3 Ocak 2011 Pazartesi

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Lyrics

Silicone,
Saline,
Poison,
Inject me
Baby I'm a free
bitch;
I'm a free
bitch.

Some girls won't dance to the beat of the track.
She won't walk away, but she won't look back.
She looks good but her boyfriend says she's a mess,
she's a mess,
she's a mess,
Now the girl is stressed.
she's a mess,
she's a mess,
she's a mess,
she's a mess.

Baby loves to dance in the dark,
'Cuz when he's lookin' she falls apart.
Baby loves to dance in the dark.

Baby loves to dance in the dark,
'Cuz when he's lookin' she falls apart.
Baby loves to dance, loves to dance in the dark.

Run run her kiss is a vampire grin.
The moon lights away while she's howlin' at him.
She looks good but her boyfriend says she's a tramp,
she's a tramp,
she's a vamp,
but she still does her dance.
she's a tramp,
she's a vamp,
but she still kills the dance.

Baby loves to dance in the dark,
'Cuz when he's lookin' she falls apart.
Baby loves to dance in the dark.

Baby loves to dance in the dark,
'Cuz when he's lookin' she falls apart.
Baby loves to dance, loves to dance to in the dark.

In the dark,
She loves to dance in the dark,
in the dark,
she loves, she loves to dance in the dark.

Marilyn,
Judy,
Sylvia,
Tell 'em how you feel girls.

Work your blonde
A. Ramsey will haunt like Liberace.
Find your freedom in the music,
find your Jesus,
find your Kubrick.

You will never fall apart,
Diana you're still in our hearts.

Never let you fall apart,
together we'll dance in the dark.

Baby loves to dance in the dark,
'Cuz when he's lookin' she falls apart.
Baby loves to dance in the dark.

Baby.

Baby loves to dance in the dark,
'Cuz when he's lookin' she falls apart.
Baby loves to dance, loves to dance in the dark.

In the dark.

Justin Bieber - Pray

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Ohh Ohh Ohh .. and I pray
I just cant sleep tonight
Knowing that things ain’t right
Its in the papers, its on the tv, its everywhere that I go
Children are crying
Soldiers are dying
Some people don’t have a home
But I know there’s sunshine behind that rain
I know there’s good times behind that pain, hey
Can you tell me how I can make a change
I close my eyes and I can see a better day
I close my eyes and pray
I close my eyes and I can see a better day
I close my eyes and pray

I lose my appetite, knowing kids starve tonight
Am I a sinner, cause my dinner is still on my plate
Ooo I got a vision, to make a difference
And its starting today

Cause I know there’s sunshine behind that rain
I know there’s good times behind that pain, hey

Haven’t tell me how I can make a change
I close my eyes and I can see a better day
I close my eyes and pray
I close my eyes and I can see a better day

I close my eyes and pray
For the broken-hearted
I pray for the life not started
I pray for all the ones not breathing
I pray for all the souls in need.
I pray. Can you give em one today.
I just cant sleep tonight
Can someone tell how to make a change?

I close my eyes and I can see a better day
I close my eyes and pray
I close my eyes and I can see a better day
I close my eyes and I pray

I pray …

I close my eyes and pray

Evanescence - My İmmortal download

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Craig David One More Lie (Standing In The Shadows)

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Lyrics

Standing in the shadows of love
I'm getting ready for the heartache to come
(can't you see me)
Standing in the shadows of love
I'm getting ready for the heartache to come

[Verse 1:]
Promise me, I wouldn't cry
When the time came girl to say goodbye
I always knew that one day we would part
I always knew that you'd break my heart
But that was a chance I had to take
And even though I knew that it would cause me pain
Just one look and I lost my way
And if you'd ask I'd do the same again

[Chorus]
Standing in the shadows of love
I'm getting ready for the heartache to come
(can't you see me)
Standing in the shadows of love
I'm getting ready for the heartache to come
(can't you see me)

[Verse 2]
Some things in life are too good to resist
Opportunities that shouldn't be missed
From the first time that I laid my eyes on you
I knew right then I couldn't stop even if I wanted to
Cause somehow you got under my skin
My heart was locked but nothing stopped you breaking in
And even now I know that we're through
Over and over I just wanna kiss you

[Chorus x2]
Standing in the shadows of love
I'm getting ready for the heartache to come
(can't you see me)
Standing in the shadows of love
I'm getting ready for the heartache to come
(can't you see me)

[Bridge]
I'm just a man with a hole in my life
No stars are dancing in my sky tonight
Baby I need you to make this thing right
I can't be alone no one more lie

[Chorus x2]
Standing in the shadows of love
I'm getting ready for the heartache to come
(can't you see me)
Standing in the shadows of love
I'm getting ready for the heartache to come

Christina Aguilera - Not Myself Tonight download

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Lyrics

You know tonight
I am feeling a little out control
is this me
you wanna get crazy
because I don’t give a…

1ST VERSE
I’m out of character
I’m in rare form
and If you really knew me
you’d know its not the norm

B SECTION:
Cause I’m doing things that I normally won’t do
the old me’s gone I feel brand new
and if you don’t like it fuck you

The music’s on and I’m dancing
I’m normally in the corner just standing
I’m feeling unusual
I don’t care cause this is my night

HOOK:
I’m not myself tonight
tonight I’m not the same girl same girl

I’m not myself tonight
tonight I’m not the same girl same girl

2ND VERSE:
I’m dancing alot and I’m taking shots I’m feeling fine
I’m kissing all the boys and the girls
someone call the doctor cause I lost my mind

B SECTION:
Cause I’m doing things that I normally won’t do
the old me’s gone I feel brand new
and if you don’t like it fuck you

The music’s on and I’m dancing
I’m normally in the corner just standing
I’m feeling unusual
I don’t care cause this is my night

HOOK:
I’m not myself tonight
tonight I’m not the same girl same girl

I’m not myself tonight
tonight I’m not the same girl same girl

BRIDGE:
In the morning
when I wake Up
I’ll go back to the girl I used to be
but baby not tonight

HOOK:
I’m not myself tonight
tonight I’m not the same girl same girl

I’m not myself tonight
tonight I’m not the same girl same girl

Yah, that feels good
I needed that
get crazy
let’s go
that’s right
come on
give it to me now, don’t stop

