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Recording a solo album ended up being a largely maddening and ego-shredding experience for Gwen ...

"I went in all glossy-eyed, and she's like, 'You're a freak.

Dr. Dre rolls his eyes at Gwen, but then 50 Cent talks her down ...

— by Jennifer Vineyard, interview by Billy Rainey

When Gwen Stefani got the call that Linda Perry was ready to write with her, the first thing she did was bury her face in a pillow and cry.

And now she was going to have to get up and get creative.

When she arrived at Perry's house, nothing she did seemed fast enough.

Stefani would go into another room to try to write some lyrics, and when she came back, Perry would already have the whole song nailed.

This was no isolated incident — recording her solo album ended up being a largely terrifying, maddening and ego-shredding experience, no matter who she worked with.

Not exactly what the No Doubt singer had initially envisioned.

Gwen Stefani: Through The Years Photo Gallery

Stefani had decided to do Love, Angel, Music, Baby — which she calls her "dance record" or her "collaborations record" — when she was on the Rock Steady tour with No Doubt.

One day, she happened to hear the old Club Nouveau song "Why You Treat Me So Bad" and immediately was transported back to high school, when she used to go dancing at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California.

She turned to No Doubt bassist Tony Kanal and said, "Wouldn't it be fun to do music like that?"

It looked like this '80s flashback fantasy would have to happen outside of her band.

So she made a list of influences she wanted to explore in an updated way — Prince, Lisa Lisa, Debbie Deb, the Time, New Order, Depeche Mode, early Madonna.

And then she made another list of musical idols she'd like to do some exploring with.

The game plan was simple, but strict: Love the '80s, but make them modern.

"Cool"Love, Angel, Music, Baby(Interscope)

"Crash"Love, Angel, Music, Baby(Interscope)

"Rich Girl"Love, Angel, Music, Baby(Interscope)

"Bubble Pop Electric"Love, Angel, Music, Baby(Interscope)

"Hollaback Girl"Love, Angel, Music, Baby(Interscope)

"If I was doing a solo record, it means basically pouring my heart out, the real Gwen," she said.

"Like the years with No Doubt, that was just No Doubt, this is me."

In some ways, the new album "is actually less of me, because I'm letting all these other people into my world and trying on their clothes, their music and melodies."

The list of those people was long — Dr. Dre, the Neptunes, Andre 3000, New Order, Nellee Hooper, Dallas Austin, and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis were among the producers and musicians with whom she collaborated.

Perry made the cut primarily because she'd put Gwen in a headlock at the Grammys, looked her in the eye, and told her they could make beautiful music together.

That was a good start, but Stefani didn't have a "huge game plan" for how she wanted to get there.

"You can try not to like this album, you can try real hard; but it will at least be your guilty pleasure.

It's like the ABCs — you can't get them out of your brain.

I wasn't trying to go for an art record or a deep record.

I just wanted to make you feel good for a moment and forget everything else."

There was just one problem — she wasn't feeling so good herself.

Instead of the big cast of contributors helping to take some of the pressure off, it only made her feel worse.

NEXT: 'I went in all glossy-eyed, and she's like, 'You're a freak.

"What You Waiting For?"Love, Angel, Music, Baby(Interscope)

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by Talia Soghomonian | first published: 3 Aug 2005 in Interviews

As the face and voice of No Doubt Gwen Stefani became one of the most recognisable pop stars of the '90s.

In 2004, Stefani released her debut solo album Love Angel Music Baby, a more poppy affair than the ska-tinged music of her band.musicOMH caught up with Stefani recently to talk about her solo career and her recent move into acting, in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator

No Doubt's effervescent singer Gwen Stefani, is impressed by my figure.

I'm surprised by her svelte body, expecting a more athletic build.

Nevertheless, the glamourpuss is hungry and needs a pick-me-up before dinner – and this interview.

"I'll just eat half of that and then I'll be fine," she says as she unwraps a sugar-laden protein bar.

Bearing the same name as her own clothes line, her first solo album Love Angel Music Baby. is full of fashion-savvy references to her favourite designers, including Galliano, Vivienne Westwood and Comme des Garons.

Good product placement or is a package of free clothes on the way?

I did it because I think they're rad and want to talk about them.

Vivienne Westwood is one of my all-time favourites.

I'd give all my money to her and buy all her clothes!"

But L.A.M.B. is also full of the musical references of her teens.

"It was the dance, popular music of the time and it had a really strong imprint on me, because it was a very inspired time for music."

If anyone had to pay an ode to the 80's, it was certainly Gwen Stefani, the quintessential offspring of that decade who spent her teens listening to KROQ and dancing to Prince and Duran Duran on the dancefloor of Videopolis, under the shadow of Disneyland.

It wasn't like I was driving out to L.A. clubs."

She was just an Orange County girl, listening to ska: "Madness, The Specials and The Selector.

It was really underground when I first discovered music.

No Doubt's bass player turned her on to other sounds.

"Lisa Lisa and The Cult Jam and Club Nouveau.

Of course we were also listening to Depeche Mode, The Cure and Madonna had just come out.

I did it because I think they're rad."– Gwen on her album's references to her favourite fashion designers.

L.A.M.B. is the '80s flavored dance album that she'd always dreamed of making, with a hoard of guest-stars including New Order, Dallas Austin and Nellee Hooper – before time ran out and it was too late.

"I was on the Rock Steady tour with the guys.

I turned on a Club Nouveau song and said to Tony, 'I wanna do a dance record before I die!'"

"When I started thinking about this project, I was like, I'm going to make a wish list of my favourite talented people that are in the club now, like Dr. Dre, Andre 3000, The Neptunes," she recalls, "So I thought it was going to be a really fun, easy side project I could do and put out in a few months.

She also discovered she actually didn't know how to write a song.

"It's really challenging to go in and put yourself in such a vulnerable position where you're sitting with somebody in a room you're a huge fan of and thinking, What if I can't think of anything?"

Her insecurities are depicted in the video for the first single What You Waiting For, where Gwen plays Alice chasing around the rabbit, symbolizing inspiration, in Wonderland.

It was the perfect metaphor for the way I felt making this record."

Afraid of time running out, Gwen was hearing the tick-tock of the clock, pressing her to do all that she's ever wanted to do – and getting a little push from Kanal himself, who also produced two tracks on the album, and former 4 Non-Blondes leader Linda Perry, the woman behind hit songs by Pink and Christina Aguilera.

"I'd never worked with the woman before.

Write a shitty song and waste a day of your life?"

But those darned insecurities crept up on her, drawing tears – "I went in the studio the first day and cried."

The chemistry between the two was so string, however, that it dissipated the confusion.

"Linda was so magic, driven, inspiring and beautiful.

She was saying: 'What you waiting for, Gwen?

"It turned into this super-hard, long, drawn-out, life-challenging thing."–

Gwen on the process of recording her solo album.

While No Doubt will go on, she is already planning the next phase of her career, looking for that perfect role.

In her silver screen debut, she plays lookalike Jean Harlow in Martin Scorsese's Howard Hughes biopic, The Aviator.

"I have two lines, so it's pretty minimal.-

In fact, she treads on comfortable ground as her part consists of walking the red carpet.

"It's like, oh OK, I know this!" she laughs.

"It was so real when I walked out the car with Leo (di Caprio).

He's incredible, one of the most talented male actors out there."

He's so passionate and can't stop talking about the whole project.

He's so excited about it and knows so much about everything.

That's probably what makes him such a great director."

No doubt the movie offers will pour in, but for now, she's biding her sweet time, even if she feels her other clock – the biological one – ticking away.

"I've wanted a baby since I was a baby, but I think it's not up to me.

I never thought any of this would be my life.

Honestly, I'm just that girl who was in Anaheim with my best friends."

Gwen Stefani MP3s or CDs Gwen Stefani on Spotify

More on Gwen StefaniGwen Stefani – The Sweet EscapeInterview – Gwen StefaniInterview – Gwen StefaniGwen Stefani –

Julia Holter @ Islington Assembly Hall, London

Morgen und Abend @ Royal Opera House, London

King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard – Paper Mâché Dream Balloon

Track-By-Track: Wolfgang Flür – Eloquence – The Complete Works

Festival Preview: London Jazz Festival 2015

Father John Misty @ Shepherd's Bush Empire, London

Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm – Collaborative Works

Joanna Newsom @ Hammersmith Apollo, London

The Wainwright Sisters – Songs In The Dark

During the night of the 2003 Grammy Awards, Perry forced Stefani into a chokehold, and demanded that they were "gonna write songs together!", to which Stefani reluctantly agreed. Soon after, Stefani finished the Rock Steady Tour with her band No Doubt, and took a call from her label, who informed her that Perry was in a studio ready to collaborate, and that Perry "only [had] five days out of the whole year to work with [her]." Stefani has since admitted that she was frustrated by not being able to see her husband Gavin Rossdale, and was intimidated at the thought of collaboration, in particular with Perry, who she did not feel was qualified to write dance music. Stefani was exhausted by the recently completed tour, and shortly afterwards suffered an emotional breakdown, which she spent in bed crying.
 During their first day of work, the two wrote a song titled "Fine by You", which Stefani later described as "a stupid love song, but really good". Perry remarked that the song "wasn't right", and the track was excluded from the album.


The session was unproductive due in part to Stefani's self-consciousness.

(meta data) TITLE: MTV.com: Gwen Stefani: Scared Solo

Recording a solo album ended up being a largely maddening and ego-shredding experience for Gwen ...

"I went in all glossy-eyed, and she's like, 'You're a freak.

Dr. Dre rolls his eyes at Gwen, but then 50 Cent talks her down ...

— by Jennifer Vineyard, interview by Billy Rainey

When Gwen Stefani got the call that Linda Perry was ready to write with her, the first thing she did was bury her face in a pillow and cry.

And now she was going to have to get up and get creative.

