Showing posts with label Celebrities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Celebrities. Show all posts
Monday, 26 September 2011
Roker twitter apology accepted
Saturday, 24 September 2011
Billy Beane Vice President Oakland Athletics
Billy Beane Vice President Oakland Athletics
Friday, 23 September 2011
Kim Delaney kicked off stage after bizarre behavior
Kim Delaney kicked off stage after bizarre behavior
She was supposed to be honouring Mr Gates, who was receiving the Liberty Medal during the ceremony.
I've seen soldiers come home with painful life-altering injuries borne of their time and service,' she said, stuttering. Army Wives' Kim Delaney Yanked Off Stage by Military Officials,
'I've attended numerous military funerals, including that of my best friend’s son. And my heart has been broken on numerous occasions.'
Read more: dailymail
Gaga wants White House meeting on bullying
Gaga wants White House meeting on bullying
A Democratic official said Gaga plans to attend an Obama fundraiser next week on the West Coast but no private meeting has been scheduled. The official spoke on condition of anonymity and was not authorized to speak publicly about the fundraiser.
In videos, Jamey Rodemeyer described being taunted in his school hallways and receiving hateful messages online before his suicide death Sunday outside his home in Williamsville, N.Y. The video was part of the "It Gets Better Project," which is meant to give hope to gay teens.
In his blog, Rodemeyer referred to himself as gay and made frequent references to suicide and to his idol,Lady Gaga, who often sings about acceptance of gays and lesbians.
Rodemeyer's parents said the boy had been bullied for years but appeared to be doing better since beginning high school a few weeks ago.
Police are investigating whether criminal charges should be filed in the case. New York state doesn't have an anti-bullying law but authorities have said bullies could be charged with harassment or aggravated harassment.
The White House held a conference on bullying prevention in March to discuss bullying, estimating that it affects 13 million students, or about a third of those attending school. Obama said then he hoped to "dispel the myth that bullying is just a harmless rite of passage or an inevitable part of growing up. It's not."
Source: csmonitor
Burt Reynolds $5 million cannonball run
Burt Reynolds $5 million cannonball run
As a youth, Reynolds attended Palm Beach High School. He was a keen student and graduated from high school in 1954. He was a good high school student, and an outstanding athlete; he particularly excelled at football, and won a football scholarship to Florida State University. He went on to become an All Star Southern Conference halfback, and could well have taken up a career as a professional sportsman.
Indeed, he had already attracted the attention of the Baltimore Colts, who’d reserved a place for him in their training programme, when the double blow of a serious car accident and knee injury sadly put paid to his sporting hopes. Reynolds studied drama at high school, and won a scholarship to a summer school acting programme in Hyde Park, New York. At this stage, he didn’t have any serious idea of becoming an actor - but whilst in New York, he’d had the good fortune to meet Joanne Woodward, who suggested that he should get an agent. After college, he returned to New York, to pursue his newfound acting ambitions in earnest.
When he was starting out in New York, Reynolds followed the traditional aspiring actor’s path of working in restaurants and bars in order to earn a living, whilst he scored the occasional small TV or theatre role. Eventually, things began to improve when he was spotted in a New York production of 'Mister Roberts', and was offered a TV contract. He began to appear on TV quite regularly, mostly in Western series such as 'Gun Smoke' (1955) and 'Riverboat' (1959). Eventually, he landed his first feature role in a movie called 'Angel Baby', in 1961.
It wasn’t until the 1970s that Burt Reynolds really became a big-time star, when he played the role of Lewis Medlock in the backwoods horror film, 'Deliverance' in 1972. The film tells the story of a trip up country that goes terribly, terribly wrong; interestingly, Reynolds only got the part because several other actors, including Marlon Brando and Henry Fonda, had turned it down after they’d been briefed on the risks of the Chatooga River, where much of the movie was filmed!
