Kirk – that highly active in the Church, for him – Z Hawking says there is no scientific evidence to support the claim that the sky is just a “fairy tale for people afraid of the dark.”
Cameron tells us, “Hawking is heralded as ‘the genius of Britain,’ However, he believes that nothing is impossible scientific and created everything that life originated from non-life.”
He adds: “Why should anyone believe the writings of Mr. Hawking if he can not provide scientific evidence for his belief that it is nothing, everything came?”
How could it not suit John Lennon in all this? Cameron said:
Hawking says that he knows is not there. Heaven John Lennon was not sure, he said, pretending there is no heaven, and this is easy if you try, then said he hoped that one day we would join him.”
“Such wishful thinking reveals John Stephen and religious beliefs, and not good science.”
He made John Lucas in any profession to help young athletes need to have a second chance, and a little guidance.
But he is no longer in the market to help JaMarcus Russell.
Remember all the messengers of truth? The combination of a sense of Scouting, which was chosen incorrectly the first in the draft NFL, which was subsequently held for half a season and I ended up not more than disappoint?
This man.
Now that it has called John Lucas, who was Russell guidance since September last year, pulled out. According to a report of the Sports, Yahoo, and Russell received at the outset to help Lucas’ with hard work, but decided not to work anymore and no longer difficult to listen to the advice.
He held several roles of Donald Trump Saturday: self-promoter and crowd pleaser, an economic analyst, and critic of President Barack Obama cut.
Did not do what a lot of people in 2500 to 3000 gathered to hear him in the process of tea party wants to declare himself a candidate to win the Republican nomination. , But also drew cheers by dropping hints confusing.
The crowd roared approval when he said he was not quite ready to apply the signature line, “We fired you,” the owner of the reality TV show for Obama. “We’ve got a long way to go before we start it with. It is too early, and to be honest it is very trivial,” he said. “But I have in the back of my mind.”
Trump bragged about his intelligence, described his business acumen, as provided for in areas believed to U.S. domestic policy and foreign affairs is wrong, and once again raised questions about whether the president is really a U.S. citizen.
In many ways, and speech in 47 minutes, contrary to what a presidential candidate or potential candidate says.
And presentation of this point of view on the United States to help Japan with the effects of the earthquake and tsunami: “Over the past 30 years, I have been ripping us off and take advantage of us. But I still think we should help. I do not see a big heart?”
“In the old days, when we won the war, won the war.” Trump said that what that means is “You have to keep the nation, you can preserve the land, and you can keep on oil.” He said he ‘d be interested only in the actions of the current United States military in Iraq or Libya if the United States got the oil from those countries.
Obama said that “almost certainly go down in history as the worst president of the United States.”
Obama called the Trump as living “in the world of make-believe” because he believes that government statistics indicate low inflation. He disputed whether Obama both wrote his own books because he said that there is a big difference in quality between the two works.
“It was the difference, such as chicken salad, chicken s —,” said Trump crowd.
Trump said he would be a different President and America will be the maximum on a new path.
“The United States has become a laughing stock and the skin last for the rest of the world, whether we like it or not, we do not like it, and the world laughs at us. They laugh at our leaders, and they take advantage of us, and it’s a disgrace,” he said.
He said he can turn around the fortunes of the country because he has experience in all parts of the world to negotiate business deals.
“We have almost always come out as the victor, and I would like to say it,” said Trump of the public. Saying he did not want to be “bragadocious”, Trump said the country needs this kind of person the head of the country.
He said his self-assessment is “both the scorecard and take advantage of certain capabilities.” Trump said about himself: “I have a very high susceptibility. You’re asking great. I went to better schools.”
Trump has vowed that if President, he would not raise taxes, and it is better to create a “large numbers of productive employment” and “disposal of Obamacare, which is a disaster.”
He said he does not like the idea that someone calls to check on your credit card bill is often representative of what is happening in India rather than America. He said he needed to improve America’s infrastructure, pointing to LaGuardia Airport in New York, which is used in many cases. “It’s old. It’s dirty. It’s falling apart. It’s disgusting.”
Arrived Trump, who lives part time in Palm Beach, at a gathering of the Tea Party in Sanborn Square Park in Boca Raton, looking as if he’d just come from a set of “Celebrity Apprentice”, wearing a black suit and white shirt and pink tie. He joked about his hair much mocked “and wind up with all this, at least now you know it’s real hair.”
Said Mike Cericola, a member of the Tea Party Staten Island, New York, vacationing in South Florida, he attended Saturday when he heard Trump will be there. He said Trump should be taken seriously as a candidate and refused to naysayers who think he is trying to jinn up publicity for his reality TV show.
“The man has enough money were not to have to use this as an excuse,” he said.
Susan Solomon of Jensen Beach is ready to vote for Trump for president. “I do not think I disagree with anything,” she said.
Said Sean Foreman, a political scientist at the University of Bari in Tea Party may provide a crucial base of the Trump if he decides to run. “These are the people who formed the 2010 elections, and that bank for them to form the 2012 election, and he wants to be their champion.”
Jennifer Aniston is not happy for my hands – and it’s all thanks to her friend Courtney Cox.
Sources say Aniston was angry when Cox has the Holiday Beach with her ex-husband threw Josh Hopkins – costar Courtney on the hit TV show Cougar Town.
“Jane honestly can not figure out why Courtney would put her up with Josh, even if there was the slightest chance was interested in doing the same,” said a source.
“When he came out pictures, surprised the gene completely.,” Said Courteney her about the trip, and that Jane felt betrayed personally. They also can not understand why Courtney and Josh did not escape to more off-road spot. Tons of Stars Go to St. Barts, which I mean tons of photographers to go there, too.
“Everyone knows this, including Courtney.”
Aniston – who divorced Brad Pitt in 2005 – recently admitted she was “not a big fan of history,” and insists it does not need a man in her life.
“You also have to be a personal love,” she said.
“What inspires you, what excites you when you wake up in the morning?
“Where do you want to be without friends
Sarah Palin, governor of the state of Wisconsin says, is doing the right thing by demanding more concessions from the unions Assembly.
