The Downfall of a Star

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WINNING!!!

Charlie Sheen is all over the place. His downfall is the topic of conversation for so many peoples. The man is literally imploding upon himself. I feel afraid for Charlie Sheen. I feel terrible for his children. I wonder what the "Goddesses" are thinking through this whole thing?
I pray that Charlie can survive this! I pray that he can come out the other side with more clarity and deeper understanding about who he is!

Linda Holmes on Charlie Sheen

Charlie Sheen on 20/20

Charlie Sheen Quotes

Charlie Sheen on Twitter

Charlie Sheen in Major League

A letter to Oprah!

Oprah's show on education.
Did you see it?
It's hard to know....isn't it?


Check out this link!

OPEN

I am reading OPEN by Andre Agassi. It's such a fantastic book!!! I would highly recommend this book to anybody! Andre has a way with words. SO GOOD!

Jesse Takes The High Road

"My whole life has been full of hard decisions. "
"The decision to let my wife end our marriage, and continue the adoption of Louis on her own, has been the hardest. The love I have for Louis cannot be put to words. Not having him around to love and to hold has left a huge hole in my heart."
"Sandy is the love of my life, but considering the pain and devastation I have caused her, it would be selfish to not let her go. Right now it is time for me to beat this addiction that has taken two of the things I love the most in life."
I have always taken great pride in proving people wrong. That time has come once again to show that I am not what everyone says I am. I know in my heart that I can be the best father possible to my four children, and the mate Sandy deserves, and realize that this is an incredible mountain to climb. But I believe that the steps I have taken in the last 30 days are the foundation for making this happen. The lifelong commitment I am making is what being a real husband and father is all about. "
"I ask that you please do not judge Sandy for the things I have done. She has done no wrong. She played no part in any of this. She has been an amazing wife, mother, and best friend, for the over 6 years we have been together."

Jodi Picoult

An amazing night last night. I got to meet Jodi Picoult! She is just an amazing writer! I want to be a writer like that. I don't know how to do that...but I want to so much!!

52nd Annual Grammy Awards

We are watching the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards. Except for the current song I am listening to by Emmenem/Travis Barker/Lil Wayne/Drake....which SUCKS....I am truly enjoying this show.
Music has always been my life.
It's been fun watching the people they are pairing up. Music is such an amazing form of expression!!
I will say, for the record, that Taylor Swift cannot sing. She can do fine in the studio...when somebody mixes it so she sounds good. She sang live with Stevie Nicks, and it actually HURT my ears. She was completely off key!
Now...it's 10:15 and it is still on. I need to get to bed...but it's still going on.

The Sadness of Addiction

Report: Jeff Conaway Injured in Fall at Home

By Tim Nudd

Tuesday January 19, 2010 09:05 AM EST

Jeff Conaway

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Actor Jeff Conaway, who played Kenickie in the 1978 movie Grease, was badly injured in a fall at his Califo rnia home on Monday, according to reports. Conaway, 59, fell down a staircase and suffered a broken hip, a broken arm, a fractured neck and a brain hemorrhage, according to TMZ.com, based on information from his girlfriend, Vikki Lizzi. He was rushed to hospital for surgery. No other details are currently available. Conaway has battled substance-abuse problems throughout his life. He appeared on Celebrity Fit Club in 2006, but had to leave due to a drug relapse. He later appeared on two seasons of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.

Conan

People of Earth:

In the last few days, I've been getting a lot of sympathy calls, and I
want to start by making it clear that no one should waste a second
feeling sorry for me. For 17 years, I've been getting paid to do what I
love most and, in a world with real problems, I've been absurdly lucky.
That said, I've been suddenly put in a very public predicament and my
bosses are demanding an immediate decision.

Six years ago, I signed a contract with NBC to take over The Tonight
Show in June of 2009. Like a lot of us, I grew up watching Johnny Carson
every night and the chance to one day sit in that chair has meant
everything to me. I worked long and hard to get that opportunity, passed
up far more lucrative offers, and since 2004 I have spent literally
hundreds of hours thinking of ways to extend the franchise long into the
future. It was my mistaken belief that, like my predecessor, I would
have the benefit of some time and, just as important, some degree of
ratings support from the prime-time schedule. Building a lasting
audience at 11:30 is impossible without both.

But sadly, we were never given that chance. After only seven months,
with my Tonight Show in its infancy, NBC has decided to react to their
terrible difficulties in prime-time by making a change in their
long-established late night schedule.

Last Thursday, NBC executives told me they intended to move the Tonight
Show to 12:05 to accommodate the Jay Leno Show at 11:35. For 60 years
the Tonight Show has aired immediately following the late local news. I
sincerely believe that delaying the Tonight Show into the next day to
accommodate another comedy program will seriously damage what I consider
to be the greatest franchise in the history of broadcasting. The Tonight
Show at 12:05 simply isn't the Tonight Show. Also, if I accept this move
I will be knocking the Late Night show, which I inherited from David
Letterman and passed on to Jimmy Fallon, out of its long-held time slot.
That would hurt the other NBC franchise that I love, and it would be
unfair to Jimmy.

So it has come to this: I cannot express in words how much I enjoy
hosting this program and what an enormous personal disappointment it is
for me to consider losing it. My staff and I have worked unbelievably
hard and we are very proud of our contribution to the legacy of The
Tonight Show. But I cannot participate in what I honestly believe is its
destruction. Some people will make the argument that with DVRs and the
Internet a time slot doesn't matter. But with the Tonight Show, I
believe nothing could matter more.

There has been speculation about my going to another network but, to set
the record straight, I currently have no other offer and honestly have
no idea what happens next. My hope is that NBC and I can resolve this
quickly so that my staff, crew, and I can do a show we can be proud of,
for a company that values our work.

