NEW YORK - “American Idol” judge Paula Abdul canceled media interviews Friday as an online video emerged of the television star slurring and gesticulating her way through a TV interview a day earlier.
Some viewers of the footage posted on the popular online video site YouTube.com suggested she should head into rehab because it appeared she had been drinking.
But Abdul’s spokesman, Jeff Ballard, denied that was under the influence of alcohol or on some kind of medication and said the U.S. performer never drank.
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Ballard said the interview was one of the last in a string of question-and-answer sessions she had done over two hours Thursday ahead of a new season of “American Idol,” debuting next week on the Fox network.
“She was exhausted. This was at the end of three days of press (interviews and appearances), and she has had cameras following her around for a reality TV show too,” said Ballard, referring to a new documentary series about the star’s life.
“She was sitting in a room with just a camera and a mic on, and the controllers dropped the sound twice, which is why she rolled her eyes.”
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'She was a little tired'
Ballard said Abdul, 44, had canceled all media interviews Friday because she had a sore throat after sitting in the chilly studio Thursday.
“She never drinks. I have known Paula Abdul since she was 13, and I have never seen her drink ever in my life. ... And no, she is not on any kind of medication,” he said. “She was a little tired.”
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Abdul, a former Los Angeles Lakers cheerleader who gained fame in the late 1980s as a pop singer with such hits as “Straight Up,” has been known for emotional displays on “American Idol.”
In a 2005 People magazine interview, she denied having a drug problem, saying, “I’m not addicted to pills of any kind.”
She went on to explain that she suffers from a neurological disorder that causes chronic pain and requires a weekly injection of an anti-inflammatory drug.
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Bravo to capture Paula Abdul's life in new series
American Idol judge and actress-singer Paula Abdul's life will be the subject of a TV series on US cable network Bravo, media reports have said.
The series, called Hey Paula, will trail the 44-year-old singer during the filming of American Idol and also that of Bratz: The Movie, which she is starring in and producing. Abdul's business of clothes, perfume and jewelry lines will be included in the series as well.
“Bravo has been successful with profiling dynamic, creative personalities that quicken the pulse of pop culture. Paula's career epitomizes the frenzy of Hollywood as it relates to television, music, dance and style. Viewers will get an intimate glimpse at the real woman behind the headlines,” said Lauren Zalaznick, the president of Bravo, while announcing the series. However, the show will capture only her present and will not be biographical, Zalaznick said.
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The aim of the show is to capture all the facets of Abdul's career, including those as 'a business woman, producer, choreographer, singer and friend', a statement released by the network said. “It's a hectic time in my life right now with several projects in television, film and fashion. I'm excited to open the doors to Bravo and have all my fans see the other sides to me, beyond what they see on American Idol,” Abdul responded to the announcement. In April last year, the Head Over Heels singer entered jewelry designing and launched her Paula Abdul Jewelry Collection.
Produced by Scott Sternberg Productions, Hey Paula will premiere later this year. It is not clear if it will include the 2003 controversy where American Idol contestant Corey Clark had accused Abdul of offering him her support and advice in return for sexual favors. Investigations into the allegations by Fox, the channel that airs American Idol, cleared Abdul of any such misdeeds.
Bravo, a part of NBC Universal, airs pop culture and entertainment shows, some of which include Inside the Actors Studio, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, Celebrity Poker Showdown, and Top Chef among others.
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Paula Abdul, Tim Gunn to star in Bravo reality shows
PASADENA, Calif. — American Idol judge Paula Abdul is getting her own reality show, and so is Project Runway's Tim Gunn, Bravo told critics here Friday at TV's semi-annual press tour.
Bravo, which set ratings records last year thanks to Runway and Top Chef, and is readying Top Design for a Jan. 31 debut, unveiled several new shows due later this year or early in 2008.
Hey Paula promises "an insider perspective" of the onetime singer and choreographer, who's now a movie producer (Bratz), and purveyor of perfume, jewelry and clothing.
