Name	Lowell Observatory, Anderson Mesa Station
Organization	Lowell Observatory, United States Naval Observatory
Location	Coconino County, near Flagstaff, Arizona
Coords
Altitude	7210 feet (2163 m)
Website
Telescope1 name	Perkins Telescope
Telescope1 type	1.8 meter Cassegrain telescope
Telescope2 name	John S. Hall Telescope
Telescope2 type	42 inch Ritchey-Chretien telescope
Telescope3 name	Unnamed Telescope
Telescope3 type	31" reflecting telescope
Telescope4 name	LONEOS Schmidt Telescope
Telescope4 type	25 inch catadioptric
Telescope5 name	Navy Prototype Optical Interferometer
Telescope5 type	Interferometer }}

Lowell Observatory, Anderson Mesa Station, USA, (IAU code 688) was established in 1959 as a dark-sky observing site for Lowell Observatory. Anderson Mesa is now home to several large reflecting telescopes that are used for observing programs such as LONEOS. The site is located in Coconino County, about 12 miles southeast of Lowell's main campus on Mars Hill in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Telescopes

The 72-inch (1.8 m) Perkins Telescope, shared with Boston University and moved to Anderson Mesa in 1961 from Perkins Observatory in Delaware, Ohio (originally a 69-inch mirror, then the largest single piece of glass ever cast).

The 42-inch (1.1 m) John Hall Telescope

A 31-inch (79 cm) telescope, originally used by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in a Moon-mapping project, later refurbished for use by undergraduates and the public

The 24-inch (60 cm) Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search (LONEOS) Schmidt telescope, used in the search for asteroids and other near-earth objects

The Navy Prototype Optical Interferometer (NPOI), a joint venture of the Lowell Observatory, the U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO), and the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)

NPOI

The NPOI is an optical astronomical interferometer with a large maximum baseline. It is a Y configuration of three 50 cm optical siderostats. The inner fixed stations are used for astrometry while stations on the outer arms, out to an eventual separation of more than 300 m, are used for imaging stars. The stations are connected by vacuum beam lines. Fast delay lines in the main control building and long delay lines outside are used to adjust the optical phases to allow coherent combinations of up to six siderostats. Used for astrometry and astronomical imaging, the NPOI is a distributed aperture optical telescope. It is operated for astrometry by the USNO. Research into optical imaging and astronomical research is conducted by the NRL.

Funding for the NPOI was initiated by the Oceanographer of the Navy and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) in 1989. Design work began on all phases of the project. After approximately a year and a half, the initial phase of construction was completed in early 1994. This included the concrete piers to hold the siderostats, beam compressors, elevator cans and center feed cans for the imaging and astrometric arrays, the control and lab buildings and the astrometric huts. The East arm feed pipe installation was completed by December 1998.

Sources

The telescopes of Lowell Observatory

External links

Anderson Mesa Station Clear sky clock Weather forecasts for observing conditions.

Category:Astronomical observatories in Arizona Category:United States Navy facilities Category:Buildings and structures in Coconino County, Arizona

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name	Gerald Anderson
birthname	Gerald Randolph Opsima Anderson, Jr.
birth date	March 07, 1989
birth place	Subic Bay, Zambales, Philippines
occupation	Actor, Model
yearsactive	2006-present
website	,, }}

Gerald Randolph Anderson, Jr. (born March 7, 1989, in Subic Bay, Zambales, Philippines) is a Filipino American actor who was a former housemate on the first season edition of the Philippine reality television show ''Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition''. He rose to fame through the Filipino teleseryes ''Sana Maulit Muli'', ''My Girl'', ''Tayong Dalawa'' and currently, ''Kung Tayo'y Magkakalayo''.

He is currently under contract to Star Magic, ABS-CBN's home based talent agency.

Biography

Gerald Randolph Opsima Anderson, Jr. was born to Gerald Randy Anderson, Sr., a Caucasian American instructor in the Philippine Navy who travels back and forth between the United States and Zambales, and Evangeline Opsima, a Filipina from General Santos City, South Cotabato, Mindanao, Philippines. When he was three years old, he and his family moved to San Antonio, Texas. He has 2 older sisters and one younger brother. At age 14, Anderson and his family returned to Dasmariñas City to marry Elaine Peralta. Anderson is multilingual, demonstrating oral fluency in both English and Tagalog through his work; he also has some proficiency in Cebuano.

Career

Anderson was discovered by Joross Gamboa while the latter was performing in his hometown. Gamboa introduced him to his manager, Jhun Reyes, who then brought him to ABS-CBN to join ''PBB: Teen Edition''.

Paete

Adrian Quinale elementary school

Television

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%;" |- ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Network |- | rowspan="3"| 2012 || ''Save The Last Dance For Me || TBA || rowspan="26"| ABS-CBN |- | rowspan="3"| 2011 || ''Budoy || TBA || rowspan="26"| ABS-CBN |- | ''Gandang Gabi, Vice!'' || Himself / Guest |- | ''Wansapanataym: Rod Santiago's: Buhawi Jack'' || Jack Isidro |- | rowspan="4"| 2010 || '' Your Song Presents: Kim || Alfred |- | ''Your Song Presents: Isla || Daniel (Villain) |- | '' Your Song Presents: Love Me, Love You ||Attorney Homer |- | '' Kung Tayo'y Magkakalayo'' || Robbie Castillo |- | rowspan="2"| 2009 || ''Agimat: Ang Mga Alamat ni Ramon Revilla:Tiagong Akyat'' || Santiago Ronquillo |- | '' Tayong Dalawa'' || David "JR" D. Garcia, Jr. |- | rowspan="3"| 2008 || ''Your Song Presents: My Only Hope'' || Joaquin "Keeno" Alejandro |- | ''My Girl'' || Julian Abueva |- | ''Sineserye Presents: The Susan Roces Cinema Collection: Maligno'' || Joaquin |- | rowspan="5"| 2007 || ''Your Song: Ngiti'' || Aaro |- | ''Love Spell: Cindy-rella'' || Albert |- | ''Your Song: Someday'' || Arkin |- | ''Gokada Go!'' || Gabriel "Gab" Fernandez |- | '' Sana Maulit Muli'' || Travis Johnson |- | rowspan="9"| 2006 ||'' Love Spell: Pasko Na, Santa Ko'' || Ryan |- | ''Love Spell: Charm and Crystal'' || Nookie |- | ''Aalog-Alog'' || Gerald |- | ''Love Spell: My Boy, My Girl'' || Simon |- | ''Your Song: Alive'' || Migs |- | ''Your Song: Bitin Sa Iyo'' || |- | ''Maalaala Mo Kaya: Bus'' || Erik |- | ''Star Magic Presents: Ang Lovey Kong All Around'' || Sonny Boy |- | ''Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition'' || Himself / Housemate / 3rd Placer |- | 2006–present ||'' ASAP'' || Host / Himself / Performer |}

