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Tishala
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08-01-2000
| Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 3:09 pm
More serious than Ms. Kidman's crash: Brandy involved in Los Angeles crash Actress and R&B singer Brandy was involved in a fatal, four-car accident on a Los Angeles freeway last month that started when her sports utility vehicle hit another car, police said on Wednesday. The 27-year-old former star of the TV comedy "Moesha" was not injured, but the driver of the car she rear-ended with her Land Rover in the December 30 crash died, according to the California Highway Patrol. The victim was identified as Awatef Aboudihaj, 38, a married mother of one, said CHP spokesman Leland Tang. [...] Reuters
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 3:16 pm
I feel bad for Brandy. It's a sad situation.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 4:17 pm
I feel for Brandy and the victim's family too. It must be something that's very hard to live with.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 8:52 pm
Nicole's "crash" happened as part of filming of a movie.
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Holly
Member
06-19-2005
| Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 8:45 am
Chilli, that Bernie Mac show you wrote about above was definitely racist with a capital R. I'm amazed the network let that pass. My God, the outrage IF it had been the other scenario you described. I wonder why this blatent racism against Native Americans gets NO mention whatsoever. A very interesting observation you made.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 10:02 am
Birthday hottie .. Mikhail Baryshnikov 59 today!! Hot or not??

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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 10:20 am
How in dahell was the Bernie Mac show racist?
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 10:28 am
Mocha, if you go back in the archives, there is a description of a Bernie Mac show that does seem awfully racist. (I think, but not sure, it may have been posted by Chilli.)
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Holly
Member
06-19-2005
| Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 10:32 am
It was posted on Jan 24 at 3:27. It sure was dahell racist!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 10:38 am
I read it and I guess I'm still missing it. <shrug>
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 12:29 pm
Original post: I watched Bernie Mac yesterday. It was a Thanksgiving show. Bernie Mac was cooking his own special turkey on the BBQ. Evil little nephew accidentally turned the heat down on it and it was ruined. Bernie Mac apparently didn't know and ate it anyway. Evil little nephew is running around this whole time almost naked dressed as an American Indian. Bernie Mac becomes very sick and delirious. He begins dreaming about the evil little nephew taunting him and stealing his remote, keeping him from watching the game. In the dream he is fighting evil little nephew for the remote. Evil little nephew jumps into the tv and becomes a cartoon Native American still taunting Bernie Mac. Bernie Mac then jumps into the tv to get him and becomes a cartoon pilgrim with a big gun who keeps shooting cartoon Native American evil little nephew. Now recast it from a different racial profile: I watched Friends yesterday. It was a Thanksgiving show. Chandler was cooking his own special turkey on the BBQ. Evil little nephew accidentally turned the heat down on it and it was ruined. Chandler apparently didn't know and ate it anyway. Evil little nephew is running around this whole time almost naked dressed as an African tribesman. Chandler becomes very sick and delirious. He begins dreaming about the evil little nephew taunting him and stealing his remote, keeping him from watching the game. In the dream he is fighting evil little nephew for the remote. Evil little nephew jumps into the tv and becomes a cartoon African tribesman still taunting Chandler. Chandler then jumps into the tv to get him and becomes a cartoon slave trader with a big gun who keeps shooting cartoon African tribesman evil little nephew. Wonder if the fictional Friends scenario would have been aired. Or would it be tagged as racist? If, in the Bernie Mac version the evil little nephew in the dream had become a big TURKEY that Bernie chased around trying to shoot. . . Just sayin'.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 7:02 pm
Yep, we are slow to recognize stereotyped depictions of Native Americans. ===== According to ET/Insider Anne Heche is involved with her co-star, James Tupper, of Men in Trees and this may be ther reason or has contributed to the breakup of her marriage. She and others in the cast are hedging about "chemistry".
