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Ian J Pendlington

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Feb 11, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/11/99

Is it true that Paula Abdul was physically abused by her second husband ?
This is strong rumour going around, but I don`t know if it`s true. If
anybody knows please let me know, cos I`m trying to write a biography on her
at the moment, and I need all the information I can get.

Thanks,

Ian

Vinyltap

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Feb 11, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/11/99

Wow....an Abdul bio.
I don't know about the abuse stuff.
What I can tell you is that Paula Abdul
is not her real name. "Abdul" was
whimsically taken from Kareem Abdul
Jabar. The joke was mixing the totally
american name, "Paula" with the
obviously eastern or muslim or arabic
or whatever name, "Abdul."
Good luck substantiating this though!
But it's true...

Ian J Pendlington

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Feb 12, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/12/99

No, that`s not true. I`ve had it confirmed by members of the Paula fans
list.

Vinyltap

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Feb 12, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/12/99

Ah, okay.
While you're at it, do they
know who killed Kennedy?

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TupeloMiss

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Feb 12, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/12/99

>that`s not true. I`ve had it confirmed by members of the Paula fans
>list.

Guys! (Pout, pout) Did someone forget to turn Ian's sarcasm meter on? He
failed to detect it in a post that was fairly dripping.

Here's one to ask her fans -- ask them if it's true that that animated cat in
her video "Opposites Attract" is now washing windows on the bowery for crack
money. Good luck substantiating it, but I saw him with my own eyes. Make sure
you ask them!

Tupelo
http://members.aol.com/TupeloMiss

Catty

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Feb 12, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/12/99

On Fri, 12 Feb 1999 00:22:24 -0000, "Ian J Pendlington"
<ian.pen...@lineone.net> drunkenly wrote:

>No, that`s not true. I`ve had it confirmed by members of the Paula fans
>list.
>
No offence, but I'd be slightly more cautious in having any story
confirmed by a fan or two.

Or maybe I'm being too cynical here.

Catty (a film bore)
xx

Illegitimi non carborundum

Ian J Pendlington

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Feb 12, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/12/99

No, I didn`t detect the sarcasm, but perhaps that because I`m from the UK
and had no idea who the hell Kareem Abdul was or is. I`ve since been told he
was a basketball player who played when Paula cheered for the Lakers. Oh,
now I get it. Most amusing. (Did you detect the sarcasm in that ?)

je...@my-dejanews.com

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Feb 12, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/12/99

In article <19990211182321...@ng02.aol.com>,

viny...@aol.com (Vinyltap) wrote:
> >Is it true that Paula Abdul was
> >physically abused by her second
> >husband ?
> >This is strong rumour going around,
> >but I don`t know if it`s true.

> >If anybody knows please let me

> >know, cos I`m trying to write a
> >biography on her at the moment,
> >and I need all the information I can get.

And you're getting your information from a gossip group on the Internet??!!
Good luck not getting sued for libel.

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among those whom I love, I can; all of them make me laugh.
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TupeloMiss

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Feb 12, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/12/99

ian.pendlington writes:

<<Oh,
now I get it. Most amusing. (Did you detect the sarcasm in that ?)>>

Oh, heck no! We ain't too familiar with that dry British wit 'round these here
parts.

Tupelo
#104
http://members.aol.com/TupeloMiss

Vinyltap

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Feb 12, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/12/99

>Guys! (Pout, pout) Did someone forget to >turn Ian's sarcasm meter on? He
>failed to detect it in a post that was fairly >dripping.

Uh...no.
It wasn't sarcasm at all!
The name, "Paula Abdul," is a joke name.
It was made up. Pretty obvious to
for anyone with half a brain.
No need for sarcasm, but a tiny
bit of cynicism might do it 4 ya.

Andrew Stewart

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Feb 12, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/12/99

On Fri, 12 Feb 1999 05:14:38 GMT, ca...@zen-centaur.demon.co.uk
(Catty) wrote:

>On Fri, 12 Feb 1999 00:22:24 -0000, "Ian J Pendlington"
><ian.pen...@lineone.net> drunkenly wrote:
>
>>No, that`s not true. I`ve had it confirmed by members of the Paula fans
>>list.
>>
>No offence, but I'd be slightly more cautious in having any story
>confirmed by a fan or two.
>
>Or maybe I'm being too cynical here.

