SIMON COWELL BOOKSIGNING

Simon Cowell signs copies of his new book "I Don't Mean to Be Rude, But...." at Barnes & Noble, Rockefeller Center in New York on December 3, 2003. (UPI Photo/Laura Cavanaugh)

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