Perez Hilton — Aww! What could have been! This is actually pretty sad! Check out the first footage from the US version of The X Factor, which was shown to advertisers at the FOX upfronts last month, and still features Cheryl Cole as a judge, alongside Simon Cowell... more info

Perez Hilton — Glad to see that there are no hard feelings! Although Cheryl Cole has apparently cut all ties with Simon Cowell after her firing from the judges panel of the US version of The X Factor, she reached out to her former co-judge, Paula Abdul, by sending ... more info

ContactMusic — Nicole Scherzinger thinks the US 'X Factor' is the Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell show. The 32-year-old singer - who is on the judging panel alongside Paula, Simon and music producer L. A. Reid - is "fascinated" by the chemistry between the pair, who h... more info

TMZ — Filed under: Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, X Factor, Hook Ups, Paparazzi Photo As if all their "American Idol" squabbles never happened, Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul gave each other a big wet kiss on the lips as they arri... more info

Mjsbigblog — Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina will present at the CMT music awards tonight. 8 pm.Paula Abdul tweets kind words for ex X Factor judge, Cheryl Cole, "Cheryl is amazing. We have forged a wonderful friendship & have been & will continue to stay in ... more info

TMZ — Filed under: Cheryl Cole, X Factor Sources at "X Factor" tell TMZ ... FOX and Fremantle (the producers of the show) are trying to get Cheryl Cole back on the program, a week after giving her her walking papers ... but it's more ab... more info

ContactMusic — Paula Abdul has spoken of her sadness after her The X Factor co-star Cheryl Cole was dropped from the U. S. TV show. Abdul and Cole had signed up to sit on the panel of the new American version of the British talent contest along with music mogul Ant... more info

TMZ — Filed under: Paula Abdul, Cheryl Cole, X Factor Time zones and air travel combined to leave Paula Abdul out of the loop -- because when she arrived in Singapore to promote "The X Factor" ... she had no idea what was going on... more info

Perez Hilton — What's going on here? We know that Paula Abdul can be in her own, um, world, but could she really not know that Cheryl Cole was fired from X Factor? She is sitting next to the woman on the judges panel, afterall! When asked about what she thought ab... more info

ContactMusic — Kara Dioguardi, the American songwriter best known for her role as a judge on American Idol, revealed she was "high as a kite" after eating some 'special brownies' at Paula Abdul's house. Kara Dioguardi, who staying at the singer's home while she was... more info