Freestyle shortly thereafter gave way to mainstream pop artists such as MC Hammer, Paula Abdul, Bobby Brown, New Kids on the Block and Milli Vanilli, who used hip hop beats and electro samples, but in a mainstream form and with slicker production and MTV-friendly videos.

Paula Julie Abdul (; born June 19, 1962 ) is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, choreographer, actress and television personality.

In 1995, Abdul released a dance workout video entitled Paula Abdul's Get Up and Dance!

Paula Abdul, 1990

By 1995, Paula Abdul had recovered from her battle with the eating disorder bulimia nervosa and prepared to return to the spotlight with her new album Head over Heels.

In 2000, Abdul ’ s Paula Abdul: Greatest Hits CD was released by Virgin Records ( with whom Abdul was already no longer affiliated ).

Meanwhile, Bravo began airing the reality television series Hey Paula, which followed Abdul through her day-to-day life.

In 2007, Paula Abdul Jewelry launched its nationwide consumer debut on QVC, with the tagline " fashion jewelry designed with heart and soul.

Another short-lived marriage for Paula Abdul was to clothing designer Brad Beckerman, in 1996.

It was revealed on the Bravo show Hey Paula, which had followed Abdul with a video camera prior to the interviews, that Abdul had not been sleeping, perhaps suffering from some mild form of insomnia.

Coke used Paula Abdul, while Pepsi used Michael Jackson.

The music video for " Velcro Fly " was choreographed by pop singer Paula Abdul.

* June 19 – Paula Abdul, American dancer, choreographer, and singer

* Paula Abdul – Van Nuys High alumna 1978 – 1980

* " Rush Rush ", 1991 Paula Abdul song

Artists and songs covered included " Into The Groove " by Madonna, " Message in a Bottle " by The Police, " Gloria " by Laura Branigan, " Hip Hop Hooray " by Naughty by Nature, " Friday I'm in Love " by The Cure, " Livin ' on a Prayer " by Bon Jovi, " Physical " by Olivia Newton-John, " Heaven Is A Place On Earth " by Belinda Carlisle, " Everybody Have Fun Tonight " by Wang Chung, " All Fired Up " by Pat Benatar, " Workin ' Overtime " by Diana Ross, " The Promise of a New Day " by Paula Abdul, " Pump up the Jam " by Technotronic, " Motownphilly " by Boyz II Men, " I Have Nothing " by Whitney Houston and " Breakaway " by Tracey Ullman in addition to hundreds of other songs over the entire run.

Paula Abdul choreographed the video.

The original three judges were record producer and music manager Randy Jackson, pop singer and choreographer Paula Abdul and music executive and manager Simon Cowell.

* MC Skat Kat, an animated cat who appeared in a Paula Abdul video

Paula Abdul was nominated for six awards, picking up four wins, and turned out the most notable performance of the night.

Prince's Paisley Park Studios was used both by Prince and for outside music production by artists such as Madonna, Boy George, the Fine Young Cannibals and Paula Abdul.

`` My mother read a book right after I was born and there was a Lilian in the book she loved and I became Lilian -- and eventually I became Paula ''.

But her father was not enthusiastic about sending young Paula to high school.

Paula was saddened about what was happening to little girls and vowed to kneel no more in Chapel.

He `` legitimized '' Paula for Lilian Steichen, and it was Paula who insisted on Carl for Charles.

Carl, who was stationed in Appleton, Wisconsin, organizing for the Social Democrats, was in Berger's office and made it his business to escort Paula to the streetcar.

Paula says that even though Carl's letters usually began, `` Dear Miss Steichen '', there was an understanding from the beginning that they would become husband and wife.

I was delighted with Paula Prentiss' comedy performance, which was as fresh and unstilted as one's highest hopes might ask.

Doppelbock or double bock is a stronger version of traditional bock that was first brewed in Munich by the Paulaner monks, an order founded by St. Francis of Paula.

His mother, Paula ( born Paula Voit ), had German as a mother tongue, but was ethnically of " mixed Hungarian " origin: Her maiden name Voit is German, probably of Saxon origin from Upper Hungary ( Since 1920 in Czechoslovakia, since 1993 in Slovakia ), though she spoke Hungarian fluently.

From then on, the long independence struggle was led mainly by Bolívar and Francisco de Paula Santander in neighboring Venezuela.

In April 2009 it was revealed that Eileen Grimshaw's father, Colin had slept with Eileen's old classmate, Paula Carp while she was still at school, and that Paula's daughter, Julie was in fact also Colin's daughter.

