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		<title>Stars With Sex Tapes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A dangerous mix of video technology and bad judgment has given rise to most stars&#8217; worst nightmare: the celebrity sex tape. From reality stars like Paris Hilton to supermodels like Carolyn Murphy to actresses like Rebecca Gayheart, RadarOnline.com compiled a list of the most beautiful women who have spent some X-rated time in front of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A dangerous mix of video technology and bad judgment has given rise to most stars&#8217; worst nightmare: the celebrity sex tape.</p>
<p>From reality stars like Paris Hilton to supermodels like Carolyn Murphy to actresses like Rebecca Gayheart, RadarOnline.com compiled a list of the most beautiful women who have spent some X-rated time in front of their own cameras.</p>
<p>Such tapes are often released without consent of their subjects and can damage celebrities&#8217; careers. In 1988 a sex tape aided the downfall of <a title="Rob Lowe" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Lowe">Rob Lowe</a>&#8216;s career. However, in recent years many celebrities have benefited from the publicity of the release of a sex tape</p>
<p><a class="highslide" onclick="return vz.expand(this)" rel="attachment wp-att-1191" href="http://www.reasonpad.com/2010/06/stars-with-sex-tapes/sexstars_slideshow_604x500/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1191" title="sexstars_slideshow_604x500" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/sexstars_slideshow_604x500.jpg" alt="" width="490" height="275" /></a></p>
<h2>Carolyn Murphy</h2>
<p>Supermodel Carolyn Murphy&#8217;s sex tape was filmed during her 1999 honeymoon in Barbados with then-husband Jake Schroeder. <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/69497/2010/06/sex-tapes-celebs#image-load" target="_blank">Check out more stunning photos of the supermodel here.</a></p>
<p><a class="highslide" onclick="return vz.expand(this)" rel="attachment wp-att-1192" href="http://www.reasonpad.com/2010/06/stars-with-sex-tapes/carolynmurphy/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1192" title="CarolynMurphy" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/CarolynMurphy.jpg" alt="" width="308" height="500" /></a></p>
<h2>Chelsea Handler</h2>
<p>Comedian Chelsea Handler&#8217;s sex tape was created before she hit it big, and the funny lady still jokes about it! <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/69454/2010/06/sex-tapes-celebs#image-load" target="_blank">See more of Chelsea at RadarOnline.com</a></p>
<p><a class="highslide" onclick="return vz.expand(this)" rel="attachment wp-att-1193" href="http://www.reasonpad.com/2010/06/stars-with-sex-tapes/chelseahandler/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1193" title="ChelseaHandler" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/ChelseaHandler.jpg" alt="" width="314" height="500" /></a></p>
<h2>Paris Hilton</h2>
<p>Paris Hilton&#8217;s sex tape with Rick Solomon employed the use of night vision to catch the action. The tape catapulted her from party girl obscurity into reality show superstardom. <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/69443/2010/06/sex-tapes-celebs#image-load" target="_blank">View more bikini photos of Paris at RadarOnline.com</a></p>
<p><a class="highslide" onclick="return vz.expand(this)" rel="attachment wp-att-1194" href="http://www.reasonpad.com/2010/06/stars-with-sex-tapes/parishilton/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1194" title="ParisHilton" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/ParisHilton.jpg" alt="" width="333" height="500" /></a></p>
<h2>Pam Anderson</h2>
<p>The queen of celebrity sex tapes, Pamela Anderson has had more than one sex tape released with more than one rock star. <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/69438/2010/06/sex-tapes-celebs#image-load" target="_blank">See sexy bikini photos of Pamela here.</a></p>
<p><a class="highslide" onclick="return vz.expand(this)" rel="attachment wp-att-1195" href="http://www.reasonpad.com/2010/06/stars-with-sex-tapes/pamanderson/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1195" title="PamAnderson" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/PamAnderson.jpg" alt="" width="306" height="500" /></a></p>
<h2>Nicole Narain</h2>
<p>Nicole Narain appeared with Colin Farrell in a fourteen-minute sex tape that was quickly taken off the market. <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/69502/2010/06/sex-tapes-celebs#image-load" target="_blank">View more revealing snaps of Nicole here</a></p>
<p><a class="highslide" onclick="return vz.expand(this)" rel="attachment wp-att-1196" href="http://www.reasonpad.com/2010/06/stars-with-sex-tapes/nicolenarain/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1196" title="NicoleNarain" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/NicoleNarain.jpg" alt="" width="361" height="500" /></a></p>
<h2>Jenna Lewis</h2>
<p>In 2004, a 42-minute sex tape of Survivor contestant Jenna Lewis and her husband Travis Wolfe surfaced. <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/69487/2010/06/sex-tapes-celebs#image-load" target="_blank">Scope out these shots of Jenna</a></p>
<p><a class="highslide" onclick="return vz.expand(this)" rel="attachment wp-att-1197" href="http://www.reasonpad.com/2010/06/stars-with-sex-tapes/jennalewis/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1197" title="JennaLewis" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/JennaLewis.jpg" alt="" width="331" height="500" /></a></p>
