Wednesday, April 29, 2009

John Travolta and His Dance with Princess Diana By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Anja_Merret]Anja Merret


John Travolta and His Dance with Princess Diana
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Anja_Merret]Anja Merret

There is this lovely little story in the British Daily Mirror where John Travolta is quoted as saying that he had some help when he was experiencing a real dip in his acting career. In fact he is even prepared to say that it was like being reborn.

In 1985 Prince Charles and Princess Diana visited the USA. During this trip a gala dinner was held for them in Washington, hosted by President Reagan and his wife Nancy. The dinner featured entertainment celebrities, which would have been ex film-star Ronald Reagan's way of hosting an event such as this. Bring on the equivalent of American royalty - entertainers! Guests included Eastwood, JohnTravolta, Tom Selleck and singer Neil Diamond as well as politicians and businessmen.

During the gala, First Lady Nancy Reagan took John Travolta aside and informed him that Princess Diana wanted a dance. It took some courage, but Travolta went for it, asking her to dance. Of course nobody else was going to dare steal the limelight, as the rest of the guests looked on. Princess Diana looked particularly good in her midnight blue velvet dress and sapphire and diamond choker.

Travolta's words of encouragement to a nervous Princess Di were, 'We're good. I can do this'. The subsequent photographs of the glamorous Princess and romantic lead of such movies as Saturday Night Fever and Grease, made the front page of every newspaper and magazine in the world.

For John Travolta who had been experiencing the rejections of the film industry, this spot light on him and the fact that Princess Di would consider him important enough to wish to dance with him, revived his self-belief in himself. He attributes his resultant soaring film career to this moment in his life. It certainly is true that luck plays a part in ones life and in ones successes.

However, hard work and immense courage are also right there on top of the list with luck. John Travolta's hard work as a dancer, singer and actor paid off when he was asked to dance. His courage to take the opportunity presented to him, made it happen. How often do we face an opportunity which at the same time is fraught with the possibility of failure and the fear of making a total fool of ourselves. And we don't take it. We freeze up and it's almost like Bambi in the headlights. How often do we then regret that decision for the rest of our lives.

The ability to overcome that fear, is what leads to success in whatever you are trying to achieve. I am sure that John Travolta never in his wildest dreams realised at the moment he went to ask Princess Diana to dance, that the photographs of these few minutes of dancing, would propel him back into the limelight. It certainly did, and by thinking 'I can do this' he won more than just a dance with a Princess.

Anja Merret lives in Brighton, UK. Her personal blog http://www.anjamerret.com allows her to voice opinions on issues that interest her and observations she makes.

She has started a new blog http://www.pinkblocks.com that deals with observations on self development and personal power. Her recommendation for self help tools may be found on http://www.anjamerret.blogspot.com

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Howard Stern Getting Uncensored By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Bob_Maines]Bob Maines


Howard Stern Getting Uncensored
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Once the king of over the air shock radio, Howard Stern is now available only on Sirius radio. Howard Stern's move helped make Sirius more competitive with its chief competitor XM radio. If you were to subscribe to Sirius only for the Howard Stern radio show, do you think it would be worth the cost?

You would if you like Howard stern. For right around 50 cents a day, you can have the Howard Stern show on Sirius for four hors every day. The show features irreverent and, in some cases, off the charts funny, humor that will keep you in stitches. Whether you enjoy hearing Artie Lang talk about his many addictions, or porn stars talking about their careers, there is never a dull moment on the Howard Stern show.

One of the best things about the Howard Stern show being available only on Sirius is that the show doesn't face the same sorts of scrutiny and pressure to keep things clean. Howard can be as raunchy as he wants to be, deeply entertaining, and never too serious. The lack of having censorship to the Howard Stern show on Sirius provides a certain freedom that Howard and his guests wouldn't experience if they were still on traditional over the air radio.

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