Simon Cowell

Acid-tongued reality singing show judge Simon Cowell is celebrating his 54th birthday today (Oct. 7). Former 'X Factor' contestants helped him celebrate by toilet papering his Beverly Hills abode.

If you plan on getting Simon Cowell and baby mama Lauren Silverman a shower gift, stock up on blue -- they're having a boy!

Simon Cowell is very, very nervous about One Direction's followup to 'Take Me Home.' What's got SiCo shaking in his shoes?

We watched both promos for Season 3 of 'X Factor' and the only thing we gleaned out of the two short trailers was, "Did Simon Cowell finally get a sense of humor?!"

Despite gallivanting with all manner of beautiful ladies, Simon Cowell's sexuality seems to constantly be in question. Now the 53-year-old producer and reality-show mogul says it's cool if you think he's gay. (Which, in case you don't know, is exactly how straight people who are totally comfortable with their own sexuality handle such things.)

Since Twitter is the No. 1 way to insult celebrities directly, late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel once again asked celebs to read mean tweets about themselves. This time, Selena Gomez, Simon Cowell, Jessica Biel, Anderson Cooper and Dr. Phil, among others, were invited to read react to mean tweets.

Apparently Simon Cowell would have rather had Britney Spears beating cars with umbrellas again on 'X Factor' instead of just, you know, showing up late once in a while. The crankypants Brit wanted his own highly-paid Brit to be more entertaining and a bit more of a loose cannon on the struggling Fox show, but instead she was just sort of ... off.

Does Simon Cowell have rocks in his head? Yes, but the sparkly kind. The 'X Factor' judge and creator reportedly is eyeing Rihanna for his panel ... as well as another pop star that will raise even more eyebrows: Chris Brown.

Want an easy way to start winning?  Play 'Song of the Day' and get 2500 points instantly.  Today's song of the day is "Live While We're Young" by the English-Irish band, One Direction.   Each member of the the group, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Liam Payne, and Louis Tomlinson were individual contestants on the British X Factor in 2010...

Simon Cowell sure knows how to pick 'em! The notoriously cantankerous and blunt 'X Factor' judge is currently gloating over his discovery of One Direction. He's especially impressed with the development of Zayn Malik, who, according to Facebook, is the biggest heartthrob in the group (he has the most individual "likes"!).