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Miss Indiana Katie Stam: Not just a pretty face UIndy communication major will use pageant attention to promote community service Katie Stam has heard her share of cynical comments about “beauty pageants,” even from close relatives, but she’s quick to correct any misconceptions. “The Miss America pageant is a scholarship pageant,” says Stam, a University of Indianapolis senior who will be vying for that storied crown in January after winning the Miss Indiana title on June 21. “It’s so much more than standing onstage and being poised.” Stam, who turns 22 in July, has the resume to back up that statement, being listed on the honor roll and active in student government at UIndy. But as it turns out, she is especially good at being poised onstage, as well as on camera. In her college career, she’s been one of the top broadcasting students in the Department of Communication, acting first as news director and more recently as operations manager for startup campus cable station UIndy TV. This spring, she helped lead her classmates to an underdog win in the Indiana Association of School Broadcasters annual college competition, seizing the TV School of the Year title from much larger competitors. Stam herself took home first-place honors in both the TV News Anchor and TV News Package categories. She also was among six UIndy students to win national recognition this year in the Broadcast Education Association’s annual competition, sharing second place in the TV Hard News Reporting category. Communication instructor Scott Uecker, general manager of UIndy TV and university-owned radio station WICR-FM, says Stam has shown rare talents as an anchor, reporter, interviewer and writer. “Occasionally we see a student who makes us say, ‘I’m going to be working for her someday,’” says Uecker, himself a broadcast news veteran. “She is definitely one of those students.” Perhaps Stam’s greatest skill, Uecker says, is leadership. He recalls her asking him to leave the room one day this spring so she could give her classmates a private pep talk while preparing for the state competition. “Her peers have so much respect for her,” he says. “She just makes everyone around her better, including me.” Stam is interning this summer at WISH-TV, as she did last summer at WTHR-TV, shadowing reporters, helping with interviews and recording her own take on the day’s events. When she graduates in December – a semester early – with hopes of working in TV news, she will have resume tapes from the two top-rated operations in Indianapolis. “That will really give me an edge,” she says. “And getting out into the industry six months before everybody else does is quite an advantage.” Her other campus activities have included chairing the student government’s Service and Philanthropy Committee. As such, she has organized fund-raisers to aid the homeless and the Ronald McDonald House at Riley Hospital for Children. In October, she will direct UIndy’s annual Super Saturday of Service, when hundreds of students perform volunteer work around the city at sites recommended by the United Way. “My whole theory about community service is making it easy for people,” says Stam, a Seymour High School graduate and daughter of Keith and Tracy Stam. “A lot of people don’t get involved because they think it’s too hard.” It’s no surprise, then, that community service is Stam’s platform issue as a pageant delegate, and she looks forward to the increased visibility she has earned. “The Miss America Organization gives you an opportunity to reach a larger audience,” she says. It’s more surprising that she has found the time to participate in pageants at all, much less be successful at it. Nonetheless, Stam has seen a string of wins and near-wins at the local, regional and national levels, including the 2005 Indiana Junior Miss title. This past year, she decided to go for the gold. First she targeted the Miss Duneland pageant, which has an open entry policy and is based in Michigan City, where she has close friends. That win took her to the Miss Indiana pageant in Zionsville, during which she sang a comic aria for the talent portion of the competition. Now she is living out a childhood dream, one she shared with a close cousin. “Every little girl wants to be a princess,” she admits. “We always saw Miss America as the perfect American icon. We held pageants in my cousin’s basement, making crowns out of cereal boxes.” Another UIndy student also placed in the Top 10 of this year’s Miss Indiana pageant: Megan Meadors, who is pursuing a master’s degree in occupational therapy. Stam described Meadors as a pageant veteran and “an amazing person” who was generous with advice and support for other contestants. UIndy has provided at least one other Miss Indiana who proceeded to the Miss America pageant. Music major Karen Louise Rogers claimed the title right after graduating in 1973. The reality Stam now faces is exciting but challenging. She already has a dozen parades and other public appearances scheduled as Miss Indiana, and that list will surely grow before she heads to Las Vegas for the Miss America competition, with finals to be televised January 24. She also will spend a few weeks later this year living with the other 51 contestants for the taping of “Miss America: Reality Check,” a reality miniseries that debuted on the TLC channel this year in advance of the 2008 pageant. Meanwhile, she’ll have to juggle another few months as a student, and that’s where the scholarship part comes in. Stam’s pageant winnings, including a Miss Indiana total of more than $10,000, have funded much of her college education. “I’ve already got my last semester paid for,” she says. “I’m graduating debt-free, because of the assistance I’ve received from this organization and other scholarships.” Source: http://www.uindy.edu/news/?p=663