When she arrived at Perry's house, nothing she did seemed fast enough.

Stefani would go into another room to try to write some lyrics, and when she came back, Perry would already have the whole song nailed.

This was no isolated incident — recording her solo album ended up being a largely terrifying, maddening and ego-shredding experience, no matter who she worked with.

Not exactly what the No Doubt singer had initially envisioned.

Gwen Stefani: Through The Years Photo Gallery

Stefani had decided to do Love, Angel, Music, Baby — which she calls her "dance record" or her "collaborations record" — when she was on the Rock Steady tour with No Doubt.

One day, she happened to hear the old Club Nouveau song "Why You Treat Me So Bad" and immediately was transported back to high school, when she used to go dancing at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California.

She turned to No Doubt bassist Tony Kanal and said, "Wouldn't it be fun to do music like that?"

It looked like this '80s flashback fantasy would have to happen outside of her band.

So she made a list of influences she wanted to explore in an updated way — Prince, Lisa Lisa, Debbie Deb, the Time, New Order, Depeche Mode, early Madonna.

And then she made another list of musical idols she'd like to do some exploring with.

The game plan was simple, but strict: Love the '80s, but make them modern.

"Cool"Love, Angel, Music, Baby(Interscope)

"Crash"Love, Angel, Music, Baby(Interscope)

"Rich Girl"Love, Angel, Music, Baby(Interscope)

"Bubble Pop Electric"Love, Angel, Music, Baby(Interscope)

"Hollaback Girl"Love, Angel, Music, Baby(Interscope)

"If I was doing a solo record, it means basically pouring my heart out, the real Gwen," she said.

"Like the years with No Doubt, that was just No Doubt, this is me."

In some ways, the new album "is actually less of me, because I'm letting all these other people into my world and trying on their clothes, their music and melodies."

The list of those people was long — Dr. Dre, the Neptunes, Andre 3000, New Order, Nellee Hooper, Dallas Austin, and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis were among the producers and musicians with whom she collaborated.

Perry made the cut primarily because she'd put Gwen in a headlock at the Grammys, looked her in the eye, and told her they could make beautiful music together.

That was a good start, but Stefani didn't have a "huge game plan" for how she wanted to get there.

"You can try not to like this album, you can try real hard; but it will at least be your guilty pleasure.

It's like the ABCs — you can't get them out of your brain.

I wasn't trying to go for an art record or a deep record.

I just wanted to make you feel good for a moment and forget everything else."

There was just one problem — she wasn't feeling so good herself.

Instead of the big cast of contributors helping to take some of the pressure off, it only made her feel worse.

NEXT: 'I went in all glossy-eyed, and she's like, 'You're a freak.

"What You Waiting For?"Love, Angel, Music, Baby(Interscope)

© 2007 MTV NETWORKS. © AND TM MTV NETWORKS.

PRIVACY STATEMENT/YOUR CA PRIVACY RIGHT,

ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES E-COMMERCE ON THIS WEBSITE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY MTVN DIRECT INC.

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The goal is to fix all broken links on the web.

Crawls of supported "No More 404" sites.

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The idea is to bring a reliability to Wikipedia outlinks so that if the pages referenced by Wikipedia articles are changed, or go away, a reader can permanently find what was originally referred to.

This is part of the Internet Archive's attempt to rid the web of broken links.

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by Talia Soghomonian | first published: 3 Aug 2005 in Interviews

As the face and voice of No Doubt Gwen Stefani became one of the most recognisable pop stars of the '90s.

In 2004, Stefani released her debut solo album Love Angel Music Baby, a more poppy affair than the ska-tinged music of her band.musicOMH caught up with Stefani recently to talk about her solo career and her recent move into acting, in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator

No Doubt's effervescent singer Gwen Stefani, is impressed by my figure.

I'm surprised by her svelte body, expecting a more athletic build.

Nevertheless, the glamourpuss is hungry and needs a pick-me-up before dinner – and this interview.

"I'll just eat half of that and then I'll be fine," she says as she unwraps a sugar-laden protein bar.

Bearing the same name as her own clothes line, her first solo album Love Angel Music Baby. is full of fashion-savvy references to her favourite designers, including Galliano, Vivienne Westwood and Comme des Garons.

Good product placement or is a package of free clothes on the way?

I did it because I think they're rad and want to talk about them.

Vivienne Westwood is one of my all-time favourites.

I'd give all my money to her and buy all her clothes!"

But L.A.M.B. is also full of the musical references of her teens.

"It was the dance, popular music of the time and it had a really strong imprint on me, because it was a very inspired time for music."

If anyone had to pay an ode to the 80's, it was certainly Gwen Stefani, the quintessential offspring of that decade who spent her teens listening to KROQ and dancing to Prince and Duran Duran on the dancefloor of Videopolis, under the shadow of Disneyland.

It wasn't like I was driving out to L.A. clubs."

She was just an Orange County girl, listening to ska: "Madness, The Specials and The Selector.

It was really underground when I first discovered music.

No Doubt's bass player turned her on to other sounds.

"Lisa Lisa and The Cult Jam and Club Nouveau.

Of course we were also listening to Depeche Mode, The Cure and Madonna had just come out.

I did it because I think they're rad."– Gwen on her album's references to her favourite fashion designers.

L.A.M.B. is the '80s flavored dance album that she'd always dreamed of making, with a hoard of guest-stars including New Order, Dallas Austin and Nellee Hooper – before time ran out and it was too late.

"I was on the Rock Steady tour with the guys.

I turned on a Club Nouveau song and said to Tony, 'I wanna do a dance record before I die!'"

"When I started thinking about this project, I was like, I'm going to make a wish list of my favourite talented people that are in the club now, like Dr. Dre, Andre 3000, The Neptunes," she recalls, "So I thought it was going to be a really fun, easy side project I could do and put out in a few months.

She also discovered she actually didn't know how to write a song.

"It's really challenging to go in and put yourself in such a vulnerable position where you're sitting with somebody in a room you're a huge fan of and thinking, What if I can't think of anything?"

Her insecurities are depicted in the video for the first single What You Waiting For, where Gwen plays Alice chasing around the rabbit, symbolizing inspiration, in Wonderland.

It was the perfect metaphor for the way I felt making this record."

Afraid of time running out, Gwen was hearing the tick-tock of the clock, pressing her to do all that she's ever wanted to do – and getting a little push from Kanal himself, who also produced two tracks on the album, and former 4 Non-Blondes leader Linda Perry, the woman behind hit songs by Pink and Christina Aguilera.

"I'd never worked with the woman before.

Write a shitty song and waste a day of your life?"

But those darned insecurities crept up on her, drawing tears – "I went in the studio the first day and cried."

The chemistry between the two was so string, however, that it dissipated the confusion.

"Linda was so magic, driven, inspiring and beautiful.

She was saying: 'What you waiting for, Gwen?

"It turned into this super-hard, long, drawn-out, life-challenging thing."–

Gwen on the process of recording her solo album.

While No Doubt will go on, she is already planning the next phase of her career, looking for that perfect role.

In her silver screen debut, she plays lookalike Jean Harlow in Martin Scorsese's Howard Hughes biopic, The Aviator.

"I have two lines, so it's pretty minimal.-

In fact, she treads on comfortable ground as her part consists of walking the red carpet.

"It's like, oh OK, I know this!" she laughs.

"It was so real when I walked out the car with Leo (di Caprio).

He's incredible, one of the most talented male actors out there."

He's so passionate and can't stop talking about the whole project.

He's so excited about it and knows so much about everything.

That's probably what makes him such a great director."

No doubt the movie offers will pour in, but for now, she's biding her sweet time, even if she feels her other clock – the biological one – ticking away.

"I've wanted a baby since I was a baby, but I think it's not up to me.

I never thought any of this would be my life.

Honestly, I'm just that girl who was in Anaheim with my best friends."

Gwen Stefani MP3s or CDs Gwen Stefani on Spotify

More on Gwen StefaniGwen Stefani – The Sweet EscapeInterview – Gwen StefaniInterview – Gwen StefaniGwen Stefani –

Julia Holter @ Islington Assembly Hall, London

Morgen und Abend @ Royal Opera House, London

King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard – Paper Mâché Dream Balloon

Track-By-Track: Wolfgang Flür – Eloquence – The Complete Works

Festival Preview: London Jazz Festival 2015

Father John Misty @ Shepherd's Bush Empire, London

Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm – Collaborative Works

Joanna Newsom @ Hammersmith Apollo, London

The Wainwright Sisters – Songs In The Dark

During the night of the 2003 Grammy Awards, Perry forced Stefani into a chokehold, and demanded that they were "gonna write songs together!", to which Stefani reluctantly agreed. Soon after, Stefani finished the Rock Steady Tour with her band No Doubt, and took a call from her label, who informed her that Perry was in a studio ready to collaborate, and that Perry "only [had] five days out of the whole year to work with [her]." Stefani has since admitted that she was frustrated by not being able to see her husband Gavin Rossdale, and was intimidated at the thought of collaboration, in particular with Perry, who she did not feel was qualified to write dance music. Stefani was exhausted by the recently completed tour, and shortly afterwards suffered an emotional breakdown, which she spent in bed crying.
 During their first day of work, the two wrote a song titled "Fine by You", which Stefani later described as "a stupid love song, but really good". Perry remarked that the song "wasn't right", and the track was excluded from the album. The session was unproductive.


The session was unproductive due in part to Stefani's writer's block.

(meta data) TITLE: MTV.com: Gwen Stefani: Scared Solo

Recording a solo album ended up being a largely maddening and ego-shredding experience for Gwen ...

"I went in all glossy-eyed, and she's like, 'You're a freak.

Dr. Dre rolls his eyes at Gwen, but then 50 Cent talks her down ...

— by Jennifer Vineyard, interview by Billy Rainey

When Gwen Stefani got the call that Linda Perry was ready to write with her, the first thing she did was bury her face in a pillow and cry.

