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"&lt;img src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2010/01/11/0111_paula_ex_tmz_01-1.jpg\" alt=\"Paula Abdul\" title=\"Paula Abdul\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Paula Abdul&lt;/strong&gt; has had discussions with &lt;strong&gt;Simon Cowell&lt;/strong&gt; about being a judge on the U.S. version of \"&lt;strong&gt;The X Factor&lt;/strong&gt;\"... sources tell TMZ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The irony is stunning -- Simon, the lynchpin of \"&lt;strong&gt;American Idol&lt;/strong&gt;,\" abandoning ship and teaming up with the woman who was unceremoniously dumped from \"A.I.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our sources would not say how far along the discussions have gone between Simon and Paula ... but there were talks as recently as late last week.&lt;br /&gt;\n&lt;div id=\"classkey\" class=\"related\"&gt;\n&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span&gt;More Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;\n&lt;ul&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2010/01/11/simon-cowell-im-leaving-american-idol/\"&gt;Simon Cowell: I'm Leaving 'American Idol'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2009/11/23/paula-abdul-american-music-awards-crazy-train-helpers-amas-american-idol-red-carpet/\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;Paula Abdul's Crazy Train Comes to Town&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2009/09/20/paula-abdul-emmy-awards/\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;Paula Abdul Has Two Emmys&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;div class=\"clear\"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2010/01/11/spacer-1.gif\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"70\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"14\" /&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/photos/2009/08/05/2025-paula-abdul\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;&lt;img src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2010/01/11/0111_paula_abdul_300-1.jpg\" alt=\"paula abdul pics\" title=\"paula abdul pics\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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