I think not. I can think of a few ludicrous stories that fans of
various artists are only too willing to believe/confirm about their
heroes.

(np: Best Of Bowie 69/74)
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Vinyltap

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Feb 12, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/12/99

viny...@aol.com (Vinyltap) wrote:
> >Is it true that Paula Abdul was
> >physically abused by her second
> >husband ?
> >This is strong rumour going around,
> >but I don`t know if it`s true.
> >If anybody knows please let me
> >know, cos I`m trying to write a
> >biography on her at the moment,
> >and I need all the information I can get.

>>>And you're getting your information
>>>from a gossip group on the
>>>Internet??!!
>>>Good luck not getting sued for libel.

I didn't write any of the above.
So....go ahead and sue me!!!!
(And why on earth anyone would want
to do a bio of P.A. boggles the mind
in the first place)

Ian J Pendlington

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Feb 12, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/12/99

Well, I like Paula, so yah boo sucks. I`m not getting my info
from gossip groups, I just asked if anybody knew about
these rumors. I won`t write anything `til I have had it confirmed.
Anyway, I hope to interview the great Lady herself. I`m in touch with
soembody who knows her, so I`ll ask her myself. Just wanted to get some
background info.
Seriously, how popular is Paula in the US ? Cos I wouldn`t wanna waste my
time writing
a bio. that nobody is going to buy.
I always thought she was really popular in the US, but perhaps I`m
mistaken.

Ian J Pendlington

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Feb 12, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/12/99

mslinda

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Feb 12, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/12/99

So what *is* her real name? Didn't she attend HS in the LA area? I seem
to recall seeing a yearbook photo of her on some "before they were
famous" kinda show.

Linda ASGTPR#49

Vinyltap

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Feb 12, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/12/99

>Seriously, how popular is Paula
>in the US ? Cos I wouldn`t wanna
>waste my time writing
>a bio. that nobody is going to buy.
>I always thought she was really
>popular in the US, but perhaps I`m
>mistaken.

Well, she was real big back
in the eighties. She had F.Y.G.
doing the top of the charts and
the whole Jacksons tie in with the
choreography. But that was a real
long time ago. The choreography
was likely her real talent, not music.
Like I say, it was all manufactured.
Eventually a back-up singer tried
to sue her since she (the back-up)
had doubled the lead vocal on
a big track to make it sound decent.
Then she married Emilio Estevez
and then she went through a bulimia
phase. Then she married another guy
and tried to market a clothing line.
If you want to do a book on a pop
star, and have people buy it, the best
idea is to do it while the star is hot.
Either that or write about someone
who was established as a creative
force as opposed to a top forty
phenomenon. Abdul just hasn't
got the staying power of say, a
Tina Turner. (Not that Tina's any
less manufactured these days, but she
has the history and respect of enough
folks to sell a book to)

Vinyltap

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Feb 13, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/13/99

>So what *is* her real name?
>Didn't she attend HS in the
>LA area?
>I seem to recall seeing a yearbook
>photo of her on some "before they
>were famous" kinda show.

I have no clue what her real name is.
When someone is as packaged as
Abdul was it's almost impossible
to find out. She was a Laker
chearleader, that's all...
a, "Laker girl."
The Lakers were a pretty hot team
in those days, and...whatever her
name was, she was spotted and given
the songs and the name. This is
going many, many, years back.
It was kind of a challenge I think
to take a chearleader and make them
a star since most chearleaders at the
pro sports level are basically looking
for showbiz gigs and starting out
way at the bottom, obviously.
As for yearbook photos....well...
Madonna has one you've seen
too, right?
Again, puh-lease don't ask me
to substantiate anything.

TupeloMiss

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Feb 13, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/13/99

Isn't she Arab-American? I just assumed, that, since she was "one of us," that
was her real name.

