it aired. Cowell said the auditions were so bad he thought the show was going to fail. He went back to London and had no idea when the show was going to debut in the States. The day after it premiered, he got a phone call telling him the show was a hit. Cowell really thought it would be on for two weeks and then be done. Jackson felt the same way, but Paula knew it was going to be a hit. Who is the smartest one in the trio?
Although the boys would try to make Abdul look crazy and dumb on the judging panel. They would play a game they called The Name Game. Cowell would say to them, you can have x amount of time on Rodeo Drive with his black card if they said certain words like “spotted dick” on the air.
The had a lot of fun working together, as you can see, would they do it again? In a heartbeat. If I were ABC, I would fire those three judges they have now and replace them with this set. Then I would watch American Idol again.
One thing I will never watch again is From Justin to Kelly. I am not alone because Clarkson really hates the film. In fact, the singer told her nanny if she ever shows it to her two kids, that person would be fired. What would it take to get Clarkson to remake it? If Cowell did it with her. He would do it in a small role.
Talking about that film, whatever happened to Justin Guarini? He also was on the show and talked about how he landed that Dr. Diet Pepper commercials. However, he did not say if he would do another From Justin to Kelly. I would watch a sequel, wouldn’t you?
Seeing them all together makes me miss how good Idol was before they added the fourth judge. That is when the show went downhill.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4TPSVMdhp4
Australian native Ben Trigger came to America’s Got Talent to wow the audience with his dancing and that is exactly what he did.
There was not a lot of Boogie when he started off his routine, but then it quickly became a Wonderland. About a quarter of the way into his number, he started to take his clothes off. That is when the Earth, Wind and Fire lit up the stage. It got so hot, he came down off of it and shook his tassels for Simon Cowell’s eyes only. Leaving the King of Mean stunned and excited. Not as excited as Trigger who accidentally triggered the Golden Buzzer for himself.
Does that mean he automatically moves forward to Hollywood? Nope, that is not how the show works. Does he move forward to the next round? All four judges said yes, so yes!
I cannot wait to see what he does next? Hopefully a lap dance for Cowell!
For almost 2 decades, we have heard Simon Cowell harshly critique singers all over the world, but can the King of Mean sing himself? Something, we surprisingly did not know until now.
Thanks to Joan Collins inviting him to her 86th birthday party, we now know the answer. Let’s just say there is a reason he produces singers and is not one himself. I mean, if you can’t sing the most recognized English song in the world, then you just can’t sing. Dawg! He makes William Hung sound like Ricky Martin.
Now, let’s focus on Joan. Is she really 86 because she looks just like she did on Dynasty?
We know that America’s Got Talent changed it up this season, but when will we see those changes? NBC announced today talent competition show will return on May 28th.
That is when we will find out if the new judges, Julianne Hough and Gabrielle Union, work well with Howie Mandel and Simon Cowell and new host Terry Crews. I think it will be interesting because we know that Hough doesn’t like to share the spotlight and neither does Cowell. Since it is the latter one’s show, I think we know who will win out.