<h2>Carrie Prejean</h2>
<p>Former beauty queen Carrie Prejean apologized for her sex tape, saying it was the worst mistake of her life. <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/69459/2010/06/sex-tapes-celebs#image-load" target="_blank">Take a look at stunning bikini photos of Carrie in this gallery</a></p>
<p><a class="highslide" onclick="return vz.expand(this)" rel="attachment wp-att-1198" href="http://www.reasonpad.com/2010/06/stars-with-sex-tapes/carrieprejean/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1198" title="CarriePrejean" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/CarriePrejean.jpg" alt="" width="358" height="500" /></a></p>
<h2>Kendra Wilkinson</h2>
<p>Kendra Wilkinson shot her sex tape just a few months before her introduction to Hugh Hefner at a Playboy Mansion party. The rest is sex tape hsitory, as her video could be the most-watched ever. <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/69448/2010/06/sex-tapes-celebs#image-load" target="_blank">Take a look at these smokin’ photos of Kendra</a></p>
<p><a class="highslide" onclick="return vz.expand(this)" rel="attachment wp-att-1199" href="http://www.reasonpad.com/2010/06/stars-with-sex-tapes/kendrawilkinson/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1199" title="KendraWilkinson" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/KendraWilkinson.jpg" alt="" width="321" height="500" /></a></p>
<h2>Mindy McCready</h2>
<p>Earlier this year, country star Mindy McCready&#8217;s sex tape with an ex named Peter was released. <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/69492/2010/06/sex-tapes-celebs#image-load" target="_blank">See more of Mindy at RadarOnline.com</a></p>
<p><a class="highslide" onclick="return vz.expand(this)" rel="attachment wp-att-1200" href="http://www.reasonpad.com/2010/06/stars-with-sex-tapes/mindymccready/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1200" title="MindyMcCready" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/MindyMcCready.jpg" alt="" width="318" height="500" /></a></p>
<h2>Rebecca Gayheart</h2>
<p>Rebecca Gayheart and Eric Dane filmed a nude video of themselves with former beauty queen Kari Ann Peniche. <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/69482/2010/06/sex-tapes-celebs#image-load" target="_blank">Check out Rebecca in a bikini here</a></p>
<p><a class="highslide" onclick="return vz.expand(this)" rel="attachment wp-att-1201" href="http://www.reasonpad.com/2010/06/stars-with-sex-tapes/rebeccagayheart/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1201" title="RebeccaGayheart" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/RebeccaGayheart.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="500" /></a></p>
<h2>Kim Kardashian</h2>
<p>Kim Kardashian reportedly settled with Vivid Entertainment for $5 million over the release of her sex tape with then-boyfriend Ray J. <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/69433" target="_blank">Check out hot bikini photos of Kim here</a></p>
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		<title>Most Shocking Celebrity Deaths</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When stars pass away unexpectedly, fans all over the world are left shocked and stunned. And more often than not, conspiracy theories often spring up around the deaths of some of this celebrities &#8211; be it Michael Jackson, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley or John Lennon. In the case of Jackson, who died of cardiac arrest five [...]]]></description>
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<p>When stars pass away unexpectedly, fans all over the world are left shocked and stunned. And more often than not, conspiracy theories often spring up around the deaths of some of this celebrities &#8211; be it Michael Jackson, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley or John Lennon.</p>
<p>In the case of Jackson, who died of cardiac arrest five days back, it took hours for the first conspiracy theories to start circulating. The most popular is that he faked his death to escape the media glare and impending bankruptcy &#8212; despite medical reports blaming an overdose of prescription drugs.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-546" title="michael+jackson" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/michael+jackson.jpg" alt="michael+jackson" width="503" height="666" /></p>
<p>H<strong>eath ledger</strong>&#8216;s death in last January (2008) shocked fans, family and friends alike. The Australian actor, who apparently died of a drug overdose, was discovered by his housekeeper and his masseuse in his apartment.</p>
<p>Two weeks after his death, a report from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of New York concluded that the death was accidental &#8216;resulting from the abuse of prescription medications.&#8217;</p>
<p>A case against Ledger&#8217;s close friend Mary Kate Olsen, who was alleged to have supplied Ledger with the drugs, was also closed.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-547" title="Heath Ledger" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/Heath-Ledger.jpg" alt="Heath Ledger" width="352" height="450" /></p>
<p><strong>Image:</strong> A picture of Heath Ledger at makeshift memorial outside the apartment where he died in New York<br />
<strong>Photographs:</strong>Nicholas Roberts/Reuters</p>