And now she was going to have to get up and get creative.

When she arrived at Perry's house, nothing she did seemed fast enough.

Stefani would go into another room to try to write some lyrics, and when she came back, Perry would already have the whole song nailed.

This was no isolated incident — recording her solo album ended up being a largely terrifying, maddening and ego-shredding experience, no matter who she worked with.

Not exactly what the No Doubt singer had initially envisioned.

Gwen Stefani: Through The Years Photo Gallery

Stefani had decided to do Love, Angel, Music, Baby — which she calls her "dance record" or her "collaborations record" — when she was on the Rock Steady tour with No Doubt.

One day, she happened to hear the old Club Nouveau song "Why You Treat Me So Bad" and immediately was transported back to high school, when she used to go dancing at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California.

She turned to No Doubt bassist Tony Kanal and said, "Wouldn't it be fun to do music like that?"

It looked like this '80s flashback fantasy would have to happen outside of her band.

So she made a list of influences she wanted to explore in an updated way — Prince, Lisa Lisa, Debbie Deb, the Time, New Order, Depeche Mode, early Madonna.

And then she made another list of musical idols she'd like to do some exploring with.

The game plan was simple, but strict: Love the '80s, but make them modern.

"Cool"Love, Angel, Music, Baby(Interscope)

"Crash"Love, Angel, Music, Baby(Interscope)

"Rich Girl"Love, Angel, Music, Baby(Interscope)

"Bubble Pop Electric"Love, Angel, Music, Baby(Interscope)

"Hollaback Girl"Love, Angel, Music, Baby(Interscope)

"If I was doing a solo record, it means basically pouring my heart out, the real Gwen," she said.

"Like the years with No Doubt, that was just No Doubt, this is me."

In some ways, the new album "is actually less of me, because I'm letting all these other people into my world and trying on their clothes, their music and melodies."

The list of those people was long — Dr. Dre, the Neptunes, Andre 3000, New Order, Nellee Hooper, Dallas Austin, and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis were among the producers and musicians with whom she collaborated.

Perry made the cut primarily because she'd put Gwen in a headlock at the Grammys, looked her in the eye, and told her they could make beautiful music together.

That was a good start, but Stefani didn't have a "huge game plan" for how she wanted to get there.

"You can try not to like this album, you can try real hard; but it will at least be your guilty pleasure.

It's like the ABCs — you can't get them out of your brain.

I wasn't trying to go for an art record or a deep record.

I just wanted to make you feel good for a moment and forget everything else."

There was just one problem — she wasn't feeling so good herself.

Instead of the big cast of contributors helping to take some of the pressure off, it only made her feel worse.

NEXT: 'I went in all glossy-eyed, and she's like, 'You're a freak.

"What You Waiting For?"Love, Angel, Music, Baby(Interscope)

© 2007 MTV NETWORKS. © AND TM MTV NETWORKS.

PRIVACY STATEMENT/YOUR CA PRIVACY RIGHT,

ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES E-COMMERCE ON THIS WEBSITE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY MTVN DIRECT INC.

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That way, as the pages that are referenced are changed or taken from the web, a link to the version that was live when the page was written will be preserved.

Then the Internet Archive hopes that references to these archived pages will be put in place of a link that would be otherwise be broken, or a companion link to allow people to see what was originally intended by a page's authors.

The goal is to fix all broken links on the web.

Crawls of supported "No More 404" sites.

Collection: Wikipedia Near Real Time (from IRC)

This is a collection of web page captures from links added to, or changed on, Wikipedia pages.

The idea is to bring a reliability to Wikipedia outlinks so that if the pages referenced by Wikipedia articles are changed, or go away, a reader can permanently find what was originally referred to.

This is part of the Internet Archive's attempt to rid the web of broken links.

The Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org/web/20151117021445/http://www.musicomh.com/features/interviews/interview-gwen-stefani

by Talia Soghomonian | first published: 3 Aug 2005 in Interviews

As the face and voice of No Doubt Gwen Stefani became one of the most recognisable pop stars of the '90s.

In 2004, Stefani released her debut solo album Love Angel Music Baby, a more poppy affair than the ska-tinged music of her band.musicOMH caught up with Stefani recently to talk about her solo career and her recent move into acting, in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator

No Doubt's effervescent singer Gwen Stefani, is impressed by my figure.

I'm surprised by her svelte body, expecting a more athletic build.

Nevertheless, the glamourpuss is hungry and needs a pick-me-up before dinner – and this interview.

"I'll just eat half of that and then I'll be fine," she says as she unwraps a sugar-laden protein bar.

Bearing the same name as her own clothes line, her first solo album Love Angel Music Baby. is full of fashion-savvy references to her favourite designers, including Galliano, Vivienne Westwood and Comme des Garons.

Good product placement or is a package of free clothes on the way?

I did it because I think they're rad and want to talk about them.

Vivienne Westwood is one of my all-time favourites.

I'd give all my money to her and buy all her clothes!"

But L.A.M.B. is also full of the musical references of her teens.

"It was the dance, popular music of the time and it had a really strong imprint on me, because it was a very inspired time for music."

If anyone had to pay an ode to the 80's, it was certainly Gwen Stefani, the quintessential offspring of that decade who spent her teens listening to KROQ and dancing to Prince and Duran Duran on the dancefloor of Videopolis, under the shadow of Disneyland.

It wasn't like I was driving out to L.A. clubs."

She was just an Orange County girl, listening to ska: "Madness, The Specials and The Selector.

It was really underground when I first discovered music.

No Doubt's bass player turned her on to other sounds.

"Lisa Lisa and The Cult Jam and Club Nouveau.

Of course we were also listening to Depeche Mode, The Cure and Madonna had just come out.

I did it because I think they're rad."– Gwen on her album's references to her favourite fashion designers.

L.A.M.B. is the '80s flavored dance album that she'd always dreamed of making, with a hoard of guest-stars including New Order, Dallas Austin and Nellee Hooper – before time ran out and it was too late.

"I was on the Rock Steady tour with the guys.

I turned on a Club Nouveau song and said to Tony, 'I wanna do a dance record before I die!'"

"When I started thinking about this project, I was like, I'm going to make a wish list of my favourite talented people that are in the club now, like Dr. Dre, Andre 3000, The Neptunes," she recalls, "So I thought it was going to be a really fun, easy side project I could do and put out in a few months.

She also discovered she actually didn't know how to write a song.

"It's really challenging to go in and put yourself in such a vulnerable position where you're sitting with somebody in a room you're a huge fan of and thinking, What if I can't think of anything?"

Her insecurities are depicted in the video for the first single What You Waiting For, where Gwen plays Alice chasing around the rabbit, symbolizing inspiration, in Wonderland.

It was the perfect metaphor for the way I felt making this record."

Afraid of time running out, Gwen was hearing the tick-tock of the clock, pressing her to do all that she's ever wanted to do – and getting a little push from Kanal himself, who also produced two tracks on the album, and former 4 Non-Blondes leader Linda Perry, the woman behind hit songs by Pink and Christina Aguilera.

"I'd never worked with the woman before.

Write a shitty song and waste a day of your life?"

But those darned insecurities crept up on her, drawing tears – "I went in the studio the first day and cried."

The chemistry between the two was so string, however, that it dissipated the confusion.

"Linda was so magic, driven, inspiring and beautiful.

She was saying: 'What you waiting for, Gwen?

"It turned into this super-hard, long, drawn-out, life-challenging thing."–

Gwen on the process of recording her solo album.

While No Doubt will go on, she is already planning the next phase of her career, looking for that perfect role.

In her silver screen debut, she plays lookalike Jean Harlow in Martin Scorsese's Howard Hughes biopic, The Aviator.

"I have two lines, so it's pretty minimal.-

In fact, she treads on comfortable ground as her part consists of walking the red carpet.

"It's like, oh OK, I know this!" she laughs.

"It was so real when I walked out the car with Leo (di Caprio).

He's incredible, one of the most talented male actors out there."

He's so passionate and can't stop talking about the whole project.

He's so excited about it and knows so much about everything.

That's probably what makes him such a great director."

No doubt the movie offers will pour in, but for now, she's biding her sweet time, even if she feels her other clock – the biological one – ticking away.

"I've wanted a baby since I was a baby, but I think it's not up to me.

I never thought any of this would be my life.

Honestly, I'm just that girl who was in Anaheim with my best friends."

Gwen Stefani MP3s or CDs Gwen Stefani on Spotify

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Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm – Collaborative Works

Joanna Newsom @ Hammersmith Apollo, London

The Wainwright Sisters – Songs In The Dark

During the night of the 2003 Grammy Awards, Perry forced Stefani into a chokehold, and demanded that they were "gonna write songs together!", to which Stefani reluctantly agreed. Soon after, Stefani finished the Rock Steady Tour with her band No Doubt, and took a call from her label, who informed her that Perry was in a studio ready to collaborate, and that Perry "only [had] five days out of the whole year to work with [her]." Stefani has since admitted that she was frustrated by not being able to see her husband Gavin Rossdale, and was intimidated at the thought of collaboration, in particular with Perry, who she did not feel was qualified to write dance music. Stefani was exhausted by the recently completed tour, and shortly afterwards suffered an emotional breakdown, which she spent in bed crying.
 During their first day of work, the two wrote a song titled "Fine by You", which Stefani later described as "a stupid love song, but really good". Perry remarked that the song "wasn't right", and the track was excluded from the album. The session was unproductive. The session was unproductive due in part to Stefani's self-consciousness.


Stefani at one stage broke down in tears in the studio.

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Recording a solo album ended up being a largely maddening and ego-shredding experience for Gwen ...

"I went in all glossy-eyed, and she's like, 'You're a freak.

Dr. Dre rolls his eyes at Gwen, but then 50 Cent talks her down ...