Republican vice presidential candidate appeared at a gathering of the Tea Party outside the State Capitol building on Saturday afternoon.
Has ignored a snowstorm to deliver a short speech before hundreds of partyers tea.
Says Republican Gov. Scott Walker is trying to save jobs in the public sector.
Walker signed a new law last month that calls for most workers to make larger contributions to public health care and pensions.
Measure tapes also have almost all of their collective bargaining rights.
A throng of supporters of the work does not continue to suffer the law surrounded partyers tea and tried in vain to come up with Palin drown their chanting.
Miley Cyrus announced the dates for her upcoming tour of Latin America, which kicks off April 29 in Quito, Ecuador.
“The Gypsy Heart tour is a dream come true,” the pop princess said in a written statement this week. “Not only because of all the beautiful cities I will get to visit, but all of the beautiful people I will get to meet.”
Miley also will meet people in Peru, Chile, Argentina, Mexico and other Latin American nations before hopping a trans-Pacific flight to Manila for a June 17 appearance followed by a five-city swing through Australia.
“Gypsy Heart is not just a tour for me, but a mission to spread love,” she said.
The only worry Miley copped to was her serious inability to speak Spanish, People magazine said.
“I actually failed Spanish (in school), so I will have someone with me making sure I can get through,” she said.
Paula Julie Abdul born June 19, 1962) is an American pop singer, record producer, dancer, choreographer, actress and television personality.
In the 1980s, Abdul rose from cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers to highly sought-after choreographer at the height of the music video era before scoring a string of Pop-R&B hits in the late-1980s and early-1990s. Her six number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 tie her for fifth among the female solo performers who have reached #1 there.She won a Grammy for “Best Music Video – Short Form” for “Opposites Attract” and twice won the “Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography”. Abdul has sold approximately 30 million albums worldwide since her singing debut in 1988.
After her initial period of success, she suffered a series of setbacks in her professional and personal life, until she found renewed fame and success in the 2000s as a judge on the television series, American Idol, for eight years, before departing from the show. Abdul has since been considering other TV show appearances, and working on a new album.
Background
Abdul was born in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, the daughter of Lorraine Abdul (née Rykiss), a concert pianist who once worked as film director Billy Wilder’s assistant, and Harry Abdul, a former livestock trader and owner of a sand and gravel business. Her father, a Syrian Jew, was born in Aleppo, Syria, raised in Brazil, and subsequently emigrated to the United States;Abdul’s mother, also Jewish, is originally from Minnedosa, Manitoba, and Abdul derives Canadian citizenship through her. She has a sister named Wendy, who is 7 years her senior. In 1977, she graduated from Van Nuys Junior High School and was voted girl with the funniest laugh.
An avid dancer, Abdul was inspired towards a show business career by Gene Kelly in the classic film Singin’ in the Rain as well as Debbie Allen, Fred Astaire, and Bob Fosse.
Abdul began taking dance lessons at an early age and showed a natural talent. She did classes of ballet, Jazz, and Tap while she was growing up. She attended Van Nuys High School, where she was a cheerleader and an honor student. At 15, she received a scholarship to a dance camp near Palm Springs, and in 1978 appeared in a low-budget Independent musical film, Junior High School.
Abdul studied broadcasting at the California State University at Northridge. During her first year (freshman), she was selected from a pool of 700 candidates for the cheerleading squad of the Los Angeles Lakers NBA basketball team—the famed Laker Girls. Within three months, she became head choreographer. Six months later, she left the university to focus on her choreography and dancing career.
Career
Dance and choreography era (1982–1986)
Abdul was discovered by The Jacksons, after a few of the band members had watched her while attending a Los Angeles Lakers game.She was signed to do the choreography for the video to their single “Torture”.”My only problem was how to tell the Jacksons how to dance,” Abdul later recalled. “Imagine me telling them what routines to do. I was young, I was scared. I’m not quite sure how I got through that.”The success of the choreography in the video helped lead to Abdul’s then new career of choreographer in music videos.It was also due to the success of the video that Abdul was chosen to be the choreographer for the Jacksons’ Victory tour.
Abdul choreographed videos for several singers throughout the 1980s, including many videos for Janet Jackson during her Control era. In 1995, Abdul released a dance workout video entitled Paula Abdul’s Get Up and Dance! (re-released on DVD in 2003), a fast-paced, hip-hop style workout. In 1998 she released a second video called Cardio Dance (re-released on DVD in 2000). In December 2005, Abdul launched a cheerleading/fitness/dance DVD series called Cardio Cheer, which is marketed to children and teenage girls involved with cheerleading and dance.
In film, Abdul choreographed sequences for the giant keyboard scene involving Tom Hanks’s character in Big. Further credits include Coming to America, Action Jackson, Jerry Maguire, The Running Man, American Beauty (1999 film), Can’t Buy Me Love (film), and Oliver Stone’s, The Doors.[12] Television credits include The Tracey Ullman Show, American Music Awards, the Academy Awards, and several commercials, such as The King’s touchdown celebration, as seen in a string of popular Burger King television commercials that aired during the 2005–2006 NFL season.
Forever Your Girl era (1987–1990)
Paula Abdul, 1990
In 1987, Abdul used her savings to make a singing demo. Although her voice was relatively untrained, her exceptional dancing proved marketable to the visually-oriented, MTV-driven, pop music industry. She was a tireless worker, and relied on input from her vocal coach and producers to improve her sound.
In 1988, Abdul released her pop debut album, Forever Your Girl. The album took 62 weeks to hit #1 on the Billboard 200 album sales chart—the longest an album has been on the market before hitting #1—and spent 10 weeks there. The album eventually became multi-platinum in the spring and summer of 1989, and it spawned five American Top Three singles, four of them #1s (three in 1989 and one in 1990): “Straight Up”, “Forever Your Girl”, “Cold Hearted”, and “Opposites Attract”. A remix album, Shut Up and Dance, was also released and reached #7 on Billboard’s album chart, becoming one of the most successful remix albums to date. The Grammy award-winning video for “Opposites Attract” featured an animated cat named MC Skat Kat.
