Simon Cowell earned a staggering $75 million last year.
The music mogul – who judges ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ and ‘The X Factor’ in the UK and ‘American Idol’ and ‘America’s Got Talent’ in the US – has topped a list of Prime Time TV’s Top Earning Men compiled by respected financial publication Forbes magazine.
Real estate mogul [...]

Music mogul Simon Cowell persuaded British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay to undergo cosmetic surgery – insisting the cook’s wrinkled face would hinder his career in America.
Ramsay owns restaurants in New York and Los Angeles and launched into TV in the U.S. with shows including Hell’s Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares.
But the 42 year old admits he [...]

The music mogul and fellow X-Factor judges Cheryl Cole, Dannii Minogue and Louis Walsh have signed a deal for their own scents, which reportedly nets them each a $375,000 advance plus a percentage of sales.
A source tells Britain’s The Sun newspaper, “Simon says his will be the top-seller – he’s already winding the other three [...]

The “American Idol” judge who fans love to hate has signed a deal worth more than $100 million a year to bring “X Factor” — his “Idol”-like show in Britain — to the United States, the Daily Mirror newspaper in London reported.
Cowell will produce, but not appear on, his American version of the show.
The deal [...]

It seems as though Simon Cowell might be a little too picky when deciding who has talent and who doesn’t.  He recently admitted that if the Beatles had come to him, he would never have given them a record deal, and now…
Pop sensation Mika’s dream of a record deal was shattered by Simon Cowell - the media [...]

The out of control American Idol judge has gone and blasted his mouth again.  He reckons that if The Beatles had been auditioning in front of him, he would have say no, na-uh, see you later.
The star admits he wouldn’t have shown any leniency if the Fab Four had auditioned in front of him.
He says, [...]

American Idol hardass Simon Cowell and his ex-girlfriend Terri Seymour are facing a court battle with a wannabe chef who is suing the former couple over a pair of sneakers.
The stars have been named in a small claims lawsuit by a woman who applied for a personal chef position at their Los Angeles home.
The unidentified [...]

Simon will say goodbye to the British singing competition show, X Factor, in three years.
In 2006 he was on the verge of leaving, but then Leona Lewis appear on the stage in front of him.
He says, “A couple of years ago I was not sure I wanted to carry on. It’s a lot to juggle [...]

Ut uh…. some sneaky hackers got their fingers on Leona’s Lewis collaboration song with Justin Timberlake ‘Don’t Let Me Down’ and leaked it on to the internet!
Simon Cowell is outraged that his record company’s computers have been targeted by hackers.
A statement from music executives at Sony BMG spin-off Syco reads, “Syco are working alongside the [...]

Victoria Beckham has had no problem telling everyone how happy she is to have this chance to be a judge on American Idol. Not only could it possibly get her more American fans, she may even win those fans back that David Beckham pissed off.  But there is also one other thing she’s looking forward [...]