quote:Anne Heche, Husband Split WEDNESDAY JANUARY 24, 2007 02:40 PM EST WEDNESDAY JANUARY 24, 2007 03:10 PM EST UPDATED Coley Laffoon and Anne Heche in 2006 Photo by: Kevin Mazur / WireImage Anne Heche has split from her cameraman husband Coley Laffoon, the star's rep confirms to PEOPLE. The couple "have decided to separate after five years of marriage," the actress's rep said in a statement Wednesday. "They have requested that they be allowed their privacy at this time." Laffoon, 33, and Heche, 37, wed in 2001, and have a 4-year-old son, Homer. Entertainment Tonight has reported that the Men in Trees actress is romantically involved with her costar, James Tupper. Heche's rep had no comment on the relationship. Tupper split from his wife in November, according to ET. His rep had no comment when reached by PEOPLE. Heche dated Ellen DeGeneres for several years before the couple broke up in 2000. In 2001, she published an autobiography, Call Me Crazy, in which she detailed her struggles with mental illness. In October, Heche told PEOPLE she was happy in her married life. "You hopefully have a journey where you can get healthy and find love, and fortunately I did," she said.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 8:39 pm
I can see why she didn't take his last name...
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 10:10 pm
It seems to be an anglicised version of Lafont, a name tracing back to Gascony and is Occitan.. and the way it would be pronounced in that dialect would mean spring or water source. I kinda like it.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 12:59 am
I adore Anne Heche cuz I thought she was extraordinary in the soap ANOTHER WORLD, and admire her talent enormously, even if she is/was perhaps crazy as a loon. But I figure that if there is a custody battle, she's toast. With her background... I mean, let's face it, her autobiography is entitled CALL ME CRAZY... I got to thinking about a POSSIBLE custody issue when she was interviewed on Entertainment Tonight and talked about how she was looking forward to having her son come and visit her up in Canada for about 3 days before he has to go back to school in the States.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 1:10 am
I didn't see anything wrong with that. He's only four, so probably in pre-school
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 2:06 am
Hiya Sea, my point is that she isn't the primary parent at the moment due to filming her TV show in Canada while he's at home in the States, plus with her self-confessed and well publicized detour into 'craziness' IF there is a custody battle (since she just announced a split with her husband) she is on shaky ground, IMHO.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 7:49 am
Mame, I thought the exact same thing when I saw that story!!!! she did talk about how he goes to school up there sometimes..that made me even more confused.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 9:20 am
I've heard Anne say many times that he is a stay-at-home husband while she works. I would think the little boy is closer bonded with his father than with her. I see the dad getting primary custody with her paying child support and alimony. It's going to be interesting so see what the outcome is finally going to be.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 9:32 am
With respect to the Bernie Mac show, assuming we accept the perspective that it is not racist because it is portraying something that really happened, it is still in poor taste. Both scenarios are portraying horrible things that happened in the past to generate laughs. Doing so belittles and trivializes something that should be remembered in a solemn way.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 9:46 am
Thanks Annie - I missed the bit where she discussed his sometimes going to school there too. Mind you, the whole interview seemed strained and it was really clear that she was trying desperately to keep her 'game face' on. I felt so badly for her. Even in the midst of the worst interviews about her breakup with Ellen, after her 'breakdown' of sorts when she was convinced she was a dual personality from another planet, I simply don't remember her looking as uncomfortable as she did in this interview. And it was fascinating and VERY telling when Justine Bateman was interviewed, and they tried to pump her for info on the on set romance between her costars - she was also clearly miserable about being put on the spot like that, and sidestepped the issue. Good for her for sidestepping, but it was interesting that she was also VERY uncomfortable. Hmmmm. ETA - I don't watch the Bernie Mac show, but from what I've read here I agree with Jimmer's 100%, that the episode belittles, trivializes and was in poor taste.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 11:04 am
Most humor comes from poking fun at negative situations. Even slipping on a banana peel.
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Holly
Member
06-19-2005
| Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 11:48 am
Hmmm...let's see. Genocide/slipping on a banana peel...Equal opportunities for humor??? Interesting!
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 11:54 am
Mel Brooks, and I quote' "Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die."
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 12:34 pm
Re: Heche. I have an acquaintance who is in a very in-the-know position in this mess(that's all I'm saying LOL -- since I can't say more, you can choose to believe it or not, it's OK). And I understand that she/the set have just been besieged this week by the tabloids and entertainment shows. From what I've heard, their behavior would be enough to make anyone feel uncomfortable. (Someone will likely counter this with, "Well, they're in the public eye and should expect it," or "well then she shouldn't have been seeing someone who wasn't her husband," etc., but I'm just saying that some of what I've heard about the things the media have done would enough to make anyone feel uncomfortable).
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