absolute hockey enterprises or absolute hockey enterprises or absolute hockey enterprises

(AP) A group led by former Florida Panthers coach Doug MacLean has
agreed to buy the Tampa Bay Lightning from Palace Sports and
Entertainment.

The NHL team said Tuesday that Absolute Hockey Enterprises signed a
purchase agreement that also includes the leasing rights to the St.
Pete Times Forum and adjacent properties. The sale is subject to
approval by the NHL's board of governors.

Absolute Hockey also includes Jeff Sherrin and Oren Koules. Team
spokesman Jay Preble said Sherrin is a Coral Springs real estate
developer and Koules is a TV and movie producer. Preble declined
further comment until a news conference later Tuesday.

MacLean coached Florida to the Stanley Cup finals in 1996. He was
fired in April as the Columbus Blue Jackets' president and general
manager.

The Lightning won the Stanley Cup in 2004.

(AP) A group led by former Florida Panthers coach Doug MacLean has
agreed to buy the Tampa Bay Lightning from Palace Sports and
Entertainment.

The NHL team said Tuesday that Absolute Hockey Enterprises signed a
purchase agreement that also includes the leasing rights to the St.
Pete Times Forum and adjacent properties. The sale is subject to
approval by the NHL's board of governors.

Absolute Hockey also includes Jeff Sherrin and Oren Koules. Team
spokesman Jay Preble said Sherrin is a Coral Springs real estate
developer and Koules is a TV and movie producer. Preble declined
further comment until a news conference later Tuesday.

MacLean coached Florida to the Stanley Cup finals in 1996. He was
fired in April as the Columbus Blue Jackets' president and general
manager.

The Lightning won the Stanley Cup in 2004.

(AP) A group led by former Florida Panthers coach Doug MacLean has
agreed to buy the Tampa Bay Lightning from Palace Sports and
Entertainment.

The NHL team said Tuesday that Absolute Hockey Enterprises signed a
purchase agreement that also includes the leasing rights to the St.
Pete Times Forum and adjacent properties. The sale is subject to
approval by the NHL's board of governors.

Absolute Hockey also includes Jeff Sherrin and Oren Koules. Team
spokesman Jay Preble said Sherrin is a Coral Springs real estate
developer and Koules is a TV and movie producer. Preble declined
further comment until a news conference later Tuesday.

MacLean coached Florida to the Stanley Cup finals in 1996. He was
fired in April as the Columbus Blue Jackets' president and general
manager.

The Lightning won the Stanley Cup in 2004.

(AP) A group led by former Florida Panthers coach Doug MacLean has
agreed to buy the Tampa Bay Lightning from Palace Sports and
Entertainment.

The NHL team said Tuesday that Absolute Hockey Enterprises signed a
purchase agreement that also includes the leasing rights to the St.
Pete Times Forum and adjacent properties. The sale is subject to
approval by the NHL's board of governors.

Absolute Hockey also includes Jeff Sherrin and Oren Koules. Team
spokesman Jay Preble said Sherrin is a Coral Springs real estate
developer and Koules is a TV and movie producer. Preble declined
further comment until a news conference later Tuesday.

MacLean coached Florida to the Stanley Cup finals in 1996. He was
fired in April as the Columbus Blue Jackets' president and general
manager.

The Lightning won the Stanley Cup in 2004.

(AP) A group led by former Florida Panthers coach Doug MacLean has
agreed to buy the Tampa Bay Lightning from Palace Sports and
Entertainment.

The NHL team said Tuesday that Absolute Hockey Enterprises signed a
purchase agreement that also includes the leasing rights to the St.
Pete Times Forum and adjacent properties. The sale is subject to
approval by the NHL's board of governors.

Absolute Hockey also includes Jeff Sherrin and Oren Koules. Team
spokesman Jay Preble said Sherrin is a Coral Springs real estate
developer and Koules is a TV and movie producer. Preble declined
further comment until a news conference later Tuesday.

MacLean coached Florida to the Stanley Cup finals in 1996. He was
fired in April as the Columbus Blue Jackets' president and general
manager.

The Lightning won the Stanley Cup in 2004.