In the early 1990s, Yvette Marine, backing vocalist on Forever Your Girl, claimed that she sang “co-lead vocals” on the album and sued Paula and Virgin Records for compensation. After one month of court proceedings, Abdul and Virgin won the case.
Spellbound era (1991–1994)
Abdul’s follow-up album, 1991′s Spellbound, contained another string of hits, and sold 13 million copies worldwide.[citation needed] The first single from Spellbound was the ballad, “Rush, Rush”, which topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for five consecutive weeks, and was noted for its music video and Rebel Without a Cause motif featuring Keanu Reeves in the James Dean role. “Promise of a New Day”, the second release from the album, also hit No. 1, and it was followed by the Top 10 hit “Blowing Kisses in the Wind” and two Top 20 hits: “Vibeology” and “Will You Marry Me?”.The album, Spellbound, retained much of the dance-oriented formula heard on her debut album. The track “U” was written for Paula by Prince.
Abdul promoted the album through the “Under My Spell Tour”, which was named by an MTV contest for fans. This tour was nearly cancelled due to an accident during rehearsals. The tour began on schedule and ran from October 1991 to the summer of 1992. In 1991, Abdul embraced advertising and starred in a popular Diet Coke commercial in which she danced with a digital image of her idol, a young Gene Kelly.
Head Over Heels era (1995–1996)
By 1995 Paula Abdul had recovered from her battle with the eating disorder bulimia nervosa and prepared to return to the spotlight with her new album Head Over Heels.[citation needed] The first single off the album, “My Love Is for Real” featured a fusion of R&B and traditional Middle Eastern instruments, and was performed with Yemeni-Israeli singer Ofra Haza. Its accompanying Lawrence of Arabia-inspired music video was played in theaters across the world as a preface to the film Clueless. It was a hit in the clubs (peaking at #1 on Billboard’s Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart), and the single made it to #28 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart.
The second single was called, “Crazy Cool” and peaked at #13 on the dance charts. “Ain’t Never Gonna Give You Up” served as the third single from the album. To date Head Over Heels has sold 3 million copies worldwide.
Mercury Comeback Attempt (1997–2001)
Overcoming her personal problems, Abdul took a break from the music industry. In 2000, Abdul’s Paula Abdul: Greatest Hits CD was released by Virgin Records (with whom Abdul was already no longer affiliated). It featured all of her hit singles and other noteworthy tracks. The song “Bend Time Back ‘Round” had previously been heard only on the 1992 soundtrack for the hit television series Beverly Hills, 90210.
In 1997, Abdul signed to Mercury Records, and co-wrote “Spinning Around” along with fellow American Idol judge, Kara DioGuardi; a dance-pop track intended to be the lead single off her new album. The album never materialized and “Spinning Around” was given to Kylie Minogue as a single. The song became highly successful and re-launched Minogue’s career, as it was intended to do for Abdul, and reached #1 in numerous countries.
American Idol (2002–2009)
In 2002, Abdul appeared as one of three judges for the reality television music competition show American Idol. Abdul, along with fellow judges Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson (joined by Kara DioGuardi in 2009) were to evaluate the talent of a large group of young amateur singers, eliminate most of them in various audition rounds, and then judge the finalists as American television viewers voted on which finalists would continue to each successive round, until all but the winner were eliminated. Abdul won praise as a sympathetic and compassionate judge. She seemed especially kind compared to fellow judge Simon Cowell, who was often blunt in his appraisals of the contestants’ performances. When she realized that Cowell’s over-the-top judging style was heartbreaking for many young contestants, Abdul was so horrified, she considered leaving the show. Although their differences often resulted in extremely heated on-air exchanges and confrontations, Cowell says he played a major role in convincing Abdul not to leave the show.
Now a bona fide television celebrity, Abdul accepted a second assignment as reporter for Entertainment Tonight.
On March 28, 2006 Fox announced that Abdul had signed to stay on American Idol as a judge for at least three more years. Later that year, fellow American Idol judge Simon Cowell invited her to be a guest judge at some of the early auditions for the third series of his similar UK talent show The X Factor. Abdul was present at the initial audition of the eventual winner, Leona Lewis.
The week of May 14 to May 18, 2007 (the week before the season 6 finale), Abdul broke her nose when she tried to “avoid tripping over her pet chihuahua”. She was present at the May 22 performance and the May 23 finale.
Abdul’s American Idol wardrobe often includes a number of necklaces, rings, bracelets, and earrings that she designs, and she often gives show contestants custom-designed jewelry. In 2007, Paula Abdul Jewelry launched its nationwide consumer debut on QVC, with the tagline “fashion jewelry designed with heart and soul”.Paula’s first QVC appearance resulted in 15 sellouts of her first jewelry collection involving more than 34,000 pieces.In an interview with the Los Angeles Times on July 18, 2009, Paula’s manager David Sonenberg told the newspaper that, “Very sadly, it does not appear that she’s going to be back on ‘Idol’.”This came about as a result of stalled negotiations between Paula and the show. Later on her Twitter page, Paula responded to her fans’ messages of support by stating: “I’m actually moved to tears upon reading the enormous amount of tweets showing me your kindness, love, & undying support. God bless all of you!,” continuing, “If it weren’t for you, this specific time and situation would feel a whole lot worse!”. On August 4, 2009, after numerous contract negotiations, Abdul confirmed that she would not be returning to Idol for its ninth season.The Times cited reports Abdul had been earning as much as $5 million per season and that she was reportedly seeking as much as $20 million to return.
On August 18, 2009 it was reported that Abdul was negotiating to return to Idol after not taking part in season nine of Dancing with the Stars.Two days later, Abdul’s manager said that there were not any talks with Fox, but they were not ruling anything out.
Abdul claimed her departure from Idol was not about money, but that she had to stand on her principle.
On September 9, 2009 Ellen DeGeneres was confirmed as Abdul’s successor for Idol.
Second Comeback (2007–2009)
Her second greatest-hits CD, entitled Greatest Hits: Straight Up!, was released by Virgin on May 8, 2007. This album was put together by Virgin Records, with whom Abdul was no longer signed as a recording artist. At this time, they also released the music videos to all six of her #1 singles to iTunes.