Awards and Nominations

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%;" ! Award ! Category ! Result |- | Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition || 3rd Big Placer || |- | 21st PMPC Star Awards for Television || Best New Male TV Personality (Sana Maulit Muli) || |- | ASAP Pop Viewer's Choice Awards 2007 || Pop TV Character of the Year (Bokbok and Poknat in Sana Maulit Muli) || |- | 2008 Anak TV Seal Award || Most Admired Male TV Personality || |- | Starmometer's Coverguy || 2009 Coverguy of the Year || |- | SISA Choice Award (Philippine Psychiatric Association) || Outstanding Featured Male Character in a Drama Program (MMK: Lubid) || |- | NSUU Tv Awards || Best Actor (for Tayong Dalawa) || |- | 41st GMMSF Box Office Entertainment Awards || Prince of Philippine Movies and TV || |- | Star Studio Celebrity Awards || Prince of Philippine Movies and TV || |- | Star Studio Celebrity Awards || Star Humanitarian Award || |- | 24th PMPC STAR Awards for Television || Best Single Performance by an Actor (MMK: "Lubid") || |- | Gawad Tanglaw || Best Actor (MMK Lubid Episode) || |- | Walk Of Fame 2010 || Gerald Anderson || |- | 1st Barkada Choice Awards || Choice Male Icon of the Year || |- | 2009 PMPC STAR AWARDS For TV || Best Actor for My Only Hope || |- | USTV Students Choice Award || 2010 Best Drama Actor-Tayong Dalawa || |- | 24th PMPC Star Awards for Television || Your Song: Isla, ABS-CBN BEST DRAMA ACTOR || |- |}

Filmography

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%;" |-rowspan="2" ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Film Producer |- | 2011 || ''I Just Fall In Love Again'' || TBA || November 2011 |- | 2011 || Catch Me, I'm In Love || Enrique "Erick" Rodriguez III || 19th Highest Grossing Filipino Film of all Time Star Cinema & Viva Films |- | rowspan="2"| 2010 || Till My Heartaches End|| Paolo “Powie” Barredo || rowspan="2"| Star Cinema |- | Paano Na Kaya? || Bogs Marasigan |- | 2008 || Shake, Rattle & Roll X: Class Picture || Lui || Regal Films |- | 2007 || I've Fallen For You || Alex Tamano Reyes || rowspan="2"| Star Cinema |- | 2006 || First Day High || Michael Jordan "MJ2" Ramirez |}

Discography

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%;" | Year || Title || Certification |- | 2006 || "Gerald's Dance Picks" || Platinum |- | 2007 || "Gerald's Noodle Dance" || Gold |}

References

External links

Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:Filipino film actors Category:Filipino child actors Category:American people of Filipino descent Category:Filipino Roman Catholics Category:Filipino television actors Category:Filipino people of American descent Category:People from Zambales Category:People from Quezon City Category:People from South Cotabato Category:Pinoy Big Brother Category:Star Magic Category:ABS–CBN Corporation

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name	Jose Manalo
birth name	Ariel Pagtalonia Manalo
birth date	February 12, 1966
birth place	Manila, Philippines
yearsactive	1994-present }}

Jose Manalo (born Ariel Pagtalonia Manalo on February 12, 1966 in Manila) is a Filipino actor, comedian working for GMA Network and stars in noon-time variety show ''Eat Bulaga!''.

Biography and Career

Ariel Manalo began his TV appearance via Valiente as one of supporting characters. Then he used his screen name Jose Manalo and first appeared in ''Eat Bulaga'' in 2002. Some of the hosts like Vic Sotto and Joey de Leon poked fun of him and he always had fun with the audience. He then became a regular co-host. His long-time friend Wally Bayola was also entering show business and they became a comic duo. He also appeared in several sitcoms in GMA Network like ''Daddy Di Do Du'' and ''Ful Haus'' where he worked with Vic Sotto.

In 2010, Manalo reportedly returned to TV5 (formerly ABC 5) for his new sitcom, "My Darling Aswang" with his buddy Vic Sotto & Ritchie Reyes (also known as Ritchie D' Horsie). This was his 2nd TV show on TV5 after Boyoyongs TV Show formerly aired in 1992.

Filmography

TV shows

''Eat Bulaga'' (GMA Network)

''Daddy Di Do Du'' (GMA Network)

''Love To Love (Haunted Lovehouse)'' (GMA Network)

''Magpakailanman: The Bert Marcelo Story'' (GMA Network)

''Wow Hayop'' (GMA Network)

''Ful Haus'' (GMA Network)

''Celebrity Duets Philippines Edition'' (GMA Network)

''H30: Ha Ha Ha Over!'' (Q)

''Talentadong Pinoy'' (TV5) - as guest judge

''The Convict'' - as real life story

''SRO Cinemaserye Presents: Reunion'' (GMA Network)

''Panday Kids'' (GMA Network)

''My Darling Aswang'' (TV5)

''Laugh Or Lose'' (TV5)

Movies

''Atang Family''

''Pak! Pak! My Dr. Kwak!'' (Jose's 1st movie for Star Cinema)

''Si Agimat at si Enteng Kabisote''

''Love Online''

''Iskul Bukol 20 Years After (Ungasis and Escaleras Adventure)''

''Scaregiver''

''Dobol Trobol''

''Enteng Kabisote: Okay Ka Fairy Ko, The Legend''

''Enteng Kabisote 2: Okay Ka Fairy Ko... The Legend Continues''

''Enteng Kabisote 3: Okay Ka Fairy Ko... The Legend Goes On And On And On''

''Enteng Kabisote 4: Okay Ka Fairy Ko... The Beginning of A Legend''

''Fantastic Man''

''Lastikman''

''Oh My Ghost!''

''Ispiritista: Itay, May Moomoo!''

