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Kate Moss Goes Into Rehab

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by Sarah Hall
Sep 29, 2005, 10:40 AM PT
Kate Moss is doing her best to clean up her drug mess.

According to published reports, the supermodel has checked herself into the Meadows Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona to seek treatment for an alleged substance abuse problem.

Earlier this month, Moss, 31, was caught on tape "hoovering up" lines of cocaine, according to London's Daily Mirror, which published the images in a scathing exposé after conducting an underground investigation into Moss' activities.

Pamela Anderson seeks restraining order after man approaches son

Knight Ridder Newspapers
Sept. 27, 2005 04:55 PM

Actress Pamela Anderson has asked Superior Court in Los Angeles for a restraining order against William Stansfield, 29, alleging that the man has been "stalking and harassing me ... for more than a month."

Anderson said Stansfield told her to stop working on her TV series, "Stacked," and to commit to a movie he'd written for her.

Baby girl for Affleck and Garner?

Affleck seems like a putz to me. How does he keep getting girl friends?

29/09/2005 - Ben Affleck's new wife Jennifer Garner has accidentally announced they are expecting a baby girl on US TV show Tonight With Jay Leno.

Ben Affleck's new wife Jennifer Garner has accidentally announced they are expecting a baby girl on US TV show Tonight With Jay Leno.

The Daredevil actress was discussing her pregnancy experiences when she accidentally referred to her baby bump as "she".

Upon realising her gaffe, the star gasped and covered her mouth in horror.

Cameron Diaz and Julia Roberts 'look like bag ladies'

Diaz and Roberts 'look like bag ladies'
08:50am 29th September 2005
Cameron Diaz and Julia Roberts look like 'homeless bag ladies' compared with Hollywood stars of the past, fashion guru Garavani Valentino has claimed.

The actresses are often seen slobbing it in tracksuit bottoms and T-shirts - something Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor would never do, the Italian designer said.

"Today, you see Julia and Cameron running around looking unkempt in jogging trousers," he sneered.

Kermit the Frog Gets His Own Stamp

MOST frogs settle for lily pads - but Kermit the Frog has hopped on to a US postage stamp.

The leader of the Muppets is featured in a series of 11 stamps honouring the troupe's late creator, Jim Henson.
.... Henson, Kermit, Miss Piggy, the Swedish Chef, and Dr Bunson Honeydew and his assistant Beaker are among the puppets featured in the Postal Service set.

Kermit and his friends aren't the first puppets to make it on to US postage stamps. Charlie McCarthy managed the feat in 1991, along with ventriloquist Edgar Bergen. ...

Nicolas Cage and wife have baby boy

Oct 3, 2005

LOS ANGELES - Nicolas Cage is a new father. His wife, Alice Kim Cage, gave birth Monday to a boy, Kal-el Coppola Cage, in New York City, said Cage's Los Angeles-based publicist, Annett Wolf. No other details were available.

Paris Hilton explains end of engagement

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paris Hilton said Saturday she ended her five-month engagement to a Greek shipping heir because "she's not ready for marriage" and didn't want it to end up in divorce.

The 24-year-old celebutante-turned-model broke off wedding plans with Paris Latsis, 22, because she didn't want to rush into marriage too quickly.

"I have seen the breakups between people who love each other and rush into getting married too quickly," Hilton said in a statement released to The Associated Press. "I do not want to make that mistake." ...

Spears opens closet to help storm victims

... Britney Spears is holding a veritable garage sale, auctioning clothing, furniture and jewelry on the eBay auction Web site to raise money for the Mississippi Hurricane Recovery Fund.

"This is a great opportunity to get some cool (and rare) Britney items while contributing to a very important cause!" says a posting on Spears' Web site. The 23-year-old pop singer was raised in Kentwood, La.

Items include a white stone bra worn in one of her videos, a pair of blue-and-pink jeans with a pink suede buckle belt, and an autographed "I Have the Golden Ticket" burgundy tank top with an arrow pointing down....

Fiona Apple's New Record - New Yorker

...Sony is releasing the album this week, and, as Apple has made clear in interviews, she, not the label, was responsible for the delay.

...Apple’s insistence on control should not come as a surprise to close listeners of her work. Apple, who is twenty-eight, is as musically sure-footed as she is emotionally labile. “Extraordinary Machine” is the confident extension of a rich and original musical language that she has been carefully fashioning for the past decade.

Boy George Arrested On Drug Charges

Oct 8, 2005

BOY GEORGE has been arrested on a drugs charge after cocaine was found in his New York flat.