Cascada Christmas Download

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Bryan Adams - Here I Am

Lyrics

Here I am - this is me
There's no where else on earth I'd rather be
Here I am - it's just me and you
And tonight we make our dreams come true

It's a new world - it's a new start
It's alive with the beating of young hearts
It's a new day - it's a new plan
I've been waiting for you
Here I am

Here we are - we've just begun
And after all this time - our time has come
Ya here we are - still goin' strong
Right here in the place where we belong

Chorus X1

Here I am - this is me
There's no where else on earth I'd rather be
Here I am - it's just me and you
And tonight we make our dreams come true

Chorus X2

Here I am - next to you
And suddenly the world is all brand new
Here I am - where I'm gonna stay
Now there's nothin standin in our way
Here I am - this is me

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Forbes' Top 20 Celebrity Earners of 2010:

1. Oprah Winfrey, $315 million
2. James Cameron, $210 million
3. Tyler Perry, $125 million
4. Michael Bay, $120 million
5. Tiger Woods, $105 million
6. Jerry Bruckheimer, $100 million
7. Steven Spielberg, $100 million
8. George Lucas, $95 million
9. Beyoncé, $87 million
10. Dr. Phil, $80 million
11. Simon Cowell, $80 million
12. Jerry Seinfeld, $75 million
13. Britney Spears, $64 million
14. Lady Gaga, $62 million
15. Madonna, $58 million
16. Sandra Bullock, $56 million
17. Ellen DeGeneres, $55 million
18. Miley Cyrus, $48 million
19. Taylor Swift, $45 million
20. Judge Judy Sheindlin, $45 million

2 Ocak 2011 Pazar

Arab Democracy without Foreign Pressures: How Possible?

31/12/2010 06:30:00 AM GMT

One of the starting points for understanding the role of foreign pressure in jump-starting the democratization process was the term “outposts of tyranny” coined by Condoleezza Rice in 2005.

By Moataz A. Fattah

This issue was raised by a number of researchers who wanted to tackle the necessary conditions for democratization in non-democratic societies. The traditional paradigm was that democratization is closely related to stimulating prerequisites like a minimum level of economic development and consequent conditions like income levels, educational attainment, size of the middle class, in addition to the share of the private sector of local production.
However, it is most of the present forty non-democratic states (out of approximately 200 states) have achieved most of these socioeconomic prerequisites without becoming democratic. Thus, a new paradigm focuses on the roles and strategies of political domestic and foreign actors rather than the prerequisites of democratization.

One of the starting points for understanding the role of foreign pressure in jump-starting the democratization process was the term “outposts of tyranny” coined by Condoleezza Rice in 2005 to describe a group of countries in which despotism is so firmly established that their peoples cannot fight it alone. Thus, these peoples need the help of the regional or international community in order to oust their authoritarian regimes. She used specific examples of five authoritarian countries (Belarus, Burma, Cuba, North Korea, and Zimbabwe) in addition to the broader Middle East including the region that extends from Mauritania to Pakistan.

In order to support her idea, she made use of Natan Sharansky’s town square test, which means that “If a person cannot walk into the middle of the town square and express his or her views without fear of arrest, imprisonment, or physical harm, then that person is living in a fear society, not a free society. We cannot rest until every person living in a "fear society" has finally won their freedom” Thus, it is the responsibility of free societies to help enslaved societies to rid of their fear.

So, the discussion became centered on the following question: Could democratization happen without the support of foreign - mostly, Western - powers?

In a recent piece of research, a colleague of mine and I explore this question using empirical tools. We reached a number of findings that deserve profound consideration. Out of 80 successful cases of democratization during the last 40 years, the role of foreign pressure was strongly effective in 90% thereof. Out of 57 cases of failed democratization or democratic breakdown, the foreign element was also clear in as much as 80% thereof. This means that even the continuation of despotism requires foreign support.

The chances of the success of a home-made revolutionary change a la 1952 revolution of Egypt or the 1979 Iranian revolution (regardless of how (un)democratic they were) are weaker today than what was the case several years ago. One of the main reasons for this change is technological advancement which gave huge capabilities for both despots and their oppressors yet it was more in the favor of despotism than its opponents. Authoritarian regimes are increasingly showing that they are alert, savvy and brutal in their defense of their thrones. Moreover, authoritarian governments are now more capable of learning past lessons and utilizing them in creating vertical divides in change-demanding forces, in addition to using flagrant oppression if enticements, deterrence, and containment did not succeed.

So, a number of studies found that the chances of success for home-grown spontaneous popular democratic movements are considerably lower than those for movements that enjoy regional or international support.

This takes us to another question: What are the conditions according to which the West supports popular demands of democracy?

The West exerted lots of pressures for democratization in South and East Europe, sub-Saharan Africa, East, South, and Central Asia, and South America for several decades. The drive behind this Endeavour was a genuine belief that a more democratic world should be richer and more peaceful. The last two democratic states that went to war with one another were Athens and Syracuse back in the fifth century BC. This idea was originally articulated by German philosopher, Immanuel Kant, who believed that democracy leads to world peace. Yet, what if democracy resulted in bringing anti-democratic forces to power like the case of the Nazi party in 1933? And, what if democracy brought pro-democracy, yet anti-Western, forces to power like the case of Allende in Chile who came to power in 1970 and the US conspired to get rid of him in 1973?

Once again, field studies show that during the last 40 years the West did not support democracy when its outcome was favorable to it except in 2% of the cases (like the case of Hamas in 2006) because of miscalculated moves. However, in 98% o the cases, the West offered support for democratic forces that had a pro-Western agenda.

If we combined the last two conclusions, we would understand that it is all about a simple calculation of the balance of power. Tell me who supports despotism locally and abroad versus those who support democratization, and I can tell you who would win.

To be less abstract, let's recall the Western support for the civil disobedience movement in Georgia and Ukraine in the beginnings of this millennium as two contemporary examples of the success of a “people” in allying with the West although the latter, for sure, had completely opportunistic considerations.

We currently see similar cases as Western countries continue to condemn the results of the Belarusian presidential elections in which the President Alexander Lukashenko won a fourth term. The West also condemned the police violent repression and arrests of seven presidential candidates of the opposition. If it were not for the Russian support to Lukashenko, he would not have withstood Western pressures.

