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Ellen DeGeneres, the newest judge on "American Idol," says Simon Cowell is "meaner" than she thought.
Cowell, Randy Jackson, Kara DioGuardi and various guest judges kicked off the ninth season of the Fox singing competition last month. DeGeneres began her stint Tuesday night.
In a video posted on the show's Web site, DeGeneres says Cowell is "actually meaner than I thought. It's hard to listen to him tell people things and for me not to go, 'You poor thing!' "
Cowell has announced that he's leaving "Idol" after this season. Paula Abdul left over a salary dispute.
DeGeneres says no one has given her advice on judging —"they're just letting me do what I want to do."
Tennis star's wife scores 'SI' cover
Her husband, tennis star Andy Roddick , usually steals the spotlight, but Monday night all eyes were on Brooklyn Decker .
The sports star's little known 22-year-old wife was unveiled as the 2010 "Sports Illustrated" swimsuit cover girl on "The Late Show With David Letterman ."
After a false alarm in which Letterman pointed to a fake billboard of a naked Scott Brown (in reference to the senator's vintage nude spread in Cosmopolitan magazine), a sheet was removed from the real SI billboard in Times Square to unveil Decker's tanned body in a yellow bikini.
Decker has been married to Roddick since April. According to Eonline.com, they met in 2007, after she caught Roddick's eye in "Sports Illustrated's" 2007 swimsuit issue.
Past cover girls have included Tyra Banks, Bar Rafaeli and Heidi Klum —all of whom went on to carve out successful careers in the spotlight.
Jolie to help in Haiti
The U.N. refugee agency in Geneva, Switzerland, says its goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie is heading to Haiti to meet with earthquake victims.
The actress spoke with hospitalized Haitian survivors in the neighboring Dominican Republic on Monday.
UNHCR spokesman Andrej Mahecic said Jolie would travel to Haiti later Tuesday. He provided no details of her itinerary for security reasons.
Jolie has previously visited Iraq, Thailand, Pakistan and other countries with UNHCR.
Another year older
Today's birthdays: Opera singer Leontyne Price , 83... actor Robert Wagner , 80... singer Roberta Flack , 73 ... country singer Lionel Cartwright , 50 ... political commentator Glenn Beck , 46... actress Laura Dern , 43 ... rock singer Eric Dill , 28... rock musician Ben Romans (The Click Five), 28
