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When the world's best-known television talent judge talks, people listen. He doesn't often have nice things to say, but that's just the way that Simon Cowell rolls. Occasionally cruel, usually critical and always candid, he's the primary reason why American audiences have faithfully tuned into American Idol
and now The X Factor
to see the best (and worst) in musical hopefuls.
Equally famous in…
Simon Cowell's profile.