Polly Bergen or Polly Bergen or Polly Bergen

Polly Bergen (born Nellie Paulina Burgin on July 14, 1930) is a Golden
Globe-nominated American actress, singer, and entrepreneur.
Contents
[hide]

* 1 Biography
o 1.1 Early life
o 1.2 Career
o 1.3 Personal life
* 2 Filmography
* 3 Television work
* 4 External links

[edit] Biography
Polly Bergen
[edit] Early life
Polly Bergen
Bergen was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. Just as other actresses such
as Joan Collins and Luise Rainer have done, Bergen publicly revealed
that she had undergone an abortion when she was a young woman.

[edit] Career
Polly Bergen
Bergen was a regular panelist on the CBS television game show To Tell
the Truth during its debut run. She played the character of Rhoda
Henry in two ABC miniseries, The Winds of War and War and Remembrance.
She appeared in the 2001 Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim's
Follies at the Belasco Theater and received a Tony Award nomination as
Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She also appeared on HBO's The
Sopranos.
Polly Bergen
In 2006, Bergen was a semi-regular cast member of Commander-in-Chief
as the President's mother. Her role in that series, about the first
female President, is notable because Bergen herself once played a
President, in the 1964 film Kisses for My President. One of her most
recent appearances was on CBS's Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation
Candles on Bay Street (2006), in which she played the assistant to a
husband-and-wife team of veterinarians. Bergen also was in several
television commercials for Pepsi Cola in the 1950's.
Polly Bergen
[edit] Personal life

Bergen converted to Judaism[citation needed] after having married
Hollywood talent agent Freddie Fields, by whom she had one biological
child and two adopted children. She had previously been a Southern
Baptist; a grandfather was a Baptist minister.[citation needed] She
had two other marriages that also ended in divorce. When not working,
Bergen lives quietly amongst her Hollywood pals in the Hills of
Litchfield County, Connecticut.[citation needed]
Polly Bergen
[edit] Filmography
Polly Bergen
* Champion (1949)
* Across the Rio Grande (1949)
* At War with the Army (1950)
* That's My Boy (1951)
* Warpath (1951)
* The Stooge (1952)
* Cry of the Hunted (1953)
* Arena (1953)
* Half a Hero (1953)
* Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)
* Cape Fear (1962)
* Belle Sommers (1962)
* The Caretakers (1963)
* Move Over, Darling (1963)
* Kisses for My President (1964)
* A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
* Making Mr. Right (1987)
* Mother, Mother (1989) (short subject)
* Cry-Baby (1990)
* Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1995)
* Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995)
* Paradise, Texas (2005)
* A Very Serious Person (2006)

[edit] Television work

* The Blue Angel (1954) (canceled after a few weeks)
* The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (host from 1954-1955)
* To Tell the Truth (panelist from 1956-1961)
* The Polly Bergen Show (1957-1958)
* Death Cruise (1974)
* Murder on Flight 502 (1975)
* Not for Women Only (host from 1976-1977)
* 79 Park Avenue (1977) (miniseries)
* Teleton (1977)
* How to Pick Up Girls! (1978)
* The Million Dollar Face (1981)
* Born Beautiful (1982)
* The Winds of War (1983) (miniseries)
* Velvet (1984)
* Addicted to His Love (1988)
* War and Remembrance (1988) (miniseries)
* She Was Marked for Murder (1988)
* The Haunting of Sarah Hardy (1989)
* My Brother's Wife (1989)
* Steel Magnolias (1990) (unsold pilot)
* Baby Talk (1991-1992)
* Lightning Field (1991)
* Lady Against the Odds (1992)
* Arly Hanks (1993) (unsold pilot)
* Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal (1993)
* Leave of Absence (1994)
* The Surrogate (1995)
* In the Blink of an Eye (1996)
* For Hope (1996)
* Early Bird (2005)
* Commander in Chief (2005-2006)
* Candles on Bay Street (2006)
* Desperate Housewives (2007)
* Sopranos Fran Felstein

The Office actor provides staff training

The Office actor provides staff training

From the archive, first published Wednesday 26th Nov 2003.

Staff training days for many office workers will forever be linked
with David Brent prancing around in a baseball cap singing Simply The
Best.

Now it has emerged one of the supporting cast in The Office had to
take co-star Ricky Gervais' legendary performance firmly on the chin.
The Office actor provides staff training
That is because David Schaal, who plays Warnham Hogg warehouse manager
Glyn, co-runs a corporate training company in real life.

