Shannan may refer to:

• Lhoka (Shannan) Prefecture, prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region, PR China
• Shannan (region), the southern part of Shaanxi province, PR China
• Shannan Click (born 1983), an American model
• Shannan Leigh, an American film actor
• Shannan McPherson (born 1985) rugby league football player
• Shannan Ponton (born 1975), personal trainer on the Australian version of The Biggest Loser

Distinguish from[link]

• Shannon (disambiguation)

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Shannan Leigh was born in Manhattan, New York and has appeared in numerous fantasy, sci-fi and erotic thrillers, such as Virgins of Sherwood Forest and Platinum Blonde. Leigh has also had appearances in the series Kama Sutra, Lady Chatterly" and "Bedtime Stories. She appeared in the movie Andromina in 1999 along with Griffin Drew, Shyra Deland and Tess Broussard. Leigh also appeared in the mainstream film Diary of a Sex Addict with Rosanna Arquette and Nastassja Kinski.

Shannan recently started a new production company Oddly Disturbing Productions, which is primarily a non-profit film and video production company, specializing in comedy shorts and music videos. She recently developed new episodes of her comedy web series "Some Gratuitous Violence". A show in which each episode is introduced by a 'Rod Serling meets Stephen Colbert' like host, who invites you to a world in which any, or all, of men's 'catfight' fantasies can come true. Shannan is Oddly Disturbing Production's Creator, Writer, Producer & Director whose alias on the series is "C.W.L.".

Shannan currently lives in Los Angeles.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Shannan Leigh at the Internet Movie Database

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Lew Rockwell
Born	Llewellyn Harrison Rockwell, Jr. (1944-07-01) July 1, 1944 (age 67) Boston, Massachusetts
Nationality	United States
Occupation	Political commentator, activist, blogger
Influenced by	Henry Hazlitt, Robert Taft, Garet Garrett, John T. Flynn, Albert Jay Nock, H.L. Mencken, Frank Chodorov, Charles C. Tansill, Carl Menger, Ludwig von Mises, Murray Rothbard
Religion	Roman Catholic
Spouse	Mardelle Rockwell
Website
LewRockwell.com

Llewellyn Harrison "Lew" Rockwell, Jr. (born July 1, 1944) is an American libertarian political commentator, activist, proponent of the Austrian School of economics, and chairman/CEO of the Ludwig von Mises Institute.

Life and work[link]

Rockwell was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1944. His father was a "Taft Republican", and Rockwell was exposed at a young age to military non-interventionism.^[1] He was introduced to the laissez faire thought of the French Liberal and Austrian schools of economics when he received Henry Hazlitt's Economics in One Lesson as a gift from a family friend on his twelfth birthday.^[1] Later in his youth, Rockwell describes feeling alienated from mainstream conservatism,

"Over time, I became aware that I was not only dissenting from the left but also from the conservative establishment, which was embroiled in the Cold War as a first principle. I grew increasingly skeptical of the official right, especially during the war on Vietnam.... I had been a reluctant Goldwaterite in 1964, but by 1968 I worked briefly for Gene McCarthy."^[1]

Early career in publishing[link]

After college, Rockwell went to work for Neil McCaffrey's Arlington House publishing company which had been founded in 1965. At Arlington House, Rockwell worked as an editor on books by authors including Bill Rickenbacker, Harry Browne, George Roche, and Henry Hazlitt. There he became acquainted with the works of Ludwig von Mises.^[1]

In the mid-1970s Rockwell went to work at Hillsdale College.^[1] George Roche had become president of the college in 1971.^[2] In his time at Hillsdale College, Rockwell started the Hillsdale College Press, founded the school's monthly publication, Imprimis, and worked in fundraising and public relations.^[1] Gary North praises Rockwell for successfully borrowing Leonard Read's methods in creating Imprimis:

"He applied Read's strategy when he launched Imprimis for Hillsdale College. The president of Hillsdale, George Roche, had worked for Read until he became president at Hillsdale in 1971. (I replaced Roche at FEE.) He wanted The Freeman for Hillsdale, but of course could not get it. So, he hired Rockwell to start Imprimis. Hillsdale gives the newsletter away. As with The Freeman, the letter is based on ideas, not appeals for donations. This became the most financially successful fund-raising newsletter in history, raising several hundred million dollars for Hillsdale. It now has over 1.7 million subscribers. It is the college's lifeline." ^[3]

