Simon Cowell has made it known to the powers that be that he wants co-judge Paula Abdul back on American Idol for season 8.

It was announced yesterday by Abdul’s manager that it was “unlikely” the former singer would be renewing her contract with the FOX network reality show; however, both Cowell and host Ryan Seacrest have said Paula will be back.

“She’ll be fine. She’ll be on the show,” Cowell told Extra on Monday. “I don’t get a lot of say. I’ve just made it clear that I want Paula on the show. Full stop.”

Host Seacrest said: “I think as far as I know you’ll see everybody back. I hope so.”

Word on the street is that Abdul’s contract has yet to be renewed because of on-going talks regarding money issues. Apparently, since both Seacrest and Cowell have received massive pay increases for the coming season, Abdul’s singing out for more money as well – $20 million, to be exact.

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Simon Cowell’s American Idol contract is up, and the infamously snarky judge wants more than last year’s $36 million to stick with the series – so Fox has reportedly offered the British national a whopping $144 million per year!

Contract negotiations between Cowell and Fox’s co-producers has been leaked to the press, and the figures involved – a sum too great to comprehend for most of us – are believed to be 100 % accurate.

Fox has declined to comment about the salary negotiations, but a source close to the Idol set has revealed that the sum Cowell is expected to receive is “only a fraction” of the estimated $900 million that the reality television show rakes in yearly. The source labeled Cowell as the “lynchpin of the show,” and said that without his “dramatic tension” with fellow judge Paula Abdul, Idol wouldn’t be the hit it is today.

“[Cowell is] due for a raise,” the source added.

Cowell’s current contract with the Fox-produced reality show expires in May next year.

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In a long interview with the UK’s DailyMail, Simon Cowell has come out and claimed he is not gay.

Normally, when a celeb makes these kind of statements, I take it with a grain of salt, but in Simon’s case, I actually believe him.

Says Simon:

“I am quite happy single. I am friends with all my exes and I enjoy their company, but I keep crazy hours.

So until I sort out what I am going to do in the next couple of years, or beyond, it is very difficult to think about something like that.

Of course, there have long been rumours, which just won’t go away, that Cowell is gay.

In this business, if you were gay it wouldn’t be a problem, would it? It is not exactly unusual to be gay in the music business or the TV business. It is 2009, after all. So if you are, you are; if you are not, you are not.’

And you are not? ‘I am not gay,’ he says, stubbing out his last cigarette and preparing to go back downstairs to the Britain’s Got Talent bear pit.”

As I said, I belive him when he says he is not gay; unless extreme narcissism falls into that category.

To me, Simon is the kind of guy who is more likely to call out his own name while performing self flagellation upon himself. I can also see him bottling any bodily emissions to keep for posterity.

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, or one well past her use-by-date.

Sharon Osbourne, in a fit of jealousy has claimed that fellow X Factor judge, Dannii Minogue wanted to bump uglies with Simon Cowell.

What a load of shit.

Everyone knows that the only person who wants to sleep with Simon Cowell is Simon Cowell….

Not content with that slur, Osbourne went on to describe Minogue’s plastic surgery as appalling.

This is a perfect example of black hearted jealousy, especially considering Minogue hasn’t seen Osbourne in 2 years.

As Minogue says she thought Osbourne would have moved on by now and notes that these kind of comments do nothing to enhance her standing to the public, rather they show her to be an extremely jealous and egotistical person, who considering her daughter has just checked into rehab, should have more important things on her mind to worry about.

Mind you, being in rehab to that family is probably like a trip to the corner store for everyone else.

Simon Cowell is delusional. He wants Brad Pitt to play him in a film about his life.

Who the bloody hell would pay money to see that.

Fair enough, it would be a porn film, but call me twisted if you like, but I just can’t see myself sitting through two hours of Simon Cowell pleasuring himself in front of the mirror while calling out his own name.

For some reason, Cowell thinks Pitt is a perfect representation of himself.

Says Cowell:

“I’d want Brad Pitt to play me if someone made a movie about my life. It’s believable!”

Yeah, looking at the pics above, they could be twins….

For once, I agree with something Simon Cowell says! I know, scary, right?

In between his usual egotastical crap in a recent interview with Parade.com, Idol judge Cowell actually made a few good points. After calling fame “fantastic,” Mr. Cowell went on a bit of a mini-rant about the celebrities of today, basically telling them to get the f**k out of the entertainment industry if they weren’t prepared to put up with the attention that comes hand-in-hand with their high profile careers.

Hear, hear!!

Mr. Cowell, in his own words: “I have zero problems being well known… Couldn’t care less if someone wants to take my picture. Anyone who complains about invasion of privacy shouldn’t work in the entertainment business. You can’t have it both ways.”

He continued with his fabulous rant, revealing that he’s just as addicted to the world of celebrity as we are here at Staralicious, and added that he thinks this new “fame epidemic” is all part of the fun of the business.

“We live right now in what I consider to be a fame epidemic,” Cowell said. “Everybody wants to be famous. That’s part of the fun. There’s something fascinating watching and hearing somebody who is obviously useless, but believes for whatever reason that they’re incredible. I find it addictive.”

I’ll have to try and remember this the next time Cowell says something horribly WRONG!

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The Mirror has a story about Simon Cowell’s first love phoning in live to American Idol and dishing on their first kiss.

I wont bore you with the details, as I think the entire story is a crock. If you want to read the real story behind Simon’s first love, you need to click the link.

Simon Cowell had an encounter from the past with his first love when an old love letter he had written was brought to his attention. Says Simon:

“I forgot about writing this to myself. I was young at the time. Coming from a poor family, we didn’t having many luxuries. We had just got our first mirror and looking at my reflection in it, I fell madly in love with myself.”

“I thought it was normal. I mean, who wouldn’t love me, just look at me.”

“It wasn’t a homosexual thing or anything gay like that, I just looked at myself and thought,”

“It doesn’t get any better then this.”

“No other relationship has come as close, or meant as much to me since. I really am my first love and will carry that with me for the rest of my life.”

“Excuse me now, as I think I need some time alone with myself.”

Simon, what are those groaning noises, and why do you keep calling out your own name?