Agassi – talking about a forthcoming book titled Open – shocked the sporting community with anecdotes about fooling drug-testing officials. The world anti-doping authority, WADA, is now calling for an investigation into the claims.

But [...]]]> Embattled former tennis champ Andre Agassi pleaded for compassion over his revelation that he took crystal methamphetamine while on the pro-tennis circuit.

Agassi – talking about a forthcoming book titled Open – shocked the sporting community with anecdotes about fooling drug-testing officials. The world anti-doping authority, WADA, is now calling for an investigation into the claims.

But Agassi, once married to Brooke Shields, asked for compassion in an interview, alleging he was depressed and needed help in 1997. He said: “It’s what you don’t want to hear. I would hope with that would come some compassion that maybe this person doesn’t need condemnation. Maybe this person could stand a little help. Because that was at a time in my life when I needed help. I had a problem, and there might be many other athletes out there that test positive for recreational drugs that have a problem. So I would ask for some compassion.”

WADA has written to the ATP to show it was responding to the revelations but director-general David Howman has said no action could be taken since the eight-year statute of limitations had run out.

Agassi said: “I don’t know what the ramifications are. I had way more to lose by telling this story in its full transparency than I had to gain. The price that that comes with is the cost that I’ve assumed and I’m OK because the part that I worry and think more about is who this may help.”

An entertainment website claims David Hasselhoff was the person taken to the hospital from his Encino home today.

TMZ says Hasselhoff’s daughter, Hayley, was with the actor when 911 was called. TMZ claims Hayley called her mother, Pamela, to report that her father was extremely drunk.

A friend of Pamela’s called 911 and he was taken by [...]]]>

An entertainment website claims David Hasselhoff was the person taken to the hospital from his Encino home today.

TMZ says Hasselhoff’s daughter, Hayley, was with the actor when 911 was called. TMZ claims Hayley called her mother, Pamela, to report that her father was extremely drunk.

A friend of Pamela’s called 911 and he was taken by paramedics in an ambulance to a local hospital.

TMZ says the hospital was to release Hasselhoff on Sunday night.

Antonio Banderas says his wife Melanie Griffith’s rehab stint was sparked by her use of painkillers after a skiing accident.

The hunky Mask of Zorro star said rumours that the actress’s problems came after he gave her an ultimatum or threatened to divorce her are completely false.

He insisted he’s proud of his wife of 15 years [...]]]>

Antonio Banderas says his wife Melanie Griffith’s rehab stint was sparked by her use of painkillers after a skiing accident.

The hunky Mask of Zorro star said rumours that the actress’s problems came after he gave her an ultimatum or threatened to divorce her are completely false.

He insisted he’s proud of his wife of 15 years – who has been sober for six years.

“It was said actually in some magazine that I said that I gave an ultimatum to my wife,” he said.

“That I present the matter of divorce because she has been involved in addictions…

“Melanie has been addicted for many years and we always came out. We said it out loud.

“It was okay, we were never embarrassed but she was clean and sober for six years.”

Six years of clean living was marred when Griffith, 52, suffered a skiing accident in Aspen, Colorado, 18 months ago.

Three operations to her knee required her to use narcotics – and come face-to-face with her demons again. She was “obligated” to use the drugs, said Banderas, and she “got nervous”.

“In March, she came to me and said, ‘I’m feeling a little bit weak in my determination for this… so I just thought to go to rehabilitation by myself’.

“So the whole entire family is supporting her and I am supporting her and at this particular time more than ever. I’m very proud of her.

“We have been following some type of therapy with other families.

“There are a number of invisible heroes working in AA all around the world.”

Source: Splash News
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Kate Moss will be shaking up the UK capital when she hits the River Thames for a booze cruise.

The 35-year-old model has reportedly hired a barge to sail down the Thames in London for her best friend’s hen night. It is claimed Kate is currently planning which riverside pubs they will be stopping off at.

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Kate Moss will be shaking up the UK capital when she hits the River Thames for a booze cruise.

The 35-year-old model has reportedly hired a barge to sail down the Thames in London for her best friend’s hen night. It is claimed Kate is currently planning which riverside pubs they will be stopping off at.

Kate will be maid of honour at her pal Jess Hallett’’s wedding next month in Italy.

A pal said: "Kate’s booked a barge for 10 people for a weekend over the summer starting near her Cotswolds home. She’s found some great riverside boozers.

"Then at Oxford they’ll spend the evening at a top five-star hotel."

Source: Splash News

Method actor Christian Bale has dropped some serious weight for his latest movie role as a drug addicted boxer.

The Brit star – who famously dropped 63 lbs for his role in The Machinist and then quickly bulked up again for Batman Begins – looked thin and gaunt on the set of The Fighter.

The 35 year-old [...]]]>

Method actor Christian Bale has dropped some serious weight for his latest movie role as a drug addicted boxer.

The Brit star – who famously dropped 63 lbs for his role in The Machinist and then quickly bulked up again for Batman Begins – looked thin and gaunt on the set of The Fighter.