Deliverance was a huge box-office hit, and firmly established Reynolds as a leading Hollywood actor. From then on, he was offered bigger and better film roles, and the fees he was able to command began to soar. Among the hit movies he made during the 1970s were the Woody Allen comedy, 'Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sex, But Were Afraid To Ask' (1972) and 'Shamus' (1973), where he played a down-to-earth private investigator. Reynolds began to establish something of a reputation for playing “southern boys” who outwit the police, becoming highly popular for films such as 'White Lightning' (1973) and 'The Longest Yard' (1974).
Reynolds’ most successful film ever was 'Smokey and the Bandit', which was made in 1977. This film was directed by Hal Needham, and co-starred Sally Field, Reynolds’ longtime girlfriend, and actor Jerry Reed. The movie netted over $100 million at the box office, and was swiftly followed up by two sequels, made in 1980 and 1983 respectively. Smokey And The Bandit marked the beginning of Burt Reynolds’ most successful period of film-making. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Reynolds was reported to be highest paid actor in Hollywood for five years running, a record which has to this day only been surpassed by Tom Cruise.
The early 1980s were marked by a string of hit movies for Burt Reynolds, including 'Sharky’s Machine' (1981), 'The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas' (1982), where he co-starred with Dolly Parton, followed by 'City Heat' in 1984, co-starring Clint Eastwood, and 'Cannonball Run' (1981), for which his salary cheque was a staggering $5 million! From this point onwards, however, Reynolds' popularity began to wane, and the films that he was now making, such as 'Stick and Stroker Ace', failed to achieve the box office success that he’d achieved in the 1970s with such movies as Deliverance and Smokey And The Bandit. At one point, he attempted to make a comeback with a film called 'Heat' (1986), directed by the renowned Robert Altman. But sadly, Altman fell out with the movie’s producer, Eliott Kastner, left the project, and the film fared poorly at the box office.
Undaunted, Reynolds turned his attention back to the small screen, and appeared in two very popular TV shows in the late 1980s, namely 'B L Stryker' and 'Evening Shade' (1990), which earned him a highly-coveted Emmy award. Reynolds kept on working and by 1996, his performances once again attracted favourable reviews from the critics. He was highly acclaimed for his portrayal of a drunken and corrupt politician in 'Striptease' (1996), which was swiftly followed by his appearance as porn movie director in 'Boogie Nights' (1997). Although Reynolds didn’t like the finished film, it earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
Once again he was back in the public spotlight and discovered that he’d acquired a whole new circle of movie fans, just like his glory days in the 1970s when he’d been something of a sex symbol. His films continued to be popular throughout the late 1990s and after 2000. His most popular recent movies include 'Mystery Alaska' (1999), 'Pups' (1999), 'Driven' (2001) and 'Time of The Wolff' (2002).
One of more unusual aspects of Burt Reynolds’ film career is the fact that he is almost as famous for the roles that he has either lost or turned down during the course of his 40-odd years as an actor. Back in 1968, he auditioned for a role in Roman Polanski’s horror film, 'Rosemary’s Baby', but lost the part to John Cassavetes. During the 1970s, he was reportedly Milos Forman’s first choice for the lead role in 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest', which was made in 1975, but the film’s production company, United Artists, believed that Reynolds’ popularity might cause the film to be taken less seriously. The role was eventually given to Jack Nicholson, who went on to win an Oscar for Best Actor for the film. Next, he turned down the role of Han Solo in 'Star Wars' in 1977. During the 1970s, he also turned down the part of James Bond on more than one occasion. He is on record as saying to producer Cubby Broccoli: “An American can’t play James Bond, it just can’t be done!”
Reynolds lost out to Jack Nicholson once again in 1983 when he turned down the part of Garrett Breedlove, the amorous astronaut in James L. Brook’s movie, 'Terms of Endearment'. Reynolds was the director’s first choice for the role but the part went to Jack Nicholson again, who won a second Oscar for his performance in the movie, this time for Best Supporting Actor. Reynolds is on record as saying that he regards this refusal as one of the most terrible mistakes he has ever made in his career. In 1988, he turned down the role of John McClane in 'Die Hard', which cleared the way for Bruce Willis, who has since achieved major critical success with the role.