''Daniel Eskultor: Hindi umaatras sa laban''

Awards and recognitions

(2005) ''Best Supporting Actor'' for Enteng Kabisote - Metro Manila Film Festival (won)

External links

Category:1966 births Category:Living people Category:Filipino game show hosts Category:Filipino comedians

tl:Jose Manalo

name	Pamela Anderson
birth date	July 01, 1967
birth place	Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
birth name	Pamela Denise Anderson
years active	1989–present
other names	Pamela Anderson LeePam Anderson
occupation	Actress, model, producer, activist, author, former showgirl
website	http://pamelaanderson.com/
spouse	(divorced) (divorced) (annulled)
partner	Tommy Lee(1999–2001; 2008–2009)Marcus Schenkenberg (2000–2001) Kid Rock (2001–2003) }}

Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1, 1967) is a Canadian-American actress, model, producer, author, activist, and former showgirl, known for her roles on the television series ''Home Improvement'', ''Baywatch'', and ''V.I.P.''

She was chosen as a Playmate of the Month for ''Playboy'' magazine in February 1990. For a time, she was known as Pamela Anderson Lee (or Pamela Lee) after marrying Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee. She holds both United States and Canadian citizenship.

Early life

Anderson was born in Ladysmith, British Columbia. the daughter of Barry Anderson, a furnace repairman, and Carol (née Grosco), a waitress. Her great-grandfather Juho Hyytiäinen was Finnish, a native of Saarijärvi, and left the Grand Duchy of Finland (which was a part of the Russian Empire at the time) in 1908, changing his name to Anderson when he arrived as an immigrant. Anderson also has Russian ancestry on her mother's side.

Career

After graduating from Highland Secondary School in 1985, Anderson moved to Vancouver and worked as a fitness instructor. During the summer of 1989, Anderson went with her friends to a BC Lions game at BC Place, and during the game she was shown on the stadium screen wearing a Labatt's t-shirt, causing the crowd to cheer for the 21-year-old Anderson. She was taken down to the field to receive an ovation from the crowd. Photographer and boyfriend Dan Ilicic produced the Blue Zone Girl poster on his own. In October 1989 she appeared as the cover girl on ''Playboy'' magazine. At this stage in her modelling career, she had decided to live in Los Angeles to further pursue her career ambitions. She became a centrefold for ''Playboy'' when the magazine chose her to be their Playmate of the Month for their February 1990 issue. She then chose to get breast implants. Anderson has since appeared in ''Playboy'' several times in the 1990s and 2000s.

Acting and modeling

After her move to Los Angeles, she won a minor role as the original "Tool Time girl" on the hit television sitcom, ''Home Improvement''. She left the show after two seasons and won the role of C. J. Parker on ''Baywatch'', a role she played between 1992 and 1997. Anderson was still modelling for ''Outdoor Life'' and appearing on the cover of the magazine each year. In 1993 Pam appeared in a music video "Can't Have Your Cake" by Vince Neil to promote his first solo album "Exposed" in which Steve Stevens played all guitars for the recording of that project.

In 1994, she was cast in her first starring role in Raw Justice also known as Good Cop, Bad Cop, a film in which she costarred with Stacy Keach, David Keith and Airplane! star Robert Hays. The film won the Bronze Award at the Worldfest-Charleston in the category for dramatic theatrical films under the title Good Cop, Bad Cop. The notable cast was the focus of many reviewers.

In 1996, she acted in the film ''Barb Wire'' playing Barbara Rose Kopetski, which was thought by some to be Anderson's real name. The movie, a thinly veiled futuristic remake of ''Casablanca'', was not a commercial success. In April 1997, she guest-hosted ''Saturday Night Live.'' She also appeared on one of two covers for the September issue of ''Playboy''.

In September 1998, Anderson starred as Vallery Irons in the Sony Pictures Entertainment hit syndicated show ''V.I.P.'' created by J. F. Lawton. Blending action and humor in a fast-paced adventure series, with Anderson often poking fun at her tabloid image, the show explored the exciting and sometimes treacherous lives of the rich and famous. The series lasted through a successful four year run.

In 1999, she appeared as a giantess in the music video for "Miserable" by California alternative rock band Lit.

Her role as C.J. Parker gave her more popularity and gained her attention from international viewers. She returned to ''Baywatch'' for the 2003 reunion movie, ''Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding''. She also appeared on ''The Nanny'' as Fran's rival, Heather Biblow.

In early 2004, Anderson returned to the spotlight. In May, she appeared naked on the cover of ''Playboy'' magazine. It was the first time she had appeared naked on any magazine cover. Later, she posed naked for ''Stuff'' and ''GQ'' magazines.

Anderson became a naturalized citizen of the United States on May 12, 2004, while retaining her Canadian citizenship. She has lived in Southern California since 1989.

In 2004, she released the book ''Star'', co-written by Eric Shaw Quinn, about a teenager trying to become famous. After this, she began touring the United States, signing autographs for fans at Wal-Mart stores nationwide. Her second book, the sequel ''Star Struck'', released in 2005, is a thinly veiled look at her life with Tommy Lee and the trials of celebrity life.

In April 2005, Anderson starred in a new Fox sitcom ''Stacked'' as Skyler Dayton, a party girl who goes to work at a bookstore. It was cancelled on May 18, 2006, after two seasons, although some episodes had not been aired. On August 14, 2005, Comedy Central created the ''Roast of Pamela Anderson'' to honour the sex symbol for the past decade. During her final speech at the Roast, Anderson referred to her breasts as "Pancho and Lefty".

In December 2005, NBC cut off a video of Anderson pole dancing on Elton John's "The Red Piano." NBC said that the footage was inappropriate for prime time. The video was shown on huge screens during the event, while John played "The Bitch is Back".

In March 2006, it was announced that Anderson would receive a star on Canada's Walk of Fame thanks to her many years as a model and actress. She is only the second model to receive a star. In April 2006, Anderson hosted Canada's Juno Awards, becoming the first non-singer and model to do so.

Anderson was repeatedly referenced in the 2006 mockumentary ''Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan'' as the title character seeks to kidnap and marry her. Anderson appears in person at the end of the film confronted by Borat in a staged botched abduction.

She performed on February 13–14, 2008 in a Valentine's Day striptease act at the Crazy Horse cabaret in Paris.

