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Bindi's big show stopper
Sunshine Coast Daily
By Kathy Sundstrom
MUM Terri Irwin watched proudly from the side as thousands packed Australia Zoo’s Crocoseum yesterday to watch her little girl sing and dance.

About 5000 people watched Bindi’s razzle-dazzle as she performed with the Crocmen.

As Bindi pranced, growled, jumped and slithered, she had young and old dancing in the aisles to the catchy tunes.

The eight-year-old performed without a glitch and was “rapt” with the enthusiastic response from the crowd – silencing critics who feared she may be taking up the spotlight too soon after her father Steve’s tragic death.

Manager John Stainton said the critics didn’t realise Bindi had been “brought up in a different world”.

“She is used to cameras and performing. Her dad taught her so much about wildlife and working to cameras.

“It’s a part of her life, it’s like ballet is to another girl – she lives for doing them.”

But the polished performer still had a flutter of nerves before her first big show in the Crocoseum since the death of her father on September 4.

“She said to me she was nervous but that’s really good as she said you have to be nervous to be a good performer.”

Mum Terri was understandably thrilled.

“She was so very proud of Bindi. She said ‘Isn’t it wonderful to see her laughing and happy and enjoying herself’,” Mr Stainton said.

Crowds were expected to continue to pack the Zoo as Bindi’s show continued until Tuesday.

Ninderry’s Shirley Elmy was thrilled to hear yesterday she had won the Sunshine Coast Daily and Australia Zoo competition and will get to meet Bindi Irwin and the Crocmen on Tuesday.

“I can’t believe it,” the delighted 63-year-old grandmother said.

http://www.australiazoo.com/about-us/in-the-news/index.php?diary=359

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Bindi's back at the Zoo
Sunshine Coast Daily
ABOUT 5000 people watched little Bindi Irwin put on the ritz at Australia Zoo’s Crocoseum yesterday in her first show since the death of her dad, Croc Hunter Steve, last year.

The eight-year-old pranced, danced, jumped and growled to catchy music with her backing group the Crocmen.

And in the stands with the crowd, her mum Terri watched and laughed along.

Bindi said she thought it was “nice” that she could “sing and dance about wildlife”.

She told Channel 9 last night that she still missed her dad a lot, “but I know he’s going to be there to guide me”. “I feel really lucky that everyone cares about me,” she said. “I feel loved…”

http://www.australiazoo.com/about-us/in-the-news/index.php?diary=358

Video Link Originally posted 1/6 Under Video of Steve/Bindi's performance at the Zoo

"Video of Bindi recently performing at the Zoo". The smile on Terri's face is priceless.

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http://au.news.yahoo.com/video/seven/index.html?pn=3

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Originally posted 1/5 by ILOVESTEVE Under Media Books/newspaper Topic

Bindi and the crocmen did there first show at Australia Zoo since Steve's death, Bindi say's "I miss my dad alot but I know he's going to be there to guide me".
What a brave girl she is, she should be an inspiration to us all..Take a read..

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21017355-2,00.html

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Originally posted 1/5 Under Media Books/Newspapers Topic

This is basically the same article but with a couple different pictures

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21015400-5007132,00.html

Originally 1/5 by ILOVESTEVE Under Media Newspaper Topic

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http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21017591-952,00.html

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There is no pressure on Bindi, says manager

BINDI Irwin would not be forced into the limelight during a whirlwind tour to the US, according to manager and family friend John Stainton.

The eight-year-old daughter of the late environmentalist Steve Irwin will travel to Los Angeles and New York on Thursday as part of Tourism Australia's G'Day USA Week to lure more American tourists to Australia.

She is set to perform her adrenalin-charged stage show Bindi and The Crocmen and appear on TV talk-shows including The Ellen Degeneres Show and The Late Show with David Letterman.

Mr Stainton said today that Bindi would be given the choice to pull out of any media engagements no matter how late the notice.

"My criteria is if Bindi doesn't want to do it that day, if she wants to go to the zoo or the beach, then that's what we're doing," he said on ABC radio.

"That is the priority, it's what she wants to do.

"If she decides she doesn't want to do the Letterman Show, which tapes at five o'clock in the afternoon, if she's tired or she doesn't want to do it, there's no pressure on her to do anything at all."

Bindi had been set to go on the trip with her father, who was killed last September by a stingray.

But she instead will be the star herself, along with her mother Terri, Mr Stainton, and Australia Zoo director Wes Mannion.

Mr Stainton said he expected the week to be difficult for Mrs Irwin.

