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Butler, Pennsylvania
The city of Butler is the county seat of Butler County in the US state of Pennsylvania, situated 35 miles (56 km) north of Pittsburgh. The population was 13,757 at the 2010 census.
Butler was named for Maj. Gen. Richard Butler, who fell at the Battle of the Wabash, also known as St. Clair's Defeat, in western Ohio in 1791.
In 1803 John and Samuel Cunningham became the first settlers in the village of Butler. After settling in Butler, the two brothers laid out the community by drawing up plots of land for more incoming settlers. By 1817, the community was incorporated into a borough. The first settlers were of Irish or Scottish descent and were driving westward from Connecticut. In 1802 the German immigrants began arriving, with Detmar Basse settling in Jackson Township in 1802 and founding Zelienople the following year. After George Rapp arrived in 1805 and founded Harmony, larger numbers of settlers followed. John A. Roebling settled Saxonburg in 1832, by which time most of the county was filled with German settlers.
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Ferrari
Coordinates: 44°31′57″N 10°51′51″E / 44.532447°N 10.864137°E / 44.532447; 10.864137
Ferrari S.p.A. is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929, as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles as Ferrari S.p.A. in 1947. Throughout its history, the company has been noted for its continued participation in racing, especially in Formula One, where it has had great success. Ferrari road cars are generally seen as a symbol of luxury and wealth.
Enzo Ferrari wasn't initially interested in the idea of producing road cars when he formed Scuderia Ferrari (literally "Ferrari Stable", and usually used to mean "Team Ferrari", it is correctly pronounced [skudeˈriːa]) in 1928 as a sponsor for amateur drivers headquartered in Modena. Ferrari prepared, and successfully raced, various drivers in Alfa Romeo cars until 1938, when he was hired by Alfa Romeo to head their motor racing department.
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Grand Ole Opry
The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly country music stage concert in Nashville, Tennessee, that has presented the biggest stars of that genre since 1925. It is also among the longest-running broadcasts in history since its beginnings November 28, 1925, as a one-hour radio "barn dance" on WSM-AM. Dedicated to honoring country music and its history, the Opry showcases a mix of legends and contemporary chart-toppers performing country, bluegrass, folk, gospel, and comedic performances and skits. Considered an American icon, it attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors from around the world and millions of radio and Internet listeners. The Opry, today part of the American landscape, is "the show that made country music famous" and has been called the "home of American music" and "country’s most famous stage."
In the 1930s, the show began hiring professionals and expanded to four hours; and WSM-AM, broadcasting by then with 50,000 watts, made the program a Saturday night musical tradition in nearly 30 states. In 1939, it debuted nationally on NBC Radio. The Opry moved to a permanent home, the Ryman Auditorium, in 1943. As it developed in importance, so did the city of Nashville, which became America's "country music capital".
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles (
i/lɒs ˈændʒələs/ loss-AN-jə-ləs; Spanish: [los ˈaŋxeles], which is written Los Ángeles; British pronounciation /lɒs ˈændʒəliːz/ loss-AN-jə-leez) with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in the state of California, and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of 468.67 square miles (1,213.8 km2), and is located in Southern California. Often known by its initials L.A., the city is the focal point of the larger Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana metropolitan statistical area and Greater Los Angeles Area region, which contain 12,828,837 and nearly 18 million people respectively as of 2010, making it one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world and the second largest in the United States. Los Angeles is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated and one of the most ethnically diverse counties in the United States, while the entire Los Angeles area itself has been recognized as the most diverse of the nation's largest cities. The city's inhabitants are referred to as "Angelenos".
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Manhattan
Manhattan (/mænˈhætən/) is the most densely populated and the oldest of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the U.S. state of New York. The borough and county consist of Manhattan Island and several small adjacent islands: Roosevelt Island, Randall's Island, Wards Island, Governors Island, Liberty Island, part of Ellis Island,Mill Rock, and U Thant Island; as well as Marble Hill, a very small area on the mainland bordering the Bronx. The original city of New York began at the southern end of Manhattan, expanded northward, and then between 1874 and 1898, annexed land from surrounding counties.
The New York County is the most densely populated county in the United States, and one of the most densely populated areas in the world, with a 2010 population of 1,585,873 living in a land area of 22.96 square miles (59.5 km2), or 69,464 residents per square mile (26,924/km²), more dense than any individual American city. It is also one of the wealthiest counties in the United States, with a 2005 per capita income above $100,000. Manhattan is the third-largest of New York's five boroughs in population, and its smallest borough in land area.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh (
/ˈpɪtsbərɡ/, PITS-burg) is the second largest city in the U.S. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of both Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley. Nationally, it is the 22nd largest urban area in the United States. The population of the city in 2010 was 305,704, while that of the seven-county metropolitan area stood at 2,356,285.Downtown Pittsburgh retains substantial economic influence, ranking at 25th in the nation for jobs within the urban core and 6th in job density. The characteristic shape of Pittsburgh's central business district is a triangular tract carved by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, which form the Ohio River. The city features 151 high-rise buildings, 446 bridges, two inclined railways, and a pre-revolutionary fortification. Pittsburgh is known colloquially as "the City of Bridges" and "the Steel City" for its many bridges and former steel manufacturing base.
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Scottsdale, Arizona
Scottsdale (O'odham Vaṣai S-vaṣonĭ; Yaqui Eskatel) is a city in the eastern part of Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, adjacent to Phoenix. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2010 the population of the city was 217,385.The New York Times described downtown Scottsdale as "a desert version of Miami's South Beach" and as having "plenty of late night partying and a buzzing hotel scene".
Scottsdale is bordered to the west by Phoenix and Paradise Valley, to the north by Carefree, to the south by Tempe, and to the east by Fountain Hills and the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community.
The Scottsdale area was originally inhabited by the Hohokam, one of the four major prehistoric archeological cultures in the region that is now the American Southwest. From 800 AD to 1400 AD, this ancient civilization farmed the area and built irrigation canals, constructing more than 125 miles (201 km) of canals, much of which remains extant today.
Before European settlement, Scottsdale was a Pima village known as Vaṣai S-vaṣonĭ, meaning "rotting hay." Some Pima remained in their original homes well into the 20th century. For example, until the late 1960s, there was a still-occupied traditional dwelling on the southeast corner of Indian Bend Road and Hayden Road. Currently, those Pima who live within Scottsdale reside in newer homes rather than traditional dwellings. Many Pima and Maricopa people continue to reside on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, which borders Scottsdale directly to the east.
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Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard is a street in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, that stretches from Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific Coast Highway at the Pacific Ocean in the Pacific Palisades. The street is an icon of Hollywood celebrity culture and the phrase "Sunset Boulevard" is an enduring shorthand for the glamor associated with Hollywood.
Approximately 24 miles (39 km) in length, the famous boulevard roughly mimics the arc of the mountains that form the northern boundary of the Los Angeles Basin. From downtown Los Angeles, it heads northwest, to Hollywood, through which it travels due west for several miles before it bends southwest, on course to the Pacific. It passes through or near Echo Park, Silver Lake, Los Feliz, the aforementioned Hollywood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Holmby Hills, Bel-Air, Brentwood, and Pacific Palisades. Other than West Hollywood and Beverly Hills, which are independent incorporated cities, the places named above are all districts and neighborhoods in the City of Los Angeles. In the Bel-Air district of Los Angeles, Sunset Boulevard runs along the northern boundary of the UCLA Westwood campus, and it also serves as the postal divider between north and south west of Beverly Hills.
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Alexis Stewart
Alexis Gilbert "Lexie" Stewart (born September 27, 1965) is the only child of Martha Stewart and her ex-husband Andrew. She was the co-host of Whatever with Alexis and Jennifer on Sirius Satellite Radio, and Whatever with Alexis and Jennifer on the Hallmark Channel alongside co-host Jennifer Hutt.
Stewart was born in Manhattan. She graduated from Putney School in Putney, Vermont in 1983. She earned a bachelor's degree in English at Barnard College in 1987.
In 1997, Stewart married John R. Cuti, a lawyer. Cuti served as a trial lawyer during Martha Stewart's ImClone stock trading case, alongside her lead attorney Robert Morvillo. Stewart and Cuti separated before Martha Stewart was indicted in June 2003 but were not divorced until mid-2004, after the trial was over.
Stewart is a vegan.
On October 9, 2007, Stewart appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show to discuss her recent struggle to conceive a child naturally. On November 29, 2010, it was announced that Stewart had hired a surrogate mother and was expecting her first child in early March of the following year. On March 8, 2011, Stewart's daughter, Jude, was born. Stewart explained she named her daughter after SIRIUS Satellite Radio host Rude Jude.
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Arsenio Hall
Arsenio Hall (born February 12, 1956) is an American actor, comedian, and former talk show host. He is best known for hosting The Arsenio Hall Show.
Hall is also known for his appearance as Alan Thicke's sidekick on the talk show, Thicke of the Night. He was the winning contestant on NBC's reality show, Celebrity Apprentice 5, after defeating singer and American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken in the Celebrity Apprentice live finale.
Arsenio was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Fred and Anne Hall. His father is a Baptist minister. Hall performed as a magician when he was a child. He graduated from Warrensville Heights High School in Warrensville Heights, Ohio in 1973. After he graduated, he attended Ohio University, where he was on the speech team with Nancy Cartwright and Leon Harris. He then transferred to and graduated from Kent State University.
He later moved to Chicago, and then Los Angeles, to pursue a career in comedy, making a couple of appearances on Soul Train. In 1984, he was the announcer/sidekick for Alan Thicke during the short-lived talk show Thicke of the Night (a role for which he has on occasion noted his confusion with Monty Hall). Arsenio was the original voice of Winston Zeddemore in the cartoon The Real Ghostbusters from 1986–1987. In 1988, he co-starred in the comedy film Coming to America with Eddie Murphy.
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Bill Goldberg
William Scott "Bill" Goldberg (born December 27, 1966) is a former professional wrestler best known for his time in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). He is famous for his lengthy undefeated streak in singles competition) The official count is listed as 173-0, although some have disputed the legitimacy of that total.
Goldberg is recognized by WWE as a two-time world champion: a one-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion and one-time World Heavyweight Champion, with both reigns represented by the Big Gold Belt. He was the first of four men to hold a version of the Big Gold Belt in both WCW and WWE, later followed by Chris Benoit, Booker T and Big Show. He is also recognized by WWE as a two-time WCW United States Heavyweight Champion and one-time WCW World Tag Team Champion (with Bret Hart).
Before he was a professional wrestler, Goldberg was a football player. After retiring from wrestling, he began working as a commentator for the mixed martial arts promotion EliteXC until its closure. He is currently hosting the television show Garage Mahal on the DIY Network.
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Billy Bush
William Hall "Billy" Bush (born October 13, 1971) is an American radio and television host. He hosts The Billy Bush Show, a nationally-syndicated radio show that airs throughout the U.S. on Westwood One. Bush is also the primary host of Access Hollywood, a syndicated entertainment-news show. He is also ambassador for Operation Smile.
Born William Hall Bush, he is the son of Josephine (née Bradley) and Jonathan Bush. His father is the younger brother of the 41st President of the United States George H. W. Bush, making Billy the nephew of George H. W. Bush and cousin of the 43rd President of the United States George W. Bush. Bush attended St. George's School in Rhode Island, and in 1994 he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies and Government from Colby College in Waterville, Maine, where he was also a two-time captain of the college's men's lacrosse team.
He resides in Los Angeles with his wife, Sydney Davis, whom he married on April 4, 1998, and their three children: Josephine, Mary, and Lillie.
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Blake Shelton
Blake Tollison Shelton (born June 18, 1976) is an American country music artist. In 2001, he made his debut with the single "Austin". Released as the lead-off single from his self-titled debut album, "Austin" went on to spend five weeks at Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. This song was the first single from his gold-certified debut album, which also produced two more Top 20 hits. Although the album was released on Giant Records Nashville, Shelton was transferred to Warner Bros. Records Nashville after Giant closed in late 2001.
His second and third albums, 2003's The Dreamer (his first for Warner Bros. proper) and 2004's Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill, were each certified gold as well. Shelton's fourth album, Pure BS, was issued in 2007, and re-issued in 2008 with a cover of Michael Bublé's pop hit "Home" as one of the bonus tracks. This cover was also that album's third single. A fifth album, Startin' Fires, was released in November 2008. It was followed by the extended plays Hillbilly Bone and All About Tonight in 2010, and the album Red River Blue in 2011. He is currently a vocal coach on the NBC reality talent show The Voice with Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera, and Cee Lo Green.
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Blues Saraceno
Blues Saraceno (born October 17, 1971 in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American rock guitarist, composer, and music producer who currently resides in Los Angeles California. Saraceno was discovered by Guitar for the Practicing Musician magazine, at the age of 16, which assisted him in releasing instrumental recordings on an independent basis. Saraceno's high profile as a gifted guitar virtuoso and musician opened the doors to an early career as a first call guitar sideman and session musician. Saraceno is most often recognized from his time playing with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker (Cream) as well as his brief tenure with the band Poison. Saraceno's early success in the music industry would eventually blossom into a career in producing and composing for television and film.
Blues Saraceno was born to musician parents, which exposed him from an early age to several musical instruments. He started to play guitar at the age of nine. When he was thirteen, he broke his elbow when he fell from a go-kart and asked the doctor to position the cast in a way that allowed him to remove it from his sling to practice guitar during his recovery. When he was nineteen, Saraceno moved to Los Angeles to seek a career in music.
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Bobby Dall
Robert Harry Kuykendall also known as Bobby Dall (born November 2, 1963,Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania) is an American musician best known as the bass guitarist for Poison. Dall is the youngest of three children. He moved to Florida with his family for a short time, but relocated to Harrisburg when he was still young.
Dall had ambitions of studying law, but ultimately turned to music instead. He began playing guitar but switched to bass at the age of 15. Dall later moved to Los Angeles, California with Bret Michaels, Rikki Rockett, and Matt Smith to play with the band Paris, which later became known as Poison.[citation needed]
Dall has two children: Zachary Brandon (born December 16, 1990) and Zoe Brianne (born January 9, 1997); he lives with his family in Indialantic, Florida.[citation needed]
During a Poison show in Atlanta on August 25, 2006, Dall and Bret Michaels had to be separated by members of the road crew and the rest of the band after the two came to blows right before the encore, with Michaels throwing his mic at Dall, and Dall retaliating by slamming his bass into Michaels, injuring his knee. Michaels apologized later and stated, "You may have just seen the last concert by Poison in its current formation." The altercation happened before the band's set ended with "Talk Dirty To Me." After some tense moments and Michaels' apology to the crowd including his explanation that "like brothers, sometimes you have to air things out," the band did finish the set. Dall left the stage immediately.
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Brandy Kuentzel
Brandy Kuentzel (born c. 1980) is an American corporate attorney and businesswoman born in San Francisco, California. She was the candidate hired by The Trump Organization at the conclusion of the tenth season of Donald Trump's reality television show, The Apprentice.
Kuentzel grew up in Anchorage, Alaska. After graduating valedictorian from Service High School, Kuentzel received a bachelor of arts degree in political science from UCLA in 2002 and a juris doctorate from the University of Chicago Law School in 2006. She was an associate at Kirkland & Ellis from 2006 to 2009. After that, she co-founded Sweet Ride, which is a mobile cupcake business in the San Francisco Bay Area in January 2010. She is a vegetarian and a supporter of animal rights.
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Bret Michaels
Bret Michaels (born Bret Michael Sychak, March 15, 1963) is an American musician, actor, director, screenwriter, producer and reality television personality. He first gained fame as the lead vocalist of the glam metal band Poison who have sold over 30 million records worldwide and 15 million records in the United States alone. The band has also charted ten singles to the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, including six Top 10 singles and the number-one single, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn".
Besides his career as lead singer, he has several solo albums to his credit, including a Soundtrack album to the movie A Letter from Death Row in which Michaels starred in, wrote and directed in 1998 and a classic Poison style rock album Songs of Life in 2003. Michaels has appeared in several movies and TV shows, including as a judge on the talent show Nashville Star which lead to his country influenced rock album Freedom of Sound in 2005. He starred in the hit VH1 reality show Rock of Love with Bret Michaels and its sequels, which inspired his successful solo album Rock My World. He was the winning contestant on NBC's reality show Celebrity Apprentice 3 and also featured in his own reality Docu-series Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It, which inspired his highest charting album as a solo artist Custom Built, reaching #1 on Billboard's Hard Rock list.
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Brett Mycles
Brett Mycles (birth name Robert Christopher Sager) (December 2, 1977 - February 25, 2007) was an adult film star.
He was born in Houston, Texas. He moved to Ohio and resided in the Los Angeles area. At age 22, while in Ohio, he entered an Arnold Classic bodybuilding contest where he was spotted by photographer, Irvin Gelb. He became a successful muscle and fitness model, frequently appearing in such widely-read publications as Muscle & Fitness, Men's Fitness (both founded by bodybuilding impresario, Joe Weider) & Men's Workout, amongst others, as well as becoming a featured model for the International Male clothing catalog.
As "Brett Mycles", he gained fame as an adult film actor, achieving the rarely attained feat of maintaining successful careers in both the mainstream fitness and adult film industries simultaneously. He starred in several adult films, mostly for Studio2000, primarily in solo masturbation and wrestling fantasy scenes, and posed nude in several adult magazines. He worked in both same-sex and opposite-sex adult films. He also made regular appearances on a webcam site for paying fans. In a 2005 interview, he stated that he'd recently married his high school sweetheart, whom he first met when he was 19 and she was 17.
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Buddy Jewell
Buddy Jewell Jr. (born April 2, 1961) is an American country music artist who was the first winner on the USA Network talent show Nashville Star. Signed to Columbia Records in 2003, Jewell made his debut on the American country music scene with the release of his self-titled album, which produced the singles "Help Pour Out the Rain (Lacey's Song)" and "Sweet Southern Comfort". Another album, Times Like These, followed in 2005.
Buddy Jewell was born in Lepanto, Arkansas on April 2, 1961. He began playing guitar after buying one from a schoolmate during childhood, and saved the money that he earned bagging groceries to buy guitar lesson books. Jewell also listened to the music that his father, also named Buddy, played for him, and was taught by his uncle Clyde how to play "What a Friend We Have in Jesus". By age fifteen, Jewell had also taught himself how to play Johnny Cash's "I Still Miss Someone." He attended Arkansas State University where he was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha. Jewell majored in television and radio in college, although he left in his junior year to marry, despite the marriage only lasting two-and-a-half years.
