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Luloo
Member
11-08-2005
| Friday, April 28, 2006 - 6:32 am
With Rosie joining the show, they're will be even MORE talking over each other and cross words and cackeling or whatever it is they do. It's a train wreck, and I can't wait. I predict lots of fingerpointing, yelling and lecturing and perhaps the odd piledrive. And in between a segment on how to get your hair sleek and shiney. It's gonna be awesome. Pass the popcorn.
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Maris
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03-28-2002
| Friday, April 28, 2006 - 11:40 am
link Baldwin Bro's Coke Bust By Gina Serpe 1 hour 31 minutes ago It's a toss up as to which bodes worse for Daniel Baldwin's career: The fact that he was arrested on charges of cocaine possession or the fact that it took a week for anyone to notice. The least known Baldwin brother was arrested on several drug-possession charges at a Santa Monica dive motel Saturday night after police responded to a phone call from a fellow guest. Some reports peg the call as a noise complaint, while others say it was to report a woman being threatened. According to CourtTV.com, Santa Monica police entered the actor's $75-a-night room at the Ocean Park Inn, where they allegedly found him holding a drug pipe with "a small amount of cocaine" present. Another man, 52-year-old Winston Anthony Hunter, was also in the room, though he was reportedly hiding in the bathroom when police arrived. His relationship to Baldwin remains unclear. The former Homicide: Life on the Street star was involved in a similar incident in 1998 while staying at New York's Plaza Hotel, when cops arrived after receiving several complaints that Baldwin was watching porn films at ear-shattering volume. He was found running naked through the hotel, high on crack-cocaine. Unfortunately, it hasn't been a banner week for the Baldwin brothers. Last Sunday, actress Jan Maxwell, brother Alec's costar in the Broadway play Entertaining Mr. Sloane, left the production citing the behavior of the eldest Baldwin sibling as the cause. The New York Post got their hands on an email Maxwell sent to a friend regarding the actor, in which she declared her reasons for jumping ship. "The bottom line was my physical safety, mental health and artistic integrity...none of which Roundabout [the theater company] was supporting," the intercepted email read. The note also alleged that her costar had put his fist through a wall and was "throwing things around with all of us cowering." Daniel Baldwin, meanwhile, is due back in court May 22.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 7:02 am
Nick Lachey: poster boy for the brokenhearted By EYDER PERALTA Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle Nick Lachey is sad. Watching his MTV special just the other night, you couldn't help but feel sorry for him. Sitting at a restaurant table, Lachey pours his heart out about how he still loves Jessica and he doesn't want to be a repeat of his parents' failed marriage. It's hard to talk about, he says. He hangs his head; he clears his throat. The camera zooms. He stops talking. There's a long silence, and Nick is left just short of tears. Then What's Left of Me, fades in: a sparse piano melody that builds into a pleading rock ballad with major chords on the guitar and weepy orchestration. But there he is on radio show after radio show, milking it for all he can. And just look at the cover of his upcoming album: He's pouty lipped with an eye half open and an entire desert — lonely, dry and dead — behind him. In one square photo it promises inside gossip that could revive a music career gasping for air since his 98 Degrees boy-band days. "It's a good song, but it's not just anybody singing it. It's Nick Lachey and there's a story behind it," said Tracey Austin, program director at KRBE. If you have missed the cover of every tabloid magazine for the last several months, here's the update: Lachey and wife Jessica Simpson separated late last year. They were the golden couple. Newlyweds was bigger than The Osbournes and the woman who would fill the shorts of Daisy Duke had become everyone's favorite dumb blonde. But after the breakup, she took the scandalous route. She left hotels wearing nothing but men's oxfords, and rumors swirled that she and Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine were so amorous their screams made it next door. Lachey kept a low profile. He inked a deal with ESPN to provide short features about college football and now, half a year later, he's emerged as a wounded puppy. Still, he's been linked romantically with Laguna Beach star Kristin Cavallari, MTV host Vanessa Minnillo and former beauty queen Lizzie Arnold. OK, so maybe he's a busy, working, wounded puppy. It's the way to go. Look at last year's other high-profile breakup: Jennifer Aniston, the victim of Brad Pitt's indiscretions with Angelina Jolie, went on to create a healthy film roster (four films in production now), while Pitt has become Jolie's lap dog. Alanis Morissette's You Oughta Know, a crass vindictive anthem from a hurt dumpee, propelled her album to No. 1 on the Billboard Charts in 1995. And Beck's Sea Change, a depressing album written after the breakup of a long-term relationship, which hit No. 8 on the Billboard 200, compared to his first four albums, including the seminal Odelay, which failed to crack the top 10. "The public may just be feeling sorry for (Nick), but it seems like the right song at the right time," said Roy Trakin, senior editor at Hits Daily Double, a music magazine. Right now, the pop charts are ripe for the feel-sorry-for-me What's Left of Me, which comes out May 9. Daniel Powter's Bad Day, a piano ballad with gray-skies imagery and a power chorus, has topped the charts the last couple of weeks. And the hip-hop dominance let up enough to let James Blunt, another pop rocker, into the charts with You're Beautiful. Trakin says judging by digital downloads and airplay of the single, Lachey is right on track. "I think that the audience has a vested interest in him," he said. "They are able to see things through his eyes. But, more than likely, the reason we'll fall for Lachey is because an album is supposed to be highly personal, and we're looking for some inside gossip about a power couple's demise. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/celebrities/3827583.html
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 8:04 am
Keith Richards In Hospital After Fall From Palm Tree WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards suffered a mild concussion and was hospitalized Saturday, reportedly after falling out of a tree in New Zealand. According to media reports, Richards hurt his head after falling out of a palm tree in Fiji. He was flown to a hospital in Auckland, New Zealand, after the accident at an exclusive Fiji resort, media reports said. A spokeswoman for the band said Richards suffered a mild concussion. She said he was treated locally, then flown to a hospital for observation. Richards is 62. The Rolling Stones performed in Wellington, New Zealand, on April 18. http://www.click2houston.com/entertainment/9093483/detail.html What in the heck was he doing in a tree??? LOL
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 8:09 am
Huh? That's funny, because palm trees are not easy to climb. I just can't imagine how he did it!