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"This is a hectic time of my life," she said in a statement, adding she's excited to "have all my fans see the other sides to me beyond what they see on American Idol."
Tim Gunn's Guide to Style, similar to TLC's What Not to Wear, is a makeover show that will "chronicle one person's fashion dilemmas," solved by the stylist and Runway judge. (Gunn is expected to continue on Runway).
Jaclyn Smith (Charlie's Angels) will host Shear Genius, a hairstylist reality competition due this spring. And as expected, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, which started Bravo's reality-series push, has been canceled, and will air its fifth and final 10-episode season starting in July.
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In other highlights at NBC Universal Cable Networks' presentation:
—USA, the top-rated cable network, has ordered In Plain Sight, starring Mary McCormack (The West Wing) as a federal marshal who works for the Witness Protection Program, and is readying The Starter Wife, starring Debra Messing (Will & Grace) as a newly-dumped Hollywood wife, for a summer launch. It's based on the novel by Hollywood wife Gigi Levangie Grazer.
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—New horror channel Chiller will debut March 1, initially on DirecTV, featuring a mix of movies and series reruns, led by Twin Peaks, Tales from the Crypt, Friday the 13th and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. It joins Sleuth, a crime-focused digital channel now available in 24 million homes.
—Sci Fi Channel greenlit an adaptation of Flash Gordon, due in July, and cast Alan Cumming (Cabaret) in six-hour miniseries Tin Man, a sci-fi take on The Wizard of Oz scheduled for December. He'll play Glitch, one of the motley characters trapped in the Outer Zone (O.Z.). The network is also developing a six-hour miniseries based on the novel The Diamond Age, executive produced by George Clooney. It's also eyeing drama projects from producers Mark Burnett and Darren Star. And the network will shift Battlestar Galactica from Friday to Sunday this month, joining new series The Dresden Files.
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Sci Fi's next series, Painkiller Jane, due in April and based on a comics character, stars Kristanna Loken as a superhuman DEA agent recruited by a covert government organization who feels pain but can't get injured, uncannily reminiscent of the cheerleader character played by Hayden Panetierre on NBC's breakout hit Heroes.
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"We have a completely different series in terms of tone and storytelling," says producer Gil Grant of Jane, in development for two years, who says he's never seen Heroes. "There's always going to be another concept out there that's like ours," Loken says.
Bravo will make Paula Abdul docu-series
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PASADENA, Calif. - Straight up, Bravo says it's making a TV series about the life of
Paula Abdul. "Hey Paula," set to debut sometime later this year, will follow Abdul, 44, as she films a new season of Fox's "American Idol," works on "Bratz: The Movie" and develops her own perfume and cosmetics line.
"It fits the Bravo mandate to show what's going on in the culture of the moment," said Bravo President Lauren Zalaznick.
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The pop culture network has hits with "Project Runway" and "Top Chef," and announced Friday that the upcoming fifth season of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" will be its last. It makes a similar docu-series with comic
Kathy Griffin, who mocks her life on "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List."
Besides showing the frenzy of life in Hollywood, "Hey Paula" will offer "an intimate glimpse at the real woman behind the headlines," Zalaznick said.
Bravo hasn't decided whether that will include mention of Corey Clark, the 2003 "American Idol" contestant who accused Abdul of coaching him and initiating an affair. Fox, a unit of News Corp., cleared Abdul of any wrongdoing.
"What we want it to be is the current Paula," Zalaznick said. "We're not a biographical or historical channel."
"It fits the Bravo mandate to show what's going on in the culture of the moment," said Bravo President Lauren Zalaznick.
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The pop culture network has hits with "Project Runway" and "Top Chef," and announced Friday that the upcoming fifth season of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" will be its last. It makes a similar docu-series with comic
Kathy Griffin, who mocks her life on "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List."
Besides showing the frenzy of life in Hollywood, "Hey Paula" will offer "an intimate glimpse at the real woman behind the headlines," Zalaznick said.