— by Jennifer Vineyard, interview by Billy Rainey

When Gwen Stefani got the call that Linda Perry was ready to write with her, the first thing she did was bury her face in a pillow and cry.

And now she was going to have to get up and get creative.

When she arrived at Perry's house, nothing she did seemed fast enough.

Stefani would go into another room to try to write some lyrics, and when she came back, Perry would already have the whole song nailed.

This was no isolated incident — recording her solo album ended up being a largely terrifying, maddening and ego-shredding experience, no matter who she worked with.

Not exactly what the No Doubt singer had initially envisioned.

Gwen Stefani: Through The Years Photo Gallery

Stefani had decided to do Love, Angel, Music, Baby — which she calls her "dance record" or her "collaborations record" — when she was on the Rock Steady tour with No Doubt.

One day, she happened to hear the old Club Nouveau song "Why You Treat Me So Bad" and immediately was transported back to high school, when she used to go dancing at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California.

She turned to No Doubt bassist Tony Kanal and said, "Wouldn't it be fun to do music like that?"

It looked like this '80s flashback fantasy would have to happen outside of her band.

So she made a list of influences she wanted to explore in an updated way — Prince, Lisa Lisa, Debbie Deb, the Time, New Order, Depeche Mode, early Madonna.

And then she made another list of musical idols she'd like to do some exploring with.

The game plan was simple, but strict: Love the '80s, but make them modern.

"Cool"Love, Angel, Music, Baby(Interscope)

"Crash"Love, Angel, Music, Baby(Interscope)

"Rich Girl"Love, Angel, Music, Baby(Interscope)

"Bubble Pop Electric"Love, Angel, Music, Baby(Interscope)

"Hollaback Girl"Love, Angel, Music, Baby(Interscope)

"If I was doing a solo record, it means basically pouring my heart out, the real Gwen," she said.

"Like the years with No Doubt, that was just No Doubt, this is me."

In some ways, the new album "is actually less of me, because I'm letting all these other people into my world and trying on their clothes, their music and melodies."

The list of those people was long — Dr. Dre, the Neptunes, Andre 3000, New Order, Nellee Hooper, Dallas Austin, and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis were among the producers and musicians with whom she collaborated.

Perry made the cut primarily because she'd put Gwen in a headlock at the Grammys, looked her in the eye, and told her they could make beautiful music together.

That was a good start, but Stefani didn't have a "huge game plan" for how she wanted to get there.

"You can try not to like this album, you can try real hard; but it will at least be your guilty pleasure.

It's like the ABCs — you can't get them out of your brain.

I wasn't trying to go for an art record or a deep record.

I just wanted to make you feel good for a moment and forget everything else."

There was just one problem — she wasn't feeling so good herself.

Instead of the big cast of contributors helping to take some of the pressure off, it only made her feel worse.

NEXT: 'I went in all glossy-eyed, and she's like, 'You're a freak.

"What You Waiting For?"Love, Angel, Music, Baby(Interscope)

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by Talia Soghomonian | first published: 3 Aug 2005 in Interviews

As the face and voice of No Doubt Gwen Stefani became one of the most recognisable pop stars of the '90s.

In 2004, Stefani released her debut solo album Love Angel Music Baby, a more poppy affair than the ska-tinged music of her band.musicOMH caught up with Stefani recently to talk about her solo career and her recent move into acting, in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator

No Doubt's effervescent singer Gwen Stefani, is impressed by my figure.

I'm surprised by her svelte body, expecting a more athletic build.

Nevertheless, the glamourpuss is hungry and needs a pick-me-up before dinner – and this interview.

"I'll just eat half of that and then I'll be fine," she says as she unwraps a sugar-laden protein bar.

Bearing the same name as her own clothes line, her first solo album Love Angel Music Baby. is full of fashion-savvy references to her favourite designers, including Galliano, Vivienne Westwood and Comme des Garons.

Good product placement or is a package of free clothes on the way?

I did it because I think they're rad and want to talk about them.

Vivienne Westwood is one of my all-time favourites.

I'd give all my money to her and buy all her clothes!"

But L.A.M.B. is also full of the musical references of her teens.

"It was the dance, popular music of the time and it had a really strong imprint on me, because it was a very inspired time for music."

If anyone had to pay an ode to the 80's, it was certainly Gwen Stefani, the quintessential offspring of that decade who spent her teens listening to KROQ and dancing to Prince and Duran Duran on the dancefloor of Videopolis, under the shadow of Disneyland.

It wasn't like I was driving out to L.A. clubs."

She was just an Orange County girl, listening to ska: "Madness, The Specials and The Selector.

It was really underground when I first discovered music.

No Doubt's bass player turned her on to other sounds.

"Lisa Lisa and The Cult Jam and Club Nouveau.

Of course we were also listening to Depeche Mode, The Cure and Madonna had just come out.

I did it because I think they're rad."– Gwen on her album's references to her favourite fashion designers.

L.A.M.B. is the '80s flavored dance album that she'd always dreamed of making, with a hoard of guest-stars including New Order, Dallas Austin and Nellee Hooper – before time ran out and it was too late.

"I was on the Rock Steady tour with the guys.

I turned on a Club Nouveau song and said to Tony, 'I wanna do a dance record before I die!'"

"When I started thinking about this project, I was like, I'm going to make a wish list of my favourite talented people that are in the club now, like Dr. Dre, Andre 3000, The Neptunes," she recalls, "So I thought it was going to be a really fun, easy side project I could do and put out in a few months.

She also discovered she actually didn't know how to write a song.

"It's really challenging to go in and put yourself in such a vulnerable position where you're sitting with somebody in a room you're a huge fan of and thinking, What if I can't think of anything?"

Her insecurities are depicted in the video for the first single What You Waiting For, where Gwen plays Alice chasing around the rabbit, symbolizing inspiration, in Wonderland.

It was the perfect metaphor for the way I felt making this record."

Afraid of time running out, Gwen was hearing the tick-tock of the clock, pressing her to do all that she's ever wanted to do – and getting a little push from Kanal himself, who also produced two tracks on the album, and former 4 Non-Blondes leader Linda Perry, the woman behind hit songs by Pink and Christina Aguilera.

"I'd never worked with the woman before.

Write a shitty song and waste a day of your life?"

But those darned insecurities crept up on her, drawing tears – "I went in the studio the first day and cried."

The chemistry between the two was so string, however, that it dissipated the confusion.

"Linda was so magic, driven, inspiring and beautiful.

She was saying: 'What you waiting for, Gwen?

"It turned into this super-hard, long, drawn-out, life-challenging thing."–

Gwen on the process of recording her solo album.

While No Doubt will go on, she is already planning the next phase of her career, looking for that perfect role.

In her silver screen debut, she plays lookalike Jean Harlow in Martin Scorsese's Howard Hughes biopic, The Aviator.

"I have two lines, so it's pretty minimal.-

In fact, she treads on comfortable ground as her part consists of walking the red carpet.

"It's like, oh OK, I know this!" she laughs.

"It was so real when I walked out the car with Leo (di Caprio).

He's incredible, one of the most talented male actors out there."

He's so passionate and can't stop talking about the whole project.

He's so excited about it and knows so much about everything.

That's probably what makes him such a great director."

No doubt the movie offers will pour in, but for now, she's biding her sweet time, even if she feels her other clock – the biological one – ticking away.

"I've wanted a baby since I was a baby, but I think it's not up to me.

I never thought any of this would be my life.

Honestly, I'm just that girl who was in Anaheim with my best friends."

Gwen Stefani MP3s or CDs Gwen Stefani on Spotify

More on Gwen StefaniGwen Stefani – The Sweet EscapeInterview – Gwen StefaniInterview – Gwen StefaniGwen Stefani –

Julia Holter @ Islington Assembly Hall, London

Morgen und Abend @ Royal Opera House, London

King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard – Paper Mâché Dream Balloon

Track-By-Track: Wolfgang Flür – Eloquence – The Complete Works

Festival Preview: London Jazz Festival 2015

Father John Misty @ Shepherd's Bush Empire, London

Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm – Collaborative Works

Joanna Newsom @ Hammersmith Apollo, London

The Wainwright Sisters – Songs In The Dark

During the night of the 2003 Grammy Awards, Perry forced Stefani into a chokehold, and demanded that they were "gonna write songs together!", to which Stefani reluctantly agreed. Soon after, Stefani finished the Rock Steady Tour with her band No Doubt, and took a call from her label, who informed her that Perry was in a studio ready to collaborate, and that Perry "only [had] five days out of the whole year to work with [her]." Stefani has since admitted that she was frustrated by not being able to see her husband Gavin Rossdale, and was intimidated at the thought of collaboration, in particular with Perry, who she did not feel was qualified to write dance music. Stefani was exhausted by the recently completed tour, and shortly afterwards suffered an emotional breakdown, which she spent in bed crying.
 During their first day of work, the two wrote a song titled "Fine by You", which Stefani later described as "a stupid love song, but really good". Perry remarked that the song "wasn't right", and the track was excluded from the album. The session was unproductive. The session was unproductive due in part to Stefani's self-consciousness. The session was unproductive due in part to Stefani's writer's block.


Official newspaper of the Ministry of Defence of RA

Sergeant Robert Abajyan, by decree of the NKR President, was posthumously awarded the title "Hero of Artsakh" and awarded the "Golden Eagle".

The enemy who renew the war, unexpectedly met all the heroic resistance of the Armenian soldiers, suffered many losses and was thrown back.

Of the numerous feats of Armenian officers and soldiers we present the following.

Sergeant Robert Abajyan, during fierce fighting was wounded, lost his commander and comrades but continued to provide resistance to the enemy to the last bullet.

He brings his seriously wounded comrade in the trench cell, which was located at a distance of 30m, there he contacts with the battalion commander, provides important information on the operational situation.

He finds the strength to warn about the danger to the commander of the group that hurried to his aid.

