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"&lt;strong&gt;Jessica Simpson&lt;/strong&gt; has had \"several meetings\" with the brass at \"&lt;strong&gt;American Idol&lt;/strong&gt;\" in the hopes of taking over &lt;strong&gt;Simon Cowell&lt;/strong&gt;'s judging duties ... and sources involved tell TMZ there's \"mutual interest.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0728_Jessica_Simpson_idol_getty_bn\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2010/07/28/0728-jessica-simpson-idol-getty-bn.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're told \"Idol\" is expected to make an official announcement regarding the judge situation sometime around the beginning of September.&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So far, FOX has no comment on the situation. &lt;br /&gt;&amp;#160;\n&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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