Bravo hasn't decided whether that will include mention of Corey Clark, the 2003 "American Idol" contestant who accused Abdul of coaching him and initiating an affair. Fox, a unit of News Corp., cleared Abdul of any wrongdoing.
"What we want it to be is the current Paula," Zalaznick said. "We're not a biographical or historical channel."
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NEW YORK — A video of an interview with Paula Abdul appears to show the "American Idol" judge slurring her words and rocking back and forth in her seat, but her publicist says any oddities in the tape were due to technical difficulties.
The video clip, which has wound up on the file-sharing Web site YouTube, is of a morning-show interview Abdul did Thursday via satellite from New York with the local FOX affiliate in Seattle.
The very upbeat Abdul seems to be slurring her words during much of the segment, and at times she is moving around so much in her chair that she almost swivels right out of the shot.
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Click here to watch the YouTube video of the interview.
Her publicist, Jeff Ballard, told FOXNews.com that the buzz surrounding the clip, which is titled "Paula Abdul — What is she smokin'???" on YouTube, is "much ado about nothing."
"It was a technical problem," he said. "They dropped the sound not once but twice. She's in a little room by herself and could hear people shouting in her mike. She did 20 of those interviews without incident. It was simply a matter of Seattle screwing up."
He denied that Abdul's speech was impaired during the interview.
"She was not slurring her words," said Ballard.
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"American Idol," which premieres Tuesday night on FOX, has distanced itself from the incident. A spokeswoman for the popular singing-competition reality show referred all inquiries about Abdul's behavior in the interview to Ballard.
In other "Idol" news, when asked about Bob Dylan's wish to join him as a judge on the series, Simon Cowell told British paper The Guardian, "Bob Dylan bores me to tears.
"I don't believe the Bob Dylans of this world would make 'American Idol' a better show," he told the newspaper.
Paula Abdul gets her own reality show
Bravo’s ‘Hey Paula’ will follow daily routine of ‘American Idol’ judge
PASADENA, Calif. - Straight up — Bravo says it’s making a TV series about the life of Paula Abdul.
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“Hey Paula,” set to debut sometime later this year, will follow Abdul, 44, as she films a new season of Fox’s “American Idol,” works on “Bratz: The Movie” and develops her own perfume and cosmetics line.
“It fits the Bravo mandate to show what’s going on in the culture of the moment,” said Bravo President Lauren Zalaznick.
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The pop culture network has hits with “Project Runway” and “Top Chef,” and announced Friday that the upcoming fifth season of “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” will be its last. It makes a similar docu-series with comic Kathy Griffin, who mocks her life on “Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List.”
Besides showing the frenzy of life in Hollywood, “Hey Paula” will offer “an intimate glimpse at the real woman behind the headlines,” Zalaznick said.
Bravo hasn’t decided whether that will include mention of Corey Clark, the 2003 “American Idol” contestant who accused Abdul of coaching him and initiating an affair. Fox, a unit of News Corp., cleared Abdul of any wrongdoing.
“What we want it to be is the current Paula,” Zalaznick said. “We’re not a biographical or historical channel.”
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Paula Abdul's incoherent interview a huge hit on YouTube
New York, Jan 13 (ANI): A slurry, disjointed interview that pop princess Paula Abdul gave in a Seattle television channel for promoting American Idol has become a huge hit on YouTube.com.
The incoherent interview, in which the 44- year old 'American Idol' judge has spoken about the coming American Idol season beginning on January 16, 2007, was viewed 21,800 times by mid afternoon on January 12, 2006.
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"How about a lot of you coming in, It's a wild party where you are, "New York Daily News quoted her, as saying
Abdul's publicist, Jeff Ballard, blamed the rumbling interview on technical snags that occurred while recording it.
"They dropped the sound twice. It was confusing to her. She heard a lot of screaming in her ear. It's much ado about nothing," he said.
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The publicist added that the singer was obviously tired after continuously shooting for 25 interviews across the US.