Bravo announced a reality television series following Abdul through her day-to-day life, called Hey Paula. The series was produced by Scott Sternberg Productions and debuted on June 28, 2007.[26] Paula’s behavior as depicted on the show has been described as ‘erratic’ by comedian Rosie O’Donnell.and decried by numerous fans and critics.
In January 2008, Paula returned to the music charts for the first time in nearly 13 years with the single “Dance Like There’s No Tomorrow”, which is the first track on the album Randy Jackson’s Music Club Vol 1. The song debuted on On Air with Ryan Seacrest.The song was a modest comeback hit for Paula, peaking at #62 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.
Paula’s MTV show “RAH!” premiered in January 2009. The 90-minute special featured five collegiate cheerleading squads, which competed in a series of challenges in order to be crowned the winner by Paula.A snippet of Paula’s latest single “Boombox”, a cover of a Kylie Minogue song, also premiered on the show. On May 5, 2009, Paula debuted her new song “I’m Just Here for the Music” (originally an unreleased song from Kylie Minogue’s ninth album Body Language) on the Ryan Seacrest Radio KIIS-FM show. On May 6, 2009, Paula performed her new song on the American Idol results show. On May 8, 2009, Paula released “I’m Just Here For The Music” to the US iTunes Store. The album was supposed to be released in July 2009, however it has remained unreleased for unknown reasons.
Post Idol Era (2009–present)
Paula hosted the 2009 VH1 Divas live in September. She also performed a medley of the majority of her number 1 hits “Straight Up”, “Cold Hearted”, “Opposites Attract”, and “Forever Your Girl”. Also on the program Paula poked fun at her Idol replacement Ellen DeGeneres, which was highly publicized in the media.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, it has been confirmed that Paula will be brought on board for the American version of the U.K.’s hit talent show, X Factor, as a judge alongside Simon Cowell.Cowell will also produce the show. It will air during the Summer and Fall on Fox, when American Idol is not on.On May 26, 2010 she appeared on the finale of American Idol season 9.
Abdul will serve as lead judge, executive producer, creative partner, mentor and coach on CBS’ new dancing competition, Got to Dance set to debut midseason of the 2010/11 TV schedule.In 2009 she also appeared on a television series as a guest judge on Drop Dead Diva.She will return to the second season of the series in 2010.
Personal life
Abdul was married to Emilio Estevez from 1992-1994.
In April 2005, Abdul revealed that she suffers from a rare neurological disorder called Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (CRPS) that causes chronic pain.
Paula practices Judaism[39] and is proud of her heritage. She once stated, “My father is a Syrian Jew whose family immigrated to Brazil. My mother is Canadian with Jewish roots. My dream is to come to Israel for a real holiday.” In November 2006, Israeli Tourist Minister Isaac Herzog invited her to Israel, Abdul responding with a hug, adding, “I will come; you have helped me make a dream come true.”
On Valentine’s Day 2006, Abdul appeared on Dr. Phil as part of a prime time special on love and relationships. She was set up on two dates and Phil McGraw gave her advice.
Paula is also a dog lover who is currently raising awareness about National Guide Dog Month in May 2009 and she is teaming up with Dick Van Patten to help people with blindness to have more independence through the help of guide dogs.
In mid July 2007, Abdul announced that she had begun dating J.T. Torregiani, a estaurant owner 12 years her junior.[43] She told Access Hollywood: “He is a good guy. Things are looking upwards. It’s looking good right now. I wasn’t even looking for someone and that’s what usually happens.”[44] Paula and JT broke up in June 2008,citing their hectic work schedules.
Controversies
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Corey Clark
In May 2005, ABC’s news magazine Primetime Live reported claims by Season 2 American Idol contestant Corey Clark that he and Abdul had an affair during that season, and that she had coached him on how to succeed in the competition. The fact that Clark came forward at a time when he was marketing a CD and trying to get a book deal was seen as suspicious by some, but Clark maintains that his career was being prejudiced because of his relationship with Abdul and that is why he came forward with the information to clear his name. For the most part, Abdul refused to comment on Clark’s allegations. Simon Cowell came to Abdul’s defense, calling Corey Clark a creep and stating “It was just somebody using her to get a lot of publicity for an appalling record, full stop.”[46] At the height of the debacle, Abdul appeared in a Saturday Night Live skit, making light of the situation.While Fox launched an investigation, Abdul received numerous calls of support from celebrities, including Oprah Winfrey and Kelly Ripa; Barbara Walters even addressed the camera during an episode of ABC’s The View to say she was sad to be part of an operation that would report Clark’s flimsy tabloid claims under the guise of a news story. In August 2005 the Fox network confirmed that she would be returning to the show, as the investigation had found “insufficient evidence that the communications between Mr. Clark and Ms. Abdul in any way aided his performance”.
Legal issues
On December 20, 2004, Abdul was driving her Mercedes on an L.A.-area freeway when she changed lanes and hit another vehicle. The driver and passenger snapped a photograph with a cell phone camera and wrote down the license plate number of the car, which was traced to Abdul. On March 24, 2005, Abdul was fined $900 and given 24 months of informal probation after pleading no contest to misdemeanor hit-and-run driving in Los Angeles. In addition to the fines she was ordered to pay $775 for damage to the other car.
On April 4, 2006, Abdul filed a report at a Hollywood police station claiming she had been a victim of battery at a private party at about 1 a.m. April 2, according to L.A.P.D. spokesman police Lt. Paul Vernon. “According to Abdul, the man at the party argued with her, grabbed her by the arm and threw her against a wall”, Vernon said. “She said she had sustained a concussion and spinal injuries”.
Substance abuse allegations
Substance abuse allegations arose as the result of what some described as “erratic behavior”by Abdul during episodes of American Idol. After reading these allegations on message boards, Abdul told People magazine in April 2005 that she suffered from chronic pain for years following a “cheerleading accident” at age 17 and was diagnosed with reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) in November 2004.Abdul says she is now pain-free following treatment, including the anti-inflammatory medication Enbrel.
