Linday Lohan plays a stripper in her new flick, I hear it's a real stretch for her.. Check out the screen shots and video of her doing the nasty. In other news, Lohan has warned us that she is putting out yet another shitty album.
Justin Timberlake is reportedly already "in love" with Jessica Biel. Can't you hear that whip cracking now?
Anna Nicole's sister, what's her face, says she is going to get implants, dye her hair and pose naked in Playboy all the while sexually frustrating the 'weaselly looking' Howard K. Stern. Omg, and you think your family is funked up!
I thought this was Memorial Day weekend, not Groundhog Day!
Jessica Simpson tried to throw her vag at Leonardo DiCaprio while in Cannes, following him around desperately..he kept cool and pretty much ignored her.
Don't forget, the MTV Movie Awards are coming up, and MK has all the dirt about what's been brewing behind the scenes!
Gallery of the Absurd has been loving on Jessica Simpson. Fans said that drawing was too nice and asked that the artist do a more drastic version of Jessica and this is what they got. Heh. Not too far from the real thing.
Girl fights can be just so..girly! Rosie O'Donnel's chief writer was asked to leave the ABC building after being caught defacing pictures of Elisabeth Hasselback in the studio. I personally would have given her a penis nose.
Showing posts with label Anna Nicole Smith. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anna Nicole Smith. Show all posts
Friday, May 25, 2007
Monday, April 30, 2007
Anna Nicole Smith Movie Preview - Chilling
Entertainment Tonight has the exclusive video the movie based on the life and death of Anna Nicole Smith..
This video is frighteningly realistic and the actor playing Daniel sure looks like him.
This video is frighteningly realistic and the actor playing Daniel sure looks like him.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Virgie Had a Son With Her Stepbrother
Ok. This is some weird shit.
And so confusing, that I am going to take this word for word from TMZ. See if you can keep up..

Source: TMZ
And so confusing, that I am going to take this word for word from TMZ. See if you can keep up..
"Virgie's mom, Paralee, married a guy named Melvin and had Virgie.So, David Sr. is Virgie's stepbrother and her baby daddy. WTF! I can hear the banjos now..
In another part of Texas, a guy named George William Tacker got together with this chick named Betty Jo and had a son named David Luther Tacker.
Then Paralee and George got married, so Virgie and David became their stepkids. They were all one big happy family -- maybe too happy, because Virgie hooked up with her stepbrother to produce David Luther Tacker, Jr."
Source: TMZ
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Howard K. Stern Sues Virgie Arthur For Slander
E! Entertainment is reporting that Howard K. Stern has filed a federal slander lawsuit against Virgie Arthur's attorney John O'Quinn, accusing him of suggesting to media that he was, in fact, responsible for Anna Nicole's death.
Court documents were filed Friday in U.S. District Court in West Palm Beach.
"The public airwaves should never be used to promote personal agendas or vendettas," Stern's attorney, L. Lin Wood, said in a statement Friday.
Source: E!
"The public airwaves should never be used to promote personal agendas or vendettas," Stern's attorney, L. Lin Wood, said in a statement Friday.
Source: E!
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Spicy Link Love
A boozing Katie Couric collapses? (PopBytes)
Lane Garrison will plead guilty to manslaughter (TMZ)
Charlotte Church pregnant...and naked? (AgentBedhead)
We must exterminate all white people, that's what this guy thinks (EvilBeet)
Justin Timberlake called Britney Spears (ImNotObsessed)
Anna Nicole's sister finally cashes in (TheBlemish)
Wendy Williams new website (WendyWilliams)
Paris Hilton's new boyfriend old STD (DrunkenStepfather)
Johnny Cash's home burns, burns, burns (Bumpshack)
Willa Ford to play Anna Nicole Smith (Fatback&Collards)
Travis Barker and Shanna Moakler offically back to bumping uglies (HollywoodBackwash)
See them making out at a club (Hollyscoop)
MSNBC cancels Imus simulcast (KIRO)
10 ugliest rock stars of all time (Uber)
Jessica Simpson doesn't wash her hands (ImBringingBloggingBack)
Luke Walton says no the Britney (NinjaDude)
Nicole has gained weight (PoponthePop)
America's hottest college girls (CityRag)
Dress up Avril Lavigne (MizMonica)
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Larry Birkhead is Indeed the Father of Baby Dannielynn
Proving what most of us already knew, DNA tests have in fact confirmed Larry Birkhead as the father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby girl, Dannielynn.