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C.C. DeVille
C.C. DeVille (born Bruce Anthony Johannesson; May 14, 1962) is the lead guitarist of the American glam metal band Poison. He has also acted in both reality television and television drama shows. He starred in The Surreal Life season 6 and the The Surreal Life: Fame Games. DeVille also formed a solo band in 1998 called Samantha 7.
DeVille was born Bruce Anthony Johannesson in the Bay Ridge area of Brooklyn, New York. His interest in music began at age two while watching The Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show. DeVille began playing the guitar at the age of five after he was given a $27 Japanese Telecaster copy. As his love of music grew, he began listening to bands such as Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Aerosmith, Van Halen, Cheap Trick, Queen, and especially Kiss.
At the age of 18, DeVille formed the band Lace in New York, which adopted a highly sexual, "glam" image. It was during this time period that DeVille began writing the song "Talk Dirty To Me", which would later appear on Poison's first album, Look What the Cat Dragged In.
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Carol Leifer
Carol Leifer (pronounced /ˈliːfər/ LEE-fər; born July 27, 1956) is an American comedian, writer, producer and actor whose career as a stand-up comedian started in the 1970s when she was in college. David Letterman discovered her performing in a comedy club in the 1980s and she has since been a guest on Late Night With David Letterman over twenty-five times as well as numerous other shows and venues. She has written many television scripts including for The Larry Sanders Show, Saturday Night Live, and most notably, Seinfeld.
Leifer's "inner monologue" observational style is often autobiographical encompassing subjects about her Jewish ancestry and upbringing, coming out, same-sex marriage, relationships (having been married previously to a man and now partnered with a woman) and parenting.
Leifer recently became vegan, saying "I recently became vegan because I felt that as a Jewish lesbian, I wasn’t part of a small enough minority. So now I’m a Jewish lesbian vegan."
Leifer was born in East Williston, New York, to an Ashkenazi Jewish family, the daughter of Anna, a psychologist, and Seymour Leifer, an optometrist.
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Carolyn Kepcher
Carolyn Kepcher (born January 30, 1969) is an American businesswoman, perhaps best known for her regular appearances on the NBC television program The Apprentice. She was formerly the Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, and General Manager for the Trump National Golf Club. Before her career with Trump ended in August 2006, she monitored the progress of the contestants on the program and assisted Donald Trump in determining who should be fired.
Kepcher began her foray into business by selling Avon Products door-to-door. Following high school she took a job as a waitress at a Manhattan restaurant, and ultimately attained the role of manager. She learned teamwork attending Mercy College in nearby Dobbs Ferry on a volleyball scholarship. She graduated with a marketing degree. Despite having little experience, in 1992 Kepcher secured a position as sales and marketing director of a golf club outside New York City. Her primary responsibility was to prepare the property for bank auction, where it was eventually sold to Trump. Kepcher's ideas on how best to use the property impressed him, and he hired her as director of sales and marketing in 1994.
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Charles Koppelman
Charles Koppelman (born March 30, 1940, in Brooklyn, New York City, is a musician, music producer, and business man. He has held key executive positions at EMI and Steve Madden, and he is former Chairman of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. Currently, he serves as CEO of CAK Entertainment.
Koppelman broke into the music business as a member of the musical group The Ivy Three which had a Top 10 hit in 1960 entitled "Yogi," after the cartoon Yogi Bear. Soon, Koppelman and bandmate and future business partner Don Rubin joined the songwriting staff of Aldon Music under CEO Don Kirshner, a group that included Carole King, Neil Sedaka, Barry Mann, and Cynthia Weil. When Columbia Pictures purchased Aldon Music, Koppelman was promoted to director of Screen Gems/ Columbia Music, the new company that resulted from the merger. In 1965, Koppelman and Rubin left Columbia to form Koppelman/Rubin Associates, an entertainment company that signed The Lovin Spoonful that same year. In 1968, Commonwealth United purchased Koppelman/Rubin Associates and the both Koppelman and Rubin stayed on to run the music division. During the early 1970s, Koppelman moved on to CBS Records and held numerous positions, including Vice President/National Director of A&R where he signed acts including Billy Joel, Dave Mason, Janis Ian, Journey, and Phoebe Snow.
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Charlie Robison
Charles Fitzgerald "Charlie" Robison (born September 1, 1964 in Houston, Texas) is an Texas Country singer/songwriter, who was raised in Bandera, Texas. His brother, Bruce Robison, and his sister, Robyn Ludwick, are also singer/songwriters.
After an injury in college ended a potential football career, Charlie Robison came to Austin, TX in the late 80's and had stints in the bands Chaparral, Millionaire Playboys, and Two Hoots and a Holler. He went solo with his album "Bandera" in 1996. He subsequently signed with Sony and released "Life of the Party" on Sony's subsidiary Lucky Dog Records. The album gave him three of his biggest hits including "My Hometown." His next release was a live disc called "Unleashed Live," which is credited to Charlie, brother Bruce, and Jack Ingram. He then signed with Columbia Records for "Step Right Up" and another live album.
In 2003, Robison was a judge on the first season of the TV singing competition Nashville Star.
Unhappy with the expectations & limitations of being a Nashville country artist, he moved to a smaller independent label, Dualtone, for "Good Times" in 2004, followed by extensive touring and newfound control over his career. Accordingly, his sound began to evolve away from mainstream/Nashville country and toward more Southern & hard rock influences.
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Charlie Sheen
Carlos Irwin Estevez (born September 3, 1965), better known by his stage name Charlie Sheen, is an American film and television actor. He is the youngest son of actor Martin Sheen.
His character roles in films have included Chris Taylor in the 1986 Vietnam War drama Platoon, Jake Kesey in the 1986 film The Wraith, and Bud Fox in the 1987 film Wall Street. His career has also included more comedic films such as Major League, the Hot Shots! films, and Scary Movie 3 and Scary Movie 4. On television, Sheen is known for his roles on two sitcoms: as Charlie Crawford on Spin City and as Charlie Harper on Two and a Half Men. In 2010, Sheen was the highest paid actor on television, earning US$1.8 million per episode of Two and a Half Men.
Sheen's personal life has also made headlines, including reports about alcohol and drug abuse and marital problems as well as allegations of domestic violence. He was fired from his role on Two and a Half Men by CBS and Warner Bros. on March 7, 2011. Sheen subsequently announced a nationwide tour.
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Chris Young (singer)
Christopher Alan "Chris" Young (born June 12, 1985) is an American country music artist. In 2006, he was declared the winner of the television program Nashville Star, a singing competition which aired on the USA Network. After winning, he was signed to RCA Records Nashville, releasing his self-titled debut album that year. It produced two singles on Hot Country Songs: "Drinkin' Me Lonely" and "You're Gonna Love Me". A second album, The Man I Want to Be, was released September 1, 2009. It included the singles "Voices", "Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song)", and "The Man I Want to Be"; all three reached #1 on the country singles chart. He scored another #1 with "Tomorrow" off his Neon album and in February 2012 he had his fifth straight #1 with "You".
Chris Young was born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on June 12, 1985. His grandfather, Richard Yates, was a performer on the Louisiana Hayride. He showed interest in music from a early age, performing in various children's theater productions; while attending Oakland High School (Tennessee), he began playing in local clubs. While attending college, he continued to tour, performing more than 150 shows a year.
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Claudia Jordan
Claudia Jordan (born April 12, 1973) is an American television and radio personality. She is primarily known for appearing as a model on the U.S. version of Deal or No Deal, and for competing on Season 2 of the Celebrity Apprentice.
Jordan was born in Providence, Rhode Island, to an Italian mother and an African-American father. Claudia's parents met when her father was in the U.S. Air Force, stationed in Brindisi, Italy.
She was briefly married to Datari Turner, but sought an annulment and denial of spousal support after alleging fraud and infidelity.
Jordan held the Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 1990 title and represented Rhode Island at the Miss Teen USA 1990 pageant. In 1997 she won the Miss Rhode Island USA title, becoming the second African-American woman ever to hold that title. She competed at Miss USA 1997 where she placed in the top 10.
She has worked at the Providence American newspaper and at the Boston television station WHDH-TV. She has appeared in television commercials for Coors Light, Sears, Pepsi and Visa. She appeared as a contestant on Dog Eat Dog and in Joe's music video for "I Wanna Know".
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Coffey Anderson
Coffey Anderson is an American singer-songwriter originally from Bangs, Texas. His unique brand of country music blends in distinct influences from pop, contemporary Christian, gospel and soul that has attracted many. He came to fame through his YouTube videos and in 2008 took part in Nashville Star. He has released four albums: Southern Man, Me and You and the spiritual Christian albums Inspiration Vol. 1 and Worship Unplugged 1. He also has his own indie label Coffey Entertainment. A new album, the self titled Coffey Anderson was released on 28 September 2010 on Coffey Entertainment / Dream Records / Universal and entered the Billboard 200 at #134. In 2012, Anderson is unsigned now and working all over the world touring, recording in Los Angeles, CA, and still putting out records for hundreds of thousands of fans worldwide.
Coffey Anderson is a graduate of Howard Payne University (HPU) where he played college basketball with HPU's Yellow Jackets. Coffey walked away from his first love, basketball, to focus on his music. After graduating in 2002, he moved to Los Angeles, California opting for a musical career and started composing his own material.
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Curtis Stone
Curtis Stone (born 4 November 1975) is an Australian celebrity chef, author and television personality, nicknamed "The Quiet Terminator" by fans following his performance on The Celebrity Apprentice 3.
He was born in Melbourne, Australia. Stone began cooking with his grandmother at the age of five. He attended Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School. His father, Bryan Stone, is an accountant.
Stone was studying for his Bachelor of Business before deciding his heart was in food. He worked at some top Australian restaurants before leaving to work at various restaurants in London. In Australia, he debuted his cooking career at age 18 at the Savoy Hotel. On completing his qualifications as a chef, Stone began cooking in London under Marco Pierre White at the Café Royal and Mirabelle. He went on to become head chef at White's Quo Vadis.
Stone returned briefly to Australia to make the traveling cooking show Surfing the Menu (on ABC TV) with another chef, Ben O'Donoghue.
No stranger to television, Stone had appeared in a number of cooking programs in the UK, including Dinner in a Box, Good Food Live and Saturday Kitchen. He also hosted the first season of My Restaurant Rules in Australia. Beginning in May 2006, Stone hosted Take Home Chef on TLC in the United States, which went on to become an international hit for TLC.
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Cyndi Lauper
Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper (born June 22, 1953 in Queens, New York) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and LGBT rights activist.
She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the debut solo album She's So Unusual in 1983, which spawned four Billboard Hot 100 top-five songs—"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun", "Time After Time", "She Bop" and "All Through the Night"—She's So Unusual was the first album in history to have four top five singles by a female. The album earned Lauper Best New Artist at the 27th Grammy Awards in 1985.
Her success continued with the follow-up, True Colors in 1986, which spawned two Billboard Hot 100 top-ten songs—"True Colors" and "Change of Heart", and earned two nominations at the 29th Grammy Awards.
Since 1989 released from a nine studio albums acclaimed critical, A Night to Remember (1989), Hat Full of Stars (1993), Sisters of Avalon (1996), Merry Christmas... Have a Nice Life (1998),Shine (2001), At Last (2003), The Body Acoustic (2005), Bring Ya to the Brink (2008).
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Darryl Strawberry
Darryl Eugene Strawberry (born March 12, 1962) is a former American Major League Baseball outfielder. Strawberry was well known for his play on the field and for his controversial behavior off it. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Strawberry was one of the most feared sluggers in the game, known for his prodigious home runs and his intimidating presence in the batter's box with his 6-foot-6 frame and his long, looping swing that elicited comparisons to Ted Williams.
During his 17-year career, he helped lead the New York Mets to a World Series championship in 1986 and the New York Yankees to three World Series championships in 1996, 1998 and 1999. A popular player during his career, Strawberry was voted to the All-Star Game eight straight times from 1984–1991. Strawberry was formerly an analyst for SportsNet New York. His memoir, "Straw: Finding My Way," written in collaboration with author John Strausbaugh, was published on April 28, 2009 by Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins publishers.
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Dawna Stone
Dawna Stone is the founder and publisher of Her Sports magazine, aimed towards real women athletes. She was hired by Martha Stewart on The Apprentice: Martha Stewart, which ran during the fall of 2005. Stone accepted Martha's job offer within Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia during the live series finale in New York on December 21, 2005.
Stone earned her M.B.A. at The Anderson School at UCLA and her B.S. from the University of California, Berkeley.
Stone was one of the few contestants in the show to have a spotless record as Project Manager, winning every time during her three turns as PM.
Working with a background in independent niche magazine publishing, Stone served throughout 2006 as Vice President of Business Development for MSLO's recently acquired magazine, Body + Soul. This position came with a one-year, US$250,000 introductory contract.
At the end of the year she was given the opportunity to extend her time with MSLO with performance-based pay raises on her starting yearly salary, but she decided to go back to Florida and continue running Her Sports.
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Donald Trump
Donald John Trump, Sr. (born June 14, 1946) is an American business magnate, television personality and author. He is the chairman and president of The Trump Organization and the founder of Trump Entertainment Resorts. Trump's extravagant lifestyle, outspoken manner and role on the NBC reality show The Apprentice have made him a well-known celebrity who was No. 17 on the 2011 Forbes Celebrity 100 list. He is well-known as a real-estate developer who amassed vast hotel, casino, and other real-estate properties, in the New York City area and around the world.
Trump is the son of Fred Trump, a wealthy New York City real-estate developer. He worked for his father's firm, Elizabeth Trump & Son, while attending the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and in 1968 officially joined the company. He was given control of the company in 1971 and renamed it The Trump Organization.
In 2010, Trump expressed an interest in becoming a candidate for President of the United States in the 2012 election. In May 2011, he announced he would not be a candidate, but a few weeks later he said he had not completely ruled out the possibility. In December 2011, Trump was suggested as a possible Vice Presidential selection by Michele Bachmann. Bachmann has since suspended her presidential campaign.
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Donald Trump, Jr.
Donald "Don" John Trump, Jr. (born December 31, 1977) is an American businessman who is the first child of real estate developer Donald J. Trump and Ivana Trump. He currently works along with his sister Ivanka Trump and brother Eric Trump in the position of Executive Vice President at The Trump Organization. He is also ambassador for Operation Smile.
Donald Trump Jr., also known as Don, was born in New York City, New York. He attended The Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania and graduated in 1999. He attended the University of Pennsylvania as an undergraduate with a double concentration in finance and marketing. He is a member of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity (FIJI).
Donald Jr. began work at The Trump Organization on projects such as the West Side Yards and Trump Place on Riverside Drive. Recently, he has focused on the redevelopment of the old Delmonico Hotel and Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago which was featured on The Apprentice.
Along with his sister Ivanka, he is overseeing the Trump International Hotel and Tower SoHo project. This project is run by Apprentice Season 5 Winner Sean Yazbeck. He served as an observer in two episodes on Season Five of The Apprentice, and was a full-time observer from Season 6 on, largely replacing George Ross and Carolyn Kepcher.
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Eric Trump
Eric Fredrick Trump (born January 6, 1984) is the third child of Donald J. Trump and Ivana Trump, and is executive vice president, real estate development and mergers and acquisitions, at The Trump Organization, Trump Tower. He is also the founder and chairman of The Eric Trump Foundation.
Trump was born in New York City. He has two full siblings, Donald Jr. and Ivanka, and two half-siblings, Tiffany, from his father's marriage to Marla Maples, as well as a younger half-brother, Barron, from his father's current marriage to Melania Knauss-Trump.
In 2002, Trump graduated from The Hill School, where he remains an active board member. He joined The Trump Organization in 2006, after graduating with honors from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., with a degree in finance and management and minor in psychology.
As Executive Vice President of Development and Acquisitions, Trump is actively involved in all aspects of real estate development, both nationally and internationally. From acquisition and development to sales and marketing functions, he plays a pivotal role in more than 70 active real estate Trump projects around the world.
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Erin Burnett
Erin Isabelle Burnett (born July 2, 1976) is a journalist and news anchor, currently the anchor of her own news show on CNN, Erin Burnett OutFront. She was previously the co-anchor of CNBC's Squawk on the Street program and the host of CNBC's Street Signs program. Burnett has also appeared on NBC's Meet the Press, Today, MSNBC's Morning Joe, and NBC Nightly News, as well as occasional appearances on The Celebrity Apprentice serving as an advisor to Donald Trump. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Burnett has hosted a number of documentaries filmed outside of the United States: "India Rising: The New Empire", "The Russian Gamble", and "Dollars & Danger: Africa, The Final Investment Frontier. She has focused extensively on the Middle East as well, reporting live from across the region and hosting documentaries including: "On Assignment: Iraq", "Big Money & the Middle East", "City of Money and Mystery" and "The Forbidden Zone".
Burnett was born and raised in Mardela Springs, Maryland. She is the youngest daughter of corporate attorney Kenneth King Burnett and Esther Margaret (Stewart). She attended St. Andrew's School in Middletown, Delaware, graduating in 1994, and returned in 2009 to deliver the commencement speech. Burnett attended Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, where she studied political science and economics, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in political economy. As an undergraduate, she played lacrosse and field hockey.
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George Canyon
George Canyon (born Frederick George Lays on August 22, 1970) is a Canadian country music singer. He was runner up Nashville Star 2 in 2004. He grew up in Fox Brook, Pictou County, Nova Scotia and later lived in Hopewell, Nova Scotia (where he still owns land) before he moved west. He currently lives in High River, Alberta. He also holds an appointment in the Canadian Forces as the Colonel Commandant of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets.
He was born to Fred Lays Sr. and Cheryl Lays in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.
George Canyon has held many jobs: he spent time working as a law enforcement officer, a slaughterhouse beef inspector, and the owner/operator of his own recording studio. He always dreamed of becoming a professional musician.
Canyon is the father of two children. His wife, Jennifer, worked three jobs during the day so that he could sing at night. In 2004, George Canyon competed in Nashville Star 2. He was the runner-up in the competition, but became very well known in Canada and garnered much support, being the only Canadian to make the cut for the competition. After the competition ended, he received many accolades from fans and the industry alike. These include the top 5 hit "My Name", a Juno Award for Best Country Recording of the Year (for his album One Good Friend), and, four Canadian Country Music Awards Nominations (CCMAs) including Male Vocalist of the Year and the Fan Choice Award.
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George H. Ross
George H. Ross (born 6 January 1928) is Executive Vice President and Senior Counsel of the Trump Organization. He is perhaps best known as one of Donald Trump's two advisors on the NBC reality television program The Apprentice; Carolyn Kepcher (whose employment was terminated in August 2006) was the other. On the program, he monitors the progress of the contestants and assists Trump in determining who should be "fired."
