Paula Abdul
Paula Abdul was born in San Fernando Valley, California. When she was eight years of age, she began dance lessons. She went to Van Nuys High School, where she was senior class president and head cheerleader. She graduated from high school in the year 1980. After graduating, she began the college process at Cal State Northridge. There she studied radio and TV. After joining the L.A. Lakers cheerleaders, she became head cheerleader/choreographer after only a few months, eventually dropping out of college to dance and choreograph full-time. The Jacksons hired her to choreograph their 1984 video "Torture" which was the first in a lengthy line of movies and videos she would choreograph. Following her debut album "Forever Your Girl" started singing, she turned to singing and was soon a well-known performer and dancer. Her stint as an American Idol judge (2002) has helped her become an increasingly popular performer/dancer. Her father (Harry Abdul) is of Sephardic Jewish b