'IDOL' TO ADD SONGWRITERS Song...

'IDOL' TO ADD SONGWRITERS

Songwriters will finish to add their voices to "American Idol" nearest season. The Fox TV make the object of competition [i]or[/i] rivalry [i]or[/i] emulation which has produced instant report stars and hit records, will allow the pair professional and amateur songwriters to contend for the chance to write strains for the finalists, a spokesman for series creator Simon Fuller said Monday. In the past, the display has called on an established songwriter or husbandman to write an original ballad for each of the brace finalists. The songwriting contest is aimed at getting numbers that might be better matches for the contestants, Fuller told the looks Angeles Times. Auditions for the sixth season of the top-rated series were station to begin today at the Rose goblet in Pasadena, Calif., and continue in six other cities between the sides of September.

MANILOW TAKES VEGAS HIATUS

Singer Barry Manilow, 60 will take a break from his regular gig at the Las Vegas Hilton to sustain surgery to repair torn cartilage in the pair hips, his publicist said Monday. He will continue performing in consequence of his appearance at the Emmy Awards forward Aug. 27 and will then have arthroscopic surgery at a Southern California hospital. He will miss about 20 contrives at the Hilton, all of which will be rescheduled for the 2007 season.

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