Rockwell met Murray Rothbard for the first time in 1975, while working for Hillsdale. Rockwell credits Rothbard with convincing him to reject statism completely:

"It was clear to me at the time that Murray Rothbard was Mises's successor, and I followed his writings carefully. I first met him in 1975, and knew immediately that he was a kindred spirit.... I cannot remember the day that I finally came around to the position that the state is unnecessary and destructive by its nature – that it cannot improve on, and indeed only destroys, the social and economic system that grows out of property rights, exchange, and natural social authority – but I do know that it was Rothbard who finally convinced me to take this last step." ^[1]

Working for Ron Paul[link]

Rockwell served as Ron Paul's congressional chief of staff from 1978 to 1982.^[4][5] He has maintained a working relationship with Paul over the years, as a contributing editor to "The Ron Paul Investment Letter";^[6] as a consultant to Paul's 1988 Libertarian Party campaign for President of the United States;^[7] and as vice-chair of the exploratory committee for Paul's run for the 1992 Republican Party nomination for president.^[8]

In 2008, libertarian publication Reason published stories discussing several racially charged articles that appeared in Ron Paul newsletters c. 1989–1994. One Reason piece asserted that "a half-dozen longtime libertarian activists—including some still close to Paul" had identified Rockwell as the "chief ghostwriter" of the newsletters. According to Reason, Rockwell denied responsibility for the disputed material and called the accusations "hysterical smears aimed at political enemies."^[9] The issue arose again during the 2012 Ron Paul presidential campaign with publications like the The Atlantic and the New York Times detailing Rockwell's possible involvement.^[10][11]

Ludwig von Mises Institute[link]

In 1982, Rockwell founded the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama and was its president until the summer of 2009, when he transitioned to the position of Chairman of the Board.^[12] He also is Vice President of the Center for Libertarian Studies in Burlingame, California and publisher of the political weblog LewRockwell.com. Rockwell was closely associated with his teacher and colleague Murray Rothbard until Rothbard's death in 1995. Rockwell's political ideology, like Rothbard's in his later years, combines a form of anarcho-capitalism with cultural conservatism and the Austrian School of economics. He also advocates federalist concepts as a means of promoting freedom from central government, and also advocates secession for the same political decentralist reasons. Rockwell has called environmentalism "[a]n ideology as pitiless and Messianic as Marxism."^[13]

The Mises Institute published Rockwell's Speaking of Liberty, an anthology of editorials which were originally published on his website, along with transcripts from some of his speaking engagements. Rockwell and the Ludwig von Mises Institute together publish the Journal of Libertarian Studies.

Burton Blumert, Rockwell, economist and philosopher David Gordon, and Murray Rothbard.

Paleolibertarianism[link]

In 1985, Rockwell was named a contributing editor to Conservative Digest.^[14] During the 1990s Rothbard, Rockwell and others described their views as paleolibertarian,^[15] but Rockwell no longer uses the term to describe his ideas.^[16] Jean Hardisty, founder of Political Research Associates, wrote in 1999 that Rockwell was one of the most influential proponents of the paleoconservative faction of "right-wing libertarianism."^[17]

LewRockwell.com[link]

Rockwell's website features a selection of articles, including positions opposing war and imperialism along with occasional articles criticizing the presidency of Abraham Lincoln.^[18] The site also carries essays which argue against the participation of the United States in the Second World War, speculation about an end of the United States as a cohesive union, and assertions the Western world is threatened by an intersection of fascism and socialism as politicians and states centralize their power.^[19][20][21] These writings are sometimes controversial and have brought harsh criticism from some on the political right.^[22][23] The website also provides podcasts featuring Rockwell's interviews of various scholars and writers, including many affiliated with the Mises Institute.