Robert was able to attract the attention of five enemy soldiers, in close combat with the two of them detonates a grenade.

The sergeant demonstrated personal courage and determination to defend the position, and on the cost of life remained faithful to the military oath.

This heroic act filled with fury the hearts of Major Maloyan and other fighters who attacked the position and with the same courage took it back, destroying enemy manpower and forcing the Azerbaijanis to retreat to their original positions.

"INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING: NEW APPROACHES AND MILITARY COOPERATION"

WE ARE OFF TO DEFEND OUR PORTION OF THE HOMELAND

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Զորահանդես, Արցախ, 2012թ. 9 մայիսի

On the night of 1–2 April 2016 along the northeastern part of the NKR-Azerbaijan contact line units of Azerbaijani Armed Forces carried out large-scale attacks against the Armenian side. After the use of artillery, groups of Azerbaijani forces commenced an infantry attack. Under the leadership of captain Armenak Urfanyan, a smaller number of Armenian border soldiers started to provide heavy resistance. After two failed attempts of penetration and a loss of a tank, Azeri forces withdrew to their initial positions and resumed the artillery bombardments on the contact line. Captain Urfanyan and Yazidi-Armenian machine-gunner Karam Sloyan were soon killed. After the death of the commander, Robert Abajyan, who had suffered a wound in his leg by that time, took upon himself to proceed with the resistance.


He brought his wounded comrade machine-gunner Andranik Zohrabyan into the trench cell.

Official newspaper of the Ministry of Defence of RA

Sergeant Robert Abajyan, by decree of the NKR President, was posthumously awarded the title "Hero of Artsakh" and awarded the "Golden Eagle".

The enemy who renew the war, unexpectedly met all the heroic resistance of the Armenian soldiers, suffered many losses and was thrown back.

Of the numerous feats of Armenian officers and soldiers we present the following.

Sergeant Robert Abajyan, during fierce fighting was wounded, lost his commander and comrades but continued to provide resistance to the enemy to the last bullet.

He brings his seriously wounded comrade in the trench cell, which was located at a distance of 30m, there he contacts with the battalion commander, provides important information on the operational situation.

He finds the strength to warn about the danger to the commander of the group that hurried to his aid.

Robert was able to attract the attention of five enemy soldiers, in close combat with the two of them detonates a grenade.

The sergeant demonstrated personal courage and determination to defend the position, and on the cost of life remained faithful to the military oath.

This heroic act filled with fury the hearts of Major Maloyan and other fighters who attacked the position and with the same courage took it back, destroying enemy manpower and forcing the Azerbaijanis to retreat to their original positions.

"INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING: NEW APPROACHES AND MILITARY COOPERATION"

WE ARE OFF TO DEFEND OUR PORTION OF THE HOMELAND

(Հայերեն) ԴԱՎԻԹ ՏՈՆՈՅԱՆՆ ԸՆԴՈՒՆԵԼ Է ՆԻԴԵՐԼԱՆԴՆԵՐԻ ԹԱԳԱՎՈՐՈՒԹՅԱՆ ԴԵՍՊԱՆԻՆ

DRASTAMAT KANAYAN'S DESCENDANTS VISIT THE INSTITUTE NAMED AFTER THEIR GRANDFATHER

BUNDESWEHR MUNICH UNIVERSITY DELEGATION VISITS THE NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH UNIVERSITY

ՔՆՆԱՐԿՎԵԼ ԵՆ ԿԱՏԱՐԵԼԱԳՈՐԾՄԱՆԸ ՆՊԱՏԱԿԱՈՒՂՂՎԱԾ ԽՆԴԻՐՆԵՐ

THE NATO DEFENSE EDUCATION ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM EXPERTS VISIT ARMENIA

THE NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH UNIVERSITY LAUNCHES THE REVIEW OF THE RA NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY

THE US AIR WAR COLLEGE DELEGATION VISITS THE NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH UNIVERSITY

THE 63RD INTERNATIONAL PUGWASH CONFERENCE OF SCIENCE AND WORLD AFFAIRS TO BE HELD IN YEREVAN

HAYK KOTANJIAN: THE NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH UNIVERSITY'S GEOSTRATEGIC PROJECT ON THE EVE OF THE AGREEMENT WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION

THE FIRST INTRA-AGENCY EXECUTIVE EDUCATION PILOT COURSE AT THE NDRU WAS FINISHED

NDRU EDUCATIONAL PROCESS LAUNCH: MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY

HAYK KOTANJIAN: THE IMPORTANCE OF ENGAGING RENOWNED DIASPORA ARMENIANS IN THE CAUSE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CYBER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN THE RA

Զորահանդես, Արցախ, 2012թ. 9 մայիսի

On the night of 1–2 April 2016 along the northeastern part of the NKR-Azerbaijan contact line units of Azerbaijani Armed Forces carried out large-scale attacks against the Armenian side. After the use of artillery, groups of Azerbaijani forces commenced an infantry attack. Under the leadership of captain Armenak Urfanyan, a smaller number of Armenian border soldiers started to provide heavy resistance. After two failed attempts of penetration and a loss of a tank, Azeri forces withdrew to their initial positions and resumed the artillery bombardments on the contact line. Captain Urfanyan and Yazidi-Armenian machine-gunner Karam Sloyan were soon killed. After the death of the commander, Robert Abajyan, who had suffered a wound in his leg by that time, took upon himself to proceed with the resistance. Azeri forces penetrated the line.


The trench cell was located at a distance of 30 meters (98 feet).

Official newspaper of the Ministry of Defence of RA

Sergeant Robert Abajyan, by decree of the NKR President, was posthumously awarded the title "Hero of Artsakh" and awarded the "Golden Eagle".

The enemy who renew the war, unexpectedly met all the heroic resistance of the Armenian soldiers, suffered many losses and was thrown back.

Of the numerous feats of Armenian officers and soldiers we present the following.

Sergeant Robert Abajyan, during fierce fighting was wounded, lost his commander and comrades but continued to provide resistance to the enemy to the last bullet.

He brings his seriously wounded comrade in the trench cell, which was located at a distance of 30m, there he contacts with the battalion commander, provides important information on the operational situation.

He finds the strength to warn about the danger to the commander of the group that hurried to his aid.

Robert was able to attract the attention of five enemy soldiers, in close combat with the two of them detonates a grenade.

The sergeant demonstrated personal courage and determination to defend the position, and on the cost of life remained faithful to the military oath.

This heroic act filled with fury the hearts of Major Maloyan and other fighters who attacked the position and with the same courage took it back, destroying enemy manpower and forcing the Azerbaijanis to retreat to their original positions.

"INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING: NEW APPROACHES AND MILITARY COOPERATION"

WE ARE OFF TO DEFEND OUR PORTION OF THE HOMELAND

(Հայերեն) ԴԱՎԻԹ ՏՈՆՈՅԱՆՆ ԸՆԴՈՒՆԵԼ Է ՆԻԴԵՐԼԱՆԴՆԵՐԻ ԹԱԳԱՎՈՐՈՒԹՅԱՆ ԴԵՍՊԱՆԻՆ

DRASTAMAT KANAYAN'S DESCENDANTS VISIT THE INSTITUTE NAMED AFTER THEIR GRANDFATHER

BUNDESWEHR MUNICH UNIVERSITY DELEGATION VISITS THE NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH UNIVERSITY

ՔՆՆԱՐԿՎԵԼ ԵՆ ԿԱՏԱՐԵԼԱԳՈՐԾՄԱՆԸ ՆՊԱՏԱԿԱՈՒՂՂՎԱԾ ԽՆԴԻՐՆԵՐ

THE NATO DEFENSE EDUCATION ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM EXPERTS VISIT ARMENIA

THE NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH UNIVERSITY LAUNCHES THE REVIEW OF THE RA NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY

THE US AIR WAR COLLEGE DELEGATION VISITS THE NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH UNIVERSITY

THE 63RD INTERNATIONAL PUGWASH CONFERENCE OF SCIENCE AND WORLD AFFAIRS TO BE HELD IN YEREVAN

HAYK KOTANJIAN: THE NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH UNIVERSITY'S GEOSTRATEGIC PROJECT ON THE EVE OF THE AGREEMENT WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION

THE FIRST INTRA-AGENCY EXECUTIVE EDUCATION PILOT COURSE AT THE NDRU WAS FINISHED

NDRU EDUCATIONAL PROCESS LAUNCH: MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY

HAYK KOTANJIAN: THE IMPORTANCE OF ENGAGING RENOWNED DIASPORA ARMENIANS IN THE CAUSE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CYBER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN THE RA

Զորահանդես, Արցախ, 2012թ. 9 մայիսի

On the night of 1–2 April 2016 along the northeastern part of the NKR-Azerbaijan contact line units of Azerbaijani Armed Forces carried out large-scale attacks against the Armenian side. After the use of artillery, groups of Azerbaijani forces commenced an infantry attack. Under the leadership of captain Armenak Urfanyan, a smaller number of Armenian border soldiers started to provide heavy resistance. After two failed attempts of penetration and a loss of a tank, Azeri forces withdrew to their initial positions and resumed the artillery bombardments on the contact line. Captain Urfanyan and Yazidi-Armenian machine-gunner Karam Sloyan were soon killed. After the death of the commander, Robert Abajyan, who had suffered a wound in his leg by that time, took upon himself to proceed with the resistance. Azeri forces penetrated the line. He brought his wounded comrade machine-gunner Andranik Zohrabyan into the trench cell.


The same year, he had a supporting role as a drag queen emcee in the film "A Star Is Born".

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# 'A Star Is Born': Drag Queens Shangela and Willam Improvised the Film's Funniest Moment, With Bradley Cooper's Blessing

## Yes — "Sign my titties" is a Willam Belli original.

R: Willam Belli, L: D.J. "Shangela" Pierce

The first act of "A Star Is Born" plays a bit like the gay film "Weekend," Andrew Haigh's intimate romance which follows two guys over the course of two days.

