Paris Hilton! Lindsey Lohan! Brittany Spears! Nicole Richie!

**The An-Jel** · 07-27-2007, 03:10 PM

Kitties and chihuahuas and parakeets oh my!

I am embarressed for people that admire and look up to these trainwreck girls. They are an embarrassment for the entertainment industry though they are not the exceptions at all of course. I can't say that I like or admire any actor or actress in particular with the devotion that fans and movie goers see in these folks. I am sure most everybody knows about Brittany's divorce and her melt down... Paris Hilton going to jail... here is the latest:

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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Television personality Nicole Richie was sentenced Friday to serve 90 hours in jail for driving under the influence in December.

Nicole Richie enters a courtroom in Glendale, California, with boyfriend Joel Madden.

Richie, 25, was sentenced to 96 hours, or four days, but was given credit for the six hours she has already served in jail. She will also be on probation for three years, and was fined $2,048.

It was not immediately known where the time would be served.

Richie entered the courtroom in Glendale, California, on the arm of her boyfriend, Good Charlotte band member Joel Madden. Watch as Richie goes to court »

Superior Court Commissioner Steven K. Lubell warned Richie that she would go to jail for a year if she violates her probation.

She was ordered to enroll in a second-offender drug and alcohol program and must prove that she completed it by February 20, 2008.

"You are not to drive with any measurable amount of alcohol or drugs in your system," Lubell told her. "You are not to drive without a driver's license."

Richie was arrested in December after motorists spotted her SUV going the wrong way on the 134 freeway in Burbank, California, and called 911.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/0...ail/index.html

And of course...

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LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- "To insure or not to insure?" It isn't Shakespeare, but it is the dramatic question Hollywood filmmakers are asking about Lindsay Lohan following her legal troubles this week.

Lindsay Lohan may still get work after her legal problems are settled, but the cost will be high.

more photos » It is an important question, too, because whether companies insure Lohan's future movies may determine whether she will quickly fall off Hollywood's A-list.

But Lohan fans have little to fear because no actor is uninsurable, say underwriting experts. While some producers may balk at conditions for hiring problematic stars, experts say that unless an actor is serving time in prison, even the most volatile can be covered -- albeit at a high cost.

"For a price, anything can be done, although an insurance carrier can make things so unpalatable that at times the makers of the film just won't be interested," said Ross Miller, partner with insurance brokerage D.R. Reiff & Associates Inc.

Lohan's arrest this week in Los Angeles on suspicion of drunken driving and cocaine possession has left Hollywood wondering if the actress, who shot to fame as a child in Disney films like "The Parent Trap," is too risky to cast in a film. Timeline: Lindsay Lohan's troubles »

It remains to be seen whether her latest relapse and brush with the law will cost her a role in "Poor Things," a film produced by and starring Oscar-winner Shirley MacLaine. See a gallery of Lohan's films »

A statement was expected early next week on whether the movie, already delayed this spring due to an earlier rehab stint by Lohan, will proceed with or without her.

Insurance experts say the industry has long dealt with similar situations, although they may seem more frequent with the recent heavy media scrutiny of Lohan and fellow troubled party girls Paris Hilton and Britney Spears.

"I don't think it (a problematic artist) is any more of an issue," said Wendy Diaz, entertainment underwriting director at Fireman's Fund Insurance Co., the leading film underwriter. "It's pretty standard year to year."

But Diaz did say the terms for covering Lohan would likely be "serious at this point."

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She said Fireman's Fund, in such a case, would likely put in higher deductibles, or ask the star to put their salary into escrow to pay for any losses if production was disrupted.

Last July, a producer on Lohan's last film, "Georgia Rule," scolded her publicly for repeatedly showing up late on the set, costing the movie's makers hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Brian Kingman, a managing director with entertainment insurance broker Aon/Albert G. Ruben said covering situations like Lohan's required a lot of calculation and risk management.

Insurance rates for errant actors can range anywhere from 1 percent to 3 percent of a movie's production budget, which can range from $5 million to $100 million or more, he said.