Have a great day and, for the record, I am truly sorry about my hair;
it's always been that way.

Yours,
Conan

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I Can't Stop

I am a victim of the press coverage of Michael Jackson's death. The media blitz is constant, and I can't get enough. He was one of my favorite performers.
Yesterday Lisa Marie Presley wrote a long entry on her blog:

Friday, June 26, 2009 He Knew

Years ago Michael and I were having a deep conversation about life in general. I can't recall the exact subject matter but he may have been questioning me about the circumstances of my Fathers Death. At some point he paused, he stared at me very intensely and he stated with an almost calm certainty, "I am afraid that I am going to end up like him, the way he did." I promptly tried to deter him from the idea, at which point he just shrugged his shoulders and nodded almost matter of fact as if to let me know, he knew what he knew and that was kind of that. 14 years later I am sitting here watching on the news an ambulance leaves the driveway of his home, the big gates, the crowds outside the gates, the coverage, the crowds outside the hospital, the Cause of death and what may have led up to it and the memory of this conversation hit me, as did the unstoppable tears. A predicted ending by him, by loved ones and by me, but what I didn't predict was how much it was going to hurt when it finally happened. The person I failed to help is being transferred right now to the LA County Coroners office for his Autopsy. All of my indifference and detachment that I worked so hard to achieve over the years has just gone into the bowels of hell and right now I am gutted. I am going to say now what I have never said before because I want the truth out there for once. Our relationship was not "a sham" as is being reported in the press. It was an unusual relationship yes, where two unusual people who did not live or know a "Normal life" found a connection, perhaps with some suspect timing on his part. Nonetheless, I do believe he loved me as much as he could love anyone and I loved him very much. I wanted to "save him" I wanted to save him from the inevitable which is what has just happened. His family and his loved ones also wanted to save him from this as well but didn't know how and this was 14 years ago. We all worried that this would be the outcome then. At that time, In trying to save him, I almost lost myself. He was an incredibly dynamic force and power that was not to be underestimated. When he used it for something good, It was the best and when he used it for something bad, It was really, REALLY bad. Mediocrity was not a concept that would even for a second enter Michael Jackson's being or actions. I became very ill and emotionally/ spiritually exhausted in my quest to save him from certain self-destructive behavior and from the awful vampires and leeches he would always manage to magnetize around him. I was in over my head while trying. I had my children to care for, I had to make a decision. The hardest decision I have ever had to make, which was to walk away and let his fate have him, even though I desperately loved him and tried to stop or reverse it somehow. After the Divorce, I spent a few years obsessing about him and what I could have done different, in regret. Then I spent some angry years at the whole situation. At some point, I truly became Indifferent, until now. As I sit here overwhelmed with sadness, reflection and confusion at what was my biggest failure to date, watching on the news almost play by play The exact Scenario I saw happen on August 16th, 1977 happening again right now with Michael (A sight I never wanted to see again) just as he predicted, I am truly, truly gutted. Any ill experience or words I have felt towards him in the past has just died inside of me along with him. He was an amazing person and I am lucky to have gotten as close to him as I did and to have had the many experiences and years that we had together. I desperately hope that he can be relieved from his pain, pressure and turmoil now. He deserves to be free from all of that and I hope he is in a better place or will be. I also hope that anyone else who feels they have failed to help him can be set free because he hopefully finally is. The World is in shock but somehow he knew exactly how his fate would be played out some day more than anyone else knew, and he was right. I really needed to say this right now, thanks for listening. ~LMP

Michael Jackson

Today was a rough day in Hollywood.
Farrah Fawcett died this morning. She lost her long battle with cancer. She was 62.




Then tonight we find out that the King of Pop has died. This is so shocking that I cannot quite wrap my mind around it. I loved this man....and when I was in high school, I had posters of him up in my dorm room at Hillcrest. I know he was a bizarre individual....but the talent was unquestionable.
Chloe and Isaiah were upset that we made them stop playing video games so we could watch the coverage.
We told them that one day they would want to remember where they were when they heard that Michael Jackson had died.
He was truly iconic. Part of me is glad that he is out of his inner pain.


Lots of sadness tonight as we watched news accounts and interviews of both Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett's lives and death.



This was the poster I had in my room

Ellen Degeneres' audience singing

This makes me laugh SO MUCH!!!!
The second guy who sings is the funniest!!

Values Voters Summit - Kevin McCullough and Stephen Baldwin - Part 3

For some strange reason I turned on the TV this morning, and caught this. I searched for it on Youtube. Think what you will of Stephen Baldwin...
I thought this was powerful!

2008 MTV Video Music Awards

Last night I watched almost all of the MTV VMA (Video Music Awards) on mute. This was the 25th anniversary show, and I had high hopes. I never miss these awards.
Mostly I realized that I am just out growing this music.
Rappers with thier butts hanging out of their pants, and hands on their crotch. The host was so foul, I couldn't stand to listen to him. Even Christina Aquilera was swearing in her song.
I am afraid I might have watched my last MTV awards show....and it sort of makes me sad. Music has changed a LOT over the years, and I don't think the change has been good. Instead of women being shown as strong, confident, independent beings, women are shown as objects. Objects to be oogled. It disgusts me.
Did anybody else watch the show?

FINALLY

I am delighted to tell you that I got to sleep in.
I made a cup of coffee,
settled in front of the TV.
I watched Jake Gyllenhal on Ellen.
Watched The View for the first time
without Rosie! (YAWN!)
Now I am doing some laundry,
working with my i-Tunes.
I am ECSTATIC that it is MEA.
A much needed break.