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'Dancing's' Lacey Schwimmer Opens Up About Conquering Anorexia - NBC Dallas-Fort Worth
Tiger Woods' wife believes divorce best for couple's kids: report - Vancouver Sun
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TIGER BEAT: Athlete hits golf balls to clear his head; Elin reportedly ... - EURweb

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 11:59 PM PST

*Us Weekly is reporting that Tiger Woods has been spending his time hitting golf balls at night following "tumultuous therapy sessions with his wife, Elin Nordegren. The magazine quotes an unnamed source who says Tiger goes to a course near his Windermere, Fla., home and hits balls "to clear his head." The person said, "He goes after dark so he can't be seen." A resident of his exclusive Isleworth gated community told Us that Woods has been spotted "coming by in the early evenings only for their counseling and therapy." And a source described those sessions as Woods "just apologizing over and over again" to his wife. The apology has apparently fallen on deaf ears, because…

*Multiple outlets are reporting that Elin is filing for divorce and has hired top divorce lawyer Sorrell Trope -- who has represented Nicole Kidman, Britney Spears and Cary Grant -- to renegotiate the terms of their prenuptial agreement. Nordegren, 29, is eyeing filing for divorce in California where the couple has a home because the Golden State's no-fault divorce laws would make it easier for her to take a larger piece of his assets, it was reported. The move comes a day after Nordegren was reportedly set to move out of the couple's Florida home with their two kids and was seen directing a moving crew to cart out items.

*Jessica Simpson has denied a Star Magazine story that claims she and Tiger Woods flirted with each other and exchanged contact information last summer during a golf tournament in Maryland. Woods had been partnered with Dallas Cowboys QB Tony Romo, who split with Simpson later that month. The tabloid quotes an unnamed source who said, "Tiger liked what he saw and let her know it." The source said "Jessica felt like Tony wasn't paying attention to her, so she …decided to have fun with Tiger whether it bothered Tony or not." Simpson denies all of this. She posted via Twitter Wednesday: "Can't believe that I'm on the cover of star magazine with Tiger Woods, what a JOKE! 'The Shocking Inside Story' is (insert drumroll) A LIE!"

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Posted: 18 Dec 2009 12:13 AM PST

America was introduced to Lacey Schwimmer on "Dancing With the Stars" as Lance Bass' partner in 2008. Lacey has been on the show three seasons, but she has been hiding a deep personal secret – her battle with anorexia. Now, Lacey is coming forward in the hopes of helping others.

"I was really, really scary thin," Lacey told Access Hollywood's Maria Menounos. "And I saw a picture of myself from some dance competition…"

"One of these that was in the magazine?" Maria asked, referring to the December 28 issue of InTouch, which hits newsstands on Friday, and which features the pictures of Lacey during her battle.

"Yeah, actually it's the funny one of me joking around with my friend," Lacey said, referring to a picture of herself in pajamas. "My waist is insanely thin; my hair was starting to fall out; it was getting thin. My skin looked gray and that's when… I was like, 'Alright, this isn't cool.' I saw other girls that were healthy and happy at my age and I was not like that whatsoever."

Lacey's eating disorder began at 13 while training for 10 hours a day as a dancer.

Her parents were also her coaches — very strict coaches, she said — and Lacey was home schooled to accommodate her rigorous schedule.

"Tell me what you would eat in a typical day," Maria asked.

"I ate a packet of turkey, which was about six slices of turkey — give or take," Lacey said.

Lacey would also skip meals.

"I skipped breakfast and I would eat at around like 2, 3 o'clock and then I would have a candy bar for dinner and just drink orange juice throughout the day," she said.

"And that's it?" Maria asked.

"Yeah, pretty much. Energy drinks, you know, anything to keep my body going without the calories," Lacey said.

Lacey then discovered diet pills at age 18.

"I saw that Britney Spears was using it and I wanted her body so I was like, 'OK, this is gonna work," she said.

It did, shocking 15 pounds off her 5' 3" frame.

Still, she thought she had a handle on her disease at 19 when she joined "Dancing With the Stars."

Then, fellow professional dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy was quoted as telling Lacey and Cheryl Burke, "The camera adds 10 pounds. You have to do something about this."