Reynolds' personal life has suffered as many ups and down as his career. He was famously involved with actress Dinah Shore for several years, who was 20 years his senior. He was then married to actress Judy Carne from 1963 until 1965, before it ended in a very bitter and acrimonious divorce. A long-term relationship with fellow actress Sally Field followed and the couple were involved for many years but eventually broke up because Field kept refusing his proposals of marriage. He subsequently married Loni Anderson in 1988, and the couple adopted a son called Quinton. After the marriage floundered in 1993, Reynolds was quoted as saying, “I’m paying the third highest alimony in the world, and the only two people ahead of me are sheikhs!” In 1998, he became engaged to former waitress Pam Seals.
If there’s one thing that Burt Reynolds 40-year career has categorically proved, it’s that persistence and staying power are every bit as important as natural skill and acting talent! So there’s surely little doubt that we’ll be enjoying Reynolds’ performances for many years to come…
Source: thebiographychannel
Celebs who went broke
Celebs who went broke, Former Baltimore Ravens player Chris McAlister claims he has to live with his parents despite signing a multimillion-dollar contract in 2004. Of course, he’s not the first famous person to end up broke. Read through our slide show to see who else lost it all. chris mcalister $55 million,
The “Smokey and the Bandit” star, who filed for bankruptcy in 1996 after his divorce from this actress, is facing foreclosure on his $9 million Florida estate. burt reynolds $5 million cannonball run, burt reynolds bankruptcy 1996, burt reynolds age 75, evening shade tv show,
The married former reality stars and tabloid staples say they spent all of their money and now have to live in Pratt’s parents’ beach house. heidi montag $65,000 episode, heidi montag spencer pratt $10 million,
The six-time Grammy winner and reality star filed for bankruptcy a second time last year after amassing millions in debt. dancing with the stars tv, toni braxton $50 million, braxton family values, toni braxton bankruptcy 2010, dancing with the stars $345,000,
The NBA Hall of Famer, who lost his money in bad investments and big purchases, left the courthouse in tears after winning $2 million in a 2010 lawsuit. scottie pippen $120 million, scottie pippen Gulfstream II, scottie pippen lawsuit,
The Duchess of York, who has battled money woes for years, was caught on tape attempting to sell access to her royal ex-husband to an undercover reporter. sarah ferguson money problems, sarah ferguson caught on tape,
How much was her Weight Watchers contract worth? sarah ferguson $3 million weight watchers, sarah ferguson $750,000,
The “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star and her husband filed for bankruptcy in 2009 after accumulating millions in debt. teresa giudice $9 million, real housewives of new jersey,
How much is her “Real Housewives” paycheck? teresa giudice $3,333 episode, teresa giudice $9 million,
The Oscar winner was forced to put some of his properties on the market after failing to pay taxes for several years.
How much did he make for “Gone in 60 Seconds”? nicolas cage $20 million paycheck gone in 60 seconds, nicolas cage $14 million taxes,
The former heavyweight champion, who once spent $2 million on a bathroom fixture, filed for bankruptcy in 2003 after accumulating millions in debt. mike tyson $27 million debt $34 million debt, mike tyson boxing,
How much did his boxing career earn him? mike tyson $300 million, mike tyson bankruptcy, mike tyson bathtub,
The “Independence Day” star and conspiracy theorist filed for bankruptcy in 2000 after his aptly named film bombed at the box office. the debtors movie,
How much did his highest-earning movie make? independence day $817 million, randy quaid hollywood whackers, randy quaid bankrupt,
The “U Can’t Touch This” rapper went from buying $30 million mansions to accumulating millions in debt by 1996.
How much did he make in 1991? mc hammer $33 million 1991, mc hammer bankruptcy,
The “Hollywood Madam” was a multimillionaire when she was busted for running a high-dollar prostitution ring.
How much could she make per night? heidi fleiss $10,000 night, heidi fleiss tax evasion,
The Oscar-winning actress filed for bankruptcy after an ill-fated attempt to own an entire town.
