
A guest leaving Simon Cowell's 50th birthday party in London (10/3)
It was that fun my friends, it was that fun.

The fete featured many of Simon's favorite delicacies such as Shepherds pie, fish and chips and mini roast beef and Yorkshire pudding hors d'oeuvres and the 400 person guest list included such celeb notables as "Idol" pals Ryan Seacrest and Randy Jackson, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, Olivia Newton-John, David Hasselhoff, Piers Morgan, Terri Seymour, Gordon Ramsay and Andrew Lloyd Weber.Wow, sounds almost exactly like my birthday party last year, well, except for Earth Wind & Fire. No way my broke-ass parents could get them. They could only afford Kelly Clarkson. Thank God she still accepts hot dogs as a form of payment . . .
Although Elton John, Paula Abdul (who called in sick) and "Britain's Got Talent" sensation Susan Boyle were no-shows, the rowdy party attendees were treated to performances by Leona Lewis, the aging boy band Westlife and the aforementioned Earth Wind & Fire, who had been flown in from Vegas at a cost of $200,000.

Cowell, who reportedly made $36 million last year for judging the hit competition show, has been offered three or four times that amount -- between $100 million and $144 million per year -- by co-producers Fox and 19 Entertainment to stick with "Idol" when his contract expires next May, according to The Guardian, a London newpaper.If American Idol actually does make $900 million a year, then $100 million to keep Simon is quite a bargain. Why else do people watch that show? For Paula? Randy? That new chick? No, viewers tune in to see dreamers like William Hung make fools out of themselves and to hear Simon rip that dream right out of their assholes. Now, if FOX were smart, they'd up his salary by one more million . . . with the understanding that he wear shirts that fit.
Fox declined yesterday to comment about the salary negotiations. While $36 million may seem like a lot of money for five months worth of snarky comments and eye-rolls, it's only a fraction of the estimated $900 million that "Idol" rakes in a year.




Simon Cowell and Terri Seymour in Barbados in 2005
I'm not gay or anything but I'm seriously considering dating Simon Cowell. Cowell gave his ex-girlfriend Terri Seymour $9 million after she broke up with him last month. The couple dated for six years and split under amicable terms. Cowell's rep told Life & Style:
"Terri phoned Simon about six weeks ago and finished it. Simon thinks the world of Terri, and that isn't going to change. He also understands her reason for ending it."According to the magazine, Seymour wanted to marry and start a family, whereas Cowell recently said, "I don't want to marry anyone, because whoever marries me will end up hating me." As for the pile of money Seymour reportedly received: a rep for Cowell says, "this isn't the kind of thing he usually comments about." (Source)
Simon's doing it wrong. Isn't the whole point of not marrying your girlfriend so that when you break up you won't have to pay her for time served? If Simon really wanted to pay someone for fucking him without having to worry about commitment, a better option probably would have been the Mustang Ranch . . . or organized religion.