<p>N<strong>atasha Richardson</strong> had it all &#8212; a loving husband in actor Liam Neeson, two sons, Micheal and Daniel and a successful career.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-548" title="natasha-richardson" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/natasha-richardson.jpg" alt="natasha-richardson" width="468" height="730" /></p>
<p>But on March 16, tragedy struck when the Parent Trap actress died of a head injury while taking a skiing lesson at the Mont Tremblant Resort in Quebec.</p>
<p>The most shocking part was that Richardson seemed to be fine after the fall, and even turned back paramedics and an ambulance which initially responded to the accident. But three hours later, after returning to her hotel room, she complained of a headache and was taken to a local hospital. Seven hours later, she was in a critical condition.</p>
<p>The next day she was flown to Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, where she died on March 18.</p>
<p>An autopsy conducted by the New York City Medical Examiners Office the following day revealed the cause of death was an &#8216;epidural hematoma due to blunt impact to the head&#8217;, and her death was ruled an accident.</p>
<p>A<strong>nna Nicole Smith</strong>&#8216;s death was shocking too.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-549" title="anna-nicole-smith" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/anna-nicole-smith.jpg" alt="anna-nicole-smith" width="376" height="490" /></p>
<p>The model and former Playboy Playmate died of drug overdose on February 8, 2007, in Florida, at the age of 39.</p>
<p>A month later, her boyfriend Howard K Stern and doctors Sandeep Kapoor and Khristine Eroshevich were charged with giving her drugs from June 5, 2004 to January 26, 2006.</p>
<p>In 1962, <strong>Marilyn Monroe</strong>&#8216;s shocking death at her home in Los Angeles led to a number of conspiracy theories.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-550" title="Marilyn Monroe" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/Marilyn-Monroe-600x450.jpg" alt="Marilyn Monroe" width="486" height="371" /></p>
<p>An autopsy found a cocktail of drugs in her system and the county coroner recorded the cause of death as acute barbiturate poisoning by accidental overdose.</p>
<p>However, speculation over Monroe&#8217;s death continues to this day and centres on her relationships with US President John F Kennedy and his brother, Robert Kennedy. Most of the theories allege she was murdered either by the CIA or the Mafia as she knew too much about the Kennedy links to organised crime.</p>
<p>Conspiracy theories have surrounded the demise of the <strong>Elvis Presley</strong>, who was found dead on his bathroom floor in Graceland in 1977.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-552" title="elvis_presley" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/elvis_presley-450x450.jpg" alt="elvis_presley" width="450" height="450" /></p>
<p>Two autopsies into the death of the King of Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Roll, whose prescription drug abuse was widely documented, concluded that he was killed by a sudden heart attack. And, yet there are many theories surrounding his death &#8212; by far the most persistent being that he somehow faked his own death in a bid to boost flagging record sales.</p>
<p>Hundreds of thousands of supposed sightings of the legend have been claimed in the three decades since.</p>
<p>The 1980s witnessed conspiracy theories surrounding the death of the former Beatle <strong>John Lennon</strong>.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-553" title="lennon_John" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/lennon_John-600x450.jpg" alt="lennon_John" width="503" height="373" /></p>
<p>He was shot dead outside the Dakota building in New York where he lived, by Mark David Chapman, on December 8, 1980.</p>
<p>Chapman was jailed for murder and is still in prison. But the most popular conspiracy theory over Lennon&#8217;s death is that he was killed by a remote control. And those who believe this claim that Chapman was programmed by US government agents to kill Lennon and that they used the novel Catcher in the Rye as a signal to go ahead with the operation.</p>
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		<title>Michael Jackson: Life and times</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Principal dates in the life of pop star Michael Jackson, who died in Los Angeles on Thursday after suffering a cardiac arrest. August 29, 1958: Born in Gary, Indiana.  August 1962: Singing debut with his brothers, The Jackson Five. March 1969: First Jackson Five contract with Tamla Motown, Detroit&#8217;s black-owned record label. Michael&#8217;s voice propels [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Principal dates in the life of pop star Michael Jackson, who died in Los Angeles on Thursday after suffering a cardiac arrest.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-536" title="Michael Jackson &amp; Britney Spears" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/Michael-Jackson-Britney-Spears.JPG" alt="Michael Jackson &amp; Britney Spears" width="390" height="491" /></p>
<p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">August <span style="color: #000000;">29, 1958: </span></span><span style="color: #000000;">Born in Gary, Indiana. <br />
</span><br />
<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">August 1962: </span>Singing debut with his brothers, The Jackson Five.</p>