"Filmmakers fall in love with certain actors for certain roles and my job is to find risk-takers to take on the risk," Kingman said.

He said actors were always required to undergo a medical exam before getting insurance. In certain circumstances, drug screening is conducted and actors are required to provide blood and urine samples. In cases of known drug abuse, "minders" are sometimes required on set to keep an eye on the actor.

Kingman said he had even helped craft policies for actors in the event they risked the possibility of incarceration.

"I have been successful in finding and creating incarceration coverage for certain actors on probation which can be revoked if they break certain rules," he said, citing the case of Robert Downey Jr., another high-profile star with a history of legal, drug and alcohol problems

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movi...eut/index.html

Pretty sad...

Gettin' In Tune · 07-27-2007, 06:12 PM

It makes me sick! Not because these people have problems, but becuase of all the attention they are getting in the media. I am more digusted by the media's behavior than these trainwreck girl's behavior. There are other actors that are doing wonderful things in the world and they do not receive nearly as enough attention.

Two example quick examples:

1. Angelina Jolie working with the UN and helping out refugees

2. Leonardo DiCaprio raising awarenes and aiding of environmental issues

I am trying really hard to refrain from cursing, but the media sometimes irates me. They revert to sensationalism.

aporetic1 · 07-29-2007, 03:01 PM

I am astounded by the amount of TV coverage that these pseudo celebrities get, and the crazy fans that look up to and admire these people. The Anna Nicole baby updates are unbeleivable. "Coming up on Entertainment Tonight, the latest photos of baby whatsername....." How can this be considered entertainment or news?

padsave17 · 08-22-2007, 06:23 PM

Some people should not breed!

**debdodd** · 08-23-2007, 06:15 PM

perhaps those girls are a bigger deal on the coast but it doesn't seem that the rest of the world gives a damn about them. There are plenty of girls (and guys) that are losers out there .... they just happen to have paparazzi following them around .... they aren't the only people doing stupid things ... just the ones in the spotlight ..... if everyone would stop reading those rags and following their antics then perhaps they could make their mistakes in relative obscurity like the rest of us .... feeding the media frenzied only perpetuates those stalkers .... and I do believe that those guys should be charged with stalking!

Probability_Amplitude · 08-24-2007, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by debdodd

perhaps those girls are a bigger deal on the coast but it doesn't seem that the rest of the world gives a damn about them.

Nicole Richie was on the front page of one of Sydney's newspapers yesterday

girlinterrupted364 · 08-25-2007, 12:58 PM

i work doing henna body art sometimes and we were doing henna at fair type thing and shaking our heads at the number prepubescent girl walking around with "boyfriends" (but thats another issue all together) and one of them asked for a rosary around her ankle, "like nicole richie has" we were like uhh we dont know what that looks like and it will cost more than you have. hello? is nicole richie really that much of an idol for these girls, it really concerns me the amount of pressure that our culture puts on staying touch with what these out of control girls are doing. my friends are like did you hear what brit- no no i didnt not and i dont want to. where are the celebrities teaching girls about body image and self respect? thats what america needs...not a bunch of anorexic drug addicts being the next generations' role models

**The An-Jel** · 08-25-2007, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Probability_Amplitude

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Originally Posted by debdodd

perhaps those girls are a bigger deal on the coast but it doesn't seem that the rest of the world gives a damn about them.

Nicole Richie was on the front page of one of Sydney's newspapers yesterday

Maximus · 08-25-2007, 07:47 PM

I have had an urge for a while to sodomize lohan, as a redhead, not a blonde, for some reason I have a feeling she'd love getting it in the ass.

As for richie, hilton and spears, I wouldn't touch them, well maybe skull**** britney but only because that's been a childhood fantasy of mine for years.

xXxLostxXx · 09-15-2007, 07:20 AM

Yeah, it's sad how people get glamorized for negative actions and acting wrongly.
In the famous words of my trend-following-sheep cousin: "Okay, good is the new bad, and bad is the new good... it's okay to be a little slutty now! The whole world is!"

...Is this what the media is trying to encourage?