In a March 2004 interview with USA Today, Ross said that he has known Trump since the 1970s, when he was a lawyer in a firm with which Trump was negotiating a deal. They became friends, and Ross represented Trump in several major real estate deals in the 1980s and 1990s. In 1996, when Ross had become bored with his legal practice, Trump offered Ross a job.
Ross said of his boss, "I think I know his mind as well as anybody else. I know what he wants. He gives it to me, and I can take it from there. He does not micro-manage. He deals in broad strokes. I love it." Trump said of Ross, "He's tough, firm but fair, a very brilliant lawyer, and I trust his judgment."
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Irv Gotti
Irving Domingo Lorenzo, Jr., (born June 26, 1970) better known as Irv Gotti is an American hip hop and R&B record producer and is the head and founder of The Inc record label.
He selected the stage name Irv Gotti by naming himself after John Gotti.
He produced Jay-Z's "Can I Get A...", DMX's "What's My Name?", and Ja Rule's "Holla Holla".[citation needed]
Gotti co-produced Vanessa Carlton's third album, Heroes and Thieves, with Channel 7, Rick Rubin and Stephan Jenkins, which was released October 9, 2007.
In an interview with Angie Martinez in early May 2009, Gotti stated that his label, The Inc., was leaving Universal Records.
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Jeffrey Steele
Jeffrey LeVasseur (born August 27, 1961 in Burbank, California) is an American country music singer and songwriter, more commonly known by the name Jeffrey Steele. Along with recording his own material, Steele has become a prolific Nashville songwriter, having co-written more than sixty hit songs for such artists as Montgomery Gentry, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, LeAnn Rimes, Rascal Flatts, Billy Ray Cyrus, and others.
Between 1990 and 1996, Steele was the lead singer and bass guitarist in the country music band Boy Howdy, which recorded two albums and an EP on Curb Records, in addition to charting seven singles on the Billboard country music charts. After Boy Howdy disbanded, Steele embarked on a solo career, recording seven studio albums (one of which was not released). He also charted four singles as a solo artist, with the highest-peaking ("Somethin' in the Water") reaching #33 on the country charts in 2001.
Jeffrey LeVasseur was born in Burbank, California to a musical family. His mother was a singer, and his father had aspirations to become a country music songwriter. He first gained his own interest in music at age eight, when he sang Three Dog Night's "Joy to the World" at a church function. This rendition earned him a standing ovation, so he sang the song an additional seven times. Later, he shifted his focus to songwriting; by age seventeen, he was performing with local groups, and playing keyboards at various gigs on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. In 1987, after the death of his father, LeVasseur changed his last name to Steele as a tribute to his father, who processed steel for a living.
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Jessica Andrews
Jessica Danielle Andrews (born December 29, 1983) is an American country music singer. At age 15 in mid-1999, she made her debut on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts with the single "I Will Be There for You", from her debut album Heart Shaped World, released in 1999 on DreamWorks Records Nashville.
Andrews saw her biggest chart success in 2001 with the song "Who I Am", a #1 country hit and the title track to her second studio album, which was certified gold in the United States. A third album, Now was released in 2003 to lower sales, while a fourth album (tentatively titled Ain't That Life) was never released due to DreamWorks' closure. In late 2008, Andrews signed to Carolwood Records, an imprint of Lyric Street Records, however, she was dropped from the label in 2009 without issuing an album.
Jessica Andrews was born in Huntingdon, Tennessee to parents Jessie and Vicki Andrews. When she was seven, a bone was growing through her spinal cord, a condition that required surgery. She had a 50/50 chance of coming out of it paralyzed. Andrews learned her passion for singing in the fourth grade. Andrews planned on dancing in her school's talent show, but her sister convinced her to sing Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" instead. At 11, she put her first band together. Meanwhile, after someone sent a song of her singing to producer Byron Gallimore, Andrews signed with DreamWorks Records Nashville and soon began working on her first album. Prior to its release, she began opening for Faith Hill on her Fall 1998 tour, as well as for Tim McGraw (also produced by Gallimore) for his New Year's Eve concert.
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Joan Rivers
Joan Alexandra Molinsky (born June 8, 1933), better known by her stage name Joan Rivers, is an American television personality, comedian, and actress. She is known for her brash manner; her loud, raspy voice with a heavy New York accent; and her numerous cosmetic surgeries. Rivers' comic style relies heavily on her ability to poke fun at herself and other Hollywood celebrities.
Joan Rivers was born Joan Alexandra Molinsky in Brooklyn, a borough of New York City, the daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants Beatrice (née Grushman; January 6, 1906 – October 1975) and Meyer C. Molinsky (December 7, 1900 – January 1985). She was raised in Brooklyn, New York, and her family later moved to Larchmont, in Westchester County, New York. She attended Connecticut College between 1950 and 1952 and graduated from Barnard College in 1954 with a bachelor-of-arts degree in English literature and anthropology. Before entering show business, Rivers worked at various jobs such as a tour guide at Rockefeller Center, a writer/proofreader at an advertising agency and as a fashion consultant at Bond Clothing Stores. During this period, the agent Tony Rivers advised her to change her name, so she chose Joan Rivers as her stage name.
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John Arthur Martinez
John Arthur Martinez (born June 10, 1961 in Austin, Texas) is an American country music artist. Martinez finished in second place on the first season of the USA Network talent show Nashville Star. In 2004, Martinez released a studio album for Dualtone Records, which produced one single on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
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John Rich (musician)
John Rich (born January 7, 1974) is an American country music singer-songwriter. From 1992 to 1998, he was a member of the country music band Lonestar, in which he played bass guitar and alternated with Richie McDonald as lead vocalist. After being fired from the band in 1998, he embarked on a solo career on BNA Records in the late 1990s, releasing two singles for the label and recording Underneath the Same Moon, which was not released until 2006. By 2003, he joined Big Kenny to form the duo Big & Rich, who released three albums on Warner Bros. Records as well as ten singles, including the Number One "Lost in This Moment". After Big & Rich went on hiatus in 2007, Rich began work on a second solo album, Son of a Preacher Man, which has produced two more chart singles. In 2011, Rich released two Extended Plays, Rich Rocks and For the Kids before rejoining Big Kenny to release the single Fake I.D. In addition to his work in Big & Rich, John has co-written singles for multiple artists, including Faith Hill, Keith Anderson, Jason Aldean and Gretchen Wilson, as well as producing records for several other artists.
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Katie Cook
Katie Cook is an American actress, host and correspondent with the Country Music Television network in the United States. She has been with the network since 2001. She currently hosts CMT Insider. Cook often appears as the host of CMT's live or recorded segments from red carpet events and has interviewed Taylor Swift, Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon. She formerly appeared as host of CMT Most Wanted Live from 2002 until its cancellation in 2004.
Cook was born in London, England to Hall of Fame songwriter Roger Cook and Joan Cook. Cook relocated to America at age 5 and was raised in Nashville, TN.
Cook grew up listening to her father write songs in her living room, but it wasn't until she turned 20 and moved to London that she realized the importance of witnessing her country music heritage.
While in London Cook began her singer/songwriter career. She sang background vocals for Danni Minougue's single, "You Better Be Nice," and signed a publishing deal with EMI out of London. Cook then began working with manager Harry Barter (George Martin, Ultravox, Dead or Alive, Paul Young.) Cook then landed a record deal with Curb Records.
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Kelly Perdew
Kelly Crawford Perdew (born January 29, 1967 in Lexington) is an American businessman and winner of The Apprentice 2.
Perdew was born in Lexington, Kentucky and was raised in Florida and Wyoming. Prior to winning the show, he was president of CoreObjects, a software development outsourcing company based in Los Angeles.
Perdew attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in national security and public affairs in 1989, graduating as the number one ranked cadet in his field of study and in the top 5% of his overall class.
After West Point, Perdew went on to receive Ranger and Airborne training. In addition to his regular studies at West Point, Perdew interned with the House Armed Services Committee, spent a semester on "exchange" at the Naval Academy, and was a finalist in the Rhodes Scholar competition. He served in the United States Army as a military intelligence officer for three years.
After his honorable discharge as a First Lieutenant, Perdew attended graduate schools at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), earning a joint JD/MBA degree from the UCLA School of Law and the UCLA Anderson School of Management, respectively, in 1995. He chose not to practice law after graduation, although during law school he worked part time at the firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.
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LeAnn Rimes
Margaret LeAnn Rimes Cibrian (born August 28, 1982), best known as LeAnn Rimes, is an American country/pop singer. She is known for her rich vocals and her rise to fame as an eight-year-old champion on the original Ed McMahon version of Star Search, followed by the release of the Bill Mack song "Blue" when she was 13 to become the youngest country music star since Tanya Tucker in 1972.
Rimes made her breakthrough into country music in 1996 with her debut album, Blue, which reached #1 on the Top Country Albums chart and was certified multiplatinum in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album's eponymous leadoff single, "Blue," was originally intended to be recorded by Patsy Cline in the early 1960s. It became a Top 10 hit and Rimes gained national acclaim for her similarity to Cline's vocal style. When she released her sophomore studio effort in 1997, You Light up My Life: Inspirational Songs, she moved towards country pop material, which set the trend for a string of albums released into the next decade.
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Maria Kanellis
Maria Louise Kanellis (born February 25, 1982) is a singer-songwriter, actress, model, and professional wrestler, also known simply as Maria. She is best known for her time with World Wrestling Entertainment, and is working for Ring of Honor as the valet of real life boyfriend Mike Bennett.
Kanellis's career began as a contestant on the reality show Outback Jack in 2004. In the same year, she placed fifth in the Raw Diva Search, but was later hired by WWE as a backstage interviewer. Kanellis began competing in the ring as a wrestler in 2005. She also posed for the April 2008 cover of Playboy magazine, which was incorporated into a storyline on Raw. She released her debut album Sevin Sins on April 13, 2010 on iTunes.
Kanellis was born in Ottawa, Illinois. She has two younger siblings; a brother named Bill and a sister Janny. Kanellis grew up with an interest in playing sports, particularly volleyball, basketball, and softball and graduated from Ottawa Township High School in 2000, before spending some time as a student at Northern Illinois University. Before her career in wrestling began, Kanellis regularly competed in beauty pageants.
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Mark Burnett
Mark Burnett (born 17 July 1960) is a British television producer, based in Los Angeles. He is best known as the producer of Survivor and the creator of the Apprentice. Burnett is currently the executive producer of five network television series with seven hours of network programming. His current series are Survivor, Celebrity Apprentice, The Voice, Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?, Shark Tank, and The People's Choice Awards. Works with which Burnett is associated have won multiple awards and recognition. Burnett himself has also won four Emmy Awards and four People's Choice Awards.
Three new upcoming series for Burnett are Robogeddon on Discovery with film director, James Cameron, Stars Earn Stripes, a collaboration with Dick Wolf for NBC that features military and law enforcement personnel teamed with celebrities , and an Alaska themed docu-series for Discovery.
During his career, Burnett has worked closely with many influential producers and stars, including Steven Spielberg, Tom Cruise, Oprah Winfrey, Martha Stewart, Sarah Palin, and Jeff Foxworthy, among others.
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Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando, Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American movie star and political activist. "Unchallenged as the most important actor in modern American Cinema" according to the St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, Brando was one of only three professional actors, along with Charlie Chaplin and Marilyn Monroe, named by Time magazine as one of its 100 Persons of the Century in 1999.
Brando had a significant impact on film acting, and was the foremost example of the "method" acting style. While he became notorious for his "mumbling" diction and exuding a raw animal magnetism, his mercurial performances were nonetheless highly regarded, and he is widely considered as one of the greatest and most influential actors of the 20th century. Director Martin Scorsese said of him, "He is the marker. There's 'before Brando' and 'after Brando'." Actor Jack Nicholson once said, "When Marlon dies, everybody moves up one." He was ranked by the American Film Institute as the fourth greatest screen legend among male movie stars.
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Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart (née Kostyra; August 3, 1941) is an American business magnate, author, magazine publisher, and television personality. As founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, she has gained success through a variety of business ventures, encompassing publishing, broadcasting, merchandising, and electronic commerce. She has written numerous bestselling books, is the publisher of the Martha Stewart Living magazine, and her syndicated talk show, Martha, is broadcast throughout the world.
In 2004, Stewart was entangled in the ImClone insider trading affair and there was speculation that the incident would effectively be the end of her media empire. She began a comeback campaign in 2005 and her company returned to profitability in 2006. Stewart rejoined the board of directors of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia in 2011 and became chairman of her namesake company again in 2012.
Martha Stewart was born in Jersey City, New Jersey to middle-class Polish American parents, Edward "Eddie" Kostyra (c. 1912 – 1979) and Jadwiga Martha Ruszkowski Kostyra (b. September 16, 1914, Buffalo, New York – d. November 16, 2007, Norwalk, Connecticut). She lived in Jersey City until the age of 3, when her family moved to Nutley. She was raised in Nutley along with her five siblings. She took the name "Grace" for her confirmation name before graduating from Nutley High School.
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Melissa Lawson
Melissa Ann Lawson (born April 10, 1976) is an American country music singer. On August 4, 2008, she was declared the winner of the television program Nashville Star, a country music singing competition which aired on NBC. Signed to Warner Bros. Records Nashville, she released her debut single "What If It All Goes Right" that year, and charted on Hot Country Songs with it. Although Lawson's label released her before she debuted her first album, she is currently performing and just released her new Praise and Worship CD: "CONSTANT".
Born in Dallas, Texas, she grew up in Arlington, TX where she continues to make her home. Lawson is a working mother with 5 sons. She is married to Rick Lawson who is also a musician and singer. He owns a successful roofing company he started in 2001. in November 2009 he became the General Manager for the state of Texas for a large commercial roofing company. In 2004, she tried out for the fourth season of American Idol, and made it to Hollywood week, eventually being cut in the top 75.
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Miley Cyrus
Miley Ray Cyrus (born Destiny Hope Cyrus; November 23, 1992) is an American actress and pop singer-songwriter. She achieved wide fame for her role as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel sitcom Hannah Montana.
Cyrus recorded music for the soundtracks, Hannah Montana (2006) and Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus (2007), released by Walt Disney Records. With the success of the Hannah Montana franchise she established herself as a teen idol. In 2007, Cyrus signed to Hollywood Records to pursue a solo career. She embarked upon the Best of Both Worlds Tour the same year, in which she performed as both herself and in character as Hannah Montana. The tour was eventually turned into a high-grossing concert film titled Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert (2008). In July 2008, Cyrus released her first solo album, Breakout (2008), which was commercially successful.
She began her foray into film by providing the voice of "Penny" in the animated film Bolt (2008). Cyrus earned a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for her performance of Bolt's theme song, "I Thought I Lost You". She also reprised her role as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana in Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009). The Hannah Montana: The Movie' soundtrack introduced her to new audiences within country and adult contemporary markets.
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Mira Sorvino
Mira Katherine Sorvino (born September 28, 1967) is an American actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Mighty Aphrodite (1995) and is also known for her role as Romy White in Romy and Michele's High School Reunion.
Sorvino was born in Tenafly, New Jersey. Her mother, Lorraine Ruth Davis, is a drama therapist for Alzheimer's disease patients and a former actress, and her father, Paul Sorvino, is a character actor and director. She has two siblings, Michael and Amanda. Sorvino is of Italian descent on her father's side.
At a young age, Sorvino wrote and acted in backyard plays with her childhood friend Hope Davis, in theater productions at Dwight-Englewood School, and at Harvard University, where she graduated magna cum laude in East Asian Studies in 1989. She also helped found the Harvard-Radcliffe Veritones, one of Harvard's co-ed a cappella groups in 1985. Her solo piece was Yazoo's "Only You".[citation needed]
Sorvino spent the next three years in New York City, trying to make a name for herself as an actress.[citation needed] When the 1993 film Amongst Friends entered pre-production, she was hired as third assistant director, then was promoted to casting director, then to assistant producer, and was finally offered a lead role. Positive reviews opened doors for her.[citation needed]
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Miranda Lambert
Miranda Leigh Shelton (née Lambert) (born November 10, 1983) is an American country music artist who gained fame as a finalist on the 2003 season of Nashville Star, where she finished in third place and later signed to Epic Records. Lambert made her debut with the release of "Me and Charlie Talking", the first single from her 2005 debut album Kerosene. This album, which was certified Platinum in the United States, also produced the singles "Bring Me Down", "Kerosene", and "New Strings". All four singles were Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.
After Epic's Nashville division closed, Lambert was transferred to Columbia Records Nashville for her second album, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, which was released in early 2007. Although the title track failed to make top 40, the next three singles ("Famous in a Small Town", "Gunpowder & Lead", and "More Like Her") were all Top 20 hits, with "Gunpowder & Lead" becoming her first Top 10 country hit in July 2008. Lambert's third album, Revolution, was released in September 2009. Five singles have been released from the album, including Lambert's two Number One hits "The House That Built Me," which spent four weeks at the top of the chart, and "Heart Like Mine". Lambert has also been honored by the Grammy Awards, the Academy of Country Music Awards, and the Country Music Association Awards.
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Pamela Anderson
Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1, 1967) is a Canadian 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 maintains dual American and Canadian citizenship.
Anderson was born in Ladysmith, British Columbia, the daughter of Barry, a furnace repairman, and Carol (née Grosco) Anderson, 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.
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. Her photographer 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.
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People (magazine)
People (originally called People Weekly) is a weekly American magazine of celebrity and human-interest stories, published by Time Inc. As of 2006, it has a circulation of 3.75 million and revenue expected to top $1.5 billion. It was named "Magazine of the Year" by Advertising Age in October 2005, for excellence in editorial, circulation and advertising.People ranked #6 on Advertising Age's annual "A-list" and #3 on Adweek's "Brand Blazers" list in October 2006.
The magazine runs a roughly 50/50 mix of celebrity and human-interest articles. People's editors claim to refrain from printing pure celebrity gossip, enough so to lead celebrity publicists to propose exclusives to the magazine, evidence of what one staffer calls a "publicist-friendly strategy".
People's website, People.com, focuses exclusively on celebrity news. In February 2007, the website drew 39.6 million page views "within a day" of the Golden Globes. However "the mother ship of Oscar coverage" broke a site record with 51.7 million page views on the day after the Oscars, beating the previous record set just a month before from the Golden Globes.[not in citation given]
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Phil Collen
Philip Kenneth "Phil" Collen (born 8 December 1957) is the co-lead guitarist and one of the backing vocalists for English rock band Def Leppard. He joined the band in 1982 following the departure of Pete Willis.