"I read those comments and I didn't know whether to believe them or not to believe them," Lacey told Maria. "I approached him. I was like, 'What is this about?' and he goes. 'They misquoted me.'"

"Did you believe him?" Maria asked.

"No, you know, but it's OK," Lacey said.

Lacey then relapsed into past behavior, starving herself and abusing diet pills once again.

"I started getting all these like, 'Oh Lacey, you look so great let's do a bikini shoot!' And I was like, 'That's not a good thing,'" she said. "I felt guilty in a way."

But these days, things are different.

"What do you see now when you look in the mirror?" Maria asked.

"I am comfortable in my own skin finally," she said as tears welled up in her eyes.

"Women are so self-conscious already and then when people just poke at you and [are just] like, 'You're big'… or 'You're too big to be on TV.' You know, it kills you inside," she said.

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First Published: Dec 17, 2009 6:45 PM CST

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Tiger Woods' wife believes divorce best for couple's kids: report - Vancouver Sun

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 12:42 AM PST

Elin Nordegren Woods is preparing to divorce her errant husband because she believes it's best for the couple's young son and daughter, according to media reports.

"She's a strong woman, this is beyond embarrassing, and she has a daughter and son she has to think about, who will know about this one day," a friend told MSNBC's The Scoop blog.

Elin will make the split "very open and official" immediately after the holidays, the friend told the blog.

Media reports began circulating on Wednesday about Tiger Woods' and his wife heading toward divorce.

As he was being lauded as Athlete of the Decade by the Associated Press, unnamed sources asserted the billionaire golfer's wife will divorce him in the new year following a sex scandal that has put his life and career deep in the rough.

"Divorce is 100 per cent on," ABC News reported one source having said.

Nordegren, the 29-year-old Swedish model who married the 33-year-old golfer five years ago, is "taking her sweet time" about the divorce, however, according to the ABC source. "She wants all the dirty laundry to be out on the table before she signs anything."

The Times online reported sources say Nordegren has hired celebrity Los Angeles lawyer Sorrell Trope, whose clients have included Cary Grant, Britney Spears and Nicole Kidman.

U.S. Weekly reported the couple's pre-nuptial agreement is worth $300 million U.S.. But Irish bookies website paddypower.com is laying odds a divorce settlement could cost Woods as much $500 million U.S. — half his fortune.

MSNBC.com quoted a source saying Nordegren has been seen recently without her wedding ring and "she'll be making this split very open and official right after Christmas.

"Elin is not going to be one of these 'stand-by-her-man' women," another source told MSNBC. "This is beyond embarrassing, and she has a daughter and son she has to think about, who will know about this one day. Forgiveness isn't exactly around the corner."

Nordegren has bought an estate on an island near Stockholm. Reports say Nordegren, who has two children with Woods — daughter Sam, 2, and Charlie, 10 months old — will spend Christmas in Sweden where she has family.

The New York Post photographed movers outside the Woods family's Florida mansion Tuesday. According to the newspaper, Nordegren gave instructions to the moving crew before driving away.

She "is making plans to move out and take the kids with her," the newspaper's source said.

People magazine quoted a source as saying: "She plans to leave Tiger."

"She has made up her mind. There's nothing to think about: he's never going to change," another People source reportedly said.

The entertainment gossip website TMZ reported Wednesday that Nordegren, 29, is near a marketing deal with Puma, which it described as the "arch-enemy" of her husband's sponsor, Nike.

Reports now say at least 14 women have had affairs with the golf icon, and that many may have been paid to keep their silence about it.

Despite putting his career on hold to focus his "attention on being a better husband, father, and person," U.S. magazine reported Woods is still in contact with Rachel Uchitel, the first woman linked to the golfer three weeks ago.

The magazine's source says Uchitel has told friends "Tiger was texting her, trying to find time to get together again. He wasn't even fazed!"

U.S. sources say Woods paid her $3,000,000 to stay silent about their relationship and that Uchitel was in West Palm Beach, Fla., this week "within spitting distance of Woods' $22-million yacht, Privacy."

Hollywood Life reported Woods and Uchitel are "still hot and heavy, while Elin suffers alone."