<p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">March 1969: </span>First Jackson Five contract with Tamla Motown, Detroit&#8217;s black-owned record label. Michael&#8217;s voice propels the group onto the hit parade with &#8220;ABC&#8221; and &#8220;I&#8217;ll Be There&#8221;.</p>
<p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">1970: </span>Launch of solo career alongside that of the Jackson Five.</p>
<p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">August 1979: </span>Release of &#8220;Off The Wall&#8221; album, produced by Quincy Jones, which sold 11 million copies.</p>
<p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">December 1982: </span>release of &#8220;Thriller&#8221; album, whose seven hits included &#8220;Billie Jean&#8221; and &#8220;Beat It,&#8221; pushing sales to 50 million copies worldwide.</p>
<p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">1984: </span>Jackson&#8217;s face gets burnt during filming for a Pepsi ad.</p>
<p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">1985: </span>Buys ATV Music &#8212; a company with rights to John Lennon and Paul McCartney songs &#8212; for 47.5 million dollars.</p>
<p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">1985: </span>Jackson writes &#8220;We Are The World,&#8221; which benefited the fight against hunger in Africa.</p>
<p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">1987: </span>Release of &#8220;Bad,&#8221; which sold 26 million copies and marked the end of his collaboration with Quincy Jones.</p>
<p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">1988: </span>His autobiography &#8220;Moonwalk&#8221; comes out.</p>
<p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">1990: </span>Michael Jackson is seen for the first time wearing a surgical mask in public/</p>
<p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">1992: </span>Release of &#8220;Dangerous,&#8221; which sold 22 million copies/</p>
<p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">August 1993: </span>A father accuses Jackson of molesting his 13-year-old son, but settles out of court/</p>
<p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">May 1994: </span>February 1996: marriage to Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis</p>
<p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">June 1995: </span>Release of &#8220;History&#8221; album</p>
<p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">November 1996-October 1999: </span>Marriage to Debbie Rowe, a 37-year-old nurse with whom he has two children, Prince Michael and Paris Michael Katherine<br />
.<br />
<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">October 2001: </span>Release of &#8220;Invincible&#8221;.</p>
<p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">July 2002: </span>Jackson accuses record labels of exploiting artists, especially African-Americans.</p>
<p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">November 19, 2002: </span>Scandal after Jackson dangles his third son, nine-month-old Prince Michael II, from a Berlin hotel balcony.</p>
<p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">January 31, 2003: </span>Sotheby&#8217;s auction house sues for non-payment of 1.7 million dollars for two paintings.</p>
<p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">February 3: </span>In documentary &#8220;Living with Michael Jackson&#8221; broadcast on ITV, Jackson claims never to have abused a child, merely to have shared his bed.</p>
<p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">February: </span>The singer&#8217;s manager brings a 13-million-dollar lawsuit for back salary, which is settled out of court in June.</p>
<p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">November 18: </span>Police raid Jackson&#8217;s Neverland ranch in California as &#8220;Number Ones&#8221; album is released.</p>
<p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">November 19: </span>Warrant issued for Jackson&#8217;s arrest on several counts of child molestation.</p>
<p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">November 20: </span>Jackson is arrested and handcuffed after surrendering to police, held briefly then released on bail.</p>
<p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">December 18: </span>Michael Jackson is formally charged with child molestation.</p>
<p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">January 16, 2004: </span>Jackson pleads not guilty during his first appearance amid a media circus.</p>
<p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">January 31, 2005: </span>Michael Jackson trial begins with jury selection.</p>
<p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">February 28, 2005: </span>Opening arguments begin in trial.</p>
<p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">June 4, 2005: </span>Jurors begin considering their verdict.</p>
<p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">June 13, 2005: </span>Jackson acquitted on all charges against him.</p>
<p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">March 5, 2009: </span>Jackson announces series of comeback concerts in London &#8212; billed as the &#8220;final curtain&#8221; &#8212; his first major shows for more than a decade.</p>
<p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">May 20, 2009: </span>Jackson delays comeback shows. Concert organizers say singer&#8217;s health is &#8220;fantastic&#8221;.</p>
<p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">June 25, 2009: </span>Jackson dies in Los Angeles.</p>