Allegations arose again in January 2007 when videos circulated on the Internet of Abdul appearing to sway in her chair and slur her speech during a set of interviews.Abdul’s publicist attributed this to fatigue and technical difficulties during the recording of the interviews.It was revealed on the Bravo show Hey Paula, which had followed Abdul with a video camera prior to the interviews, that Abdul had not been sleeping, perhaps suffering from some mild form of insomnia.
In February 2007, Abdul told Us Weekly that she had never been drunk or used illegal drugs and called the allegations “lies”.
In a March 2007 appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman, Abdul joked that her scrutinized behavior was caused by her being “abducted by aliens”.
In several interviews given in the late 2000s, Paula claimed to have been left in debilitating pain after a 1992 car accident and a 1993 plane crash that required 15 spinal surgeries and which left her dependent on pain medication for years.
In May 2009, Ladies’ Home Journal posted an article on its Web site that said Abdul told them she attended the La Costa Resort and Spa the previous year to recover from physical dependence on prescription pain medications.The medications, prescribed due to injuries and her RSD diagnosis, included a pain patch, nerve medication, and a muscle relaxant. According to the article, Abdul said the medications made her “get weird” at times and that she suffered from physical withdrawal symptoms during her recovery.
Later that same week, though, in an interview with Detroit radio station WKQI, Abdul rejected the article’s accuracy. She told the radio station she never checked into a rehab clinic and never had a drug abuse problem.
Susan Berman (1945-2000) was a journalist and author, who was the daughter of Davie Berman, a mob figure in Las Vegas. She wrote extensively about her late-in-life realization of where her father in a criminal empire. She was murdered execution style with a nine millimeter pistol in hand on Christmas Eve 2000 Benedict Canyon, California.
Biography
Berman’s father was a mob figure Davie Berman, who had replaced Bugsy Siegel in Las Vegas at the Flamingo Hotel after Siegel’s murder by the Mafia. Berman always maintained that her father has mysteriously deceased on an operating table when she was 12. Berman also believed her mother, Gladys’ overdose suicide a year later under mysterious circumstances.
Susan Berman is affectionately known as a “Jewish Mafia princess. “In 1981 appeared the memoirs Berman Easy Street about life as the daughter of a gangster. Susan Berman was represented in the 1970 by the William Morris Agency, who spoke with several Hollywood producers interested in the book adaptation of Berman’s In a scenario. The film rights were purchased from Berman, but the film project never got off the ground.
Several published accounts have speculated about possible links between Berman’s murder and disappearance of Kathie Durst 1982-wife of Berman’s college friend and heir to a New York real estate fortune, Robert Durst. Durst was considered a prime suspect in the disappearance of his wife, along with one other person of interest, but he was never charged in the case. Berman was a friend of Durst after the disappearance of his wife, and large cash donations Durst gave Berman in the months before the death of Berman’s. [1] Nearly two decades after the disappearance of Kathie Durst’s, New York State Police, at the request of Jeanine Pirro, the public prosecutor at the time in New York Westchester County, Susan contacted to interview her about the Durst case. She was slain within a few days of the query.
Berman lived right on the Sunset Strip Alta Loma Road in West Hollywood for several years prior to the transition to its final residence in Benedict Canyon. Nyle Brenner, Berman’s manager, told the Los Angeles Times days after the murder that “many details of personal life Ms. Berman are unclear” and added “she had already married in the 1980s and later helped the back of the two children of a friend. “Berman’s relationships were layered, often deep and mysterious. She kept close ties with friends on Alta Loma Road, where she once lived, the Las Vegas Strip and in New York City, including Durst.
Berman was a published author and a graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles with a master’s degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley. She was a staff reporter for The San Francisco Examiner, and he wrote to Francis Ford Coppola’s City Magazine, the Evening Show on KPIX Westinghouse and the People’s Republic show on CBS. She was a contributing writer for New York, Cosmopolitan, Family Circle. Berman said “Driver, Give a soldier a lift!” and “Lady Las Vegas,” the release of an A & E special which Berman was a co-writer together.
At the time of her death, she was working on a project for Showtime with attorney Kevin Norte. The title of the project was Sin City and was planned as a Showtime version of the HBO hit “The Sopranos
Casey Johnson (September 24, 1979 – January 4, 2010) was an American socialite. She was also one of the great-great-granddaughters of Robert Wood Johnson I, co-founder of Johnson & Johnson.
Early life
Johnson’s father was Robert Wood Johnson IV, the owner of the New York Jets.Her mother was Sale Johnson. She was also the cousin of Jamie Johnson who directed the documentary Born Rich. She was diagnosed with diabetes at age 8, and her father was involved with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, working to find a cure for the disease.
Career
At the age of 14, Johnson co-wrote a book with her father entitled Managing Your Child’s Diabetes.She appeared as herself on the television shows The Fabulous Life of… and E! True Hollywood Story. In addition she was a popular Hollywood socialite known for making outrageous headlines. Johnson was friends with other socialites such as Paris & Nicky Hilton (with whom she grew up), Nicole Richie, and several others.
Personal life
In 2006, Johnson spoke about a falling out she had with her aunt Elizabeth Ross “Libet” Johnson upon discovering through intimate e-mails that her aunt had stolen her boyfriend, John Dee.
In 2007, Johnson adopted a daughter, named Ava from Kazakhstan.Socialite Nicky Hilton is the child’s Godmother.
Johnson openly declared her sexuality as a lesbian. One of her ex-girlfriends was Courtenay Semel (whom she dated on and off during 2008–2009 and who set Johnson’s hair on fire in January of 2009, after a fight). On November 30, 2009, Johnson was arrested for allegedly stealing jewelry, shoes, 600 pages of a legal document, clothing, and underwear from Jasmine Lennard, who was tipped off by Semel (whom she was seeing at the time). Johnson allegedly left a used vibrator and wet towel as a calling card.
On December 9, 2009, Johnson and Tila Tequila announced that they were engaged.