Which movie earned her a $5 million paycheck? I Dreamed of Africa, kim basinger bankruptcy, braselton georgia, kim basinger $20 million braselton georgia,
The “Red-Headed Stranger,” who found himself in hot water with the IRS in 1990, released a hilariously titled album to help pay off the debt.
What was his best-selling album? Willie Nelson Stardust/One For The Road/Honeysuckle Rose, willie nelson irs $16.7 million, willie nelson the irs tapes,
Source: special
Thursday, 22 September 2011
Halle Berry breaks foot in Spain
Halle Berry breaks foot in Spain
Halle Berry breaks foot in Spain, The actress was at the house where she is staying while making the sci-fi movie when she misstepped, causing her njury.Sources told website TMZ she was taken to hospital where he foot was put in a cast. She later left the medical facility in a wheelchair. The film's directors, Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski, are overcoming the immediate problem of shooting Halle's scenes - in which she plays one of few remaining survivors in a post apocalyptic world - by filming her from the waist up, using a stunt double, or simply shooting other scenes in which she is not required.Speaking of the film, Tom has promised it will be of an epic proportion, saying: ''The big-scale adult movie is a dying species. Where are the ''2001s'' and the ''Lawrence of Arabias''?''
''You go to all these studios, and you see their framed photographs, the films they're so proud of, and you wonder: 'Where are the pictures this year that they want blown up with a nice expensive frame around it?'''
Other A-list stars to appear in the big budget adaptation of the novel by David Mitchell include Tom Hanks, Hugh Grant, Jim Sturgess and Hugo Weaving.
Halle is not the only star to have been hurt in an accident in recent weeks. ''True Blood'' actress Evan Rachel Wood lost a tooth after being hit in the face by an erratic dancer at a Parisian nightclub, where she was celebrating her 24th birthday earlier this month.
Source: BANG Showbiz
Sanra Bullock Ryan Reynolds wedding
Sanra Bullock Ryan Reynolds wedding
'Ryan told her he was ready to tie the knot whenever she wants. And after seeing how quickly she's bonded with baby Louis, she decided she's ready to pull the trigger too,' contactmusic.com quoted a source as saying.
'So they started discussing the logistics of pulling off a low-key, barefoot wedding that would reflect their laid-back lifestyle,' the source added.
Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Cheryl Cole turns down Britain's Got Talent
Cheryl Cole turns down Britain's Got Talent
The 28-year-old singer – who refused to return to the UK X Factor after Cowell dropped her from the US version – has no intention of joining the show, according to The Sun.
"There's no way she will do Britain's Got Talent. She thinks it's all a massive joke," a source said.
"Why on earth would she do that show when she turned down the X Factor?"
Simon now has two seats to fill after David Hasselhoff was reportedly sacked, and comedian Michael McIntyre quit earlier this week.
Tuesday, 20 September 2011
Bill Clinton turned down ‘DWTS’?
How else can you explain the show’s casting crew actually asking a former president of the United States to compete on the show?!
That’s what Bill Clinton reveals on tomorrow’s “Rachael Ray,” according to USA Today, where the TV chef welcomes the former president in her kitchen as her new season kicks off this week.
“This is interesting actually,” Clinton says when the “Dancing” subject comes up. “They contacted me once about it.”
“And I told them I didn’t have the time to train for it,” he goes on to say. “You know you actually go out there and you train, you really work at it. So I had to pass. But I think it’s a hoot. And I have a 92-year-old mother-in-law who watches it religiously and she knows much more about popular culture than Hillary and I do. She even knows more than her granddaughter, Chelsea, knows about popular culture. She thinks I would be really cool if I made it, but I had to pass.”
When Ray asks what dance he thinks he would have been good at it, Clinton says, “It’s amazing you said that because just last night, Hillary said to me ‘You know, when I’m not Secretary of State anymore, we should go take dancing lessons.’ So we’ll start with the tango.”
