Introducing best actress nominee Gabourey Sidibe at the Oscars, "Precious" producer Oprah Winfrey called her a "true American Cinderella on the threshold of a brilliant new career."

The next day, Howard Stern attacked the "Precious" star on his Sirius radio show, calling her the "most enormous, fat black chick I've ever seen," and said Winfrey is a liar for "telling an enormous woman the size of a planet that she's going to have a career."

Known for always saying whatever he feels, Howard Stern slammed Gabourey Sidibe

on his Sirius radio talk show earlier this week.

'There's the most enormous, fat black chick I've ever seen. She is enormous,' Stern brazenly said of the award winning 'Precious' actress.

Continuing on, the raunchy talk show host told, 'Everyone's pretending she's a part of show business and she's never going to be in another movie.'

Don't mention Jay Leno to Howard Stern unless you have a paper bag handy.

"Just the mere mention of Jay Leno's name makes me want to vomit," the shock jock told Harry Smith on CBS' Early Show this morning. "I don't like this guy. I don't disguise it. Probably what irritates me the most is people in show business are afraid to say how much they dislike the guy, but I am not."

Clearly, the Sirus XM radio king remains on Team CoCo, supporting Conan O'Brien even after NBC's dirty dealing was done.

Howard Stern dislikes Jay Leno and he's not afraid to say it.

And perhaps, CBS' "The Early Show," seeing potential ratings in Stern just doing that, gave the outspoken radio host upwards of four minutes Tuesday morning to slam the "Tonight Show" boss.

"Just the mere mention of Jay Leno's name makes me to want to vomit," Stern told "Early Show" anchor Harry Smith -- who, not surprisingly, barely got a word in.

Howard Stern made no bones about his dislike for Jay Leno during an interview on The Early Show" Tuesday, the morning after Leno returned to his role as host of "The Tonight Show."

Asked for his take by co-anchor Harry Smith," Stern launched into a no-holds-barred, blistering attack on Leno.

"Just the mere mention of Jay Leno's name makes me want to vomit," Stern said from his studio at Sirius XM Radio, adding that others in show business are afraid to criticize Leno, but he's not.

Four of Tiger Woods mistresses – so far - have agreed to take part in a beauty pageant with a $100,000 prize, according to The Times of London.

Howard Stern, the outrageous and constantly surprising radio star, on March 10 will throw the Tiger Woods Mistress Beauty Pageant.

But the newspaper did not identify the four contestants.

The contest will feature such categories as swimsuit, personality and talent.

Brian Westbrook was released Tuesday, ending an eight-year career with the Eagles during which he racked up nearly 6,000 rushing yards and more than 3,800 receiving yards. Naturally, ESPN sought an interview with the former All-Pro running back, and they appeared to secure one.

That is until "Brian Westbrook" actually spoke on SportsCenter. The caller's real identity is Captain Janks from the Howard Stern Show, and it took less than 30 seconds of speaking before the impostor said that he has "nothing but respect for head coach Andy Reid and I look forward to a future of worshipping the prostate of Howard Stern."

In Simon Cowell's judgment, Howard Stern will not be replacing him on "American Idol."

"I'm fairly certain there hasn't been an approach at any time for Howard to do this show," Cowell said during a conference call with reporters posted on thewrap.com.

"He obviously wants the job," Cowell joked. "Good luck to him."

Cowell said his replacement needs to have experience in the music business, as either a performer, executive or manager: "You've got to know what you're talking about," he said.

Simon Cowell would like to get one thing out of the way: He's not engaged to Mezhgan Hussainy.

Personal questions aside, the American Idol spoke to reporters yesterday and addressed reports of who might replace him as a judge next season.

“I think they’ll find somebody who’s got that kind of experience, whether it’s a manager, artist, or like me, an A & R executive,” he said.

--simon cowell is speaking out on the rumors howard stern is gunning for his soon-to-be-vacant seat on the american idol judging panel. "we have to have people on these shows who actually know what they're talking about, rather than just guessing

perez hilton is pretty sure that he could replace simon cowell as a judge on "american idol" - and it seems that the feeling is mutual. cowell may not have much to say about howard stern replacing him,but he's got perez's back in his campaign

print e-mail more add simon cowell to the list of people not thrilled with the rumor that howard stern could fill his spot on 'american idol.' stern doesn't have the experience to sit in his seat, the exiting judge cowell said yesterday. "you've

We knew replacing Simon Cowell on "American Idol" would be hard.

Or at least more complicated.

Since Simon confirmed he's leaving after this season, speculation has focused on who the producers could put in his seat.

That task never looked easy, since replacing the engine of the country's top-rated TV show requires more than a Craigslist post.

But the blithe assumption has been that it's a definable task. Find someone who more or less replicates Simon's talents and attitude and you're home. That's how Howard Stern inserted himself into the conversation last week, by ticking off the ways he can do what Simon does.

Paula Abdul finally declared her opinion on the Howard Stern situation this morning .... but moments after taking a stand, the former "American Idol" judge seemed to flip-flop worse than John Kerry.

It all went down when Paula was on her way in to a radio interview in Phoenix, Arizona when a cameraman -- not ours -- asked what she thought of Stern possibly taking over for Simon Cowell.

Paula's reply: "I don't think that's gonna happen ... I don't know ... funnier things happen."

"the insider" has the latest..."the insider" has learned whether shock jock howard stern will indeed be joining "american idol" once simon cowell says so long at the end of the current season. a source tells et that stern will definitely

Ellen DeGeneres is working out just fine, thank you, says "American Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi, but she'd be shocked if rauchy radio icon Howard Stern would make it as a replacement for snarky Simon Cowell.

DioGuardi also suggested that speculation about tension on the set between DeGeneres and Cowell is unfounded, saying any rumor about the show should be taken with a grain of salt and is usually untrue and "just ridiculous."

Howard Stern has been teasing his Sirius listeners, and the media, about "possible" plans to ditch satellite radio for a spot at Fox's American Idol.

But two Idol insiders told The Daily Beast that it's simply not true. No offers have been made to Howard, according to the Beast. Executives are, in fact, months away from choosing a replacement for Simon Cowell and they say Howard was never even being considered.

fox may want to invest in a quick-triggered bleep button. rumors that howard stern is considering taking simon cowell's soon-to-be-vacant seat on american idol are true! the shock jock confirmed the buzz yesterday on his sirius radio show

SACRAMENTO - A rumor that Sirius-XM Satellite Radio's Howard Stern may replace American Idol judge Simon Cowell hit a little too close to home when the self-proclaimed "King of All Media" aired portions of FOX40 Live during his Monday radio program.

During FOX40 Live's routine entertainment report with KGBY disc jockey Heather Lee, anchor Paul Robins commented on the idea that American Idol's Simon Cowell could be replaced with satellite radio's Howard Stern in the near future. The.

left to wonder: who will replace this british icon? howard stern has an idea: himself! "i can't imagine anyone else but me replacing [cowell]," stern said today. "how else are they going to make that show work? who knows how to broadcast