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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Friday, April 17, 2009 - 10:39 am
I guess it's more about what he said. I don't think it's appropriate. I have to admit agreeing with Mr. Foxx on other subjects in the past. His take on Chris Brown comes to mind. As to whether it's child abuse to put your child in show business, I have no idea. From a personal point of view, my daughter has always loved to perform. She's been on the stage locally many times. Is it abuse if someone is doing what they love? By letting her perform, are we allowing people to negatively criticize her? I hope not. She's just doing what she loves. Nope, she's never made any money doing it. I think she would LOVE that..LOL
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, April 17, 2009 - 10:47 am
I don't think it's child abuse to have your kid in showbiz, either, but "pimping" was precisely the word I was thinking of yesterday WRT Mr Cyrus.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, April 17, 2009 - 10:49 am
Then stop pimping your children out for a meal ticket. As parents, if you put them out there for them to make money, then you better expect to hear negative things about them. my daughter works at a fast food place...she should be open to ridicule since she has a job? the Obama's let their girls pose in pictures...they should be open to ridicule? a grown person ridiculing a child for sport or as part of their schtick is just wrong, imho.
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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, April 17, 2009 - 10:49 am
<I'm sorry, I think child acting is a form of child abuse. The parents put that child out there, love all the money and attention coming in, but goodness gracious when someone says something negative about them and then they cry foul.> <76> "Something negative" would be like saying "she's a lousy actress", or "she can't sing worth a damn", but what he said is just downright filth, considering it was directed at a young teenager too. Especially coming from a man his age who has a daughter her age! Something seriously wrong with him, imo. And the fools chipping in and egging him on too. I cannot imagine the uproar if it were reversed and the comments were made about his daughter along with the racial epithet thrown in. We'd never hear the end of it. ETA: And believe me, I'm NO fan of either her or her father.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, April 17, 2009 - 10:50 am
William Hurt to Marlee Matlin: "I Apologize for Any Pain I Caused" E! Marlee Matlin is spilling. William Hurt is sorry. Matlin has been making the rounds touting her new memoir, I'll Scream Later, and raising some eyebrows with allegations that she was abused by Hurt during their two-year relationship that blossomed on the set of 1987's Children of a Lesser God, the film which earned her a Best Actress Oscar. "I always had fresh bruises every day. And if I had a split lip, or if...I mean, there were a lot of things that happened that were not pleasant," Matlin told Access Hollywood in an interview Monday. "I was always afraid...of him, but I loved him. Or maybe I thought I did. But look, I was 19, he was 35." The actress, now 43, recounted one particular incident when Hurt threw her on a bed and stripped her naked as she cried, "No, no, no. Please Bill, no." In a statement to E! News on Tuesday, Hurt said that both he and Matlin had moved on. "My own recollection is that we both apologized and both did a great deal to heal our lives. Of course, I did and do apologize for any pain I caused. And I know we have both grown. I wish Marlee and her family nothing but good."
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, April 17, 2009 - 10:55 am
<76> "Something negative" would be like saying "she's a lousy actress", or "she can't sing worth a damn", but what he said is just downright filth, considering it was directed at a young teenager too. Especially coming from a man his age who has a daughter her age! Something seriously wrong with him, imo. And the fools chipping in and egging him on too. I cannot imagine the uproar if it were reversed and the comments were made about his daughter along with the racial epithet thrown in. We'd never hear the end of it. exactly!!!
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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, April 17, 2009 - 11:02 am
FWIW, internet rumors and blind vices abound that Jamie Foxx has been on the downlow for ages now and is getting more and more cocky about it (pardon the pun!) If true, maybe that's why he felt the need to act so macho on this show <shrug>.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, April 17, 2009 - 11:33 am
Miley made child mistakes. She's a child. The mistakes of judgement mostly hurt.. Miley. Jamie Foxx is an adult, and aside from any past mistakes he may have made (I have no idea but we all do make them by that age -- ok.. looked him up, only one run in with the legal system, cost him a fine, etc., but nothing serious and he's quite accomplished, despite being abandonned by parents, thanks to what sounds like a loving upbringing, solid religious and educational opportunities and musical training), his "mistake" was an attack ON a child by an adult. And perhaps it hurt him, too, but that's on him. There is no way I'd equate the two or their actions. And he didn't attack Miley's parents, but her. I have no doubt that this is being milked, but seems like Jamie's been out and about more but hey, he has a movie to flog. If he hadn't attacked the Cyrus family, they'd have nothing to flog anyway. Are they supposed to just take it and remain silent?