2009 Miss America Pageant Katie R. Stam, Miss Indiana, competes in the swimsuit competition during the 2009 Miss America Pageant at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino January 24, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Stam went on to be crowned the new Miss America.

2009 Miss America Contestants "Flip" In Los Angeles Miss Indiana Katie R. Stam attends the 2009 Miss America Contestants 'Flip' on September 26, 2008 in Hollywood, California.

Tiger Ready for Baby No. 2 & Golf with Obama He says it himself: Tiger Woods is going to have one hectic spring. Woods, 33, hasn't played competitive golf since undergoing knee surgery in June, and says that his return to the tour hinges on the birth of his second child with wife Elin Nordegren. "A lot depends on the baby, which is due pretty soon," Woods, who admits to going "full-bore" in practice sessions, writes on his Web site. "That takes precedent over anything I do golf-wise." "Elin, [daughter] Sam and I are very excited for the new baby to arrive, although that's when the real lack of sleep begins. But I must admit, I am also excited about returning to competition," he says. "Early on, I didn't miss golf because I enjoyed staying home with Elin and Sam and I knew I wasn't physically able to play." He adds: "I'm taking it tournament to tournament. With our new addition, it's going to be a hectic spring." Meanwhile, he's also trying to squeeze in a round with Barack Obama! The pair made tentative plans when Woods spoke at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., as part of a pre-inauguration ceremony. "We didn't get to talk much," Woods explains. "I didn't want to get in his way. I did ask him if he wanted to play golf and he said, 'I'd love to.' So we'll make it happen." Source: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20256785,00.html