Death
At 1:12 a.m. on Dec. 29, 2009, the 30-year old socialite Tweeted: “Sweet dreams everyone, I’m getting a new car.” Seven days later, on January 4, 2010, a maid found Johnson’s body in the bedroom of her West Hollywood home.The cause of death is yet to be determined (pending coroner’s toxicology report), however authorities reported “no evidence of foul play”. Tequila said Johnson had not answered her phone since December 29, 2009.Tequila later posted to her Twitter that Johnson was not dead, but in a coma. She later revised the statement, saying Johnson was, in fact, dead.According to TMZ, a law enforcement source claimed it appeared that Johnson had been dead for several days before her body was discovered.
Danica Sue Patrick (born March 25, 1982) is an American auto racing driver, currently competing in the IndyCar Series, as well as a model and advertising spokeswoman. Patrick was named the Rookie of the Year for both the 2005 Indianapolis 500 and the 2005 IndyCar Series season. With her win in the 2008 Indy Japan 300, Patrick became the first woman to win an Indy car race. Patrick currently drives the #7 GoDaddy.com Honda/Dallara for Andretti Autosport. In 2010, Patrick will race in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, driving the #7 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet Impala for JR Motorsports part-time. She also has an equity stake in her #7 team.[1] She placed 3rd in the 2009 Indianapolis 500, which was both a personal best for her at the track and the highest finish by a woman in the event’s history.
Early racing career
Born in Beloit, Wisconsin, Patrick grew up in Roscoe, Illinois. She began go-karting in 1992 at the age of 10,and won several World Karting Association championships. She moved to England at 16 in to advance her racing career. Patrick raced in Formula Ford and Formula Vauxhall, earning a second-place in Britain’s Formula Ford Festival, the highest finish by a woman in the event.
In 2002, Patrick started driving for Rahal Letterman Racing in the United States. After making several starts in the Barber Dodge Pro Series, she moved to the Toyota Atlantic Championship for 2003. Patrick won one pole position and was a consistent podium finisher (top three); however, she never won a race. In 2004, Patrick finished third in the Championship.
Patrick at the 2006 Indianapolis 500
After the 2004 racing season, Rahal Letterman Racing officially announced that Patrick would drive in the IRL IndyCar Series for 2005.
On May 29, 2005, Patrick became the fourth woman to compete in the Indianapolis 500, following Janet Guthrie, Lyn St. James and Sarah Fisher. After posting the fastest practice speed of the month (229.880 mph/369.956 km/h) during the morning practice session on the first day of qualifications (May 15), she made an error in the first turn of her first qualifying lap, and failed to capture the pole position, which went to Tony Kanaan. Patrick’s fourth starting position, however, was still the highest ever attained for the race by a female driver.
Patrick became the first female driver to lead the race at Indianapolis, first when acquiring it for a lap near the 125-mile (201 km) mark while cycling through pit stops, and late in the race when she stayed out one lap longer than her rivals during a set of green-flag pit stops. Patrick overcame two crucial errors to finish fourth, the same position she started in. Patrick’s car stalled in the pits about halfway through the 500-mile (800 km) race, dropping her to the middle of the field; and shortly after reclaiming a spot in the top 10, Patrick spun on a caution period just before an intended green flag leading to a four car accident. The accident caused damage to Patrick’s car that was limited to the nose and front wing. Her pit crew promptly made repairs, and due to the subsequent yellow, Patrick was able to rejoin the field having lost only one position. When the leaders pitted for fuel on lap 172, Patrick stayed out to take the lead. On lap 194, eventual race winner and 2005 series champion Dan Wheldon passed her as she was forced to slow in order to conserve fuel. Patrick was subsequently passed by both Bryan Herta and her teammate Vitor Meira. Patrick’s fourth place was the highest ever finish for a female driver at the Indy 500, besting the previous record of ninth set by Janet Guthrie in 1978. Patrick led 19 laps overall.
On July 2, 2005, Patrick won her first pole position, leading a 1-2-3 sweep by Rahal Letterman Racing at Kansas Speedway. She became the second woman to accomplish this feat in the IndyCar Series, the first being Sarah Fisher in 2002 at Kentucky Speedway. On August 13, 2005, she won her second pole at Kentucky Speedway, although this time, rain prematurely ended qualifying and position was determined by speeds achieved during practice. She took a third pole at Chicagoland Speedway which tied her with Tomas Scheckter’s record for number of pole positions earned in a rookie season.
In 2005, Patrick finished 12th in the IndyCar Series championship, with 325 points. She was named Rookie of the Year for both the 2005 Indianapolis 500 and the 2005 IndyCar Series season.
During the offseason following the 2005 racing year, Patrick competed in the Rolex 24 at Daytona along with co-driver Rusty Wallace in January 2006.
2006
Patrick competed in the 2006 IndyCar Series season giving her another chance at qualifying and racing in the Indianapolis 500. In the first race of the season, the Toyota Indy 300 at Homestead, Patrick qualified third behind the Penske Racing teammates of Helio Castroneves and Sam Hornish, Jr. However, tragedy struck as RLR teammate Paul Dana was killed in a crash during practice the morning of the race. Patrick and Buddy Rice withdrew from the race immediately. The two resumed their 2006 IndyCar campaign with the second race of the year at St. Petersburg
At the Indy 500, Patrick started eighth and finished eighth. After Watkins Glen, RLR switched to the Dallara chassis and the team struggled to adapt. Patrick struggled to remain competitive, but her fourth place finishes at Nashville and Milwaukee tied her career best IndyCar finishes. At Michigan, Patrick’s car ran out of fuel with three laps to go and she fell to 17th. She rebounded at Kentucky and Infineon to finish 8th in both races.
In her final race with RLR at Chicagoland, Patrick recorded a 12th place finish and a 9th place finish in the IndyCar Series Championship point standings, besting her 12th place points finish as a rookie.
In November, the March of Dimes awarded her the title of Sportswoman of the Year in celebration of her dedication and success [5].
2007
Danica Patrick after qualifying for the 2007 Indianapolis 500
On July 25, 2006, Patrick announced she had signed a deal to drive for Andretti Autosport, replacing Bryan Herta in the number 7 Dallara Honda car beginning in 2007.[6] Patrick’s car is sponsored by Motorola, XM radio and Go Daddy.[7][8]
In Patrick’s first race with Andretti Autosport at Homestead on March 24 she finished 14th after crashing into the pit wall on lap 154. She finished 8th at St. Pete and 11th at Japan. At Kansas she had her best finish of the year at that point, finishing 7th.