When famed country rocker Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper), fresh out of whiskey, rolls into the nearest bar for a drink, he becomes immediately enamored with Ally (Lady Gaga), whose killer pipes earned her a coveted spot on the drag show line-up.

Overseen by a charismatic emcee, played by "RuPaul's Drag Race" favorite D.J. "Shangela" Pierce, as well as a ditzy blonde queen named Emerald (Willam Belli).

It's a glittering and gay way to open a movie, and one would expect nothing less from a Lady Gaga-headlining version of this Hollywood classic.

Much has been made of Cooper's method directing, (he reportedly wiped Lady Gaga's make-up off during her audition), and his commitment to naturalism extended to the drag bar scenes as well.

"He said, 'You know, you guys know this world.

I've done my research but you guys know.

And if I need to pull you back, I will," Pierce told IndieWire during a recent phone interview.

"It lent a certain authenticity to the role that really pops in the film …

we stepped into it and were able to add a little extra spice and flavor."

Spice and flavor is what drag queens do best, and Pierce and Belli are some of the best in the game.

Belli, a prolific TV actor before appearing on the fourth season of "Drag Race," improvised one of the film's funniest moments.

"I had four or five lines in the script.

I don't think any of them are actually in the movie," he said.

When Jackson enters the dressing room after the show to visit Ally, Emerald excitedly asks him to sign her breast plate (but she doesn't call it that).

The line gets a huge laugh, and there's even a callback to it later in the movie.

"I ran off set, grabbed a Sharpie from somebody and was like, 'I hope this wipes off between every take,' and it did.

A seasoned professional, he was shocked and delighted when so many of his jokes made it into the final cut.

"You film and you're like, 'Oh, I hope a couple of my jokes made it in,' because [Cooper] let it be collaborative and stuff.

And, not only does he let a couple in, he let a few really good chuckles in.

Belli wasn't surprised to see one of his more vulgar lines didn't make the cut.

"Ally, the Gaga character, was like, 'My boyfriend's not gonna like me with these one eyebrows.'

And I was like, 'That's what doggy is for.'

And I was like, 'That's definitely not gonna make it in the movie.'"

Cooper and the creative team were so jazzed on Pierce and Belli, they re-shaped the scene to give them more dialogue.

Pierce wasn't even going to audition, since the original casting breakdown called for a Marilyn Monroe impersonator.

"Honey, you know no matter how much time I spend, I'll never look spot on like Marilyn Monroe," said Pierce, who is African-American.

A request from Gaga, who knew Pierce from her 2013 "Applause" video, quickly changed his mind.

"I got an email from Lady Gaga's camp that said, 'Hey, LG heard' …

You know, Lady Gaga, 'Heard that you didn't come in for the audition and she really wanted to see you for this role.

She feels like you'd be a great fit in the film.'

So, honey, if LG asked, I found the nearest blonde wig and white dress and I hit it!"

Gaga has long been an ardent supporter of the LGBTQ community, and the love is mutual.

Pierce, who described himself as "a fan first and a co-star second," said he was pleased the film felt so inclusive.

"Not only just inclusive, but it's inclusive in a way that it's respectful and authentic.

"A Star Is Born" is currently in theaters nationwide.

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Career.:Other television and film appearances.

Shangela appeared in "Toddlers & Tiaras", in which he coached his 9-year-old goddaughter to compete in a beauty pageant. Other appearances include episodes of "Glee", Bones,  "Community", "Terriers", "Dance Moms", "2 Broke Girls", "Detroit 187" and "The Mentalist", as well as a commercial for Orbitz with fellow Drag Race contestants Manila Luzon and Carmen Carrera. Shangela and other "RuPaul's Drag race" contestants including Trixie Mattel, Tammie Brown, and Manila Luzon, appeared in a Food and Drug Administration campaign against smoking.
 Pierce had a non-drag role in a short film, "Body of a Barbie" (2011), which aired on BET and was a Top 7 National Finalist on the network's Lens on Talent series. In 2013, Shangela was featured in an ad for Facebook Home.
 Shangela had a role in the 2016 comedy film "Hurricane Bianca", directed by Matt Kugelman and starring fellow "Drag Race" contestants Bianca Del Rio and Willam Belli. He returned to reprise this role in the 2018 sequel, "Hurricane Bianca 2: From Russia with Hate".
 In 2018, he was the commentator for the U.S. for the Eurovision Song Contest held in Lisbon, Portugal with Ross Matthews for Logo TV.


The film "A Star Is Born" stars Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, and Willam Belli.

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# 'A Star Is Born': Drag Queens Shangela and Willam Improvised the Film's Funniest Moment, With Bradley Cooper's Blessing

## Yes — "Sign my titties" is a Willam Belli original.

R: Willam Belli, L: D.J. "Shangela" Pierce

The first act of "A Star Is Born" plays a bit like the gay film "Weekend," Andrew Haigh's intimate romance which follows two guys over the course of two days.

When famed country rocker Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper), fresh out of whiskey, rolls into the nearest bar for a drink, he becomes immediately enamored with Ally (Lady Gaga), whose killer pipes earned her a coveted spot on the drag show line-up.

Overseen by a charismatic emcee, played by "RuPaul's Drag Race" favorite D.J. "Shangela" Pierce, as well as a ditzy blonde queen named Emerald (Willam Belli).

It's a glittering and gay way to open a movie, and one would expect nothing less from a Lady Gaga-headlining version of this Hollywood classic.

Much has been made of Cooper's method directing, (he reportedly wiped Lady Gaga's make-up off during her audition), and his commitment to naturalism extended to the drag bar scenes as well.

"He said, 'You know, you guys know this world.

I've done my research but you guys know.

And if I need to pull you back, I will," Pierce told IndieWire during a recent phone interview.

"It lent a certain authenticity to the role that really pops in the film …

we stepped into it and were able to add a little extra spice and flavor."

Spice and flavor is what drag queens do best, and Pierce and Belli are some of the best in the game.

Belli, a prolific TV actor before appearing on the fourth season of "Drag Race," improvised one of the film's funniest moments.

"I had four or five lines in the script.

I don't think any of them are actually in the movie," he said.

When Jackson enters the dressing room after the show to visit Ally, Emerald excitedly asks him to sign her breast plate (but she doesn't call it that).

The line gets a huge laugh, and there's even a callback to it later in the movie.

"I ran off set, grabbed a Sharpie from somebody and was like, 'I hope this wipes off between every take,' and it did.

A seasoned professional, he was shocked and delighted when so many of his jokes made it into the final cut.

"You film and you're like, 'Oh, I hope a couple of my jokes made it in,' because [Cooper] let it be collaborative and stuff.

And, not only does he let a couple in, he let a few really good chuckles in.

Belli wasn't surprised to see one of his more vulgar lines didn't make the cut.

"Ally, the Gaga character, was like, 'My boyfriend's not gonna like me with these one eyebrows.'

And I was like, 'That's what doggy is for.'

And I was like, 'That's definitely not gonna make it in the movie.'"

Cooper and the creative team were so jazzed on Pierce and Belli, they re-shaped the scene to give them more dialogue.

Pierce wasn't even going to audition, since the original casting breakdown called for a Marilyn Monroe impersonator.

"Honey, you know no matter how much time I spend, I'll never look spot on like Marilyn Monroe," said Pierce, who is African-American.

A request from Gaga, who knew Pierce from her 2013 "Applause" video, quickly changed his mind.

"I got an email from Lady Gaga's camp that said, 'Hey, LG heard' …

You know, Lady Gaga, 'Heard that you didn't come in for the audition and she really wanted to see you for this role.

She feels like you'd be a great fit in the film.'

So, honey, if LG asked, I found the nearest blonde wig and white dress and I hit it!"

Gaga has long been an ardent supporter of the LGBTQ community, and the love is mutual.

Pierce, who described himself as "a fan first and a co-star second," said he was pleased the film felt so inclusive.

"Not only just inclusive, but it's inclusive in a way that it's respectful and authentic.

"A Star Is Born" is currently in theaters nationwide.

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### Legendary Hollywood Diva Faye Dunaway Being Sued for Calling Assistant a 'Little Homosexual Boy'

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Shangela appeared in "Toddlers & Tiaras", in which he coached his 9-year-old goddaughter to compete in a beauty pageant. Other appearances include episodes of "Glee", Bones,  "Community", "Terriers", "Dance Moms", "2 Broke Girls", "Detroit 187" and "The Mentalist", as well as a commercial for Orbitz with fellow Drag Race contestants Manila Luzon and Carmen Carrera. Shangela and other "RuPaul's Drag race" contestants including Trixie Mattel, Tammie Brown, and Manila Luzon, appeared in a Food and Drug Administration campaign against smoking.
 Pierce had a non-drag role in a short film, "Body of a Barbie" (2011), which aired on BET and was a Top 7 National Finalist on the network's Lens on Talent series. In 2013, Shangela was featured in an ad for Facebook Home.
 Shangela had a role in the 2016 comedy film "Hurricane Bianca", directed by Matt Kugelman and starring fellow "Drag Race" contestants Bianca Del Rio and Willam Belli. He returned to reprise this role in the 2018 sequel, "Hurricane Bianca 2: From Russia with Hate".
 In 2018, he was the commentator for the U.S. for the Eurovision Song Contest held in Lisbon, Portugal with Ross Matthews for Logo TV. The same year, he had a supporting role as a drag queen emcee in the film "A Star Is Born".


Schumer performed as opening act for Madonna.

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# Amy Schumer to open for Madonna on Rebel Heart tour in New York

The comedian and actress tweeted that she will perform on three September dates of Madonna's Rebel Heart tour

Last modified on Wed 31 May 2017 11.58 EDT

Bringing humour to Madonna's Rebel Heart tour … Amy Schumer.

