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Paula Abdul
Paula Julie Abdul is an American singer, dancer, choreographer, actress, and television personality. She began her career as a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers at the age of 18 and later became the head choreographer for the Laker Girls, where she was discovered by the Jacksons. After choreographing music videos for Janet Jackson, Abdul became a choreographer at the height of the music video…
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Born 19 June 1962 · Q185465
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second season. Abdul was replaced by Demi Lovato. In October 2012, Abdul served as a guest judge during week four of the All-Stars version of Dancing with the Stars. In April 2013, Abdul appeared on the Top 5 results show of season 12 of American Idol to compliment contestant Candice Glover on her performance of
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2026· 10 entries
Published video “There's a fine line between a ridiculous idea and a brilliant one 😂 And the rest is history! 🐈”.
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Published video “Today marks 40 years since Janet Jackson released "When I Think of You" ❣️”.
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Published video “Who remembers when I stopped by The Late Late Show & James fully committed to playing Skat Kat?”.
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Published video “I’ve always found a way to rise to the occasion 😝”.
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Published video “Saved the best ones for last!! 🤪👠 #heelcollection #shoecollection”.
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Published video “It’s a lifelong condition 🤷🏽♀️✨”.
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Published video “Working on my summer bucket list one inch at a time 😂”.
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Published video “The heels count for bonus points, and I stand by my math 😂😂😂😂”.
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Published video “37 years ago today on 5/20/89, “Forever Your Girl” became my second #1 on the Billboard Hot 100!”.
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2024· 1 entry
Abdul co-headlines The Magic Summer Tour
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2023· 2 entries
Abdul filed a lawsuit accusing producer Nigel Lythgoe of sexual assault when they worked together on American Idol in the 2000s
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Abdul joined the producing team of the Broadway musical How to Dance in Ohio
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2021· 1 entry
Released ep “Cold Hearted”.
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2020· 1 entry
"There are seven other people that were on the plane, who were in that plane accident with me
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2019· 2 entries
Abdul announced her first Las Vegas residency, Paula Abdul: Forever Your Girl
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“s first leg began on August 13, the first of 20 dates, ending in January 2020. On June 7, 2019, Abdul opened LA Pride. Abdul also performed at the fourteenth series finale of America”
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2017· 1 entry
In Hollywood, Florida, for a total of 47 shows
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2016· 1 entry
Abdul performed a full headline set for the first time in 26 years at the Mixtape Festival in Hershey, Pennsylvania
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2015· 3 entries
Abdul and Donnie Wahlberg presented Favorite Female Artist – Pop/Rock at the 43rd American Music Awards; the award Abdul won at the 1990 AMAs, presented to her by Wahlberg
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Abdul along with Charles "Chucky" Klapow, Renee Richie, and Nakul Dev Mahajan won the World Choreography Award for Outstanding Choreography Digital Format for the video 'Check Yourself'
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Abdul made a guest appearance on the comedy sitcom Real Husbands of Hollywood on its season 4 premiere
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2013· 3 entries
Released album “Icon”.
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Abdul was a guest judge on So You Think You Can Dance (season ten)
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At the age of 51, Abdul had her bat mitzvah in Safed, Israel, at the International Center for Tzfat Kabbalah, a museum and spiritual retreat for the study of Kabbalah – Jewish mysticism
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2012· 2 entries
Released album “Straight Up! The Very Best of Paula Abdul”.
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“second season. Abdul was replaced by Demi Lovato. In October 2012, Abdul served as a guest judge during week four of the All-Stars version of Dancing with the Stars. In April 2013, Abdul appeared on the Top 5 results show of season 12 of American Idol to compliment contestant Candice Glover on her performance of”
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2011· 1 entry
Released album “10 Great Songs”.
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2009· 1 entry
“Very sadly, it does not appear that she”
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2008· 2 entries
A 30-year-old woman named Paula Goodspeed was found dead in her car outside of Abdul's Los Angeles-area home
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Abdul returned to music charts for the first time in nearly thirteen years with the single "Dance Like There's No Tomorrow", the first track on the album Randy Jackson's Music Club Vol
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2007· 3 entries
Released album “Greatest Hits: Straight Up!”.
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Paula Abdul Jewelry launched its nationwide consumer debut on QVC, with the tagline "fashion jewelry designed with heart and soul
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By the Virgin label, who also made all of Abdul's releases under their label available for digital download on iTunes
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2006· 1 entry
Abdul appeared on the third series of The X Factor UK as a guest judge during the auditions, sitting alongside judges Cowell, Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh
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2005· 3 entries
Abdul said she had been diagnosed in November 2004 with a neurological disorder causing chronic pain, reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), following a "cheerleading accident" at age 17
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In 2005, Abdul said she had been diagnosed in November 2004 with a neurological disorder causing chronic pain, reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), following a "cheerleading accident" at age 17.
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At a stop in Austin, Texas, before being dismissed from the show
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2003· 1 entry
Abdul was reported as a practitioner of Transcendental Meditation
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2002· 1 entry
Began appearing as one of three judges on the Fox reality competition series American Idol, where she won praise as a sympathetic and compassionate judge and mentor
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2000· 2 entries
Released album “Greatest Hits”.
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Virgin Records, with whom Abdul was already no longer affiliated, released the first of two compilation albums by Abdul, Paula Abdul: Greatest Hits
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1998· 3 entries
Released album “The Greatest”.
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Released a second workout video called Cardio Dance (re-released on DVD in 2000)
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After 17 months of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences
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1997· 1 entry
Abdul co-wrote a song called "Spinning Around" with record producer and composer Kara DioGuardi, which was intended to be her comeback single from a new album, but the plan never materialized and the song was later given
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1996· 1 entry
At the New England Carousel Museum in Bristol, Connecticut
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1995· 4 entries
Released album “Head Over Heels”.
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Abdul released a dance workout video entitled Paula Abdul's Get Up and Dance
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Abdul stated that the reason for their divorce was that she wanted children and Estevez, who had two children from a previous relationship, did not
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In 1995, Abdul stated that the reason for their divorce was that she wanted children and Estevez, who had two children from a previous relationship, did not.
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1994· 2 entries
Abdul sought treatment for bulimia nervosa, which she revealed years later had first developed during her teens and only intensified after she became a pop star
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In 1994, Abdul sought treatment for bulimia nervosa, which she revealed years later had first developed during her teens and only intensified after she became a pop star.
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1993· 1 entry
Rejecting Marine's claim to credit and copyright compensation
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1992· 2 entries
Released album “The Singles”.
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During her Under My Spell Tour, necessitating fifteen cervical spinal surgeries
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1991· 4 entries
Awarded star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (1991).
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Released album “Spellbound”.
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Singer Yvette Marine filed a lawsuit against Virgin Records (Abdul was not named directly in the suit), alleging that her lead guide vocal tracks were combined with Abdul's and passed off as one voice on at least two son
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Abdul starred in a popular Diet Coke commercial in which she danced with a digital image of her idol, a young Gene Kelly
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1990· 1 entry
Released album “Shut Up and Dance: The Dance Mixes”.
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1988· 1 entry
Released album “Forever Your Girl”.
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1987· 1 entry
Abdul used her savings to make a singing demo
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1978· 1 entry
Appeared in a low-budget independent musical film, Junior High School
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1962· 1 entry
Born 1962-06-19.
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