In April 2007, Patrick launched her official fan club The Danica Maniacs to help foster greater interaction between her and her fans.
Patrick ended up starting and finishing eighth in the 91st running of the Indianapolis 500. She ran as high as 2nd to Tony Kanaan after the mid-race rain delay. After a pit stop, she dropped back in the field. Patrick was working her way back to the front until the race was ended under the caution caused by Marco Andretti’s accident due to the subsequent rain on lap 166.
At Milwaukee, Patrick started second to last but moved quickly to 5th before contact with Dan Wheldon. Patrick managed to keep the car from hitting anything, but the wreck caused aerodynamic damage. She used a caution to regain the lead lap and finish 8th. After the race, she and Wheldon had a heated exchange when she tried to confront him about the wreck.
Patrick rebounded at Texas in the Bombardier Learjet 550. She ran with the lead pack through the entire race and led a race for the first time since 2005. She finished less than a second behind the winner, Sam Hornish, Jr., a then career-best third and her first “podium” finish.
She was involved in a crashes at Iowa and finished 13th. At Richmond she ran in the top 10 all night before finishing 6th.
She had an 11th place finish at Watkins Glen, before running in the top 5 all day and finishing 3rd at Nashville. At Mid-Ohio she finished 5th (her best road course finish) despite being involved in a lap 1 accident that sent her into the grass briefly.
Patrick had bad luck at Michigan International Speedway, where previous years saw her retire early due to fuel and other problems. In 2007, a flat tire late in the race forced Patrick to pit and dropped her to finish 7th.
Her bad luck continued at Kentucky, and she ran in the lead group all night and appeared headed towards another podium finish when she spun out exiting pit road with less than 50 laps to go. After restarting from that spin, a rear tire on Patrick’s car blew leading to a crash and forcing her to retire from the race.
Her luck would get a little better at Infineon as she ran in the top 10 and finished 6th. However a series of slow pit stops kept her from what could have been an even better finish.
At Belle Isle, Patrick started 11th and was involved in two accidents from which she was able to restart without damage, eventually driving to the front and leading 9 laps of the race before falling back after having to pit. On the final lap, while Patrick was running in 5th, Buddy Rice, Scott Dixon and teammate Dario Franchitti were involved in an accident immediately in front of her. Patrick was able to avoid the wreck and finish in second place, a career-high in the IndyCar Series and tying her with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing driver Sarah Fisher for best finish in IndyCar racing by a female.
At the season finale in Chicagoland Speedway, Patrick ran most of the race in the top 6, but had to make a pit stop for fuel with 7 laps to go. When entering pit lane, Patrick spun-out but avoided damage to her car. With assistance from her pit crew, Patrick was able to refire the engine, make a complete pit stop and reenter the race, finishing 11th overall.
For the 2007 season as a whole, Patrick scored her first three career podium finishes to finish with 4 top 5′s and 11 top 10′s while leading 17 laps on the season. She also scored her career best championship points finish of 7th with 424 points.
2008
Patrick won her first IRL race at the 2008 Indy Japan 300, and became first woman to win an IndyCar Series race.
To begin the 2008 season, her second with Andretti Autosport, Patrick scored her best career Homestead finish of 6th. She followed that up with another top 10 by scoring a 10th place finish at St. Petersburg.
Patrick won at Twin Ring Motegi in the Indy Japan 300 on April 20, 2008, becoming the first woman to win an IndyCar race,[1] joining the ranks of drag racer Shirley Muldowney, who won three NHRA Top Fuel Championships,[9] as a “first female” winner in the top tier of American motorsports. Patrick took the Indy Japan 300 after the race leaders were forced to pit for fuel in the final laps. She finished 5.8594 seconds ahead of the Brazilian pole-sitter Helio Castroneves, who ran out of fuel in the final turns on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) Twin Ring Motegi oval.
Her team owner, Michael Andretti, commented, “I’m thrilled for her that the monkey is finally off of her back.”
A mechanical problem late in the race RoadRunner Turbo 300 at Kansas Speedway forced Patrick to retire early from the race.
During practice for the 2008 Indianapolis 500, Patrick’s car struck a member of Dale Coyne Racing’s pit crew when she came into the pits on May 9. During the Indianapolis 500 on May 25, 2008, she retired from the race early after a collision in the pitlane. As Ryan Briscoe exited his pitbox the two cars collided, damaging Patrick’s left rear suspension and eliminating both from the race. After being pushed back to her own pit, Patrick left her car and headed down pit road towards Briscoe’s pit at which point IMS security intervened, preventing an on-track confrontation.
Following Indy, Patrick finished 9th at Milwaukee and 10th at Texas, with both races ending under yellow flag conditions. At Iowa and Richmond she stayed out of the many crashes during these races and finished 6th in each event.
Overall, she finished the 2008 IndyCar Series season in sixth place – the highest championship finish among American drivers for the 2008 season.
During the offseason following the 2008 racing year, Patrick made her second appearance in the Rolex 24 at Daytona in January 2009
2009
Patrick’s car as it appears during the 2009 IndyCar season.
On May 24, Patrick raced at the Indianapolis 500. She finished third behind winner Helio Castroneves and second-place Dan Wheldon.It was her best finish in five attempts, one spot better than her 2005 finish, and a new record high finish for a female driver in the race. The following weekend in Milwaukee Patrick raced to 5th position at the flag. On June 6, she finished the Bombardier Learjet 550 in 6th place, dropping her to fifth place in the IndyCar Series point standings.
Patrick began the season with the Motorola sponsorship from her previous two seasons with AGR, however her car was rebranded for Boost Mobile following the Kansas race. The changes were made public with a drive down the tarmac at the Indianapolis International Airport.
In what was a difficult Honda Indy Toronto qualifying and practice for the entire Andretti Autosport team, Patrick started the race in the 18th position (her teammates also starting in the rear of the field in 17th, 20th, and 22nd). Patrick had the best finish of the Andretti Autosport team moving up 12 positions to finish 6th, putting her only three points behind Castroneves for the 4th position in the 2009 points championship.
