::HOT from Koch:: Josh Hansen Gears Up for AMA Salt Lake City

SALT LAKE CITY– Top motocross rider and two-time X-Games champion Josh Hansen prepares to end the season with a bang when he races the Monster Energy AMA Salt Lake City Supercross on May 1 at 7 p.m., the final race for the West Region.

26-year-old Hansen is known in the racing world as the bad boy of motocross, boasting smooth style inherited from his famous dad, champion rider Donnie Hansen, and possessing a laidback attitude that hardly hints at the fact that he has been racing professionally since high school. When Hansen won X Games 14 in 2008 as the underdog, everyone thought it was a fluke. But when he took home the gold again the following year, it became clear that Josh Hansen was here to stay.

Fans were excited when it was announced in January that Mitch Payton had selected Hansen to ride the West Region for Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki this year, following his hiatus from racing in 2009. Regarded as one of a handful of riders with the ability to win a West Regional race, Hansen boasts several top-five placings thus far, and is confident he can earn that elusive podium finish before the season’s end by harnessing the power and speed he has displayed during heat races and channeling it into the main event.

His ultimate goal this year is to surprise fans with a win at the East/West Shootout in Las Vegas on May 8, right before he rakes in another X Games victory in August – a feat that fans know Hansen is more than capable of.

::HOT from Koch:: Motivation Meets the Mouse: Dr. Bobbie Takes It Online with 'Courses for Change'

Beginning May 1, renowned speaker and expert on the unconscious mind, Dr. Bobbie McDonald, along with her team of experts, will be making house calls, office calls, even café calls - 24 hours a day, seven days a week through her new online destination for motivation, Courses For Change. With this innovative and interactive website, members have access to a multitude of live and on-demand workshops on the subjects that are important to them, at any time, and all from the comfort of their own homes.

As Executive Director of Courses for Change, LLC (CFC), Dr. Bobbie has charted the course for people to overcome common roadblocks through empowering webinars, including: Building Core Confidence, Weight Management, Relationship Strategies, Positive Thinking, Professional Development, Habit Busting and Parenting Skills. Each webinar is designed to inform, inspire and empower members to create the changes they want in their lives. Real-time interaction with the CFC expert lets the member ask questions and get immediate answers, creating the one-on-one experience of having your own personal life coach.

By using cutting edge mind-science techniques, including guided imagery, neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) and cognitive behavioral interventions to name a few, Courses for Change helps people to create new associations and patterns where they really matter: in the unconscious mind. Through an ever-growing archive of self-improvement topics and workshops, the inspirational information offered in each seminar can be viewed over and over again, reinforcing the unconscious shift needed to create deep-level, lasting life changes.

This vanguard concept website follows Dr. Bobbie’s ongoing professional mission to empower the mainstream of America to create positive change in their lives by harnessing the power of the unconscious mind.

As Courses for Change celebrates its official launch on May 1, Dr. Bobbie and her team of experts will serve as a global helping hand, providing an interactive experience for creating positive life changes in an accessible and affordable way.

Eileen Talks to CNN About Sandra's Secret Adoption

CNN's Breanna Hare called Eileen again this morning to get her opinion on another high-profile happening in the entertainment world-- Sandra Bullock's adoption. CNN wanted to look into how and why Sandra kept her baby, Louis, a secret for months.

Read the article to see what Eileen had to say about Sandra opting for privacy:

How Sandra Bullock kept a baby a secret

By Breeanna Hare

(CNN) -- Sandra Bullock has Oscar-winning talent, but it took more than just being a good actress to keep the adoption of her infant son private for months -- especially when the paparazzi started swarming following allegations of marital discord.

Bullock, fresh from a laudatory awards season, managed to not only keep herself removed from the public eye, but to also shield her son, Louis, from the spotlight as well. It wasn't until People magazine revealed her adoption story Wednesday that anyone outside of Bullock's inner circle knew the big news.

"Sandra really relied on a network of very close friends and very close family members to keep her secret," explained People magazine's senior editor David Caplan. "The baby arrived during the height of the awards season [in January], and she even said that her trusted makeup artist was wondering why [she] needed so much concealer under her eyes, because she was tired."

In order to pull that off, Caplan said Bullock had to employ some CIA-style tactics to maintain her covert operation, using car decoys to take Louis to the doctor, and not letting anyone in her house.

"Regardless of whether or not she was seen with the baby, there wasn't even buzz about the fact that she had the baby," Caplan said. "It was her ability to a) hide [him] from visible sight, and b) the ability to keep this information private, because she had the baby before the scandal broke." (read more...)