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		<title>Michael Jackson and his women</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The King of Pop married Lisa, bonded with Liz Taylor and took Madonna to Oscars&#8230;Jackson was dear to all. A look at the women who were special to the legend.Lisa Marie Presley: It was the kiss that was seen – and buzzed-about – around the world: Michael Jackson and his bride, the King of Rock&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><em>The King of Pop married Lisa, bonded with Liz Taylor and took Madonna to Oscars&#8230;Jackson was dear to all. A look at the women who were special to the legend.</em>Lisa Marie Presley</strong>: It was the kiss that was seen – and buzzed-about – around the world: Michael Jackson and his bride, the King of Rock&#8217;s daughter, declared their love for one another with an electrifying lip-lock at the 1994 MTV Video Music Awards. But after 20 months of marriage, Presley, 27, filed for divorce from the then 37-year-old pop star.</p>
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<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-526" title="Michael Jackson &amp; Lisa Presley 1" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/Michael-Jackson-Lisa-Presley-1.JPG" alt="Michael Jackson &amp; Lisa Presley 1" width="401" height="350" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-527" title="Michael Jackson &amp; Lisa Presley" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/Michael-Jackson-Lisa-Presley.jpg" alt="Michael Jackson &amp; Lisa Presley" width="420" height="300" /></p>
<p><strong>Debbie Rowe</strong>: Michael Jackson and his second wife Deborah Rowe-Jackson. The world found out in November 1996 when Jackson and the 37-year-old assistant to the singer&#8217;s dermatologist confirmed news that they were expecting a baby together. Ten days after learning he was going to be a dad, the King of Pop married his 6-months-pregnant companion in a civil ceremony Down Under.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-528" title="Michael Jackson &amp; Deborah Rowe" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/Michael-Jackson-Deborah-Rowe.jpg" alt="Michael Jackson &amp; Deborah Rowe" width="468" height="551" /></p>
<p><strong>Diana Ross</strong>: She first got a glimpse of Jackson&#8217;s talent when she saw him performing at the age of 10. More than a decade later, the pair starred in 1978&#8242;s &#8216;The Wiz, an all-black version of The Wizard of Oz&#8217; (Getty Images)</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-529" title="03087402jack_20010626_22930.jpg" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/Michael-Jackson-Diana-Ross.jpg" alt="03087402jack_20010626_22930.jpg" width="511" height="323" /></p>
<p><strong>Tatum O&#8217;Neal</strong>: Though Michael had off and on connection with her. O&#8217;Neal met the singer at an L.A. club when she was 12 and he was 17, according to her book &#8216;A Paper Life&#8217;. The two developed a friendship, talked frequently and also shared a kiss at her home. Jackson later described in ABC&#8217;s &#8216;Living with Michael Jackson&#8217; documentary that O&#8217;Neal attempted to seduce him, which she denied. (Getty images)</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-530" title="Michael Jackson &amp; Tatum O'Neal" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/Michael-Jackson-Tatum-ONeal.JPG" alt="Michael Jackson &amp; Tatum O'Neal" width="397" height="297" /></p>
<p><strong>Elizabeth Taylor</strong>: Through all the child molestation allegations Jackson faced, he had the staunchest support from his longtime friend Dame Elizabeth Taylor, who the singer told Oprah Winfrey in 1993 was the one who anointed him the King of Pop – a moniker that stuck. What bonded the seemingly mismatched pair? Taylor told Larry King in a 2006 interview that &#8220;both had horrible childhoods.&#8221;</p>
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<p>ALSO SEE: <a href="http://www.reasonpad.com/2009/06/michael-jackson-life-and-times/" target="_blank">Michael Jackson- Life and Times</a></p>
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		<title>The hottest, highest-paid models in the world</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photograph: Cover of American Photo magazine Business magazine Forbes magazine has released it&#8217;s international list of this year&#8217;s top-earning models. Which sexy ladies have the deepest pockets? Find out right here! &#8216;The world&#8217;s top earning mod el&#8217; is based on estimated earnings of models from June 2008 to June 2009. Four Brazilian models have found [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-314" title="gisele-bundchen" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/gisele-bundchen-346x450.jpg" alt="gisele-bundchen" width="403" height="524" /></p>
<p><span class="f12"><strong>Photograph: </strong><strong>Cover of <em>American Photo</em> magazine</strong></span></p>
<p>Business magazine <em>Forbes</em> magazine has released it&#8217;s international list of this year&#8217;s top-earning models. Which sexy ladies have the deepest pockets? Find out right here!</p>
<p>&#8216;The world&#8217;s top earning mod</p>
<p>el&#8217; is based on estimated earnings of models from June 2008 to June 2009. Four Brazilian models have found a place in the rankings.</p>
<p>&#8220;(The) modelling industry has been hard-hit by the economic crisis, but the value of the beauties at the top is as strong as ever,&#8221; the magazine noted.</p>
<p><strong>At Number One: Gisele Bundchen</strong></p>