Said the online celebrity website: "Nice try, Tiger. Even after publicly apologizing Dec. 11 and promising to 'focus [your] attention on being a better husband, father and person,' you still can't let your mistresses go! According to reports, you have been heavily pursuing Rachel Uchitel— still texting her and even promising to leave your wife to be with her—while Elin suffers from the aftermath of your infidelity."

Woods is dealing with his extramarital affair scandal with late-night golfing sessions, Us Weekly reports in its latest issue.

"A resident in Woods' Isleworth gated community in Windermere, Fla., tells Us Weekly that the 33-year-old athlete -- who announced Dec. 11 that he is taking a break from professional golf to focus on being 'a better person' -- has been spotted 'coming by in the early evenings only for their counseling and therapy.'

"After those grueling sessions -- which a source describes as the golfer 'just apologizing over and over again' -- Woods heads to a nearby course to hit golf balls 'to clear his head,' another local says. 'He goes after dark so he can't be seen. For him, what's more therapeutic than hitting golf balls, the thing he's best at in the whole world?'"

Meanwhile, a Toronto doctor with ties to Woods has been charged with selling an unapproved drug that can be considered performance-enhancing.

Anthony Galea, 51, was charged Wednesday with selling Actovegin, a drug extracted from calf's blood, which is illegal for sale in Canada and is banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency if used intravenously.

Investigators also allege Galea illegally imported and smuggled drugs into Canada. They said these drugs, which are not approved by Health Canada, were administered to patients.

There is no suggestion Woods was given Actovegin or any other unapproved or banned drug. "If you're here to ask about Tiger Woods, that's not the story today," Galea's lawyer, Brian H. Greenspan, told the media on Tuesday. "Tiger Woods happened to be a patient (Galea) assisted in his rehabilitation program after his surgery."

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Pepsi won't be advertising in 2010 Super Bowl - LoHud.com

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 11:30 PM PST

MILWAUKEE — Pepsi's Super Bowl streak is over after a 23-year run.

Ads for the drinks won't appear in next year's Super Bowl on CBS. Instead, the company plans to shift ad dollars to a new marketing effort that's mostly online.

Pepsi was one of the biggest advertisers in last year's game and has advertised every year since 1987. Frito-Lay, a unit of parent company PepsiCo Inc., will still have Super Bowl commercials this year.

The company, which is based in Purchase, spent $33 million advertising products such as Pepsi, Gatorade, and Cheetos last year during the Super Bowl, according to TNS Media Intelligence, $15 million of it on Pepsi alone. Ad time last year for the NFL's championship game cost about $3 million for 30 seconds, on average.

Those prices might have dipped to as low as $2.5 million per 30 seconds this year, according to Jon Swallen, senior vice president of research for TNS Media Intelligence. Final figures won't be known until after the game, which takes place Feb. 7 and airs on CBS. The network said last week it has sold about 90 percent of the game's commercial time.

Shipper FedEx also said Thursday it will not advertise again in the Super Bowl due to costs, the same reason the company gave last year.

Pepsi had been a major advertiser during the Super Bowl. According to TNS, the company spent $142.8 million on the 10 Super Bowl ads from 1999 to 2008, second only to Anheuser-Busch, which spent $216 million. The brewer of Bud Light confirmed Thursday it will have 5 minutes worth of advertising in the 2010 Super Bowl.

Pepsi recognizes Super Bowl ads can be effective for marketing, spokeswoman Nicole Bradley said, but the game doesn't work with the company's goals next year.

"In 2010, each of our beverage brands has a strategy and marketing platform that will be less about a singular event and more about a movement," she said.

Notable Super Bowl ads from Pepsi over the years have included celebrities such as Cindy Crawford, Britney Spears and Will.i.am.

The nation's second-biggest soft drink maker is plowing marketing dollars into its "Pepsi Refresh Project" starting next month as its main vehicle for Pepsi. The project will pay at least $20 million for projects people create to "refresh" communities.

A Web site will go live Jan. 13 where people can list their projects, which could range from helping to feed people to teaching children to read. People can vote starting Feb. 1 to determine which projects receive money.

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