23rd September, 2008
Travis Barker recovering
Travis Barker and DJ AM are expected to make full recoveries from injuries sustained in a plane crash.
The former Blink 182 drummer and the DJ - real name Adam Goldstein - have been in a critical condition with second and third degree burns after their jet crashed on take off in Columbia, South Carolina, on Friday night (19.09.08), killing the four other passengers on board.
Medics believe the two musicians will eventually recover from their injuries.
Dr. Fred Mullins of the Joseph M. Still Burn Center at Doctors' Hospital in Augusta said: "Since both Barker and Goldstein are in overall good health and didn't suffer from any other crash-related complications, a full recovery is expected.
"Recovery could take up to a year, but I would expect it would be much sooner than that."
The doctor refused to discuss the musicians' emotional states, but added: "Around 45 per cent of all patients have some emotional trouble."
The doctor said Travis suffered burns to his torso and lower body, while DJ AM was burned on his arms and head. Both are in the intensive-care unit of the hospital and are reported as being critical but stable.
Pilot Sarah Lemmon, 31, co-pilot James Bland, 52, Travis' assistant Chris Baker, 29, and his security guard Charles Sill, 25, all lost their lives. No one else was on board the jet.
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17th September, 2008
Celebrity stock porftolios plunge 35% due to financial crisis
With financial institutions continuing to fail on Wall Street, Hollywood has experienced what one economist called "The worst crisis ever for Hollywood star wealth."
According to statistics obtained exclusively by Dateline Hollywood, the average A-list Hollywood star stock portfolio has fallen 35% this week, with some stars losing as much as 72% of their wealth.
Amongst stars who have lost huge amounts of money:
-Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt saw their portfolio decline by 26%. Sources say that will force them to return at least one adopted child to its birth parents
-Kevin Federine's stocks plunged by 54%, bringing his total net worth down to $43.70
-Ashton Kutcher's investments plummeted by a whopping 72%, though financial experts cautioned that most of the drop was unrelated to the Wall Street crisis and had to do with his decision to put all his money in a company that specializes in magic beans.
"This is the most devastating news yet for the American economy," said Navid Pring, chief Hollywood star economist at Goldman Sachs. "If celebrities aren't buying new products, entire shopping guides in Us Weekly and on The Oprah Winfrey Show could be cancelled. E!'s style experts will have no new Hollywood star clothing to mock. We'll be feeling the impact of this crisis for at least a year."
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17th September, 2008
Botox pipline reaches Los Angeles
It's been in the works for seven, years, and now a highly anticipated Botox pipeline has finally reached Los Angeles. The pipeline, which originates in Russia and goes through Alaska was funded by a consortium of celebrities. Botox is made from "botulinum toxin type A", a poison produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, and the biggest producer is located outside Moscow.
"This is a great day for Hollywood," said Terri Hatcher. "For too long, we have had to deal with critical shortages in the Botox supply. This pipeline guarantees that we will have abundant supplies."
A ribbon-cutting ceremony is planned for tomorrow with Hatcher, Goldie Haw, Michelle Pfeiffer and Vanessa Williams. Cher was supposed to attened but had to cancel due to planned plastic surgery.
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17th September, 2008
Trailer: The Soloist
This might actually be pretty good! Here's what they had to say about it over at Sohh.com:
Funny man, Jaime Foxx, might be on his way to yet another Oscar as his role in the brand new movie "The Soloist" is scheduled to hit the silver screen this fall.
The movie centers around a man [Jaime Foxx] who is a talented musician who is plagued by a mental illness. But he meets a reporter [Robert Downey, Jr.] for a Los Angele's paper together forge surprising and unbreakable friendship.
Foxx went through a dramatic weight loss to play the role. I hear he lost an impressive 30lbs.This film is already getting Oscar buzz as some are saying that this Jaime's best work yet.
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5th September, 2008
Britney’s Mom Makes Shocking Allegations in New Memoir
Ummm wow! I've never felt so close to my own mother until I read this lol
Britney Spears picked up the bottle, started having sex and experimented with drugs -- all before turning sweet 16, her mom will allegedly claim in a new tell-all book set to rock the troubled star's shaky psyche.