<p>Brazilian beauty Bundchen has topped the list of top-earning models. At 28, she has earnings to the tune of USD 25 million from numerous campaigns, including those for brands like Versace, True Religion jeans and Dior.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-315" title="heidi-klum" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/heidi-klum.jpg" alt="heidi-klum" width="365" height="450" /></p>
<p><strong>Photograph: </strong><strong>Cover of <em>GQ</em> magazine</strong></p>
<p>Bundchen is followed by 35-year-old Heidi Klum of Germany, with an estimated earning of USD 16 million. The majority of Klum&#8217;s earnings are driven by her TV and endorsement career. The model has endorsement deals with Diet Coke, Volkswagen, McDonald&#8217;s and LG, the report said.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-316" title="kate-moss" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/kate-moss-344x450.jpg" alt="kate-moss" width="344" height="450" /></p>
<p><span class="f12"><strong>Photograph: </strong><strong>Cover of <em>Vogue</em> magazine</strong></span></p>
<p>Thirty five-year-old icon Kate Moss placed on the third spot with an earning of USD 8.5 million.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-317" title="adriana-lima" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/adriana-lima-314x450.jpg" alt="adriana-lima" width="314" height="450" /></p>
<p><span class="f12"><strong>Photograph: </strong><strong>Cover of <em>GQ</em> magazine</strong></span></p>
<p>Another Brazilian model Adriana Lima has earned USD eight million in the last year and made it to <em>Forbes</em>&#8216; list at Number Four.</p>
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<p><span class="f12"><strong>Photograph: </strong><strong>Cover of <em>Victoria&#8217;s Secret</em> catalogue</strong></span></p>
<p>At the fifth position is Dutch looker Doutzen Kroes, the face of cosmetic company L&#8217;Oreal, and she raked in USD six million.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-320" title="alessandra-ambrosio" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/alessandra-ambrosio.jpg" alt="alessandra-ambrosio" width="349" height="450" /></p>
<p><span class="f12"><strong>Photograph: </strong><strong>Cover of <em>Glitter</em> magazine</strong></span></p>
<p>Twenty eight-year-old Alessandra Ambrosio of Brazil is also ranked fifth alongside Kroes, with her earnings tallying at around USD 6 million.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-321" title="natalia-vodianova" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/natalia-vodianova-342x450.jpg" alt="natalia-vodianova" width="342" height="450" /></p>
<p><span class="f12"><strong>Photograph: </strong><strong>Cover of <em>Vogue</em> magazine</strong></span></p>
<p>With two models at Number Five, we jump to Number Seven &#8212; Natalia Vodianova, raised in an impoverished family in Russia has cornered the seventh place with earnings to the tune of USD 5.5million.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-322" title="daria-werbowy" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/daria-werbowy-342x450.jpg" alt="daria-werbowy" width="342" height="450" /></p>
<p><span class="f12"><strong>Photograph: </strong><strong>Cover of <em>Elle</em> magazine</strong></span></p>
<p>Polish-born Daria Werbowy, with an annual earning of USD 4.5 million, is the eighth model on the list.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-323" title="miranda-kerr" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/miranda-kerr-308x450.jpg" alt="miranda-kerr" width="308" height="450" /></p>
<p><span class="f12"><strong>Photograph: </strong><strong>Cover of <em>Ralph</em> magazine</strong></span></p>
<p>Actor Orlando Bloom&#8217;s girlfriend Miranda Kerr ranked ninth, with an estimated income of USD 3 million.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-324" title="carolyn-murphy" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/carolyn-murphy-322x450.jpg" alt="carolyn-murphy" width="322" height="450" /></p>
<p><span class="f12"><strong>Photograph: </strong><strong>Cover of <em>Sports Illustrated</em> magazine</strong></span></p>
<p>A little way behind Kerr is American stunner Carolyn Murphy, also with an estimated earning of USD 3 million.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-325" title="emanuela-de-paula" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/emanuela-de-paula-340x450.jpg" alt="emanuela-de-paula" width="340" height="450" /></p>
<p><span class="f12"><strong>Photograph: </strong><strong>Carlos Barria/Reuters</strong></span></p>
<p>And finally, in eleventh position is Emanuela De Paula, who is the newest addition to the list and has an estimated earning of USD 2.5 million.</p>
<p>&#8220;&#8230;the modelling industry was hard-hit by the economic crisis. Prominent fashion labels cancelled or downgraded their runway shows, leaving models hoping for a break with fewer opportunities.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Declining revenues at major beauty and retail companies left agents with less leverage to bargain for their clients,&#8221; <em>Forbes </em>stated.</p>
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		<title>Finally Archie Andrews to marry Veronica, not Betty</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 11:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The age-old love triangle of Archie comics has finally been broken, after Riverdale&#8217;s ultimate playboy Archie Andrews picked the vixen Veronica over girl-next-door Betty to be his wife. So what if Betty was a blonde, loyal and kind- when it came to popping the question Archie chose the raven-haired, charming and rich Veronica After 67 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The age-old love triangle of Archie comics has finally been broken, after Riverdale&#8217;s ultimate playboy Archie Andrews picked the vixen Veronica over girl-next-door Betty to be his wife.</p>