Cote d’Ivoire is another case in which Western diplomatic and financial sanctions were taken in order to push the President Laurant Gbagbo to relinquish power even after the Elections Commission’s announcement of the victory of his opponent. The latest of Western sanctions was the freezing of a number of loans the World Bank was supposed to offer to Cote d’Ivoire, which practically amounted to the government’s bankruptcy.

However, Western condemnation of comparable cases of election forgery in the Arab world is never as strong as it was in the above case because the oppressor is a friend and aggrieved is a foe.

So, the question posed before Arab democratic forces is: “to what extent are they capable of neutralizing the impact of Western support to despotism in the Arab world?”

This is a mandatory question that is shockingly realistic in a way that some people hate.

-- Moataz A. Fattah is an associate professor of political science at Cairo University and Central Michigan University. He is also a fellow at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding

what is God's Plan

God's plan?
Christians believe that it was exactly God's plan that things happened this way. They say that it shows that Jesus came as a humble, poor person and not as a strong, rich king. They also claim that the birth of Jesus was told many years before in the books of the prophets.
Five hundred years before, the prophet Micah had said,
"But you Bethlehem, though you are small, out of you will come for me, one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times."
The prophet Isaiah had written,
"A child is born to us! A son is given to us! And he will be our ruler.
He will be called, "Wonderful Counsellor," "Mighty God," "Eternal Father," "Prince of Peace." His royal power will continue to grow; his kingdom will always be at peace....
He will rule as King David's successor, basing his power on right and justice, from now until the end of time."
These are only two of many prophetic words that told of the birth and life of Jesus, written hundreds of years before His birth.

How did Christmas start?

How did Christmas start?
Since about 400 AD, Christians have celebrated the birth of Jesus. 'Christ' means 'Messiah' or 'Anointed One' - the title given to Jesus - and 'Mass' was a religious festival.
In the West today, the real meaning of Christmas is often forgotten. It has become a non-religious holiday! More children believe in Father Christmas than in Jesus. Christmas Day is a time for eating and drinking too much and watching television.
But the real Christmas story is found in the Christian Bible. It is told in two different books: Matthew and Luke chapters 1 and 2. If you have no Bible, you can read these chapters online. You may think that the story of the birth of Jesus, and the way that the West celebrates Christmas today, do not seem to have many connections.

What is Christmas?

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Christmas

Simply put, Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.

Additional input:

Traditionally, it's supposed to be a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. Historically, it's "winter festival". Christmas is just a couple days following the "shortest day" for the northern hemisphere. That means that the north poll of the earth's axis is pointing AWAY from the Sun. As the earth continues it's trip around the Sun, the days start to get longer. According to older European celebrations, when the Sun started back north, there was reason to celebrate and that was the beginning of the Winter Festival. When Constantine united Europe under the "Universal Religion", he incorporated several of the more familiar holidays into the religion he needed to unite Europe. Winter festival is about the rebirth of the land so it was generally felt that Christmas would fit in. While Constantine's efforts to unite Europe eventually failed, his Catholic (universal) religion continues today.

Check out some books by John M. Allegro, as I understand he is a professor at Salford University. He helped decipher the Dead Sea Scrolls. One book of his in particular, called the "Sacred Mushroom and the Cross," explains many links between the old traditions from the Pagan rituals that have been adopted by the Christian faith. It will explain some of the reasons we use Santa, the reindeer, the red and white colors, etc. He also explains how some of the miracles that Jesus performed can be easily explained with everyday occurrences -- all very interesting and rather controversial. I would be happy to divulge more if you have the time and you are interested.

Paris Hilton - Bio

Paris Hilton

Date of Birth

17 February 1981, New York City, New York, USA

Birth Name

Paris Whitney Hilton

Nickname

Star
Princess

Height

5' 8" (1.73 m)

Mini Biography

Socialite Paris Hilton was born on February 17, 1981 in New York City into the Hilton family and, along with her three younger siblings, is heir-apparent to the vast Hilton hotel and real estate dynasty. Her childhood was spent in palatial dwellings in the priciest neighborhoods on both coasts and featured a brief flirtation with the educational system, including high schooling at the ultra-exclusive Dwight School, from which she dropped out and ultimately earned her high school GED.

Living the glitzy socialite life from a relatively early age, attending exclusive parties and being covered by the gossip press, Hilton apparently became hooked on obtaining celebrity status, which was perhaps furthered by the example of her mother, Kathy Hilton, who had a brief acting career herself, mostly on TV. Hilton began a remarkable and well-financed campaign to put herself in the public eye, on screen, on television and in music. This effort has included a substantial amount of physical alteration. A naturally pleasant-looking girl, Hilton underwent extensive plastic surgery, hair coloring and tinted contact lenses in her attempt to reinvent herself as "hot". Sadly, money could not buy alteration of the physical attribute she most dislikes about herself: her exceptionally-large feet.

Some skeptics have guessed that the endless parade of inane inter-celebrity feuds centering around Hilton are, in fact, publicity stunts, another front in the campaign to keep her exposure level high. It has even been argued that the infamous home video of Hilton with then-boyfriend Rick Salomon, in which Hilton performs explicit romantic activities with Rick Salomon, was part of this campaign as well. If it was, it worked. For better or for worse, it made Hilton a household name overnight, and was even widely marketed as a video, 1 Night in Paris (2004) (V).

Eventually Hilton's efforts paid off and she got some modeling work, the designers presumably relying on her notoriety. She has been an increasing presence on-screen too, in TV commercials, on TV series and in the movies, at first bit parts in movies such as Zoolander (2001), Wonderland (2003), The Cat in the Hat (2003) and guest-star roles on TV shows such as "The O.C." (2003) and "George Lopez" (2002), but later more substantial roles in horror flick House of Wax (2005), the direct-to-DVD Bottoms Up (2006) (V) and her own TV show, the fish-out-of-water reality series "The Simple Life" (2003).

Hilton also has plans to become a player in the music business, has recorded an album and even started her own music label, Heiress Records, in order to release it.

