After 10 seasons, Stark County finally has an “Idol” contender. Look for Lake High School senior Amelia Finefrock when the series’ first Hollywood Week episode airs at  8 p.m. Thursday on Fox

Fox has changed the “American Idol” schedule to add another hour to the “Hollywood round” for February sweeps, so it will start 8 p.m. Wednesday instead of the previously announced Thursday. We should see 15-year-old Eben Franckewitz from the Loveland area — who’s now also using his middle name, calling himself Eben Christian Franckewitz — and 16-year-old [...]

The men of “ American Idol ” – that would be Steven Tyler , Randy Jackson and Ryan Seacrest – earn big bucks questioning superstar hopefuls. Sometimes, that includes critiques of the wannabes#39; wardrobes.

Broadway musicals don’t bring me joy. In fact, the very sound of “five, six, seven, eight,” makes me physically ill, and dance numbers that include top hats or flying witches can send me into a clinical depression. Because of my predisposition to musicals (although I loved “Glee” that first...

Eight years, “American Idol” held auditions in St. Louis, and one of the people they found there — an Oklahoma girl named Carrie Underwood — turned into one of the biggest stars the franchise has ever produced. The judges — Jennifer Lopez, Randy Jackson and Steven...