Collen was born in Hackney, London, England. He got his first guitar from his cousin David Pilley, who said "he used to just sit in his bedroom just playing it". Then, at the age of 16, Phil got his first guitar (a red Gibson SG), taught himself how to play, and left school to pursue a career in music. He then joined a line-up of early bands including Lucy, Tush, Dumb Blondes, and Girl. During his tenure at Girl, Collen's career began rising, spurred by the relative success of the Girl albums Sheer Greed and Wasted Youth, which allowed Collen the opportunity to play at more significant venues.
Before Collen's entrance to Def Leppard, he had been previously asked to consider joining the band by Steve Clark and Joe Elliott, who he knew at the time. Despite this invitation, there was no need to replace Pete Willis, and as a result, Collen stayed as a member of Girl.
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Phil Vassar
Phil Vassar (born May 28, 1964 in Lynchburg, Virginia) is an American country music artist. Vassar made his debut on the country music scene in the late 1990s, co-writing singles for several country artists, including Tim McGraw ("For a Little While", "My Next Thirty Years"), Jo Dee Messina ("Bye, Bye", "I'm Alright"), Collin Raye ("Little Red Rodeo"), and Alan Jackson ("Right on the Money"). In 1999, he was named by American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) as Country Songwriter of the Year.
Later that same year, Vassar was signed to Arista Nashville as a recording artist. His debut album, Phil Vassar, was released in early 2000; it produced five hit singles on the U.S. Billboard country singles charts and was certified gold in the United States. He followed it in 2002 with American Child, Shaken Not Stirred in 2004, and finally Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 in 2006 before Vassar left the label for Universal South Records. His first album for that label, Prayer of a Common Man, was released in early 2008. He has charted nineteen singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including two Number Ones: 2000's "Just Another Day in Paradise" and 2004's "In a Real Love".
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Randal Pinkett
Randal D. Pinkett (born 1971 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a business consultant who in 2005 was the winner of season four of the reality television show, The Apprentice. Pinkett was the first African American to win the US version of The Apprentice.
With an educational background in engineering and business, Pinkett is both a Rhodes Scholar and a Walter Byers Scholar, holding five academic degrees. Before entering the reality show, Pinkett had already established a career in business, and had become co-founder of business consulting firm BCT Partners in 2001. As winner of the fourth season in December 2005, Pinkett undertook a year long apprenticeship with Trump Entertainment Resorts in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
After The Apprentice, Pinkett has continued as chairman and CEO of the BCT consultancy, while also acting as a public speaker and appearing on later editions of the show, and on CEO Exchange, and also entering politics.
Pinkett is the author of three books including Campus CEO: The Student Entrepreneur's Guide to Launching a Multimillion-Dollar Business (Kaplan Business 2007), No-Money Down CEO: How to Start Your Dream Business with Little or No Cash (Trump University 2008), and Black Faces in White Places: 10 Game-Changing Strategies to Achieve Success and Find Greatness (AMACOM Books 2010) with his college roommate and business partner, Professor Jeffrey Robinson of the Rutgers Business School.
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Randy Owen
Randy Owen (born December 13, 1949 in Fort Payne, Alabama) is an American country music artist. He is known primarily for his role as the lead singer of Alabama, a country rock band which saw considerable mainstream success throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Although Alabama only records new albums on occasion, Owen himself has maintained a career in country music as a solo performer. He released his solo debut One on One in late 2008 and charted two singles from it.
Owen grew up on a farm near Fort Payne, Alabama, and is of English and Native American descent. Owen dropped out of high school in the ninth grade. One of his former teachers convinced him that he had a chance to make a success of himself, so, even though he was older than the other students, he rejoined the ninth grade several years later and finished high school.[citation needed]
In the late 1960s, Owen and his cousin, Teddy Gentry, began playing music together. They recruited another cousin, Jeff Cook, to form a band, which they called Wildcountry. Their first public performance was at a high school talent show, which they won.
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Richie Kotzen
Richie Kotzen (born February 3, 1970 in Reading, Pennsylvania) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter.
At a young age, Richie Kotzen was taken by music and first began playing piano at the age of five. At the age of seven he was inspired by the band KISS to learn the electric guitar. Relentlessly developing chops and his own unique voice on the guitar, he started his career in a band named Arthurs Museum. Kotzen was eventually discovered by Shrapnel Records' Mike Varney, and he recorded his first solo album by the age of 19. He created the video Rock Chops for REH video in 1989, highlighting many of his formative techniques, including using wide-intervals and fluid sweeping.
In 1991, Kotzen made his big break when he joined the rock band Poison at age 21, co-writing and performing on the album Native Tongue. This album produced two top twenty singles which Richie co-wrote, "Stand" and "Until You Suffer Some (Fire & Ice)". In late-1993, Rikki Rockett, the drummer of Poison, discovered that Kotzen was having a relationship with Rockett's ex-fiancee, Deanna Eve. Kotzen was dismissed due to this incident. In 1999 Kotzen replaced Paul Gilbert as guitarist in the mainstream rock band Mr. Big. Kotzen maintained the band's success, performing on the Mr. Big record Get Over It, which sold more than 175,000 copies in its first two weeks in Japan, eventually reaching platinum status.[citation needed] Kotzen also contributed guitars to Mr. Big's subsequent release Actual Size. The record included the Kotzen song Shine, which debuted at number one on Japanese radio charts. Following the disbanding of Mr. Big, Kotzen released the solo album Change, in 2003. The title track, and the song Get A Life were featured in TV commercials throughout Japan.
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Rikki Rockett
Richard Allan Ream (born August 8, 1961), better known by the stage name Rikki Rockett, is an American drummer best known for his work with the glam metal band, Poison.
Born in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, Rockett was the younger of two children to Norman and Margaret Ream. He attended Cedar Cliff High School in Camp Hill. Before founding Poison with vocalist Bret Michaels, Rockett worked as a hairdresser, lifeguard, dishwasher, Emergency Medical Technician and a suit salesman.
Rockett was always an integral part of Poison's success featuring on every Poison album ever released. The tattoo photo featured on Poison's 1990 album Flesh and Blood is Rockett's right shoulder. The logo was already done a couple of years prior but he added "Flesh and Blood" in support of the title. The original album cover still has the blood running from the new tattoo though it was airbrushed out soon after its release.
In late-1993, Rockett discovered that the then guitarist Richie Kotzen of Poison was having a relationship with Rockett's fiancee at the time, Deanna Eve. Kotzen was fired due to this incident. In VH1's "Behind The Music",singer Bret Michaels said he never wanted to speak to Kotzen again.
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Rod Blagojevich
Milorad Blagojevich
i/bləˈɡɔɪ.əvɪtʃ/ (better known by the alias Rod R. Blagojevich (born December 10, 1956)) is a convicted felon and former American politician who served as the 40th Governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009. A Democrat, Blagojevich was a State Representative before being elected to the United States House of Representatives representing parts of Chicago. He was elected governor in 2002, the first Democrat to win the office since Daniel Walker's victory 30 years earlier.
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Sean Patrick McGraw
Sean Patrick McGraw, a country music singer, is a former Nashville Star semi-finalist who leads a prominent unsigned touring act. Following the 2005 release of his CD Songs for Saturday Night, McGraw and his band went on tour and continue to be on the road. In 2007, McGraw played over 140 dates, from Toronto to Mobile to Las Vegas, garnering good reviews from critics and concert-goers alike.
Describing his music as "something like Lyle Lovett singing Springsteen songs while wearing Dwight Yoakam's hat", McGraw has earned respect among songwriters as well. His song "Fiona" won top honors at the 2008 Independent Music Awards, first place at the American Songwriting Competition and at the Mountain Stages New Song Festival, as well as being named finalist in the International Songwriting Competition and the Mid-Atlantic Song Competition. An esteemed Music Row critic/columnist hailed "Fiona" as "The classiest country rocker I've heard all year." This cut and others from Songs For Saturday Night are featured in the short-length documentaryTen Days on Tour which aired on CMT in 2006.
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Sean Yazbeck
Sean Yazbeck (born 1972) is the winner of the fifth season (2006) of the reality show The Apprentice, where candidates compete in several tasks on a 15-week "job interview" for a position in one of Donald Trump's companies. He was the first non-American to be selected during the run of The Apprentice.
As winner of The Apprentice, Yazbeck was selected by Donald Trump to oversee development of the $500 million five-star hotel condominium, Trump International Hotel and Tower (SoHo), in New York City’s SoHo district. He also worked with the Trump Institute (Trump University) to set up WAVSYS, an international technical staffing company with offices in the United States, Canada, UK and India. In 2011, WAVSYS appeared in the Inc 500 ‘Fastest Growing Companies in America’ list, with its United States entity registering 760% growth over three years, $15.2 million in revenue and 264 employees. In an interview with Inc Magazine, Yazbeck attributed some of the success of WAVSYS to lessons learned while working for Trump as The Apprentice.
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Selita Ebanks
Selita Ebanks (born 15 February 1983) is a Cayman-born fashion model. Ebanks has worked for high fashion brands Neiman Marcus and Ralph Lauren, and appeared in magazines such as the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, Vogue, and Glamour, but she is best known for her work with Victoria's Secret, as one of the brand's "Angels" from 2005 to early 2009.
Born of Native American, Irish and African descent to a Jamaican father and a Caymanian mother in Georgetown, Grand Cayman, Ebanks was raised in a large family that included seven brothers. Her family, her mother in particular, encouraged her development through extracurricular programs. She moved to the United States and settled on Staten Island. She was accepted by Columbia University and New York University, but instead chose to pursue modeling. In 2000, at the age of 17, while walking through the turnstiles at Six Flags Great Adventure, Ebanks was scouted by an agent from Elite Model Management.
Ebanks made her debut in February 2001 at the fall show for Tuleh. After working for the likes of Catherine Malandrino, James Coviello, Abercrombie & Fitch, and DKNY, she signed a contract with Victoria's Secret in 2005.
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Shane Stanley
Shane Stanley (born June 15, 1971 in Encino, California) is a multi-Emmy Award winning filmmaker best known for Executive Producing Gridiron Gang starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson for Sony Pictures and directing Bret Michaels music videos supporting the show Rock of Love and Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It. Stanley was the youngest to ever win a production Emmy Award, his first at sixteen and his second at nineteen for his work on The Desperate Passage Series. Stanley made his directorial debut helming his own screenplay A Sight for Sore Eyes which starred Academy Award nominee Gary Busey. Besides being honored with dozens of awards and film festival honors, the film was invited to screen at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005.
Also a commercial and music video director, Stanley's work includes campaigns for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino and various PSA's for the Nation Diabetes Association. His most known music videos include StorySide:B's "Miracle" as well as Bret Michaels's Go That Far which reached #1 and remained on the VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown for over three months. The video is ranked on the network's list of 100 Best Music Videos. As of 2010, five of Stanley's music videos have been on VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown, two simultaneously. Recently, Shane co-wrote Bret Michaels's autobiography, “Roses & Thorns" for Simon & Schuster which will release in July, 2012.
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Summer Sanders
Summer Elisabeth Sanders (born October 13, 1972) is a sports commentator and reporter, TV show host, actress and retired Olympic gold medalist in swimming.
Sanders was born in Roseville, California and attended Cavitt Junior High School (just outside Roseville), Bishop Donahue High School (in West Virginia) and Oakmont High School there.
She first came to the attention of the swimming world in 1988 when, as a 15-year-old, she barely missed a spot on the 1988 U.S. Olympic team. She won three gold medals at the 1990 Goodwill Games before embarking on her collegiate career at Stanford University. In two years at Stanford, she compiled six individual NCAA titles and four relay championships. Sanders earned back-to-back NCAA Swimmer of the Year awards and propelled Stanford to a national championship in 1992. She also played basketball.
At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, she won gold medals in the 200-meter butterfly and in the 400-meter medley relay. She also won a silver medal in the 200-meter individual medley and a bronze medal in the 400-meter individual medley. Her individual performances in Barcelona were identical to those a year earlier at the 1991 swimming and diving world championships in Perth, Australia. Retiring after the Barcelona Olympics, Sanders later attempted to make the 1996 Olympic team but failed to qualify.
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Taya Parker
Taya Parker is an American model, actress, singer and reality TV show contestant best known for winning the VH1 reality television show Rock of Love Bus. She is also the 2009 Pet of the Year for Penthouse magazine.
Taya Parker appeared on the cover of the January 2008 issue of Penthouse magazine and was featured as the Pet of the Month. Parker was later selected as the Penthouse Pet of the Year for 2009. Parker has also posed for the web site Playboy.com and Playboy Busty Babes.
She has also appeared in Playboy Special Editions Playboy Vixens magazine.
In June 2007, Penthouse Swimwear selected Taya Parker as their exclusive spokesmodel and cover girl for their 2008 calendar.
Parker hosted and starred in the burlesque show "Striptease The Show" at the Sahara Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
Exotic Dancer magazine selected Taya Parker as their 2007/2008 Entertainer of the Year in Las Vegas Nevada.
Parker has appeared and been a guest on various national television and radio shows such as: "Larry King Live,The Howard Stern Show,Danny Bonaduce,The Soup, and Bubba The Love Sponge
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The Warren Brothers
The Warren Brothers is an American country music duo composed of brothers Brett Warren (lead vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, mandolin, piano) and Brad Warren (background vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar). The duo has released three studio albums: Beautiful Day in the Cold Cruel World (1998) and King of Nothing (2000) on BNA Records, as well as Well Deserved Obscurity (2004) on Sig/429 and a 2005 compilation album, Barely Famous Hits. These four albums have produced nine charting singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, with the highest being "Move On" at #17 in late 2000-early 2001. Brad and Brett have also co-written singles for Dierks Bentley, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw and Martina McBride.
Brad and Brett Warren grew up in Tampa, Florida. They previously headlined local Christian heavy metal bands including a Christian rock heavy metal band called St. Warren. They moved from Florida to Nashville in 1995.
The duo signed to BNA Records in 1997 and released its debut album, Beautiful Day in the Cold Cruel World, in late 1998. This album produced three singles: "Guilty," "Better Man" and "She Wants to Rock," all of which charted within the Top 40 on the Billboard country singles charts. Pemberton Roach of Allmusic rated the album four stars out of five, comparing its sound to that of "slick, roots-influenced pop artists like Bruce Hornsby, Toad the Wet Sprocket and Glenn Frey" and saying that such a sound "avoid[s] any trace of Nashville clichés in favor of honest, straightforward lyrics and energetic, polished playing." Following the release of this album, The Warren Brothers toured with Tim McGraw and his wife, Faith Hill.
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Whitney Duncan
Whitney Duncan (born August 3, 1984) is an American country music artist, who was the fifth place finalist on the fifth season of Nashville Star. She has released one studio album and has charted on the U.S. country singles charts with "When I Said I Would" and "Skinny Dippin'," as well as a Christmas single and guest appearance on a Kenny Rogers single which was released before her Nashville Star appearance. Duncan competed in the CBS reality series Survivor: South Pacific in late 2011.
Whitney Duncan was born on August 3, 1984 in Scotts Hill, Tennessee, a town consisting of only 900 people. Her father is a state environmentalist and her mother is a schoolteacher. Her grandfather introduced her to music. Duncan began singing at her church, later performing in local talent shows, fairs, and festivals. She would also travel to the neighboring states of Kentucky and Missouri to perform at events. In her early teens, she began to travel to Nashville, Tennessee to perform at local clubs, including Tootsie's Lounge.
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Wynonna Judd
Wynonna Ellen Judd ( /waɪˈnoʊnə/; born Christina Claire Ciminella on May 30, 1964) is an American country music singer. Her solo albums and singles are all credited to the singular name Wynonna. Wynonna first rose to fame in the 1980s alongside her mother, Naomi, in the country music duo The Judds. The duo released seven albums on Curb Records in addition to charting 26 singles, of which 14 were number one hits.
After The Judds disbanded in 1991, Wynonna began a solo career, also on Curb. In her solo career, she has released eight studio albums, a live album, and a compilation album in addition to charting more than 20 singles of her own. Her first three singles—"She Is His Only Need", "I Saw the Light" and "No One Else on Earth"—all reached number one on the U.S. country singles charts, as did 1996's "To Be Loved by You." Three of her albums are certified platinum or higher by the RIAA. Her most recent recording, Sing: Chapter 1, was released on February 3, 2009. Wynonna is most recognized for her musical work, although starting in the 2000s she has also pursued other interests, including acting and philanthropy.