He said Bindi and Bob, the Irwins' two-year-old son, had survived their first Christmas without Steve better than she had.

Mrs Irwin had had moments of extreme sadness but had bounced back with a more positive resolve to begin 200, he said.

"This next week, for her, is going to be harder than for anyone because there will be a lot of interviews... they tend to dwell back on stuff that's really going to be sensitive and that always makes her upset because after that event she sort of goes backwards," Mr Stainton said.

"... You can't keep reliving it, reliving it without it hurting."

The Wiggles, Russell Crowe and The Veronicas are also involved in the G'Day USA promotions.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21032662-2,00.html
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'Jungle Girl' Irwin steps into U.S. spotlight


With a blossoming entertainment career that could evolve into something like Drew Barrymore's, or devolve into something like Britney Spears', Bindi Sue Irwin is coming to America.

The eight-year-old eldest child of Steve Irwin -- the "Crocodile Hunter" who inherited Paul "Crocodile Dundee" Hogan's mantle as the world's favourite Australian before being killed by a stingray last September -- Bindi will promote her new fitness video, Bindi Kidfitness, and her forthcoming 26-part television series, Bindi, the Jungle Girl.

Her schedule will include appearances on Thursday on the Ellen Degeneres Show, next Wednesday on The Late Show With David Letterman, and next Friday at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., where she and her mother, Terri, Mr. Irwin's widow, will be the featured speakers.

Bindi's brother, Bob, 3, who was famously dangled by his father in front of a saltwater crocodile, will keep a lower profile.

Bindi will also attend a gala dinner with fellow Aussies Russell Crowe and Naomi Watts, and perform a concert in Los Angeles with her back-up band, The Crocmen.

"It's so good because I get to get up and dance -- my passion is singing and dancing and saving wildlife and I think it's so nice that I can sing and dance about wildlife," she told an Australian newspaper before leaving this week for California.

All of this is sure to be familiar to Bindi, who was already something of a media darling before her father died. She had even starred in a television ad for a family-owned wildlife park, the Australia Zoo, which had to be edited and re-released because it featured Bindi saying, "there's a chance you'll see my dad there, too."

Her brief eulogy was voted Australia's top TV moment of the year, beating the televised rescue of two miners who had been trapped underground for two weeks.

The October release of her fitness video, Bindi Kidfitness, caused a media sensation, and was barely overshadowed by the scandal of a South Park episode that showed Mr. Irwin in Hell with a stingray protruding from his chest (an image rivalled in its poor taste only by the popular Australian Halloween costume of a khaki shirt with a protruding bloody stingray barb).

True to form for a child star, her short career has always been controversial, and became ever more so after her father's death.

Soon after, Australian Senator Bill Heffernan warned publicly of "danger signs" in Bindi's career, and said she "deserves her childhood."

"She's interested in animals, her daddy's work. If she wants to play with snakes or bandicoots, she should be allowed to do that at home and not on the public stage," the senator said. "There is a risk this little girl, she might look back in 20 or 30 years and ask, 'What happened to me?' "

Much of the criticism has focused on John Stainton, her father's manager. He has taken a leading role in Bindi's career, with the endorsement of her grandfather Bob Irwin, who has said she is a "real professional" destined for a "really big career."

Indeed, Bindi seems to have taken the sadness and scrutiny of the last few months in stride, and found comfort in her public role. In a recent interview with an Australian women's weekly, Bindi's mother said she had taken her daughter to a psychologist because she has seemed "so happy."

"And he said, 'Why? Are you worried? That's what you are shooting for. That's what you want --a well-adjusted child who can handle a tragedy and see that life goes on,' " Ms. Irwin said.

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=6...-a811e7791c39&k=8172

It's a day the Elmy family won't forget

SHIRLEY Elmy got more than she bargained for after winning a family pass to meet Bindi Irwin and the elephants at Australia Zoo.

A wandering elephant trunk gave the Ninderry grandmother a surprise during a photo shoot at the zoo yesterday.

But the 63-year-old said the real thrill was meeting the zoo’s new showstopper – Bindi.

“I was blown away. She’s amazing that kid, absolutely amazing,” Shirley said.

“She’s well beyond her years. She must do this all the time but she makes people feel like it’s the first time she’s doing it.’’

Shirley won a family pass in the Sunshine Coast Daily and Australia Zoo’s “A Day With Bindi’’ competition drawn last week.

As well as an escorted tour around the zoo yesterday, the family had a meet and greet with Bindi, her four Crocmen and the three elephants, Bimbo (her favourite), Sabu and Siam.