"She was tired, but she was certainly fine. You get tired after doing three hours of those [interviews]," he added.(ANI )
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Bravo Will Make Paula Abdul Docu-Series
Bravo Network Says It Will Make `Hey Paula,' a Docu-Series About Paula Abdul's Life
PASADENA, Calif. Jan 12, 2007 (AP)— Straight up, Bravo says it's making a TV series about the life of Paula Abdul. "Hey Paula," set to debut sometime later this year, will follow Abdul, 44, as she films a new season of Fox's "American Idol," works on "Bratz: The Movie" and develops her own perfume and cosmetics line.
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"It fits the Bravo mandate to show what's going on in the culture of the moment," said Bravo President Lauren Zalaznick.
The pop culture network has hits with "Project Runway" and "Top Chef," and announced Friday that the upcoming fifth season of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" will be its last. It makes a similar docu-series with comic Kathy Griffin, who mocks her life on "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List."
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Besides showing the frenzy of life in Hollywood, "Hey Paula" will offer "an intimate glimpse at the real woman behind the headlines," Zalaznick said.
Bravo hasn't decided whether that will include mention of Corey Clark, the 2003 "American Idol" contestant who accused Abdul of coaching him and initiating an affair. Fox, a unit of News Corp., cleared Abdul of any wrongdoing.
"What we want it to be is the current Paula," Zalaznick said. "We're not a biographical or historical channel."
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Bravo is General Electric Co.'s NBC cable unit.
Bravo Will Make Paula Abdul Docu-Series
Bravo Network Says It Will Make 'Hey Paula,' a Reality Series About Paula Abdul's Life
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Straight up -- Bravo says it's making a TV series about the life of Paula Abdul.
"Hey Paula," set to debut sometime later this year, will follow Abdul, 44, as she films a new season of Fox's "American Idol," works on "Bratz: The Movie" and develops her own perfume and cosmetics line.
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"It fits the Bravo mandate to show what's going on in the culture of the moment," said Bravo President Lauren Zalaznick. Bravo is General Electric Co.'s NBC cable unit.
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The pop culture network has hits with "Project Runway" and "Top Chef," and announced Friday that the upcoming fifth season of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" will be its last. It makes a similar docu-series with comic Kathy Griffin, who mocks her life on "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List."
Besides showing the frenzy of life in Hollywood, "Hey Paula" will offer "an intimate glimpse at the real woman behind the headlines," Zalaznick said.
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Bravo hasn't decided whether that will include mention of Corey Clark, the 2003 "American Idol" contestant who accused Abdul of coaching him and initiating an affair. Fox, a unit of News Corp., cleared Abdul of any wrongdoing.
"What we want it to be is the current Paula," Zalaznick said. "We're not a biographical or historical channel."
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Slurring Abdul Cancels Interviews
Singer-turned-American Idol judge Paula Abdul called off all her interviews yesterday after clips of an earlier TV appearance appeared to show her drunk.
The video - in which Abdul slurs and bizarrely gesticulates - emerged on online file sharing site YouTube on Thursday, prompting speculation alcohol or medication were to blame.
She subsequently abandoned media engagements scheduled for Friday.
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However, Abdul's spokesman Jeff Ballard insists tiredness and a minor throat infection, not inebriation, were the causes of the cancellations and earlier odd behaviour.
He says, "She was exhausted. This was at the end of three days of press (interviews and appearances), and she has had cameras following her around for a reality TV show too."
"She was sitting in a room with just a camera and a mic on, and the controllers dropped the sound twice, which is why she rolled her eyes."
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"She never drinks. I have known Paula Abdul since she was 13, and I have never seen her drink ever in my life. And no, she is not on any kind of medication. She was a little tired."
In 2005 Abdul revealed she suffers from a neurological disorder that causes chronic pain and requires a weekly injection of an anti-inflammatory drug.
