Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation - Central Valley Affiliate

Have you ever wanted your very own electric guitar? Here’s your opportunity to make that dream a reality! The Affiliate is giving away a Daisy Artist electric guitar in Pepper Mint (pink), donated by Daisy Rock Girl Guitars®. The guitar has been personally autographed by actress Leah Lail of the television series “V.I.P.” The guitar has a Basswood body and rock maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard and pearloid daisy inlay. Raffle tickets will be available at our upcoming events or by calling 229-4255; a $2.00 donation is requested for each ticket.
- Posted 8/6/03

From Ask American Profile

What can you tell me about Leah Lail, the actress who plays the secretary on VIP? I think she’s cute.
—Gene L., North Carolina

Kay Simmons, the character Lail plays, is the communications expert who controls all the moves of those elite bodyguards on VIP. And the actress is as intelligent as the character she plays. Lail, 35, was born and raised on a horse farm in Lexington, Ky., and attended boarding school where she studied political science and learned fluent German. That led to a college scholarship to study in Bonn, Germany. A political career wasn’t in her future, though. Lail also loved the theater and transferred to the University of Southern California, where she graduated summa cum laude with degrees in German and theater and a minor in political science. Her credits include ER and Seinfeld. She also had a small part in the Adam Sandler film Little Nicky. She lives in Los Angeles.

Playing Pamela's pal Leah Lail's a V.I.P. from Lexington
By Heather Svokos HERALD-LEADER POP CULTURE WRITER

Lexington native Leah Lail has a job that would send many a teen-age boy into orbit.
Every morning, she gets to wake up, head in to work and say hey to her co-worker: Pamela Anderson Lee.
The actresses work together on V.I.P., a one-hour syndicated action show that airs Sunday at 11 a.m. on Fox-56. The show is about a security firm to the stars, headed by Vallery Irons (Anderson Lee).
Lail, who is back in town this weekend to attend Foxfest '99, plays Kay Simmons, a bookish computer whiz, who, when the show first started, was a bit of a wallflower.
But then again ... ``Anybody standing next to Pam Anderson is going to be the wallflower,'' Lail says from her home in Los Angeles. ``It takes the pressure off. ... I've never experienced anything quite like the media sensation that is Pamela Anderson.''
Lail grew up on a Lexington horse farm, went to Tates Creek High School and graduated from the University of Southern California with degrees in German and theater, and a political science minor.
The actress has landed roles on some of TV's hugest hits: Seinfeld (her character dated George in ``The Virgin'' episode), ER and The Larry Sanders Show. But people might also recognize her from one other gig. Remember the Clairol commercial in which Julia Louis-Dreyfus interrupts the wedding because she feels compelled to leap up and change the bride's hair color? That bride is Lail. Lail's own real-life husband, actor/director Stephen Brill, directed her in Late Last Night (slated for this summer) where she plays a stripper; this month, she can be seen in Denial (currently airing on Cinemax), which co-stars Jonathan Silverman, Jason Alexander, Patrick Dempsey and Christine Taylor.
But for now, V.I.P. takes up most of her time -- and good news for her -- the show has been picked up for a second, 22-episode season. Not too shabby in an industry where the average shelf life for a new show is about six episodes.
Lail is thrilled to get another chance to come home -- she gets back as often as work permits, and she and Brill (who co-wrote The Mighty Ducks) try to make it to the Thoroughblades games when they're here.
As for working with Anderson Lee, Lail says the former Baywatch star is ``amazing.''
``She is the most energetic and enthusiastic woman I've ever met in my life,'' she said.
``When Pamela looks at a situation, she sees the possibilities instead of the problems. Most people just aren't that way, but she does it all day long. She usually has to get to work earlier than anyone, and stay later. Even if her eyes are
sleepy, her mouth is smiling. ``And she really looks out for us,'' Lail says, sounding a little like her character.
If she had to assign a Charlie's Angels role to Kay Simmons, she is: ``A cross between Sabrina and Bosley.'' (Lail says she always dug Kate Jackson.) But, Kay Simmons is no longer the ``meek, brainy girl'' she was when the show started. She goes undercover now, and has fun with the extremes. Sometimes, she says, she's nerdy and hangs out in the office all day. ``But when they do put me out undercover, I'm an assassin, or something ridiculous, in some black, leather get-up, so it's really fun. ``I have enjoyed it, but I have to say it's a lot of pressure, and it's a lot easier to sit behind the desk with my glasses on.''