The singer, real name George O'Dowd, claimed his home had been burgled at about 3am yesterday, New York police said.

Officers arrived at his apartment and found a small amount of cocaine by a computer.

Boy George was released without bail after being charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, allegedly more than five grams of cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five to 15 years in prison.

Photo of Peter Mayhew:


I knew this guy was tall, but seven foot three???? Good night!

Chewbacca Becomes American Citizen

Posted 10/17/2005 5:31 PM Updated 10/17/2005 5:39 PM

'Star Wars' actor becomes U.S. citizen
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Best known as the furry Chewbacca, 7-foot-3 British actor Peter Mayhew is now a naturalized American. Mayhew softly recited the oath to become a U.S. citizen Monday, with his raised right hand trembling slightly.

He was among more than 450 people from 56 countries who became naturalized Americans in a ceremony in Arlington.

"I'll have a British passport, an American passport and a Wookiee passport," joked Mayhew, alluding to the interplanetary traveler from Kashyyyk he played.

...The former English hospital worker said he decided to seek American citizenship when he got married "to a Texan lady." Mayhew and his wife wed six years ago. His wife, Angelique, was beside him, with a drawing depicting Chewbacca, a background of the American flag and Union Jack and the words "Citizen Wookiee."

"Well it was a natural thing being married to a Texan," said Mayhew, wearing black slacks and jacket. "I wanted to become an American because Texas is an integral part of America, its lifestyle."

...Mayhew was born in Barnes, England, and now lives in Granbury, Texas, west of Dallas-Fort Worth. He makes appearances at science fiction conventions around the country.

His film career was launched in 1977 as the role of the Minotaur in Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger. He had been working as an orderly at London's King's College Hospital when he was featured in a newspaper article about men with large feet, which caught the eye of the movie's producers.

Mr Sulu from Star Trek TV Show Comes Out

by Joal Ryan
Oct 28, 2005, 11:40 AM PT

"You know, it's not really coming out," Takei says in the Nov. 22 issue of the Los Angeles-based gay and lesbian magazine Frontiers (www.FrontiersPublishing.com). "It's more like a long, long walk through what began as a narrow corridor that starts to widen."

In the interview, Takei, forever Mr. Sulu of the U.S.S. Enterprise, notes that he has been "open" about his homosexuality for years--to family, and to friends. "But I have not talked to the press," he says. "In that sense, maybe that's another opening of the corridor there."

Brooke Shields Pregnant Again
Brooke Shields Going to Have Another Baby

.... Shields' publicist confirmed the actress' pregnancy Thursday to E! News. The baby was said to be due in the spring.

Madonna said that Gwen is copying off her because Gwen has blonde hair. I wonder if she'll say that Gwen is copying off her for having a baby too?

Gwen Stefani Announces Pregnancy

Dec. 22, 2005
NEW YORK - Gwen Stefani announced that she’s pregnant at a concert in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., on Wednesday evening, People magazine reported on its Web site.

“I want you to say it loud enough so the baby hears it,” the 36-year-old pop star shouted during a sing-along of her song “Crash.”

The baby is reportedly due in June.

It will be the first child for Stefani and Gavin Rossdale, 38, who were married three years ago. Rossdale, who fronted the rock band Bush, has a 16-year-old daughter with fashion designer Pearl Lowe.

What I bet Gwen WILL do is keep saying the same sh** Madonna said "Its like a rebirth for me..blah blah"...I LOVE Madonna, and even I was sick of the "looking at life in a different way" sh**! Why are celebs the only ones who have spiritual insights after a baby??

I'm surprised Gwen is going through with this after Rossdale supposedly lied to her about ever having had sex with Ms Lowe. He's also said to be bisexual.

Pink ties the knot with racer boyfriend Carey Hart

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Mon, 09 Jan 2006
26-year-old American pop star singer Pink has tied the knot with her 30-year-old motocross racer boyfriend Carey Hart in a Costa Rica ceremony that was attended by 100 guests, including prominent celebs such as Michael Jackson's ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley.

The couple met in 2001 at the X-Games in Las Vegas and have been together ever since. They married on a beach.

"Baywatch" star Hasselhoff files for divorce

Thu Jan 12, 2006

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former "Baywatch" star David Hasselhoff is divorcing wife Pamela Bach after 16 years of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences, his publicist said on Thursday.

Hasselhoff, 53, filed for divorce in Los Angeles on Thursday, ...

