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Seal's Medical Confession
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Performing wasn’t the only thing Seal did at last week’s Lupus L.A. Orange Ball in Beverly Hills.
The 45-year-old Grammy-winning singer also went public for the first time about having suffered from the autoimmune disease for about two decades.
“You’ve all shown your generosity and your support, and as a 20-or-so-odd-year sufferer myself, I feel really fortunate to be in the position to contribute,” Seal said.
After Seal's four-song set, the Lupus Research Institute announced it had established a medical grant in Seal’s name to be distributed to various lupus-related initiatives.
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InStyle Magazine
Heidi Klum really does have the perfect life.
The latest evidence? She and hubby Seal reveal in the new issue of In Style that they have renewed their wedding vows every year on their anniversary since saying "I do" on May 10, 2005.
And if that's not sweet enough for you, they do it with the same minister who married them and on the same beach where the original ceremony took place in Costa Careyes, Mexico.
Seal's Appeal a Bum Deal
This is probably not music to Seal's ears.
The Grammy-winning "Kiss from a Rose" crooner was on the losing end of an appeal filed in London's High Court in a money dispute with his former manager.
Not only was Seal ordered to fork over nearly $982,000 in back commission, but the court also ordered the singer to pay for the legal costs of his former right-hand man, a considerable sum when taking into account that litigation has been ongoing since last June.
Heidi Klum's other half was also ordered to pay nearly $345,000 of the settlement up front.
Last summer, Wadlow claimed that he was still owed payment from his work on Seal's first two eponymous, chart-topping albums, released in 1991 and 1994.
Seal, whose full name is Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel, claimed that Wadlow was not owed any money, having received nearly $4 million in a settlement when the twosome parted ways more than a decade ago.
The High Court disagreed, and ruled in favor of Wadlow based on two written agreements between the two men signed in March 1995. Per the agreements, Seal agreed to pay out two albums' worth of commission to Wadlow in addition to the aggregate settlement.
Seal appealed, arguing that Wadlow had used "undue influence" to make the singer sign the contracts. He claimed that Wadlow had at one point been like a father to him, but that the relationship ended when he felt "ripped off."
Regardless, the three-justice panel Wednesday upheld the High Court's ruling and ordered the 44-year-old star to pay up.
One of the appellate judges, Justice Roger Toulson, said that the terms of the settlement were "not unreasonable or oppressive" for the singer to comply to.
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