The captain's a colonel

T-blades captain Jarrett Deuling was certified as a Kentucky Colonel before the start of Saturday's game against Hamilton. Lexington actress Leah Lail, who plays Kay on the syndicated TV show VIP, presented Deuling with his certificate. Lail's father, Bob, arranged the honor.
``It's a pretty neat honor and I'm very fortunate,'' said Deuling, who reckoned he's the only resident of the Yukon Territory who is also a Kentucky Colonel. ``I have to thank Bob Lail a ton. He's a big supporter of this hockey club. We're very fortunate to have fans like him.''
Leah Lail gave Deuling a bonus gift, an autographed picture of Adam Sandler. Sandler's upcoming movie Little Nikki includes a cameo appearance by the actress.

The latest on who's out and about
Leah Lail made a glam appearance in a low-cut black velvet gown at last week's Philharmonic Guild Ball. Lail, a Lexington native, is in the cast of V.I.P., a syndicated show that stars Pamela Anderson Lee of Baywatch fame. Lail's character is the "nerdy secretary with glasses and heaving cleavage,'' she said. Catch the show in Lexington at 11 a.m. Sundays on Fox.

"It's the number one syndicated show in the world. We're really popular in Germany,'' Lail said.

Lail attended sans husband Steve Brill, director of an upcoming movie, Little Nicky, starring Adam Sandler. ``He's in preproduction so it wasn't a good time to leave. They start shooting next week,'' she said. She came with Paul O'Neill, a pal from sixth grade at Sayre School.

Deer Valley Event Gives Ski 'Legends' a Chance to Show Off Again Sunday, December 5, 1999 BY BRIAN MAFFLY THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE

DEER VALLEY -- Donna Weinbrecht's team won Saturday's opening day of Deer Valley Resort's Celebrity Ski Classic, but the former Olympic moguls champ was the one getting doused with champagne after a vanquished Heidi Voelker commandeered the congratulatory bottle at the awards ceremony and sprayed its contents on the victorious team.
This annual Merrill Lynch-sponsored event, which raises money for the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association's developmental programs, brings together television actors and legendary ski racers. It was supposed to be for fun, but Voelker was shredding the 14-gate dual slalom course as if World Cup points were on the line.
Saturday's bracket pitted Voelker against Eva Twardokens, and the two retired national champions and Olympians traded narrow victories in two searing, jaw-dropping runs. Voelker advanced to the finals, but her team fell to the Weinbrecht squad that was stacked with corporate reps who know a thing or two about skiing fast, people like Sean Smith of Evolution Ski Co. and Sally Tauber of Marker.
Saturday's race included mostly representatives from corporate sponsors, while today's event will feature mostly television personalities from shows such as "Baywatch," "Beverly Hills 90210," and "Party of Five." Among the ski legends will be Hall-of-Famer Billy Kidd, 1984 Olympic downhill champion Bill Johnson, 1997 world downhill champion Hilary Lindh and 1997 extreme ski champion Brant Moles.
The event followed a team dual slalom format in which each skier in the eight eight-member teams races two runs in an opening round. The slowest and fastest times for each team were set aside and the rest were averaged.
Skiers got through the course with times between 20 and 30 seconds, although some of the slower times approached a minute.
Jeremy Nobis, a two-time Olympic racer-turned-extreme-skier, scorched a run in 18.8 seconds. Nobis posted the fastest combined time, but his team had to settle for third place after it finished the opening round behind the teams led by Weinbrecht and Voelker.
Living up to his reputation, Johnson ran his mouth off, especially after Lindh edged him in the first run.
"Bill Johnson is talking trash in my ear, so I'm going to have to beat him up later," said "Beverly Hills 90210" star Ian Ziering. "He's a trouble maker."
The downhill legend let his skis do the talking on the second run and left Lindh in his tracks.
"Hilary knows I can kick her butt," Johnson gloated.
On the slower side was actress Leah Lail, who tagged a few turns before even reaching the first gate and negotiated her first run in about a minute and half. Her second run broke a minute.
"Hey, I improved my time. I've skied 10 days in my life and the last time was three years ago," said Lail, who portrays a "quirky, uncoordinated person" on "V.I.P." This television program about bodyguards is better known as the "Pamela Anderson Show."
"My instructor said, 'If you're scared, just make a turn.' It's in my head. Turn," Lail added. "I'm scared of speed. I drive a Volvo."
Motorcycle daredevil Robby Knievel, meanwhile, skied his first run in a decent time, but his score was chucked because he slid past gates four and five on his back.
Mark Lampe, a former World Cup mogulist who is now a USSA executive, was hoping to hit the spa after the opening round, but unfortunately his Voelker-led team qualified for the finals. In the money round, Lampe got around to crossing the finish in around 23 seconds, a full two seconds behind the other racer in both runs.
The old freestyler's excuse?
"I'm not used to them telling me where to turn. I like to create."

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