Paula Abdul has a million reasons to appear on "Dancing with the Stars."
ABC has offered Abdul a $1,000,000 development deal, with one catch -- she has to appear on "DWTS," sources tell TMZ.
ABC has been going after Paula for a few years now, trying to get her on "DWTS."
According to the proposed deal, ABC would allow Paula to do "The X Factor" with Simon Cowell. We're told Simon and Paula met a week ago to discuss the show, and it looks like it will happen.
Paula has to make a quick decision -- we're told the ABC offer is contingent on Paula doing "DWTS" this season, which starts in March.
A rep for ABC says they don't comment on prospective cast members.
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Two episodes of the ninth season of "American Idol" are already in the books, and while the narrative about it being Simon Cowell's final season has yet to really emerge, there is one story line that has been front and center: the absence of original "Idol" judge Paula Abdul.
Wednesday on the MTV Newsroom blog, we asked readers whether they really missed Abdul's presence on the show. Based on the comments and tweets we received, it's clear that there is an Abdul-shaped hole in the hearts of even the most hard-core "Idol" fans.
"Paula brought beauty, grace and life to 'Idol,' " reader Roy wrote. " 'Idol' will be on the downslide unless they can find a way to replace all of the energy and enthusiasm Paula generated. She's still a great dancer, by the way."
Reader GMama agreed, adding that she doesn't believe new judge Ellen DeGeneres will be able to fill Paula's shoes: "It is not as good without Paula and I have quit watching the show. I like Ellen just fine, but not for this show. If Simon is really leaving the show, they should just stop the show altogether!"
Indeed, several people already assume Abdul will end up on Simon Cowell's new show "The X Factor" and they are looking forward to their reunion when that show airs in 2011.
"They should let that Kara chick go and keep Paula," reader Chermily wrote. "But it's their loss, 'cause I can't wait for 'The X Factor,' with Paula and Simon together again!" On Twitter, clare0807 echoed that sentiment. "Paula is definitely missed," she wrote. "I can't wait until she returns for 'X Factor.' "
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Since Paula Abdul left "American Idol" back in August, fans have been speculating what her next move might be. Some are still clinging to the idea that she'll make a triumphant return to "Idol" (highly unlikely, since the ninth season kicks off next week), while others are hoping rumors about a job on Simon Cowell's U.S. version of "X Factor" are true.
What does Randy Jackson want for his former colleague? Well, he doesn't know where Abdul will end up, but he's pretty confident she'll land on her feet.
"I know that she's gonna be back in something in a huge way, because she's mad talented," he said when asked Friday (January 8) about the "X Factor" reports. "The thing that I always say about this genre or about anything on the music/entertainment side is, 'Expect the unexpected.' You never know."
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Interior designer Tara Riceberg has a new holiday pop-up store in West Hollywood called Tweak 99 and nothing in the store is more than a hundred bucks. Tara’s cousin Paula Abdul gives us a little tour and shows some unique holiday gift ideas. (Watch the video)
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Oprah Winfrey is saying goodbye to her talk show. Could Paula Abdul replace her?
"I have really great ideas," Abdul told "Extra" Monday from her cousin's new store, This opens new window:
Tweak 99. Abdul, 47, said she hopes to do a talk show in the next two to three years.
"It would be fun and quirky and it would be insightful," she said. "It would be fun to jam with the band and have amazing guests and introduce amazing different formats on the show."
The Grammy winner is confident in the potential project.
"I feel I would be really good at it. I have the ability to connect with people on a level," Abdul explained. "I've proven to pierce the heartstrings, but also to be celebratory and bring out the best in people."
Abdul respects Winfrey and calls her a "phenomenon" who "broke barriers and let the path for other women to be empowered."
She added, "Like 'American Idol,' there's a place and time that makes history. That's Oprah."
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Paula Abdul was one of the many friends of the late Michael Jackson who turned up for his “This Is It” premiere in Los Angeles on Tuesday night and she had a surprising revelation – the King of Pop used to pull pranks on her when she was a young dance diva.
At 18, Paula, then a Laker Girl, was brought in to direct and choreograph the Jacksons’ Victory Tour, and at last night’s premiere, she told Access Hollywood’s Tony Potts, it was during that experience that she got to know Michael the Joker.
“I… got to know him behind the scenes as a real person,” Paula smiled. “I was always the butt end of jokes. I always bought into everything that he was saying.
“He punked me,” Paula continued. “The whole family did.”
In fact, Michael used one of his most famous pets to fool the teenage Paula.
“He punked me with Bubbles the Chimp,” Paula revealed. “Bubbles smelled very strange to me and I love Bubbles, but he smelled really strange and [Michael] said, ‘That’s just the way monkeys smell.”
Paula said she protested Michael’s statement, but he insisted he was correct. Only later did she learn the truth.
“I believe… he doused [Bubbles in] Christian Dior,” she said.
And there was more fun for Michael at Paula’s expense.
“When mopeds first came out, he put me on a moped, didn’t tell me how to work it,” Paula recalled. “I fell right into the rose bushes, thorns everywhere!”
Beyond the pranks, Paula said she learned so much from her time with Michael.
“I got to see entertainment at its finest and be a part of something so big and I learned so much from Michael,” she said.
“He was so dedicated,” Paula added later. “It was truly remarkable to watch and it taught me as a choreographer that it’s OKto make people work really hard because the end result is going to be fantastic. Michael never gave anything but fantastic.”
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