Posts Tagged ‘eli manning’

Eli Manning Marries in Mexico

April 21st, 2008 / Author: OK! Staff

When New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning looks back on 2008, he’ll be smiling at a year that brought him both a Super Bowl ring and a wedding band, as the little brother of Peyton Manning swapped vows with college sweetheart Abby McGrew in a beachside ceremony in Mexico on Saturday.

The groom, who only months ago led perhaps the greatest upset in football history when his Giants put an end to the then-unbeaten Tom Brady and his New England Patriots, and Abby were wed overlooking the Sea of Cortez at the One&Only Palmilla Resort in Cabo San Lucas, while about five dozen friends and family, including Peyton, watched through tear-streaked eyes.

Eli and Abby met while students at the University of Mississippi and have been engaged since the 27-year-old football star proposed to her a year ago during a date in Hoboken, NJ.

“Idol Gives Back” Returns With Big Name Celebs

March 3rd, 2008 / Author: cwillett

Where can you see U2’s Bono, Brad Pitt, Reese Witherspoon, Eli Manning and other big name stars all in the same place? On the special episode of American Idol, called Idol Gives Back! The fundraiser returns for a second year and is boasting a new star lineup from Oscar winners to music legends.

Set to appear are: Bono, Brad Pitt, Reese Witherspoon, Miley Cyrus, Mariah Carey, Eli and Peyton Manning, Fergie, Chris Daughtry, Carrie Underwood, Annie Lennox, John Legend and Snoop Dogg.

 

Last season, "Idol Gives Back" raised $76 million — and won the prestigious Governors Award Emmy. This year, the musical benefit will raise funds for U.S. charities that work with underprivileged children.

 

Idol Gives Back airs Wednesday, April 9 on FOX.

 

 

Man Candy: Super Bowl Special

January 31st, 2008 / Author: cwillett

Not all eyes will be on the scoreboard during Sunday’s Super Bowl — not with the lineup of Man Candy candidates taking the field during the big game between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants.

 

Both Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and his Giants counterpart, Eli Manning, received marriage proposals during the media frenzy that is Super Bowl Week, but Tedy Bruschi, Pierre Woods, Osi Umenyiora and Mike Vrabel are just a short list of other players raising temperatures in Phoenix. So while fans across the country are debating which team will go home as champs, we know the more important question:

 

Is Tom or Eli leading the team with the hottest guys in helmets? Vote now!

Paula Abdul to Perform at Super Bowl

January 23rd, 2008 / Author: cwillett

Kooky American Idol judge Paula Abdul is getting her own Idol moment at the upcoming Super Bowl XLII in Arizona.

The singer and dancer’s performance of her new single, "Dance Like There Is No Tomorrow," during the Feb. 3 broadcast, which pits the underdog Eli Manning and his New York Giants against model-loving Tom Brady and the unbeaten New England Patriots.

And it will truly be an AI affair for Paula, who will have both Randy Jackson, who produced the song and will perform with her, and Ryan Seacrest, who is hosting the pre-game show. OK! spoke to Ryan, who said he has no doubt Paula and Randy will be able to live up to their own Idol judging standards.

"I know that they’ve been working very, very hard on it," Ryan explains to OK!. "Randy’s been talking about this for a long time. We would travel on the American Idol audition tour and they would talk about doing a record together and it’s finally come to fruition and I know that she was over at Fox rehearsing."

However, Ryan also tells OK! that he hasn’t seen them rehearse for the live show yet. "I want to be surprised," he explains. "I’ve played the record, but I’ve not seen any of the choreography. I’m going to experience it for the first time with everybody else; therefore, I’ll have a genuine reaction on live TV."

Also slated to perform are Alicia Keys, American Idol’s reigning champ — and Arizona native — Jordin Sparks, legendary rocker Tom Petty and a special duet between Willie Nelson and Sarah Evans.

Super Bowl XLII airs Sunday, Feb. 3 at 6:30 p.m. on FOX

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