This spring, beloved jerk Simon Cowell enlisted the help of the press in his American Idol salary negotiations by telling a bunch of reporters he was considering leaving the show. And it worked! The Post reports today that Cowell — who made a meager $36 million last season — has been offered between $100 million and $144 million per year by Fox and 19 Entertainment to extend his Idol contract when it expires at the end of next May. We would point out that this is an insane sum of mo....
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