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Simon said he learned his lesson from the first season of "The X Factor," which delivered less than stellar ratings and fell short of the "American Idol" expectations.

The show averaged around 13 million viewers while "American Idol" recently premiered with 21.93 million viewers for their 11th season.

Octavia Spencer knows exactly how she wants to treat herself after a successful run at award season and after the Oscar winners are announced.

"Well, I am going to get my boobs lifted. That's going to be my first gift," she told Parade magazine in a recent interview. "I'm going to do that. I figured going into my forties I want my boobs where they were when I was 17."

"Desperate Housewives" star Eva Longoria was one of the celebrities and public figures named as a national co-chair of President Barack Obama's reelection campaign.

"Harold and Kumar" franchise star Kal Penn, whose real name is Kapen Modi, was also announced as part of the 35 nominees. Longoria previously campaigned for Obama and Penn left his role on "House" to serve as the associate director of the White Hosue Office of Public Engagement from 2009 to 2011.

Leonardo DiCaprio led a group of "angel donors" that included Stephen Spielberg to buy a pair of the iconic ruby slippers from "The Wizard of Oz," for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts announced the news in a statement on February 22. Additional donations also came from Terry Semel, co-chair of LACMA and the former chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. and Yahoo!, as well as other donors.

Kate Middleton, known formally as Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, has revealed the name of her and husband Prince William's new puppy.

The black Cocker Spaniel is named Lupo, which means "wolf" in Italian. The duchess had talked about her pet while visiting students at an elementary school in London. During her visit, made to promote the children's charity The Art Room, she was given a plush dog doll as a gift.

Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama held a White House Blues Jam on Tuesday to celebrate Black History Month.

The event was hosted by actress Taraji P. Henson while Booker T. Jones served as music director and band leader, according to the Associated Press. The tribute will be part of the "In Performance at the White House" series and is set to air on PBS on February 27.

Rachel Smith is getting ready to interview celebrities on the red carpet of the 84th Academy Awards on February 26. To prepare, the "On The Red Carpet" co-host is interviewing top wardrobe stylists, makeup artists and hairstylists in award show fashion for a web series called "Best Dressed" featured on Oscar.com.

So far, Smith has worked with style expert George Kotsiopoulos to find the perfect dress for the night and in her latest episode, Smith visits celebrity hairstylist Ken Paves to perfect her Oscar hairdo.

Jamie Lee Curtis is guest starring on "NCIS" as star Mark Harmon's potential love interest.

Her two-episode story arc on the popular CBS police procedural drama began on Tuesday. Curtis portrays Dr. Samantha Ryan of the PsyOps Division. In the first episode, Ryan (Curtis) and Special Agent Gibbs (Harmon) investigate a case together.

So you're not a member of The Academy, but you have your own ideas about who should win an Oscar. No worries, you've got it covered with the official Oscars app.

It's now available online in the iTunes App Store. The official app of the Academy Awards gives movie fans the most exclusive, interactive Oscar Night experience ever.

Not only can you make your Oscar picks, you can even compete with friends on Facebook.

You can also access exclusive video, including a series on fashion hosted by our own Rachel Smith.

Using the app gives fans unprecedented access to live streams from exclusive cameras placed throughout the red carpet, the Kodak Theatre and the Governors Ball so you can go beyond the TV broadcast and watch more live Oscar action as its taking place.

The app is free and works on the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.

You can download the Oscars app in the iTunes App Store.

Lindsay Lohan received another glowing report about her probation on Wednesday, February 22, after more than four years of legal turmoil.

The judge told the 25-year-old actress on Wednesday that she has fulfilled her community service and counseling requirements so far and that if she continues her progress, the supervised probation time that was handed down for a 2007 drunk driving and cocaine possession case "will go bye-bye."

Mariah Carey said that Whitney Houston's funeral at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey on Saturday was classy.

"I'm almost incapable of talking about this still. It's very heavy emotionally," Carey said on "Good Morning America" on Wednesday. "[The service] was gorgeous. Such a class act. The way she went out and the way family dealt with it, I was very moved."

Meryl Streep has been named as another presenter at the 84th Academy Awards on February 26, telecast producers announced on February 22.

The actress is up for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in "The Iron Lady." Streep has been nominated a total 17 times and has won an award twice. She first won an Oscar in 1979 for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for "Kramer vs. Kramer" and a second time in 1982 for Best Actress in a Leading Role for "Sophie's Choice."

Adele continued her award show winning streak on February 21 at the Brit Music Awards, however, the singer did not like being interrupted during an acceptance speech.

While Adele was accepting the award for Best Album, she was cut off by host James Cordon, who introduced the following music act Blur.

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Kourtney Kardashian announced on Wednesday that she is expecting a girl with longtime boyfriend Scott Disick.

"It's a girl!" she Tweeted on February 22, with a link leading to her blog.