Larry Birkhead said outside of Bahamian court earlier today, "I hate to be the one who told you this, but I told you so. My baby's going to be coming home pretty soon."
Anna's friend and attorney Howard K. Stern was named as the father on the birth certificate. Stern has claimed all along that he was the father of Dannielynn, but that has proved to be a ploy conspired with Smith to keep Birkhead from getting custody of the baby girl.
"I'm obviously very disappointed, but my feelings toward Danniellyn have not changed," Stern said outside of the courtroom.
Stern also told reporters that he will not fight Birkhead for custody.
"We're going to do what we can to make sure that the best interests of Danniellyn are carried out," Stern said. "I'm going to do what I can to make sure that he gets sole custody."
Stern also stated that Birkhead is free to start spending as much time as he wants with his daughter. Gee, what a guy.
Virgie Arthur, Anna's mother, also sought custody of the child but seemed pleased with the DNA results.
"I'm happy that Dannielynn will know who her real father is," Arthur told reporters outside of court. "I look forward to working with Larry to raising my granddaughter and doing the very best for her."
The DNA analysis was also confirmed by Dr. Michael Baird, an expert in genetic evidence.
Baird, who analyzed the results of a March 21st DNA test, announced the results outside the court.
"Essentially, he's the biological father," Baird said.
Source: KIROTV7
Larry Birkhead said outside of Bahamian court earlier today, "I hate to be the one who told you this, but I told you so. My baby's going to be coming home pretty soon."
Anna's friend and attorney Howard K. Stern was named as the father on the birth certificate. Stern has claimed all along that he was the father of Dannielynn, but that has proved to be a ploy conspired with Smith to keep Birkhead from getting custody of the baby girl.
"I'm obviously very disappointed, but my feelings toward Danniellyn have not changed," Stern said outside of the courtroom.
Stern also told reporters that he will not fight Birkhead for custody.
"We're going to do what we can to make sure that the best interests of Danniellyn are carried out," Stern said. "I'm going to do what I can to make sure that he gets sole custody."
Stern also stated that Birkhead is free to start spending as much time as he wants with his daughter. Gee, what a guy.
Virgie Arthur, Anna's mother, also sought custody of the child but seemed pleased with the DNA results.
"I'm happy that Dannielynn will know who her real father is," Arthur told reporters outside of court. "I look forward to working with Larry to raising my granddaughter and doing the very best for her."
The DNA analysis was also confirmed by Dr. Michael Baird, an expert in genetic evidence.
Baird, who analyzed the results of a March 21st DNA test, announced the results outside the court.
"Essentially, he's the biological father," Baird said.
Source: KIROTV7
Spicy Linkage!
Sean Penn dances on sacred Hawaiian burial grounds (HollywoodInterrupted)
Everyone is wearing hoop earrings (Hollyscoop)
Joe Francis finally gets arrested at airport (NinjaDude)
Jason Wahler calls cop racists and sexists names while being arrested (TheBlemish)
Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds get their boink on (ImNotObsessed)
Jennifer Aniston heads to a meeting (ICYDK)
Someone save the animals from Paris Hilton! (HollywoodBackwash)
Friday, April 6, 2007
The Anna Nicole Smith Diaries
The diaries of Anna Nicole Smith are being auctioned off in a few weeks via 'Heritage Auction Galleries' in Dallas.
The journals were made available to the Associated Press yesterday.
Anna's first diary is a purple and green Hallmark hardback book. "This diary belongs to Vickie Smith. Do Not Read!", is written on the inside cover.
Anna talks in the diary about Paul Marciano who gave her the big break, husband Howard Marshall who was 63 years her senior, and she also wrote of her addictions.