David is one half of Brighton-based Playout, which he founded in 1988
with business partner and television presenter Becky Simpson.
The Office actor provides staff training
The business is run from Becky's home in Beaufort Terrace. David lives
in London.

For the last 15 years they have used live performances and comedy to
help people improve their presentation skills and with work
situations.
The Office actor provides staff training
Becky, 42, said: "I met David when he was working in a show in London
and I was working as a reporter on a local paper.

"We were both actors and started the company by playing simulated
patients for medical students. It has spiralled from there. We now
devise three main training programmes on difficult encounters,
creative presentations and dynamic diversity."

The pair focus mainly in the South-East and have close links with the
University of Brighton, Horsham Primary Care Trust and the Worthing
Pavilion Theatre.
The Office actor provides staff training
Becky said: "Whichever course we run, people always say it is fun and
challenging."

Customer care is in Becky's blood. Her mother, Audrey Simpson, used to
run the Granville Hotel and was also head of the Brighton Chamber of
Commerce.
The Office actor provides staff training
David, 40, is quick to point out the courses bear little resemblance
to those given by David Brent in The Office.

He said: "I have never seen anyone dancing around the room in a
baseball cap. The Office works because it is so over the top but, at
the same time, people recognise a kernel of truth in the characters.

"The show has been great for business in that it has helped inject a
real element of fun."
The Office actor provides staff training
Even though Gervais' character has helped to give office humour a
dirty name, David still thinks comedy has a place in the workplace.

He said: "Comedy is a great medium for training because if you can
make something enjoyable you are halfway there.

"Becky and I are often called upon to perform ice-breaking comedy
sketches at business conferences and these work very well when a group
of businessmen need warming up."

Those that have worked with David and Becky agree they bring great
energy and enthusiasm to the training sessions.

Gerry Kassab who runs Worthing based management consultants Green and
Kassab said: "They are a terrific double act who bring fun and
enthusiasm to corporate training.

"It is the most enjoyable course I have ever been on and I learnt a
lot about myself."

Wednesday November 26, 2003

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Pattie Boyd-Harrison or Pattie Clapton

Patricia Anne "Pattie" Boyd (sometimes known as Pattie Boyd-Harrison
or Pattie Clapton) (born 17 March 1944 in Taunton, Somerset, England),
model and photographer, is best known as the wife of two famous rock
musicians and the inspiration for several monumental rock love songs.
Contents
[hide]

* 1 Marriages
* 2 Career
o 2.1 Rock Star Muse
o 2.2 Photography
* 3 Autobiography
* 4 References
* 5 External links

[edit] Marriages

After meeting on the set of A Hard Day's Night, Pattie married George
Harrison on January 21, 1966, during the heyday of his group, The
Beatles. Harrison's friend Eric Clapton, first of The Yardbirds, then
of Cream, also fell in love with her. Pattie went on to divorce
Harrison on June 9, 1977, and later marry Clapton on March 27, 1979.
She and Clapton divorced in June 1988.

Pattie Boyd-Harrison or Pattie Clapton Career
Pattie Boyd-Harrison or Pattie Clapton
Pattie was a successful model during the 1960s and early 1970s. She
was known to frequent trendy clubs as well as the company of the
era-defining designers Mary Quant and Ossie Clark. She was
photographed by popular fashion photographers of the day, such as
David Bailey and Terence Donovan and appeared on covers of the
best-known British magazines, including the UK and Italian editions of
Vogue.

Boyd was a 20-year-old model in 1964 when she met the youngest Beatle
during filming for A Hard Day's Night. She was cast as a schoolgirl
fan in the film. According to her autobiography, one of the first
things he said to her was "Will you marry me?".[1] She married
Harrison in 1966 and is said to have introduced the Beatles to the
Indian mystic the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi later that year.[2]

