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Ara Chekmayan (Left) pictured with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg (Right)

Listen to the Ara Chekmayan Interview

Ara Chekmayan is the CEO of New York City based Tactical Public Relations. He’s a public relations, media and crisis management expert, yet he’s so unassuming you’d never hear him describe himself that way.

He’d tell you he just helps his clients state their case to the world to the best of his abilities.

Of course, Chekmayan’s modesty is belied by that fact that he is in demand by the very media itself, particularly when it comes to commenting on the big story.

Just today, powerhouse New York City radio station 1010 WINS asked Chekmayan to give comment on Tiger Woods eminent return to the public eye.

As busy as Ara is, we are appreciative he gave us some of his valuable time, to comment more extensively on the Tiger Woods situation and crisis management in general.

Listen to the Daniel G. Amen, M.D interview

With the last snap taken until summer, fans won’t have a taste of football before April’s NFL Draft when the latest generation of college talent vies to go pro. Continuing tough, economic times have fueled fans' gridiron passions. This past season, millions watched weekly from the comfort of their homes. And this latest Super Bowl is looking like it will go down as the highest rated event in television history.

America is a football crazed nation, yet the long term affects of what takes place on the field have been mostly overlooked. A few recent studies, though, have begun to bring the discussion to the general public. Interestingly, President Obama said he would look into the workings of the BCS (Bowl Championship Series), which decides the national champion in college football. Should he be more focused on the toll the game takes on the participants, at all levels of play?

In September of 2009, a study by the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research indicated that former NFL players were 19 times more likely to eventually suffer from dementia. In December of 2009, the NFL acknowledged it would support research from even its biggest critics and admitted for the first time that concussions have long lasting consequences.

Daniel G. Amen, M.D – a brain imaging specialist, child and adult psychiatrist and best selling author – is now conducting a study with retired NFL players. So far 70 have participated.  Results have shown that one half of the players are currently overweight or obese and have been limited in their current workout activity because of the physical damage they suffered during their playing days.

What might be most alarming Amen says, is that it’s very common for a retired NFL player, currently in their 50s, to have the brain of someone in their 80s.

So far Amen’s recommendations to help ailing former players include fish oil, nutritional supplements and therapy. The use of these methods has apparently led to improvements in the ex-players cognitive abilities. Some have even cut back on their pain medication, something they rely on to deal with their chronic injuries.

A number of participants in Dr. Amen’s study regret having played football and would’ve done something different with their lives if they’d known the price they would end up paying. Amen states that society has no love for the brain and that football’s biggest supporters are in denial, even after many former players have passed away too young. 

A lot of great talents came through the doors in 2009 at CYInterview.com, but there was a unanimous interview that ended up number one. Click the read more link below to find out who made the list.

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Listen to the Mickey Avalon Interview

We’ve heard a similar story like this one before. It was portrayed on the big screen in 2002 with Marshall Mathers better known as Eminem. The movie was titled 8 Mile. Only this time the story and person in question is a different kind of rapper with a voice that has more rock appeal like Kid Rock.

His name is Mickey Avalon and he is the Jewish rapper hailing from Hollywood, California. Avalon’s grandparents were Holocaust survivors from World War 2 that experienced life lasting injuries. Imagine growing up in a household with a now deceased drug-addicted father and a mother who was a pot dealer. Also imagine what it would be like to lose your sister who you were trying to get your life back on track with. These are all things and more that Avalon has gone through.

Avalon is also the father of a daughter like Eminem. He says the closest turning point he can pin point for him was after the deaths of his father and sister helped him move to the path of his current success. Avalon in the coming years would be rewarded for his efforts after playing many free shows and doing everything he could to get the word out about his unique rap/rock sound. In 2005, he signed the first ever Interscope/MySpace record deal. So far he’s opened for artists like the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Travis Baker.

His songs referencing Jane Fonda [He says the veteran actress liked it.] and Lindsay Lohan have brought him forward into the pop culture universe. One can wonder how someone in such circumstances with two family deaths and battling his own demons along the way would be able to find the strength to keep moving on in that kind of environment growing up. Avalon represents the triumph over tragedy story or as he says, maybe he’s one of the most unlucky people in the world.

Listen to Roy Black's Latest Interview

Prominent Florida attorney Roy Black returns to CYInterview.com to give his latest on the Tiger Woods situation including Gloria Allred representing numerous women that have alleged to have relations with Woods. Black also gives his thoughts on the attention around Woods and how he still believes he shouldn’t have given any statements.

 Photo Credit left: Eric Charbonneau     Photo Credit Right: Disney

Listen to the Anika Noni Rose Interview

Anika Noni Rose, the beautiful woman with the beautiful name, is among today’s brightest lights in acting and performance.  She has moved elegantly from stage to movies to television, receiving significant accolades in the process.

