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"&lt;img hspace=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" vspace=\"0\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2010/01/18/0113_latoya_jackson_ex-1.jpg\" alt=\"La Toya Jackson\" /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;La Toya Jackson&lt;/strong&gt; is next in line to fill &lt;strong&gt;Simon Cowell&lt;/strong&gt;'s shoes on&lt;strong&gt; \"American Idol\"&lt;/strong&gt; -- that's if La Toya Jackson has anything to do with it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're told MJ's sister and former \"Idol\" producer &lt;strong&gt;Nigel Lythgoe&lt;/strong&gt; cozied up at a housewarming party for Kathy Hilton in Bel Air recently -- before &lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2010/01/11/simon-cowell-im-leaving-american-idol/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Simon broke his big news&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; -- and the topic came up of La Toya possibly guest-judging on the show.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But now that Simon's out of the picture, La Toya wants more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We spoke to her and she tells TMZ: \"I would LOVE to be a judge on 'American Idol.' I would love to have a chance for the public get to know the real me. I would be thrilled.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In other news: there's a \"real\" La Toya Jackson.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\n&lt;div class=\"related\"&gt; &lt;iframe height=\"120\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"175\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http://webcenter.polls.aol.com/modular.jsp?template=1098&amp;amp;view=182742&amp;amp;pollId=183034&amp;amp;channel=tmz.com\" border=\"0\" style=\"margin: 5px; float: right;\"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;\n&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span&gt;See Also&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;\n&lt;ul&gt;\n    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2009/12/17/la-toya-jackson-michael-jackson-christmas-holiday-gifts-presents-lingerie-underwear-fredericks-video/\"&gt;La Toya to MJ Kids: When You're Naughty...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;\n    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2009/11/24/la-toya-on-dr-murray-dont-hire-the-murderer/\"&gt;La Toya on Dr. Murray -- Don't Hire the 'Murderer'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;\n    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2009/11/01/la-toya-jackson-halloween-photo/\"&gt;La Toya Jackson Serves Up the Crazy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;/div&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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