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| Country singer, survivalist Craig Morgan heads to Arctics Posted: 28 Feb 2013 10:35 PM PST NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 1 — American country singer Craig Morgan calls himself a survivalist, and he is in for a frigid challenge at an upcoming sled dog expedition in the Scandinavian arctics.
"I've jumped out of airplanes, been on scuba trips, and I was just in the Bahamas in a cage with sharks," Morgan, 48, told Reuters. "Still, this is pretty extreme in my book." The harrowing 330 km dog-led adventure from the frozen mountains of Norway to Sweden takes place April 9-13 and promises to teach ordinary people how to last through sub-zero temperatures and lashing Arctic winds. Morgan, who will learn how to handle sled dogs along with 20 other participants, will also bring along the camera crew from his reality show "Craig Morgan: All Access Outdoors" on the Outdoors Channel to chronicle the expedition. "I had not heard about this event before I was asked to participate," said Morgan, who will bring along his son, Kyle. "Once they asked me I said, 'Absolutely'," he added. "I'm a survivalist; anytime I get the opportunity to test my survival skills I jump at it." On his TV show, Morgan tests his survival instincts in situations such as skydiving and aerial bow fishing. Morgan, a veteran of the US Army whose only previous sub-zero experiences include stays in Korea and blustery Iowa, said he looked forward to learning how to work with the sled dogs. "I love dogs, have dogs of my own, but these dogs are completely different," he said. "They sleep outside in the snow ... the language that you give the commands is different. I'll have to get into their world and work the way they are used to." Morgan is also the host of the Outdoor Channel's "Field & Stream Total Outdoorsman Challenge". He has released six studio albums over his 13-year career, most recently "This Ole Boy" in 2012. — Reuters |
| Racy ‘Girls Gone Wild’ video company files for bankruptcy Posted: 28 Feb 2013 09:31 PM PST LOS ANGELES, March 1 — The company behind the "Girls Gone Wild" video series featuring scantily clad young women drinking, dancing and stripping, has filed for bankruptcy protection citing US$16 million (RM49.6 million) in debts, according to court papers obtained yesterday.
The Los Angeles company said in a statement that it was seeking reorganisation and that the filing would not affect any of the domestic or international operations of "Girls Gone Wild". The company, which has sold millions of the racy videos and DVDs since 1997, listed as its biggest debt a US$10.3 million debt owed to Wynn Resorts casino owner Steve Wynn. "Girls Gone Wild" creator Joe Francis (picture) was last year ordered to pay Wynn US$40 million in damages for defamation and emotional distress. A Los Angeles jury found that Francis had falsely claimed that Wynn threatened his life over a gambling debt. Another creditor listed in the bankruptcy papers was a woman who won a US$5 million lawsuit against "Girls Gone Wild" after someone exposed her breasts in a bar without her consent for one of the company's films. GGW Brands said it has assets of less than US$50,000, according to the court papers. "The company Girls Gone Wild remains strong as a company and strong financially," GGW Brands said in a statement yesterday. "The only reason Girls Gone Wild has elected to file for this reorganization is to restructure its frivolous and burdensome legal affairs." — Reuters |
Morgan (picture), a Tennessee native who is best known for hits "That's What I Love About Sunday" and "Redneck Yacht Club", said he could not pass up an invitation to test his survival skills in the annual Fjaellraeven Polar sled dog expedition.
Privately owned GGW Brands filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in US federal court in Los Angeles on Wednesday.| You are subscribed to email updates from The Malaysian Insider :: Showbiz To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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