Source: comcast
Saturday, 17 September 2011
Robert Evans 7 marriages
In the late '60s he was responsible for a string of successes, including Barefoot in the Park (1967, starring Robert Redford) The Odd Couple (1968, with Jack Lemmon) and Goodbye Columbus (1969). A smooth swinger and raconteur, Evans is a living character as well as a successful movie producer: he married five times, he was arrested for cocaine possession in the '70s, he was involved as a material witness in a Hollywood murder in the '80s and somehow he bounced back in the '90s. He has continued to produce movies, including Sliver (1993, starring Sharon Stone), The Saint (1997) and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003, with Kate Hudson), but these days Evans is more famous for being himself, thanks to the success of an autobiographical book and a documentary, The Kid Stays in the Picture (2003), and to a 2003 animated TV series based loosely on his life, Kid Notorious.
A 1970s player, a 1980s flameout, and a 1990s survivor, studio executive-turned-producer Robert Evans' flamboyant life is as checkered as his mercurial career. Born Robert Shapera in New York City, Evans was a child actor, but he gave it up and went into the clothing business with his brother at age 21. Despite their success, Evans returned to acting when Norma Shearer chose him to play Irving Thalberg in the Lon Chaney biopic Man of a Thousand Faces (1957). Although Evans had the movie-star looks, he lacked the talent to move beyond a smattering of small roles, including in The Sun Also Rises (1957). Still entranced by the movie business, however, Evans left the clothing company and went to work at 20th Century-Fox.
Despite his relative lack of experience, Evans was made the head of production at floundering Paramount in 1966. Under his Thalberg-esque watch, the rejuvenated studio turned out some of the most important hits of the late 1960s and early '70s, including Rosemary's Baby (1968), Love Story (1970), and The Godfather (1972). As skillful at drawing attention to himself, Evans held court at his estate with wife Ali MacGraw, and publicly clashed with Francis Ford Coppola over who was responsible for The Godfather's artistry. Though Evans was humiliated when MacGraw dumped him for Steve McQueen after The Getaway (1972), he still rode high professionally, striking a deal with Paramount that allowed him to produce as well as maintain his executive title. Setting the bar perhaps too high, Evans' first production was the Roman Polanski-directed, Robert Towne-scripted, revisionist noir Chinatown (1974), one of the outstanding works of the 1970s. Though Chinatown brought Paramount Oscar nominations and some box office (though no Best Picture statuette), Evans' dual role became problematic. He turned solely to producing, scoring two more hits with the thrillers Marathon Man (1976) and Black Sunday (1977). Evans also helped resurrect John Travolta's career (for the first time) with the moderately successful, trend-setting production Urban Cowboy (1980).
Evans' downfall began when he was busted for cocaine possession during the production of Popeye (1980), a box-office failure. Evans' real Waterloo, however, was The Cotton Club (1984). Meant to be Evans' directorial debut, Evans called in Coppola early on to save the already troubled production. Instead, the shoot spiraled out of control as the script was endlessly rewritten, the budget doubled, and Evans and Coppola fought publicly, not to mention the fact that Evans was also implicated in the murder of a funding source. Evans beat the rap, but he couldn't beat the bad publicity or The Cotton Club's mediocre performance. After he was fired in 1985 from his co-starring role in the Chinatown sequel The Two Jakes, Evans seemed to be finished. Evans re-emerged in 1990 when The Two Jakes was finally made, but it failed to even approach the original's impact. Still, Evans hung on throughout the 1990s, producing such glossy formula films as Sliver (1993), The Saint (1997), and The Out-of-Towners (1999), and publishing his juicy autobiography, The Kid Stays in the Picture, in 1994. Evans' personal life also attracted attention with his ultra-brief marriage to actress Catherine Oxenberg in 1998. Along with MacGraw and Oxenberg, Evans' five wives have included former Miss America Phyllis George. As always the resilient survivor, Evans was in the spotlight again in 2002 with the release of the documentary film version of The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002). Produced with Evans' full support, and narrated by Evans in his famously gravelly, Noo Yawk-inflected tones, The Kid Stays in the Picture neatly combined still photographs, clips from Evans' most notable films, and an evocative visual tour of his beloved house to paint a dynamic, if not always fully revelatory, portrait of Evans' eventful life in the movies. Well received on the film festival circuit, The Kid Stays in the Picture opened to rave reviews in July 2002 and became an art house success. ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi
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Joan Collins married five times
Peruvian-born Gibson proposed to the actress in May while the couple were in New York and will be her fifth husband.
