Cyndi Lauper from "The Celebrity Apprentice" is one of the stars featured on Season 3 of the NBC reality competition series that raises money for charity.
One of pop music's most enduring icons, Cyndi Lauper looms large over today's pop and dance charts. You can see and hear it in the success of such big-voiced, fashion-forward females with irreverent attitudes like Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Robyn, and ultra-hip rock band The Gossip's frontwoman Beth Ditto, all of whom have name-checked the shape-shifting
Lauper burst onto the music landscape in 1983 with the synth-driven pop gem "She's So Unusual," which spawned several hits, including the female empowerment anthem "Girls Just Want To Have Fun," "Time After Time," "She Bop," "All Through the Night," and "Money Changes Everything," making her the first artist in history to score five Top 10 singles from a debut album. The eye-popping video for "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" became an MTV mainstay and established her reputation as an unstoppable force with a voice and songwriting talent to match. Lauper continued to evolve artistically over the next two decades, following up "She's So Unusual" with nine more albums: 1986's "True Colors," 1989's "A Night to Remember," 1993's "Hat Full of Stars," 1996's "Sisters of Avalon," 1998's "Merry Christmas…Have a Nice Life," 2001's "Shine," 2003's "At Last," 2005's "The Body Acoustic," and 2008's "Bring Ya To The Brink," which earned her a 13th Grammy Award nomination. After 25 million albums sold, 13 Grammy Award nominations, two Emmy Awards, two American Music Awards, and 18 MTV Video Music Awards, Lauper continues to lead as a singer, songwriter, musician, actress, and activist.
In 1988, she made her film debut in "Vibes," alongside Jeff Bridges, and later appeared in such motion pictures as "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle," "Life With Mikey," "Off and Running," and "The Opportunist" opposite Christopher Walken. In 2006, Lauper made her Broadway debut in "The Threepenny Opera." On television, Lauper has appeared in "Queer as Folk," the BBC's "Live and Kicking" and "Noel's House Party," and earned an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Performance in a Comedy Series for "Mad About You." She has lent her talents to other film and TV projects, voicing animated projects for Disney and "The Simpsons," as well as scoring soundtracks for the films "Off and Running" and "Private Property" and the title song for Nick Cassavetes' "Unhook The Stars." Lauper has also made appearances on "30 Rock," "Gossip Girl," "Bones" and "American Idol." She was also a surprise guest at the resurrected concert event "VH1 Divas," where she joined Leona Lewis onstage for a duet on her No. 1 single "True Colors."
In the summer of 2008, Lauper launched the second annual True Colors tour, which she created as a way to give back to her gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) fans for the love they have shown her throughout her career. Lauper headlined the 25-city North American tour along with The B-52s, Rosie O'Donnell, and host Carson Kressley, determined to highlight the need for the GLBT community and its straight allies to make their votes count during the Presidential election year. She kicked off 2009 by attending the inauguration of President Barack Obama and performing at the Out for Equality Inaugural Ball. She also launched the First Annual True Colors Fund Summer Online Auction and the True Colors Cabaret — a monthly series of fundraisers that features entertainers from both Broadway and pop music, with all proceeds donated to Broadway Impact and the True Colors Fund, which Lauper created as a show of solidarity against discrimination and to raise awareness about the issues facing the GLBT population. In October 2009, Lauper visited the White House to listen to President Obama speak about the passage of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which she rallied to help pass along with Shepard's mother, Judy, and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC).
Lauper and her manager, Lisa Barbaris, have also teamed up with the West End Intergenerational Organization to found the True Colors Residence, which is slated to break ground in Central Harlem in fall 2009. It will be the first permanent, supportive housing facility for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth in New York State, providing 30 studio apartments, educational services, and job training to homeless young people.
In May 2009, Lauper was asked, along with Katy Perry, Dita Von Teese, Robyn, and others, to collaborate with fashion retailer H&M to raise money for youth HIV/AIDS awareness projects by creating designs for various clothing items. (Lauper's design featured the message "Girls Just Wanna Have Safe Sex" as if scribbled in pink lipstick on a black vest.) She has also been immortalized by toy company Mattel, which has created a Barbie Cyndi Lauper "Ladies of the '80s" doll, capturing the star in all her "Girls Just Want To Have Fun"-era glory. Lauper recently appeared on the cover of Out magazine, along with Adam Lambert, Wanda Sykes, Lt. Dan Choi, and film director Rob Marshall, as part of the magazine's annual "Out 100" list honoring its most inspiring men and women of the year. She is currently writing her autobiography, in which she takes readers on a journey through her colorful life. Published by Simon & Shuster in 2010, the book will undoubtedly be another bar-raising milestone in a career that continues to leave the world wanting more from this fascinating and lasting artist.