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Michaels, Bret Filmography
- Skum rocks! (2012)
- Celebrity House Hunting (2012)
- Charlie Sheen: Bad Boy on the Edge (2011)
- The 2011 Billboard Music Awards (2011)
- Rock N' Roll Fantasy Camp (2010)
- The 2010 Miss Universe Pageant (2010)
- The 2010 VH1 Do Something Awards (2010)
- The 63rd Annual Tony Awards (2009)
- American Pie Presents: The Book of Love (2009)
- Aftermath: The Station Fire Five Years Later (2008)
- 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs (2008)
- Poison: Live, Raw and Uncut (2007)
- Poison: Live, Raw and Uncut (2007)
- Rock n' Roll Fantasy Camp (2006)
- CMT: The Greatest - 20 Greatest Southern Rock Songs (2006)
- Stranded with a Star (2006)
- The Greatest: The 40 Hottest Rock Star Girlfriends... and Wives (2005)
- I Love the '90s: Part Deux (2005)
- Retrosexual: The 80's (2004)
- Lit: All Access (2004)
- I Love the '90s (2004)
- You Rock with... (2003)
- Raine (2003)
- Hip Hop & Rock (2003)
- Nashville Star (2003)
- Nashville Star (2003)
- Poison: Rock Legends (2003)
- Raine (2003)
- The Making of Bret Michaels (2002)
- Colin's Sleazy Friends Rocks (2002)
- Poison: Greatest Video Hits (2001)
- Poison: Greatest Video Hits (2001)
- The Making of a Rock Star (2001)
- High Tension, Low Budget (The Making of a Letter from Death Row) (1999)
- High Tension, Low Budget (The Making of a Letter from Death Row) (1999)
- High Tension, Low Budget (The Making of a Letter from Death Row) (1999)
- Hollywood Animal Crusaders (1999)
- Five Aces (1999)
- High Tension, Low Budget (The Making of a Letter from Death Row) (1999)
- High Tension, Low Budget (The Making of a Letter from Death Row) (1999)
- A Letter from Death Row (1998)
- The World's Greatest Magic 5 (1998)
- No Code of Conduct (1998)
- In God's Hands (1998)
- A Letter from Death Row (1998)
- No Code of Conduct (1998)
- No Code of Conduct (1998)
- A Letter from Death Row (1998)
- No Code of Conduct (1998)
- No Code of Conduct (1998)
- A Letter from Death Row (1998)
- No Code of Conduct (1998)
- A Letter from Death Row (1998)
- Free Money (1998)
- Billboard Live in Concert: Bret Michaels (1997)
- Billboard Live in Concert: Bret Michaels (1997)
- Discovery Mars (1997)
- Billboard Live in Concert: Bret Michaels (1997)
- The 21st Annual American Music Awards (1994)
- Turn Up the Volume 1 (1991)
- Hard 'N Heavy Volume 10 (1991)
- Hard 'N Heavy Volume 8 (1990)
- Metalhead Video Magazine Volume 2 (1990)
- The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988)
RELEASE
ALBUMS
- Riding Against the Wind
- Lie to Me
- Nothing to Lose (feat. Miley Cyrus)
- Wasted Time
- What I Got
- Every Rose (Country version) (feat. Brad Arnold, Chris Cagle and Mark Wills)
- Go That Far (club mix)
- Driven (Rock mix)
- Open Road
- Rock'n My Country
- Nothing to Lose (Bret Only demo)
- I'd Die for You
- Go That Far
- Driven
- Fallen
- Raine
- Bittersweet
- Start Again
- Songs of Life
- Strange Sensation
- All I Ever Needed
- Menace to Society
- Right Now, Right Here
- It's My Party (2008 mix)
- Rock in My Country
- Driven
- Open Road
- All I Ever Needed
- New Breed of American Cowboy
- Right Now, Right Here
- Lookin' for a Good Time
- It's All Good
- Every Rose Has Its Thorn (Country version)
- Bittersweet
- Raine
- Menace to Society
- Walk Away
- Something to Believe In
- Future Ex-Wife
- The One You Get
- Human Zoo
- Last Breath
- Look What the Cat Dragged In (feat. Slaves on Dope)
- Talk Dirty to Me
- Fallen Angel
- Something to Believe In
- Nothin' but a Good Time
- I Want Action
- Unskinny Bop (feat. Pauly Shore)
- Stand
- So Tell Me Why
- Doin' As I See on My TV
- Every Rose Has Its Thorn
- Party Rock Band
- Human Zoo
- The Last Breath
- I'd Die for You
- Times Like These
- Little Willy
- The Devil Inside
- A Letter From Death Row
- Sounds of Sex
- '69'
- Angst Mary
- Steel Bar Blues / Violent Endings
- [intro] / Talk Dirty to Me
- Bittersweet
- [Bret talks]
- I Won't Forget You
- Raine
- Knockin' on Heaven's Door
- [band introductions] / Your Mama Don't Dance
- Something to Believe In
- Unskinny Bop
- All I Ever Needed
- Fallen Angel
- Every Rose Has Its Thorn
- Gimme Three Steps
- Nothin' but a Good Time
- Every Rose Has Its Thorn (Story)
- Every Rose Has Its Thorn
- Steel Bar Blues (Story)
- Steel Bar Blues
- Walk Away (Story)
- Walk Away
- Devil Inside (Story)
- Devil Inside
- Stay With Me (Story)
- Stay With Me
- Something to Believe In (Story)
- Something to Believe In
- Times Like These (Story)
- Times Like These
- It's Me You're Talking To (Story)
- It's Me You're Talking To
- The Other Side of Me (Story)
- The Other Side of Me
- The Last Breath (Story)
- The Last Breath
- Bittersweet
- Loaded Gun
- Raine
- Songs of Life
- Strange Sensation
- It's My Party
- Forgiveness
- War Machine
- One More Day
- I Remember
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Bret Michaels - All i ever needed
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- Duration: 3:49
- Updated: 19 Dec 2012
the hot singer of the hot band Poison! bret michaels vid to all i ever needed! (L)
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the hot singer of the hot band Poison! bret michaels vid to all i ever needed! (L)
Bret Michaels Talks Health and Being Single!
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- Duration: 5:40
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
The rocker was here and told Bethenny about his health, as well as turning 50 and what it was like being single.
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The rocker was here and told Bethenny about his health, as well as turning 50 and what it was like being single.
- published: 27 Jun 2012
- views: 17473
- author: bethenny
Bret Michaels - Fallen
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- Duration: 3:52
- Updated: 17 Dec 2012
Music video by Bret Michaels performing Fallen. (C) 2008 Poor Boy Records
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Music video by Bret Michaels performing Fallen. (C) 2008 Poor Boy Records
- published: 15 Jun 2009
- views: 354591
- author: orchardmusic
Bret Michaels - Riding Against The Wind
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- Duration: 3:41
- Updated: 09 Dec 2012
Music video by Bret Michaels performing Riding Against The Wind. (C) 2010 Poor Boy Records Inc.
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Music video by Bret Michaels performing Riding Against The Wind. (C) 2010 Poor Boy Records Inc.
- published: 24 Jan 2011
- views: 273502
- author: orchardmusic
Bret Michaels singing Every Rose has its Thorns
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- Duration: 5:16
- Updated: 15 Dec 2012
Bret Michaels having a blast in Calgary, Alberta, Canada - December 13, 2012 (please excuse the vertical angle)
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Bret Michaels having a blast in Calgary, Alberta, Canada - December 13, 2012 (please excuse the vertical angle)
- published: 14 Dec 2012
- views: 118
- author: kleeklein
Bret Michaels - Unskinny Bop - Live At Casino Regina Show Lounge 12-12-12
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- Duration: 6:15
- Updated: 19 Dec 2012
Unskinny Bop - middle of the set at the Casino Regina Show Lounge. Bret sounded great and so did his band. The crowd was really into it. More videos to come!
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Unskinny Bop - middle of the set at the Casino Regina Show Lounge. Bret sounded great and so did his band. The crowd was really into it. More videos to come!
- published: 16 Dec 2012
- views: 57
- author: xmradio41
Celebrity House Hunting - Bret Michaels - New House
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- Duration: 2:14
- Updated: 13 Nov 2012
Bret Michaels searches for a new home for himself and his family. Read more about his life: bit.ly Watch Full Episodes of "Celebrity House Hunting" here: bit.ly
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Bret Michaels searches for a new home for himself and his family. Read more about his life: bit.ly Watch Full Episodes of "Celebrity House Hunting" here: bit.ly
- published: 26 Apr 2012
- views: 6017
- author: BiographyChannel
Bret Michaels - Raine
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- Duration: 3:55
- Updated: 19 Dec 2012
Bret Michaels - Raine (Copyright 2008 Poor Boy Records). Buy it on iTunes: itunes.apple.com
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Bret Michaels - Raine (Copyright 2008 Poor Boy Records). Buy it on iTunes: itunes.apple.com
- published: 15 Jun 2009
- views: 379762
- author: orchardmusic
Something To Believe In - Bret Michaels
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- Duration: 7:39
- Updated: 13 Dec 2012
Balloon Festival -- Readington, NJ -- 7/29/12
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Bret Michaels - Go That Far (The Theme From Rock Of Love)
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- Duration: 2:58
- Updated: 19 Dec 2012
Music video by Bret Michaels performing Go That Far (The Theme From Rock Of Love). (C) 2008 Poor Boy Records
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Music video by Bret Michaels performing Go That Far (The Theme From Rock Of Love). (C) 2008 Poor Boy Records
- published: 15 Jun 2009
- views: 261130
- author: orchardmusic
Bret Michaels - "Get Your Rock On" World Premiere
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- Duration: 3:17
- Updated: 07 Dec 2012
World premiere of the brand new "Get Your Rock On" music video from Bret Michaels! This video was filmed during the 2011/2012 Bret Michaels solo tour. "Get Your Rock On" featuring Phil Collen of Def Leppard/Manraze and Sal Coz Costa of My Darkest Days is the title track from Bret's upcoming solo album of the same name! Pick up your copy of Bret's "Get Your Rock On" single at your favorite digital music retailer including iTunes and Amazon today! Tune in to see Bret perform LIVE on The Tonight Show w/ Jay Leno on Thursday, June 7, 2012!
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World premiere of the brand new "Get Your Rock On" music video from Bret Michaels! This video was filmed during the 2011/2012 Bret Michaels solo tour. "Get Your Rock On" featuring Phil Collen of Def Leppard/Manraze and Sal Coz Costa of My Darkest Days is the title track from Bret's upcoming solo album of the same name! Pick up your copy of Bret's "Get Your Rock On" single at your favorite digital music retailer including iTunes and Amazon today! Tune in to see Bret perform LIVE on The Tonight Show w/ Jay Leno on Thursday, June 7, 2012!
- published: 05 Jun 2012
- views: 29717
- author: BretMichaelsOfficial
Bret Michaels at the "Rock of Ages" premiere
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- Duration: 1:40
- Updated: 01 Oct 2012
Bret Michaels talks to LA Times reporter Amy Kaufman at the "Rock of Ages" premiere.
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Bret Michaels talks to LA Times reporter Amy Kaufman at the "Rock of Ages" premiere.
- published: 09 Jun 2012
- views: 4969
- author: losangelestimes
Bret Michaels in Puerto Rico - Every Rose Has Its Thorn - 10-06-2012
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- Duration: 4:48
- Updated: 27 Oct 2012
Bret Michael's concert in Puerto Rico, October 06, 2012 at Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan, PR. - Every Rose Has It's Thorn
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Bret Michael's concert in Puerto Rico, October 06, 2012 at Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan, PR. - Every Rose Has It's Thorn
- published: 08 Oct 2012
- views: 824
- author: Hammed Silva
Bret Michaels: PFO
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- Duration: 2:14
- Updated: 11 Sep 2012
Rock legend Bret Michaels described how doctors discovered a hole in his heart after being hospitalized for stroke-like symptoms. For more information, visit www.TheDoctorsTV.com.
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Rock legend Bret Michaels described how doctors discovered a hole in his heart after being hospitalized for stroke-like symptoms. For more information, visit www.TheDoctorsTV.com.
- published: 09 Nov 2011
- views: 2899
- author: thedoctorstv
Miley Cyrus and Bret Michaels- Every Rose Has It's Thorn (Live On GMA)
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- Duration: 3:51
- Updated: 19 Dec 2012
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STEEL PANTHER GIVES BRET MICHAELS ULTIMATUM FOR THEIR NEXT ALBUM
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- Duration: 3:13
- Updated: 17 Dec 2012
Steel Panther is back with a vengeance after playing the Download Festival this weekend in the UK and we have the latest scoop on new music and how Bret Michael's girlfriends should be on high alert.
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Steel Panther is back with a vengeance after playing the Download Festival this weekend in the UK and we have the latest scoop on new music and how Bret Michael's girlfriends should be on high alert.
- published: 11 Jun 2012
- views: 13777
- author: ArtisanNewsService
Metal Head Poison's Bret Michaels interview 1990!!! Party at The Palace and more!!!
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- Duration: 3:14
- Updated: 10 Nov 2012
Found this on an old Metalhead VHS tape. I decided to put on here. Enjoy. If I find anymore interesting stuff. I will upload on here.
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Found this on an old Metalhead VHS tape. I decided to put on here. Enjoy. If I find anymore interesting stuff. I will upload on here.
- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 2499
- author: MateoAcosta1993
8 Year Old Girl Sings Every Rose for Bret Michaels
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- Duration: 1:34
- Updated: 19 Dec 2012
8 Year old Gracie Wooten meets Bret Michaels after his concert and Bret asks her to sing his mega hit song Every Rose.
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8 Year old Gracie Wooten meets Bret Michaels after his concert and Bret asks her to sing his mega hit song Every Rose.
- published: 11 Dec 2012
- views: 440
- author: dave wooten
Bret Michaels - Wasted Time (NEW SONG)
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- Duration: 3:46
- Updated: 08 Dec 2012
Next single from the Poison front man.
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Bret Michaels - Life Rocks Foundation Concert / Auction
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- Duration: 2:47
- Updated: 27 Nov 2012
Bret Michaels talks with Shmonty about the Life Rocks Foundation Concert and Charity Auction. Saturday, December 1st at Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix, AZ.
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Bret Michaels talks with Shmonty about the Life Rocks Foundation Concert and Charity Auction. Saturday, December 1st at Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix, AZ.
- published: 16 Nov 2012
- views: 234
- author: 933KDKBFM
"Fallen Angel" performed by Bret Michaels live Vienna West Virginia November 21,2012
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- Duration: 5:42
- Updated: 22 Nov 2012
Bret Michaels of Poison at the Fishbone Gill and Grill Vienna, WV
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Bret Michaels of Poison at the Fishbone Gill and Grill Vienna, WV
- published: 22 Nov 2012
- views: 216
- author: concertkev26104
"Nothing But A Good Time " Bret Michaels live at Fishbone Gill and Grill November 21,2012
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- Duration: 6:07
- Updated: 22 Nov 2012
Bret Michaels returns for the 3rd time to perform in Vienna , West Virginia
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Bret Michaels returns for the 3rd time to perform in Vienna , West Virginia
- published: 22 Nov 2012
- views: 238
- author: concertkev26104
"Unskinny Bop" live Bret Michaels November 21,2012 Vienna, West Virginia
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- Duration: 6:07
- Updated: 14 Dec 2012
Bret Michaels performing at the Fishbone Gill and Grill Vienna, West Virginia
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Bret Michaels performing at the Fishbone Gill and Grill Vienna, West Virginia
- published: 24 Nov 2012
- views: 71
- author: concertkev26104
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Bret Michaels (LIVE HD) 'Sweet Home Alabama' 2010
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- Duration: 7:46
- Updated: 18 Dec 2012
Bret talks about his new show on VH1 and Sings "Sweet Home Alabama" in Biloxi, MS at Hard Rock Biloxi. His first Concert back from all Medical Issues! He was Absolutely AMAZING! and REALLY REALLY interacted with his fans!! WATCH HIM DANCE AT 4:30!! Sound Quality goes in and out (SORRY! Brand New Camera and hubby put his finger over microphone a few times...UGH!) This video was taken by us, on our own equipment. No copy Right Infringement intended. VH1 was there recording for his new show called "Bret Michaels~Life as I Know It" so if you see camera men on stage that is why.
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Bret talks about his new show on VH1 and Sings "Sweet Home Alabama" in Biloxi, MS at Hard Rock Biloxi. His first Concert back from all Medical Issues! He was Absolutely AMAZING! and REALLY REALLY interacted with his fans!! WATCH HIM DANCE AT 4:30!! Sound Quality goes in and out (SORRY! Brand New Camera and hubby put his finger over microphone a few times...UGH!) This video was taken by us, on our own equipment. No copy Right Infringement intended. VH1 was there recording for his new show called "Bret Michaels~Life as I Know It" so if you see camera men on stage that is why.
- published: 31 May 2010
- views: 21704
- author: theschaarsal
Bret Michaels - Live - Every Rose Has its Thorn - Sydney Entertainment Center - Sept 23, 2011
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- Duration: 5:37
- Updated: 21 Jun 2012
Bret Michaels - Live - Every Rose Has its Thorn - Sydney Entertainment Center - Sept 23, 2011
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Bret Michaels - Live - Every Rose Has its Thorn - Sydney Entertainment Center - Sept 23, 2011
- published: 24 Sep 2011
- views: 1086
- author: melaniepitts
'Talk Dirty to Me' Bret Michaels live at Yellowbeards Tavern November 19,2011
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- Duration: 5:33
- Updated: 12 Sep 2012
Bret Michaels band live in Vienna , West Virginia Yellowbeards Tavern opening song of show!
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Bret Michaels band live in Vienna , West Virginia Yellowbeards Tavern opening song of show!
- published: 20 Nov 2011
- views: 1411
- author: concertkev26104
Bret Michaels - Live - Fallen Angel - Sydney Entertainment Center - Sept 23, 2011
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- Duration: 5:13
- Updated: 29 Apr 2012
Bret Michaels - Live - Fallen Angel - Sydney Entertainment Center - Sept 23, 2011
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Bret Michaels - Live - Fallen Angel - Sydney Entertainment Center - Sept 23, 2011
- published: 24 Sep 2011
- views: 1403
- author: melaniepitts
Bret Michaels - Live - Unskinny Bop - Sydney Entertainment Center - Sept 23, 2011
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- Duration: 6:06
- Updated: 28 Feb 2012
Bret Michaels - Live - Unskinny Bop - Sydney Entertainment Center - Sept 23, 2011
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Bret Michaels - Live - Unskinny Bop - Sydney Entertainment Center - Sept 23, 2011
- published: 24 Sep 2011
- views: 1423
- author: melaniepitts
Bret Michaels Live Regis and Kelly
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- Duration: 9:58
- Updated: 22 Nov 2012
Interview after Celebrity Apprentice on 5/24/10
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Bret Michaels (LIVE HD) Hard Rock Biloxi 2010 "Look What The Cat Dragged In"
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- Duration: 3:39
- Updated: 30 Jul 2012
Bret Michaels in COMEBACK PERFORMANCE, Hard Rock Biloxi May 28, 2010 Look What The Cat Dragged In" Second Song. BRET LOOKED AMAZING! WE LOVE YOU BRET AND SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK...No Copyright infringement intended. This is our OWN video. ROCK ON BRET ROCK ON!
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Bret Michaels in COMEBACK PERFORMANCE, Hard Rock Biloxi May 28, 2010 Look What The Cat Dragged In" Second Song. BRET LOOKED AMAZING! WE LOVE YOU BRET AND SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK...No Copyright infringement intended. This is our OWN video. ROCK ON BRET ROCK ON!