They met when Collins was starring in the play Love Letters, which was touring the US.
But love did not blossom until Gibson helped her edit her latest novel, Star Quality.
Collins described falling in love with Gibson as "like being struck by a thunderbolt".
'Very happy'
Spokesman Stella Wilson said: "They are to marry in London in February but they have not yet finalised a venue or an exact date.
"They are both very happy and are very in love with each other."
Collins recently said Mr Gibson was "more in tune with me than anybody I've ever met".
"I don't know how many years I have left, but I've always believed in living for the moment," she said when she made the relationship public.
"I don't have an agenda for what life's going to be like in ten years' time.
"Percy is such a special human being. I feel more myself with Percy Gibson than I ever have with anyone."
Son's bemusement
Gibson is the same age as Collins' son, artist Sacha Newley.
Mr Newley recently said Mr Gibson is "polite, gracious and well-mannered" - but that he found the fact that they are the same age "kinda weird".
"I've always prepared for the extraordinary, and she never disappoints," he said.
Collins was previously with antique dealer Robin Hurlstone, but they never married despite being together for 13 years.
She first got married in 1952, to Maxwell Reed, but they divorced five years later.
In 1963, she wed actor, singer and composer Tony Newley, with whom she had daughter Tara and son Sacha. That marriage lasted eight years.
Music and film producer Ron Kass was next in 1972, and they had daughter Katy, before divorcing in 1983 after he became a drug addict.
She then went on to marry Swedish pop singer Peter Holm in 1985 - but they divorced the following year after he sold pictures of their wedding.
She has also had high-profile relationships with actor Warren Beatty and property developer Bill Wiggins.
London stage
Her most famous acting role was that of Alexis Carrington in soap opera Dynasty in the 1980s.
She also starred in movies The Big Sleep, The Bravados, Land of the Pharaohs and The Virgin Queen.
She has most recently been seen playing a 1950s actress in the London stage production Over the Moon.
Star Quality is due to be released at the end of March.
via: bbc
Tony Curtis married six times
Appearing on stage at the Guardian BFI Southbank interview in 2008, Curtis was asked by an audience member what he would like to have written on his gravestone. "Nobody's perfect," he quipped, quoting the final line of his best-loved comedy, Some Like it Hot.
He was born humble Bernard Schwartz, to Hungarian immigrant parents in the Bronx and grew up dreaming of stardom and idolising the casual, easy grace of Cary Grant. Marketed as prime 1950s beefcake by Hollywood, he brought a pulchritudinous dash to a rash of substandard studio pictures before winning plaudits for his role as a venal press agent in the 1957 drama The Sweet Smell of Success. The following year he gained his only Oscar nomination for his turn opposite Sidney Poitier in the tense racial parable The Defiant Ones.
His other notable films include The Vikings, Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus and The Boston Strangler. Curtis always insisted that the latter film, in which he played serial killer Albert DeSalvo was the finest performance of his career. In later years he turned to painting, with some success, and cited Van Gogh, Picasso and Magritte as his main inspirations.
His most enduring screen role, however, remains his role as a runaway jazz musician, alongside Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe, in Billy Wilder's 1959 classic Some Like it Hot. The film even provided Curtis with the chance to channel the spirit of his old idol Cary Grant - mimicking the actor's distinctive transatlantic twang to impersonate a stuffy oil millionaire. "Nobody talks like that!" retorted the disgusted Jack Lemmon.
The role was a gamble for Curtis, who spends the bulk of the film in drag, but it paid off brilliantly. "I was very nervous about getting dressed up as a girl," he would later confess. "Jack [Lemmon] had no problem with it .... We realised it was the perfect symmetry for the two of us. Let him be the flaunty one, let me be the more quiet one, which fit out characters perfectly."