June 13, 1992 - "Took a Zandrex!"
June 23, 1992 - "O my Gosh!! Paul Marsiano called today to see if I got his books also I'm gonna go to San Antonio to do photo shoot..I'm so excited!! I can't believe this. This could be it." :) :) :) :) :)
June 25, 1992 - "I'm so happy they look great. I hope it empresses Paul Marsiano. ... I'm starving!! I've been starving myself."
-Anna referring to buying $3,000 worth of clothing at Neiman Marcus
August 16, 1992 - "I've been really stressed out lately and depressed and I can't quit eating. I feel like a pig."
August 1994 - "Howard has been buying me som jewelry but he call me 15 or 20 times a day it drives me crazy. I love him but he aggravates me somtimes. I don't no what to do about Paul he's strange guy. I hate for men to want sex all the time. Chow!"
Anna's second diary is a paperback Guess Kids 1994 calendar.
Undated - "Hes so very weak and fragile When I touch him Im afraid he might break. If Jesus desides to take him I dont no what I'll do. I love him so much it hurts me to site and watch him when hes hurting I just want to hold him touch him let him no how much I care."
Heritage Auction Galleries bought the journals from an anonymous German businessman who purchased them and other items on eBay for more than $500,000 several weeks ago, the AP reports.
Opening bids will start a $20,000 and and may go as high as $100,000.
Source: People Magazine
Anna's first diary is a purple and green Hallmark hardback book. "This diary belongs to Vickie Smith. Do Not Read!", is written on the inside cover.
Anna talks in the diary about Paul Marciano who gave her the big break, husband Howard Marshall who was 63 years her senior, and she also wrote of her addictions.
June 13, 1992 - "Took a Zandrex!"
June 23, 1992 - "O my Gosh!! Paul Marsiano called today to see if I got his books also I'm gonna go to San Antonio to do photo shoot..I'm so excited!! I can't believe this. This could be it." :) :) :) :) :)
June 25, 1992 - "I'm so happy they look great. I hope it empresses Paul Marsiano. ... I'm starving!! I've been starving myself."
-Anna referring to buying $3,000 worth of clothing at Neiman Marcus
August 16, 1992 - "I've been really stressed out lately and depressed and I can't quit eating. I feel like a pig."
August 1994 - "Howard has been buying me som jewelry but he call me 15 or 20 times a day it drives me crazy. I love him but he aggravates me somtimes. I don't no what to do about Paul he's strange guy. I hate for men to want sex all the time. Chow!"
Anna's second diary is a paperback Guess Kids 1994 calendar.
Undated - "Hes so very weak and fragile When I touch him Im afraid he might break. If Jesus desides to take him I dont no what I'll do. I love him so much it hurts me to site and watch him when hes hurting I just want to hold him touch him let him no how much I care."
Heritage Auction Galleries bought the journals from an anonymous German businessman who purchased them and other items on eBay for more than $500,000 several weeks ago, the AP reports.
Opening bids will start a $20,000 and and may go as high as $100,000.
Source: People Magazine
Monday, March 26, 2007
Spicy Links!