“I’ve won a bit of money here and there but never anything like this,” Shirley said.

With crimped pigtails and her trademark grin, the eight-year-old Bindi launched into introductions with Shirley’s grandchildren, Jayden, 9, Breanna, 7, and Kyle, 4.

“Ooh, I like your nails, I’ve got mine painted too,” Bindi said as she shook the hand of a starstruck Breanna.

“Ooh, there’s another Kyle here too,” she said as she made her guests immediately feel at ease.

Zoo crowds flocked to the elephant enclosure to catch a glimpse of the vibrant youngster as she fed the elephants sweet potatoes, carrots, apples, corn and melon with the competition winners.

While the kids were too awestruck to talk, mum Marcia said “it was a great experience, one I don’t think the kids will forget for a while”.

http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/localnews/storydis...thesecondsubsection=
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This was on the Sky News website this morning:

Stardom Beckons For Bindi
Updated: 10:34, Thursday January 11, 2007

The eight-year-old daughter of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin looks set to become an even bigger star than her dad.

Bindi Irwin stole hearts with her confident and touching tribute at her father's memorial service.

Now she has made a 26-part television series called Bindi, The Jungle Girl, which will be shown worldwide later this year on the Discovery Kids network.

She is currently on a promotional tour of the US, appearing on a number of high-profile chat shows and sharing top billing with Australian actor Russell Crowe at a gala dinner.

Showbiz insiders say Bindi is a natural and could be even bigger than her father.

The family's manager John Stainton insists Bindi is not being pushed into the spotlight and will be able to cancel engagements if she feels the tour is too much for her.

The youngster's US trip coincides with the TV launch of Steve Irwin's documentary Ocean's Deadliest, which the wildlife man was filming when a stingray barb pierced his heart in September last year.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13561281,00.html

Bindi new face for OZ Tourism..

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21046080-2,00.html


http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21046927-1702,00.html
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Bindi beamed around the world..

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21044391-953,00.html

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There's something about Bindi
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January 13, 2007

Her dad was a Leno man but Bindi Irwin is already much more than a one-chat-show girl.

The eight-year-old megastar and her entourage left Australia this week, bound for sold-out theatres in New York and Los Angeles, as well as planned appearances on the high-rating programs of David Letterman, Larry King and Jay Leno - where her father was once a regular guest. Little Bindi has gotten bloody big.

The bouncy composure on show as she spoke at her father's September memorial may have struck some as brave, but others muttered about the staginess of the performance; the lines delivered perfectly, as though it were just another scene. Where was the hurt and confusion of a normal eight-year-old who had lost her dad?

Just days ago, The Age editorial warned: "Now is the time to let Bindi be a child."

On Sunday, she'll perform her song and dance routines - with backing dancers The Crocmen - at a packed Hollywood Theatre as part of the Australian Government-sponsored G'day USA festival. Six days later, she will play to 3000 sold-out seats in New York, watched by an entourage including a tutor, multiple nannies, her manager and mother Terri. But given what's happened in recent months, is all of this such a good idea right now?

The man behind Bindi's career - producer and family friend John Stainton - fiercely rejects suggestions that her best interests are not being looked after. The schedule is demanding he admits. "But with all the media we are going to do I've made it clear that if Bindi doesn't want to do it, if she wants to go to the zoo or the beach, we'll be doing that."

She'll also be rewarded at tour's end with a trip to Disneyland. Interest is massive, Stainton says. While talking to The Age for just 12 minutes, he fields three phone calls from American reporters. "I would think that Terri and Bindi would probably be the most high profile personalities at the moment in America," he says. "I've had to knock back truly hundreds of requests for interviews, but she's an eight-year-old girl and she really can only do a little bit. We're not going to do too much for her."

If that sounds hyperbolic, think again. Just after Christmas, internet giant AOL published its 10 biggest news stories for 2006 - the items the most Americans searched for and read about. Steve Irwin's death came in second (behind soaring petrol prices). The Iraq war was fifth.

"Bindi is huge here," says LA-based Joal Ryan - the author of Former Child Stars: America's Least Wanted, who also runs the website Former Child Star Central. "Steve Irwin was well-known before he died but those images of the accident and her speech at the funeral were seen by all of America," she says. "That has put her in a whole other level of celebrity."

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AdvertisementHer dad was a Leno man but Bindi Irwin is already much more than a one-chat-show girl.