Danica finished the season 5th overall in the point standings, her highest finish to date. This 5th place finish was not only the highest of any of the Andretti Autosport drivers, but of any non-Penske or Ganassi driver for the 2009 season.
Formula One speculations
In the end of 2008, Patrick was scheduled to test for Formula One team Honda in November 2008,however this was ultimately called off due to the Honda F1 pullout.[18] Future American F1 team Team US F1 has allegedly considered testing Patrick for 2010.However, she has stated that she has not been contacted by anyone from the new American-based Formula One team and has no plans to leave the IndyCar Series for Formula One at this time.
NASCAR/ARCA career
Patrick will drive a part-time schedule in the NASCAR Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports and her sponsor GoDaddy.com.Her first competitive stock car experience will be driving the green and orange #7 Chevrolet in an ARCA race on February 6, 2010 at Daytona International Speedway.She’s marked the Feb. 20, 2010 race at California’s Auto Club Speedway for her NASCAR debut.
Critics
Some drivers have critically commented on Danica Patrick’s presence in auto racing and her success in promoting herself as a female driver.While many drivers and racing professionals have supported both her and other female drivers,[26] some have voiced hesitancy over the entry of women into the sport.Former driver Richard Petty stated, “I just don’t think it’s a sport for women, and so far, it’s proved out. It’s really not. It’s good for them to come in. It gives us a lot of publicity; it gives them publicity. But as far as being a real true racer, making a living out of it, it’s kind of tough.”After Patrick’s IRL win, she was praised by many drivers, including NASCAR driver and former IRL champion Tony Stewart, who said “I think obviously she’s got talent; she’s been successful in every form of racing she’s been in so far and I don’t see why she wouldn’t be successful here [in NASCAR].”
Patrick at the 2007 Red Dress Collection for the Heart Truth campaign.
Patrick has hosted several TV shows on Spike TV, including the “Powerblock”, and she was featured in the 2005 documentary Girl Racers. On the August 23, 2007 episode of Diggnation, hosts Alex Albrecht and Kevin Rose shot live at Infineon Raceway, where they were treated to a lap around the track in the IndyCar Safety Car driven by Patrick. On April 24, 2008, Patrick was a guest on the Late Show with David Letterman and Late Night With Conan O’Brien on April 25, 2008.
Patrick was featured on the cover of the June 6, 2005 issue of Sports Illustrated, making her the first Indianapolis 500 driver on the cover since Al Unser, in victory lane, following his upset fourth victory in 1987. After her participation in the 2005 Indianapolis 500, she was asked by Playboy to have her pictures taken to be published in a future edition of its magazine. She declined the offer, but she did participate in a “20 Questions” interview with Jason Buhrmester for the magazine’s July 2007 issue.[31] She had also previously posed for FHM, appearing in the April 2003 issue. She was on the cover of the September/October 2006 issue of travelgirl magazine and the October 2006 issue of American Libraries. Patrick appears in the February 15, 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She is featured in a 4-page photo spread.
She appeared in commercials for Secret deodorant in 2005 and 2006 until she was replaced by Rihanna in 2007. She also appeared in Jay-Z’s music video “Show Me What You Got,” where she drives a Pagani Zonda Roadster. A spot for the Honda Civic Coupe features Patrick trying to avoid a speeding ticket.
Patrick on Pole Day at Indy, 2007.
Patrick was featured in an ESPN “This Is SportsCenter” commercial, which showed then-anchor Dan Patrick towing her IndyCar due to a reserved space misunderstanding (the space in question being reserved for “D. Patrick”). She can also be seen in award winning corporate training videos Four Weeks In May and T.E.A.M.W.O.R.K. In May 2006, she published her autobiography, Danica: Crossing the Line.
During testing at Phoenix International Raceway, GoDaddy filmed a commercial with Patrick that has also aired nationally. During the same test, at the invitation of GoDaddy, Patrick met with Paul Teutul, Sr. and Mikey Teutul, and subsequently appeared on an episode of American Chopper. Patrick was also in a 2008 “inspirational, feel-good” Go Daddy commercial called “Kart” that features a young girl who aspires to be like Patrick.[33] On February 1, 2009, Patrick appeared in two GoDaddy.com commercials advertised during Super Bowl XLIII. The Most Watched Super Bowl commercial of 2009, according to TiVo, was Patrick’s “Enhancement” ad for GoDaddy.com.
Recently she was voted sexiest athlete in Victoria’s Secret “What is Sexy” list. Patrick also was voted #42 in 2006 and #85 in 2007 in FHM’s 100 sexiest women in the world.
Patrick made a second appearance in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in February 2009, posing with a Shelby Cobra 427.
Patrick is represented by IMG talent agency.
Recently starred in a Boost Mobile commercial to advertise their prepaid unlimited telephone plans.
Personal life
Patrick’s parents, T.J. and Bev Patrick, met on a blind date at a snowmobile event in the 1970s when Bev was a mechanic for a friend’s snowmobile.[36][37] T.J. raced snowmobiles, motocross, and midget cars. They have owned a Java Hut and a plate glass company.
Prior to getting into auto racing, she was a cheerleader at Hononegah Community High School near Beloit in 1996.[38] She dropped out of high school and attained a GED.
Currently, T.J. helps his daughter by driving her motor coach and managing her Web site and merchandise trailer and Bev handles Patrick’s business affairs. Patrick is married to Paul Edward Hospenthal, who had previously been her physical therapist while she was recovering from a yoga injury.[40] She converted to Roman Catholicism upon marrying Hospenthal in 2005.
She won the 2008 Kids Choice Award for favorite female athlete.
She has received two speeding tickets in her hometown of Scottsdale, Arizona. The first, in 2007, was for driving 57 mph (92 km/h) in a 40 mph (64 km/h) zone, for which she was ordered to attend traffic school; the second, in 2008, was for going 54 mph (87 km/h) in a 35 mph (56 km/h) zone, and she paid a $196 fine.
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