- Title: Simon Cowell celebrates 60th birthday
- Date: 6th October 2019
- Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - AUGUST 4, 2002) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** MUSIC PRODUCER-TURNED-TELEVISION PRESENTER SIMON COWELL AND MUSICIAN RANDY JACKSON BEING INTERVIEWED NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (FILE - AUGUST 29, 2002) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) COWELL AND FORMER 'AMERICAN IDOL' JUDGE, SINGER AND DANCER PAULA ABDUL BEING INTERVIEWED ON THE RED CARPET OF THE MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS 2002 JOURNALIST ASKING: "Can we expect another album coming out?" ABDUL: "Yes, we're doing a duet together. He's going to be producing me and killing me." COWELL: "I'm paying her not to put the album out." LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - MARCH 27, 2008) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF COWELL AT HIS HOLLYWOOD HILLS HOME (SOUNDBITE) (English) MUSIC PRODUCER-TURNED-TELEVISION PRESENTER, SIMON COWELL, SAYING: "Well we called our show 'The X Factor' because I've always believed it's more than just being able to sing well, you've got to have a presence, you've got to be a fantastic performer, and Leona Lewis defined all of that. You know, the very first time she walked into the audition room, started singing, I thought at that moment, we may have found a star here." LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - MAY 20, 2009) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) COWELL ON THE RED CARPET BEFORE THE FINAL OF THE 8TH SEASON OF "AMERICAN IDOL" LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - MAY 23, 2010) (REUTERS) COWELL SPEAKING WITH GUEST DURING VARIETY CHILDREN'S CHARITY 2010 HOLLYWOOD WORLD CONFERENCE LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - MAY 26, 2010) (REUTERS) COWELL, POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AT "AMERICAN IDOL" SEASON FINALE WITH HIS FORMER-FIANCEE MEZHGAN HUSSAINY, THEN-AMERICAN IDOL JUDGE RANDY JACKSON AND THEN-AMERICAN IDOL JUDGE, KARA DIOGUARDI COWELL WALKING RED CARPET, COWELL SPEAKING TO MEDIA NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (FILE - NOVEMBER 22, 2010) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF COWELL AND HUSSAINY POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AT THE INTERNATIONAL EMMY AWARDS LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - MAY 8, 2011) (REUTERS) "THE X FACTOR" FLAG COWELL GETTING OUT OF CAR TO JOIN THE FIRST JUDGING PANEL OF THE UPCOMING REALITY TELEVISION SHOW "THE X-FACTOR" PHOTOGRAPHERS COWELL WITH THEN-FELLOW X FACTOR JUDGE PAULA ABDUL COWELL SPEAKING TO MEDIA LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - SEPTEMBER 14, 2011) (REUTERS) COWELL ON THE RED CARPET WITH THEN-X FACTOR JUDGES NICOLE SCHERZINGER AND PAULA ABDUL FOR AN EXCLUSIVE PRIVATE SCREENING OF THE FIRST EPISODE OF THE U.S. VERSION OF "THE X FACTOR" COWELL POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS WITH FELLOW JUDGES, SCHERZINGER, L.A. REID, AND HOST STEVE JONES ON THE RED CARPET VARIOUS OF COWELL POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - MARCH 22, 2012) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF COWELL ARRIVING AT LAUNCH FOR SEASON OF "BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT" VARIOUS OF "BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT" JUDGES DAVID WALLIAMS, ALESHA DIXON AND AMANDA HOLDEN WATCHING AS COWELL HAS MAKEUP FIXED COWELL, DIXON AND HOLDEN SPEAKING WITH MEDIA LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - SEPTEMBER 11, 2019) (REUTERS) COWELL AND SINGER DEMI LOVATO BEING INTERVIEWED ON THE RED CARPET FOR "X-FACTOR" SEASON LAUNCH COWELL POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS WITH LOVATO, SINGER BRITNEY SPEARS, AND L.A. REID LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - APRIL 11, 2013) (REUTERS) COWELL ARRIVING AT LAUNCH FOR NEW SERIES OF "BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT", COWELL BEING GREETED BY CO-HOSTS LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - AUGUST 20, 2013) (REUTERS) COWELL BEING INTERVIEWED ON RED CARPET OF "ONE DIRECTION: THIS IS US" MOVIE PREMIERE LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - MARCH 26, 2014) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF COWELL SPEAKING TO MEDIA AT LAUNCH OF NEW WEST END MUSICAL "I CAN'T SING! THE X FACTOR MUSICAL" COWELL WALKING ONTO STAGE WITH CAST MEMBER, COWELL SHAKING HANDS WITH CAST AUDIENCE CLAPPING AND CHEERING COWELL ADDRESSING AUDIENCE AT END OF PERFORMANCE, AUDIENCE CHEERING LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - FEBRUARY 24, 2015) (REUTERS) COWELL POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS WITH PARTNER LAUREN SILVERMAN ON RED CARPET AT THE ELLE STYLE AWARDS COWELL HOLDING AWARD COWELL WITH SILVERMAN LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - NOVEMBER 6, 2017) (REUTERS) COWELL POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AT THE 2017 MUSIC INDUSTRY AWARDS PHOTOGRAPHERS VARIOUS OF COWELL POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS VARIOUS OF COWELL SPEAKING TO JOURNALISTS LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - AUGUST 22, 2018) (REUTERS) COWELL'S STAR BEING REVEALED ON HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD, SINGER KELLY CLARKSON CLAPPING AS STAR IS REVEALED COWELL POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS IN FRONT OF STAR WITH CLARKSON MEDIA COWELL POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS WITH SINGER LEONA LEWIS, LEWIS CONGRATULATING COWELL COWELL POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS WITH FAMILY
- Embargoed: 20th October 2019 14:55
- Keywords: Simon Cowell American Idol X Factor Talent Show Music Manager
- Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES / NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES / LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- City: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES / NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES / LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- Country: Various
- Topics: Celebrities,Arts / Culture / Entertainment
- Reuters ID: LVA001AZZPXE5
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Music producer-turned-television presenter Simon Cowell will celebrates his 60th birthday on Monday (October 7).
The entertainment mogul, became a household favourite as an acid-tongued judge on "Pop Idol" in Britain from 2001 - 2003, and its subsequent U.S. version "American Idol" from 2002 to 2010. He went on to launch talent shows "The X Factor" in Britain in September 2004 and in the United States in September 2011. Cowell expanded the hunt for undiscovered performers in the form of 'America's Got Talent' in June 2006' and 'Britain's Got Talent' in June 2007.
In 2014 Cowell became a father for the first time with his partner, socialite Lauren Silverman. Eric Cowell, has made various public appearances with his father, he was there to witness Cowell being honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles in August 2018.
Cowell's career started in the mail room at EMI Music Publishing before going on to become a music producer and record label owner, where he has signed the likes of 'Westlife' and 'One Direction'.
Time magazine listed Cowell as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, in both 2004 and 2010.
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