Pattie Boyd-Harrison or Pattie ClaptonRock Star Muse
Pattie Boyd-Harrison or Pattie Clapton
Pattie was the inspiration for one of Harrison's most famous Beatles
songs, "Something" (which Frank Sinatra called one of the best
Lennon/McCartney songs ever recorded, though it was written entirely
by Harrison). George told Pattie that "Something" was written for her
but after she left him, Harrison denied Pattie was his muse.
Pattie Boyd-Harrison or Pattie Clapton
In the late sixties, Clapton became a close friend of Harrison,
writing and recording music together at Harrison's home. It was at
this time that Clapton became enamored of Boyd. Unable to date her,
Clapton took up with Boyd's 17 year old sister, Paula. At the same
time, the 25 year-old Clapton was also linked to another 17 year old,
Alice Ormsby-Gore, according to Time magazine's March 16, 1970
issue.[3]

When Boyd rebuffed his advances in late 1970, Clapton descended into
an addiction to heroin and self-imposed exile with Ormsby-Gore.
Meanwhile, during Clapton's tenure in Derek and the Dominos, their
only studio album, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, was fueled by
his unrequited love for Pattie.

This tortured passion for his best friend's wife produced one of his
most famous songs, "Layla," a rock song that became a pop hit in three
different decades, with two different versions. Pattie is said to also
be the inspiration to "Bell Bottom Blues" from the same album, which
Clapton reportedly wrote after she gave him a pair of blue jeans. In
her autobiography, she claims he gave her the pair of pants after
returning from a trip to Miami.

After Harrison's increasing religious explorations and relentless
infidelities (including a fling with Ringo Starr's wife, Maureen)
irrevocably alienated her, Pattie left him for Clapton in 1974.

On Sept. 7, 1976, Clapton wrote the famous love song "Wonderful
Tonight" for Pattie while waiting for her to get ready to go out to
Paul and Linda McCartney's annual Buddy Holly party. He also penned
other tunes for her: "Pretty Blue Eyes", "Golden Ring", "Never Make
You Cry" (from Behind the Sun) and "Pretty Girl" (from Money and
Cigarettes).

However, just like her marriage to Harrison, the outward image of the
perfect couple Clapton and Boyd projected masked deep pain and
struggle. His addictions led her to alcohol addiction, which he
documented with the song The Shape You're In. [4] She divorced him in
1988 after years of alcoholism on his part, as well as numerous
affairs. Pattie herself was never able to conceive children [5] .

Harrison and Clapton remained very good friends despite the struggle
with Pattie. Clapton cited his reasons for being with Pattie as human
nature, moreover pointing out that it was not done with ill-will
towards Harrison. Clapton even organized, emceed, and performed at the
Concert For George, the commemoration concert for George Harrison
following his death.
Pattie Boyd-Harrison or Pattie Clapton
John Lennon and Mick Jagger were known to have had crushes on Pattie,
with the latter admitting in the 1980s that he'd tried (but failed) to
seduce her for years. She also had a brief affair with future Rolling
Stone Ronnie Wood during the fall of 1973, as her marriage to Harrison
was ending. Ronnie Wood and his then wife, Chrissie, were guests of
George and Pattie Harrison for a month at their home, Friar Park,
where George and Ronnie were recording together. After a few weeks
George invited Chrissie Wood on a holiday to Portugal and then to
Switzerland - with her husband's blessing.
Pattie Boyd-Harrison or Pattie Clapton
Left behind Ronnie Wood and Pattie then traveled to the Bahamas with
other friends including Mick Jagger - and were discovered by the press
upon their return landing at London airport on November 25, 1973 -
thus intensifying rumors in the press about the Harrison marriage.
However, Boyd left Wood heartbroken, influencing yet another
musician's recordings, such as the songs "Breathe on Me" and
"Mystifies Me".
Pattie Boyd-Harrison or Pattie Clapton
Pattie's younger sister Jenny Boyd (born Helen Mary Boyd, but
nicknamed Jenny after one of Pattie's childhood dolls) also
experienced a musician love triangle: she was the muse for some of
Donovan's pop hits, most notably "Jennifer Juniper." However she
eventually chose Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac fame, marrying
Fleetwood in 1970 and bearing him two daughters.

Pattie Boyd-Harrison or Pattie Clapton Photography

An exhibition of photographs taken by Boyd during her days with
Harrison and Clapton opened at the San Francisco Art Exchange on
Valentine's Day 2005, titled "Through the Eye of a Muse." The
exhibition also ran again in San Francisco in February 2006, and for
six weeks in June/July 2006 in London.