Tupelo
Authentic Belly-Dancin', Hummus-Eatin', Lebanese-American Trailer Park Princess
#104
http://members.aol.com/TupeloMiss

Vinyltap

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Feb 13, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/13/99

>Isn't she Arab-American?
>I just assumed, that, since
>she was "one of us," that
>was her real name.

No, I don't believe she is
Arab-American, though a
lot of people do. Kasey Kasem
is Arab-American and did a
whole story on folks of that
heritage for Parade mag that
heavily featured "Paula" so he
thinks she is....but I believe
she ain't.

Ian J Pendlington

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Feb 13, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/13/99

Paula isn`t Arab/American, she`s American/French/Bazilian/Syrian. She has a
lot of blood inside her. I wonder if she`d like some English inside her
(lol). I think Paula is on her way to a big comeback, so hopefully I can
time the book for that. I know she`s bringing out a new album, and has her
own dance company.

TupeloMiss

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Feb 13, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/13/99

Ian writes:

Hey, we claim Syrians....we aren't picky <g>

No hate mail please....my great-granda was Syrian.....

Tupelo
Doing the debke in #104
http://members.aol.com/TupeloMiss

mslinda

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Feb 13, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/13/99

Paula graduated from a HS in North Hollywood before entering Cal State
Northridge in 1981. Any Valley gals or guys out there who would have
gone to school with her and can give us her *real* name and settle this?

Linda ASGTPR#49

Ian J Pendlington

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Feb 13, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/13/99

Her real name is Paula Julie Abdul. It`s the only one she`s ever had (apart
from her married names of Estevez and Beckerman).

mslinda

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Feb 13, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/13/99

Vinyltap wrote:
>
> >Paula graduated from a HS in North >Hollywood before entering Cal State
> >Northridge in 1981. Any Valley gals
> >or guys out there who would have
> >gone to school with her and can give
> >us her *real* name and settle this?

>
> Doubt it...

Why?

> And if she actually entered college
> in '81 that doesn't give her much
> time to establish a carear as
> #1: A Laker Girl
> #2: A professional choreographer
> #3: A chart topping pop singer
> all before Forever Yer Girl came
> out in the very early eighties.

Wrong. It came out in 1989, giving her eight years to do all of the
above.

> (Hey English Guy! What year was
> F.Y.G. released?)
> So like gag me with a spoon and
> tell me what degree she holds
> from Cal State?
>
> p.s. I know that obiously this is all
> very very interesting
> Paula Abdul stuff!

What's interesting is your lack of hard information and hostility toward
Abdul. What's your problem and why are you so anxious to spread
incorrect information about her?

BTW, you never *did* say what you think is her real name.

Linda ASGTPR#49

mslinda

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Feb 13, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/13/99

Ian J Pendlington wrote:
>
> FYG was released in 1988 (I think). I`m not sure what
> degree she holds, but I think it`s in Sports broadcasting,
> or something similar. But I may be wrong.

>
> >(Hey English Guy! What year was
> >F.Y.G. released?)
> >So like gag me with a spoon and
> >tell me what degree she holds
> >from Cal State?
> >
> >p.s. I know that obiously this is all
> >very very interesting
> >Paula Abdul stuff!
> >

FYG was released in 1989 - which gives her plenty of time to attend
college and establish a career as a choreographer before making her
first album.

Linda ASGTPR#49

Vinyltap

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Feb 14, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/14/99

>Paula graduated from a HS in North >Hollywood before entering Cal State
>Northridge in 1981. Any Valley gals
>or guys out there who would have
>gone to school with her and can give
>us her *real* name and settle this?

Doubt it...

And if she actually entered college
in '81 that doesn't give her much
time to establish a carear as
#1: A Laker Girl
#2: A professional choreographer
#3: A chart topping pop singer
all before Forever Yer Girl came
out in the very early eighties.

Ian J Pendlington

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Feb 14, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/14/99

FYG was released in 1988 (I think). I`m not sure what
degree she holds, but I think it`s in Sports broadcasting,
or something similar. But I may be wrong.