On July 9, 2008, Anderson entered the Australian Big Brother house for a three-day visit. Her appearance on this show also marked Anderson's foray into reality television with a series of her own, ''Pam: Girl on the Loose'', which debuted on August 3, 2008 on E! in the United States.

In December 2009, Anderson guest-starred as ''Genie of the Lamp'' in the pantomime ''Aladdin'' at the New Wimbledon Theatre in Wimbledon, south-west London, England. Anderson took over the role from comedienne Ruby Wax, with former EastEnders actress Anita Dobson and comedian Paul O'Grady also booked for the role. In the spring of 2010, Anderson appeared as one of the contestants on Dancing with the Stars.

Anderson is due to star in a short film ''The Commuter'' directed by the McHenry Brothers to promote the Nokia N8 smartphone in the UK Fans of Anderson, who won a Nokia UK run competition, will be starring alongside Anderson in the short film.

In November 2010, Anderson appeared on season 4 of the Indian television reality show ''Bigg Boss'' as a guest. She stayed for three days for a reported sum of Rs. 2.5 crores (approx 550,000 USD). The show is inspired from the famous reality show ''Big Brother''.

''Playboy'' career

name	Pamela Anderson
issue	February 1990
birth date	July 1, 1967
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preceded	Peggy McIntaggart
succeeded	Deborah Driggs }}

Anderson's ''Playboy'' career spans three decades (1989–2011), and she has appeared on more ''Playboy'' covers than anyone else. She has also made appearances in the publication's newsstand specials. Anderson wrote the foreword in the ''Playboy'' coffee table book ''Playboy's Greatest Covers.''

Pro wrestling

During an appearance at the World Wrestling Federation's Royal Rumble in 1995, Anderson promised that she would accompany the winner of the Royal Rumble to WrestleMania. Anderson returned for her appearance at the World Wrestling Federation's WrestleMania XI on April 2, but as the guest valet for WWF World Heavyweight Champion Diesel and not the Royal Rumble winner, his opponent Shawn Michaels; Michaels ended up being accompanied to the ring by Jenny McCarthy. After pinning Michaels, Diesel left with both Anderson and McCarthy.

In anticipation of her appearance at the Royal Rumble, several skits were produced featuring wrestlers fawning over Anderson. One commercial featured Anderson coming home and checking her answering machine. As Anderson strips down behind a curtain, messages from wrestlers such as Shawn Michaels, Diesel, and Doink the Clown can be heard.

At the 2006 Canada's Walk of Fame induction ceremony, Anderson shared a kiss with WWE diva and fellow Canadian Trish Stratus.

She appeared on former Pro Wrestling commentator Mark Madden's Pittsburgh-based sports talk radio show in October, 2006.

''Dancing with the Stars''

Anderson was a contestant on the tenth season of ''Dancing with the Stars'', partnered with professional dancer Damian Whitewood. The season premiered on Monday, March 22, 2010, and after seven weeks, Anderson was eliminated.

In 2011, she appeared on the eighth cycle of the Argentinian version of ''Dancing with the Stars'', entitled ''Bailando por un sueño''.(25 May 2011). That looks familiar! Pamela Anderson slips into Baywatch-style red number for Argentina's Dancing With The Stars, ''Daily Mail''

Personal life

Relationships

In addition to her fame from modelling and acting, Anderson has received a great deal of press attention for her well-publicized personal life. Her relationships have made headlines in gossip magazines for years. Anderson married Tommy Lee, drummer of Mötley Crüe, on February 19, 1995, after knowing him for only 96 hours and the couple eventually had two sons, Brandon Thomas Lee (b. June 6, 1996) and Dylan Jagger Lee (b. December 29, 1997), named after Pamela's great grandfather Dale Jagger Grosco who fought in World War II. During this time, she was known professionally as Pamela Anderson Lee. Anderson filed for divorce from Lee twice and reconciled with him twice, before the couple finally broke up for good, however, she admitted to newspapers that she still often had sex with him since their divorce. In March 2002, Anderson publicly stated that she had contracted the Hepatitis C virus from Lee (supposedly from sharing tattoo needles), and began writing a regular column for ''Jane'' magazine. In October 2003, Anderson jokingly said on Howard Stern's radio show that she does not expect to live more than 10 or 15 years, but this was misconstrued and taken seriously by many websites and tabloids.

Since her divorce, she was engaged to the model Marcus Schenkenberg and to the singer Kid Rock (Robert J. Ritchie). She broke up with Schenkenberg in 2001 and with Kid Rock in 2003. It was announced on July 18, 2006 that she would marry Kid Rock on July 29, 2006, on a yacht near St Tropez, France. "Feels like I've been stuck in a time warp," said Anderson in her blog entry. "Not able to let go of MY family picture ... it's been sad and lonely and frustrating ... I've raised my kids alone in hope of a miracle. Well my miracle came and went. And came back and back because he knew that I'd wake up one day and realize that I was waiting for nothing." "I'm moving on," she declared. "I feel like I'm finally free ... I'm in love." There was extensive unconfirmed media speculation that the marriage was pregnancy-related, but the theory was based only on Anderson's representative's refusal to comment on the question.

On November 10, 2006, it was announced that Anderson miscarried while in Vancouver shooting a new film, ''Blonde and Blonder''. Seventeen days later, on November 27, 2006, Anderson filed for divorce in Los Angeles County Superior Court from Kid Rock, citing irreconcilable differences. Some news reports have suggested that Kid Rock's outrage during a screening of ''Borat'', in which she plays a cameo role, led to the filing for divorce two weeks later.

Anderson told talk show host Ellen DeGeneres in September 2007 that she was engaged. On September 29, Anderson and Rick Salomon, applied for a marriage license in Las Vegas. Anderson married Salomon between her two nightly appearances at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Hans Klok's magic show in a small wedding ceremony at The Mirage on October 6, 2007. However, the couple separated on December 13, and on February 22, 2008, Anderson requested through the courts that the marriage be annulled citing fraud.

Sex tapes

A sex tape of Anderson and Tommy Lee on their honeymoon was stolen from their home, and made a huge stir on the Internet. Anderson sued the video distribution company, Internet Entertainment Group. Ultimately, the Lees entered into a confidential settlement agreement with IEG. Thereafter, the company began making the tape available to subscribers to its Web sites again, resulting in triple the normal traffic on the site.