Pattie Boyd-Harrison or Pattie Clapton Autobiography

Wonderful Today: The Autobiography of Pattie Boyd due to be published
in England on August 23, 2007 by Hodder Headline Review and in the
U.S. on August 28, 2007 by Harmony Books, includes her own
photographs. It was written with journalist Penny Junor. The
63-year-old Boyd lives in a 17th-century cottage in West Sussex and is
said to be enjoying the prospect of her account going head-to-head
with Clapton's autobiography.[6]

Pattie Boyd-Harrison or Pattie Clapton References

Pattie Boyd-Harrison or Pattie Clapton * Leopold T. Harrison,
Clapton and their muse: Pattie Boyd's life and images put classic rock
era in focus. CNN.com, February 3, 2005. Accessed on October 6 2005.

Larry Page Lawrence Page

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For the music producer/manager, see Larry Page (British singer and manager).
Larry Page Lawrence Page
Lawrence Page
Born: March 26, 1973 (1973-03-26) (age 34)
Lansing, Michigan
Occupation: Co-Founder & President of Products of Google Inc.
Salary: $35,045 USD (2005)[1]
Net worth: $16.6 billion USD (2007)[2]
Larry Page Lawrence Page
Lawrence Edward "Larry" Page (born March 26, 1973 in Lansing,
Michigan) is an American entrepreneur who co-founded the Google
internet search engine, now Google Inc., with Sergey Brin.[3]
Larry Page Lawrence Page
Page is currently the President of Products at Google Inc. and has a
net worth estimated at 16.6 billion dollars, making him the 26th
richest (living) person in the world together with Sergey Brin
according to Forbes' annual list of billionaires on 2007[2].
Contents
Larry Page Lawrence Page
Larry Page Lawrence Page
Early life and education
Larry Page Lawrence Page
Larry Page is the son of the late Dr. Carl Victor Page, one of the
University of Michigan's first computer science Ph.D Graduates,
professor of computer science and artificial intelligence at Michigan
State University[4], and Gloria Page, a computer programming teacher
at Michigan State University. He is also the brother of Carl Victor
Page, Jr., a co-founder of eGroups, later sold to Yahoo! for
approximately half a billion dollars.
Larry Page Lawrence Page
Page attended a Montessori school in Lansing, Michigan and graduated
from East Lansing High School. Page holds a Bachelor of Science degree
in computer engineering from the University of Michigan with honors
and a Masters degree from Stanford University.[5] At University of
Michigan, Page was a member of the solar car team and served as the
president of the HKN.[6]
Larry Page Lawrence Page
Business
Larry Page Lawrence Page
While a student in the Ph.D. program in computer science at Stanford
University, Page met Sergey Brin. Together they launched the Google
search engine in 1998. Google is based on patented PageRank
technology, which relies on the structure of links between web sites
to determine the ranking of an individual site. Page is still "on
leave" from the Ph.D. program.
Larry Page Lawrence Page
Page ran Google as co-president with Brin until 2001 when they hired
Eric Schmidt to become Chairman and CEO of Google.
Larry Page Lawrence Page
According to the 2006 edition of Forbes, Page had an estimated net
worth of $16.6 Billion, making him the 26th richest person in the
world, one place behind Brin[7]. Page and Brin recently purchased a
used Boeing 767 airliner for their business and personal needs.
Larry Page Lawrence Page
In 2007, Page was cited by PC World as #1 on the list of the 50 most
important people on the web, along with Brin and Schmidt.[8]
Larry Page Lawrence Page
Page is also an investor in Tesla Motors, which is developing the
Tesla Roadster, a 250 mile range battery electric vehicle.[9]
Larry Page Lawrence Page
Miscellaneous
Larry Page Lawrence Page
The World Economic Forum named Page as a Global Leader for Tomorrow.
The X PRIZE chose Page as a trustee for their board.[4]
Larry Page Lawrence Page
References and notes