- published: 30 May 2010
- views: 5535
- author: theschaarsal
Bret Michaels LIVE Every Rose Has Its Thorn @ Tropicana Casino Atlantic City, NJ November 26, 2010
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- Duration: 5:34
- Updated: 05 Jul 2012
Bret Michaels LIVE Every Rose Has Its Thorn @ Tropicana Casino Atlantic City, NJ November 26, 2010
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Bret Michaels LIVE Every Rose Has Its Thorn @ Tropicana Casino Atlantic City, NJ November 26, 2010
- published: 02 Mar 2011
- views: 451
- author: cityjet
Bret Michaels Live Rock of Love II Tour 2008
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- Duration: 2:54
- Updated: 17 Aug 2012
Bret Michaels Live in Minneapolis, MN. Every Rose has its Thorn. -------www.Afflictionclothing.com------- Special thanks to Brandon Kahn from Minneapolis for the footage. The Brothers of Destruction are an on and off professional wrestling tag team consisting of The Undertaker and Kane, who are kayfabe brothers who wrestle for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its SmackDown! and ECW brands.[1] They are the current World Heavyweight Champion (The Undertaker) and ECW Champion (Kane). In 1996, The Undertaker broke away from his historic and popular manager Paul Bearer.[2] Throughout 1996 and 1997, Undertaker feuded with Bearer and wrestled many wrestlers managed by him including Mankind and The Executioner. After Undertaker lost the WWF Championship to Bret Hart at SummerSlam 1997,[4] Bearer began taunting Undertaker that he had a younger brother named Kane, most notably screaming out the words, "KANE IS ALIVE!" Glen Jacobs, who was last seen working in the WWF as a jobber named Isaac Yankem,[5] debuted at Badd Blood 1997 as Kane, Undertaker's half-brother.[1][3] He interfered in the first-ever Hell in a Cell match between Undertaker and Shawn Michaels, with the winner facing Bret Hart for the WWF Championship at Survivor Series 1997. During the match, Kane interfered and Tombstoned Undertaker allowing Michaels to pin Undertaker and become the #1 contender to the WWF title.[3][1][6] They dropped the titles back to Kane and Mankind in a fatal four way tag team ...
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Bret Michaels Live in Minneapolis, MN. Every Rose has its Thorn. -------www.Afflictionclothing.com------- Special thanks to Brandon Kahn from Minneapolis for the footage. The Brothers of Destruction are an on and off professional wrestling tag team consisting of The Undertaker and Kane, who are kayfabe brothers who wrestle for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its SmackDown! and ECW brands.[1] They are the current World Heavyweight Champion (The Undertaker) and ECW Champion (Kane). In 1996, The Undertaker broke away from his historic and popular manager Paul Bearer.[2] Throughout 1996 and 1997, Undertaker feuded with Bearer and wrestled many wrestlers managed by him including Mankind and The Executioner. After Undertaker lost the WWF Championship to Bret Hart at SummerSlam 1997,[4] Bearer began taunting Undertaker that he had a younger brother named Kane, most notably screaming out the words, "KANE IS ALIVE!" Glen Jacobs, who was last seen working in the WWF as a jobber named Isaac Yankem,[5] debuted at Badd Blood 1997 as Kane, Undertaker's half-brother.[1][3] He interfered in the first-ever Hell in a Cell match between Undertaker and Shawn Michaels, with the winner facing Bret Hart for the WWF Championship at Survivor Series 1997. During the match, Kane interfered and Tombstoned Undertaker allowing Michaels to pin Undertaker and become the #1 contender to the WWF title.[3][1][6] They dropped the titles back to Kane and Mankind in a fatal four way tag team ...
- published: 19 Apr 2008
- views: 25717
- author: AfflictionClothing
Bret Michaels - Go That Far (Live Version)
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- Duration: 2:55
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
Music video by Bret Michaels performing Go That Far (Live Version). (C) 2008 Poor Boy Records
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Music video by Bret Michaels performing Go That Far (Live Version). (C) 2008 Poor Boy Records
- published: 15 Jun 2009
- views: 25466
- author: orchardmusic
Pete Evick & Bret Michaels - Drift Away LIVE
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- Duration: 4:31
- Updated: 17 Dec 2012
Pete Evick (Evick/Bret Michaels Band) & Bret Michaels singing Drift Away. Just helpin' some friends out with a lil' videography, to the dismay of casino security. And yes, I'm aware that THE SOUND SUCKS. Sorry about the close ups, Pete! Bret Michaels Band LIVE at Ameristar Casino, St. Charles, MO on June 2nd, 2009.
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Pete Evick (Evick/Bret Michaels Band) & Bret Michaels singing Drift Away. Just helpin' some friends out with a lil' videography, to the dismay of casino security. And yes, I'm aware that THE SOUND SUCKS. Sorry about the close ups, Pete! Bret Michaels Band LIVE at Ameristar Casino, St. Charles, MO on June 2nd, 2009.
- published: 30 Aug 2009
- views: 6990
- author: Tina Lu
Boise music festival Bret Michaels live Sweet Home Alabama
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- Duration: 6:56
- Updated: 16 Nov 2012
Bret Michaels leads off his Boise Idaho concert at the Boise Music Festival in Ann Morrison Park with Sweet Home Alabama. Sorry the audio isn't great but it was recorded and uploaded from my phone.
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Bret Michaels leads off his Boise Idaho concert at the Boise Music Festival in Ann Morrison Park with Sweet Home Alabama. Sorry the audio isn't great but it was recorded and uploaded from my phone.
- published: 25 Jul 2010
- views: 1099
- author: BoiseBroker
Boise Music Festival Bret Michaels Live - Talk Dirty To Me
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- Duration: 1:44
- Updated: 16 Nov 2012
Live in Ann Morrison Park in Boise, Idaho at the Boise Music Festival in July 2010. Great free concert preceeded by the Backstreet Boys Concert which was also free. This video was recorded live and uploaded from my HTC EVO Android phone.
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Live in Ann Morrison Park in Boise, Idaho at the Boise Music Festival in July 2010. Great free concert preceeded by the Backstreet Boys Concert which was also free. This video was recorded live and uploaded from my HTC EVO Android phone.
- published: 25 Jul 2010
- views: 1181
- author: BoiseBroker
Bret Michaels - Menace To Society (live montage)
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- Duration: 2:44
- Updated: 10 Sep 2012
Bret Michaels video for "Menace To Society" from the Songs of Life CD. www.BretMichaels.com
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Bret Michaels video for "Menace To Society" from the Songs of Life CD. www.BretMichaels.com
- published: 22 May 2007
- views: 6351
- author: mjstockinger
Bret Michaels Live at Joe's - Part 1 "Talk Dirty To Me"
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- Duration: 4:30
- Updated: 21 Sep 2012
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Miley Cyrus and Bret Michaels- Every Rose Has It's Thorn (Live On GMA)
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- Duration: 3:51
- Updated: 19 Dec 2012
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Bret Michaels Live Fan Q&A;: Bret discusses posing nude on Billboard
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- Duration: 6:13
- Updated: 18 Oct 2012
Part 1 of 4. For the full interview go to: www.billboard.com
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Part 1 of 4. For the full interview go to: www.billboard.com
- published: 14 Oct 2010
- views: 2448
- author: BillboardMagazine
Bret Michaels Live@Wild Bills
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- Duration: 7:25
- Updated: 01 Oct 2012
Bret Michaels Takes Wild Bills by storm with thousands of Screaming Fans who just love this guy, Check out some of the footage from the 10-21-11 show.
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Bret Michaels Takes Wild Bills by storm with thousands of Screaming Fans who just love this guy, Check out some of the footage from the 10-21-11 show.
- published: 22 Oct 2011
- views: 901
- author: Ny Nick
Bret Michaels Live In Butler, PA
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- Duration: 4:01
- Updated: 22 May 2012
Every Rose Has It's Thorn
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Bret Michaels LIVE at St. George Theatre/Staten Island 04/16/2011
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- Duration: 6:56
- Updated: 20 Apr 2011
Bret Michaels is an American singer, actor, director, screenwriter, producer and reality television personality. He first gained fame as the lead vocalist of the glam metal band Poison. Besides his career as lead singer, he has several solo albums to his credit, as well as one chart single. He appeared in the VH1 reality show Rock of Love with Bret Michaels and its sequels, and as a judge on the talent show Nashville Star. He was the winning contestant on NBC's reality show Celebrity Apprentice. This video is being presented by Total Volume Magazine as per courtesies extended by Bret Michaels and staff to promote press coverage for Bret Michaels Life Rocks Tour and is not for profit by Total Volume Magazine. All rights reserved Brett Michaels 2011
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Bret Michaels is an American singer, actor, director, screenwriter, producer and reality television personality. He first gained fame as the lead vocalist of the glam metal band Poison. Besides his career as lead singer, he has several solo albums to his credit, as well as one chart single. He appeared in the VH1 reality show Rock of Love with Bret Michaels and its sequels, and as a judge on the talent show Nashville Star. He was the winning contestant on NBC's reality show Celebrity Apprentice. This video is being presented by Total Volume Magazine as per courtesies extended by Bret Michaels and staff to promote press coverage for Bret Michaels Life Rocks Tour and is not for profit by Total Volume Magazine. All rights reserved Brett Michaels 2011
- published: 17 Apr 2011
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- author: TotalVolumeMagazine
Bret Michaels Talk Dirty To Me LIVE at the House Of Blues Atlantic City NJ March 20 2009
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Bret Michaels Talk Dirty To Me LIVE at the House Of Blues Atlantic City NJ March 20 2009
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Bret Michaels Talk Dirty To Me LIVE at the House Of Blues Atlantic City NJ March 20 2009
- published: 23 Mar 2009
- views: 7447
- author: cityjet
Bret Michaels - DRIVEN Live @ The Myth
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Bret Michaels song Driven" performed live at the Myth in Maplewood, MN on New Years Eve '07/'08
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Bret Michaels song Driven" performed live at the Myth in Maplewood, MN on New Years Eve '07/'08
- published: 10 Jan 2008
- views: 7205
- author: PoisonFan12345
Bret Michaels Every Rose Has Its Thorn Live in Dallas, TX 3/27/2011
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Bret Michaels Every Rose Has Its Thorn Live in Dallas, TX 3/27/2011 Rock 'N Roll Half Marathon recorded with Panasonic FZ-100
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Bret Michaels Every Rose Has Its Thorn Live in Dallas, TX 3/27/2011 Rock 'N Roll Half Marathon recorded with Panasonic FZ-100
- published: 29 Mar 2011
- views: 2191
- author: serpephone
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Bret Michaels (LIVE HD) 'Sweet Home Alabama' 2010
Bret talks about his new show on VH1 and Sings "Sweet Home Alabama" in Biloxi, MS at Hard ...
published: 31 May 2010
author: theschaarsal
Bret Michaels (LIVE HD) 'Sweet Home Alabama' 2010
Bret talks about his new show on VH1 and Sings "Sweet Home Alabama" in Biloxi, MS at Hard Rock Biloxi. His first Concert back from all Medical Issues! He was Absolutely AMAZING! and REALLY REALLY interacted with his fans!! WATCH HIM DANCE AT 4:30!! Sound Quality goes in and out (SORRY! Brand New Camera and hubby put his finger over microphone a few times...UGH!) This video was taken by us, on our own equipment. No copy Right Infringement intended. VH1 was there recording for his new show called "Bret Michaels~Life as I Know It" so if you see camera men on stage that is why.
- published: 31 May 2010
- views: 21704
- author: theschaarsal
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Bret Michaels - Live - Every Rose Has its Thorn - Sydney Entertainment Center - Sept 23, 2011
Bret Michaels - Live - Every Rose Has its Thorn - Sydney Entertainment Center - Sept 23, 2...
published: 24 Sep 2011
author: melaniepitts
Bret Michaels - Live - Every Rose Has its Thorn - Sydney Entertainment Center - Sept 23, 2011
Bret Michaels - Live - Every Rose Has its Thorn - Sydney Entertainment Center - Sept 23, 2011
- published: 24 Sep 2011
- views: 1086
- author: melaniepitts
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'Talk Dirty to Me' Bret Michaels live at Yellowbeards Tavern November 19,2011
Bret Michaels band live in Vienna , West Virginia Yellowbeards Tavern opening song of show...
published: 20 Nov 2011
author: concertkev26104
'Talk Dirty to Me' Bret Michaels live at Yellowbeards Tavern November 19,2011
Bret Michaels band live in Vienna , West Virginia Yellowbeards Tavern opening song of show!
- published: 20 Nov 2011
- views: 1411
- author: concertkev26104
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Bret Michaels - Live - Fallen Angel - Sydney Entertainment Center - Sept 23, 2011
Bret Michaels - Live - Fallen Angel - Sydney Entertainment Center - Sept 23, 2011...
published: 24 Sep 2011
author: melaniepitts
Bret Michaels - Live - Fallen Angel - Sydney Entertainment Center - Sept 23, 2011
Bret Michaels - Live - Fallen Angel - Sydney Entertainment Center - Sept 23, 2011
- published: 24 Sep 2011
- views: 1403
- author: melaniepitts
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Bret Michaels - Live - Unskinny Bop - Sydney Entertainment Center - Sept 23, 2011
Bret Michaels - Live - Unskinny Bop - Sydney Entertainment Center - Sept 23, 2011...
published: 24 Sep 2011
author: melaniepitts
Bret Michaels - Live - Unskinny Bop - Sydney Entertainment Center - Sept 23, 2011
Bret Michaels - Live - Unskinny Bop - Sydney Entertainment Center - Sept 23, 2011
- published: 24 Sep 2011
- views: 1423
- author: melaniepitts
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Bret Michaels (LIVE HD) Hard Rock Biloxi 2010 "Look What The Cat Dragged In"
Bret Michaels in COMEBACK PERFORMANCE, Hard Rock Biloxi May 28, 2010 Look What The Cat Dra...
published: 30 May 2010
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Bret Michaels (LIVE HD) Hard Rock Biloxi 2010 "Look What The Cat Dragged In"
Bret Michaels in COMEBACK PERFORMANCE, Hard Rock Biloxi May 28, 2010 Look What The Cat Dragged In" Second Song. BRET LOOKED AMAZING! WE LOVE YOU BRET AND SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK...No Copyright infringement intended. This is our OWN video. ROCK ON BRET ROCK ON!
- published: 30 May 2010
- views: 5535
- author: theschaarsal
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Bret Michaels LIVE Every Rose Has Its Thorn @ Tropicana Casino Atlantic City, NJ November 26, 2010
Bret Michaels LIVE Every Rose Has Its Thorn @ Tropicana Casino Atlantic City, NJ November ...
published: 02 Mar 2011
author: cityjet
Bret Michaels LIVE Every Rose Has Its Thorn @ Tropicana Casino Atlantic City, NJ November 26, 2010
Bret Michaels LIVE Every Rose Has Its Thorn @ Tropicana Casino Atlantic City, NJ November 26, 2010
- published: 02 Mar 2011
- views: 451
- author: cityjet
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Bret Michaels Live Rock of Love II Tour 2008
Bret Michaels Live in Minneapolis, MN. Every Rose has its Thorn. -------www.Afflictionclot...
published: 19 Apr 2008
author: AfflictionClothing
Bret Michaels Live Rock of Love II Tour 2008
Bret Michaels Live in Minneapolis, MN. Every Rose has its Thorn. -------www.Afflictionclothing.com------- Special thanks to Brandon Kahn from Minneapolis for the footage. The Brothers of Destruction are an on and off professional wrestling tag team consisting of The Undertaker and Kane, who are kayfabe brothers who wrestle for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its SmackDown! and ECW brands.[1] They are the current World Heavyweight Champion (The Undertaker) and ECW Champion (Kane). In 1996, The Undertaker broke away from his historic and popular manager Paul Bearer.[2] Throughout 1996 and 1997, Undertaker feuded with Bearer and wrestled many wrestlers managed by him including Mankind and The Executioner. After Undertaker lost the WWF Championship to Bret Hart at SummerSlam 1997,[4] Bearer began taunting Undertaker that he had a younger brother named Kane, most notably screaming out the words, "KANE IS ALIVE!" Glen Jacobs, who was last seen working in the WWF as a jobber named Isaac Yankem,[5] debuted at Badd Blood 1997 as Kane, Undertaker's half-brother.[1][3] He interfered in the first-ever Hell in a Cell match between Undertaker and Shawn Michaels, with the winner facing Bret Hart for the WWF Championship at Survivor Series 1997. During the match, Kane interfered and Tombstoned Undertaker allowing Michaels to pin Undertaker and become the #1 contender to the WWF title.[3][1][6] They dropped the titles back to Kane and Mankind in a fatal four way tag team ...
- published: 19 Apr 2008
- views: 25717
- author: AfflictionClothing
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Bret Michaels - Go That Far (Live Version)
Music video by Bret Michaels performing Go That Far (Live Version). (C) 2008 Poor Boy Reco...
published: 15 Jun 2009
author: orchardmusic
Bret Michaels - Go That Far (Live Version)
Music video by Bret Michaels performing Go That Far (Live Version). (C) 2008 Poor Boy Records
- published: 15 Jun 2009
- views: 25466
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Pete Evick & Bret Michaels - Drift Away LIVE
Pete Evick (Evick/Bret Michaels Band) & Bret Michaels singing Drift Away. Just helpin' som...
published: 30 Aug 2009
author: Tina Lu
Pete Evick & Bret Michaels - Drift Away LIVE
Pete Evick (Evick/Bret Michaels Band) & Bret Michaels singing Drift Away. Just helpin' some friends out with a lil' videography, to the dismay of casino security. And yes, I'm aware that THE SOUND SUCKS. Sorry about the close ups, Pete! Bret Michaels Band LIVE at Ameristar Casino, St. Charles, MO on June 2nd, 2009.
- published: 30 Aug 2009
- views: 6990
- author: Tina Lu
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Boise music festival Bret Michaels live Sweet Home Alabama
Bret Michaels leads off his Boise Idaho concert at the Boise Music Festival in Ann Morriso...
published: 25 Jul 2010
author: BoiseBroker
Boise music festival Bret Michaels live Sweet Home Alabama
Bret Michaels leads off his Boise Idaho concert at the Boise Music Festival in Ann Morrison Park with Sweet Home Alabama. Sorry the audio isn't great but it was recorded and uploaded from my phone.
- published: 25 Jul 2010
- views: 1099
- author: BoiseBroker
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Boise Music Festival Bret Michaels Live - Talk Dirty To Me
Live in Ann Morrison Park in Boise, Idaho at the Boise Music Festival in July 2010. Great ...
published: 25 Jul 2010
author: BoiseBroker
Boise Music Festival Bret Michaels Live - Talk Dirty To Me
Live in Ann Morrison Park in Boise, Idaho at the Boise Music Festival in July 2010. Great free concert preceeded by the Backstreet Boys Concert which was also free. This video was recorded live and uploaded from my HTC EVO Android phone.
