Most Likely to Piss You Off: Simon Cowell
Most Likely to Piss You Off: Simon Cowell by Roxanne McDonald
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If you’ve got a big mouth and you’re controversial, you’re going to get attention. ~Simon Cowell |
I wonder what Simon Cowell’s yearbook superlative really said. Nothing, cause he dropped out of school early to pursue a career in music production/marketing.
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Accolades/Awards
I’d accept an honour but I don’t think I’m likely to get one. The Queen once described me as a “dreadful man”. ~Simon Cowell
Nominated for four Emmys—with eleven others on Idol production, for Outstanding Reality Competition Program
2003 – Named #33 on the Channel 4 list of All-time Worst 100 Britons
2003 – Won Teen Choice Award for Favorite TV Personality
2004 - Nominated for Teen Choice Award for Choice [Male] TV Personality
2004 – Won Teen Choice Award for TV Reality/Variety Jackass
2005 – Nominated for National Television Award for Most Popular TV Expert
2005 – Nominated for Teen Choice Award for Choice [Male] TV Personality
2006 - Nominated for Teen Choice Award for Choice [Male] TV Personality
Rumors and Rumblings About…
The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes. ~Simon Cowell
Has been dating girlfriend Terri Seymour since 2004—and was reported to have cheated on her with socialite/model Jasmine Lennard, the newspaper complete with pics of Cowell leaving her house—but with Lennard attributed the call to not sordid socializing but straight up business
Is best friends with Jackie St. Claire
Is godfather to former girlfriend Sinitta Malone’s child
Is brother-in-law to Robbie Williams’ cousin
Is a vegetarian
Associations/Actions
Why are you having a normal conversation with him? This is a dairy farmer dressed as a woman. ~Simon Cowell
Born to Eric Philip Cowell, property developer/music industry executive, and Julie Brett, socialite/dancer
Reports in his book that he issued his first criticism at age four—when his mother appeared in a hat he balked at and he told her she looked like a poodle
Dropped out of school at 16/Attended Dover College, but left early, before the Sixth Form
Did several odd jobs; didn’t get along with co-workers; placed in the mailroom at EMI Music Publishing—where his father was an executive who pulled strings to get him in on the ground floor
Worked and got pushed up to assistant position to an AR man at EMI, then to record producer, then to launching his own music company, E & S Music
When E & S went under, returned to EMI…staying there until connecting with Pete Waterman (who taught Cowell most of what he knew) and, with co-worker Iain Burton, formed the independent label, Fanfare Records
Fanfare enjoyed some success before also folding in 1989, making Cowell bankrupt and needing to move back home
1989 – Became A&R to BMG
As BMG AR man, produced for such successes as WWF, Five, Sonia Evans, Curiosity Killed the Cat, “Teletubbies”, “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers”, and “Zig and Zag”
2002 - Formed Syco Records, releasing work from/for Il Divo, “The X Factor”, “America’s Got Talent”, and others
Has signed extended production deals for shows in the U.S. and England, including “The X Factor”; “Pop Idol” and its sister production, “American Idol”; “American Inventor”; “Celebrity Duets”; “Grease: You’re the One that I Want”; “Rock Rivals”; “Britain’s Got Talent”; and has signed up several #1 charters, including Will Young, Gareth Gates, and his brain child, Angelis
2003 - Published his semi-autobiographical I Don’t Mean to be Rude, but…
Made a bet with an auditioner (Paul Holt) for “The X Factor” that if the guy made a hit single (ranking #1), Cowell would pay him 50,000; signed by a label and backed by Cowell’s fellow “X Factor” judge Sharon Osbourne, Holt released “50 Grand for Christmas”…which made it only as far as #35 on the UK charts
Hearing that a rejected Idol auditioner had quit her hair salon job to audition for Idol, Cowell called the salon owner to get the girl her job back
Besides the “Idol Gives Back” work, Cowell also supports such charities as The Association of Children’s Hospices
Has appeared on “World Idol”; on “Comic Relief Does ‘The Apprentice’” (donating 25,000 for a fun fair ticket); on the UK version of “Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire?”; on “Top Gear”; on “Sale of the Century”; as Regis Philbin’s substitute on “Live with Regis and Kelly”; as the “fastest” “Star in a Reasonably Priced Car,” on “Top Gear”; as a judge on “The X Factor”; as a guest voice on “The Simpsons”; as himself for a cameo in Scary Movie 3; as a judge/voice in Shrek 2; as introducer of Dick Clark at the 2006 Primetime Emmy Awards; as set-up victim on both “Punk’d” and “This is Your Life”; and as the butt of many parodies and impersonations, the latest by a clever contestant on “The Next Best Thing”—who has the audience in stitches as he snipes like a snot at James Taylor, “I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain…; tuh, well, who hasn’t, James?”
I think you have to judge everything based on your personal taste. And if that means being critical, so be it. I hate political correctness. I absolutely loathe it. ~Simon Cowell
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