1. ^ 2005 compensations from Google: $1 in salary, $1,630 in bonus,
$33,411 other annual compensation, $3 all other compensation. Source:
SEC. Google form 14A. Filed March 31, 2006.
2. ^ a b Net Worth from Forbes: The World's Richest People, dated 6
March 2007.
3. ^ PAGE Lawrence (Larry) E. International Who's Who. accessed
September 1, 2006.
4. ^ a b Google Corporate Information: Management: Larry Page
5. ^ Google's corporate website notes that, while at the University
of Michigan, Page created an inkjet printer, made of Lego bricks.
6. ^ HKN College Chapter Directory. Eta Kappa Nu (2007-01-15).
7. ^ The World's Billionaires. Forbes (2007-03-08).
8. ^ Null, Christopher. "The 50 Most Important People on the Web."
PC World. March 5, 2007. Retrieved on March 5, 2007.
9. ^ SiliconBeat: Tesla Motors, new electric sports car company
raises $40M from Google guys, others
Larry Page Lawrence Page
Larry Page Lawrence Page

Cherry Jones of Cherry Jones of Cherry Jones

Cherry Jones (born November 21, 1956) is a Tony Award-winning American actress.

Born in Paris, Tennessee, Jones is known primarily for her stage work, including her Tony-winning lead performances in Lincoln Center's 1995 production of The Heiress and John Patrick Shanley's play Doubt, which opened at the Walter Kerr Theatre in March 2005.

Other Broadway credits include Nora Ephron's play Imaginary Friends (with Swoosie Kurtz); Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika, the 2000 revival of A Moon for the Misbegotten, and Timberlake Wertenbaker's Our Country's Good, for which she earned her first Tony nomination^[1]. She is considered to be one of the foremost theater actresses in the United States.

In recent years, Jones has ventured into the film industry, in which she has played mostly supporting roles. Her screen credits include Cradle Will Rock, The Perfect Storm, Ocean's Twelve, Signs, The Village^[2].

Jones, who is a lesbian, has long been frank about her sexuality and romantic engagements.^{[citation needed]} In 1995, when Jones accepted her first Tony Award, she thanked her then partner, architect Mary O'Connor. When she accepted her Best Actress Tony in 2005 for her work in Doubt, she thanked "Laura Wingfield", a character in the then-current Broadway revival of The Glass Menagerie, played by actress Sarah Paulson, Jones' current partner ^[3].

It was reported July 20, 2007 that Jones will be playing President Allison Taylor on the seventh season of the Fox series 24 .^[4]

Cherry Jones (born November 21, 1956) is a Tony Award-winning American actress.

Born in Paris, Tennessee, Jones is known primarily for her stage work, including her Tony-winning lead performances in Lincoln Center's 1995 production of The Heiress and John Patrick Shanley's play Doubt, which opened at the Walter Kerr Theatre in March 2005.

Other Broadway credits include Nora Ephron's play Imaginary Friends (with Swoosie Kurtz); Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika, the 2000 revival of A Moon for the Misbegotten, and Timberlake Wertenbaker's Our Country's Good, for which she earned her first Tony nomination^[1]. She is considered to be one of the foremost theater actresses in the United States.

In recent years, Jones has ventured into the film industry, in which she has played mostly supporting roles. Her screen credits include Cradle Will Rock, The Perfect Storm, Ocean's Twelve, Signs, The Village^[2].

Jones, who is a lesbian, has long been frank about her sexuality and romantic engagements.^{[citation needed]} In 1995, when Jones accepted her first Tony Award, she thanked her then partner, architect Mary O'Connor. When she accepted her Best Actress Tony in 2005 for her work in Doubt, she thanked "Laura Wingfield", a character in the then-current Broadway revival of The Glass Menagerie, played by actress Sarah Paulson, Jones' current partner ^[3].

It was reported July 20, 2007 that Jones will be playing President Allison Taylor on the seventh season of the Fox series 24 .^[4]

Cherry Jones (born November 21, 1956) is a Tony Award-winning American actress.

Born in Paris, Tennessee, Jones is known primarily for her stage work, including her Tony-winning lead performances in Lincoln Center's 1995 production of The Heiress and John Patrick Shanley's play Doubt, which opened at the Walter Kerr Theatre in March 2005.

Other Broadway credits include Nora Ephron's play Imaginary Friends (with Swoosie Kurtz); Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika, the 2000 revival of A Moon for the Misbegotten, and Timberlake Wertenbaker's Our Country's Good, for which she earned her first Tony nomination^[1]. She is considered to be one of the foremost theater actresses in the United States.

In recent years, Jones has ventured into the film industry, in which she has played mostly supporting roles. Her screen credits include Cradle Will Rock, The Perfect Storm, Ocean's Twelve, Signs, The Village^[2].