Listen to the Vinny Parco Interview

A few years ago, Vincent “Vinny” Parco was featured in his own TV show on Court TV titled Parco P.I. The reality show focused around private investigation cases that Mr. Parco received through his private firm. Vincent is also no stranger to celebrity cases. He’s worked on both sides of the isle for and against the well known.

With the media focused on Tiger Wood’s personal life, Parco says he’s seen this kind of behavior before. He states that no matter how beautiful your wife is, sometimes you want variety. He believes Woods should have known sooner rather than later that someone was going to come forward and try to get their 15 minutes of fame. He compares the Woods situation to the recent White House party crashers of Tareq and Michaele Salahi and how anyone with a little fame can cash in big with TV shows and book deals.

Parco is surprised that no media outlet has hired him yet to further investigate different angles in Wood’s personal life since this kind of thing that has been up his alley many times before.

Attorney Roy Black                                         Attorney Gloria Allred

Yesterday, Gloria Allred sent us an email response to something Roy Black said in an interview we ran on Tuesday.  We had asked Attorney Black why he thought Rachel Uchitel was meeting with Gloria.

Black said, “The only reason anybody meets with Gloria Allred is to work out your media strategy to be sure that you’re on every possible TV show 24 hours a day. Yeah. That’s not a good sign for Tiger Woods that she’s meeting with Gloria Allred cause Gloria is just there for Gloria. She’ll go on every TV show and God only knows what she’ll be selling on those shows."

Gloria Allred’s email response was, “He is talking about something that he knows nothing about. I wonder what his motives may be in making such a statement. Is he upset that Rachel chose my firm to represent her and not him? Is he upset because we choose to represent victims of crime while he has chosen to represent criminals and those accused of crimes? I wonder how he measures success.  Does he celebrate if he gets a murderer or a rapist off to walk free on the streets again? He should do what he does best, which is crawling in the gutter to represent the dregs of society.”

Today, Roy knocked the ball back into Gloria’s court – hmmm, maybe we should search for a golf analogy instead – with an email of his own stating, “I have no interest in representing gold diggers (or perhaps I should use the epithet dregs as Gloria does) who want to sell their sordid stories about celebrities and thus Gloria can keep them all. And yes I do represent citizens charged with crimes which is at least an honorable part of the legal profession. Gloria two questions: Why is it every time you represent someone it is in the glare of the TV cameras? How do they know just where to show up to film you?”

See email below:

Attorney Gloria Allred                     Attorney Roy Black

On Monday, prominent, Florida Attorney Roy Black spoke with us about the Tiger Woods situation. He also told us why he thinks Rachel Uchitel – who has denied being Tiger’s mistress – reached out to powerhouse, feminist attorney Gloria Allred.

Here is what Black said when I asked him about Attorney Allred and Ms. Uchitel:

CY: It’s been reported by the National Enquirer that Rachel Uchitel is the alleged mistress of Tiger Woods. Earlier this week, Ms. Uchitel met with attorney Gloria Allred. Why do you think she would meet with Gloria Allred at this given point and time?
 

Roy Black: “The only reason anybody meets with Gloria Allred is to work out your media strategy to be sure that you’re on every possible TV show 24 hours a day.”
 

CY: Any final thoughts on this matter?
 

Roy Black: “Yeah. That’s not a good sign for Tiger Woods that she’s meeting with Gloria Allred cause Gloria is just there for Gloria. She’ll go on every TV show and God only knows what she’ll be selling on those shows.”

I touched base with Gloria Allred yesterday, via email, to see what response she might have to what Attorney Black said.  Ms. Allred sent me the following, in an email early this morning:

Gloria Allred (via email): “He is talking about something that he knows nothing about. I wonder what his motives may be in making such a statement. Is he upset that Rachel chose my firm to represent her and not him? Is he upset because we choose to represent victims of crime while he has chosen to represent criminals and those accused of crimes? I wonder how he measures success.  Does he celebrate if he gets a murderer or a rapist off to walk free on the streets again? He should do what he does best, which is crawling in the gutter to represent the dregs of society.”

See email below:

Listen to the Michael Lohan Interview

The father of Lindsay Lohan says Rachel Uchitel – who has stated that she is not Tiger Woods’s mistress – needs to take things for what they’re worth, not back down and be herself. Michael Lohan tells us that he’d be happy to give Ms. Uchitel advice based on his experience. Father Lohan has been in the media spotlight because of daughter Lindsay, as well as his own doings.

On another note, Michael sets the record straight about allegations he tweeted on his Twitter account saying he was going to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge.  Daddy Lohan says someone created a Twitter account in his name, without his authorization. And no, he is not planning to take a dive.

Michael tells us he only has a Facebook page for close friends and is not a member of any other social networking community. 

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