- published: 25 Jul 2010
- views: 1181
- author: BoiseBroker
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Bret Michaels - Menace To Society (live montage)
Bret Michaels video for "Menace To Society" from the Songs of Life CD. www.BretMichaels.co...
published: 22 May 2007
author: mjstockinger
Bret Michaels - Menace To Society (live montage)
Bret Michaels video for "Menace To Society" from the Songs of Life CD. www.BretMichaels.com
- published: 22 May 2007
- views: 6351
- author: mjstockinger
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53rd Journalism Awards Gala (part 1)
A. JOURNALISTS OF THE YEAR
A1. PRINT (Over 50,000 circulations)
Patrick Range McDonal...
published: 18 Jul 2011
author: EDP
53rd Journalism Awards Gala (part 1)
A. JOURNALISTS OF THE YEAR
A1. PRINT (Over 50,000 circulations)
Patrick Range McDonald, LA Weekly
Comments: "Range" is an appropriate middle name. What incredibly
detailed reporting on a variety of complicated topics. What an ability to
make us feel as if we know the players. What skill in explaining messy
situations. The very essence of solid journalism.
2nd place: David Evans, Bloomberg Markets, "Duping the Families of
Fallen Soldiers"
HM: Mariel Garza, Los Angeles Daily News Editorials
A2. PRINT (Under 50,000 circulation)
Radley Balko, Reason Magazine
Comment: ―Radley Balko is one of those throw-back journalists that
understands the power of groundbreaking reporting and how to make a
significant impact through his work. Time and time again, his stories cause
readers to stop, think, and most significantly, take action.
Congratulations!‖
2nd Place: Dan Evans, Glendale News-Press
HM: Ryan Vaillancourt, Los Angeles Downtown News
A3. TELEVISION JOURNALIST
Ana Garcia and Fred Mamoun, KNBC-TV
Garcia and Mamoun shoot, write and edit compelling stories. One of
their strengths as a team is the obvious respect for their subjects, and the
ability through contacts in the community to land exclusive interviews and
opportunities. They are strong storytellers and the pieces move!
2nd Place: Antonio Valverde, Univision
Valverde has a wide range as a journalist. He is able to work with various
segments of the community to tell compelling stories. He has political
acumen and can accurately and fairly tell stories, while also reaching out
to the disenfranchised to share their stories of life in L.A.
A4. RADIO JOURNALIST
Susan Valot, KPCC
Comments: Well-rounded reports with authoritative, informed tone. Great
use of sound. Valot‘s work is some of the best we‘ve heard.
2nd Place: Brian Watt: KPCC
HM: Kitty Felde: KPCC
A5. ONLINE JOURNALIST
Daniel Heimpel, FosteringMediaConnections.org
2nd Place: Chris Hedges, Truthdig.com
HM: Robert Scheer, Truthdig.com
A6. SPORTS JOURNALIST
N/A
A7. ENTERTAINMENT JOURNALIST
Kim Masters, KCRW-FM Radio
Comments: Nice voice in both senses of the word, along with substantive
content. Covering a story about outed CIA agent Valerie Plame, she
tracked down Plame to comment on her portrayal, rather than just talking
to the actress. She also gave a lot of information on entertainment agents
that broadened the picture the public was likely to have of that
occupation.
2nd Place: Tara Wallis-Finestone, NBC LA
HM: George Pennacchio, KABC-TV
A8. PHOTO JOURNALIST
Rick Loomis, Los Angeles Times
A9. DESIGNER
N/A
B. DAILY/WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS
Over 50,000 circulations – including news bureaus and correspondents
B1. HARD NEWS
Tracy Manzer and Sarah Peters, Long Beach Press-Telegram, "Heroes foil
bank heist"
Comments: The writing was appropriately-paced for the category and
the story content. I enjoyed the writers' use of sensory details and factual
information, presented with a slightly humorous/sarcastic tone that made
this piece fun to read.
B2. NEWS FEATURE
Patrick Range McDonald, LA Weekly, ―The Parent Trigger‖.
Comments: Documents a groundswell of democracy while explaining a
new law through a real-world prism. Powerful. Incredibly well-sourced and
informative, yet provides a human touch. The story of poor minorities trying
to make a change documented how the masses can move the
establishment. Inspiring to others, this story shows what newspaper do like
no other. Bravo.
2nd Place: Thomas Curven, Los Angeles Times, ―Walking Away from Grief‖
HM: Kristopher Hanson, Long Beach Press-Telegram, ―Dangers Close to
Home‖
B3. PERSONALITY PROFILE
Steve Friess, LA Weekly, ―A Tragic Love Story‖
2nd Place: Charlotte Hsu, LA Weekly, ―Forever Scared — The Story of
Herman Atkins‖
HM: Karen Robes Meeks, Long Beach Press-Telegram, ―Murchison: A
Portrait of a Long Beach Lobbyist‖
B4. INVESTIGATIVE/SERIES
David Evans, Bloomberg News, "Fallen Soldiers' Families Denied Cash
Payout as Insurers Profit"
Comments: These articles are the soul of great investigative journalism,
uncovering a shocking system whereby the families of slain soldiers are
tricked about benefits, and where shameless insurance companies reap
big profits at the expense of those families.
Best of all, it led to immediate Congressional investigations and action.
2nd place: Beth Barrett, LA Weekly, "The Dance of the Lemons"
HM: Monica Alonzo and Simone Wilson, LA Weekly, "Culture of Cruelty"
B5. BUSINESS
Alana Semuels, Los Angeles Times, "California unfriendly to business?
Figures say no"
Comments: This is an authoritative and well-documented piece that
refutes the common wisdom of California's tax structure being unfriendly
to business.
2nd place: Beth Barrett, LA Weekly, "Barry Minkow 2.0"
HM: Donna Howell, Investor's Business Daily,
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Bret Michaels on Nick at Nite's Glenn Martin, DDS
Bret Michaels guest stars as himself in the season two premiere of Glenn Martin, DDS on Fr...
published: 02 Jun 2010
author: NickPress
Bret Michaels on Nick at Nite's Glenn Martin, DDS
Bret Michaels guest stars as himself in the season two premiere of Glenn Martin, DDS on Friday, June 11, at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT on Nick at Nite.
In the episode, “Bust’em Up,” Jackie (Catherine O'Hara) is frustrated about the lack of romance in her marriage, which leads Glenn (Kevin Nealon) to book a spa weekend to help rekindle the magic. Unbeknownst to Jackie, their romantic get-away is actually a hidden camera reality show -- hosted by Howie Mandel guest starring as himself along with Michaels -- in which contestants are tested to see if they’ll stay together or if the show can “Bust’em Up.”
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Bret Michaels
Through his efforts on the Celebrity Apprentice, Bret Michaels raised nearly $390,000 for ...
published: 24 Jun 2010
author: Volunteering to Stop Diabetes
Bret Michaels
Through his efforts on the Celebrity Apprentice, Bret Michaels raised nearly $390,000 for the Association, and helped bring visibility to the Association’s important work on behalf of children with type 1 diabetes and their families. We look forward to our continued relationship with Bret as we work together to Stop Diabetes.
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Bret Michaels
Clinton, Oklahoma. September 2010....
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Bret Michaels
Clinton, Oklahoma. September 2010.
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Bret Michaels Live at Joe's - Part 1 "Talk Dirty To Me"
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published: 19 Mar 2010
author: JACKFM1043
Bret Michaels Live at Joe's - Part 1 "Talk Dirty To Me"
- published: 19 Mar 2010
- views: 1880
- author: JACKFM1043
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Miley Cyrus and Bret Michaels- Every Rose Has It's Thorn (Live On GMA)
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published: 28 Jun 2011
author: Erik Sousa
Miley Cyrus and Bret Michaels- Every Rose Has It's Thorn (Live On GMA)
- published: 28 Jun 2011
- views: 161505
- author: Erik Sousa
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Bret Michaels Live Fan Q&A;: Bret discusses posing nude on Billboard
Part 1 of 4. For the full interview go to: www.billboard.com...
published: 14 Oct 2010
author: BillboardMagazine
Bret Michaels Live Fan Q&A;: Bret discusses posing nude on Billboard
Part 1 of 4. For the full interview go to: www.billboard.com
- published: 14 Oct 2010
- views: 2448
- author: BillboardMagazine
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Bret Michaels Live@Wild Bills
Bret Michaels Takes Wild Bills by storm with thousands of Screaming Fans who just love thi...
published: 22 Oct 2011
author: Ny Nick
Bret Michaels Live@Wild Bills
Bret Michaels Takes Wild Bills by storm with thousands of Screaming Fans who just love this guy, Check out some of the footage from the 10-21-11 show.
- published: 22 Oct 2011
- views: 901
- author: Ny Nick
photo: AP / Jason DeCrow
16 Dec 2012
NEWTOWN, Conn. — The gunman in the Connecticut shooting rampage committed suicide as first responders closed in, the governor said Sunday, raising the specter that Adam Lanza had planned an even more gruesome massacre and was stopped short. Lanza blasted his way into the building and used a high-power rifle to kill 20 children and six adults, including the principal who tried to stop him, authorities said ... Among the questions ... H ... The Rev....(size: 8.8Kb)
photo: AP / Charles Krupa
18 Dec 2012
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. "Most people reason dramatically, not quantitatively." -Oliver Wendell Holmes. On the same day that a 20-year-old, described as brilliant but remote, walked into an elementary school in Connecticut and massacred 26 children and adults, the school where I teach went on "lock-down." Four students with a handgun were arrested ... That morning before school, he had posted on Twitter and Facebook....(size: 14.0Kb)
photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais
19 Dec 2012
WASHINGTON. US President Barack Obama backs a new bill to revive an assault weapons ban and other new gun laws, the White House said Tuesday, fleshing out his nascent response to a shocking school massacre. Obama also called an ardently pro-gun senator who has shifted his position on firearms laws since Friday's carnage in Connecticut and has begun meeting top cabinet officials to consider his options, his spokesman Jay Carney said ... ....(size: 4.9Kb)
photo: Creative Commons / Joachim Huber
18 Dec 2012
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. When a Stanford geneticist, Gerald Crabtree, published a provocative and controversial new view on evolutionary change, namely that humans are actually getting dumber, he should have also added that humans are still developing an extermination gene ... Paleontologist Tim Flannery would more than likely agree with Crabtree ... Strange strings of gravel also overlaid some bones ... (1) Kane, Alex ... 195....(size: 9.4Kb)
photo: AP / Manu Brabo
18 Dec 2012
The UN's humanitarian chief has called on Syria to urgently allow fuel imports for aid deliveries and give access to 10 more aid agencies. Valerie Amos met government officials in the capital, Damascus, to discuss the growing humanitarian crisis. UN workers also needed to freely move into opposition-controlled areas to step up their aid efforts, she said ... 'Greater rebel contact' ... The claim could not be independently verified ... ....(size: 2.6Kb)
Kypost
18 Dec 2012
Animal-loving actress KATHERINE HEIGL has launched her own collection of pet products ... Heigl says, "Animal cruelty and unnecessary euthanasia are a major problem in our country ... Heigl isn't the only star with her own pet line - rocker Bret Michaels also has a range of accessories on sale via U.S....(size: 1.4Kb)
Digital Spy
17 Dec 2012
Rascal Flatts and American Idol's Phillip Phillips are to perform on CBS's A Home for the Holidays. CBS is holding its annual telethon on Wednesday (December 19) to help raise awareness for childhood adoptions. Matchbox Twenty and Melissa Etheridge are also slated to perform on A Home for the Holidays ... Crow's family will also receive a special award during the telecast ... The nominees in full. More ... Bret Michaels teases collaborative LP 1 ... ....(size: 8.2Kb)
Digital Spy
15 Dec 2012
Rivera was also a close friend of Bret Michaels, who expressed his condolences. "I am deeply saddened hearing the news of the crash of Jenni Rivera's plane," Michaels said ... > Bret Michaels "deeply saddened" by Jenni Rivera plane crash ... Jenni Rivera, Snoop Dogg, Gloria Estefan, Edward James Olmos, Bret Michaels, Music, Showbiz ... Bret Michaels "saddened" by Rivera crash....(size: 8.4Kb)
Review Journal
14 Dec 2012
Three creators of "Rock of Ages" are lunching with reporters in the Bourbon Room, a casino-floor lounge The Venetian named and themed in honor of the fictional rock club in their show ... 5) ... Then and Now ... Hanggi ... .. ... The movie's reviews were mixed, but most critics did line up behind Cruise's turn as Stacee Jaxx, an '80s rock god in the mold of Axl Rose or Bret Michaels ... Bret Michaels loves that version (and says) "I wish I'd done that." ... ....(size: 6.4Kb)
The Examiner
12 Dec 2012
Charlie Sheen has really been in the giving spirit lately. Today TMZ posted that Sheen donated $75,000 to a little girl’s cancer fund ... The charities were picked by the producer, director, and the filmmaker ... Suggested by the author.. Poison's Bret Michaels deeply saddened by the death of Jenni Rivera‘Storage Wars’ David Hester claims the show is rigged ... ....(size: 1.8Kb)
IMDb
11 Dec 2012
Bret Michaels has admitted that he is overcome with grief over the death of a close friend in the plane crash that apparently killed Jenni Rivera ... Michaels wrote....(size: 0.8Kb)
Digital Spy
11 Dec 2012
Adam Deacon has directed a short film starring dance crew TriN3rgy. The six-minute film premiered at the Brazilian embassy as the culmination of the somewhereto_ show off campaign. The finalists for the somewhereto_ Cultural Olympiad project performed at the Olympic Park this summer ... > Anna Williamson's Showbiz Peek at the Week ... More ... Bret Michaels "deeply saddened" by Jenni Rivera plane crash ... Bret Michaels "saddened" by Rivera crash ... ....(size: 8.1Kb)
Digital Spy
11 Dec 2012
Michael Madsen has been charged with driving under the influence ... Lawyers for Madsen have insisted that he will fight the criminal charges ... Michael Madsen lands Mob Doctor role ... More. Michael Madsen, Showbiz. Previous ... 0 comments ... Michael Madsen charged with DUI ... Michael Madsen in Piranhaconda ... Michael Madsen lands 'Mob Doctor' role ... Michael Madsen arrested for DUI ... Michael Madsen charged with DUI ... Bret Michaels "saddened" by Rivera crash ... 01 ... 02....(size: 8.0Kb)
Digital Spy
11 Dec 2012
Simon Cowell has been spotted on a rumoured date with True Blood star Janina Gavankar. The two dined together on Saturday (December 8) at Los Angeles eatery Cecconi's, according to The Insider. Gavankar was apparently later photographed smiling as she entered Cowell's car after they finished their meal ... More ... Michael Madsen charged with driving under the influence ... Michael Madsen charged with DUI ... Bret Michaels "saddened" by Rivera crash ... ....(size: 8.1Kb)
Digital Spy
11 Dec 2012
Tom Brady has spoken publicly about his and Gisele Bundchen's newborn daughter for the first time. Bundchen gave birth to daughter Vivian Lake last Wednesday (December 5) and later shared the first image of the baby on Twitter. New England Patriots quarterback Brady has now commented that both he and Bundchen are overjoyed to have welcomed their bundle of joy ... Michael Madsen charged with DUI ... Bret Michaels "saddened" by Rivera crash ... 01 ... ....(size: 8.2Kb)
Digital Spy
11 Dec 2012
Megan Fox has made light of the pain of giving birth to her baby son. The Transformers actress and husband Brian Austin Green welcomed their newborn son Noah Shannon Green on September 7. Fox spoke about the intense process of giving birth while attending a junket for her new film This Is 40 on Monday (December 10) ... The star added. "It was so intense ... > Megan Fox ... Michael Madsen charged with DUI ... Bret Michaels "saddened" by Rivera crash....(size: 8.7Kb)
Digital Spy
11 Dec 2012
Ashley Olsen was onboard an aeroplane during a serious malfunction on Monday (December 10). Olsen was on an American Airlines flight leaving Dallas, Texas, which experienced irregularities in the cockpit just prior to take off. An American Airlines representative has since disclosed to TMZ that pilots chose to return the Los Angeles-bound plane to the terminal after smelling an electrical odour ... Bret Michaels "saddened" by Rivera crash....(size: 8.1Kb)
Digital Spy
11 Dec 2012
Lea Michele has praised her Glee co-star and boyfriend Cory Monteith in a new interview. The actress and singer explained that Monteith - who plays her character Rachel Berry's on-off boyfriend Finn Hudson on the Fox comedy - knows her better than anyone else. "I don't even remember a time when he wasn't my boyfriend. No-one knows me better than Cory," Michele told Marie Claire ... She added ... More ... Bret Michaels "saddened" by Rivera crash ... 01....(size: 8.6Kb)
Not to be confused with Brett Mycles.
| Bret Michaels | |
|---|---|
 Bret Michaels live with Poison on July 11, 2008 at the Moondance Jam |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Bret Michael Sychak |
| Born | (1963-03-15) March 15, 1963 (age 49)[1] Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Genres | Glam metal, hard rock, country rock, country |
| Instruments | Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Harmonica, Percussion |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Labels | Capitol Records Cyanide Music Inc. VH1 Classic Records |
| Associated acts | Poison, Jessica Andrews |
| Website | BretMichaels.com |
Bret Michaels (born Bret Michael Sychak, March 15, 1963) is an American musician, actor, director, screenwriter, producer and reality television personality. He first gained fame as the lead vocalist of the glam metal band Poison who have sold over 30 million records worldwide[2] and 15 million records in the United States alone.[3] The band has also charted ten singles to the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, including six Top 10 singles and the number-one single, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn".[4]
Besides his career as lead singer, he has several solo albums to his credit, including a Soundtrack album to the movie A Letter from Death Row in which Michaels starred in, wrote and directed in 1998 and a classic Poison style rock album Songs of Life in 2003. Michaels has appeared in several movies and TV shows, including as a judge on the talent show Nashville Star which lead to his country influenced rock album Freedom of Sound in 2005. He starred in the hit VH1 reality show Rock of Love with Bret Michaels and its sequels, which inspired his successful solo album Rock My World. He was the winning contestant on NBC's reality show Celebrity Apprentice 3 and also featured in his own reality Docu-series Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It, which inspired his highest charting album as a solo artist Custom Built, reaching #1 on Billboard's Hard Rock list.
