Fantasia Barrino broke her silence and appeared on this mornings episode of ABC’s Good Morning America.  During the interview she talked about her recent suicide attempt and relationship with married Antwaun Cook. 

“I think I was just overloaded with everything, with carrying six years of so much,” said Fantasia. “I always take a licking and keep on ticking…it just became heavy for me to the point that I just wanted to be away from the noise … There’s so much that people don’t understand. They just see the glitz and the glamour, and they feel like life is so perfect, but we’re human and we go through things.”

Despite the fact that she was threatened with a lawsuit by her boyfriend’s soon-to-be ex-wife on the day that she attempted suicide, she insists he didn’t factor into her decision making that day.

“I think everybody feels like I…

Fox just made it official: Ellen DeGeneres’ much-criticized tenure as the fourth judge on “American Idol” has sputtered to an end after just one season. I sort of liked her there. It’s too bad that Simon Cowell also left just recently.American Idol must be trying to get out of a rut, given nine seasons? That’s a long time to keep momentum though. They’ve managed to get this far. They must be running on profit already.Remaining judges will be Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi. They’ll have to find another demon judge to be as blunt and entertainingly hateful as Simon Cowell. Rumor is Jennifer Lopez is about to join the gang, her music experience is okay I guess. But how good she is at being candid I’m not so sure.This will have to be an exercise in re-energizing and rebranding the show. Good luck!

It’s better late than never with La Roux. I joked on April Fool’s Day that the British duo managed to climb to #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 with their single “Bulletproof”—thinking then such a feat seemed like a long shot. But two months later, the former 2009 UK #1 is a bona fide U.S. Top 10 hit, as it now finds itself parked at #8. Never thought it would happen.

But at least La Roux aren’t as Johnny-come-lately as Will Young, whose 2003 UK #1 “Leave Right Now” debuts at #81, after his live performance of the ballad during American Idol’s finale week.

And speaking of Idol, this year’s winner Lee DeWyze has posted the worst debut ever for a lead single from a reigning contestant. His lackluster of “Beautiful Day” sounded dreary when he performed it on the show, and so it’s no surprise that the recorded version of it…

The addition of Ellen to the judges panel is not the only change for American Idol this year–for the first time in Idol history contestants are allowed to have profiles on Twitter, Myspace and Facebook. In the previous eight seasons social networking was banned for contestants and any pre-existing profiles were deleted before contestants became part of the show.Now all of the top 24 Idol contestants have been given profiles on Twitter, Myspace and Facebook. All of their profiles were created by Fox and it is not clear what the exact rules for the profiles will be. If you want to keep up with your favorite contestants online you can find a complete list of all of their online profiles here.This season may have added online profiles, but it did not loose any of its drama and controversy. Chris Golightly, who called himself an orphan when we were first…