The A-List Help Simon Cowell Celebrate His 50th in Style Simon Cowell turns 50 on Wednesday, so he gathered his A-list pals at Wrotham Park mansion on Saturday for a lavish party. Simon's such a popular guy, his friends will even cross oceans to congratulate him on his milestone birthday; Ryan Seacrest and Randy Jackson made the trip to represent American Idol .

If you are onslaught by the familiar whine of sirens at around 11:02 this evening, have no fear. A bunch of Glamberts just went into cardiac arrest. Because NOTHING in this world happens if it doesn’t happen via Twitter, we now know Lambert’s Time For Miracles will be played with the latest trailer for 2012 , Roland Emmerich’s latest the-world-is-gonna-end movie. This was confirmed via some guy named Sadao Turner , who is Ryan Seacrest’s producer. I can’t blame John Cusack for being in

Larry King’s contract with CNN is set to expire in 18 months — and the cable network’s chiefs are busy lining up his successor in case he retires.King, 75, has been interviewing celebrities since 1985. Sources say CNN’s first choice to succeed him would be Ryan Seacrest — but his massive deal with “American Idol” makes him too expensive. Other contenders are CBS anchor Katie Couric, CNN “video wall guy” John King and Joy Behar, who is launching her own interview show on CNN’s Headline News.A sou

Promoting Kris Allen’s new single or doing damage control ? While I’m sure many of you have already listened to this, I figured hey, I should post it. (I should be able to increase traffic to my blog, right?) And if you haven’t yet, you can download Live Like We’re Dying from iTunes. It was released last night. I spent my $1.29. And so should you…especially if you hate Perez Hilton and want Kris Allen to make money. (And yes, if you haven’t downloaded yet…DO IT…with that link…)

In this week’s issue of EW, you can read all about the rise of jocular Joel McHale, who is going from host of The Soup to… host of The Soup with a promising prime time comedy (NBC’s Community) and a movie (The Informant!, starring Matt Damon). So let’s use this space instead to discuss McHale’s, um, little obsession.We know that McHale serves the public good every week on E! by delivering a swift, metaphorical kick to the junk of all deserving TV personalities and reality contestants. (”If you