Allegra Versace fights for her life at 70-lbs (POTP)
Scott Weiland and wife in bloody fight in hotel room (CelebrityMound)
..then she torches his clothes outside their home (TMZ)
Jessica Simpson gives orphanage a van that she won (Bumpshack)
Hugh Grant sports the 80's fake facelift (CCS)
Courtney Love topless in Italian Vogue (AIW)
For those of you too young to remember, Bjork laid the SMACK down in 1996 (CityRag)
Marc Anthony has sweaty pits (CelebSlam)
Sanjaya Malakar is the luckiest little boy in the world (CrankyGrammy)
Britney to rerecord Marvin Gaye duet with Justin Timberlake (DerekHail)
More post rehab Britney Spears (HBW)
Heather Mills wooden camel toe (IBBB)
Punk singer arrested for murder (NinjaDude)
Angelina Jolie is starving herself (JIYH)
Anna Nicole meds (Hollyscoop)
Shane West and Ashton Holmes fake it (MollyGood)
Kelly Clarksons American Idol tryout (EvilBeet)
James Blunt and Lindsay Lohan do coke back at her place (TheBlemish)
Love me or dare me (PopBytes)
Scott Weiland and wife in bloody fight in hotel room (CelebrityMound)
..then she torches his clothes outside their home (TMZ)
Jessica Simpson gives orphanage a van that she won (Bumpshack)
Hugh Grant sports the 80's fake facelift (CCS)
Courtney Love topless in Italian Vogue (AIW)
For those of you too young to remember, Bjork laid the SMACK down in 1996 (CityRag)
Marc Anthony has sweaty pits (CelebSlam)
Sanjaya Malakar is the luckiest little boy in the world (CrankyGrammy)
Britney to rerecord Marvin Gaye duet with Justin Timberlake (DerekHail)
More post rehab Britney Spears (HBW)
Heather Mills wooden camel toe (IBBB)
Punk singer arrested for murder (NinjaDude)
Angelina Jolie is starving herself (JIYH)
Anna Nicole meds (Hollyscoop)
Shane West and Ashton Holmes fake it (MollyGood)
Kelly Clarksons American Idol tryout (EvilBeet)
James Blunt and Lindsay Lohan do coke back at her place (TheBlemish)
Love me or dare me (PopBytes)
Spicy Morning Links!
Prince Harry gets drunk..good for him (CBS)
Anna Nicole's death was accidental (NYTimes)
Elton John celebrates his 60th birthday in style (ITV)
Tony Yayo in jail for smacking 14 year old...what do you expect with a name like that? (Playfuls)
Pamela Anderson and Denise Richards sued by two pansy ass photogs (Showbiz)
Eminem to put gag on wife (M&C)
Two heroin-addict mothers will battle over Pax (NineMSN)
Friday, March 23, 2007
Anna Nicole Died From Fatal Dose of Sleeping Medication and Infection
Anna Nicole Smith died with a toxic level of the sleeping medication chloral hydrate in her system.
Taken from Star Magazine:
In a joint news gathering operation, the National Enquirer and Star magazine have solved the mystery of the former Playboy model's death and provide a detailed portrait of her final days.
The world exclusive details come days before Broward County, Fla., Chief Medical Examiner Joshua Perper will hold a press conference to announce the former Playboy Playmate's cause of death.
The Enquirer and Star have also learned that Anna Nicole had a raging blood infection. The infection was caused by an unsterilized needle and contributed to her death.
The infection was so serious, it would have killed her if she had not overdosed.
Contrary to speculation, tests show Anna Nicole did not have methadone or any other painkilling drug in her system at the time of her death.
The Enquirer learned that just before she left the Bahamas for Florida on February 5, three days before she died, Anna Nicole received an injection in her left buttock.
Tests did not reveal what that substance was.
"As she boarded the plane for Miami, Anna Nicole developed a painful abscess at the site of the injection," said a source with knowledge of the case. "The needle wasn't sterile. The pain kept getting worse as the abscess got larger and larger very quickly."
From Miami, Anna Nicole and her live-in lawyer Howard K. Stern traveled to Hollywood, Fla. The pain from the abscess became excruciating and Anna Nicole developed a high fever.
By the time she got to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino her fever was 105.
Anna Nicole, unaware that her blood was being poisoned by infection, had also developed a second infection from a virulent form of norovirus, which causes intestinal problems.
It was at this point that Anna Nicole — and her entourage — made a fatal mistake. She refused to go to a hospital, a decision that would have saved her life.
Instead, Anna's people gave her an ice bath to control the fever, administered the antibiotic ciprofloxacin by mouth and gave her an over-the-counter flu medicine.
As the needle-caused infection took over her body, she began vomiting, had severe diarrhea and could not urinate.
On February 6, a Tuesday, Anna spent the whole day in bed. She could not keep fluids down. She was becoming severely dehydrated.
On Wednesday, February 7, Anna seemed somewhat better, but she wasn't, the source said.
"She was still vomiting and suffering diarrhea," said the source. "Again, she spent the whole day in bed, as the abscess continued to grow. She was in such pain, she just wanted to sleep."
