Jill Dobson, cameraman Jimmy Kutnetsov, and producer Ashley Dvorkin stake out the NYC Idol auditions

The American Idol judges – all FOUR of them- chatted with FOX News crews today. New judge Kara DioGuardi joined Randy, Paula and Simon at Manhattan’s Chelsea Piers for their first day of Season 8 Idol judging. Before handing out golden tickets to Hollywood-bound hopefuls, the judges spoke up. Here’s one exchange between the judges that you won’t hear anywhere else:

Paula: “I know Kara and she speaks her mind, so she will be speaking her mind.”

Simon: “So that’s a nice way of saying she’s bitchy?”

At that, Randy stepped in to defend Kara, and everyone agreed that “sincere” is a better word to describe Kara, and that “bitchy” could be used to describe Simon! A very funny moment and a sign of the chemistry among the judges. To hear more, including Randy and Paula’s advice for Kara, check out this clip:

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Brad and Angelina at the 61st Cannes Film Festival

Today is a busy day. Normally I stick with one topic for the day, but today I’m all over the place…

11am: Interview Woody Harrelson about his environmentalism, his upcoming films and how he gets along with his co-stars. (More on that in a later blog).

2pm: Join Martha MacCallum and panelists on The Live Desk to debate several hot stories today!
–Miley Cyrus’ latest photo flap
–Brad and Angelina’s new twins, Knox and Vivienne
–Miss USA falling flat at the Miss Universe competition

6pm: Premiere of the latest Batman film, “The Dark Knight.” I’ll share all the details of the big event with you tomorrow. As you’ve heard, this is Heath Ledger’s last completed project. It is expected to be a huge box office hit. I’ll have all the scoop from the BLACK carpet for you!

Tune into the Live Desk today for more on the above stories, and click “comments” below to tell us what you think of the names Knox and Vivienne!

OK….a couple of things. First I went back through and made some comments and answered questions in previous posts. Second, I was on a plane and traveling much of today, so where am I am what am I doing for work? OH….I am sure looking forward to a few of your responses….imaginations can run wild on this blog. Also, Greta and a couple of others have suggested we change the name to adamwire….what do you think? Finally, what did you think about the O’Reilly interview last night with Hillary Clinton? On the ‘Caruso Brothers’ thread, one of their brothers in Italy posted in italian…go figure. Problem is….I don’t speak italian…can someone translate? A ton of questions…so have at it.

This story comes from Washington DC as President Bush proclaimed April as National Donate Life month…. and also from one of the loyalists here on the blog…..Patty. She passed along this information and I couldn’t agree more with her efforts and others like her. For example… Did you know…
One Donor can . . .
…Save or enhance the lives of more than 50 people.
…Donate kidneys to free two people from dialysis treatments.
…Give sight to two people by donating corneas.
…Donate bone to help repair injured bones and joints.
It is important to opt for the donor choice while signing your driver’s license (in California put on a pink sticker) or signing up for your state’s donor registry. Also, let your wishes be known, tell your family because the will make the final decision. None of us want to ever face this, I hope to be around for a long time. But if that time does come, think about all the people and their families who will get a new lease, or look at life. Patty tells me they have been a donor family not once, but twice. My thoughts and prayers are with them. As she said in an e-mail to me “Peoples lives can be saved, even in the loss of someone very precious.”

EXCLUSIVE INFO AND DETAILS: THIS INFO JUST IN FROM A PRODUCER I WORK WITH IN MEXICO….JORGE. HE WAS AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE. This picture was taken by Jorge as he obviously stood in front of the suspect. Another picture follows the link. Jorge tells me Laurean spoke very slowly, unnatural when asked questions. He was wearing jeans and a shirt and looked like he was in a bit of a trance

The fugitive was arrested at approximately 7:00 pm in San Juan de Vina, Municipio de Tacambaro, in the State of Michoacan. Jorge took down this quote… “Strong cooperation between Mexican and U.S. authorities increasingly ensures that those who commit crimes in either country will ultimately face capture and prosecution no matter where they might try to hide.” Also Jorge tells me that Laurean

MORE EXCLUSIVE DETAILS ABOUT THE CAPTURE He was just walking down the street at 7:00pm Thursday night in a town outside of Morelia, Mexico. The area is called Tacambaro and I am told by my contacts in the region that police officers were doing a routine inspection of a neighborhood. That’s where officers walk the beat and talk to people. When they approached Cesar Laurean and said hello and asked him a routine question or two, he didn’t respond. That was suspicious, so they asked him again. This time he responded in english, which isn’t normal for a neighborhood not associated with tourism and he told them his name, the officers didn’t put two and two together at the time. However, they did take him into custody because suspicions were now obviously high and when they got him to the station, they matched the wanted picture on the wall. Laurean only had 10 pesos on him at the time of his arrest and he was eating an avocado. Keep Reading …