>(Hey English Guy! What year was

Vinyltap

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Feb 14, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/14/99

> Doubt it...

>>Why?

Because I think the chances of finding
anyone who went to school with
Abdul are pretty slim at all much less
finding someone in this ng who did.

> #3: A chart topping pop singer
> all before Forever Yer Girl came
> out in the very early eighties.

>>Wrong. It came out in 1989, giving her >>eight years to do all of the
>>above.

Well, I did ask the English guy what year
it came out, didn't I, so obviously
I wasn't sure. Still seems like the early
eighties to me though. Seems to me it
was out at the same time as Thriller and
Control and all Madonna's early stuff.
That was all late eighties?

>>What's interesting is your lack of hard >>information and hostility toward
>>Abdul. What's your problem and
>>why are you so anxious to spread
>>incorrect information about her?

You're welcome to think it's mis-
information if you want to.
I don't now what you mean
by, "Hard information," though.
I say it's true but un-substantiable
by my resources. I was up-front
about that from the beginning and
still am.

>>BTW, you never *did* say what
>>you think is her real name.

I did immediately respond that I
have no idea what her real name
is. I think she's a nice Jewish girl
from L.A. and all of English guy's
stuff about her being, "American,
Brazilian, Syrian etc." or whatever
he said she is would be a lot of hoowie.
The mixed blood thing is probably
to cover the fact that she has no
Arab blood whatsoever.
Just hardcore showbiz hype really, not
hostility from me particulary.
Abdul's an eighties thing by me
anyhow, whether early or late eighties
and unlike our english friend I don't
see a comeback on the horizon.
Why believe the hype when the
career is over?

Michael Ritchie

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Feb 14, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/14/99

mslinda wrote:
>
> > > #3: A chart topping pop singer
> > > all before Forever Yer Girl came
> > > out in the very early eighties.
> >
> > >Wrong. It came out in 1989, giving her
> > >eight years to do all of the above.
> >

> > Seems to me it
> > was out at the same time as Thriller and
> > Control and all Madonna's early stuff.
> > That was all late eighties?
>

> Forever Your Girl -1989
> Thriller - 1982
> Control - 1986
> Madonna - 1983
> Like A Virgin - 1984
> (Source: CDNow)
>
> Looks like the whole decade has run together in your memory.

It must have been the crack.

--M.

Vinyltap

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Feb 15, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/15/99

>So you can claim anything you want
>to without anyone coming forth to
>challenge you?

Never said anything of the sort.
I'd say that yes, I can, or you can,
or anyone can claim what they wish
and yes, anyone that wishes to can
challenge. And you don't have to
have solid proof (like an Abdul
childhood pal) to challenge any claim
I make any more than I need "Hard
information" to make a claim IMO.

>Forever Your Girl -1989
>Thriller - 1982
>Control - 1986
>Madonna - 1983
>Like A Virgin - 1984
>(Source: CDNow)

>Looks like the whole decade has
>run together in your memory.

My dear....do believe that *all* the
decades run together in my
particular memory.
No shame in that!

Vinyltap

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Feb 15, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/15/99

>It must have been the crack.

Ya see, Linda?
Anyone can claim anything.
Doesn't make it true, doesn't make
it false.

INBabe

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Feb 15, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/15/99

>I`m in touch with
>soembody who knows her, so I`ll ask her myself. Just wanted to get some
>background info.

No offense, but do you think she'd *honestly* admit to the public that her
ex-husband beat her??

It ain't no sin to crack a few laws now and then - as long as you don't break
any -- Mae West.

INBabe

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Feb 15, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/15/99

>I have no clue what her real name is.
>When someone is as packaged as
>Abdul was it's almost impossible
>to find out.

Well on her divorce papers, her signature is written as "P. Julie Beckerman" I
did here her middle name is Julie??

Ian J Pendlington

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Feb 15, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/15/99

Paula defiantly has a lot of different blood in her. I think her father is
Brazilian, and her mother Syrian/French. As far as I know she has no Arab
blood in her, but I could be proved wrong. FYG was released in 1989 (not
1988 as I incorrectly said earlier).
BTW, I just had to say this. I just to Anne`s homepage at
http://members.aol.com/TupeloMiss/
You`re a good looking woman Anne !