And that's when the final fatal mistake was made. Sometime overnight on February 7, Anna ingested the sleeping medication chloral hydrate. The drug is extremely potent. The dose was too much — and in fact it was a toxic level, the Enquirer and Star have learned exclusively. On Thursday, February 8, Anna never woke up.
A nurse found her unresponsive at about 1:30 p.m.
At 2:49 p.m., Anna Nicole Smith was pronounced dead.
Preliminary analysis indicated the cause of death was systemic sepsis syndrome, a lethal blood infection. It was caused by the abscess of the left buttock. Further investigation revealed the fatal level of chloral hydrate.
Chloral hydrate can cause depression of respiration, especially in a person who is already sick because of an infection and dehydration and it can cause death within a relatively short period of time.
Anna Nicole also had scarring from numerous injections she got in the buttocks.
Source: Star Magazine
Taken from Star Magazine:
The world exclusive details come days before Broward County, Fla., Chief Medical Examiner Joshua Perper will hold a press conference to announce the former Playboy Playmate's cause of death.
The Enquirer and Star have also learned that Anna Nicole had a raging blood infection. The infection was caused by an unsterilized needle and contributed to her death.
The infection was so serious, it would have killed her if she had not overdosed.
Contrary to speculation, tests show Anna Nicole did not have methadone or any other painkilling drug in her system at the time of her death.
The Enquirer learned that just before she left the Bahamas for Florida on February 5, three days before she died, Anna Nicole received an injection in her left buttock.
Tests did not reveal what that substance was.
"As she boarded the plane for Miami, Anna Nicole developed a painful abscess at the site of the injection," said a source with knowledge of the case. "The needle wasn't sterile. The pain kept getting worse as the abscess got larger and larger very quickly."
By the time she got to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino her fever was 105.
Anna Nicole, unaware that her blood was being poisoned by infection, had also developed a second infection from a virulent form of norovirus, which causes intestinal problems.
It was at this point that Anna Nicole — and her entourage — made a fatal mistake. She refused to go to a hospital, a decision that would have saved her life.
Instead, Anna's people gave her an ice bath to control the fever, administered the antibiotic ciprofloxacin by mouth and gave her an over-the-counter flu medicine.
As the needle-caused infection took over her body, she began vomiting, had severe diarrhea and could not urinate.
On Wednesday, February 7, Anna seemed somewhat better, but she wasn't, the source said.
"She was still vomiting and suffering diarrhea," said the source. "Again, she spent the whole day in bed, as the abscess continued to grow. She was in such pain, she just wanted to sleep."
And that's when the final fatal mistake was made. Sometime overnight on February 7, Anna ingested the sleeping medication chloral hydrate. The drug is extremely potent. The dose was too much — and in fact it was a toxic level, the Enquirer and Star have learned exclusively. On Thursday, February 8, Anna never woke up.
A nurse found her unresponsive at about 1:30 p.m.
At 2:49 p.m., Anna Nicole Smith was pronounced dead.
Preliminary analysis indicated the cause of death was systemic sepsis syndrome, a lethal blood infection. It was caused by the abscess of the left buttock. Further investigation revealed the fatal level of chloral hydrate.
Chloral hydrate can cause depression of respiration, especially in a person who is already sick because of an infection and dehydration and it can cause death within a relatively short period of time.
Anna Nicole also had scarring from numerous injections she got in the buttocks.
Source: Star Magazine
Friday, March 16, 2007
Hollywood..High
Experts Say the Death of Anna Nicole Smith Was a Wake-Up Call for Some, but Not Everyone Is Listening
By LAURA COVERSON
In Hollywood these days, driving in the wrong direction on a freeway, being caught "under the influence," or shaving your head in public and then racing off to rehab are just as likely to get you on the cover of a magazine as a big opening at the box office.
The list of headline-grabbing celebrities is long: Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Whitney Houston, Robert Downey Jr., Nicole Richie, Kate Moss and Marc Jacobs are among the stars who've gone public with their drug and alcohol problems and who are trying to walk the road to recovery.