Hilton is widely scorned for what some see as her narcissism, shallow intellect and materialism and for other things besides, but she seems to be aware of the old adage that there's no such thing as bad publicity and it should be evident even to her detractors that she is ambitious and driven to achieve, rather than simply basking in her family's vast fortune, as do so many other socialites. In fact, performing is only part of her many activities and she has dabbled in designing, writing (one hastens to add, with a professional writer on the team), nightclub management and even marketing video games - all of which feature Paris Hilton, front and center.
IMDb Mini Biography By: Larry-115

Trade Mark

She wears blue coloured contact lenses.
Quote and shirts that read "That's Hot".
Long blonde hair

Trivia

Sister of Nicky Hilton, Barron Hilton and Conrad Hughes Hilton.
Announced she would live on a farm for a new fish-out-of-water "reality" show called "The Simple Life" (2003). [2003]
Daughter of Rick Hilton and Kathy Hilton.
For her 21st birthday, she threw five parties for herself in New York, Las Vegas, London, Hollywood and Tokyo.
Has two younger brothers, Barron Hilton & Conrad Hughes Hilton.
Mother is the former actress Kathy Hilton.
Niece of Kim Richards and Kyle Richards.
Measurements: 34B-25-35 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).
Has three Pomeranians named Dolce, Sebastian and Prince, as well as two chihuahuas named Tinkerbell the Dog and "Bambi".
Briefly attended the Canterbury School, a boarding school in Connecticut, during her junior year. She then transfered to the Dwight School in New York City before dropping out a few months later and getting a GED.
Chosen the worst-dressed celebrity in 2003 by fashion critic Mr. Blackwell (Richard Selzer).
Briefly attended the Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, California.
Popularity sky-rocketed after a homemade sex video between her and ex- boyfriend Rick Salomon (Shannen Doherty's estranged husband) was scattered all over the Internet in October of 2003. The video was made when she was 19.
Great-niece of Conrad Hilton Jr. and Francesca Hilton.
Has been romantically linked to actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Edward Furlong, Jamie Kennedy, Simon Rex, Australian Idol star Rob Mills, Sum 41 lead singer Deryck Whibley, producer Robert Evans, boxer Oscar De La Hoya, and nightclub owner Ingrid Casares.
Announced at the end of 2003 that she is recording an album. She enlisted the help of J.C. Chasez and his producer Robert Boldt to help in the creation of a dance-pop album.
Dated Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter. (December 2003-July 2004).
The Hilton name is of Norwegian origin. Her great-great-grandfather August Halvorsen Hilton was born on the family farm Hilton, at Kløfta, just outside Oslo, Norway before emigrating to the US with his family at age 10.
In October 2004, she officially had her popular quote, "That's hot", trademarked.
Great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton and Mary Adelaide Barron.
Plans to open "Club Paris" in Orlando, Florida in 2005.
She wears a size 11 shoe. Many top designers don't make their shoes in an 11, so they have them custom made just for her.
Was a victim of a serious hacking incident, where her T-Mobile address book, notes and private photographs taken with a camera phone were released on the Internet. The address book revealed hotel and airline preferences and exposed private phone numbers and e-mail addresses for numerous celebrities and other Hollywood elite.
Favorite sport is golf.
"Madame Tussaud"'s on 42nd Street unveiled a wax dummy of her to coincide with the release of her movie House of Wax (2005) (1 May 2005).
Met boyfriend Paris Latsis at a nightclub when he was only 16, while she was only 14.
Is working on a clothing line that she plans to name "That's Hot".
Studied the Sanford Meisner acting technique for three and a half years.
Became engaged to Paris Kasidokostas Latsis [May 25, 2005].
Along with her sister Nicky Hilton, Tara Reid, Bijou Phillips, Kimberly Stewart, Lindsay Lohan Nicole Richie and Kim Kardashian, she is one of Hollywood's most famous party girls.
Had a falling out with co-star and former best friend Nicole Richie. [2005]
Was a cheerleader in high school.
Wrote to Prince Charles to ask if she and her fiancé, Paris Latsis, could be married in Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, or Windsor Castle.
Established her own record label, Heiress Records, in 2004.
Is a huge fan of the band Blondie and singer Deborah Harry.
Taught herself to play the guitar for the release of her upcoming album.
Ranked #59 in FHM 100 Sexiest Women 2004.
Named #3 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement. (2005).
. Was involved in a minor car crash along with some friends and her current boyfriend Stavros Niarchos. No-one was hurt. [November 2005]
Named #20 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.
Released her second perfume, "Just Me", as a follow up to her first perfume, "Paris Hilton".
Hilton's ex-fiancé bought her a 24-carat yellow diamond ring while they were engaged.
Named #11 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2006 list.
Loves bath products from The Body Shop.
Is a huge fan of the card game poker after recently learning the game.
Says her upcoming album will be a mix of reggae, pop and hip-hop, with the first single being a reggae song called "Stars Are Blind" (2006).
Ended her relationship to Stavros Niarchos in May 2006.
Released her second single from her album "Paris", due out this August, which is called "Turn it Up". The song is a mix of rock and pop (August 2006).
Founder of her own Heiress Records, the label on which she plans to release her debut album. It is a sub-label of Warner Bros. Records and was created in 2004. Hilton also plans to eventually sign new artists.
Announced "Stars are Blind", a reggae-influenced track produced by Fernando Garibay, as the first single. Her producers for the album include Greg Wells and Kara DioGuardi, Jane Wiedlin from The Go-Gos and Scott Storch.
Attended the prestigious Professional Children's School in New York City with fellow actors Christina Ricci and Macaulay Culkin.
Nominated for two Razzie awards: "Worst Supporting Actress" for House of Wax (2005) and "Most Tiresome Tabloid Target".
In 2006, she was ranked #56 on Forbes "Top 100 Celebrities".
She was the subject of a "South Park" (1997) episode entitled "Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset", in which she opens a store called "Stupid Spoiled Whore" selling girls everything they need to emulate her.
In November 2004, she participated in Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs's Vote or Die campaign, to encourage youths to vote in the Presidential election. She drew criticism when it was revealed she did not vote, nor had she even registered to do so.
Best friend is childhood friend Kim Kardashian.
Named #11 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement (2006).
Released her third pop single and music video titled, "Nothing in This World," off her debut album.
Launched her third perfume, "Heiress", which coincides with her previous two, "Paris Hilton" and "Just Me.".
Was the May 2007 entry in Stuff magazine's 2006-2007 pin up calendar.
Was voted the second "Worst Celebrity Role Model of 2006" behind her short-term party friend Britney Spears (30 December 2006).
Tied the top shot on the "Worst Dressed Women in 2006" list by fashion critic Mr. Blackwell with Britney Spears for looking like "two peas in an overexposed pod".
Austrian industrial Richard Lugner announced she would be his celebrity guest at the annual Vienna Opera Ball in February 2007. Previously, he had invited international stars such as Sofia Loren, Joan Collins, Farrah Fawcett or Andie MacDowell.
Had her personal photographs and other belongings posted on line after a storage facility holding her stuff was auctioned off.
After violating the terms of her DUI probation, driving her Bentley at 70 m.p.h. without her headlights on in a 35 m.p.h. zone and driving with a suspended license, she was sentenced to 45 days in jail (4 May 2007).
She was January on FHM magazine's 2005 pin-up calendar (2005).
After serving 22 days in detention, with credit for her good behavior, she didn't have to serve the whole 45 days sentence, she was released from the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, California, where she was met by a huge contingent of paparazzi and camera crews. In her first interview on "Larry King Live" (1985), she stated that the time in jail was a "time-out in life" and the world would see a new Paris Hilton (June 2007).
Was the subject of the Paris in Jail: The Music Video (2007) (V) , a parody of her song "Stars are Blind".
Takes Adderall for the Attention Deficit Disorder she's had since childhood.
Bought a beach side home in Malibu, California.
Sold her Hollywood Hills home to move to a more private gate community.
Releasing her fourth perfume called Cancan in October 2007.
Played hockey while in high school.
Five of the films she has appeared in are listed on the Bottom 100 list (2008).
Ended her nine-month relationship with Benji Madden. [November 2008]
Spoofed by comedian Breven Angaelica Warren in a mock-reality for E!.
Taking a break from filming her reality show "Paris Hilton's My New BFF" (2008) in Dubai, she visited Lebanon where she hosted the Crystal Jet-Set Audition party in the capital city of Beirut on the 4th of July. [July 2009]
Arrested for cocaine possession in Las Vegas on August 27, 2010.