A second tape, which was made before the Tommy Lee tape, involving Anderson and musician Bret Michaels from Poison was later announced, and an abridged version of less than 60 seconds appeared on the internet. Frames of the video first appeared in ''Penthouse'' magazine in March 1998. The tape was successfully blocked by Michaels, but a four-minute sex tape is still available on the Internet.

Charitable work and activism

Anderson is a vegan, an advocate for animal rights, and an active member of the animal protection organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), taking part in several campaigns for animal rights. She became a vegetarian in her early teens when she saw her father cleaning an animal he had hunted.

One of Anderson's campaigns as a member of PETA has been against the use of fur. In 1999, Anderson received the first Linda McCartney Memorial Award for animal rights protectors, in recognition of her campaign. In 2003, Anderson stripped down for PETA's "I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur" advertising campaign. On June 28, 2006, Anderson posed naked with other protesters on a window display of the Stella McCartney boutique in London, England. It was a PETA gala event before the PETA Humanitarian Awards. Anderson went inside the boutique and said she would take her clothes off if the event raised enough money for PETA, which it did.

She has also campaigned against Kentucky Fried Chicken. In 2001, Anderson released a letter in support of PETA's campaign against Kentucky Fried Chicken, stating "What KFC does to 750 million chickens each year is not civilized or acceptable." She later made a video about KFC's treatment of chickens. In January 2006, Anderson requested that the Governor of Kentucky remove a bust of Colonel Sanders, the founder of KFC, from display but her request was refused even when she offered her own bust in exchange. In February 2006, Anderson decided to boycott the Kentucky Derby because of its support for Kentucky Fried Chicken.

She has also campaigned against seal hunting in Canada. In March 2006, Anderson asked to speak to Prime Minister Stephen Harper about the annual seal hunt but she was refused. In May 2006, she petitioned random individuals on the street for their opinion on the Canadian Seal Hunt. In December, 2009, Anderson, photographed in a t-shirt with a drawn picture of a seal pup on it, was featured in a new ad campaign for PETA. She appears next to the headline "Save the Seals" in the ad and urges the public to help end "Canada's annual seal slaughter."

Anderson joined forces with PETA in a campaign for the boycott of fruit-juice maker POM. The "Pom Horrible Campaign" has resulted in the company halting animal tests.

In March 2005, Anderson became a spokesmodel for MAC Cosmetics's MAC AIDS Fund, which helped people affected by AIDS and HIV. After becoming the official spokesmodel, Anderson raised money during events in Toronto, Tokyo, Dublin, and Athens.

Anderson became the celebrity spokesperson for the American Liver Foundation, and served as the Grand Marshal of the SOS motorcycle ride fundraiser.

She wrote an open letter to President Barack Obama urging the legalization of cannabis.

Anderson became the center of controversy when she posed in a bikini nearly nude for a PETA ad that was banned in Canada on grounds that the ad was sexist. Anderson retorted saying, "In a city that is known for its exotic dancing and for being progressive and edgy, how sad that a woman would be banned from using her own body in a political protest over the suffering of cows and chickens. In some parts of the world, women are forced to cover their whole bodies with burqas – is that next? I didn't think that Canada would be so puritanical."

Filmography

Film

! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1990	''Playboy: Sexy Lingerie II''	Herself	Self – video
1991	''Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1991''	Herself	Self – video
1991	''Playboy: Wet & Wild III''	Herself	Self – video
1991	''Playboy: Sexy Lingerie III''	Herself	Self – video
1991	''''	Cheerleader	Action film
1992	''Playboy Video Centerfold: Pamela Anderson''	Herself	Self – video
1992	''Playboy: The Best of Sexy Lingerie''	Herself	Self – video
1992	''Playboy: Playmate Bloopers''	Herself	Self – video
1992	''Playboy: Playmates in Paradise''	Herself	Self – video
1992	''Playboy: Playmate Private Pleasures''	Herself	Self – video
1993		Felicity	Thriller film
1994	''Raw Justice''	Sarah	Thriller film
1995	''Naked Souls''	Britt	Independent thriller film
1995	''Baywatch the Movie: Forbidden Paradise''	C.J Parker	Television film
1995	''Playboy: The Best of Pamela Anderson''	Herself	Self – video
1995	''Edenquest: Pamela Anderson ''	Herself	Self – video
1996		Barb Wire	Sci-Fi film
1998	''Pam & Tommy Lee: Stolen Honeymoon''	Herself	Self – video
1998	''Playboy: Celebrities''	Herself	Self – video
1998	''A Taste of Playboy: Personalities Volume 1''	Herself	Self – video
1998	''Playboy: Blondes, Brunettes, Redheads''	Herself	Self – video
1999	''Playboy: Sexiest Home Videos''	Herself	Self – video
1999	''Celebrities Caught on Camera: Volume 1''	Herself	Self – video
1999	''Playboy: Playmate Profile Video Collection Featuring Miss February 1999, 1996, 1993, 1990''	Herself	Self – video
2001	''Playboy Exposed: Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored''	Herself	Self – video
2002	''Playboy: Prime Time Playmates''	Herself	Self – video
2002	''Playboy: The Ultimate Pamela Anderson''	Herself	Self – video
2002		Herself	Uncredited
2003	''Scary Movie 3''	Becca	Comedy spoof film
2003	''Pauly Shore Is Dead''	Herself	Comedy/mockumentary film
2004	''Playboy: 50 Years of Playmates''	Herself	Self – video
2005		Herself	Action movie
2006	''Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan''	Herself	Mockumentary
2008	''Superhero Movie''	Invisible Girl	Comedy film
2008	''Blonde and Blonder''	Dee Twiddle	Comedy film
2010	''Costa Rican Summer''	Herself	Comedy film
2010	''Hollywood & Wine''	Herself	Comedy film
2010	''The Commuter''	Female Guest in Hotel	Short action/comedy film

Television

''Charles in Charge'' episode "Teacher's Pest" (1990)

''Married... with Children'' episode "Al With Kelly" (1990)

''Married... with Children'' episode "Route 666: Part 2" (1991)

''Home Improvement'' (cast member from 1991–1993)

''Baywatch'' (cast member from 1992–1997)

''Days of our Lives'' (cast member in 1992)

''Come Die with Me: A Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Mystery'' (1994)