<p>So what if Betty was a blonde, loyal and kind- when it came to popping the question Archie chose the raven-haired, charming and rich Veronica</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-209" title="archie-veronica" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/archie-veronica-480x360.jpg" alt="archie-veronica" width="480" height="360" /></p>
<p>After 67 years of being in a dilemma, Archie is all set to tie the knot with the vixen-a choice that left many Archie comic fans in gasps.</p>
<p>Archie Comic Publications announced on May 27 that the flighty redhead from Riverdale picked Veronica over Betty Cooper.</p>
<p>Already in mid-May, the publisher sent speculation swirling when it announced a special marital-themed storyline for release in August, but didn&#8217;t reveal the lucky lady.</p>
<p>The wedding will take place after the gang graduate from college, and venture out into the working world.</p>
<p>However, the response to the proposal has been markedly divided-Betty fans are outraged that the girl next door has been ditched yet again for the beautiful, yet spoilt, Ronnie.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-211" title="archie" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/archie-269x360.jpg" alt="archie" width="269" height="360" /></p>
<p>While many fans are questioning whether Archie should marry at all, because it could mean a possible end to the enduring comic-book soap opera.</p>
<p>The cover of Archie Comics (issue 600) shows Archie proposing to Veronica.</p>
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		<title>The Crappy Jobs These Superstar Singers Used to Have</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 16:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Making a living doing what you love is one of the most gratifying but often most elusive accomplishments. When you can rest your head at night knowing that you’ve spent your day exhausting your skills and talents pursuing worthwhile goals and dreams, and while doing so you’re able to bring home the delicious bacon, you’ll [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Making a living doing what you love is one of the most gratifying but often most elusive accomplishments. When you can rest your head at night knowing that you’ve spent your day exhausting your skills and talents pursuing worthwhile goals and dreams, and while doing so you’re able to bring home the delicious bacon, you’ll know you’ve “made it.” One problem with chasing your dreams, however, especially when they involve artistic expression, is that the process generally involves serving chicken wings or packing turnips into paper bags.</p>
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<p>Worthwhile, fulfilling careers usually don’t pay very much (if at all) starting out, so you’ll probably be serving tables to pay the bills while honing and developing your craft (If “making it” was easy, the Los Angeles service industry would collapse). The point is we all have to start somewhere, and very often that starting line is at the bottom. The following are some of the world’s most successful singing superstars who started at the bottom. They all needed to make a buck at one point or another, and they worked crappy jobs to help them eventually chase down and catch their dreams.</p>
<h3>Rod Stewart</h3>
<p>Think your job is lousy? Try digging graves. Would be kind of hard to get through a single work day without thoughts of rotting corpses, and worm-filled eye sockets entering your brain. Where would you take your lunch break? Well before embarking on his four-decade singing/songwriting career, releasing six number one albums with 62 hit singles, Rod Stewart had to dig holes for dead people.</p>
<h3>Jonathan Davis</h3>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-126" title="jonathan-davis" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/jonathan-davis-400x360.jpg" alt="jonathan-davis" width="400" height="360" /></p>
<p>His songs have always been dark, and I finally discovered why. Korn’s lead singer actually studied mortuary sciences and worked as an embalmer in a funeral home. This is even worse than Rod Stewart’s grave digging. Davis is probably one of the few <em>Six Feet Under</em> fans who relates most with the character Frederico. Not able to get enough of dead bodies, his next job was as an assistant in a coroner department.</p>
<h3>Sting</h3>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-127" title="sting" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sting.jpg" alt="sting" width="468" height="356" /></p>
<p>You know you’re not in the right profession when you call it your “soul-destroying day job.” This is how Gordon Sumner described his position as a tax officer with the Inland Revenue in Manchester, England, before he took on the name Sting. He later worked as a school teacher, where he became inspired to write two of the Police’s biggest hits, <em>Don’t Stand So Close to Me</em> and <em>Roxanne</em>. Nothing to do with the children, these songs were loosely based on the books “Lolita” and “Cyrano de Bergerac.”</p>
<h3>Sean Combs</h3>