Personal Quotes

I don't want to be known as the grand-daughter of the Hiltons. I want to be known as Paris.
I went to Wal-Mart for the first time. I always thought they sold wallpaper. I didn't realise it has everything. You can get anything you want there for really, really cheap.
I think the biggest misconception about me is that I'm this spoiled brat. But I'm not. I'm the total opposite.
If you have a beautiful face you don't need big fake boobs to get anyone's attention.
I desperately hate one thing about my body. I have size 11 feet. Yeah, it sucks, because I see all these super cute shoes in the stores: Guccis, YSLs, Manolos. And when they bring them out in my size, they look like clown shoes.
People think I'm stupid. But I'm smarter than most people.
The Backstreet Boys were so ten years ago. Whatever.
No matter what a woman looks like, if she's confident, she's sexy.
The only person who really knows me is Nicky [Nicky Hilton]. And not many people know this, but my sister is one of the funniest people you'll ever meet.
[Newsweek interview, June 2005]: I thought it was cute to play a dumb blonde. On TV, I do it because it's funny. I consider myself a businesswoman and a brand. I don't enjoy going out anymore. It's such a pain. It's everyone saying, "Let's do a deal! Can I have a picture?" I'm just, like, "These people are such losers. I can't believe I used to love doing this".
I have always had a voice and always known I could sing, but I was too shy to let it come out. I think that is the hardest thing you can do, to sing in front of people. When I finally let go and did it, I realised it is what I am most talented at and what I love to do the most.
Once you hear the music, you can't knock it. I go to clubs and I play it and don't tell anyone it's me. If everyone knew "This is Paris Hilton", they'd stop and judge.
I've had a lot of stalker incidents and I usually can handle them, but the scariest one was when a guy turned up at my dad's office and said he was my fiancé.
I'm the nicest, most loyal person in the world when it comes to my friends. I would really do almost anything to make sure they're happy.But I only want friends who are there for me just like I'm there for them. Otherwise it's too painful.
I brought Nicole [Nicole Richie] on to "The Simple Life" (2003) and, all of a sudden, she became this different person. She dropped her old friends and she's someone else.
Nicole [Nicole Richie] and I are not enemies, but I can't be friends with someone who doesn't want good things for me.
I'm serious about acting and I have a bunch of movies lined up. I think I can become a good actress. It's something I want to prove to myself and to other people. I feel I'm getting better and feeling more confident about what I can do as an actress.
There's nobody in the world like me. I think every decade has an iconic blonde, like Marilyn Monroe or Princess Diana and, right now, I'm that icon.
I can't walk the streets. It's too embarrassing. I don't want to go out anymore. I don't want to party.
I take my dog Tinkerbell seriously. I take my job seriously. But I don't take myself all that seriously.
I talk in that baby talk voice when I'm on TV, it's a put on.
One of my heroes is Barbie. She may not do anything, but she always looks great doing it.
[on "South Park: Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset (#8.12)" (2004)] I haven't seen it, but when people copy you, that's like the most flattering thing, so whatever people can say, I just laugh about it. It doesn't matter to me.
The best thing about having your own nightclub is that everything's free and you can tell the DJ to play whatever you want.
The root of all evil is not money, it's boredom.
If you want to make the camera your friend, pretend it's a cute boy!
[on her planned space flight in 2009] I'm very scared to do it. What if I don't come back? With the whole light-years thing, what if I come back 10,000 years later, and everyone I know is dead? I'll be like: "Great. Now I have to start all over".
Dress cute wherever you go, life is too short to blend in.

Salary

Pledge This! (2006)

$1,000,000

Where Are They Now

(December 2004) Missed the opening for her new exclusive nightclub "Club Paris" in Orlando, Florida on New Year's Eve 2005.
(February 2005) Celebrating her 24th birthday with a dinner at the Ivy.
(February 2005) Promoting her perfume launch called "Paris Hilton". Release date was Valentine's Day 2005.
(March 2005) Helping younger sister, Nicky Hilton, 21, promote her clothing line "Chick".
(May 2005) Promoting her fragrance in Paris, France.
(May 2005) Now in London, England for promotional reasons concerning her perfume line.
(June 2005) Making a guest appearance on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) with her mother, Kathy Hilton.
(March 2006) Promoting her album, "Paris Is Burning", due out in June 2006.
(March 2006) Filming the fourth season of "The Simple Life" (2003).
(May 2006) Made an appearance on the "Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show" (2003) with her four pet dogs.
(May 2006) Filming her first ever music video for the release of her debut album, due out in late summer.
(June 2006) Made an appearance on "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" (1988) to talk about her newest season of "The Simple Life" (2003) and her fall out with former friend, Nicole Richie.
(June 2006) Travelled to London to do a radio interview regarding her upcoming album, "Paris", due out in late summer.
(August 2006) Preparing for the release of her first album, "Paris", by doing promotional work.
(August 2006) Released her debut album, "Paris", worldwide.
(November 2006) Promoting her new fragrance, Heiress.
(June 2007) Serving 45 days in jail for probation violations.
(August 2007) Launching her clothing line at Kitson in Los Angeles.
(January 2008) Was at Harvard University on February 6, 2008 to pick up her award as Harvard Lampoons's first ever "Woman of the Year".
(March 2008) Visited a children's orphanage in South Africa.
(March 2008) Touring in South Africa with the band Good Charlotte.