Books[link]

Author[link]

• Speaking of Liberty (2003; online e-book) ISBN 0-945466-38-2
• The Left, The Right, and The State (2008; online e-book) ISBN 978-1-933550-20-6

Editor[link]

• Man, Economy, and Liberty: Essays in Honor of Murray N. Rothbard (with Walter Block) (1986; online e-book) ISBN 99911-786-2-7
• The Free Market Reader (1988; online e-book)ISBN 0-945466-02-1
• The Economics of Liberty (1990; online e-book) ISBN 0-945466-08-0
• The Gold Standard: Perspectives in the Austrian School (1992; online e-book), ISBN 0-945466-11-0
• Murray N. Rothbard: In Memoriam (1995; online e-book) ISBN 0-945466-19-6
• The Irrepressible Rothbard (2000; online e-book – Rockwell's introduction) ISBN 1-883959-02-0

Notes[link]

External links[link]

Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Lew Rockwell

• LewRockwell.com
• "My Speech at the Antiwar Rally," LewRockwell.com, 25 September 2005
• "My Visit to DC: An Interview with Lew Rockwell." Mises.org Podcast. 9 December 2005.
• Lew Rockwell's Articles: at LewRockwell.com, The Free Market & more here, and WorldNetDaily.

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Shannan Click (born on November 17, 1983) is an American model. She has appeared in a variety of international editions of Vogue and the 2008, 2009, 2010 & 2011 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.^[1]

Early Life and Discovery[link]

Click was born in San Dimas, California. She was discovered by an agent while at Huntington Beach.

Career[link]

Click's first major modeling gig was with GUESS?.^[3] A year later, she began her international runway career, walking for designers like Shiatzy Chen, Miu Miu, Prada, Alexander McQueen, and Luella Bartley.^[3] She has walked in other seasons for many fashion houses, such as Yves Saint Laurent, Chanel, and Louis Vuitton.

Her most recent campaign work includes Pepe Jeans, Pretty by Elizabeth Arden, GAP, and Tommy Hilfiger.^[4] Other campaigns include Levi's, Emporio Armani, H&M, Dolce&Gabbana, Burberry, Dior Cosmetics, and Biotherm.^[4]

References[link]

External links[link]

• See Shannan Click at: Fashion Model Directory, Internet Movie Database, models.com, style.com, New York Magazine, supermodels.nl

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Brooke Hogan
Background information
Birth name	Brooke Ellen Bollea
Born	(1988-05-05) May 5, 1988 (age 24)
Origin	Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Genres	Pop, dance-pop, R&B, hip hop
Occupations	Singer, songwriter, television personality
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Storch, SoBe, Fontana
Website	Official Website

Brooke Ellen Bollea (born May 5, 1988^[1]), better known by her stage name Brooke Hogan, is an American singer, actress, model, socialite, and television personality, and the oldest child of professional wrestler Hulk Hogan. Brooke Hogan is currently signed with "TNA Impact Wrestling" as TNA Knockouts Executive. She appeared on the reality-television series Hogan Knows Best, which focused on her family, and which premiered on July 10, 2005 on VH1. Since the cancellation of Hogan Knows Best, she has starred in the now-cancelled reality series spin-off, Brooke Knows Best, which focuses on her life independent from her parents and living with two roommates.

Hogan released her debut album in 2006, titled Undiscovered. In 2009, she released her second studio album, The Redemption.

Early life[link]

Brooke Hogan was born in Tampa, Florida, the older child of Hulk Hogan (Terry Gene Bollea) and Linda Bollea. She has one younger brother, Nick Hogan (Nick Bollea).

In high school, she took dance classes, voice lessons, piano lessons, and gymnastics. She joined the cheerleading squad of her Clearwater, Florida school, Clearwater Central Catholic, in her freshman year. Hogan graduated from high school at the age of sixteen.^[2]

Career[link]

2002–05: Music beginnings and reality series[link]

Hogan was signed to Trans Continental Records in 2002.^[3] Some music was produced with Rich Cronin's assistance.^[4] The album's lead single, "Everything to Me", was released in July 2004. The song appeared at number one on the Hot 100 Singles Sales chart in the United States,^[5] and number 97 on the Billboard Hot 100. To promote the album, Hogan toured with Hilary Duff on her Most Wanted Tour throughout the US, as well as with the Backstreet Boys on their Up Close & Personal Tour, both of which took place in mid to late 2004.^[6] The album, Brooke Hogan: This Voice, was slated for a September 21, 2004 release date,^[7] but the album was not released.