Addiction specialist Drew Pinsky says the death of Anna Nicole Smith, an alleged drug abuser, was a wake-up call in Hollywood.
"She dies and then all of a sudden everybody goes into treatment. And that is typically what happens with addicts," says Pinsky, who runs the department of chemical dependency services at Las Encinas Hospital in Pasadena, Calif.
"When someone really has a consequence, they recognize themselves in that and try to get help," Pinsky said.
Drug abuse and the creative arts are longtime co-stars of the celebrity high-wire act. In the 1940s, leading man and tough guy Robert Mitchum did jail time for marijuana possession.
In the 1950s, Billie Holiday and Charlie "Birdman" Parker made all that jazz with heroin flowing through their veins. In the 1960s, box office giant Gary Grant extolled the virtues of LSD as therapy and Marilyn Monroe overdosed on prescription drugs.
The toll was high in the 1990s. Rock star Kurt Cobain shot himself after leaving a treatment center in Los Angeles. Funnyman Chris Farley and actor River Phoenix overdosed on cocaine and morphine.
Not Everyone in Hollywood Has Heard the Call.
Despite the spate of recent high-profile celebrity meltdowns, some wonder whether a cavalier attitude toward substance abuse remains pervasive in Hollywood. After being arrested for an alleged DUI in the fall, Paris Hilton didn't seem to see what all the fuss was about.
"It was nothing," she reportedly told "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest. "I was just really hungry, and I wanted to have an In-N-Out burger."
Drew Barrymore, George Clooney, Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie and Justin Timberlake are quoted in the latest issue of Us Weekly magazine as openly having admitted to abusing drugs in the past.
Do stars believe they are above conventional norms or the law? "I treat lots of celebrities," Pinsky said. "Their stories are always replete with trauma and drugs and narcissism. People with these issues are drawn to becoming celebrities."
And Pinsky says celebrities have to deal with much more fallout if they stumble. "It is not that the celebrity status develops these phenomenons, it's that there's not so many boundaries or so many consequences that the rest of us would come up against," Pinsky said.
But there are consequences. While audiences seldom shun a star at the box office because of "bad behavior" in their real lives, studios are nowhere near as tolerant.
"It becomes prohibitively expensive to insure a movie production that has a drug user in the cast," said Tatiana Siegel, who covers the film industry for The Hollywood Reporter.
Last year, Lohan was blasted by Morgan Creek, the film company backing "Georgia Rule," in which she starred. The ingenue's tardiness and no-shows prompted CEO James G. Robinson to write a letter that found its way to the Internet.
"We are all well aware that your ongoing all night heavy partying is the real reason for your 'exhaustion.' We refuse to accept bogus excuses for your behavior," wrote Robinson.
He threatened to hold her "personably accountable" for actions the Morgan Creek chief said had "resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages."
"Lindsay Lohan has not signed on to any studio films in a while," Siegel said, "and I don't think that is a coincidence."
Downey's battles with drugs and the legal system for two decades dimmed a brilliant career hinted at by stellar performances in "Less Than Zero" and "Chaplin," for which he received an Oscar nomination.
"For years he was not making any studio movies. He was making independents," Siegel said. "He has just started to land high-profile roles."
Downey has received critical acclaim for his role in the recently released "Zodiac," and he will star as a superhero in the big budget action drama "Iron Man," scheduled to begin filming this month.
Young people take their cues from popular culture and from celebrities.
Marketers rely on that dynamic. So it is troubling for some to note that the headlines made by entertainers in the throws of addiction have an eerie echo in a startling new report about college kids.
Almost half of all full-time college students (4.8 million) binge drink and/or abuse prescription and illegal drugs, according to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.
The comprehensive study also found that more than one-third of the students did not seek help because they feared the social stigma attached to substance abuse.
With more and more celebrities turning to treatment and admitting they have a problem, perhaps there is a message really worth marketing to young people.