Curtis married six times and appeared to revel in his reputation as a carouser. "I wouldn't be caught dead marrying a woman old enough to be my wife," he once remarked.
Frank Sinatra once claimed that Curtis was his favourite Hollywood actor, "because he beat the odds". In old age, the actor looked back delightedly on a career that had carried him from the impoverished neighbourhoods of New York to a high-life as a Hollywood superstar. "I've made 122 movies and I daresay there's a picture of mine showing somewhere in the world every day of the week," he stated proudly, providing an epitaph all of his own.
via: guardian
Celebrities with multiple marriages
Celebrities with multiple marriages
The actress best known as Alexis Carrington first began her marriage spree in 1952. Joan Collins + married five times,Maxwell Reed + Joan Collins,
Swoon-worthy Curtis exchanged vows several times before settling down with his final wife. Tony Curtis + married six times, Tony Curtis + Jill Vandenberg
This famed Hollywood producer and documentary subject called it quits on yet another marriage in 2006. Robert Evans + 7 marriages, Robert Evans + Ali MacGraw,Robert Evans + Phyllis George,
It seems the adult magazine impresario actually has a soft spot for romance. So much so that he's proposed time and again. Larry Flynt + married five times, Larry Flynt + Elizabeth Berrios, Larry Flynt + opening new Hustler stores,
The former boxing champ and grill-master bobbed and weaved his way through quite a few marriages before committing to his current wife in '85. George Foreman + 5 marriages, George Foreman + Mary Joan Martelly, George Foreman + two-time World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, George Foreman + 10 children, George Foreman + all sons named George,
The Hungarian glamour girl counted a hotel magnate and a debonair Oscar winner among her many husbands. Zsa Zsa Gabor + nine marriages, Zsa Zsa Gabor + husband hit by car, Zsa Zsa Gabor + new mother,
The long-running TV talk-show host first got hitched when he was a teenager and has yet to get it right. Larry King + married 8 times to 7 women, Larry King Live, Larry King divorce 2010, Larry King married Alene Atkins twice, Shawn King + attempted suicide,
The award-winning writer bounced from one rocky marriage to another, romancing mistresses along the way. Norman Mailer + married 6 times, Norman Mailer + Village Voice, Norman Mailer + mistress Carole Mallory, Adele Mailer + The Last Party, Norman Mailer + Carol Stevens + married one day,
The funnyman par excellence drew material from his handful of marriages, but some of the unions were no laughing matter. Richard Pryor + married 7 times to 5 women, Richard Pryor + Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor , Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings...and with lawyers., Richard Pryor + domestic violence, Jennifer Lee + Richard Pryor + married twice, Flynn Belaine + Richard Pryor + married twice,
The newsman married his current wife in 2003, but he had a few more nuptial notches in his belt before her. Geraldo Rivera + married 5 times, Geraldo Rivera + Erica Levy, Geraldo Rivera + Erica Levy + 32 years her senior, Geraldo Rivera + Edith Vonnegut,
This Hollywood vet coined a now-famous quip about his inability to make a marriage stick. Mickey Rooney + eight marriages, "I'm the only man who has a marriage license made out To Whom It May Concern.", Mickey Rooney + court protection against step children,
The Oscar-winning director has a roster of exes that includes a writer and an Italian screen star. Martin Scorsese + married five times, Martin Scorsese + Julia Cameron, Martin Scorsese + Isabella Rossellini, Martin Scorsese + Helen Morris, Martin Scorsese + George Harrison documentary,
The best-selling romance novelist knows whereof she writes. Danielle Steel + five marriages, Forbes’ Top Earning Authors 2011 no. 2 danielle steele, Thomas J. Perkins + Sex and the Single Zillionaire ,
Taylor's multiple marriages — whether scandalous or just plain odd — became the stuff of Hollywood legend. Elizabeth Taylor + 8 marriages to 7 husbands, Elizabeth Taylor + Eddie Fisher + marriage scandal, Elizabeth Taylor + Larry Fortensky + Neverland Ranch wedding, Elizabeth Taylor + Richard Burton remarried, Elizabeth Taylor wedding dresses, The Taylor-Burton Diamond,
This Oscar winner's most high-profile marriage was to Angelina Jolie, but she was hardly the first. Billy Bob Thornton + 5 marriages, Billy Bob Thornton + girlfriend Connie Angland,
Turner said "I do" to a restaurateur, a bandleader and even a hypnotist during her lifetime of matrimonial mayhem. Lana Turner + married 7 times, Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner, Lana Turner + Stephen Crane, Lana Turner + Artie Shaw, Lana Turner + Stephen Crane + remarried, Lana Turner + Artie Shaw + married 4 months,
Source: special
Thursday, 8 September 2011
Megan Fox ditches vegan diet
Megan Fox ditches vegan diet
The 25-year-old told Amica magazine: "For a year and a half, until about four months ago, I followed a strict vegan diet based on raw fruits and vegetables, no bread, sugar and coffee. But I had lost too much weight.