Stories From Real Runners I'm A Runner: Nancy O'Dell The Access Hollywood cohost talks about how running keeps her in shape for the red carpet. Nancy O’Dell shows off her running outfit on the Access set By Noah Rothbaum Photographs by Gregg Segal From the March 2009 issue of Runner's World Occupation: Cohost, Access Hollywood Residence: Los Angeles When did you start running? I used to play in high school a ton of sports. So I would get my running in that way. But purely running, I would probably say when I got into this whole Hollywood world and I realized I had to stand next to all these actresses who are in tremendous shape. It kind of dawned on me then that "Okay, you kind of need to stay fit." You always have to wear these revealing dresses. For me running has always been the easy way if I wanted to lose five pounds in a couple of weeks. Running has been the only thing and the quickest thing that works for me. So, I really started running when I came to LA&mdahs;that would have been back in 1996 when I started with Access—and I was having to stand next to all these Hollywood celebrities. And then I was running consistently. Back then it was easier to be able to eat whatever I wanted to and not have to worry about it as much as I do now. How often do you run? Back then I would probably run three times a week and would do it either for 30 minutes before I would go to work or 45 minutes if I could do it after work. And then I had a bulging disc. I was throwing the baseball with my stepson and I threw my disc out, so I had to stop running for about a year almost because it would come and go. And it eventually healed itself. I haven't had it in a long time. But I had to stop all exercise then. And then I got pregnant. Then I couldn't run like I normally would. Then I had the baby and I was too busy for a while. And then my mom was really sick and I was focused on that and trying tend to her. So I recently had gotten back into it. The past seven months I'm, like, five days a week running. And I love it. When my mom got sick I was spending so much time researching for her and I really wasn't watching what I ate. Because it didn't matter. All I wanted to do was focus on her. I wasn't focusing on me. Momma passed away about three and a half months ago. My mom and I were so very, very, very close. I just decided okay I need to feel good about myself. You just feel kind of down and out. You don't feel like doing much. I said I've got to get out of this funk. I got to start getting back, even if I don't feel healthy emotionally yet, 'cause I'm still dealing with the loss, I wanted to feel healthy physically again. I started running and it made me feel so much better 'cause I felt like I was doing something proactive to stay heart healthy and to feel better about myself. I had the Emmys coming up. Running has always been an easy way for me to lose the pounds really quickly. I've been running five days a week now straight for about 3 months and I've already lost 12 pounds. That was nice. I do it now five days a week, probably 45 minutes per run. It's tough to try to fit it all in. But it makes you feel so much better and I enjoy it. That's one thing I really enjoy. A lot of people go, 'I don't know how you do it—run, run, run.' But I love it. I do it out in my neighborhood. I will do a treadmill if it's raining, which rarely happens in California. Or if it's late at night. Or a lot of times I'll have to watch a movie or TV show for work for an interview that I'm getting ready to do. So I'll pop that on the DVD player and watch it as I'm on the treadmill. How far do you generally go? I do it more by time. I have a little heart rate monitor that I keep on. I try to keep my heart rate up at about 145, 150. I go for about 45 minutes straight like that. I usually do it with a trainer. He runs me like crazy. Sometimes we will change it up, where we go, 'okay we're going to do long strides,' 'now we will slow it down a little bit and do slow strides' or sometimes we will do sprints in between. But usually it's a steady-pace jog. I know how many calories I typically burn. A minimum of 450 is our goal. About 45 minutes is around the 450 range if I do it at a heart beat that I'm at. I prefer to do it more like 600, so sometimes we will throw in sprints to try to get it up to 600. Do you not listen to music since you're running with a trainer? No. I sit there and have a long conversation with the trainer, which keeps me entertained usually. Plus, I always get nervous about listening to music and having traffic around you. When I'm on a treadmill I will. But I like to watch DVDs more so or a movie that I haven't seen and that will keep me occupied because I tend to start thinking too much. Is there one movie you love to run to or put on if you don't have anything to watch? Usually, what happens in my business is that I have to cover so many movies because of the interviews that I'm doing and I have to watch so many because of the award ceremonies. So I'll get DVDs of those TV shows and start watching them or if I have the Golden Globes coming up then all the movies that are nominated. There is a ton. So leading up to the Oscars or the Golden Globes or whatever event is coming up it's a good way to get your exercise in and working at the same time. In between [award ceremonies] what I do is I go out and grab a movie that I didn't cover and so I didn't necessarily see it but yet I wanted to, like I just watched PS I Love You. So I'll get movies that I didn't have to watch for work and just wanted to catch up on. Do you run longer if you're watching a movie? Absolutely. You don't notice the time. You don't constantly look at the clock. That's way I usually try to get a romantic one because I love romantic movies and I completely forget that I'm exercising because I'm so into the movie. Do you have a favorite running movie? Chariots of Fire. I've always said I'm going to go back and rent that one. Do you have a favorite run in LA? There are two places. Runyon Canyon. I've run in there before if I feel like doing the hills. I prefer the little inclines. The tall ones get kind of tough to run the steady pace I want to run. Then the Rose Bowl. I host the Rose Parade every year, so I'm very familiar with the Rose Bowl area. I like to