I'm sure covering "La Isla Bonita" didn't help matters.

"The actresses are often seen slobbing it in tracksuit bottoms and T-shirts - something Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor would never do, the Italian designer said."

Except that Marilyn Monroe and Liz Taylor wouldn't be wearing Juicy Couture tracksuits that cost hundreds of dollars, and the t-shirts from Juicy are outrageously priced as well. I love John Taylor and all, but his wife makes me nauseated with these clothes (Gela Nash-Taylor is his wife, and John is the bassist for my favorite group, Duran Duran). I wouldn't be caught DEAD in any of the clothes she sells. If tacky clothing sells that well, Madame Duran and I need to go into business together and buy tasteless sweats from Walmart to resell to these nimrods.


MH

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1NF, your post - he covered La Isla Bonita? At last, something funnier than that bad hair of his.

Maddy- Hater -

I didn't know any of Duran Duran's band members' wives were fashion designers.

It's true, though, that some of these famous clothing designers make some very tacky stuff.

I've seen photos of Gwen Stefani's creations, and while I have nothing against her and even like some of her quirky outfits that she herself wears, I didn't like some of the stuff she created for her "LAMB" clothing line.

(Aside from bathing suits), the most casual thing Marilyn Monroe ever wore were camp shirts with capri pants with sandals. Well, when she got a bit older, she wore slacks with designer blouses, but even that is still dressier than the weird, bum-like track suits that Madonna wears.

There are a few photo sessions of Monroe (I forget the photographer), and you can find film stills of her, where she's wearing blue jeans. I don't think jeans had quite caught on in the 1950s, though.

BTW, as much as I tease Madonna... it's not that I'm against people dressing casually, including her.

It's just that some of Madonna's particular outfits are tacky, or fit her oddly - she's a muscular bean pole and some of her outfits look like they're supposed to be worn by a Sumo wrestler.

Madonna's also supposed to be this super beautiful person and a trend setter, but she wears some of the ugliest stuff (I'm referring to both formal and casual ensembles).
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More celeb news:

1970s teen idol Leif Garrett charged with heroin possession in LA

Holly Hunter delivers twins, People reports

Whitney, Bobby divorce rumours surface- Xinhua

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Jan. 19 -- Celebrity couple Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown are about to end their marriage, according to rumours swimming around the web Jan. 18.

Close friends of the couple claim that fallen R&B singer Bobby plans to file for divorce as soon as possible.

The couple, who married back in July 1992 are apparently drifting apart after a series of rows. Both parties have apparently told friends that they are going to divorce.

The New York Daily News reported earlier this month that Bobby was spotted flirting with a group of ladies backstage at a Conneticut casino, telling them he was no longer with his wife.

American television networks:

CBS, Warner to form new network, close UPN, WB Reuters

UPN, WB to shut down; new network formed

JAN. 24 3:29 P.M. ET Two small, long-struggling television networks -- UPN and The WB -- will shut down this fall and programming from both will be used to launch a new network aimed mainly at young and minority viewers.

The new network will be called The CW -- "C" for CBS Corp. and "W" for Warner Bros. -- each of which will own half of the new entity and contribute programs, assets and executives to the venture.

Tribune Co., a Chicago-based media company, will relinquish its 22.5 percent stake in The WB in exchange for a 10-year affiliation deal to carry the new network on 16 of its stations. The rest of The WB was owned by Time Warner Inc., parent of Warner Bros.

The CW will also be carried on the 12 stations owned by UPN, a unit of CBS Corp., guaranteeing the network carriage in 48 percent of the country and 20 of the top 25 TV markets in the country. Network executives said they hoped to have agreements in place to cover most of the rest of the country by the time it launches in the fall.

UPN and The WB had both struggled to compete against larger rivals in the broadcast TV business, ...

'Earl' Star Has Chicken Pox

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Jan 23, 2006
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Jason Lee has an excuse for missing work better suited for a fifth grader. He has the chicken pox.

Production on NBC's My Name Is Earl is being shut down for a couple of weeks "until he's feeling better and presentable to be on TV again," said Greg Garcia, the show's creator and executive producer.

And the main reason for that is because neither you nor I can actually FIT into any of them (note: I'm a medium/size 9-10, slim build...but with a real booty ). The price, the clothing sizes...all outrageous. I guess I wasn't meant to partake in the Californian ideal. Pffft. Who cares.

