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• Mariah Carey's '#Beautiful' review: Spot-on collaboration

  Carey has always been smart about landing the right collaborators at the right time -- from Boyz II Men to Jay-Z to, yes, Nicki Minaj . For her new single "#Beautiful" (Island Def Jam ), she nabs Miguel to co-write and co-produce with her, feeding into the   Read more »

• Candice Glover steals teary, wild 'American Idol' homecoming show

  she had room to "soar and sing."4) Kree Harrison 's "Here Comes Goodbye" fit her voice well and let her emotion show through. Nicki Minaj told her flat out "this was one of your best performances to date because you felt every word."5) Angie Miller 's "Try"   Read more »

• Amber Holcomb and Angie Miller soar past Kree Harrison and Candice Glover on 'American Idol'

  from the judges and for me was easily the best performance of the night. It was fantastic -- powerful, entralling and as Nicki Minaj said, "that song was made for you."2) Angie Miller 's "Who You Are" showed off her natural sense of timing and drama, giving   Read more »

• 'American Idol' Season 12: Candice Glover leads Top 10 power rankings

  the Idol weirdness begin. Or, as Mariah Carey would say, Hashtag Pow!Can we start with the true craziness that Nicki Minaj was so late that they actually started the live show without her? She tweeted Stuck in traffic *sighs* after the show began, blaming   Read more »

• Fan favorite Lazaro Arbos, smooth Burnell Taylor and pro Cortez Shaw advance on weak 'American Idol' night

  the comments, below.1) Lazaro Arbos wasn't at his vocal best but his "spirit," as Keith Urban said, always shines through -- Nicki Minaj said she loves how his performances are always "very truthful to you," to which he said, "it wasn't my best song -- but   Read more »

Around the web

• Bynes claims 'sexual harassment'

  she adds. Earlier she had tweeted about needing a new nose job after seeing her mugshot and joked about needing "Nicki Minaj's wig person stat!"; a reference to her dishevelled appearance leaving a New York court. Bynes was released by a judge without bail 5/25/13 from Herald Sun Read more »

• After bedraggled court appearance Amanda Bynes tweets she needs Nicki Minaj's wig person... 'stat!'

  immaculately tamed at all times. Wig styles of the rich and famous: The 27-year-old tweeted late Friday night she needed 'Nicki Minaj's wig person stat!' Amanda had used her blonde wig, complete with bangs, to help conceal her face after her arrest on Thursday 5/25/13 from Daily Mail - UK Read more »

• Amanda Bynes: I need Nicki Minaj’s wig person stat!

  Troubled starlet Amanda Bynes wore a tangled peroxide blond wig and sweat pants to a Manhattan courtroom, where she answered to drug charges. The former Nickelodeon actress had allegedly flung a bong out of her Times Square apartmentâs 36th-floor window as 5/25/13 from Talk Entertainment Read more »

• Taylor Swift On Selena Gomez And Madonna: Singer Talks Giving Advice, Getting Inspiration

  at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, May 19, 2013 in Las Vegas. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) Nicki Minaj Nicki Minaj accepts the award for top rap artist at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, May 19, 2013 in Las 5/25/13 from The Huffington Post Read more »

• Nicki Minaj Spotted On Set Of New Film

  Minaj is an actress as well as musical artist. She was spotted donning a blue robe on set of “The Other Woman” in New York city. Nicki looks like she’s focused. Per the synopsis, “After realizing she is not her boyfriend’s primary lover, a woman teams up with 5/25/13 from Media Outrage Read more »