Hogan and her father appeared in the hour-long profile (Inside) Out: Hulk Hogan, Stage Dad.^[8] The television special chronicled Hogan working on her debut album, as well as showed her father's role in the album making process. Her father later stated that the show was mainly an attempt to help promote Brooke and her upcoming music career.^[2] The special was a major success for the network, and the success of the special led to VH1 turning it into an entire television series, titled "Hogan Knows Best". The series premiered in July 2005, and was the highest rated series in the network's history.^[9] The show chronicled the Hogan family's life together, although it mainly focused on Brooke and her father. Hogan Knows Best presented her father as strict with her dating. On the show, Hulk placed a GPS tracker on Brooke's vehicle that enabled him to track her whereabouts and shut down the engine of her car remotely. However, Brooke said in a later interview that her father loosened up after her eighteenth birthday.^[10]

[edit] 2006–08: Undiscovered and Brooke Knows Best

In 2006, Hogan changed record labels and became the first artist signed to Scott Storch's label, initially called Storchaveli Records,^[11][12] but later named Storch Music Company. She also signed with SoBe Entertainment. Storch also became the album's main producer. During an interview, Hogan stated that she was recording the album at The Hit Factory in Miami, Florida, where rapper Paul Wall heard a clip of the song "About Us" and asked to be on the song.^[10]

The lead single from the album, "About Us", was premiered on the season two finale of Hogan Knows Best. It quickly began receiving heavy radio rotation, and peaked at number 33 the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at 33. Undiscovered was released on October 24, 2006 in the United States and Canada. The album debuted at number 28 on the Billboard 200, and number 1 on the Independent Albums charts in the US, selling an estimated 30,000 copies in its first week of release.^[13] The album has only sold an estimated 127,000 copies in the United States.

To help promote the album, Hogan appeared in the November 2006 edition of FHM,^[14] becoming the first FHM cover model under 21 years old. As a result, the November issue had no liquor advertising. Dana Fields, executive publisher and president of FHM, said: "In the very rare instance that you might have a cover star under the age of 21, they don't want to be in the position of seeming to market to anyone under age."^[15]

To further promote the album, Hogan announced its second single would be "Heaven Baby", which featured Beenie Man on guest vocals. The song was released to pop radio in January 2007.^[16] On March 6, "For A Moment" was released as a promotional single from the album, with a music video featuring clips of the third and fourth seasons of Hogan Knows Best. Hogan's record label decided the album should be re-released later in the year; however, Hogan decided against it, opting to begin work on her second album. In August 2007, Hogan confirmed that she would be departing from one of her labels, SMC, and soon confirmed that she had signed a dual contract with SoBe Entertainment and Fontana Records and was at work on her second album. Hogan appeared as a panel judge in America's Prom Queen in early 2008.

While working on her second studio album, the series Hogan Knows Best came to an end. Brooke was later approached by VH1, and signed on to do her own series, Brooke Knows Best. The series premiered on July 13, 2008,^[17] and featured Hogan dealing with her family's problems, her music career, and her life as she's no longer dependent upon her parents nor lives with her family. The show consisted of her friends, Glenn and Ashley — who are often encouraging Brooke to get out, have fun, and party. Brooke, Glenn, and Ashley live in a penthouse in South Beach, which is paid for by VH1. Brooke Knows Best also chronicled the problems Brooke faced while dealing with the divorce of her parents, as well as brother Nick Hogan's prior arrest related to a serious car accident in which he permanently injured his best friend. Hogan's father has appeared in numerous episodes of the series, while her mother and brother have made a few. The first season ended on October 5, 2008.

[edit] 2009–present: The Redemption and film debut

In early 2009, Hogan announced the title of her second album to be The Redemption. The album's lead single, "Falling", featured rapper Stacks, and was released on March 31, 2009.^[18] On June 30, Hogan released the album's second single, "Hey Yo!", which featured Colby O'Donis on guest vocals.^[19] On July 4, Hogan released a mixtape, titled "Judgement Day", to help promote the release of the album. The mixtape caused a buzz online after the song 'Ur Not That Hot' was seen as a diss toward The Hills star, and fellow pop singer, Heidi Montag. The song also includes a fake voicemail that Hogan implies was sent to her from Montag. The Redemption was released on July 21 in the US and Canada for digital download and as a physical copy. It debuted at number 144 on the Billboard 200, and 27 on the Independent Albums chart, selling 3,381 copies in its first week.^[20] She was released from her four-year contract with SoBe Entertainment a year early after the promotion for the album concluded. She is now only signed to Fontana Records. To date, she is the only artist signed to the label.