One of pop music's most enduring icons, Cyndi Lauper looms large over today's pop and dance charts. You can see and hear it in the success of such big-voiced, fashion-forward females with irreverent attitudes like Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Robyn, and ultra-hip rock band The Gossip's frontwoman Beth Ditto, all of whom have name-checked the shape-shifting
Cyndi Lauper in "The Celebrity Apprentice 2010"
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Queens, New York-born performer as a primary influence.Lauper burst onto the music landscape in 1983 with the synth-driven pop gem "She's So Unusual," which spawned several hits, including the female empowerment anthem "Girls Just Want To Have Fun," "Time After Time," "She Bop," "All Through the Night," and "Money Changes Everything," making her the first artist in history to score five Top 10 singles from a debut album. The eye-popping video for "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" became an MTV mainstay and established her reputation as an unstoppable force with a voice and songwriting talent to match. Lauper continued to evolve artistically over the next two decades, following up "She's So Unusual" with nine more albums: 1986's "True Colors," 1989's "A Night to Remember," 1993's "Hat Full of Stars," 1996's "Sisters of Avalon," 1998's "Merry Christmas…Have a Nice Life," 2001's "Shine," 2003's "At Last," 2005's "The Body Acoustic," and 2008's "Bring Ya To The Brink," which earned her a 13th Grammy Award nomination. After 25 million albums sold, 13 Grammy Award nominations, two Emmy Awards, two American Music Awards, and 18 MTV Video Music Awards, Lauper continues to lead as a singer, songwriter, musician, actress, and activist.
In 1988, she made her film debut in "Vibes," alongside Jeff Bridges, and later appeared in such motion pictures as "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle," "Life With Mikey," "Off and Running," and "The Opportunist" opposite Christopher Walken. In 2006, Lauper made her Broadway debut in "The Threepenny Opera." On television, Lauper has appeared in "Queer as Folk," the BBC's "Live and Kicking" and "Noel's House Party," and earned an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Performance in a Comedy Series for "Mad About You." She has lent her talents to other film and TV projects, voicing animated projects for Disney and "The Simpsons," as well as scoring soundtracks for the films "Off and Running" and "Private Property" and the title song for Nick Cassavetes' "Unhook The Stars." Lauper has also made appearances on "30 Rock," "Gossip Girl," "Bones" and "American Idol." She was also a surprise guest at the resurrected concert event "VH1 Divas," where she joined Leona Lewis onstage for a duet on her No. 1 single "True Colors."
In the summer of 2008, Lauper launched the second annual True Colors tour, which she created as a way to give back to her gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) fans for the love they have shown her throughout her career. Lauper headlined the 25-city North American tour along with The B-52s, Rosie O'Donnell, and host Carson Kressley, determined to highlight the need for the GLBT community and its straight allies to make their votes count during the Presidential election year. She kicked off 2009 by attending the inauguration of President Barack Obama and performing at the Out for Equality Inaugural Ball. She also launched the First Annual True Colors Fund Summer Online Auction and the True Colors Cabaret — a monthly series of fundraisers that features entertainers from both Broadway and pop music, with all proceeds donated to Broadway Impact and the True Colors Fund, which Lauper created as a show of solidarity against discrimination and to raise awareness about the issues facing the GLBT population. In October 2009, Lauper visited the White House to listen to President Obama speak about the passage of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which she rallied to help pass along with Shepard's mother, Judy, and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC).
Lauper and her manager, Lisa Barbaris, have also teamed up with the West End Intergenerational Organization to found the True Colors Residence, which is slated to break ground in Central Harlem in fall 2009. It will be the first permanent, supportive housing facility for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth in New York State, providing 30 studio apartments, educational services, and job training to homeless young people.
In May 2009, Lauper was asked, along with Katy Perry, Dita Von Teese, Robyn, and others, to collaborate with fashion retailer H&M to raise money for youth HIV/AIDS awareness projects by creating designs for various clothing items. (Lauper's design featured the message "Girls Just Wanna Have Safe Sex" as if scribbled in pink lipstick on a black vest.) She has also been immortalized by toy company Mattel, which has created a Barbie Cyndi Lauper "Ladies of the '80s" doll, capturing the star in all her "Girls Just Want To Have Fun"-era glory. Lauper recently appeared on the cover of Out magazine, along with Adam Lambert, Wanda Sykes, Lt. Dan Choi, and film director Rob Marshall, as part of the magazine's annual "Out 100" list honoring its most inspiring men and women of the year. She is currently writing her autobiography, in which she takes readers on a journey through her colorful life. Published by Simon & Shuster in 2010, the book will undoubtedly be another bar-raising milestone in a career that continues to leave the world wanting more from this fascinating and lasting artist.
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