run in the Rose Bowl. One of the reasons that I like it is because you can be running next to somebody and if they're going faster than you do, it's kind of competitive thing. You're like 'I've got to keep up with them.' It makes you run a little bit faster. If you wanted to see celebrity runners in LA where would you go? Definitely the Canyon. You'll run into somebody there. Everybody is walking their dogs there. It's up above Hollywood. A ton of celebrities go there. You'll wind up bumping into somebody because there are a ton of people on the trails and a ton of celebrities go there to walk their dogs or exercise. Besides the running what else does your workout consist of? The majority of it right now is running because I wanted the quickest way to lose the pounds. It always makes me feel the healthiest. I feel like I'm working my heart that way. I do a little bit of weight lifting. And I love sports, so I play basketball and I throw the football with my stepsons. That was the way I won them over a little bit. I dated a football player in college and he taught me to throw a spiral. So I was cool, I was okay; I was in once they realized I could throw a spiral. I'm a big tennis player. Those are my other forms of working out. Do you go running with husband? My husband doesn't run much because he has a bad knee that he messed up playing basketball. But he will walk. So, I'll run ahead of them and then I circle back around. My stepsons love to ride their bikes in the neighborhood, so they ride their bikes along side. I have a jogging stroller so I'll run with the baby a lot. Are there any secrets to running with a jogging stroller? Make sure you don't hit any bumps. The strollers are kind of equipped for that but still because you're going at a faster speed than pushing you have to be a little careful. I feel like it works your arms out a little bit. But it's a little different. You know how you get a cadence when you're running Some runners like running because they can escape work. Others like to think about work when they're running. What do you think about? I like to think when I'm doing it. It's a good time because you're getting away from everything. I have to talk so much as part of my business and a lot of times when I go running with the trainer I chit chat back and forth with him, which makes the time go by quickly. We have a lot of political debates with everything going on while we're running right now. But if I'm running by myself it's a good way to think through the day, how things went. It's a nice moment to relax. It sounds odd but it really is. Is there one celebrity you would like to go on a run with? Julia Roberts, I imagine, would completely distract you if you went for a run because she's just hilarious. I don't know if she's a runner or not. Julia is fun. But it would be fun. You could compare mom notes and she would make you laugh and you would probably forget about any hard work you were doing. Is there a big running culture in Hollywood? You see the tabloids all the time catching them. I think Jennifer Aniston is a big runner from what I've read. We've never specifically talked about it. The way that celebrities are expected to stay in shape, unfortunately that's the culture of Hollywood right now. I think it's one of the only true ways to be able to maintain that fitness and keep your body shape the way it is unless you just don't eat and that's not fun. I'm southern and I like to eat. Is there a way that you motivate yourself on days you don't want to run? I'll be like, "I'm so tired. I don't feel like starting." But I know how I'm going to feel after. So if I just think about that thought of what it's going to feel like after. Then once I go running and I'm into it about 15 or 20 minutes all of a sudden then you get that good feeling. That's all I tell myself, if I could just get past that 15, 20 minutes then I'm good to go. Fifteen minutes and then I know I'll be fine. And I always am. if I don't feel like running I'll purposefully schedule it at night. If I have the trainer with me I'm not worried about running at night. We just wear all these lights. We look like aliens. I have all kinds of gadgets. I'm a gadget runner. What's your favorite gadget? For nighttime running probably blinking lights. I strap them all over my body. My husband laughs but my neighborhood gets really dark at night. I have four flashing lights on me. And then I make the trainer wear one on the front and back. I've corned the market on flashing lights. How do you celebrate after a long run? Do you reward yourself? Sometimes I will. I'll go and take a long bath because I rarely get the luxury of sitting in the bathtub for 20 minutes. And I love a bath. If I've done a particularly long run, like I go an hour, then I feel like OK I can go sit in the bathtub for twenty minutes. And just relax. Plus it's good for you. The bath is my reward and I know it's good for soreness. What's the craziest place you've run in LA? I know a hard place. I ran in Malibu Canyon. That's really hard. It's almost like a hike run. What are some of your favorite places to eat in LA? Are there places for runners to carbo load? LA is so anti-carb. I don't eat a lot of carbs either. I used to growing up but I don't eat a lot now. Was Katie Holmes running the 2008 New York City Marathon a big story on Access Hollywood? She's become so popular obviously because of her marriage to Tom. It was such an unusual thing for her to do. I don't think anybody really heard about her running or that she was going to do the New York City Marathon. So that when we heard that she had done it, it became a really big story that day. Because she kind of kept her training for it a secret. When viewers see that they think well if a celebrity can do it than I can do it. And she made it to the very end. I remember that. Not a bad time either. It was like five and a half hours. I was encouraged and I loved seeing hubby Tom and Suri out there encouraging her and cheering her on. If I run a marathon my husband better be there. Is there a smell that you associate with running? Jasmine. Because the areas that I run in have a lot of jasmine. The Rose Bowl has a lot of Jasmine. Source: http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120...1X2X3-4,00.html

