American Idol judge Randy Jackson knows a thing or two about being a dad. The music mogul has three: Taylor, 18, Jordan, 10, and Zoe, 12. So, OK! wanted to know what he thought about the news that former Idol runner-up Clay Aiken is about to be a parent for the first time.
"I think he's going to be a really good dad," Randy told OK! at The Father of the Year Awards to benefit Save the Children U.S. Programs. "Clay � Call me, dawg. I'll give you some tips."
Randy was honored as one of the Fathers of the Year at the ceremony in NYC, and the musician/producer/record exec said he knew two guys who would be a little jealous about his award. "Simon [Cowell] and Ryan [Seacrest] would be extremely angered and upset because they're not even fathers," he joked. "It's an award they couldn't get."
So what's the best thing about fatherhood for Randy? "That unconditional love you get from your kids," he explains. "That's the best love in the world."
Finally, Randy opened up about the marriage between his good friend Mariah Carey and her new hubby Nick Cannon: "I'm so happy for her. I love her immensely, dearly. Nick is mad cool. I think they're going to be extremely happy together."
By Jocelyn Vena
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Coldplay - Hot Chip Smaller Bands Cannot Afford To Give Away Music For Free
Electro band HOT CHIP have stated that big bands giving away their music on the internet for free is hurting smaller bands.
Speaking to the BBC's Newsbeat, singer ALEXIS TAYLOR said that the music industry was "in turmoil" due to bands such as COLDPLAY and RADIOHEAD giving away freebies, reports NME magazine.
"It's all kind of in turmoil and people are just trying things out. Probably in the next couple of years we'll see a new kind of business emerging," he added.
"It's a strange one but I think at the moment no-one knows what's really going on and the record companies are really searching for a new way to do business."
He added that smaller acts cannot afford to give away their tunes for free and still make enough money.
RADIOHEAD gave fans the opportunity to pay whatever they wanted for their new album IN RAINBOWS, while COLDPLAY released their new recording VIOLET HILL for free via their website earlier this month.
The single was available for a week before it hit the shops and more than two million music fans logged on to hear it for free.
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Britain's Got Talent champ George Sampson has revealed how a devastating spine disease once sent him blind in one eye.
The 14-year-old break dancer vowed to defy doctors who have warned his rigorous dance routines could cripple him.
He says, "There�s no way I�d ever give up dancing. Nothing would stop me."
The teen, who scooped �100,000 in prize money and a slot at the Royal Variety Performance in Saturday's live final of the hit ITV show, says that he suffers from rare Scheuermann�s disease, a curvature of the spine that hits fast-growing teenagers.
And he said the condition left him blind in his right eye for two months shortly before his TV bid for fame.
He told British newspaper The Sun, "The eye was all inflamed. I�d been using Deep Heat for my sore back, so at first I just thought I�d got it in my eye. But I ended up blind.
"The spinal nerves were trapped and it affected my optic nerves.
"I lost all my coordination and it was really hard to dance, as I didn�t have my balance. I kept bumping into everything.
"It was really hard. There were a few times when I panicked that my eyesight wouldn�t come back. I did get really down."
George admitted that doctors have warned him he should stop his beloved break dancing in case it leaves him permanently disabled.
His show-winning Singing In The Rain performance ends with a flip which sees him slam to the floor on his back.
His mum Lesley, 39, said: "The doctors have said it�s not great for him to be breakdancing, especially landing so hard on his back."
Even as she spoke, George interrupted to insist: "No way."
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a very difficult, unhappy experience," she told Larry King on his CNN talk show Monday
night. "I talked to Katie because Katie and I are friends, and I know that she's
not sorry she left. ... And Katie's going to be fine. She is such a talent. If she wants
to stay in the news, she can. If she wants to come off and do specials. If she wants
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