EKC is happy for Sandra, and glad to be CNN's go-to girls for entertainment insights!

::HOT from Koch:: Dr. Bobbie to Appear on Co-Creator Radio

Nationally noted doctor of psychology and expert in the unconscious mind Dr. Bobbie McDonald is slated to share her insights on Co-Creator Radio, the online talk radio network dedicated to self-empowerment, on April 28 at noon CDT. “Dr. Bobbie” will chat with “Exploring Possibilities” host Leigh Kubin about how people can tap into the power of the mind to create the reality they envision.

Renowned speaker, author, Executive Director of Courses for Change, and founder of the Meridian Center for Hypnosis in Los Angeles, Dr. Bobbie’s professional mission is to empower her clients to enact positive change in their lives by harnessing the power of their subconscious mind. Over her years of work in a wide range of treatment settings, Dr. Bobbie has developed a unique approach that is simultaneously pragmatic and compassionate. She implements self-realization, hypnosis and positive psychology to empower clients to deal with such issues as self-esteem, parenting, relationships, and weight loss.

“Exploring Possibilities” is Co-Creator Radio’s program that examines the idea of creating one’s reality on purpose. The network has hosted interviews with renowned doctors, experts and authors, including Neale Donald Walsch and Don Miguel Ruiz, to obtain their expert perspectives. During her guest appearance, Dr. Bobbie will impart valuable tools for unlocking the power within to start “living life unlimited” – a Dr. Bobbie professional philosophy and personal mantra.

Co-Creator listeners can hear Dr. Bobbie live on “Exploring Possibilities” on Wednesday, April 28 at noon CDT.

Dr. Leslie Talks About Cameron Douglas, Celebrity Dads & Sons in the Observer

Over the weekend, EKC client Dr. Leslie Seppinni was asked to comment on celebrity father-son relationships for a piece in the Observer about Cameron Douglas' recent sentencing. The UK weekly wanted to examine how the glare of the limelight can affect the dynamic between a father and son, often for the worst. See what Dr. Leslie had to say:

Cameron Douglas and the painful price paid by sons living in the shadow of a famous father

By Paul Harris

From David Bowie's son, who rejected his name, to Cameron Douglas, offspring of Michael Douglas, who was jailed for drug dealing last week, the children of stars clearly struggle to forge their own identity

Michael, Kirk and Cameron Douglas in 2003. Photograph: Allstar/MGM/Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar

Like any father witnessing the jailing of his son, Michael Douglas looked grim and ashen-faced last week in Manhattan.

Sitting in the courtroom in which his son, actor and DJ Cameron Douglas, was awaiting sentencing for dealing drugs, the Hollywood star listened to Judge Richard Berman pronouncing a harsh judgment. "Get beyond and get over that idea … that Cameron Douglas is a victim," Berman said.

Yet that was the argument that the Douglas clan – Michael, grandfather Kirk and Cameron's mother, Diandra – had put forward in letters explaining Douglas's problems in terms of his dysfunctional childhood. Cameron, it was claimed, was suffering the fallout from an age-old struggle: the battle of the son growing up with a powerful, successful, famous father. (read more...)

Young Hollywood in Variety

Entertainment industry bible Variety mag recently scooped up the news about Young Hollywood's expansion. Check it out:

YOUNG HOLLYWOOD BUILDS STUDIO
Video site pacts with Hulu, Yahoo and TV Guide

By Lisa Engelbrektson

Young Hollywood, a growing multi-platform outlet featuring lifestyle and celebrity video, has expanded from the eponymous website to distribution partnerships with Hulu, Yahoo and TV Guide. And this week, it signed with UTA and Bloom Hergott Diemer to shop a Young Hollywood television show.

According to Comscore, the site's original programming reaches upward of 100 million viewers online, 2 million unique. The site's founder and CEO R.J. Williams reports 66% of its viewers watch programs in entirety.

In preparation for its television debut, Young Hollywood has taken a studio space at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills. Recent content posted includes interviews with Tracy Morgan and the cast of "Kick-Ass."

Young Hollywood Unveils New Studio at Four Seasons

Congrats to YoungHollywood.com on the opening of their new broadcast studio at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills!

Founder and EKC friend RJ Williams said he's been looking to build a fully-functional studio for a while now, and the swanky, newly-renovated Four Seasons seemed like a perfect choice.
Young Hollywood is the first and only media outlet to have a permanent home base at the hotel.

Check out YH's first in-studio interview, with Tracy Morgan: