If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. It was just shy of 20 years ago when a big-voiced girl from Tennessee auditioned for a fledgling singing competition that had quickly taken on a life of …
Read More »A Requiem for the 'American Idol' Dream: 20 Years of Power Ballads and Pitchy Despair
Where have you gone, American Idol? A nation turns its lonely eyes to … wait, seriously? You’re still on? Believe it or not, it’s true. Idol has survived long enough to see its 20th birthday. When it debuted on June 11, 2002, the TV singing contest was the blockbuster that …
Read More »'American Idol' Winner Laine Hardy Arrested: Allegedly Secretly Recorded Ex-Girlfriend
American Idol season 17 winner Laine Hardy was arrested Friday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on charges of illegally intercepting communications, a representative of Louisiana State University confirmed to Rolling Stone. Hardy was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on grounds of “interception and disclosure of wire, electronic, or oral …
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