Ian

Vinyltap

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Feb 15, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/15/99

>I have no clue what her real name is.
>When someone is as packaged as
>Abdul was it's almost impossible
>to find out.

>Well on her divorce papers,
>her signature is written as "P. Julie >Beckerman" I did here her middle
>name is Julie??

Well....this doesn't prove definitively
that her maiden name isn't Abdul
but it's a start. And she may have had
her name changed legally to Abdul
long ago, too. But that's an interesting
bit of info all right. Obviously she didn't
choose to use the name, "Abdul" as
a married name or as a hyphenated
thing either.

Nuey2

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Feb 16, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/16/99

>So what *is* her real name? Didn't she attend HS in the LA area? I seem
>to recall seeing a yearbook photo of her on some "before they were
>famous" kinda show.

Yeah -- and what did they do with the foot and a half of nose they lopped off
her before she became famous. She had quite a honker in some of those early
tapes....

Nuey

TupeloMiss

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Feb 16, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/16/99

*blush*.....awwww, thanks, Ian! You've cheered me up on an otherwise crappy
Monday!

Tupelo

http://members.aol.com/TupeloMiss

Alix

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Feb 16, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/16/99

Jumping into the thread a bit late...

I attended CSUN 1979-84, when Paula was there. Having some friends in
common, we spoke occasionally and went to some of the same parties. (sorry,
nothing juicy to report) I knew her as Paula Abdul.

She had been a cheerleader for CSUN, then choreographer for the squad. I
wrote for the school paper and interviewed her for a story about cheerleader
tryouts. This thread got me curious do I dug out my old string book and
found the story. (Gawd, those old clips are embarrassing to read!) Anyway,
here's the Paula quote:
---------
Paula Abdul, a 1981-82 cheerleader, taught the routines for the try-outs
and was there to assist.
"When they totally forget the routine, I'm here to help them remember,"
she said.
--------
She was kinda pudgy back then. But she definitely could move. I remember
being surprised at how someone with her body type could move with such
precision and kick so high. In fact, a photo with the story shows a
chubby-cheeked Paula leading a group in practice. Her kicked-up foot reaches
above her head.

Someone else mentioned cosmetic surgery. I don't think she's had any work on
her face. But she's definitely lost weight since her college days...and
perhaps had some body parts liposuctioned.

That's my Paula story. Back to lurking...

Alix

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mslinda

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Feb 16, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/16/99

Thanks for that celeb anecdote. Too bad I didn't make a *bet* that
someone on this NG would have gone to school with Paula!

Linda ASGTPR#49

Madsag

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Feb 17, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/17/99

alix wrote:

>>Someone else mentioned cosmetic surgery. I don't think she's had any work on
her face. <<

no im pretty sure shes had a nose job, i saw her on one of those "before they
were stars" and they showed old photos and clips of her from a movie and the
photos definitely had a different (larger) nose on them.

hell of a good dancer. as a singer...ugh.
~~~~
melissa
madsagR...@aol.com
~~~~

Steveng68

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Feb 20, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/20/99

the whole thing with the last name Beckerman? Wasn't the man she was married
to - Brad Beckerman? Her married name would then be Paula J Beckerman, and her
professional name - Paula Abdul!

INBabe

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Feb 22, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/22/99

Yes, we know. I was just pointing out that on her divorce decree she signed her
name as "P. Julie Beckerman" - thus finding out that her middle name is Julie -
which I hadn't known before.

mcadd...@gmail.com

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Jun 16, 2014, 12:58:29 AM6/16/14

Paula Julie Abdul is in fact her real name, according to her yearbooks from Van Nuys High School when she was growing up. I also had the pleasure of meeting Paula on May 6th, 2013 after hearing her speak at a Women's Conference. Paula's dad, Harry Abdul, can confirm this as well.

Berry Barton

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Jun 16, 2014, 3:41:30 AM6/16/14

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