Source
Photo Credits:EdgewoodStudios/GoogleImages
By LAURA COVERSON
The list of headline-grabbing celebrities is long: Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Whitney Houston, Robert Downey Jr., Nicole Richie, Kate Moss and Marc Jacobs are among the stars who've gone public with their drug and alcohol problems and who are trying to walk the road to recovery.
Addiction specialist Drew Pinsky says the death of Anna Nicole Smith, an alleged drug abuser, was a wake-up call in Hollywood.
"When someone really has a consequence, they recognize themselves in that and try to get help," Pinsky said.
Drug abuse and the creative arts are longtime co-stars of the celebrity high-wire act. In the 1940s, leading man and tough guy Robert Mitchum did jail time for marijuana possession.
In the 1950s, Billie Holiday and Charlie "Birdman" Parker made all that jazz with heroin flowing through their veins. In the 1960s, box office giant Gary Grant extolled the virtues of LSD as therapy and Marilyn Monroe overdosed on prescription drugs.
The toll was high in the 1990s. Rock star Kurt Cobain shot himself after leaving a treatment center in Los Angeles. Funnyman Chris Farley and actor River Phoenix overdosed on cocaine and morphine.
Not Everyone in Hollywood Has Heard the Call.
Despite the spate of recent high-profile celebrity meltdowns, some wonder whether a cavalier attitude toward substance abuse remains pervasive in Hollywood. After being arrested for an alleged DUI in the fall, Paris Hilton didn't seem to see what all the fuss was about.
"It was nothing," she reportedly told "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest. "I was just really hungry, and I wanted to have an In-N-Out burger."
Drew Barrymore, George Clooney, Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie and Justin Timberlake are quoted in the latest issue of Us Weekly magazine as openly having admitted to abusing drugs in the past.
Do stars believe they are above conventional norms or the law? "I treat lots of celebrities," Pinsky said. "Their stories are always replete with trauma and drugs and narcissism. People with these issues are drawn to becoming celebrities."
And Pinsky says celebrities have to deal with much more fallout if they stumble. "It is not that the celebrity status develops these phenomenons, it's that there's not so many boundaries or so many consequences that the rest of us would come up against," Pinsky said.
But there are consequences. While audiences seldom shun a star at the box office because of "bad behavior" in their real lives, studios are nowhere near as tolerant.
"It becomes prohibitively expensive to insure a movie production that has a drug user in the cast," said Tatiana Siegel, who covers the film industry for The Hollywood Reporter.
Last year, Lohan was blasted by Morgan Creek, the film company backing "Georgia Rule," in which she starred. The ingenue's tardiness and no-shows prompted CEO James G. Robinson to write a letter that found its way to the Internet.
He threatened to hold her "personably accountable" for actions the Morgan Creek chief said had "resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages."
"Lindsay Lohan has not signed on to any studio films in a while," Siegel said, "and I don't think that is a coincidence."
Downey's battles with drugs and the legal system for two decades dimmed a brilliant career hinted at by stellar performances in "Less Than Zero" and "Chaplin," for which he received an Oscar nomination.
"For years he was not making any studio movies. He was making independents," Siegel said. "He has just started to land high-profile roles."
Downey has received critical acclaim for his role in the recently released "Zodiac," and he will star as a superhero in the big budget action drama "Iron Man," scheduled to begin filming this month.
Young people take their cues from popular culture and from celebrities.
Marketers rely on that dynamic. So it is troubling for some to note that the headlines made by entertainers in the throws of addiction have an eerie echo in a startling new report about college kids.
Almost half of all full-time college students (4.8 million) binge drink and/or abuse prescription and illegal drugs, according to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.
The comprehensive study also found that more than one-third of the students did not seek help because they feared the social stigma attached to substance abuse.
With more and more celebrities turning to treatment and admitting they have a problem, perhaps there is a message really worth marketing to young people.
Source
Photo Credits:EdgewoodStudios/GoogleImages
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Spicy Links!