Singer-turned-AMERICAN IDOL judge PAULA ABDUL called off all her interviews yesterday (12JAN07) after clips of an earlier TV appearance appeared to show her drunk. The video - in which Abdul slurs and bizarrely gesticulates - emerged on online file sharing site YouTube on Thursday (11JAN07), prompting speculation alcohol or medication were to blame. She subsequently abandoned media engagements scheduled for Friday. However, Abdul's spokesman JEFF BALLARD insists tiredness and a minor throat infection, not inebriation, were the causes of the cancellations and earlier odd behaviour. He says, "She was exhausted. This was at the end of three days of press (interviews and appearances), and she has had cameras following her around for a reality TV show too. "She was sitting in a room with just a camera and a mic on, and the controllers dropped the sound twice, which is why she rolled her eyes. "She never drinks. I have known Paula Abdul since she was 13, and I have never seen her drink ever in my life. And no, she is not on any kind of medication. She was a little tired." In 2005 Abdul revealed she suffers from a neurological disorder that causes chronic pain and requires a weekly injection of an anti-inflammatory drug.
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Forever your judges: Simon, Randy and Paula reunite
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Forever your judges: Simon, Randy and Paula reunite
(Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson reunite for the first time since last season at the first round of auditions for "American Idol.")
Randy: Yo, dawgs, wassup? Are you feeling me now? How the heck are you guys?
Paula: Cool it, Randy. I have a headache.
Simon: Poured on too much booze and Oxycontin last night, eh, Pilla?
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Paula: Don't call me Pilla, you old kidney pudding. Your face is falling faster than Paul McCartney's. Soon you will look like an old charwoman.
Simon: Looks like you beat me to the punch, Abdul.
Randy: Simon, chill on Paula, yo.
Simon: Randy, why are you so excited? We are about to embark on weeks of ear-splitting agony.
Paula: And exhilaration and self-discovery! Where did I put that shot glass?
Randy: See, we already havin' a good time. You always so negative, dawg. I'm hoping we get some hotties and a sexy star to sign and make us some serious dawg ducats. Dawg is lonely.
Paula: I am too. Simon, don't you even!
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Simon: Too easy.
Randy: Yo, y'all, stop fighting. Paula, would you lead us in a prayer to open the new season?
Paula: Straight up now, God, let us find a shiny, sparkling star to inspire and ...
Simon: Amen. … OK, bring in the first contestant.
Paula: I hate it when you interrupt me, Simon. You are a cold-hearted snake.
Randy: Check this out: I'm producin' Paula's new album. It's gonna be hawttt!! I was in Journey, yo.
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Simon: Paula, the only people who would buy your album are emotionally stunted cat ladies who were obsessed with you in 1988.
Paula: Simon, you seem to forget that I was super famous. Not just kind of famous, super famous. I danced with an animated cat. "Forever Your Girl" sold like 17 million copies. My romance with Arsenio was sizzling. Who the heck knew what your face looked like before "American Idol"?
Simon: Well, Paula, you hardly look like you did back then. Even I was not completely unaroused by you back in the day.
Randy: Yo, Paula, you are still a mad freaky hot diva. Work it out!
Simon: What is this, "The Randy Puckers Up to Paula's Posterior" show? Shouldn't we call someone in to audition? There are 500,000 people outside.
Paula: I just can't deal with it yet. Randy, please pass me that vodka so I can pour it in my water glass.
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Simon: Paula, that is a brilliant idea. Would you please fill my glass too, baby?
Randy: My name ain't baby. It's Randy. Mr. Jackson, if you're nasty.
Paula: You know, we should make up a drinking game to make this ordeal more fun.
Simon: I never thought I'd say this, but that's a great idea, Paula. How about we all take a swig every time someone totally sucks?
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Randy: Check this out: If we do that, we'll have alcohol poisoning in 20 minutes. Dawg does not like getting his gastric-bypassed stomach pumped. Check it. Let's make it positive: Every time someone sings well, we'll take a swig.
