When Simon Cowell was asked to pinpoint a collective flaw in the season 7 cast of American Idol, he told Variety:

“Personality. They are giving very safe answers to questions, making safe song selections. We are not getting a sense of who they are. We have to try to pull it out of them more.”

Cowell added, “You cannot deliver an uninspired performance at the top of the show. And you can’t be up there imitating another singer.”

Danny Noriega had personality!!

Simon Cowell admits to getting regular Botox injections in the April 2008 issue of U.K.’s Glamour magazine via People.

“To me, Botox is no more unusual than toothpaste,” said the 48-year-old American Idol. “It works, you do it once a year – who cares?”

He won’t, however, endorse erectile dysfunction drug Viagra even after being offered about $2 million. It was “a f—ing insult”.

Cowell also took jabs at a few Hollywood starlets: “The current crop of actresses – Nicole Kidman and Kate Bosworth – they’re just nothing. There’s nothing to fancy or fantasize about there.”

Ouch!!

With the writer’s strike and all, you know there is nothing better on TV tonight than the premiere of American Idol 7 @ 8PM ET/PT on FOX. Tomorrow is part II of the premiere–Wednesday, Jan. 16 @ 8PM ET/PT.

Last season’s ratings were pretty weak and past Idols (Katharine McPhee, Taylor Hicks and Ruben Studdard) were all dropped from their music labels recently.

But will you be tuning into American Idol tonight?

American Idol returns for its seventh season in a special two-night, four-hour season premiere Tuesday, Jan. 15 @ 8PM ET/PT and Wednesday, Jan. 16 @ 8PM ET/PT on FOX. Set your TiVos now!

The Hollywood round will air on Feb. 12 and the top 24 contestants will be announced on Feb. 13. The first performance episode, featuring the 12 male finalists, will air on Feb. 19, with the 12 female finalists taking the stage the following night. The top 12 finalists will perform for the first time on Tuesday, March 11!

Who will be the next Jordin Sparks… or William Hung? Judges Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell will be back to help sway your opinion!

BTW, nice new sideburns, dawg!

American Idol judge, Simon Cowell combines smoking and water sports on vacation on Thursday in Barbados with girlfriend Terri Seymour.

Simon Cowell is reportedly considering suing iTunes after downloads of British X Factor winner Leon Jackson’s were stopped due to music firm servers crashing after it went on sale on Saturday.

Check out Simon Cowell if he had long curly hair!

Did you ever think you’d see Simon Cowell and Ryan Seacrest hanging out together? Nope!

Did you ever think you’d see them both shirtless, together, playing in a pool? Well, today’s your lucky day!

American Idol host Ryan Seacrest and acerbic judge Simon Cowell were spotted hanging out together poolside in Miami on Tuesday.

You can bet Ryan and Simon’s playful gay banter will be gayer than ever on the upcoming season of Idol!

A shirtless Simon Cowell looks moob-ilicious, flirting by the pool with two mystery blondes in Miami on Friday.

Cowell, 47, also enjoyed drinks with friends and fellow American Idol judge, Randy Jackson.

Simon recently ranked #3 in top TV earners. Oprah earned $260 million between June 2006 and June 2007, according to a new Forbes.com survey. Jerry Seinfeld came in second, earning $60 million in the same time period, and Simon placed third with $45 million.

A TV source said, “This shows that when it comes to chat, Oprah cannot be beaten.”

Are you going to take that, Simon???

20+ pictures inside of shirtless Simon Cowell… More Here! »

PostSecret, a site that publishes secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard, just posted a really juicy secret. It reads:

“One of these men is the father. He pays me A LOT to keep it a secret!”

Potential celebrity fathers pictured (l-r): Vince Vaughn, Adrian Grenier, Patrick Dempsey, Nick Lachey, Leonardo DiCaprio, Marc Anthony, Ryan Phillippe, Freddie Prinze Jr., Christian Slater, Justin Timberlake, Jim Carrey, Ryan Seacrest, Orlando Bloom, Kevin Federline, Simon Cowell, Matthew McConaughey, Brad Pitt, Tobey Maguire, George Clooney.

Of note: xtiffanytwisted says, “When I right-clicked to save the image, I saw that it was titled ‘Christian.jpg’. That probably has nothing to do with it, but I thought it was interesting.” Interested indeed.

SO WHICH CELEBRITY DAD IS IT?