Ellen & Portia Di Rossi to marry? (Gabsmash)
Baby Baron Trump is growing fast, has daddy's hair (Bumpshack)
Simon Cowell tells Ryan Seacrest to come out of the closet (NinjaDude)
Jessica Simpson wants to adopt (TheBlemish)
Homicide meeting in Anna Nicole's death (TMZ)
'Year of the Dog' movie trailer (PopBytes)
Daytime Emmy's announced (MizMonica)
Jessica Biel bikini pics (JIYH)
Sanjaya's orphan Annie hairdon't (IBBB)
Tonya Harding in the news again (ICYDK)
Britney Spears and new man growing very close (CDL)
American Idol predictions (ImNotObsessed)
12 fox died for Kate Moss (Hollyscoop)
Baby Shiloh in her first acting role (GossiporTruth)
Christina Aguilera does hockey (DailyStab)
The family of Brad Delp (singer for Boston) says his death was suicide (Glitterati)
Ryan Phillippe flips burgers (GoneHollywood)
Madonna bringing boobies back (CityRag)
Kirsten Dunst on W (CelebSlap)
Todays Blind Item from Mr. Entertainment Lawyer (CrazyDays&Nights)
Fashion designer arrested on rape charges (HollywoodBackwash)
Jennifer Hudson blogs (PoponthePop)
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Howard K. Stern Admits He is Not the Father of Dannielynn
Howard K. Stern has reportedly admitted he's not the father of Dannielynn to Larry Birkhead.
Oh, it's about time, don't you think?Howard is willing to sign over paternal rights to Larry Birkhead, as long as he gets paid for them.
Now that Anna is gone, it's rumoured that Howard is willing to release Dannielynn over to Larry in exchange for ongoing control of Anna's estate. he also wants to become Dannielynn's trustee.
It is also rumored that Howard is claiming the Bahamian home and boat.
Birkhead has not yet commented publicly on any negotiations taking place between the two men.
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Casting The Anna Nicole Smith Story
From the baby daddy battle to the mysterious corpse photos, the drama that's followed Anna Nicole Smith's death has "Movie of the Week" written all over it.
With Smith's pink rhinestone-studded, feather-covered casket now mercifully interred, Radar invited big-deal casting agents from both coasts (both of whom requested anonymity) to share their thoughts on the ideal actors to play Anna, Howard K., Larry B., Weepy Judge, and more.
After the jump, it's The Anna Nicole Smith Story, starring ...
BIG-DEAL L.A. CASTING AGENT: "If I had to cast a name, it would be Jenny McCarthy because she has the look and over-the-top personality. But I wouldn't cast a well-known actress. I'd cast a brave theater actress who's built like herlike whoever was the lead in the last Gypsy."
BIG-DEAL NYC CASTING AGENT: "Alicia Silverstone would be my first choice. But Elizabeth Berkeley from Showgirls would work."
L.A.: "It depends on who raises her. If she lives with Larry Birkhead, Mary-Kate Olsen (as a grown-up Dannielynn). If she gets in the hands of a good foster family and she's raised in any sort of normal way, who knows, maybe Erikka Christensen? But if the grandma raises her, then she's just in trouble."
NYC: No comment.
L.A.: "The other Howard Stern cleaned up and playing it dead serious. Just genius. He would totally do it, too."
NYC: "I would definitely call in Joey Buttafuoco to audition for the part."
L.A.: "Whichever blond ABC soap star has the highest rating for that week. He has that beautiful daytime look about him."
NYC: "I can't remember if it's Siegfried or Roy, but whichever one didn't get mauled really looks a lot like Birkhead."
L.A.: "British actress Brenda Blethyn [Secrets & Lies]. Just to change it up and put a really serious actor in the mix."
NYC: "Danny Devito in drag."
L.A.: "Either Jeffrey Tambor or Paul Giamatti. They're both super talented and super funny. The judge was such an outrageous character. Love him or hate him, he was out-of-his-mind eccentric. Those guys have great comic timing and very eccentric minds."
NYC: "It's a little-known fact, but Dan Castellaneta, voice of Homer and a bunch of others on The Simpsons, looks just like the judge."
By Rachel Syme
Photos: Nicholsa Del Pesco/PatrickMcMullan.com (Smith), Getty Images
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Monday, March 5, 2007
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