Paula: Then we won't get drunk at all. I got it, guys. How about we drink every time some Clay Aiken-looking loser walks in and sings a Richard Marx song?
Randy: Nice, Paula dawg.
Simon: Great compromise, P. Looks like we finally all agree on something. Bring in the first victim!
Behind the fake scenes
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Ever wonder what dinner with a claymated Ashton, Demi and Bruce Willis would be like? Or maybe you've wondered what the real-estate agent who sold Mary-Kate and Ashley their New York apartment went through.
Now you can satisfy your voyeuristic need to see clay celebs in made-up situations by watching E!'s hilarious new show, "Starveillance."
It's magnificently done, from the dead-on celeb voice impersonations to the brilliant animation to the sharp, funny writing. For instance, the Olsen twins inquire if they can have a Starbucks built into their apartment, and in a skit featuring Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn chatting at a restaurant, clay Vaughn can't stop running his mouth about the glory of Jon Favreau.
New 'Idol' season, new rumors about Paula
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"American Idol" kicks off Season 6 on Tuesday. Which means that judge Paula Abdul is getting back on the TV airwaves. Which means we can start getting ready for those little questions. You know the ones we're talking about.
Is she drunk?
Is she stoned?
Is she hanging out with Danny DeVito?
Or is that just Paula being Paula?
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The talk started again Thursday, after Abdul's morning interview on Seattle Fox affiliate station Q13FOX. During the interview, reports say she seemed, well, out of it. As a Seattle Times account noted, "Paula Abdul looked utterly loopy, slurring words, smiling crookedly, waving with both hands, unable to stay quite in the camera's frame during a live interview (from New York City) to talk about Seattle's singing talent." Another account said Abdul seemed on the verge of nodding off during one question, and that she seemed to have trouble understanding and responding to questions.
You can see it for yourself on YouTube.
Abdul's reps sprung into action Friday -- and they should be well-rehearsed, as this is not the first time Abdul has appeared loopy on TV -- insisting that she was not inebriated, and that most of her, um, tentative behavior was due to technical problems that prevented her from hearing her interviewers. The station did indeed acknowledge that there were technical problems.
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Abdul also did a satellite interview on Bay Area station KTVU on Thursday, and at least one viewer told the People Column that Abdul looked "wasted." KTVU did not comment on the interview.
MEANWHILE ... The Bravo cable channel says it's making a reality TV series about Abdul. It's titled "Hiiiii Everybody, I'm Paula ... um, Somethingorother, and wellllllcome tomy liiiiiifeeee."
Well, no, it's called "Hey Paula," and it's set to debut sometime later this year. It will follow Abdul around as she films a new season of "American Idol," works on "Bratz: The Movie" and develops her own perfume and cosmetics line.
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CRIKEY, THIS IS CREEPY: Bindi Irwin, the 8-year-old daughter of the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin, is following in her dad's footsteps.
The khaki-clad girl made her American TV debut Thursday on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," skipping across the set holding a blue-tongued lizard as she greeted the audience.
"This is Spanky. He's 10 years old," Bindi told DeGeneres as she prodded the lizard to lick her face in an attempt to show its tongue. "I just love animals. My dad really brought it out in me," Bindi said. "He's the one that made me."
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Steve Irwin died Sept. 4 from the poisonous jab of a stingray. Along with Bindi, he left behind his wife, Terri, and 2-year-old son, Bob.
BUT WE'RE SURE SHE LEARNED A LESSON IN ALL THIS: The artist formerly known as Miss Nevada USA, that is, until photos of her partying up a storm and making out with women showed up on the Internet, has landed on her feet.
Katie Rees has signed a two-year, $2 million-plus deal to host a revival of an "estrogen-heavy" variety show at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Jeff Beacher, promoter of the night club known as Beacher's Madhouse, announced Friday.
"She's a cool girl, she's beautiful, she's fun, she's got a great stage presence. I thought she'd be a great fit," Beacher told the Associated Press.