Jones, who is a lesbian, has long been frank about her sexuality and romantic engagements.^{[citation needed]} In 1995, when Jones accepted her first Tony Award, she thanked her then partner, architect Mary O'Connor. When she accepted her Best Actress Tony in 2005 for her work in Doubt, she thanked "Laura Wingfield", a character in the then-current Broadway revival of The Glass Menagerie, played by actress Sarah Paulson, Jones' current partner ^[3].

It was reported July 20, 2007 that Jones will be playing President Allison Taylor on the seventh season of the Fox series 24 .^[4]

Cherry Jones (born November 21, 1956) is a Tony Award-winning American actress.

Born in Paris, Tennessee, Jones is known primarily for her stage work, including her Tony-winning lead performances in Lincoln Center's 1995 production of The Heiress and John Patrick Shanley's play Doubt, which opened at the Walter Kerr Theatre in March 2005.

Other Broadway credits include Nora Ephron's play Imaginary Friends (with Swoosie Kurtz); Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika, the 2000 revival of A Moon for the Misbegotten, and Timberlake Wertenbaker's Our Country's Good, for which she earned her first Tony nomination^[1]. She is considered to be one of the foremost theater actresses in the United States.

In recent years, Jones has ventured into the film industry, in which she has played mostly supporting roles. Her screen credits include Cradle Will Rock, The Perfect Storm, Ocean's Twelve, Signs, The Village^[2].

Jones, who is a lesbian, has long been frank about her sexuality and romantic engagements.^{[citation needed]} In 1995, when Jones accepted her first Tony Award, she thanked her then partner, architect Mary O'Connor. When she accepted her Best Actress Tony in 2005 for her work in Doubt, she thanked "Laura Wingfield", a character in the then-current Broadway revival of The Glass Menagerie, played by actress Sarah Paulson, Jones' current partner ^[3].

It was reported July 20, 2007 that Jones will be playing President Allison Taylor on the seventh season of the Fox series 24 .^[4]

Mindy McCready of Mindy McCready

Malinda Gayle "Mindy" McCready (b. November 30, 1975, Fort Myers, Florida) is an American country music artist.

Contents [hide] 1 Biography 2 Legal and Personal Problems 3 Albums 4 Singles 5 External links

[edit] Biography

McCready began singing in church at age 3, She was kicked out of several high schools in Fort Myers and graduated from an alternative learning center.

When she was 21, she moved to Nashville, where she was signed by BNA Records (a label of Sony BMG Music Entertainment). Her debut album, Ten Thousand Angels, was released on April 30, 1996, and was certified gold six months later. The album gave her international fame and produced her two biggest hits, "Ten Thousand Angels" and "Guys Do It All The Time". McCready also appears with Lorrie Morgan, Sara Evans, and Martina McBride on CMT's Girl’s Night Out special. Mindy then released the next year "If I Don't Stay The Night." It spawned 3 singles, "What If I Do", "Other Side Of This Kiss", and "You'll Never Know." Overseas "O Romeo" was released. None were very successful. Still the album sold over 500,000 copies, and went Gold. In 1999 McCready released "I'm Not So Tough." The first single released was "All I Want Is Everything." When it failed to break the top 50, BNA Records and Mindy went separate ways, said to be over creative differences. After the split the album received little promotion and became a commercial failure.

In April of 2000, she was signed by Capitol Records. She released a self-titled album with Capitol in 2002 to disappointing sales, and was dropped by Capitol later that year.

McCready was once engaged to actor Dean Cain. In 2005 she appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and spoke of her problems with domestic abuse, depression, and drug abuse. Mindy McCready admitted her ex-boyfriend Billy McKnight had beat her frequently and they had a tumultuous relationship, and that she had tried to commit suicide. She also revealed that she had seen her ex-boyfriend Billy McKnight recently and that she needs help. Her father was on the show and said that she is often in denial about her problems and that he wanted her to get help and supported her. She also spoke of how growing up her mother wasn't very loving and encouraging and as a result McCready suffers from poor self-esteem. She is now known mostly for her trouble with the law. Talking to Oprah Winfrey, McCready hoped that her story would encourage and help others, even if it's only one girl in the world. "You know what we're all hoping?" Oprah said to Mindy. "That you are that girl."