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Friday, April 17, 2009 - 12:50 pm
FWIW, in a few hours I'll be at a book signing by Marlee. I am excited to see her. Good actress. Whatever character she's playing just happens to be deaf. The deafness just disappears as she's acting. After Children of a Lesser God, first thing I saw her in was TV series Reasonable Doubts. Could not understand how a deaf person could play / act a role. It works. She does it well.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Friday, April 17, 2009 - 12:52 pm
"I apologize for any pain I caused"?!? What a <LC>!
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Friday, April 17, 2009 - 2:00 pm
Wow Color!! I envy you, and I agree! 
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Friday, April 17, 2009 - 2:29 pm
She was also great in the West Wing.
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Lancecrossfire
Animoderator
07-13-2000
| Friday, April 17, 2009 - 3:00 pm
Let's watch the name calling--we'd hate for anyone to do the same things they aren't happy others did.
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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, April 17, 2009 - 4:35 pm
Lance, if your post is referring to Bill Hurt then I think that his delivering fresh daily bruises, split lips and domestic rape on Marilee Maitlin are what would make people unhappy with him. Namecalling, not so much.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Sunday, April 19, 2009 - 1:29 pm
There was a good-size crowd at Marlee's book signing Friday evening (only fourth on the tour she said). Hadn't thought about it but shouldn't be a surprise that MOST in the crowd were deaf. I wonder if that's the usual or whether it was because she is originally from this area. The interpreter you usually see with her (on TV, e.g. DWTS) was there.
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Msbullwnkl
Member
08-16-2005
| Sunday, April 19, 2009 - 7:41 pm
Ellen Pompeo is having a baby! US Weekly LINK
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, April 20, 2009 - 12:15 pm
not hollywood gossip, but ..... LONDON — Famed mathematician Stephen Hawking was rushed to a hospital today and was seriously ill, Cambridge University said. The university said Hawking has been fighting a chest infection for several weeks, and was being treated at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, the university city north of London. "Professor Hawking is very ill," said Gregory Hayman, the university's head of communications. "He is undergoing tests. He has been unwell for a couple of weeks." Later in the afternoon, Hayman said Hawking was "now comfortable but will be kept in hospital overnight." Hawking, 67, gained renown for his work on black holes, and has remained active despite being diagnosed at 21 with ALS, (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), an incurable degenerative disorder also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. For some years, Hawking has been almost entirely paralyzed, and he communicates through an electronic voice synthesizer activated by his fingers. Hawking was involved in the search for the great goal of physics — a "unified theory" — which would resolve contradictions between Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, which describes the laws of gravity that govern the motion of large objects like planets, and the Theory of Quantum Mechanics, which deals with the world of subatomic particles. "A complete, consistent unified theory is only the first step: our goal is a complete understanding of the events around us, and of our own existence," he wrote in his best-selling book, A Brief History of Time, published in 1988. In a more accessible sequel The Universe in a Nutshell, published in 2001, Hawking ventured into concepts like supergravity, naked singularities and the possibility of a universe with 11 dimensions. He announced last year that he would step down from his post as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, a title once held by the great 18th-century physicist Isaac Newton. However, the university said Hawking intended to continue working as Emeritus Lucasian Professor of Mathematics. Hawking had canceled an appearance at Arizona State University on April 6 because of his illness. "Professor Hawking is a remarkable colleague. We all hope he will be amongst us again soon," said Professor Peter Haynes, head of the university's Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6382382.html
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Monday, April 20, 2009 - 1:19 pm
Hawking is a very interesting man and it is fascinating what he has been able to do with his life. Hopefully, he can recover from this.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Monday, April 20, 2009 - 3:54 pm
I sure hope he does, Jimmer. He's such a remarkable person. What a mind.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, April 20, 2009 - 10:59 pm
Brad Paisley and wife Kimberly Williams-Paisley have paid tribute to a special man when picking the name for their newborn son. Jasper Warren Paisley, who was born in Nashville on April 17, gets his middle name from the country singer's grandfather, who gave Paisley his first guitar and encouraged him to pursue a music career, the actress's rep tells PEOPLE exclusively. Paisley, 36, and Williams-Paisley, 37, are also parents to 2-year-old William Huckleberry Paisley, who was named for Mark Twain's character Huck Finn.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 5:03 am
Julie Chen just announced on the Early show she is pregnant and due in October. (her first baby!)
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Debra
Member
11-20-2003
| Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 7:09 am
Congrats to Julie! She looks so happy. Click here for an article and video Thanks Annie
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 7:17 am
they were so cute teasing her all morning on the show and so geniunely happy for her.
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Panda
Member
07-15-2005
| Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 7:18 am
As soon as I heard about Julie Chen expecting, the first thing I thought of was TVCH! Congrats to her!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 7:30 am
me too! LOL
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