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 9:14 am
what in the heck was a 62 year old man doing climbing a palm tree????
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 9:19 am
getting a nut? LOL
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 9:40 am
Texannie, my thoughts, word-for-word (the ones after you printed the story). Uh, maybe it was in response to a Truth or Dare question!
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 9:52 am
I heard it on the radio: "Keith Richards is in the hospital." OH, NO! WHAT HAPPENED? "He fell out of a palm tree in Fiji." ROFLAL. The ol' rockers will never grow up (or die).
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Bonzacat
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 10:12 am
Keith Richards - too much kava kava. 
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 11:51 am
Just out of curiosity, I looked up listings of celebs who are Scientology followers. Here is a sampling: 1. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes 2. John Travolta and his wife, Kelly Preston 3. Jenna Elfman (Dharma) 4. Kirstie Alley (read she used the Scientology Narconon Program to kick cocaine. Maybe that's common knowledge, but I didn't know. 5. Isaac Hayes 6. Juliette Lewis 7. Priscilla and Lisa Marie Presley 8. Giovanni Ribisi (evidently a former druggie, too) 9. Beck and wife, Marissa Ribisi (Giovanni's sister) 10. Greta Van Susteren (on air legal analyst) and her attorney husband 11. Jason Lee (star of All About Earl 12. Anne Archer 13. Carina Ricco 14. Erika Kristensen 15. Danny Masterson 16. Catherine Bell 17. Corin Nemec (The Stand, Stargate) 18. Egar Winter 19. Marisol Nichols 20. Michelle Stafford Anecdotally, The Church of Scientology is recognized as a church and is therefore tax-exempt.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 12:01 pm
Corin Nemec! Parker Lewis Can't Lose!!!!!!! LOL
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Irishtxgrl
Member
12-07-2005
| Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 6:04 pm
The whole Scientology thing weirds me out but to each his own I guess
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Jan
Moderator
08-01-2000
| Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 9:03 am
any "secretive" organization/religion weirds me out eg the masons, or Opus Dei or Scientology etc. I always figure if they have to keep it secret , there must be something going on that isn't quite kosher????
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 12:28 pm
This Rolling Stone article is quite enlightening: Inside Scientology
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 1:43 pm
They have a huge following in Clearwater? dang. I have been by there many times and never knew that.
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 1:49 pm
I had no idea either. Their digs there:

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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 1:56 pm
They own real estate all over the world. Here's what they call the Hollywood Celebrity Centre:

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Irishtxgrl
Member
12-07-2005
| Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 2:05 pm
wow that place is pretty awesome looking
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 2:20 pm
very interesting read! and very scary!
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 2:49 pm
ITA, Texannie. Here are some pics of other Scientology churches around the world:
London
Amsterdam
barcelona
Dublin
France
Melbourne
Buenos Aires These are all of Gilman Hot Springs, CA location:
aerial view
Closeup
Reception Area--logo stands for 'Total Freedom'
Bonnie View Mansion (built for L Ron Hubbard)
The Castle--where their videos are produced
Guest Cottages at Gilman Hot Springs
The E-Meter
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 3:58 pm
E meter?? what is that for??? that logo looks Alien-ish. I have nothing against ppl belonging to this but it does seem very cultish
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 4:14 pm
I'm for doing whatever works for you as long as you don't try to push it on me. It seems more like EST on steroids than a religion, though. I've known a few people that have reaped much benefit from EST (The Forum) as far as organizing their approach to life's constant issues. Of course it drained their pockets dry, but they handled being poor very well after their sessions. Like most religions/religious organizations, I'm sure Scientology has much good to offer. Unfortunately the public face of Scientology these days presents mostly the batshit side of the situation. They certainly need a new spokesperson. PS on no level do I endorse Scientology, I'm just saying it probably has some good aspects to it.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 5:08 pm
It looks like they have a rather wealthy support group -- more power to 'em, but like Goddess says, don't try to push it on me. 
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 5:39 pm
Oh wow, there was a guy sitting in front of k-mart the other day offering free stress tests, I didnt want to do it but he was such a sales man and so I sat down and he had a meter that looked just like that thing and told me to hold it in each hand and it was sopposed to read my stress level...well the guy was wierd and him alone was stressing me out so I got up to leave,but not befor he tried to sell me one of his Dianetics Books... akkkk cant believe I fell for that..
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