European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday april 11 2007 stars and stripes Page 19 faces Blu Collar King finally closes his court Kevin James who stars on the King of Queens cred its the Success of the Long running sitcom to staying under the radar it May have worked for us be cause people Kinda left us alone the 41yearold actor said in a recent conference Call you know when they tapped us on the shoulder and we looked up it was nine years later we never really were that shiny show but were a simple show and that s something that in proud of the 200th episode of the Blu Ecol Lar comedy which stars James As de James Olcus  to livery Man Doug Heffernan and Leah Remini As his Secre tar wife Carrie was to air monday night on lbs corps lbs network the series ends next month sits in Awe of stylists these models How did they let this happen to them selves muses Jaclyn Smith about a moment on bravos reality series Shear Genius i mean if someone came at me with Garden shears i dont think id stay there the former Charlies Angels Star is the Host and judge for Shear Genius a show that offers 12 hairstylists a Chance to compete for the coveted title a styling Fea Ture in allure Magazine and in seed Money to prove themselves worthy  need to run the Gamut of creative and nerve racking challenges that in clude creating a Dayt evening do straightening Afri can american hair perfecting Vidal Sassoon Nancy Kwan Bob and of course using the aforementioned unconventional tools when i saw the Garden shears the Box cutters i was then in Awe of All the stylists Smith tells zap2itcom i thought that was fun i really really liked that that prob ably was my favorite Bloomberg gives moneymaking props with democratic sen Barack Obama in town to raise Campaign Cash and Chat with David Letterman on Mon Day mayor Michael Bloomberg is giving him props for his fundraising abilities Obama has reported Campaign contributions of Mil lion in the first three months of this year about million less than sen Hillary Rodham Clinton Campaign the billionaire mayor who did not collect contributions for his mayoral bids was asked monday about Politi Cal fundraising and whether he believes the presidential candidates should take donations theres no evidence you cant raise a lot of Money if the Public likes you Barack Obama six months ago want on the radar screen today can raise an enor Mous amount of Money he said exotic twins take inside track to Fame Elise and Electra Avellan twin nieces of director Rob Ert Rodriguez never thought acting in Grin House would bring them instant Fame Twenty Earold venezuelan twins Elektra right and Elise Avellan play baby Sitters in Robert Rodriguezs planet terror we had no idea so Many people were going to be Call ing us Elise said it was Tike a bomb fell in our apart ment one Day the 20yearold venezuelans appear in the april Edi Tion of Maxim in Espanol Magazine and have received several requests to act together As Well As separately in films they also caused a commotion last week when they showed up wearing red dresses at the films premiere after leading actress Rose Mcgowan sent a message to publicists asking that no one else Wear that color but her we still didst have a publicist so we did not know Electra said we did not understand what was happen ing and the truth is Rose did not even care it was an exaggeration by the stories and photos from wire reports Jim Singer Mika is photographed at Sirius radio in new York Beirut Lebanon born and Paris raised songwriter Mika is on the top of the charts in the United kingdom Singer never vibe with Compromise by Nekesia Mumbai Moody the associated press new different is a key trait if you want to make yourself stand out in the musical Arena it is not a prize attribute however during those awk Ward adolescent years Mika the latest singing sensation from across the Pond found out both lessons at an Early age Beirut Leba no born and Paris raised until he was 9 he found him self an outcast after his family moved to London his in Terest in piano and singing along with his dyslexia further distanced him from classmates and he became the prey of bullies away from school he began to per form and mat became his respite he found his flamboyance was celebrated not taunted he got respect for singing and better yet got paid for it so no wonder the first single in the us the piano heavy Falset to crooned Grace Kelly celebrates his refusal to conform like the musicians he idolized As a child Prince and David Bowie among them the 23yearold does Best when he stands apart the associated press you gotten a lot of Buzz in Advance of your us debut cd life in cartoon motion How has that affected you Mika i think pm Lucky hype can be Good and hype can be bad the Good thing that s happening to me is that the hype is about the project if s about the music in not the son of anyone Fomous i Haven really slept with anyone particularly Well known if s really just about music and that s something i think is very healthy a you got your Start in a somewhat unusual Way Mika from a very Early age i used to Gate crash Par ties and just get to the stage and perform or i would just kind of walk around and push my face into everyone face but then when i started to try and get a serious Deal up until about a year and a half ago i was just going around and playing the piano just about everywhere i think i figured out that i would rather be a total failure but be myself and at least give it a shot than be moderately successful pretend to be someone else Only have it last a certain amount of time and be Happy As a Mika i climbed up the music executive ladder kind of quickly because i was willing to perform for anyone and every where so that s kind of How i got my Deal a your first single Grace Kelly kind of pokes fun at the idea of conformity How do you resist the temptation to copy what is commercially viable Mika people were Saemg to me if you just become lit tie bit More commercial or you become a Little bit More like what s Selling at the moment whatever that was at the time whether it was Robbie Williams or David Gray then you can make it but to me it was never an option i think i figured out that i would rather be a total failure but be myself and at least give it a shot than be moderately successful pretend to be someone else Only have it last a cer Tain amount of time and be Happy As a result a were you surprised that you turned out to be so successful Mika in surprised at the Speed in which Ive been embraced i think anyone deluded enough to go into the music Industry has to have some kind of self belief but at the same time i was surprised that i got to no 1 i never expected to get to no 1 in the us i never knew it would be a commercially bankable career a there Are songs on the cd that Are sexually ambiguous that s gotten a lot of people asking about your sexuality were you hesitant to put records like that out for that reason Mika i have no taboos about what i can use to Tell a Story or what stories i can actually Tell so i kind of gave myself that Freedom sexual zing music As part of getting sexy with music is amazing but politically sexual zing music and making the artist s sexuality the defining Point of someones music is so Boring so As far As enabling my self to Tell and use any kind of tool that i want to Tell a Story or use in my lyrics in totally into that As far As Lay ing myself out on the table to almost a tabloid level and kind of sharing my entire personal Lif e in really not into mat