The eight-year-old megastar and her entourage left Australia this week, bound for sold-out theatres in New York and Los Angeles, as well as planned appearances on the high-rating programs of David Letterman, Larry King and Jay Leno - where her father was once a regular guest. Little Bindi has gotten bloody big.

The bouncy composure on show as she spoke at her father's September memorial may have struck some as brave, but others muttered about the staginess of the performance; the lines delivered perfectly, as though it were just another scene. Where was the hurt and confusion of a normal eight-year-old who had lost her dad?

Just days ago, The Age editorial warned: "Now is the time to let Bindi be a child."

On Sunday, she'll perform her song and dance routines - with backing dancers The Crocmen - at a packed Hollywood Theatre as part of the Australian Government-sponsored G'day USA festival. Six days later, she will play to 3000 sold-out seats in New York, watched by an entourage including a tutor, multiple nannies, her manager and mother Terri. But given what's happened in recent months, is all of this such a good idea right now?

The man behind Bindi's career - producer and family friend John Stainton - fiercely rejects suggestions that her best interests are not being looked after. The schedule is demanding he admits. "But with all the media we are going to do I've made it clear that if Bindi doesn't want to do it, if she wants to go to the zoo or the beach, we'll be doing that."

She'll also be rewarded at tour's end with a trip to Disneyland. Interest is massive, Stainton says. While talking to The Age for just 12 minutes, he fields three phone calls from American reporters. "I would think that Terri and Bindi would probably be the most high profile personalities at the moment in America," he says. "I've had to knock back truly hundreds of requests for interviews, but she's an eight-year-old girl and she really can only do a little bit. We're not going to do too much for her."

If that sounds hyperbolic, think again. Just after Christmas, internet giant AOL published its 10 biggest news stories for 2006 - the items the most Americans searched for and read about. Steve Irwin's death came in second (behind soaring petrol prices). The Iraq war was fifth.

"Bindi is huge here," says LA-based Joal Ryan - the author of Former Child Stars: America's Least Wanted, who also runs the website Former Child Star Central. "Steve Irwin was well-known before he died but those images of the accident and her speech at the funeral were seen by all of America," she says. "That has put her in a whole other level of celebrity."

Stainton describes his tiny charge as "well-adjusted" and says she is dealing well with the increased attention and the loss of her father. "She's had moments like everybody but she loves singing and dancing so what she's doing is just an extension of what she does every day," he says. "To not let her do it would be cruel. I couldn't do that to her."

Since her father's death she has released a music CD and an exercise DVD. Her new television show, Bindi the Jungle Girl, will soon debut in the US, her clothing line is selling well and another album of songs is planned for later this year.

Stainton points out that virtually all of these projects - including this week's trip - were organised well before Steve Irwin's death. "Everything we've done we've done because it was already in place," he says. "We're very conscious with her wellbeing and nothing will be overdone. She is a little girl and we are very conscious of that."

He says the trip will be harder for Terri who will face "a lot of questions about how she's feeling" but that interviewers will be more sensitive with Bindi. "She won't get those questions, I've made that a stipulation."

Child psychologist Andrew Fuller agrees that - unusual as it might sound - a whirlwind US tour is not necessarily harmful for a grieving child. "The classic way that we all think about grief is that we sit around and quietly mourn, be sad and reflect," he says. "But clearly the Irwin family are a family that are very go-getting and this makes a lot of sense . . . she is dealing with her father's death by getting out there and continuing his work. It's probably a very useful and constructive way to deal with the emotions she's having."

Fuller says that hiding away a youngster who is used to performing could worsen her trauma. "The idea in helping a child overcome the loss of a parent is you try to keep as many of the rituals of daily life the same," he says. "The thing is that for the Irwins those rituals were just fairly unusual."

Those who worry that Bindi is being denied a normal childhood may need a reality check. She lives in a zoo and performs each day for crowds, was born to celebrity parents and has been on television her whole life. She has never been normal.

Ryan says Bindi is now "the face of the franchise" but believes child stardom may not be harmful. "The thing I've found about child stars is they are the same as everyone else," she says. "The ones that come from dysfunctional families turn out dysfunctional, the ones who come from strong families usually turn out to be OK. From the outside the Irwins appear to be a very functional family."

http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/theres-somethin...05181687.html?page=2

Bindi makes her Debut on 1/11 on the "The Ellen DeGeneres Show"
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http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/01/12/1168105154504.html?s_cid=rss_smh

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Bindi says g' day to LA
13th January 2007

BINDI Irwin's first day off since arriving in the US wa