Madonna may have made her spoof-like standup comedy debut in April on the Tonight Show starring Jimmy Kimmel, but she could be leaving the jokes to a professional during the New York leg of her Rebel Heart tour in September.

Amy Schumer, of Comedy Central sketch show Inside Amy Schumer, has announced on Twitter that she is due to open for Madonna, on 16 September and 17 September at Madison Square Garden, and on 19 September at Brooklyn's Barclays Centre.

"Guess who auditioned for @Madonna and got the part?" she wrote, on 18 June.

Schumer posted the tweet with a snippet of what looks like a home video, in which she sings along to Madonna's Like A Virgin as a young girl.

Schumer was recently awarded a Peabody award for Inside Amy Schumer in May, and stars in Judd Apatow film Trainwreck, due out in the US and Australia in July, and in August in the UK.

I'm shaking w excitement that @AmySchumer is opening up for me in New York!

I hope people will stay after & watch my show!!

Madonna released the video for single Bitch I'm Madonna exclusively on Tidal on 17 June, and elsewhere on 18 June.

Her North American Rebel Heart tour begins in Montreal on 9 September and runs until January 2016, with a diversion in November and December for a stretch of UK and European arena dates.

Tickets for the New York shows with Schumer are sold out online – though there are "official platinum seats" available on Ticketmaster, that would set you back between $380 (about £240) and $740 (about £466).

The third season premiered on April 21, 2015, with a fourth season ordered the same day.
 In 2014, Schumer embarked on her "Back Door Tour" to promote the second season of her show. The show was closed by Bridget Everett, whom Schumer cites as her favorite live performer. She also appeared as a guest on an episode of comedian Jerry Seinfeld's Internet series "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" in 2014.
 She hosted the 2015 MTV Movie Awards, which took place on April 11. Schumer wrote and played her first leading film role in "Trainwreck", co-starring Bill Hader, which was released on July 17, 2015.
 In August 2015, Jennifer Lawrence said she and Schumer planned to co-star in a film for which they and Schumer's sister Kim were co-writing a screenplay.


The performances were on three New York City dates.

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# Amy Schumer to open for Madonna on Rebel Heart tour in New York

The comedian and actress tweeted that she will perform on three September dates of Madonna's Rebel Heart tour

Last modified on Wed 31 May 2017 11.58 EDT

Bringing humour to Madonna's Rebel Heart tour … Amy Schumer.

Madonna may have made her spoof-like standup comedy debut in April on the Tonight Show starring Jimmy Kimmel, but she could be leaving the jokes to a professional during the New York leg of her Rebel Heart tour in September.

Amy Schumer, of Comedy Central sketch show Inside Amy Schumer, has announced on Twitter that she is due to open for Madonna, on 16 September and 17 September at Madison Square Garden, and on 19 September at Brooklyn's Barclays Centre.

"Guess who auditioned for @Madonna and got the part?" she wrote, on 18 June.

Schumer posted the tweet with a snippet of what looks like a home video, in which she sings along to Madonna's Like A Virgin as a young girl.

Schumer was recently awarded a Peabody award for Inside Amy Schumer in May, and stars in Judd Apatow film Trainwreck, due out in the US and Australia in July, and in August in the UK.

I'm shaking w excitement that @AmySchumer is opening up for me in New York!

I hope people will stay after & watch my show!!

Madonna released the video for single Bitch I'm Madonna exclusively on Tidal on 17 June, and elsewhere on 18 June.

Her North American Rebel Heart tour begins in Montreal on 9 September and runs until January 2016, with a diversion in November and December for a stretch of UK and European arena dates.

Tickets for the New York shows with Schumer are sold out online – though there are "official platinum seats" available on Ticketmaster, that would set you back between $380 (about £240) and $740 (about £466).

The third season premiered on April 21, 2015, with a fourth season ordered the same day.
 In 2014, Schumer embarked on her "Back Door Tour" to promote the second season of her show. The show was closed by Bridget Everett, whom Schumer cites as her favorite live performer. She also appeared as a guest on an episode of comedian Jerry Seinfeld's Internet series "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" in 2014.
 She hosted the 2015 MTV Movie Awards, which took place on April 11. Schumer wrote and played her first leading film role in "Trainwreck", co-starring Bill Hader, which was released on July 17, 2015.
 In August 2015, Jennifer Lawrence said she and Schumer planned to co-star in a film for which they and Schumer's sister Kim were co-writing a screenplay. Schumer performed as opening act for Madonna.


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# Amy Schumer to open for Madonna on Rebel Heart tour in New York

The comedian and actress tweeted that she will perform on three September dates of Madonna's Rebel Heart tour

Last modified on Wed 31 May 2017 11.58 EDT

Bringing humour to Madonna's Rebel Heart tour … Amy Schumer.

Madonna may have made her spoof-like standup comedy debut in April on the Tonight Show starring Jimmy Kimmel, but she could be leaving the jokes to a professional during the New York leg of her Rebel Heart tour in September.

Amy Schumer, of Comedy Central sketch show Inside Amy Schumer, has announced on Twitter that she is due to open for Madonna, on 16 September and 17 September at Madison Square Garden, and on 19 September at Brooklyn's Barclays Centre.

"Guess who auditioned for @Madonna and got the part?" she wrote, on 18 June.

Schumer posted the tweet with a snippet of what looks like a home video, in which she sings along to Madonna's Like A Virgin as a young girl.

Schumer was recently awarded a Peabody award for Inside Amy Schumer in May, and stars in Judd Apatow film Trainwreck, due out in the US and Australia in July, and in August in the UK.

I'm shaking w excitement that @AmySchumer is opening up for me in New York!

I hope people will stay after & watch my show!!

Madonna released the video for single Bitch I'm Madonna exclusively on Tidal on 17 June, and elsewhere on 18 June.

Her North American Rebel Heart tour begins in Montreal on 9 September and runs until January 2016, with a diversion in November and December for a stretch of UK and European arena dates.

Tickets for the New York shows with Schumer are sold out online – though there are "official platinum seats" available on Ticketmaster, that would set you back between $380 (about £240) and $740 (about £466).

The third season premiered on April 21, 2015, with a fourth season ordered the same day.
 In 2014, Schumer embarked on her "Back Door Tour" to promote the second season of her show. The show was closed by Bridget Everett, whom Schumer cites as her favorite live performer. She also appeared as a guest on an episode of comedian Jerry Seinfeld's Internet series "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" in 2014.
 She hosted the 2015 MTV Movie Awards, which took place on April 11. Schumer wrote and played her first leading film role in "Trainwreck", co-starring Bill Hader, which was released on July 17, 2015.
 In August 2015, Jennifer Lawrence said she and Schumer planned to co-star in a film for which they and Schumer's sister Kim were co-writing a screenplay. Schumer performed as opening act for Madonna. The performances were on three New York City dates.


The performances were part of Madonna's Rebel Heart Tour.

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# Amy Schumer to open for Madonna on Rebel Heart tour in New York

The comedian and actress tweeted that she will perform on three September dates of Madonna's Rebel Heart tour

Last modified on Wed 31 May 2017 11.58 EDT

Bringing humour to Madonna's Rebel Heart tour … Amy Schumer.

Madonna may have made her spoof-like standup comedy debut in April on the Tonight Show starring Jimmy Kimmel, but she could be leaving the jokes to a professional during the New York leg of her Rebel Heart tour in September.

Amy Schumer, of Comedy Central sketch show Inside Amy Schumer, has announced on Twitter that she is due to open for Madonna, on 16 September and 17 September at Madison Square Garden, and on 19 September at Brooklyn's Barclays Centre.

"Guess who auditioned for @Madonna and got the part?" she wrote, on 18 June.

Schumer posted the tweet with a snippet of what looks like a home video, in which she sings along to Madonna's Like A Virgin as a young girl.

Schumer was recently awarded a Peabody award for Inside Amy Schumer in May, and stars in Judd Apatow film Trainwreck, due out in the US and Australia in July, and in August in the UK.

I'm shaking w excitement that @AmySchumer is opening up for me in New York!

I hope people will stay after & watch my show!!

Madonna released the video for single Bitch I'm Madonna exclusively on Tidal on 17 June, and elsewhere on 18 June.

Her North American Rebel Heart tour begins in Montreal on 9 September and runs until January 2016, with a diversion in November and December for a stretch of UK and European arena dates.

Tickets for the New York shows with Schumer are sold out online – though there are "official platinum seats" available on Ticketmaster, that would set you back between $380 (about £240) and $740 (about £466).

The third season premiered on April 21, 2015, with a fourth season ordered the same day.
 In 2014, Schumer embarked on her "Back Door Tour" to promote the second season of her show. The show was closed by Bridget Everett, whom Schumer cites as her favorite live performer. She also appeared as a guest on an episode of comedian Jerry Seinfeld's Internet series "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" in 2014.
 She hosted the 2015 MTV Movie Awards, which took place on April 11. Schumer wrote and played her first leading film role in "Trainwreck", co-starring Bill Hader, which was released on July 17, 2015.
 In August 2015, Jennifer Lawrence said she and Schumer planned to co-star in a film for which they and Schumer's sister Kim were co-writing a screenplay. Schumer performed as opening act for Madonna. The performances were on three New York City dates. The dates were in September 2015.


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# Bengals Make Player Moves Before Week 17

The Bengals today placed WR Tyler Boyd, CB Dre Kirkpatrick and LB Jordan Evans on the Reserve/Injured list.

To fill their positions on the active roster, the team signed three players off the practice squad — HB Quinton Flowers, OT Kent Perkins and WR Hunter Sharp.

Boyd, a third-year player, started the team's first 14 games this season before suffering a knee injury in Game 14 vs. Oakland.

He has 76 receptions for 1028 yards (both team highs) and seven touchdowns.

Boyd's 1000-yard season was the first of his career and the 27th in team history.