The 35 year-old has been spotted on the set in Boston getting ready to play drug addicted boxer Dicky Eklund, the half-brother of boxer ‘Irish’ Mickey Ward in The Fighter.

"I’ve had to lose a great deal of weight because he was a welterweight," he told MTV last month.

Amy Adams was recently in talks to join Bale and the ensemble cast on The Fighter.

Adams was in talks to play a character named Charlene, a gritty bartender and former college high jump star from Massachusetts who dates Mickey.

Mark Wahlberg plays Mickey, while Melissa Leo joins the stellar cast as mother of the brothers.

Source: Splash News

Conrad Murray, personal physician to Michael Jackson, will not attend the star’s massive memorial service at the Staples Center.

Murray, who tried to revive Jackson and who was living with him at the time he died, said his presence at the memorial would remind people of Jackson’s death.

"He will be mourning in private because he feels [...]]]>

Conrad Murray, personal physician to Michael Jackson, will not attend the star’s massive memorial service at the Staples Center.

Murray, who tried to revive Jackson and who was living with him at the time he died, said his presence at the memorial would remind people of Jackson’s death.

"He will be mourning in private because he feels his presence would remind people of Michael Jackson’s death and the doctor would prefer that people remember his friend as he was in life," said a spokesperson for Murray.

The doctor is currently trying to keep a low profile pending results of a toxicology report on Jackson and his whereabouts are unknown.

The doctor has cooperated in police investigations into the death which at this stage are not classified as criminal.

Murray’s representative said: "He is completely off the radar until the toxicology results are revealed.

"He’s not even talking to friends and family, and I haven’t even spoken to him personally, either."

Bond star Daniel Craig had a bit too much to drink on an evening out with his family, it has been claimed.

Daniel, 41, was at posh London restaurant Nobu with his girlfriend Satsuki Mitchell and teenage daughter Ella.

An onlooker said: “He kept rushing to the toilet every 15 minutes or so and banging [...]]]>

Bond star Daniel Craig had a bit too much to drink on an evening out with his family, it has been claimed.

Daniel, 41, was at posh London restaurant Nobu with his girlfriend Satsuki Mitchell and teenage daughter Ella.

An onlooker said: “He kept rushing to the toilet every 15 minutes or so and banging into the door saying ‘Oops-a-daisy’ while his daughter cracked up laughing.”

The onlooker added: “He had quite a few female admirers but only had eyes for his family.”

Source: Splash News

Michelle Williams is obviously a little uncomfortable with the paparazzi surrounding her and daughter Matilda, as Matilda plays outside.

It is being reported now that Michelle was working on a possible intervention for ex-fiance Heath Ledger before his death. At the time he died, Michelle realized that he [...]]]>

Michelle Williams is obviously a little uncomfortable with the paparazzi surrounding her and daughter Matilda, as Matilda plays outside.

It is being reported now that Michelle was working on a possible intervention for ex-fiance Heath Ledger before his death. At the time he died, Michelle realized that he was in “really, really bad shape” and she was working with other friends and family members to convince him that he needed to check in to rehab.

Tell us something we didn’t already assume. Larry Birkhead told a Bahamian court that Daniel Smith stole a bottle of methadone from his mother, Anna Nicole, approximately five months before his death. Larry also said that he saw Anna Nicole provide Daniel with Ecstasy pills.

The jury investing [...]]]>

Tell us something we didn’t already assume. Larry Birkhead told a Bahamian court that Daniel Smith stole a bottle of methadone from his mother, Anna Nicole, approximately five months before his death. Larry also said that he saw Anna Nicole provide Daniel with Ecstasy pills.

The jury investing Daniel’s death on September 10, 2006, was told that there was some tension between ANS and Daniel in that past year. Anna was worried about Daniel’s drinking and his weight loss, according to Larry. He said Anna would prefer that Daniel do drugs in her presence instead of “running around experimenting with his friends.”

Amy Winehouse once again sported a bandana to cover up her bee hive and with a cigarette in her mouth, an exposed red bra, Wino also debuted her latest glamorous accessory on Monday – a mutilated left arm! This isn’t the first time that the rehabbed singer has sported [...]]]>

Amy Winehouse once again sported a bandana to cover up her bee hive and with a cigarette in her mouth, an exposed red bra, Wino also debuted her latest glamorous accessory on Monday – a mutilated left arm! This isn’t the first time that the rehabbed singer has sported some scrapes and bruises. Last year, Amy even rocked the battered housewife look after getting into a fight with her husband. There’s no word on how she got the cuts on her arm but if it’s self-inflicted, then treatment doesn’t look like it’s doing all that good. Let’s hope she just got caught in chicken wire or something.

Britney’s pal Sam Lufti has admitted to drugging Britney. He says he gave her a handful of pills to help her sleep during one of her episodes.

He also disclosed details about Britney’s mental illness. He said, “In the depressing episodes, it’s all crying. But in the manic [...]]]>

Britney’s pal Sam Lufti has admitted to drugging Britney. He says he gave her a handful of pills to help her sleep during one of her episodes.