Eminem Bio

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Date of Birth

17 October 1972, Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Birth Name

Marshall Bruce Mathers III

Nickname

Slim Shady

Height

5' 10" (1.78 m)

Mini Biography

Born Marshall Bruce Mathers III in Missouri. Spent childhood moving back and forth between Kansas City and Metro Detroit. Attended Lincoln High School in Warren 1986-89. Hustled self-made cassettes of his work to places like Record Time in Roseville. His girlfriend (now wife) Kimberly gave birth to daughter Hailie Jade on Dec. 25, 1995. He worked at Gilbert's Lodge (a family restaurant) in St. Clair Shores from 1996-1998. Full-length debut, Infinite, released in 1996. The Slim Shady EP was released in 1998. Later that year, Dr. Dre signed Eminem to his Aftermath label after hearing the rapper free styling on a Los Angeles radio station. The Slim Shady LP was released on Feb. 23, 1999 and hit No. 2 on the Billboard charts within weeks. The Slim Shady LP was 3 times platinum. Eminem has now put out his second full length CD, entitled The Marshall Mathers LP.
IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous

Mini Biography

Marshall Bruce Mathers III was born on the 17th October 1972, Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Son of a fifteen-year-old mother at the time of his birth and a father who left six month later never to return, Marshall spent his early childhood being shoved back and forth from Kansas City and Detroit. He settled on the Eastside of Detroit when he was 12. Switching schools every two to three months made it difficult to make friends, graduate and to stay out of trouble. Being a rap fan for most of his life, Marshall began rapping at the early age of 4. Rhyming words together, battling schoolmates in the lunchroom brought joy to what was otherwise a painful existence.

At the age of 14, he began to get very serious about his rapping but it wasn't until he was 17 that he actually made a name for himself, becoming M& M, which he would later respell as "Eminem". Being rejected by most fellow rappers because of his race, Marshall grew an anger that flows through his music to this day. After failing the 9th grade for three times in a row, he quit school, but remarks that he doesn't consider himself stupid and doesn't advise that people should follow his example. He says that it just wasn't for him. Forcing himself on radio shows, freestyle battles, Marshall threw himself head first into the rap game, where he was swallowed up most of the time. His very first album was titled "Infinite" and, while the album sold less than a thousand copies, it was the gearing up stages for the rapper who became a millionaire. It was then that his daughter, Hailie Jade Scott, was born on December 25th of 1995 with long time girlfriend Kim Scott. Having nothing to lose at all, flat broke and not knowing where he would be living the next week, Marshall set out to rant about life in general, the set quickly caught the ear of hip-hop's difficult-to-please underground. What came out of this was the Slim Shady EP, the early work for the later Dr. Dre revised Slim Shady LP. Down to nearly his last dime, he went into the 1997 Rap Olympics in Los Angeles, basically hoping to win the $1,500 cash price which he badly needed. After battling for an hour and throwing back every race diss thrown at him, Marshall made it to second place losing in a slip up. Furious that he had lost, Marshall didn't even notice that he had been spotted. In the crowd were a few producers from Interscope, and they were handed a copy of the "Infinite" tape by way of a demo. Dr. Dre got to hear it and eventually tracked him down. The two instantly hit it off, recording four songs in the their first six hours of working - three which made it to his first LP. After the album was finished, Dr. Dre asked Marshall to come work with him on his new album. He helped produce several tracks and was on the best songs of the album.

Now officially making it, Marshall and Dre set to make his second LP. The album became the Marshall Mathers LP and won 3 Grammies and was the first rap album ever to be nominated "Album of the Year", selling more than 8 million records in the United States alone. He also stunned critics when he shot down all homophobic remarks by performing "Stan" with Elton John. Currently working on his third LP, Em has made a movie, 8 Mile (2002), and has gone back and brought his friend with him; D-12. Though 2001 was a rough year for the rapper, being charged with weapon offenses, divorcing his wife, and almost going to prison, Marshall explains his life today in one word. "Claimer".
IMDb Mini Biography By: Rod Reece

Spouse

Kimberly Anne Scott	(14 January 2006 - 19 December 2006) (divorced)
Kimberly Anne Scott	(14 June 1999 - 11 October 2001) (divorced) 1 child

