Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Alex Chilton, singer and guitarist of Big Star, one of the most influential rock groups to emerge from the early 1970s, has passed away at the age of 59. Chilton reportedly suffered a heart attack today in New Orleans, just days before Big Star were scheduled...

He also addresses Ellen’s metaphors: ‘I probably won’t be able to look at a banana the same way.’By Katie Byrne Alex Lambert performs on “American Idol” Photo: Frank Micelotta/ Getty Images While Alex Lambert’s nerves got the best of him...

Shaky singers Aaron Kelly and Paige Miles survive to make it to the season-nine top 12.By Gil Kaufman Lilly Scott on “American Idol” Thursday Photo: Fox After months of auditions, nail-biting Hollywood drama and three sometimes-painful live-performance weeks, America...

John Park, Haeley Vaughn, Michelle Delamor and Jermaine Sellers bid farewell as quirky girls take the lead.By Jim Cantiello Alex Lambert Photo: Frank Micelotta/ Getty Images “American Idol” in 60 Seconds has fast become an MTV News institution, but it goes by so fast that...

Shocked and angry American Idol fans apparently weren’t the only ones cursing during Thursday’s elimination show. Read our American Idol recaps Near the end of the show’s broadcast, when host Ryan Seacrest revealed that 19-year-old Alex Lambert would be staying in the...