Us magazine: ‘What It Was Like Being Ashton Kutcher’s Twin’ April 14, 2008
Posted by John in Entertainers.Tags: Ashton Kutcher, Cedar Rapids (Iowa), celebrities, Cerebral palsy, Homestead (Iowa), Michael Kutcher
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From Us magazine today:
It was Ashton to the rescue, his twin brother, Michael Kutcher, says of their childhood in the cornfields of Iowa.
Diagnosed at birth with cerebral palsy, Michael tells the new issue of Details, “there was a lot of teasing, a lot of the normal mean stuff.”
Adds Michael (who still lives in Iowa, selling retirement plans), “I was the kid with the big Coke-bottle glasses, the hearing aid.”
Even Ashton admits “a big part of my life [was] kind of looking out for my twin.”
The experience helped give the actor an “understanding of what it’s like to be the other guy,” his pal and business partner, Jason Goldberg, says. “That’s a big strength of his.” …
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Iowa wrestler and coach Mike Zadick responds to anti-doping agency’s disciplinary action April 14, 2008
Posted by John in Sports.Tags: Colorado Springs (Colorado), Kenalog, Mike Zadick, olympics, triamcinolone acetonide, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, wrestling
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From Associated Press via USA Today:
GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — Wrestling star Mike Zadick said disciplinary action against him by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency was prompted by a procedural mistake in the documentation process of obtaining an exemption for the drug triamcinolone acetonide. …
“I have had an injury and was given the drug Kenalog from my physician to help the healing process,” Zadick said in a statement issued Saturday in Colorado Springs, Colo.
“The proper procedure is to fill out a TUE (Therapeutic Use Exemption). I was legally able to take the drug, but it had to be documented properly by filling out the TUE first. I have been educated about the proper requirements now and have learned from the situation. …