<p>Establishing his work ethic at an early age, Sean Combs, aka Puff Daddy aka Puffy aka P-Diddy aka Diddy used to wake up at the crack of dawn everyday to deliver newspapers. This was at age 12. At 39 the rapper, producer, fashion designer, dancer and actor is one of the world’s richest hip-hop performers with an estimated net worth of $350 million bad boy bucks.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-128" title="Pink Elephant" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sean-combs.jpg" alt="Pink Elephant" width="424" height="330" /></p>
<h3>Ozzy Osborne</h3>
<p>When Ozzy finished school his only goals were to avoid working in the factories alongside the rest of his family, and he was taught that learning a trade was the path to success. So when he finished school he worked as a plumber’s assistant (“There seems to be a bat clogging your toilet. ‘Ang on while I bite eets ‘ed off.”) Not thrilled with the work he became a bricklayer. Still not happy. He tried to get into construction, same story. It wasn’t until he heard the Beatles that he discovered his true calling. What’s important is that Ozzy was able to recognize that the work wasn’t making him happy, so rather than just settle because his family told him he should, he kept searching until he found his path: Out of the toilets and onto the stage!</p>
<h3>Madonna</h3>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-129" title="madonna" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/madonna.jpg" alt="madonna" width="400" height="300" /></p>
<p>Can you imagine walking into your local doughnut shop for your morning coffee and there behind the counter is freaking Madonna! When the material girl was only 20 she left her home in Rochester Hills Michigan to become a dancer in New York City. She took many low-paying gigs to make ends meet, including a brief appearance at a Dunkin’ Donuts in Times Square.</p>
<p>She has since been entered inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and is listed in the Guiness Book of World Records as “the world’s most successful female recording artist of all time” and the “top-earning female singer in the world” with an estimated net worth of US$ 490 million, having sold over 200 million records worldwide. Also, she was probably the only woman in history to make the Dunkin’ Donuts’ uniform look good.</p>
<h3>Pierre Charles Bouvier</h3>
<p>The lead singer and bassist for Simple Plan, a pop-punk band from Montreal, Quebec has joked that playing music was their “simple plan” to avoid getting “real jobs.” But before the band earned international fame young Pierre had to barbecue chickens and deep fry french fries at a restaurant called St-Hubert. Many rising stars got their starts in restaurants, and the kitchen is probably the most gruelling position, especially when your restaurant only has four ingredients: potatoes, oil, chicken, and gravy. Mmmmm….gravy.</p>
<h3>Chubby Checker</h3>
<p>Infinitely worse than cooking chickens would have to be plucking the feathers out of dead ones. Before turning the <em>Twist</em> into a rock ‘n’ roll sensation, Ernest Evans had to rip the feathers out of dead chickens at the Fresh Farm Poultry Market in Philadelphia. His boss nicknamed the teenager “Chubby” and sometimes let him sing to customers over the loudspeaker.</p>
<h3>Shania Twain</h3>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-130" title="shaniatwain" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/shaniatwain-480x360.jpg" alt="shaniatwain" width="480" height="360" /></p>
<p>Growing up in Timmins, Ontario, the Twain family had very little money. One of five children, Shania (Eileen back then) had to do whatever she could to bring some bucks into the household for food. Aside from singing in dingy bars, Shania made the minimum wage working at McDonald’s. Hard to picture the beautiful singer dunking fries and assembling quarter pounders, especially since she would eventually sing <em>Come On Over</em>, the world’s best selling album by a female artist, as well as the best selling album in country music history. Try to supersize that!</p>
<h3>Snoop Dogg</h3>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-131" title="snoop_dogg" src="http://www.reasonpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/snoop_dogg-480x360.jpg" alt="snoop_dogg" width="480" height="360" /></p>
<p>East Long Beach, California wasn’t the ideal location to raise a son on her own, but Snoop’s mom did her best. She encouraged his singing in the church choir, and as a teenager he delivered newspapers and packed groceries at the local supermarket. But with street gangs promoting thug appeal right on his doorstep, the dark side was way more attractive than remembering to place the eggs on top. He eventually joined the Crips and began selling crack, a “job” which would get him shot at and would eventually land him in prison. It may have been the right path however, as it was in prison that Snoop honed his rhyming skills, helping him to hit the ground running with friends like Warren G and Nate Dogg after his release. Dr. Dre would soon hear Snoop’s smooth rhymes and the rest is history.</p>
<p>You may be up to your elbows in French fry grease or grimey pipework, handling dead chickens or dead people, shooting newspapers into people’s mailboxes or getting shot. If you start doubting yourself as you watch your friends buy houses and cars and big screen TVs with the money make from their 9-5, mundane, soul crushing jobs, just remember that deep down they would trade all of it to be on the right path just like you. Sacrifice now and you’ll have the last laugh in the end.</p>
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