Trade Mark

Spells "Eminem" with the second "e" backwards.
Rarely smiles

Trivia

His 2000 album, "The Marshall Mathers LP", sold 1.76 million copies in the first week of release in the U.S., a record for a solo artist.
His wife Kimberly Mathers was granted physical custody of their 5-year-old daughter, continued financial support, a personal driver, and reinstatement of her credit cards. [29 August 2000]
2000 Album "The Marshall Mathers LP" sold a reported 7 million copies. [January 2001]
3rd January 2001: Album "The Marshall Mathers LP" nominated for 4 Grammy awards at The 43rd Annual Grammy Awards (2001) (TV), including: Album of the Year, Best Rap Album, Best Rap Solo Performance and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for the track "Forget About Dre" with Dr Dre.
Featured in "Entertainment Weekly" magazine (December 22/29, 2000) and was voted #3 for Entertainer of the Year.
Dr. Dre is Eminem's mentor.
Father of Hailie Jade (b. Christmas Day, 1995)
Raised in Detroit, Michigan.
Got joint custody of daughter Hailie Jade. [2001]
With the band D12, Eminem has had a number 10 hit with S**t on you, and a number 2 hit with Purple Hills (originally titled Purple Pills).
The name 'Eminem' came from his initials M(arshall) M(athers).
He has had an operation on his knee, which led to his awkward stance at numerous performances.
Wanted to be a comic book artist
He wears glasses
Cuts his own hair.
Parodied on "Saturday Night Live" (1975) by Chris Parnell.
Has said that he would like his daughter, Haile Jade, to become an actress.
Has a younger half-brother called Nathan (his mother's son from a later marriage), born in 1986.
Made $29,000,000 in 2002 with The Eminem Show LP, as the CEO of Shady Records, and the Anger Managment Tour '02.
On March 23, 2003 his song "Lose Yourself" from the film 8 Mile (2002) became the first rap song to win an Academy Award. He was not in attendance, and one of the song's co-writers, Luis Resto, accepted the Oscar on his behalf.
Won a Juno Award (Canada's Grammy Awards) for International Album of the Year.
The only white person to ever be on the cover of "The Source" and "XXL" magazines.
Adopted niece, Alaina, giving her his last name.
Was the only guest artist appearing on Jay-Z's album, "The Blueprint."
Has a tattoo of his daughter on his right lower shoulder
In his 2004 song, "Like Toy Soldiers", he stated he no longer wants to argue with Ja Rule and other members of Murder Inc.
Failed the 9th grade three times until finally dropping out. He said that he was not stupid [which is evident from interviews and his obvious success], but said that he lacked an interest in school. All he wanted to do was rap.
Favorite movie of all time is Scarface (1983).
Has a half sister and a half brother on his dad's side; Sarah and Michael Mathers.
He was voted the 82nd Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artist of all time by Rolling Stone.
In May 2003, a minor media stir came about when Eminem refused to allow rock parodist 'Weird Al' Yankovic to produce a video for his "Lose Yourself" parody "Couch Potato". Although semi-official statements from Eminem's camp stated that the rapper wasn't being malicious and simply did not want a parody to detract from his image as a serious hip-hop artist, most of the press that covered the story sided with Yankovic. Despite the lack of the music video, the album featuring the parody, "Poodle Hat", earned Yankovic his highest chart debut in "Billboard" (#17) and, in February 2004, his third Grammy Award.
Has custody of his niece Lainie (short for Alaina). Lainie and his daughter Hailie have been brought up together and are considered sisters and he refers to both as his daughters. Lainie was mentioned in the song Mockingbird on the "Encore" album.
Spoofs his character from 8 Mile (2002) in his music video "Just lose it"
Is a Detroit Pistons fan
Has his own record company called Shady Records
The Eminem Show has sold more than eight million albums
To help support his mother, young Marshall worked as a short-order cook at a Michigan family restaurant called Gilbert's Lodge
At the 1997 Rap Olympics in Los Angeles, he came in second.
He has sold over 65 million records worldwide (February 2006).
Created his own fashion line called Shady Limited.
Filed for divorce less than 3 months after re-marrying his ex-wife.
Hired young actress Karli Filips twice to portray his daughter, Hailie Jade in his music videos for "Lose Yourself" and "Like Toy Soldiers". When they shot the Toy Soldiers video, Eminem had to be reminded Karli had played his daughter once before.
Adopted his ex-wife's, Kim, other daughter with another man. Her name is Whitney.
His "D 12" band mate Proof was best man at his second wedding to Kim Matters.
His "D 12" band mate Proof was killed in a night club shooting at 5 am. [11th April 2006]
Eddie Guzelian, a producer on the hit Disney Channel show American Dragon: Jake Long, wrote in his blog for the show that the character of Jake's little sister was named after Hailie, Eminems daughter. Eddie is a big Eminem fan and was actually listening to one of his albums while creating the character.
Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". Volume 245, pages 121- 122. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2006.
Monday 26th Feb 2001: Winner of Best International Male at the 2001 Brit Awards.
His ancestry is partly German and Swiss-German.
Son of Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr. and wife Deborah R. Nelson (later remarried).
His maternal grandmother Betty Hixson was married five times. He is her grandson from her first marriage.
Ranked #6 on VH1's 50 Greatest Hip Hop Artists.
Is good friends with Jay-Z.
January 2008 - Released from a Detroit hospital after being rushed there during Christmas 2007. His publicist attributed this to a bout with pneumonia.
Is left handed.
Lives in Rochester Hills, Michigan.

