Ellen on Idol

ELLEN’S IDOL AUDITION: “Hollywood week started with Ellen DeGeneres’ first night as a judge,” writes Tom Giatto on People.com. “It was so strange to watch her turning moment by moment into Paula Abdul—giggling, slipping eye-catching bracelets onto her wrists, making strange disconnected comments.” Then, in a gotcha moment, Giatto clarifies, “That was just my sick fantasy. In fact, she was the Ellen we already know: funny and sharp, but never too funny or too sharp.” In other words, go back to bed because all’s right with the world. (2/10a)