"So now I eat a bit of everything. I train three times a week doing circuit training with my trainer Harley Pasternak."
Makeup-free Lady Gaga on Harper's cover
Makeup-free Lady Gaga on Harper's cover
Gaga also spoke to the mag about her fitness regime and it sounds like Mother Monster is a bit of a workout fiend.
“I do yoga, I do Bikram and I run, and I eat really healthy. You know, my work sort of feeds me. I keep in shape by working hard.”
These days, Gaga’s taken up an unlikely means of staying in shape: Surfing. The outre pop songstress rode her first wave during a two-day vacation to Mexico in August: “I fell off a lot in the beginning, but one of the surfers said to me, ‘Now that you can stand up, just look into the future and enjoy the ride.’ I thought that was an interesting metaphor about life.”
The October issue of Harper’s Bazaar hits newsstands Sept. 27.
Source: .popcrunch
Wednesday, 7 September 2011
Miss America Susan Akin Challenges
Miss America Susan Akin Challenges
For many years she had just that, traveling around the world with renowned entertainer Bob Hope, performing before thousands and delivering hopeful messages to young women. But one thing she learned along the way is that life as an adult isn't always as dreamy as being the one chosen at that magical moment when the announcer proclaims, "There she is ... "
When I was in college with Susan in the 1980s, our paths occasionally crossed. But though we had mutual friends, she was busy in one direction, while I was busy in another.
When I learned Ms. Akin lives in the Chattanooga area, I reached out to say hello. A former Miss America in our midst seemed like a story. Also, shared common ground seemed like a worthy connection. What I found, though, has both surprised and delighted me.
I knew Ms. Akin was a beautiful, spiritual and talented woman. I also knew how hard she had worked to attain her dream, the Miss America crown. She had appeared in more than 100 pageants, winning 13 before finally winning the big one. What I did not know, however, is that Miss America struggles with life as we all do, navigating triumph and difficulties.
In the years since she was crowned Miss America, Ms. Akin has experienced victories but also suffered challenges, including divorce, while facing the ever-changing learning curve to try and turn life's difficult lessons learned into a winning formula for the future. For most of us, that's life.
But one also can imagine that Miss America has an extra dose of difficulty thrown on for good measure, the ever-present challenge of living up to the crown. People have expectations -- the look, the stride and the smile. Self-expectations, even, go well beyond that, as Ms. Akin readily attests.
"I'm sorry," she said the day we reconnected. "I've been busy ... "
"Don't apologize," I told her. "You look like Miss America."
Source: timesfreepress
Cheryl Prewitt Automobile Accident
Cheryl Prewitt Automobile Accident
The happening would yield Cheryl with a blemished face, a embody patch and a wheelchair, every of which she overcame to embellish Miss MSU, Miss Starkville, Miss Mississippi,and yet Miss America.
She is today mated to Harry Salem and has digit sons and a girl who is deceased. Her girl would go on to springy individual than the doctors predicted, rating digit more miracle in Cheryl’s life.
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