''The Nanny'' episode "Danny's Dead and Who's Got the Will?" (1997)

''The Nanny'' episode "The Heather Biblow Story" (1997)

''V.I.P.'' (1998–2002)

''Futurama'' (voice) episode "A Fishful of Dollars" (1999)

''Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding'' (2003)

''Less Than Perfect'' episode "All About Claude" (2003)

''Stripperella'' (voice) (2003–2004)

''Stacked'' (2005–2006)

''Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson'' (2005)

''8 Simple Rules'' episode "C.J.'s Temptation" (2005)

''8 Simple Rules'' episode "Torn Between Two Lovers" (2005)

''MADtv'' (2005)

''Pam: Girl on the Loose'' (2008)

''The Sunday Night Project'' – Guest Host (2008)

''Big Brother Australia'' – House Guest for 3 days (2008)

''Dancing with the Stars'' (2010) – As contestant

''Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff'' (2010) – As roaster

''Magic Numbers (in the United Kingdom)'' (2010) – as guest

''Bigg Boss India'' – House Guest for 4 days (2010)

''Bailando 2011'' (2011) – As contestant

''Les Anges de la télé-réalité (France, season 2)'' (2011) - as guest in Miami house

In popular culture

''Newman House'' is a pop architecture building constructed in 2003 in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, which features a large image of Anderson's face. Sam Newman commissioned local architect Cassandra Fahey to design the building, and used the image with Anderson's permission. Permits were issued retroactively when it became a major local landmark and won the award for Best New Residential Building in the RAIA Victorian Architecture Awards.

Serbian comedy rock band Prljavi Inspektor Blaža i Kljunovi released the song "Lepa si, Pamela" (trans. "You're Beautiful, Pamela") on their 1998 album ''Seks, droga i Bodiroga'' (''Sex, Drugs and Bodiroga''). In the song the band's frontman Igor "Prljavi Inspektor Blaža" Blažević declares his love to Pamela and makes threats to Tommy Lee, and the album cover features an image of Anderson and Blažević in bed. In 2009 Blažević met Anderson in Belgrade, presenting her with the ''Seks, droga i Bodiroga'' disc.

Anderson is also seen on the television series, ''Invader Zim'', appearing in "Walk of Doom", "Dib's Wonderful Life of Doom", "Mortos de Soulstealer", and "The Girl Who Cried Gnome". However, she did not speak in her appearances on the show.

References

Further reading

External links

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Name	Laurie Anderson
Landscape	yes
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Laurel Phillips Anderson
Born	June 05, 1947Glen Ellyn, IllinoisUnited States
Instrument	ViolinSynclavierPercussionVocalist
Genre	Experimental music, art rock
Spouse	Lou Reed
Occupation	Musician, Performance artist
Years active	1975–present
Label	Warner Bros. RecordsNonesuch/Elektra Records
Associated acts	Lou ReedJanice PendarvisDavid Van Tieghem
Website	laurieanderson.com
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Laura Phillips "Laurie" Anderson (born 5 June 1947 ) is an influential American experimental performance artist, composer and musician who plays violin and keyboards and sings in a variety of experimental music and art rock styles. Initially trained as a sculptor, Anderson did her first performance-art piece in the late 1960s. Throughout the 1970s, Anderson did a variety of different performance-art activities. She became widely known outside the art world in 1981 when her single "O Superman" reached number two on the UK pop charts. She also starred in and directed the 1986 concert film ''Home of the Brave''.

Anderson is a pioneer in electronic music and has invented several devices that she has used in her recordings and performance art shows. In 1977, she created a tape-bow violin that uses recorded magnetic tape on the bow instead of horsehair and a magnetic tape head in the bridge. In the late 1990s, she developed a talking stick, a six-foot-long baton-like MIDI controller that can access and replicate different sounds.

Anderson married singer/songwriter and guitarist Lou Reed in 2008.

Early life

Anderson was born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, the daughter of Mary Louise (née Rowland) and Arthur T. Anderson. She graduated from Glenbard West High School. She attended Mills College in California, and eventually graduated from Barnard College magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, studying art history. In 1972, she obtained an MFA in sculpture from Columbia University. Her first performance-art piece—a symphony played on automobile horns—was performed in 1969. In 1970, she drew the underground comix Baloney Moccasins, which was published by George DiCaprio. In the early 1970s, she worked as an art instructor, as an art critic for magazines such as ''Artforum'', and illustrated children's books.

1970s

She performed in New York through the 1970s. One of her most-cited performances, ''Duets on Ice'', which she conducted in New York and other cities around the world, involved her playing the violin along with a recording while wearing ice skates with the blades frozen into a block of ice; the performance ended only when the ice had melted away. Two early pieces, "New York Social Life" and "Time to Go," were included in the 1977 compilation ''New Music for Electronic and Recorded Media'', along with works by Pauline Oliveros and others. Two other pieces were included on ''Airwaves'' a collection of audio pieces by artists. She also recorded a lecture for ''Vision'', a set of artist's lectures released by Crown Point Press as a set of 6 LPs.

Many of Anderson's earliest recordings remain unreleased, or were only issued in limited quantities, such as her first single, "It's Not the Bullet that Kills You (It's the Hole)". That song, along with "New York Social Life" and about a dozen others, were originally recorded for use in an art installation that consisted of a jukebox that played the different Anderson compositions, at the Holly Solomon Gallery in New York City. Among the musicians on these early recordings are Peter Gordon on saxophone, Scott Johnson on guitar, Ken Deifik on harmonica, and Joe Kos on drums. Photographs and descriptions of many of these early performances were included in Anderson's retrospective book, ''Stories from the Nerve Bible''.

During the late 1970s, Anderson made a number of additional recordings that were released either privately or included on compilations of avant-garde music, most notably releases by the Giorno Poetry Systems label run by New York poet John Giorno, an early intimate of Andy Warhol. Among the Giorno-released recordings was ''You're the Guy I Want to Share My Money With'', a double-album shared with Giorno and William Burroughs (the original release had one LP side for each artist, with the fourth side triple-grooved, one for each, so you'd get a different one, depending on where you put the needle down). In 1978, Anderson performed at The Nova Convention, a major conference involving many counter-culture figures and rising avant-garde musical stars, including William S. Burroughs, Philip Glass, Frank Zappa, Timothy Leary, Malcolm Goldstein, John Cage, and Allen Ginsberg. She also worked with comedian Andy Kaufman in the late 1970s.

