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“Weird Al” Yankovic, who rose to fame in the '80s with his musical parodies, is profiled
Meatloaf was born Michael Lee Aday. He was the first child of police officer father Orvis and school teacher mother, Wilma.
Orvis was a renowned alcoholic who would often slumber into drinking binges which lasted several days. As Meat Loaf would inevitably end up driving round town with his mother, looking in bars for Orvis, he would often instead stay with his grandmother Charlsee Norrod.
After completing college, Meat Loaf enrolled at North Texas State University where he was called for an army physical. Meat Loaf was so determined not to pass the fitness test that he deliberately gained sixty-eight pounds in just over a month. Yet despite being colour blind and overweight, his draft notice arrived two weeks later - which he ignored.
In 1967, Meat Loaf left Texas and moved to Los Angeles where he started working as a bouncer at a nightclub. It was in LA that Meat Loaf formed his first band, Meat Loaf Soul. It was during the recording of their first song that Meat Loaf hit a note so high that he managed to blow a fuse on the recording monitor which immediately led to an offer of three separate recording contracts- which he turned down all of.
The band underwent several line-up changes on lead guitar, each time culminating in a new band name, including Floating Circus and Popcorn Blizard.
After Floating Circus split, Meat Loaf took on several low-key jobs, one of which would inadvertently lead to his breakthrough in the media. While working as a parking lot attendant he had a chance meeting with a man who asked what Meat Loaf did when he wasn’t on the lot. After mentioning that he was a singer in his spare time, the man suggested he should audition for the stage musical, Hair. The audition was a success and led to Meat Loaf starring in a six month run in Detroit.
Meat Loaf’s role in Hair was the kickstart he needed, as the publicity generated led to an invite from Motown to record a duet album with Stoney Murphy. The album entitled Stoney and M
She's the new Revlon spokeswomen, Lance Armstrong's ex-girlfriend, and a nine-time Grammy-winning rock star. This portrait of Sheryl Crow follows her meteoric career from the time she first burst onto the rock scene with her album, "Tuesday Night Music Club," in 1993. In 2003, she met cycling great Lance Armstrong and the two became a high-profile couple. She also became involved in Lance's LiveStrong Foundation's fight against cancer. But ironically, days after they broke up, Crow was diagnosed with breast cancer. The disease is now in remission, and Crow, the new mother of an adopted baby boy, continues to draw big crowds for her performances.
Whitney Houston The Real Story
In the spring of 1987, 23-year-old Paul Bernardo met Karla Homolka in a suburban hotel restaurant outside of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Although still in high school, 17-year-old Karla fell for Paul, immediately. Together, they made a picture-perfect couple, complete with a horse-drawn carriage for their fairy tale wedding. But the seemingly perfect couple was not so perfect after all. Alone, Paul was responsible for nearly 20 rapes throughout the area. And together, they were guilty of drugging, raping and murdering three young girls, one of which was Karla's 14-year-old sister. They captured most of the assaults on videotape.
Jon Stewart is the host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, which dubs itself "the most trusted name in fake news" and has run for nearly 20 seasons.
They were virtually unknown when they were cast in the first Harry Potter movie in 2000, but Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint have since become worldwide stars. When Radcliffe won the coveted role as Harry in The Sorcerer's Stone, he was plucked from almost compete obscurity. Grint was a fan of the books and wanted a part in the films so much that he sent a video of himself rapping about how much he wanted the role. Watson was just 11 and had almost no acting experience when the film was released. Today, all the Potter kids are grown, especially Watson, who has been named one of the world's sexiest women by the magazine "FHM".
When he died, Belushi's widow taped a collection of conversations with John's friends, colleagues and family. These form a backdrop to a profile of an American comic legend.
A profile of Princess Diana (1961-97) features reminiscences by those who knew her, including her nanny; hairdresser; speechwriter; teachers; and personal trainer.
Biography: Anna Nicole Smith documents the life of the troubled model who rose to fame in the pages of adult magazines before becoming a Guess jeans model, and a tabloid fixture upon her marriage to an elderly millionaire. Her protracted legal battle over his estate, as well as her outlandish public behavior made her a tabloid fixture.
For six years, Anatoly Onoprienko terrorized the entire Ukraine. He killed eight families, 52 people total. The press nicknamed him "The Terminator," and he has vowed to kill again if he ever escapes jail.
A history of the band Fleetwood Mac examines their long career spanning more than 40 years. Included: the different members over the years; the numerous breakups.
A profile of Kelsey Grammer, who rose to fame in the sitcoms “Cheers” and “Frasier.”