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Great fit, indeed. Beacher's Madhouse boasts of "live monkeys, the world's oldest male stripper ... and the hottest chicks in Sin City" and bills itself as "Cirque du Soleil meets Girls Gone Wild."
After closing last July, Beacher's Madhouse is scheduled to return March 31, and take place the last Saturday of every month at The Joint nightclub in the Hard Rock.
It's an Odd World!
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A regular collection of weird and wonderful events taking place in our world
Germans ask "Can we laugh at Nazis?" as Hitler comedy premieres
BERLIN: A slapstick comedy about Hitler by a Jewish filmmaker hits German cinemas amid a national debate on whether the country, six decades after the war, can laugh at the Nazis.
The high-profile film, My Fuehrer - The Truly Truest Truth About Adolf Hitler by Swiss-born, Berlin-based director Dani Levy sends up history's biggest criminal as an impotent, bed-wetting crybaby who just wanted his father's love.
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Even before its premiere, the movie inspired an avalanche of press coverage in a country whose younger generation has only gradually begun to shake off the shame of the Nazi era. Audiences packed into previews but Jewish leaders attacked a portrayal they said makes Hitler seem harmless.
Japanese students face chopstick test
TOKYO: It's no secret the Japanese are obsessed with education but some students are soon to be tested not just on reading and writing, but also on their ability to use ... chopsticks.
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Applicants to a private high school for girls in Sasebo in southern Nagasaki Prefecture will be asked to hold and move various small objects including beans and marbles with chopsticks as part of the entrance exam.
"This is simply one factor to assess whether these girls can handle chopsticks correctly, which is really the most basic element in education," said Katushi Hisata, the vice principal of Hisata Gakuen Girls' High School.
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The school built in 1902 has traditional classes in tea ceremony, kimono-fitting, etiquette and cooking as part of the wider curriculum. But the vice principal said only 20 percent of elementary students use chopsticks correctly nowadays.
Marlene Dietrich earring surfaces 70 years later in British theme park
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LONDON: An antique earring thought to have belonged to Hollywood legend Marlene Dietrich has been found under an old rollercoaster in a theme park in north-west England.
The German-born actress and cabaret star lost the pearl and gold earring in 1934 while taking a ride on "The Big Dipper" attraction at Blackpool Pleasure Beach during a personal appearance.
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The piece of jewellery was unearthed after the site of the old Log Flume lake where the ride once stood was dredged as part of construction work.
"We have compared it [the earring] to pictures taken at the time of her visit and it certainly looks like one of hers," a Blackpool Pleasure Beach spokeswoman said. "It appears to have withstood the test of time quite well."
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'Little Mosque on the Prairie' marks television first
MONTREAL: Canada's public broadcaster aired the first episode of its much-anticipated "Little Mosque on the Prairie" about Muslims nestled amongst a multitude of Christians in the country's vast western plains.
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The CBC series has been saluted for its originality and has attracted significant interest for its unabashedly comedic look at relations between Muslims and non-Muslims in a country with a reputation for tolerance.
The television show parodies the acclaimed US drama "Little House on the Prairie" (1974-1983), about the life and adventures of the Ingalls family in the 19th century American West.
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But instead of raising pitchforks, tumbling down hills and selling eggs at the general store, this Muslim family struggles to mesh in fictional Mercy, Saskatchewan, in a post-September 11, 2001 world.
Video glasses keep porn private in public
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LAS VEGAS, NV, USA: Sleek video glasses that turn film viewing into a private affair went on view at the world's biggest porn show this week, the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo.
"Imagine you can take your porn all over the place; in a plane or a train, but not in the car unless you are the passenger," Victor Quitoriano of Body Care Resort said.
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The video glasses, made in Taiwan and sold by his California-based company, connect to all of the latest video-playing devices from Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game consoles to Apple's iPod and Microsoft's Zune MP3 players.
The model being shown carried a suggested retail price of $349.