1980s

Anderson became widely known outside the art world in 1981 with the single "O Superman", originally released in a limited quantity by B. George's One Ten Records. The song reached number two on the national pop charts in Britain after the sudden influx of orders from the UK (prompted by British radio station Radio Clyde playlisting the record) and led to Anderson's signing a 7-album deal with Warner Bros. Records, which re-released the single.

"O Superman" was part of a larger stage work titled ''United States'' and was included on the album ''Big Science''. Prior to the release of ''Big Science'', Anderson returned to Giorno Poetry Systems to record the album ''You're the Guy I Want to Share My Money With''; Anderson recorded one side of the 2-LP set, with William S. Burroughs and John Giorno recording a side each, and the fourth side featured a separate groove for each artist. This was followed by the back-to-back releases of her albums ''Mister Heartbreak'' and ''United States Live'', the latter of which was a five-LP (and, later, 4-CD) recording of her 2-evening stage show at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. She also appeared in a television special produced by Nam June Paik broadcast on New Years Day 1984, entitled Good Morning Mr. Orwell (the title being inspired by Orwell's novel 1984).

She next starred in and directed the 1986 concert film ''Home of the Brave'' and also composed the soundtracks for the Spalding Gray films ''Swimming to Cambodia'' and ''Monster in a Box''. During this time she also contributed music to Robert Wilson's "Alcestis" at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She also hosted the PBS series ''Alive from Off-Center'' during this time, for which she produced the short film ''What You Mean We?'' Release of Anderson's first post-''Home of the Brave'' album, 1989's ''Strange Angels'', was delayed for more than a year in order for Anderson to take singing lessons. This was due to the album being more musically inclined (in terms of singing) than her previous works.

1990s

In 1991, she was a member of the jury at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival. In the same year, Anderson appeared in ''The Human Face'', a feature arts documentary directed by artist-filmmakers Nichola Bruce and Michael Coulson for BBC TV. Anderson was the presenter in this documentary on the history of the face in art and science. Her face was transformed using latex masks and digital special effects as she introduced ideas about the relationship between physiognomy and perception. Her varied career in the early 1990s included voice-acting in the animated film ''The Rugrats Movie''. In 1994 she created a CD-ROM titled ''Puppet Motel'', which was followed by ''Bright Red'', co-produced by Brian Eno, and another spoken-word album, ''The Ugly One with the Jewels''. This was then followed by an appearance on the 1997 charity single ''Perfect Day''.

In 1996, Anderson performed with Diego Frenkel (La Portuária) and Aterciopelados for the AIDS benefit album ''Silencio=Muerte: Red Hot + Latin'' produced by the Red Hot Organization.

An interval of more than half a decade followed before her next album release. During this time, she wrote a supplemental article on the cultural character of New York City for the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' and created a number of multimedia presentations, most notably one inspired by ''Moby-Dick'' (''Songs and Stories From Moby Dick'', 1999–2000). One of the central themes in Anderson's work is exploring the effects of technology on human relationships and communication.

2000s

''Life on a String'', appeared in 2001, by which time she signed a new contract with another Warner Music label, Nonesuch Records. ''Life on a String'' was a mixture of new works (including one song recalling the recent death of her father) and works from the ''Moby Dick'' presentation. In 2001, she recorded the audiobook version of Don DeLillo's novel ''The Body Artist''. Anderson, who rarely revisits older work (though themes and lyrics occasionally reappear), went on tour performing a selection of her best-known musical pieces in 2001. One of these performances was recorded in New York City only a week after the September 11, 2001, attacks, and included a performance of "O Superman." This concert was released in early 2002 as the double CD ''Live in New York''.

In 2003, Anderson became NASA's first artist-in-residence, which inspired her performance piece, ''The End of the Moon''. She mounted a succession of themed shows and composed a piece for Expo 2005 in Japan. In 2005, Anderson visited Russia’s space programme – the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre and mission control – with The Arts Catalyst and took part in The Arts Catalyst’s Space Soon event at the Roundhouse to reflect on her experiences. She was part of the team that created the opening ceremony for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. Later that year, she collaborated with the choreographer Trisha Brown and filmmaker Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo on the acclaimed multimedia project ''O Zlozony/O Composite'' for the Paris Opera Ballet. The ballet premiered at the Opera Garnier in Paris in December 2004. Anderson has also collaborated with William S. Burroughs, Jean Dupuy, Arto Lindsay, Bill Laswell, Ian Ritchie, Peter Gabriel, Perry Hoberman, David Sylvian, Jean Michel Jarre, Brian Eno, Phillip Glass, Nona Hendryx, Bobby McFerrin, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Dave Stewart, Peter Laurence Gordon, Adrian Belew, Hector Zazou, and Lou Reed.

Since the latter part of the 1990s Anderson and Lou Reed have collaborated on a number of recordings together. Anderson contributed to "Call on Me" from Reed's collaborative project ''The Raven'', on the tracks "Rouge" and "Rock Minuet" from Reed's ''Ecstasy'', and "Hang on to Your Emotions" from Reed's ''Set the Twilight Reeling''; Lou Reed contributes to the tracks "In Our Sleep" from Laurie Anderson's ''Bright Red'' and "One Beautiful Evening" from Anderson's ''Life on a String''. They were married on April 12, 2008 in a private ceremony in Boulder, Colorado.

In 2005, her exhibition ''The Waters Reglitterized'' opened at the Sean Kelly Gallery in New York City. According to the press release by Sean Kelly, the work is a diary of dreams and their literal recreation as works of art. This work, created in the process of re-experiencing or re-working her dreams while awake, uses the language of dreams to investigate the dream itself. The resulting pieces include drawings, prints, and high-definition video. The installation ran until October 22, 2005. In 2006, she contributed a song to ''Plague Songs'', a collection of songs related to the 10 Biblical plagues.

Laurie Anderson narrated Ric Burns's ''Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film'', which was first televised in September 2006 as part of the PBS ''American Masters'' series. Anderson also performed in Came So Far for Beauty, the Leonard Cohen tribute event held in the Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland, on October 4–5, 2006. Recent releases include a re-release of her first album, ''Big Science'' on Nonesuch Records, a book of drawings titled ''Night Life'', and a brand new album released in 2010 called ''Homeland''.