Kirkpatrick, a seventh-year player who has started 13 games this season, suffered a shoulder injury last week at Cleveland.

He has 41 tackles (35 solos), and his nine passes defensed are second most on the team behind CB William Jackson (12).

Evans, a second-year player, has played in 14 games this season with five starts.

He suffered an ankle injury in Game 14 vs. Oakland.

Evans ranks fifth on team with 59 total tackles (38 solos).

He also has 1.5 sacks, one interception and three passes defensed, as well as two special teams tackles.

Flowers (5-10, 211), a rookie, joined the Bengals in May as a college free agent out of the University of South Florida.

After an exemplary career as a QB at USF, he converted to HB as a pro and has spent the entire season on the Bengals' practice squad.

Flowers set 42 school records at USF, including school and American Athletic Conference records for total offense (11,802 yards), and he finished his college career as one of only four players in FBS history to post at least 8000 passing yards and 3500 rushing yards.

Perkins (6-5, 305), a first-year player out of the University of Texas, was originally a college free agent signee of the Bengals in 2017.

After spending much of his rookie season on Cincinnati's practice squad, Perkins was signed to the active roster late in the year and played in the season finale at Baltimore, where he saw brief time on offense.

Perkins also has spent the entire 2018 season on the Bengals' practice squad.

Sharp (5-11, 198), a first-year player out of the University of Utah, joined the Bengals as a free agent on Nov. 20.

He entered the NFL as a college free agent signee of the Philadelphia Eagles in 2016, and has also spent time with Denver, the N.Y. Giants and Buffalo.

Sharp has played in three career games, with one start, and has five catches for 54 yards and a TD.

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But deep down, Turner, 54, Taylor's key-piece-in-the-puzzle offensive line coach.

The Bengals announced the hiring of six assistants for the team's 2019 coaching staff.

The new assistants include Nick Eason (defensive line), Tem Lukabu (linebackers), Brad Kragthorpe (offensive assistant), Jordan Kovacs (defensive quality control), Todd Hunt (assistant strength and conditioning) and Garrett Swanson (assistant strength and conditioning).

### Notebook: Ross Intrigues Callahan; Flexibility Rules; Senior Simmons

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Wednesday morning head coach Zac Taylor and director of player personnel Duke Tobin shot down the Ross trade rumors and Wednesday afternoon Callahan outlined why.

The new face of the Bengals' management team made its national debut Wednesday during the NFL scouting combine and Duke Tobin and Zac Taylor were on the same page.

Enough so that when some people at Paul Brown Stadium have gone looking for one of them, they have hurriedly coined a name.

### Combine Hits: Bengals Douse Ross Reports; Quez, Eifert on radar

That John Ross trade story surfacing Tuesday as the NFL descended on the scouting combine with how both sides were seeking a new start took one of the sides by surprise.

### Some Things Change At Combine And Some Things Don't

Darrin Simmons, the Bengals' meticulous special teams coordinator for the past 16 seasons, prepares for this week's trip to Indianapolis and the NFL scouting combine recalling the way it is and was.

### How They Performed: Bengals at the 2018 NFL Combine

A look back at how the Bengals 2018 draft class performed in various drills at the NFL Scouting Combine.

### Mixon Prepared to Carry On (and on and on)

Even though he rushed for the most yards by a Bengal in a decade and gave the club its first AFC rushing championship ever, that wasn't Joe Mixon's favorite stat from 2018.

### Mayor Cranley, Commissioner Driehaus Declare Feb. 25 "Zac Taylor Day" In Cincinnati

Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley and Hamilton Commissioner Denise Driehaus officially welcomed Bengals head coach Zac Taylor and declared Feb. 25 "Zac Taylor Day."

### Hobson's Choice: Pointing To a New Dey

As new head coach Zac Taylor continues to build his staff, the readers weigh in.

### Bengals To Receive Three Compensatory Picks in 2019 NFL Draft

With the inclusion of the compensatory picks, the Bengals will have 11 selections total for the 2019 Draft.

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In Week 2 of the 2018 season, Boyd recorded six receptions for 91 yards and a touchdown against the Baltimore Ravens. In Week 3, he had six receptions for 132 receiving yards and a touchdown against the Carolina Panthers. He recorded another great outing in the next game against the Atlanta Falcons with 11 receptions for 100 receiving yards in the 37–36 victory. In Week 6, he recorded seven receptions for 62 yards and two touchdowns against the Pittsburgh Steelers.


He was placed on injured reserve on December 28, 2018.

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# Bengals Make Player Moves Before Week 17

The Bengals today placed WR Tyler Boyd, CB Dre Kirkpatrick and LB Jordan Evans on the Reserve/Injured list.

To fill their positions on the active roster, the team signed three players off the practice squad — HB Quinton Flowers, OT Kent Perkins and WR Hunter Sharp.

Boyd, a third-year player, started the team's first 14 games this season before suffering a knee injury in Game 14 vs. Oakland.

He has 76 receptions for 1028 yards (both team highs) and seven touchdowns.

Boyd's 1000-yard season was the first of his career and the 27th in team history.

Kirkpatrick, a seventh-year player who has started 13 games this season, suffered a shoulder injury last week at Cleveland.

He has 41 tackles (35 solos), and his nine passes defensed are second most on the team behind CB William Jackson (12).

Evans, a second-year player, has played in 14 games this season with five starts.

He suffered an ankle injury in Game 14 vs. Oakland.

Evans ranks fifth on team with 59 total tackles (38 solos).

He also has 1.5 sacks, one interception and three passes defensed, as well as two special teams tackles.

Flowers (5-10, 211), a rookie, joined the Bengals in May as a college free agent out of the University of South Florida.

After an exemplary career as a QB at USF, he converted to HB as a pro and has spent the entire season on the Bengals' practice squad.

Flowers set 42 school records at USF, including school and American Athletic Conference records for total offense (11,802 yards), and he finished his college career as one of only four players in FBS history to post at least 8000 passing yards and 3500 rushing yards.

Perkins (6-5, 305), a first-year player out of the University of Texas, was originally a college free agent signee of the Bengals in 2017.

After spending much of his rookie season on Cincinnati's practice squad, Perkins was signed to the active roster late in the year and played in the season finale at Baltimore, where he saw brief time on offense.

Perkins also has spent the entire 2018 season on the Bengals' practice squad.

Sharp (5-11, 198), a first-year player out of the University of Utah, joined the Bengals as a free agent on Nov. 20.

He entered the NFL as a college free agent signee of the Philadelphia Eagles in 2016, and has also spent time with Denver, the N.Y. Giants and Buffalo.

Sharp has played in three career games, with one start, and has five catches for 54 yards and a TD.

A look back at the coverage from the NFL Combine and how the Bengals are evaluating future players.

### Throwback Turner Fits Into Taylor's Run

Jim Turner may be the oldest coach on Zac Taylor's staff of millennials, the post-Freezer Bowl generation born when the Bengals had already made a Super Bowl.

But deep down, Turner, 54, Taylor's key-piece-in-the-puzzle offensive line coach.

The Bengals announced the hiring of six assistants for the team's 2019 coaching staff.

The new assistants include Nick Eason (defensive line), Tem Lukabu (linebackers), Brad Kragthorpe (offensive assistant), Jordan Kovacs (defensive quality control), Todd Hunt (assistant strength and conditioning) and Garrett Swanson (assistant strength and conditioning).

### Notebook: Ross Intrigues Callahan; Flexibility Rules; Senior Simmons

Count Bengals offensive coordinator Brian Callahan firmly in the John Ross Camp.

Wednesday morning head coach Zac Taylor and director of player personnel Duke Tobin shot down the Ross trade rumors and Wednesday afternoon Callahan outlined why.

The new face of the Bengals' management team made its national debut Wednesday during the NFL scouting combine and Duke Tobin and Zac Taylor were on the same page.

Enough so that when some people at Paul Brown Stadium have gone looking for one of them, they have hurriedly coined a name.

### Combine Hits: Bengals Douse Ross Reports; Quez, Eifert on radar

That John Ross trade story surfacing Tuesday as the NFL descended on the scouting combine with how both sides were seeking a new start took one of the sides by surprise.

### Some Things Change At Combine And Some Things Don't

Darrin Simmons, the Bengals' meticulous special teams coordinator for the past 16 seasons, prepares for this week's trip to Indianapolis and the NFL scouting combine recalling the way it is and was.

### How They Performed: Bengals at the 2018 NFL Combine

A look back at how the Bengals 2018 draft class performed in various drills at the NFL Scouting Combine.

### Mixon Prepared to Carry On (and on and on)

Even though he rushed for the most yards by a Bengal in a decade and gave the club its first AFC rushing championship ever, that wasn't Joe Mixon's favorite stat from 2018.

### Mayor Cranley, Commissioner Driehaus Declare Feb. 25 "Zac Taylor Day" In Cincinnati

Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley and Hamilton Commissioner Denise Driehaus officially welcomed Bengals head coach Zac Taylor and declared Feb. 25 "Zac Taylor Day."

### Hobson's Choice: Pointing To a New Dey

As new head coach Zac Taylor continues to build his staff, the readers weigh in.

### Bengals To Receive Three Compensatory Picks in 2019 NFL Draft

With the inclusion of the compensatory picks, the Bengals will have 11 selections total for the 2019 Draft.

Tickets iconAdd to calendar iconNFC icon

In Week 2 of the 2018 season, Boyd recorded six receptions for 91 yards and a touchdown against the Baltimore Ravens. In Week 3, he had six receptions for 132 receiving yards and a touchdown against the Carolina Panthers. He recorded another great outing in the next game against the Atlanta Falcons with 11 receptions for 100 receiving yards in the 37–36 victory. In Week 6, he recorded seven receptions for 62 yards and two touchdowns against the Pittsburgh Steelers. He suffered an MCL sprain in Week 15.