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The Secret Diary of Simon Cowell (Hardcover)

~ Tony Cowell (Author)
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As the older brother of the world’s nastiest television personality, Tony Cowell felt he owed it to his brother’s adoring public to release as many embarrassing nuggets of Simon’s misadventures as the laws of libel would allow. What if Simon had kept a diary since he was six years old? This is his brother's spoof diary, which charts the course of Simon's rise to celebrity. Part fact and part fib, it is a humorous take on what might have happened and what really did. Tony reveals the inner machinations of one of pop culture’s most outspoken of men, including his earliest dreams, his first girlfriend, his first job, and his early plans to take over the music industry. Featuring previously unpublished secrets of this media star and millionaire, including his thoughts on fellow "American Idol" panelists, this is the inside scoop on Mr. Nasty himself.


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Tony Cowell is a former journalist and the author of I Hate to Be Rude But . . . and Is It Me or Is Everyone Famous?

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  • Hardcover: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Aurum Press; 1 edition (September 1, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1906217548
  • ISBN-13: 978-1906217549
  • Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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3.0 out of 5 stars His own review would be more apt, December 17, 2008
If an identical book were to appear by someone else then I am sure that Simon Cowell would be able to write the most spiteful review possible. I have only thumbed through this title but I am sure that it is full of caustic and malicious comments. There are so many interesting titles available through Amazon so why should anyone waste their money and time on this!
Without any particular talent himself, Mr Cowell regards himself as an expert in judging other people's talent. There are many viewers of talent shows whose excitement is to experience the vicarious success of others and enjoy their entertainment. It is a sad reflection on the state of certain elements of society that some viewers want exactly the opposite. I often wonder about some people's mental health when they enjoy watching other people being ridiculed and humiliated in public; no doubt this increases the viewability of certain shows. Having experienced the acute nausea of watching Mr Cowell and his equally camp colleagues gloating and smirking as they ruin the career and reputation of people, I feel I must react. I would like to say something in defence of some of the people he has helped destroy.
I have watched both American Idol and X Factor and I think that it is disgraceful to see how other human beings can be treated. I know we often hear the cliche that one has to be cruel to be kind, but this is not true in his case. Presumably when a talent show is organised, some serious criteria should be met in order to screen the thousands of aspiring entertainers before they are accepted for an audition. It seems that some genuine talent can escape a chance at audition since several other unfortunate persons are auditioned far too thoroughly.It is disappointing and devastating to be told that one does not have talent; however, it is something else to then screen this criticism (which should be given discreetly and with humanity). However, unfortunately, anyone can visit Youtube and watch the reputuation and self respect of other individuals (captured on camera) perpetually abused and exposed. In some cases a few of the aspiring contestants have been people with 'special needs' and should not have been exploited just for a cheap laugh! They never had any prospect of qualifying and their only purpose in being invited was to be the subject of mockery. It is one think to laugh WITH someone; yet it is something else to laugh AT them.
There have been several occasions when a contestant actually sang quite well at an audition and certainly did not warrant such spiteful criticism. In many cases this criticism says more about the person who makes it rather than the person at whom it is directed. A classic example was an audition during which Mr Cowell's equally slimy fellow-judge, after insulting a young lady with a good voice then threw a glass of water over her. She was presented as having an attitude problem - yet her unfortunate attitude was provoked by the pontificating manner and sarcasm of the panel. Instead of bringing out her talent, their hateful remarks brought out her anger and made her appear on the defensive and aggressive in front of the audience. This is invariably the puropose behind Mr Cowell's initial ironic little quips like 'So, do you think you have the X-factor, then?' To reply in the negative would be to show either a lack of confidence or false modesty - yet to reply affirmatively is instantly misconstrued to suggest that the contestant is conceited.
Programmes such as X-factor and American Idol etc. are designed (or should be designed) to offer something to young people (what else does society offer them these days?). If the judges really understand anything about young people's psychology then sometimes a person who is apparently over confident (and possibly arrogant) is assuming this veneer in order to conceal real insecurities within. When they appear on one of these programmes, instead of gaining more confidence, they lose what little confidence they had. They also lose their dream. There is always a way to tell someone the truth (or what one thinks is the truth). The purpose of this should not be to make others laugh at the expense of the person who is being judged; rather they should not be judged at all but given constructive advice. Yet this is all really a question of basic manners and good upbringing. Despite Mr Cowell's 'la-di-da' English accent (indicative that he comes from a privileged region of Britian like the Home Counties and possibly he attended an exclusive private school), this accent is not to be confused with being a gentleman. A gentleman is someone who knows how to treat a woman as a lady (without insincere flattery); and he knows how to speak courteously with others, respecting them and earning their respect. A large percentage of the contestants at the X-Factor auditions came from different social backgrounds and did not all have his opportunities. For many of the unemployed young people this was an important chance for them - yet a chance which turned sour and left them ridiculed and hurt - and possibly suicidal.
It is also obscene to see the way in which Mr Cowell and the other motley panel of judges use the audience to make fun of the contestants. Their irony and behaviour often incites the audience to boo. Yet this is not necessarily any reflection on the talent on stage at the time. When thugs were paid by the Marquis of Queensbury to boo on the opening night of Oscar Wilde's play, the artist took this with dignity. When he was later asked how the evening went, he replied that 'The play was a great success - but, alas, the audience was a failure'. Those empty critics could not destroy Oscar Wilde. Indeed, Wilde also said of such enemies of the arts - 'A critic is someone who knows the price of everthing but the value of nothing'. This wise comment made a century ago is still applicable to people like Mr Cowell. What qualification does he have to judge anyone. Can he sing himself? Can he write songs? He may think that he creates talent - yet he kills it. And as for the few successful artists who pass the auditions, he might like to say that he has helped make them well-known. No, they have helped make him well-known. The greatest judge will be posterity. After a while the critic will be forgotten, but the fame of the talented person will live on and continue to give us something beautiful and positive.
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