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'Desert Louvre' a big earner for France
PARIS: Disputed plans to build an annex of the Paris Louvre as part of a luxury tourism complex in Abu Dhabi may earn the French state up to 700 million euros ($900 million).
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According to France's Le Monde newspaper, a French delegation will travel to the United Arab Emirates late this month to finalize details of the deal - notably on whether the new museum will carry the name "Louvre." The culture ministry refused to comment on the report.
The new museum satellite, planned for 2012, is to be part of a "culture district" on Saadiyat Island, future site of a multi-billion-dollar tourist resort just off the coast of Abu Dhabi. The project has sparked outrage in France where more than 2,000 people, including dozens of museum directors, curators and art historians, have signed a protest.
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Britons set to become Europe's biggest wine spenders
LONDON: While Britons drink fewer bottles than the French, Germans, or Italians, Britain is expected to overtake its European neighbors in terms of money spent on wine by 2010, according to a report by the Vinexpo wine trade exhibition.
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The growth in spending is both because of the rise in the amount of wine drunk and the fact that at 3.11 pounds Sterling ($6), the average price of a bottle is higher in Britain than in most European countries.
Sales of beer, traditionally a more popular tipple, have been in slow decline, while wine's popularity has been steadily increasing.
The truth about lies in the workplace
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LONDON: Office workers are most likely to tell the truth in face-to-face communication and with colleagues they are close to - and most tempted to lie by e-mail, according to a British study.
The level of truthfulness is heavily dependent on the means of communication: most lies are told by e-mail, then by phone, and finally in one-on-one contact.
"People think it is less moral to lie to those they feel close to, and may also fear that such people are more likely to detect any lies," Sandi Mann, who co-wrote the study at the University of Central Lancashire.
Overall, the research found that workers were untruthful in some way in up to a third of all interactions, with those described as psychologically "distant" found to be most likely to lie.
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Britney Spears, Paris Hilton anointed worst-dressed celebs
LOS ANGELES: Britney Spears and Paris Hilton have been named the worst dressed celebrities of 2006, according to an annual list from US fashion critic "Mr. Blackwell", whose 10 worst-dressed women awards date back to 1960.
The poison-penned arbiter of style described Spears and celebrity socialite Hilton as "two peas in an over-exposed pod! style-free and fashion deprived."
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Next on the list was Camilla Parker-Bowles, wife of the future king of England, Prince Charles, dubbed by Blackwell as "The Duchess of Dowdy."
Party-loving teen idol Lindsay Lohan came next, with Christina Aguilera, Mariah Carey, Paula Abdul, Sharon Stone, Tori Spelling, Sandra Oh, and Meryl Streep rounding out the list.
Amazon founder recruiting for private space program
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SAN FRANCISCO: The founder of retail Web site Amazon is advertising for engineers to join his private program aimed at opening the galaxy to more human exploration.
Jeff Bezos posted his hiring offer at www.blueorigin.com, the Web site of the Blue Origin 9 company he is financing with the goal of making spaceflights more affordable for the masses.
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"We're working, patiently and step-by-step, to lower the cost of spaceflight so that many people can afford to go and so that we humans can better continue exploring the solar system," Bezos wrote.
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Slim waist is eternal standard of feminine beauty, say scientists
PARIS: Feminine beauty has been celebrated across the ages, but an enduring belief is that attractiveness depends on fashion, culture, ethnicity, or on the eye of the beholder.
Not so for evolutionary psychologists.
In an innovative test, scientists at the University of Texas at Austin and at Harvard University trawled through three centuries of English-language literature and three Asian literary classics dating back nearly 2,000 years.
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Their goal: Which parts of the woman's body were praised as beautiful across the ages? Breasts, buttocks, and thighs - the primary erogenous zones - predictably featured large in these descriptions.
But a slim waist trumped them all. Why so?
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The answer, suggest the authors, is that a narrow waist is a sign of strong health and fertility. Men instinctively assess a woman's waist for its potential for successful reproduction and thus furthering their own genes.
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