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Early life[link]
Michaels was born Bret Michael Sychak, to Wally and Marjorie Sychak, north of Pittsburgh in the city of Butler, Pennsylvania.[1] He has two sisters, Michelle and Nicole.[5] He claims that his parents had originally intended for him to have the middle name "Maverick", after the title character in the popular James Garner TV Western series Maverick.[6] He is of Carpatho-Rusyn descent.[7]
At the age of six he fell ill, and during a three-week stay in the hospital, he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.[8]
Music career[link]
Michaels began playing the guitar as a teenager. With drummer Rikki Rockett, bass player Bobby Dall and guitarist Matt Smith, he formed the band Paris, in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania in 1983. After playing the Pennsylvania bar circuit, in early 1984 they moved to Los Angeles to seek fame on the Sunset Boulevard scene, eventually changing their name to Poison.[8] That same year he met 16-year-old Tracy Lewis, who would become both his girlfriend, and the muse for one of his most memorable songs. Eventually Matt Smith tired of the band's struggle to find fame, and returned home. He was replaced with C.C. DeVille, who would become both Michaels' friend and a source of conflict.[8]
1980s – 1990s[link]
Local publicity about the band eventually led to a record deal with Enigma Records, and their first album, Look What the Cat Dragged In. It did not see great success until 1987, when Michaels convinced the band to film a video for their song, "Talk Dirty to Me." The album went platinum, and the band became famous.[9] In March of that year, however, Michaels collapsed onstage due to his diabetes. Responding to rumors that he was a drug addict, he announced publicly that he was a diabetic.[8]
1987 also saw the dissolution of his relationship with Lewis, who felt that fame had changed him. Though Michaels contends that Lewis was unfaithful to him, Lewis (now Lewis Crosby) insists that it was Michaels who was unfaithful. Michaels was inspired by the breakup to write "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", explaining that the rose represented his fame and success, whereas the loss of his relationship represented the thorn. The song was released as a power ballad single in December 1988, and is regarded as "the ultimate 80s anthem about heartbreak."[8]
Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s Poison became one of the biggest glam metal bands in the world, recording their second album, the multi-platinum selling Open Up and Say... Ahh!, and their third album, the multi-platinum selling Flesh & Blood. However, their lives were characterized by the escalating tension between Michaels and DeVille that derived from their mutual drug use, which came to a head during their 1990/91 "Flesh and Blood" world tour. Also cited is the spectacle of DeVille's behavior during the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards. After getting into a fistfight with Michaels, DeVille left the band, and descended further into addiction. Poison went on with new guitarist Richie Kotzen recording the Gold album Native Tongue and then with guitarist Blues Saraceno recording the album Crack a Smile... and More!. In the mid 1990s, after a night of partying, Michaels came close to dying when he crashed his Ferrari into a telephone pole. He incurred serious injury, including broken ribs, a disfigured nose and lost teeth.[8] In 1999, reunited with original guitarist C.C. Deville, Poison went on a successful greatest hits reunion tour. In the next decade Bret Michaels would split his time between Poison and a successful solo career.
2000s[link]
Michaels recorded his first solo album in 1998 titled A Letter from Death Row which was the soundtrack to the same-titled movie he directed, wrote, and starred in. In 2000 Michaels released a country demos ep and also released the album "Show Me Your Hits" which featured re-recorded Poison classics, the album featured Michaels performing Poison hits in a new way and also featured other artists with Michaels on selected tracks. In 2001 Michaels released a very unique storytellers CD titled Ballads, Blues & Stories which featured Poison and Michaels solo tracks along with recorded stories about each song.
In 2003, Michaels released a brand new studio album Songs of Life which featured the singles "Raine" (dedicated to his daughter) and "Bittersweet". Michaels also released his first solo music video for the single "Raine" which was directed by award winning directer Shane Stanley. The album also featured a music video for "Menace to Society" and featured a 9/11 tribute "One More Day".
Michaels served as a judge during the 2005 season of the reality television singing competition Nashville Star and released a country rock album in the same year called Freedom of Sound which featured the singles "Right Now, Right Here", "Open Road" which Michaels performed live on the show and the hit single "All I Ever Needed" (featuring Jessica Andrews), which also included a music video.
Michaels released a best of album called Rock My World in June 2008 which featured music from his reality television series Rock of Love including the new singles "Go That Far" (Rock of Love theme), "Fallen" and "Start Again", the first two singles also featuring music videos with clips from the series. The album charted at #40 on the Billboard 200, #4 on the Top Independent Albums, #4 on the Top Hard Rock Albums and #16 on the Top Rock Albums chart.[10] In December 2008, Michaels released a single version of "Driven" (rock mix) which also featured a music video with preview clips for the third season of Rock of Love, titled Rock of Love Bus, Michaels also re released the "Fallen" single with acoustic, piano and demo versions included.[11]
Michaels released a 30-minute DVD from Time Life in 2008 called Hard & Heavy Confidential featuring Bret Michaels which included acoustic versions of "All I Ever Needed", "Driven", "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" and "Something to Believe In", it also included in depth interviews.[12] The DVD was included in the Hard & Heavy CD/DVD collection from (Time Life) advertised on TV by Bret Michaels. The same 4 acoustic performances were also released on CD which was titled "Bret Michaels Acoustic Sessions."[13]
In March 2010, Michaels released a new single called "Nothing to Lose" from his upcoming new studio album, Custom Built. The song featured the guest vocals of Miley Cyrus. In April 2010, he released the second single "Lie to Me" and in May 2010 released the third single, "Wasted Time".
Michaels performed on the American Idol season 9 finale on May 26 against his doctor's recommendation. Michaels also performed a duet of "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" with Miley Cyrus on the June 18, 2010 episode Good Morning America.[14]
On July 6, 2010, Michaels released his new album Custom Built. The album became Michaels highest charting solo album to date peaking at #1 on both the Top Independent Albums and Top Hard Rock Albums chart and also charting at #4 on the Top Rock Albums and #14 on the Billboard 200.[15]
On August 4, 2010, Michaels appeared in the fifth season of America's Got Talent and performed "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", accompanying himself on acoustic folk guitar.
Despite not being released as a single, a music video was produced for "Riding Against the Wind" a song from Michaels' latest album "Custom Built" that also doubles as the theme song for his new VH1 reality show Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It. The music video was released on October 7, 2010, exclusively at Billboard's and contains footage from the series, which officially premieres on VH1 on October 18, 2010.[16] Michaels also released a music video for the cover of Sublime's song "What I Got", which is the fourth single from "Custom Built". The music video is a special tribute to his fans and was released on Thanksgiving.[17]
On December 31, 2011, Michaels celebrated the new year with a New Year’s Eve concert from the 'Get Your Rock On' Solo tour. The concert took place in Springfield, IL at the Prairie Capital Convention Center. To make the night complete, this New Year's Eve bash will be featured and well documented in the music video for the new single "Get Your Rock On" from Bret's upcoming album release of the same name[18]. The single "Get Your Rock On (featuring Sal Costa)" was released January 9, 2012.
In conjunction with his new single Michaels also released another single titled "Get Your Ride On (featuring Phil Collen)" on January 10, 2012. The song will also Serve as Monster Energy AMA Supercross Opener all season on Speed with an exclusive video that premiered on SPEED TV January 7, 2012. The video will be customized for each race throughout the season[19].
[edit] Rock of Love
Michaels starred in the reality television dating competition series Rock of Love with Bret Michaels, the first season of which premiered in July 2007.[20][21] Jes Rickleff was the winner of Season One. However, she announced during the October 2007 reunion show that she and Michaels were not right for each other and told runner-up Heather he was all hers and that he should have chosen Heather. The first season was released on DVD in early 2008.
The show's second season premiered on January 13, 2008. On April 13, 2008, Michaels selected Ambre Lake as his "Rock of Love". After the show the two maintained a relationship, but parted ways after just a few months due to personal commitments, but they remain good friends.[22]
A third season, Rock of Love Bus, premiered on January 4, 2009. which was a series high for VH1,[23] Michaels chose Penthouse Pet Taya Parker as the winner. When asked about a fourth season of Rock of Love, Michaels said "Now they want me to come back for a fourth 'Rock of Love.' I feel that it should be something that changes up, but I still want that fun element. What you see is what you get with me."[24]
Other television and film appearances[link]
Michaels and actor Charlie Sheen established a film production company, Sheen/Michaels Entertainment, which produced the movie A Letter from Death Row (1998), which Michaels wrote, directed and starred in, and for which he released a soundtrack album. They also produced No Code of Conduct that same year, which Michaels also directed and acted in. Their company also produced the feature film Free Money, starring Marlon Brando and Mira Sorvino, and the surfer movie In God's Hands in which Michaels also had a small acting role.
Michaels appeared in the CBS sitcom Yes, Dear, Season 1, Episode 6, titled Greg's Big Day, first aired 6 November 2000. He also appeared as himself in three episodes of The Chris Isaak Show from 2001 to 2004.
On May 1, 2008, Michaels appeared on a special celebrity edition of Don't Forget the Lyrics!, on which he raised $200,000 to donate to charity.[25]
Michaels appeared on the 2009 Tony Awards, during which a he was struck in the head by a set piece. He subsequently sued the event's organizers, claiming that the collision led to his 2010 brain hemorrhage. The suit is currently[update] pending.[26]
In 2010, Michaels was the winning contestant on the NBC reality television series Celebrity Apprentice 3 on NBC.[27]
Michaels stars in a series named Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It, which depicts his life at home with his daughters and their mother.[28] Filming of the series began before Michaels' health troubles, and filming was suspended after his hospitalization.[28] VH1 aired a preview of the series on May 31, 2010, and the series aired in fall 2010.[29]
Michaels hosted the Miss Universe 2010 pageant along with Natalie Morales on August 23, 2010.[30]
Michaels appeared on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition's Gibb's Family Episode that aired on January 6, 2012.
In other media[link]
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Bret Michaels (center) singing "Talk Dirty to Me" in the video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.
Michaels was portrayed as a guest singer in the video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, which features him singing "Go That Far" from his solo career, and Poison's "Talk Dirty to Me".
Charity work[link]
Michaels and his band visited troops at Al Asad Air Base on October 6, 2007, while on a tour of U.S. bases in Iraq in support of Armed Forces Entertainment.[31]
He earned $640,000 for the American Diabetes Association for competing in and ultimately winning the Celebrity Apprentice 3.
Personal life[link]
Michaels has two daughters with Kristi Lynn Gibson. Raine Elizabeth Sychak was born in May 2000,[8] and Jorja Bleu Sychak was born in May 2005. They live in Scottsdale, Arizona.[32] Michaels' fear that Raine was "borderline diabetic" was a recurring element during Michaels' tenure on The Celebrity Apprentice 3, on which he appeared to raise money for the American Diabetes Association. Raine herself appeared on the season finale of that program on May 23, 2010, when her father won that season.[33]
While filming the finale of his reality show, Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It, Michaels proposed to Kristi Gibson, the mother of his two children and his on-again, off-again companion of 16 years.[34] The finale aired December 20, 2010.[35]
Bret Michaels was involved with Pamela Anderson. An abridged version of an explicit sex tape the couple made appeared on the Internet in 1998[8][36] and was released on DVD on September 7, 2005, by Metro Studios.
Michaels is a fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League and the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League.[37] He has a personalized guitar bearing the Steelers' logo, and played the national anthem at Three Rivers Stadium.[38] His favorite player was Jack Lambert, and Michaels has been a member of fan club "Lambert's Lunatics."[39] He also likes the Peoria Rivermen of the American Hockey League and performs after home games.
Health[link]
On April 12, 2010, Michaels was rushed to the hospital after suffering intense stomach pains, and an emergency appendectomy was performed.[40] On April 21[41] or April 22, 2010,[42][43] (sources differ), Michaels was again rushed to the hospital, this time with an "excruciating" headache. Doctors discovered that he had suffered a massive subarachnoid hemorrhage. He was in critical condition,[44][45] and while some reports suggested that his condition had stabilized,[46] others later stated that this was premature.[47] On April 28, Michael's representatives reported that he was conscious and speaking, albeit slowly, for the first time since he was hospitalized.[48]
In a news conference on May 5, 2010, Dr. Joseph Zabramski said Michaels has been released from the hospital and that "He's just one of those lucky people" and that "he'll make a complete recovery".[49]
On May 20, 2010, it was reported on his official website[50] that Michaels has been "readmitted to the hospital this week after suffering numbness on the left side of his body". While conducting diagnostic tests it was found that Michaels has a "patent foramen ovale (PFO), a hole in the heart."[50] It was further reported that his condition is "operable and treatable" and his doctors believe they "have diagnosed the problem that caused the transient ischemic attack (TIA) or warning stroke", but that they "feel it is highly unlikely this is connected to the brain hemorrhage he suffered just a few weeks earlier".[50] On Oct 11, 2011, Michaels commented on his 2010 health scare with the following: "“2010 was, without question, a roller coaster year for me. But when you have an amazing family, and you still have a lot music left to make, and you have such incredible and supportive fans behind you, you’re going to fight until the very last breath before you throw in that towel.”[51]
Lawsuit with Tony Awards and CBS[link]
Bret Michaels' was injured during his opening performance at the 63rd Tony Awards. As he was ending his performance with Poison and exiting to the stage rear a large portion of descending set struck him on the head and knocked him down. The initial injuries reported was a broken nose. However the hemorrhage incident in 2010 prompted Michales to file a lawsuit for unspecified damages against the Tony Award and CBS claiming the incident caused the hemorrhage. [52] On May 14, 2012, the parties announced that they had agreed to settle the lawsuit for an undisclosed amount.[53] Michaels thanked the Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix for saving his life and career. [54]
Discography[link]
For a discography as a member of Poison, see Poison discography.
Studio albums[link]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [15] |
US Rock [55] |
US Indie [56] |
US Hard Rock [57] |
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| Songs of Life |
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— | — | — | — |
| Freedom of Sound |
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— | — | — | — |
| Custom Built |
|
14 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Get Your Rock On[58] |
|
To be released | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
Compilation albums[link]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [15] |
US Rock [55] |
US Indie [56] |
US Hard Rock [57] |
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| Show Me Your Hits |
|
— | — | — | — |
| Ballads, Blues & Stories |
|
— | — | — | — |
| Rock My World |
|
40 | 16 | 4 | 4 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
Soundtrack albums[link]
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| A Letter from Death Row |
|
Extended plays[link]
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Country Demos[59] |
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| Bret Michaels: Acoustic Sessions |
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Singles[link]
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | |||
| 1998 | "A Letter from Death Row" | — | A Letter from Death Row |
| "Party Rock Band" (with C.C. DeVille) | — | ||
| 2003 | "Raine" | — | Songs of Life |
| "Bittersweet" | — | ||
| 2004 | "All I Ever Needed" (with Jessica Andrews) | 45 | Freedom of Sound |
| "Right Now, Right Here" | — | ||
| 2005 | "Open Road" | — | |
| 2007 | "Every Rose Has It's Thorn (Acoustic)" | — | Show Me Your Hits |
| "Go That Far" (Rock of Love theme) | — | Rock My World | |
| "Fallen" | — | ||
| 2008 | "Start Again" | — | |
| "Driven" (rock mix) | — | ||
| 2010 | "Nothing to Lose" (with Miley Cyrus) | — | Custom Built |
| "Lie to Me" | — | ||
| "Wasted Time" | — | ||
| "What I Got" | — | ||
| 2012 | "Get Your Rock On" (with Sal Costa) | — | Get Your Rock On |
| "Get Your Ride On" (AMA Supercross Theme - with Phil Collen) | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
Filmography[link]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Burke's Law | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1994 | In God's Hands | |
| 1998 | Letter from Death Row, AA Letter from Death Row | |
| 1998 | World's Greatest Magic 5, TheThe World's Greatest Magic 5 | |
| 1998 | No Code of Conduct | |
| 1999 | High Tension, Low Budget | Documentary (The Making of a Letter from Death Row) |
| 1999 | Martial Law | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1999 | Behind the Music: Poison | |
| 2002 | Making of Bret Michaels, TheThe Making of Bret Michaels | Documentary |
| 2003 | Yes, Dear | TV series |
| 2005 | Nashville Star | TV series, season 3 |
| 2007 | Rock of Love with Bret Michaels | TV series |
| 2008 | Rock of Love 2 | TV series |
| 2008 | Don't Forget The Lyrics | Fox TV |
| 2008 | Ellen-Fox Shows | February 14, 2008 |
| 2008 | Saturday Night Live | |
| 2009 | Rock of Love Bus with Bret Michaels | TV series |
| 2008 | VH1's "100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs | Host (5-part special; December 2008 – January 2009) |
| 2009 | E True Hollywood Story: Bret Michaels | |
| 2009 | Penguins of Madagascar, TheThe Penguins of Madagascar | singing "Wheels of Thunder" in Little Zoo Coupe |
| 2009 | Behind the Music: Bret Michaels | |
| 2009 | American Pie Presents: The Book of Love | as himself |
| 2010 | Celebrity Apprentice, TheThe Celebrity Apprentice | as himself |
| 2010 | Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It | as himself |
| 2011 | Extreme Makeover: Home Edition | as himself |
Music videos[link]
| Year | Song | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | "Raine" | Shane Stanley | |
| 2003 | "Menace to Society" | Bret Michaels | Live montage video |
| 2005 | "All I Ever Needed" | Christie Cook | 2nd version with Iraq footage released in 2008 |
| 2008 | "Go That Far" (Rock of Love theme)" | Shane Stanley | 3 versions – with Rock of Love clips, with live clips and standard with no clips |
| 2008 | "Fallen" | Shane Stanley | 2 versions – with and without Rock of Love clips |
| 2008 | "Driven (Rock Mix)" | Shane Stanley | cut and uncut versions |
| 2010 | "Riding Against the Wind" (Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It Theme) | Shane Stanley | |
| 2010 | "What I Got" | Bret Michaels | |
| 2012 | "Get Your Ride On" (AMA Supercross Theme) |
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External links[link]
- Official website
- Official Poison website
- Bret Michaels at the Internet Movie Database
- Bret Michaels at VH1
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| Name | Michaels, Bret |
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| Date of birth | March 15, 1963 |
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Bret Michaels (born Bret Michael Sychak, March 15, 1963) is an American musician, actor, director, screenwriter, producer and reality television personality. He first gained fame as the lead vocalist of the glam metal band Poison who have sold over 30 million records worldwide and 15 million records in the United States alone. The band has also charted ten singles to the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, including six Top 10 singles and the number-one single, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn".
Besides his career as lead singer, he has several solo albums to his credit, including a Soundtrack album to the movie A Letter from Death Row in which Michaels starred in, wrote and directed in 1998 and a classic Poison style rock album Songs of Life in 2003. Michaels has appeared in several movies and TV shows, including as a judge on the talent show Nashville Star which lead to his country influenced rock album Freedom of Sound in 2005. He starred in the hit VH1 reality show Rock of Love with Bret Michaels and its sequels, which inspired his successful solo album Rock My World. He was the winning contestant on NBC's reality show Celebrity Apprentice 3 and also featured in his own reality Docu-series Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It, which inspired his highest charting album as a solo artist Custom Built, reaching #1 on Billboard's Hard Rock list.