In November 2009 Hogan was featured in Toni Braxton's music video for "Yesterday". In late 2009, Hogan made her first film appearance in the low budget live action film Little Hercules in 3D, which was only released in certain territories outside of the US. It was released on October 8, 2009 in Kazakhstan and Russia, and in the Czech Republic on January 7, 2010. Hogan's mother, father, and brother also appear in various roles in the film.

Hogan appeared as Kate in the Science fiction film 2 Headed Shark Attack, which was released on January 17, 2012 in the United States. She also appeared as Sandy Powers in the film "Sand Sharks", which was released on January 9 in the United Kingdom. She also guest starred on the episode "The Dean's List" of China, IL, which appeared on March 4, 2012. Hogan is set to appear as Britney Baer in the film "Devour".^[21]

She confirmed on April 11, 2012 via her official Twitter account, that she was writing songs with Benji Harris.^[22]

On May 17, 2012, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), the wrestling promotion where her father works, announced that Brooke had signed on to work in the promotion as an on-screen authority figure and a backstage consultant to the TNA Knockouts.

Filmography[link]

Discography[link]

Studio albums

Singles

References[link]

1. ^ Hogan confirmed a May 5, 1988 date of birth during a Jay Leno interview on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, see also:
   • Biography. VH1.com. Accessed 2006-11-22.
   Her birthday is sometimes [incorrectly] listed as May 2, for instance: or Brooke Hogan at AskMen.com. Accessed 2006-07-26.
2. ^ ^{a b} Interview on Larry King Live. (July 28, 2005) CNN. Accessed 2007-02-23.
3. ^ Jason Genegabus (October 27, 2006). Sistas are da bomb! Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Accessed 2008-01-12.
4. ^ Brandee J. Tecson (January 3, 2006). LFO Singer In Remission After Chemo Treatment; Working On Solo LP. MTV. Accessed 2008-05-02.
5. ^ Jonathan Cohen (December 23, 2005). Brooke Hogan busy with debut album. Billboard. Accessed 2008-07-23.
6. ^ Brooke Hogan. mtv.com. Accessed 2012-05-29.
7. ^ Joe D'Angelo (July 29, 2004). Brooke-Amania: Hulk Hogan's daughter shoots for pop stardom. MTV. Accessed 2012-05-29.
8. ^ VH1 Inside Out: Hulk Hogan, Stage Dad . tv.nytimes.com. Accessed 2012-05-29.
9. ^ Cast bios. vh1.com. Accessed 2012-05-29.
10. ^ ^{a b} Allison Kugel (October 1, 2006). Brooke Hogan blows up. PR.com. Accessed 2007-01-01.
11. ^ Brooke Hogan gets Signed to Storchaveli records. XXLmag.com. Accessed 2006-07-26.
12. ^ Interview. (August 17, 2006) LatinNewsWire.net. Accessed 2007-02-23.
13. ^ Chris Harris (November 1, 2006). Hannah Montana Rains On My Chemical Romance's Parade MTV. Accessed 2009-08-28.
14. ^ Brooke Hogan. FHM. Accessed 2006-10-20.
15. ^ Lia Miller (October 9, 2006). Under-Age Cover Girl? Farewell, Liquor Ads. The New York Times. Accessed 2006-10-20.
16. ^ SoBe Entertainment. sobeentertainment.com. Accessed 2007-01-10.
17. ^ Brooke Knows Best. VH1. Accessed 2008-07-12.
18. ^ Falling - Single. itunes.apple.com. Accessed 2012-05-29.
19. ^ Hey Yo! (feat. Colby O'Donis) - Single. itunes.apple.com. Accessed 2012-05-29.
20. ^ Daniel Kreps (July 29, 2009). On the Charts: Demi Lovato Leads Debuts, Jackson Still Sells Strong. rollingstone.com. Accessed 2012-05-29.
21. ^ Devour (2011). imdb.com. Accessed 2012-05-29.
22. ^ [1]. (April 11, 2012) Twitter.com. Accessed 2012-05-29.
23. ^ Independent Sales Chart. (April 18, 2007) IndieHQ.com. Accessed 2007-09-03.
24. ^ ^{a b} Walt Belcher (March 12, 2008). Black Roots Out Laughs In Irreverent Series; For Brooke Hogan, A Spinoff Grows In Miami. Tampa Bay Online. Accessed 2008-07-03.

External links[link]

• Official website
• Brooke Hogan at the Internet Movie Database
• Brooke Hogan on Twitter