Ellen DeGeneres joins 'Idol' as fourth judge

Comic, actress and talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres has been selected to take the "American Idol [ tickets ]" judge's seat recently vacated by Paula Abdul. She'll join judges Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi on the upcoming ninth season of the hit Fox-TV talent show. "Hopefully I'm the people's point of view because I'm just like you," she said during Wednesday's (9/9) taping of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." "I'm not looking at it in a critical way from the producer's mind. I'm look...

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