Mindy gave birth to son Zander Ryan McCready on March 25, 2006.

[edit] Legal and Personal Problems

• On August 5, 2004, McCready was arrested in Tennessee for using a fake prescription to buy the painkiller OxyContin. Although she initially denied the charge, she finally pleaded guilty on November 29, 2004 and was fined $4,000, sentenced to three years probation, and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service. [1] [2]
• On May 6, 2005, McCready was stopped by Nashville police for speeding and then arrested and charged with driving under the influence and driving with a suspended license. She was later released on $3500 bail.
• Two days later, on May 8, McCready’s ex-boyfriend and aspiring country singer, Billy McKnight, allegedly broke into her house and beat and choked her. He was charged with attempted murder and aggravated burglary. [3]
• In July 2005, McCready was charged in Arizona with identity theft, attempted fraudulent scheme and artifices, unlawful imprisonment, hindering prosecution and unlawful use of transportation. Police said she and a man stole a truck and forced a woman to accompany them against her will. McCready's lawyer claimed that she was in the process of helping authorities catch an alleged con artist who had bilked her and 35 other celebrities when the charges were filed. [4] [5]
• The following week, on July 22, McCready was found unconscious in a hotel lobby in Indian Rocks Beach, Florida. She was hospitalized due to a drug overdose after washing down a large amount of undisclosed drugs with alcohol. Authorities soon claimed the incident to be a suicide attempt which she eventually confirmed.
• On August 10, 2005, an arrest warrant was issued for McCready for violation of her probation when she left Tennessee without permission from her probation officer. McCready was also charged with not reporting to her probation officer during July. [6] She was finally arrested in Florida on August 26 and returned to Tennessee.
• On September 19, 2005 during a court appearance in Tennessee to appeal terms of her bail, she confirmed that the July 22 drug overdose in Florida was a suicide attempt. She added that the attempt came after learning she was pregnant with McKnight's baby. [7]
• Just four days later, on September 23, McCready was again hospitalized after overdosing on antidepressants after arguing with McKnight over their unborn baby. [8] [9]
• On July 19, 2006, a jury of 12 found McCready not guilty of driving under the influence, but found her guilty on the charge of driving on a suspended license. [10]
• McCready faces a hearing later in 2006 on charges of violating her probation on a drug charge by failing to check in with her probation officer and leaving the state without permission to go to Florida. She later was to release a single called Black and Blue about her problems through her website Mindy.TV. The CD was never given to fans after they paid for it and the money was never taken from their accounts. She also never paid the person who ran Mindy.TV so they closed it down.
• McCready will be back in Williamson County Circuit Court on September 7, 2007 to face sentencing on her probation violation.
• On July 21, 2007 McCready was arrested in Ft. Myers, Florida. She was charged with battery and resisting arrest for apparent scuffle with her mother. [11]
• On July 23, 2007 McCready was freed on a $1,000 bond.
• On July 25, 2007 McCready was taken into custody at the Nashville International Airport for breaking her parole on 2 charges.

[edit] Albums

• Ten Thousand Angels (1996)
• If I Don't Stay The Night (1998)
• I'm Not So Tough (1999)
• Mindy McCready (2002)

[edit] Singles

Year	Title	Chart Positions		Album
		US Country	Hot 100
1996	"Ten Thousand Angels"	6	124	Ten Thousand Angels
1996	"Guys Do It All The Time"	1	72	Ten Thousand Angels
1997	"Maybe He'll Notice Her Now" (with Richie McDonald)	18	102	Ten Thousand Angels
1997	"A Girl's Gotta Do (What A Girl's Gotta Do)"	4	102	Ten Thousand Angels
1997	"What If I Do"	26	102	If I Don’t Stay The Night
1998	"You'll Never Know"	19	102	If I Don’t Stay The Night
1998	"The Other Side Of This Kiss"	41		If I Don’t Stay The Night
1998	"Let's Talk About Love"	68		If I Don’t Stay The Night
1999	"One In A Million"	57		I'm Not So Tough
1999	"All I Want Is Everything"	57		I'm Not So Tough
2001	"Scream"	46		Mindy McCready
2002	"Maybe, Maybe Not"	49		Mindy McCready