Material from ''Homeland'' was performed at small work-in-progress shows in New York throughout May 2007, most notably at the Highline Ballroom on May 17–18, supported by a 4-piece band with spontaneous lighting and video visuals mixed live throughout the performances by Willie Williams and Mark Coniglio, respectively. A European tour of the ''Homeland'' work in progress took place during the late summer and fall of 2007, including performances on September 28 and September 29, 2007, at the Olympia Theatre, Dublin; on October 17–19 at the Melbourne International Arts Festival; in Russia at the Moscow Dom Muzyky concert-hall on April 26, 2008. The work was performed across the Atlantic in Toronto, Canada, June 14, 2008, with husband Lou Reed, making the "Lost Art of Conversation" a duet with vocals and guitar, with his ambling style contrasting with Anderson's tightly wound performance. Anderson's ''Homeland Tour'' performed at several locations across the United States as well, such as at the Ferst Center for the Arts, Atlanta, Georgia; The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, New York; and Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park, Chicago, Illinois, co-presented by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.

Anderson was awarded the 2007 Gish Prize for her "outstanding contribution to the beauty of the world and to humankind’s enjoyment and understanding of life."

2010s

In February 2010, Laurie Anderson premièred a new theatrical work, entitled ''Delusion'', at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games. This piece was commissioned by the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad and the Barbican Centre, London.

In May/June 2010, Anderson curated the Vivid Sydney festival in Sydney, Australia together with Lou Reed. Her new album ''Homeland'' was released on June 22.

She performed "Only an Expert" on July 15, 2010 on ''The Late Show with David Letterman'', and her song "Gravity's Angel" was featured on the Fox TV show ''So You Think You Can Dance'' on the same day.

She appears as a guest musician on several tracks from experimental jazz musician Colin Stetson's 2011 album ''New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges''.

Inventions

Anderson has invented several experimental musical instruments that she has used in her recordings and performances.

Tape-bow violin

The tape-bow violin is an instrument created by Laurie Anderson in 1977. It uses recorded magnetic tape in place of the traditional horsehair in the bow, and a magnetic tape head in the bridge. Anderson has updated and modified this device over the years. She can be seen using a later generation of this device in her film ''Home of the Brave'' during the "Late Show" segment in which she manipulates a sentence recorded by William S. Burroughs. This version of the violin discarded magnetic tape and instead used MIDI-based audio samples, triggered by contact with the bow.

Talking stick

The talking stick is a 6-foot-long baton-like MIDI controller. It was used in the ''Moby-Dick'' tour in 1999–2000. She described it in program notes as follows:

Voice filters

A recurring motif in Anderson's work is the use of a voice filter which deepens her voice into a masculine register, a technique which Anderson has referred to as "audio drag". Anderson has long used the resulting character in her work as a "voice of authority" or conscience, although she later decided that he had lost much of his authority and instead began utilizing the voice to provide historical or sociopolitical commentary, as he does on "Another Day in America", a piece from her 2010 album ''Homeland''.

For much of Anderson's career, the character was nameless or actually called the Voice of Authority, although more recently, he was dubbed Fenway Bergamot from Reed's suggestion. The cover of ''Homeland'' depicts Anderson in character as Bergamot, with streaks of black makeup to give her a moustache and thick, masculine eyebrows.

In "The Cultural Ambassador", a piece on her album ''The Ugly One with the Jewels'', Anderson explained some of her perspective on the character:

Discography

(with US and UK chart positions)

Studio Albums

''Big Science'' (1982) US #124 UK #29 ''Mister Heartbreak'' (1984) US #60 UK #93

The single "Sharkey's Day" was for many years the theme song of Lifetime Television. Anderson also recorded a number of limited-release singles in the late 1970s (many issued from the Holly Soloman Gallery), songs from which were included on a number of compilations, including Giorno Poetry Systems' ''The Nova Convention'' and ''You're the Guy I Want to Share My Money With''. Over the years she has also performed on recordings by other musicians such as Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed, and Jean Michel Jarre. She also contributed lyrics to the Philip Glass album ''Songs for Liquid Days'', she also contributed a spoken-word piece to a tribute album in honor of John Cage.

Music videos

Formal music videos have been produced of

"O Superman"

"Sharkey's Day"

"Language is a Virus" (from ''Home of the Brave'')

"Beautiful Red Dress"

In addition, in lieu of making another music video for her ''Strange Angels'' album, Anderson taped a series of 1- to 2-minute Public Service Announcements in which she spoke about issues such as the U.S. national debt and the arts scene. Some of the music used in these productions came from her soundtrack of ''Swimming to Cambodia''. The PSAs were frequently shown between music videos on VH-1 in early 1990.

Films

# ''Dearreader: How to Turn a Book Into a Movie'' - 1974 # ''System ohne Schatten/Closed Circuit'' - 1983 # ''Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson'' - 1986 # ''What You Mean We?'' - 1987 # ''Hotel Deutschland'' - 1992 # ''The Rugrats Movie'' - 1998 (provided character voice) # ''Life on a String'' - 2002 # ''Hidden Inside Mountains'' - 2006

Television

# ''Saturday Night Live'' - musical guest, 1986 # ''Alive from Off Center'' - host, 1987

Audiobooks

# ''The Path to Tranquility'' by His Holiness the Dalai Lama - co-narrator, 1999 # ''The Body Artist'' by Don DeLillo - sole narrator, 2001

Bibliography

''United States'' (HarperCollins, 1984) ISBN 0-06-091110-7

''Stories from the Nerve Bible: A Twenty-Year Retrospective'' (HarperCollins, 1994) ISBN 0-06-055355-3

''Dal Vivo'' (Fondazione Prada, 1999) ISBN 88-87029-10-5

''Night Life'' (Edition 7L, 2007) ISBN 3-86521-339-1

References

Further reading

Golden, Barbara. “Conversation with Laurie Anderson.” ''eContact! 12.2 — Interviews (2)'' (April 2010). Montréal: CEC.

mite. “Talking with Laurie Anderson.” ''Mutant Renegade Zine'' #7, June 1996.

Nicom, John. “Homeland insecurity: Laurie Anderson takes uncompromising look at how America has changed.” ''LJWorld.com''. 12 September 2008.

External links

Some Notes on Seeing: The Waters Reglitterized By Laurie Anderson for exhibition 2005

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