After claiming this, Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr, who was investigating Clinton in the Paula Jones lawsuit, issued a subpoena to have her testify her claim in court.

Paula Jones ' legal team was also unable to track Gracen down because she had made unscheduled trips to Las Vegas and the Caribbean as well.

Lang was born in Vienna as the second son of Anton Lang ( 1860 – 1940 ), an architect and construction company manager, and his wife Pauline " Paula " Lang née Schlesinger ( 1864 – 1920 ).

Frederick Augustus II ( full name: Frederick Augustus Albert Maria Clemens Joseph Vincenz Aloys Nepomuk Johann Baptista Nikolaus Raphael Peter Xavier Franz de Paula Venantius Felix ) ( Dresden, 18 May 1797 – Brennbüchel, Karrösten, Tyrol, 9 August 1854 ) was King of Saxony and a member of the House of Wettin.

Paula Maxa was one of the Grand Guignol's best-known performers.

In 1964 Hawks made his final comedy, Man's Favorite Sport ?, which starred Rock Hudson ( since Cary Grant felt he was too old for the role ) and Paula Prentiss.

Nine acrylic on canvas paintings, inspired by Paula Scher's map paintings, provided the basis for 2003's Hail to the Thiefs look, creating maps of war torn cities like Kabul and Grozny out of brightly colored blocks with politically charged words or phrases.

Restaurants include ' 37 Steakhouse, the Paula Deen Buffet ( inspired by the famed Food Network personality ; formally opened on May 23, 2008, as a renovation of the former Grand Buffet ), Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill, Fudruckers, Quiznos Express, Uno Express, and Dunkin ' Donuts.

The perjury charge arose from Clinton's testimony about his relationship to Lewinsky during a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by former Arkansas state employee Paula Jones.

Wired magazine, created by Louis Rossetto and Jane Metcalfe, mixes new technology, art, literature, and current topics in order to interest today ’ s cyberpunk fans, which Paula Yoo claims " proves that hardcore hackers, multimedia junkies, cyberpunks and cellular freaks are poised to take over the world.

* Becoming a Scientist: Gender and Knowledge in Eighteenth-Century Italy by Paula Findlen

" This " Israel " was a cultural and probably political entity of the central highlands, well enough established to be perceived by the Egyptians as a possible challenge to their hegemony, but an ethnic group rather than an organised state ; Archaeologist Paula McNutt says: " It is probably ... during Iron Age I a population began to identify itself as ' Israelite '," differentiating itself from its neighbours via prohibitions on intermarriage, an emphasis on family history and genealogy, and religion.

One was a count of perjury in a civil deposition in Paula Jones's sexual harassment lawsuit against Clinton ( by a 205 – 229 vote ) and an article which accused Clinton of abuse of power by a 48 – 285 vote.

In Rome he was surrounded by a circle of well-born and well-educated women, including some from the noblest patrician families, such as the widows Lea, Marcella and Paula, with their daughters Blaesilla and Eustochium.

Soon after the death of his patron Damasus ( 10 December 384 ), Jerome was forced by them to leave his position at Rome after an inquiry was brought up by the Roman clergy into allegations that he had an improper relationship with the widow Paula.

In August 385, he left Rome for good and returned to Antioch, accompanied by his brother Paulinianus and several friends, and followed a little later by Paula and Eustochium, who had resolved to end their days in the Holy Land.

Late in the summer of 388 he was back in Israel, and spent the remainder of his life in a hermit's cell near Bethlehem, surrounded by a few friends, both men and women ( including Paula and Eustochium ), to whom he acted as priestly guide and teacher.

Amply provided by Paula with the means of livelihood and of increasing his collection of books, he led a life of incessant activity in literary production.

Longer Letter Later and Snail Mail No More by Paula Danziger and Ann M. Martin.

* Couscous and Other Good Food from Morocco, by: Paula Wolfert, Gael Greene ISBN 0-06-091396-7

Clinton previously had been confronted with allegations of sexual misconduct during his time as Governor of Arkansas, including a civil lawsuit filed against Clinton by former Arkansas state employee, Paula Jones, alleging that he had sexually harassed her.

In addition, relying upon the definition of " sexual relations " as proposed by the prosecution and agreed by the defense and by Judge Susan Webber Wright, who was hearing the Paula Jones case, Clinton claimed that because certain acts were performed on him, not by him, he did not engage in sexual relations.

Alternately, Paula may signal the CPU to load a new sample into any of the four audio output buffers by generating an interrupt when a new sample is needed.

The track " U " was written for Paula by Prince.