Lynne Spears, 53, doesn't hold back in "Through the Storm," according to The Sun, which obtained a leaked copy of the memoir. In it, she supposedly claims Britney started drinking when she was only a 13-year-old Mousketeer and that she had sex with a high school senior when she was only 14. Of course, this would put down previous reports that she lost her virginity to Justin Timberlake.
In the book, the elder Spears reportedly admits allowing her daughter, now 26, to sleep with Timberlake when she was only 16 because she "was in love and Justin was good for her," a source told The Sun.
As for the habit that has dragged her down over the last few years? Mother Spears says her daughter first started taking drugs at 15 when she was recording her blockbuster debut, "bouncing baby One More Time."
The book also alleges that Britney, then 16, was caught with cocaine and marijuana on a private jet.
According to the leaked book, Lynne Spears expresses regret for handing over control of her daughters' affairs to business managers and allowing her to become exploited as a worldwide sex symbol at such a young age.
Not surprisingly, mother and daughter are currently estranged. The book is due on Sept. 16. (From AOL News)
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26th August, 2008
Remembering: Aaliyah is still one in a million
I turn on MTV and see Rihanna’s new video, “Disturbia.”
Its dark edginess has it at the top of the charts, and she reminds me of another pop star — Aaliyah. She had that same sweet but mysterious thing working for her, too.
Aaliyah should be my age. She should be releasing a new album. She should be here. But she’s not. Aaliyah died in a plane crash — Aug. 25, 2001, forever 22 years old.
And sometimes it feels like she’s been forgotten. It seems as though she was just famous enough to make headlines but not a big enough Hollywood star to be remembered after a year or two passed by.
I didn’t know her, but sometimes I miss her. She always came around at the perfect time, with just the right summer song.
When she died, I cried until my eyes were dry and sore. I was confused by my grief. I mean, really. Crying over a singer? But it felt like I’d lost a friend.
I know I’m not alone in this. Even though we don’t personally know them, entertainers connect with us through their work. And when they die, especially unexpectedly, we cry. Kurt Cobain, Heath Ledger, Tupac Shakur — each had his following, and each his mourners.
Through her music, I felt Aaliyah was singing the songs of my teenage years, tearing pages out of my lovesick diary. Turn me inside out/Make my heart speak/Don’t want no one else/You are all I need.
Her beats were bass-heavy, hard enough for guys to like. But Aaliyah’s love-laced lyrics represented for the ladies. She truly represented a marriage between hip-hop and R&B.
I’ve read Internet blogs that dis and doubt Aaliyah’s accomplishments. Some were confused when Fader gave her the coveted cover of the magazine’s icon issue earlier this year. She’d been discounted as one of R. Kelly’s young girls, a mediocre star with only posthumous success. Sure, she was no Madonna or Janet Jackson, but she does qualify as a young icon. Her influence and inspiration permeate today’s pop music and culture.
Long before it was the norm for R&B pop stars to close deals with clothing lines and cosmetics brands, Aaliyah was modeling for Tommy Hilfiger. Before her death, she was supposed to star in the “Matrix” sequels.
Timbaland, the acclaimed producer partly responsible for the mega-stardom of Justin Timberlake, worked with Aaliyah first. He called her his muse. Fans of Aaliyah quickly became admirers of Justin.
Pop tarts such as Ciara and Cassie not only borrow from Aaliyah’s fluid dance moves, but they use her modest and sexy style, too. Aaliyah never showed too much. Her style was half-tomboy, half-girly.
I see a lot of pop stars who have borrowed from her street-sweet style. I wonder where she would have taken her music, how much she would have grown by now.
We will never know, but we can still be comforted by her music — three albums and a dozen or so random singles.
That’s the awesome thing about celebrities: They have a never-ending lifeline through their movies, music and interviews. I can put on an old album such as “One in a Million” and still get lost in Aaliyah’s breathy, sugary voice.
In a way, I can just press “play,” and she becomes again unforgettable. At least to me.
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