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1. #PAULA ABDUL STRAIGHT UP PICTURES FROM 1980 MOVIE#
2. #PAULA ABDUL STRAIGHT UP PICTURES FROM 1980 PROFESSIONAL#
3. #PAULA ABDUL STRAIGHT UP PICTURES FROM 1980 SERIES#
4. #PAULA ABDUL STRAIGHT UP PICTURES FROM 1980 TV#

Though her previous touring experience consisted of a few dozen club dates singing to prerecorded backing tracks, she turned out to be the biggest draw on this past summer’s otherwise troubled Club MTV Tour.Īnd as film offers come pouring in to her agent at Creative Artists Agency, Abdul is that much closer to fulfilling her dream of becoming an old-fashioned, all-around entertainer.

#PAULA ABDUL STRAIGHT UP PICTURES FROM 1980 SERIES#

The success of the album–which sold a remarkable 750,000 copies during one recent ten-day period–has moved Abdul from the ranks of soulful wannabes into the loftier heights occupied by Madonna and Janet Jackson.Ībdul’s oddly wholesome sensuality, captured in a series of smartly conceived videos by the red-hot director David Fincher (Madonna’s “Express Yourself”), has turned her into a feminine fixture on MTV. Despite her technical limitations in the singing department–”I’m no Aretha Franklin,” she says–Abdul has managed, with the help of a vocal coach and savvy producers, to knock out a series of memorable Number One hits.Īnd though it took more than a year after its release to get there, the state-of-the-charts Forever Your Girl has also reached the top. Of course, Abdul has more than a nice complexion to show off these days. “She makes herself into this huge pop star, and she still has no stress zits. Tracey Ullman herself has plenty of nice things to say about Abdul but admits there’s one thing about her longtime choreographer that drives her crazy. It’s all just about this incredible girl loving to work.” No personal drama about it No look at me about it. “The thing you have to understand about Paula,” he says, “is when she works, there’s no histrionics about it.

#PAULA ABDUL STRAIGHT UP PICTURES FROM 1980 MOVIE#

Brooks, executive producer of the Tracey Ullman Show, sees a similarity between Abdul and Holly Hunter’s lovably work-obsessed character in his movie Broadcast News. “But Paula doesn’t sweat like James.”įilmmaker James L. “I call her Paula Brown, because she’s the hardest-working woman in showbiz,” says pal Arsenio Hall, whom the tabloids have linked romantically to Abdul, making them King and Queen of the Pop-Culture Prom. You want dirt? The worst tiling people say about her is that yes, sometimes she belches loudly in the recording studio. To them, she’s simply a sweet, talented showbiz kid whose all-work schedule leaves precious little time for play.

What makes Paula run? is she just a ruthless, dancing pop tart–a Sammy Glick in tap shoes?Īsk the people around her and they’ll tell you that Abdul is not your average video vamp. Abdul–who received her first big royalty check from Virgin only four days ago–saw the house the day before yesterday.

#PAULA ABDUL STRAIGHT UP PICTURES FROM 1980 TV#

Abdul thanks the directors, asks to have a progress report in a few days and heads downstairs for her next meeting–to choose material for her second album.Īlong the way, she distributes hugs and kisses to dozens of Virgin staff members, autographs a poster for an Australian outpost of the Hard Rock Cafe and ducks into a nearby office to make a counteroffer on the Hollywood house being sold by a well-known TV starlet. Maybe we could put some of that stuff in.”ĭespite the fact that the directors are on a hectic schedule of their own to get the tape out on time, they seem agreeable to Abdul’s request, if surprised by it.

#PAULA ABDUL STRAIGHT UP PICTURES FROM 1980 PROFESSIONAL#

“Do you have any shots of me falling on my butt?” Abdul asks in a teeny voice that sounds professional and polite. And Abdul’s hard work has been paying off in a big way of late She’s already racked up a quadruple-platinum debut album ( Forever Your Girl), three Number One singles (“Straight Up,” “Forever Your Girl” and “Cold Hearted”), an armful of MTV video awards, an Emmy for her choreography on the Tracey Ullman Show, as well as a sponsorship deal with Reebok.īut as Abdul sits staring at her own image, she seems less concerned with the rise of Paula Abdul than with the falls of Paula Abdul.