Personal Quotes

"I don't want them once they turn 18" - On Britney Spears & Christina Aguilera
"At this point, I'm like "Come up with something new." I hate the same old questions. But it seems like "white" magazines such as Spin and Rolling Stone focus on my "whiteness" more than Black magazines" --On his colour
Why is it so hard for people to believe that white people are poor?! I wouldn't say I lived in a ghetto, I'd say I lived in the 'hood. The same friends I had back then are the same people on tour with me now
"There's a difference between realness and an act, and they're an act, and they know they're an act, and they even say they're an act, they even say they're cornballs, they admit it." --On ICP
"My family has never been there for me. They expect things because we're blood." --On his family
"Some asshole kept throwing oranges and other fruit at me while I was onstage. Fucker had an arm like a major league pitcher..." --About one of his concerts.
Don't do drugs, don't have unprotected sex, don't be violent. Leave that to me.
I had too much NyQuil and Vivarin again. Lost my stomach all over the place.
Never take ecstasy, beer, baccardi, weed, pepto bismol, vivarin, tums, tagamet hb, xanax, and valium in the same day. It makes it difficult to sleep at night.
Sometimes I'm real cool, but sometimes I could be a real asshole. I think everyone is like that.
"I would never fucking put them in a rhyme. I don't even want them wondering if I was trying to diss them. I got a lot of love for them. I grew up on that shit. The other rappers, whatever." --On the Beastie Boys.
All my life I've been dealing with my race because of where I grew up [Detroit] and being in the rap game. I'm at a boiling point...Anybody who pulls the race card is getting it right back in their face.
I get offended when people say, `So, being a white rapper...and growing up white...after being born white...' It's all I ever hear!
You can't control who likes you. If I got Backstreet Boy fans what am I supposed to do? Turn them away? Whoever likes my stuff, likes my stuff but just know Slim Shady is hip hop, I grew up on hip hop, it's the music I love and it's the music I respect. I respect the culture...that's me
"It doesn't exactly feel like a shock, but it's all new to me, and I'm taking it in as it comes." --On his rise to stardom.
A lot of my rhymes are just to get chuckles out of people. Anybody with half a brain is going to be able to tell when I'm joking and when I'm serious.
"A bunch of girls, swinging from a nice chandelier, landing on top of me naked...while I lay in a pool of steaming hot water!" --On his spring break fantasy
I try not to look at it that way. Being white. I don't wake up every day and look in the mirror, 'Oh. I'm white'.
My father? I never knew him. Never even seen a picture of him.
"Slim Shady is just the evil thoughts that come into my head. Things I shouldn't be thinking about. Not to be gimmicky, but people should be able to determine when I'm serious and when I'm fuckin around. That's why a lot of my songs are funny. I got a warped sense of humor I guess." --On his alter-ego, Slim Shady.
There was a while when I was feeling like, 'Damn, if I'd just been born black, I would not have to go through all this'.
"When I was 9 years old, my uncle put me on to the Breakin' soundtrack. The first rap song I ever heard was Ice-T, 'Reckless.' From L.L. to the Fat Boys, and all that shit, I was fascinated. When L.L. first came out with 'I'm Bad', I wanted to do it, to rhyme. Standing in front of the mirror, I wanted to be like L.L." --On his influences.
I'm not alone in feeling the way I feel. I believe that a lot of people can relate to my shit--whether white, black, it doesn't matter. Everybody has been through some shit, whether it's drastic or not so drastic. Everybody gets to the point of 'I don't give a fuck'.
It was an honor to hear the words out of Dre's mouth that he liked my shit. Growing up, I was one of the biggest fans of N.W.A, from putting on the sunglasses and looking in the mirror and lipsinking, to wanting to be Dr. Dre, to be Ice Cube. This is the biggest hip-hop producer ever.
I had nothing to lose, but something to gain. If I made an album for me and it was to my satisfaction, then I succeeded. If I didn't, then my producers were going to give up on the whole rap thing we were doing. I made some shit that I wanted to hear. The Slim Shady EP, I lashed out on everybody who talked shit about me.
I do say things that I think will shock people. But I don't do things to shock people. I'm not trying to be the next Tupac, but I don't know how long I'm going to be on this planet. So while I'm here, I might as well make the most of it.
Anybody with a sense of humour is going to put on my album and laugh from beginning to end.
Saving Private Ryan was probably the illest, sickest movie I've ever watched, and I didn't see anybody criticizing that one for violence.
I grew up listening to 2 Live Crew and N.W.A. and I never went out and shot nobody.
I don't like rap anyways, I'm just trying to get my porno career started.
We just kept moving back and forth because my mother never had a job. We kept getting kicked out of every house we were in. I believe six months was the longest we ever lived in a house.
I had this whole Slim Shady concept of being two different people, having two different sides of me. One of them I was trying to let go, and I looked at the mirror and smashed it. That was the whole intro of the Slim Shady EP. Slim Shady was coming to haunt me, was coming to haunt Eminem.
Whoever likes my stuff, likes my stuff. But just know Slim Shady is hip hop. I grew up on hip hop, it's the music I love and it's the music I respect. I respect the culture...that's me.
"If I said in one of my songs that my English teacher wanted to have sex with me in junior high, all I'm saying, is that I'm not gay, you know? People confuse the lyrics for me speaking my mind. I don't agree with that lifestyle, but if that lifestyle is for you, then it's your business." --On homosexuality.
I don't like to give the sob story: growing up in a single-parent home, never knew my father, my mother never worked, and when friends came over I'd hide the welfare cheese. Yo, I failed ninth grade three times, but I don't think it was necessarily 'cause I'm stupid. I didn't go to school. I couldn't deal.
(On if he let's his daughter listen to his music) Yeah, I do. Not all of it I play for her. Some songs, got a lot of cussing, especially the one she's on. So I make her a clean version. 'Cause I protect my Child! Not yours! Rest of the kids I don't care about - buy my album, go murder, rape, pillage, kill!"
(On his Oscar and why he didn't go to the show) "I'm thankful for it, I'm not ungrateful. I'm very grateful. I just don't choose to rub elbows with the whole Hollywood scene. It's not me. If there is just one award show you don't go to you gonna look ungrateful. Period. But me, I just don't like to go to places where I feel outta my element. And me sitting there with a bunch of movie stars and actors, I don't belong. I rap and do hip-hop, the music that I love. I'm about the music. The grammy's are about as far as I'm goin' go outside my element. It's still cool that I got it."
Infinite was me trying to figure out how I wanted my rap style to be, how I wanted to sound on the mic and present myself. It was a growing stage. I felt like Infinite was like a demo that just got pressed up.
I think my first album opened a lot of doors for me to push the freedom of speech to the limit.
I don't have to say anything to my fans about my music and try to explain it, because they get it, and that's why they are fans, do you know what I mean?
Though I'm not the first king of controversy, I am the worst thing since Elvis Presley, to do Black Music so selfishly and use it to get myself wealthy.
"I remember once when I was 16 he came to my house, we were living on the east side of 8 mile, he came over with a brand new pair of shoes and he threw them at my feet and said 'Put those on', and I said 'why'? He said 'Because I'm tired of you wearing them dirty ass shoes'" His eulogy on the late Proof

Salary

8 Mile (2002)

$3,000,000

Where Are They Now

(September 2003) Working on his fourth LP
(November 2004) Released his fourth album, "Encore" on November 12th.
(August 2005) Announced that he isn't retiring from the hip hop industry, but is taking a break to focus on his family.
(December 2005) Released an album called "Curtain Call: The Hits" which is a collection of his greatest hits, with 3 new songs.
(September 2006) Preparing to release a new album entitled 'The Re-Up' under his record label, Shady Records. It will feature new material from Eminem as well as songs from up-and-coming Shady Records artists, such as Stat Quo, Ca$his and Bobby Creekwater. It will also feature Obie Trice, D12, G-Unit and other artists on Shady and G-Unit Records. The first single from 'The Re-Up' will be "You Don't Know" by Eminem, 50 Cent, Ca$his and Lloyd Banks. The album is slated for release in December of 2006 and is executive produced by Eminem.
(May 2009) Released a new album "Relapse" on May 19th 2009 after about 5 years since the release of encore.
(June 2010) Released Recovery in which he expresses his disappointment in his last album. Recovery received overall positive reviews.