Angelina Talks Acting and Motherhood Roles http://www.fadedyouthblog.com/81946/angeli...therhood-roles/

Miranda Kerr: From Model To Lapdancer http://www.fadedyouthblog.com/82017/mirand...l-to-lapdancer/

PEOPLE Presents Angelina Jolie's Beautiful Beginnings Jon Voight holds daughter Angelina Jolie in May 1977, and in Marcheline Bertrand's lap is James Haven As the old song goes, Angelina Jolie must've been a beautiful baby – 'cause, baby, look at her now. As for her younger days, PEOPLE has an exclusive peek inside the Changeling Oscar nominee's family album of long ago, when Jolie was 23 months old – and her mother, Marcheline Bertrand (who died in 2007), was the spitting image of her daughter today. Shown here, from 1977, are dad Jon Voight, mom Bertrand, Jolie and her big brother, James Haven, on his 4th birthday. Though remembered as "an independent bundle of energy," the baby of the family "was kind of in the background that day," photographer and family friend Charles Eastman tells PEOPLE. After all, he adds, "who knew she was going to grow up to be Angelina Jolie?" Source: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20256510,00.html

Thank you ve.ro.nika!!

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Gwen and Zuma are Beach Buddies Ensuring she spends some much-needed one-on-one time with her littlest ones, Gwen Stefani and her husband Gavin Rossdale took their boys Kingston and Zuma to the beach in Malibu on Sunday. Baby Zuma seemed to enjoy his very first trip to the beach, and basked in the glow of his very first west coast sunset. Meanwhile, Kingston splashed in the water with his nanny and ran away from his dad, laughing and smiling all the while. Doting dad Gavin marked the special day by wearing a t-shirt with baby Zuma’s name on the back! Gwen is making sure she spends as much time with her kids as he can as she’ll soon begin rehearsals for the No Doubt summer tour. Along with bandmates Tony Kanal, Adrian Young and Tom Dumont, the recording artist and fashion designer will launch the highly anticipated tour this May at outdoor amphitheaters and arenas throughout the summer. It will be their first tour since the band co-headlined a national tour with Blink 182 in 2004. Gwen has been quoted as saying: “The whole reason for going on this tour was to have fun, try on all our favourite songs again and to get inspired to make new music. It feels good to be all together again.” Dates are to be announced shortly. February 1, 2009

Is this on the set of "Salt"?

Miss America Visits FOX's "The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet" Miss America 2009 Katie Stam visits FOX's 'The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet' at FOX studios on January 27, 2009 in New York City.

Kingston & Zuma’s Day At The Park Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale’s sons, Kingston, 2 1/2, and Zuma, 5 months, were spotted having a fun afternoon at Coldwater Canyon park with their nannies. Kingston enjoyed going for a swing and getting a ride in his personalized West Coast Wagon. The Rossdale brothers were just seen enjoying Coldwater Canyon park with their famous mama. January 30, 2009

Japan Welcomes Queen Angelina Jolie http://splashnewsonline.celebuzz.com/2009/...n-angelina.html

Angelina Jolie At 'Changeling' Press Conference In Japan http://splashnewsonline.celebuzz.com/2009/...angeling-p.html

Angelina Jolie at "Changeling" press conference in Tokyo, Japan January 30, 2009

Gwen and Jennifer are Park Players Gwen Stefani took advantage of the beautiful Los Angeles weather on Thursday afternoon and took her sons Kingston and Zuma to Coldwater Park in Beverly Hills. While Kingston played in the sand with the nanny, Gwen pushed baby Zuma on the swings, causing both to erupt in adorable giggles! Jennifer Meyer, wife of Tobey Maguire and another of Hollywood’s most hands-on moms, stopped by with 2-year-old daughter Ruby to say hello and chat with Gwen. January 29, 2009

Angelina Jolie at "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" premiere in Tokyo, Japan January 29, 2009

Knox looks like Brad and Vivienne looks like Angelina. Beautiful family!!!