Bobby Brown is a pig. Whitney should have NEVER married him (the fact that she did doesn't speak well for her intelligence/self-esteem). That marriage was wrong, wrong, WRONG from the start. I'm surprised that they even lasted so long.

actually hon, what I was referencing was the fact that the clothes are tacky, ugly, and not worth the price. Even if I was a size -1 like Gela, I'd never wear crap like that. But hey, I just saw a piece on an entertainment show last night that one of Juicy's tracksuits is so hot, that you have to be on a waiting list to get it. Why not just jog on down to JC Penney and buy something nicer, and put the extra money in a donation for charity? She makes purses and jewelry that I'd never wear either. My husband asked me if I wanted something like that for Christmas! I looked at him, and said "could you see walking around with a bag that costs more than my whole wardrobe?" He laughed and said "well, no".

Guess that's how they are affording to buy that huge castle in England....



MH

This post has been edited by maddyhater on Jan 25 2006, 01:08 PM

- Hatch / Survivor Story Below -

Yes, I find not only the tackiness of some of the celeb-designed stuff off-putting, but the fact they think all North American/ European / Aussie women are stick figures.

When I'm skinny, I'm a size 11/12. When I'm a stick, (and people tell me "you look anorexic, gain weight!" ) I'm at a 9/10.

To me, those are all perfectly normal sizes, but in La La Land (Hollywood and the like), that's considered huge, for some reason. I'm waiting for the clothing labels to start reading -8 (as in NEGATIVE size eight).

Mm-hmm, absolutely, and it's like my brother and his wife. Everyone warned my brother not to marry her. He did, she ruined his life.

You definitely need to be careful about who you marry.

I notice that Whitney Houston hasn't really done much career-wise in the past, what, five to ten years? I think she released a "greatest hits" type record about five years ago, but that was about it.
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'Survivor' winner Hatch convicted of tax evasion

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (Reuters) - Richard Hatch, the first champion of the hit reality television show "Survivor," was convicted of tax evasion on Wednesday and faces up to 13 years in prison.

The winner of the $1 million jackpot on "Survivor" on a South Pacific island in 2000 was handcuffed and taken into custody after U.S. District Judge Ernest Torres ruled that he was a potential flight risk.

Hatch, a motivational speaker, was convicted of failing to pay taxes on the $1 million winnings in 2000 and about $391,000 he earned from half a dozen other sources.

Part of me suspected that the "Book of Daniel" show wasn't going to last - it seemed to present a warped view of the Christian faith or Christian people, based upon reviews I read. It could also be that people just found it too boring to watch.

Heaven can't help show: NBC axes `Book of Daniel' - Chicago Tribune

Prophet And Loss: NBC Drops 'Daniel'

Thursday, January 26, 2006; Page C07

NBC has closed the book on the religious drama "The Book of Daniel," pulling the series off its schedule after three episodes.

The controversial show, starring Aidan Quinn as a Vicodin-popping Episcopal priest with a troubled family, had a decent debut this month, drawing more than 9 million viewers. But the audience dropped off considerably the past two weeks, with last Friday's episode mustering only 5.8 million viewers.

"Daniel" generated controversy before its premiere when seven NBC affiliates announced they would not air the show because of how it depicted religious issues. The conservative Christian group American Family Association, led by James Dobson, advised its followers to call their NBC stations to protest the program.

This season, NBC has had trouble finding a fit for its Friday 10 p.m. time slot. In October, the network pulled the sperm-bank drama "Inconceivable" after two episodes.

???That was a show???

Yep. I never actually watched an episode, but I saw a prolonged commercial for that show (or a preview of it at the end of one of their regular shows, whatever), and it looked absolutely stupid. So I never watched it.

It also seemed rather ... smarmy or perverted or whatever, another reason I never watched it. They tried to hype it as a feel-good show, about people who wanted to have kids or something, but my reaction was, "ewww."

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That Rick Ross photo just clabbers me every time I see it. I may take to wearing a crucifix.

"Book of Daniel" had to be the worst piece of crap that ever got on tv. It sucked so bad (I saw it) that it's easy to see why people would go out of their way to avoid seeing it. I can imagine people changing their schedules....and their lives, basically, to avoid accidentally turning it on- like walking the dog or doing the laundry at that hour.

There wasn't a grain of funniness in it. No wit. No irony. Nothing but hideously-acted urban degeneration heavy-handedly flung in every direction in the vain hope of hitting some target, which it never did.

Unbelievable that those oafs thought they could- or should- get anywhere with it.

a sperm bank- now THAT had possibilities.