He also disclosed details about Britney’s mental illness. He said, “In the depressing episodes, it’s all crying. But in the manic episodes there’s very little crying or sympathy or compassion. She becomes another person. She becomes somebody that just doesn’t care about anybody or anything.”

He says the British accent is part of the manic phase. “She’ll stick to the British accent because she becomes comfortable with it…But you know, when the pink wig comes on. It’s getting bad.”

It may appear that Britney Spears doesn’t give a crap about getting help for whatever her condition is, you may want to think again. Multiple sources are saying that the pop wreck has met with numerous doctors and is even seeing a new psychiatrist and is on medication to [...]]]>

It may appear that Britney Spears doesn’t give a crap about getting help for whatever her condition is, you may want to think again. Multiple sources are saying that the pop wreck has met with numerous doctors and is even seeing a new psychiatrist and is on medication to treat her bipolar disease.

Sources have varying stories on the efficacy of the medication. One friend says that Brit is a different person when she’s on it – normal and sweet. But then she goes takes it for a while and then feels she can live without it thus making her condition deteriorate. However, another source says that the medication just doesn’t work.

The father of Mean Girls actress Lindsay Lohan has vowed to take revenge on the man that formerly supplied his 21-year-old daughter with cocaine. Michael Lohan – himself a former addict who is now involved with youth ministry Teen Challenges – is determined to get even with a man who [...]]]>

The father of Mean Girls actress Lindsay Lohan has vowed to take revenge on the man that formerly supplied his 21-year-old daughter with cocaine. Michael Lohan – himself a former addict who is now involved with youth ministry Teen Challenges – is determined to get even with a man who is now offering his story to the highest bidder.

Michael said: “God is going to get even with this guy. He’s destroyed a lot of lives. “I’ve been looking for the people who’ve been selling my daughter and these other kids the drugs. And come hell or high water, one day I’m going to find these guys and I’m going to expose them.”

Lindsay Lohan was arrested twice last year on driving under the influence (DUI) charges and pleaded guilty in August to misdemeanour DUI and cocaine possession. She later spent two months in rehab at Utah’s Cirque Lodge.

Well all I can say is I wouldn’t want to be in the dealers shoes – no wrath is worse than that of a parent’s.

The jailed husband of junkie singer Amy Winehouse has warned her: “Quit smoking crack or you’ll be dead in three months.”

Speaking from behind bars in Pentonville prison, Blake Fielder-Civil revealed his biggest nightmare is hearing Amy has been killed by her habit. He said: “Every day I fear the prison chaplain [...]]]>

The jailed husband of junkie singer Amy Winehouse has warned her: “Quit smoking crack or you’ll be dead in three months.”

Speaking from behind bars in Pentonville prison, Blake Fielder-Civil revealed his biggest nightmare is hearing Amy has been killed by her habit. He said: “Every day I fear the prison chaplain is going to walk into my cell and break the news that Amy is dead.”

The Back To Black singer, 24, went into rehab on Thursday just days after a shocking video was released of her smoking deadly crack at her seedy flat in Bow, east London, while already high on cocaine, ecstasy and valium.

Blake, 25, talking to the press through his devoted mum Georgette, said: “I’m so relieved she has finally taken my advice after I begged her to go into rehab. I even threatened her with divorce because I thought it would be the only thing to make her see sense. My parents have both pleaded with me to divorce Amy and I told her so before she finally agreed to go in for treatment. They think she’s the Black Widow who will be the death of me if I don’t end our marriage. But I’d prefer to have a short life with Amy than a long life without her.”

Well I think the bookies are taking bets on whether Amy will last till summer…cheerful huh?

Husband of troubled soul singer, Amy Winehouse, has been remanded in custody after appearing in Winehouse falling apart?on Friday, charged with beating up a bartender last June. Blake Fielder-Civil and another man, Michael Brown, were due to stand trial this month, but after Blake was arrested by police for conspiracy to pervert the [...]]]>

Husband of troubled soul singer, Amy Winehouse, has been remanded in custody after appearing in Winehouse falling apart?on Friday, charged with beating up a bartender last June. Blake Fielder-Civil and another man, Michael Brown, were due to stand trial this month, but after Blake was arrested by police for conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, the trial was delayed and bail denied until January 18.

Poor, troubled Amy. Battling with drugs, alcohol, fame, fortune, and now a Christmas without her hubby. People are starting to think she is losing the plot and heading for a breakdown. Only recently was the singer spotted with white powder remnants in her nostrils…putting her claims to be ‘clean’ out the window. Critics have even slated some of her recent performances. So is our girl going to fall apart on us?

Well I can’t say for sure, although I know I would have gone a bit loopy by now; legend Andrew Lloyd Webber (none other!) has stood up for the star, comparing her to likes of Ella Fitzgerald and other such artists. He believes Amy will rise above her personal troubles due to her amazing talent. Oh I do hope you are right Mr Webber.