'Idol' Creator: I Should Get Credit for X Factor!

"American Idol" creator Simon Fuller is suing Fox Broadcasting and Fremantle -- the powers behind Simon Cowell's new show, "The X Factor," claiming they screwed him out of an Executive Producer credit as well as big fees. Fuller filed a legal complaint, and his publicist told Deadline.com that Fox and Fremantle refused to honor a 2005 contract that Fuller claims gave him both the title and the cash. Here's the interesting backstory.  Simon Fuller and Simon Cowell hate each other.  The bad b...

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