Famous Celebrities Risking Health Happiness And Reputation
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what happens when celebrities take risks with their fame and their reputations start to implode?
When you are famous and in the limelight keeping secrets about your personal life is almost impossible. So why do famous people take risks with their reputations, and their health?
Taking chances with your health and reputation must be because celebrities from Elvis, Joplin, Jackson through to Amy Winehouse thought they could control things that ordinary people can't. That's one dark side of celebrity.
The other dark side of celebrity is the mental and physical pressure of celebrity status that brings demands that few of us will ever experience. The money and the hangers on mean there is the ever present danger of drug abuse and reckless behaviour. Dr David Sack from Promises rehab in Mailibu says:
"We think that success creates new pressures and demands on people that add to their anxiety and make them more susceptible to alcohol and other drugs"
Celebrities fascinate us. We love spotting their nascent talent. We love following their rise to fame. Just as much we are captivated when they go off the rails. Why is this? Might it be something to do with living life by proxy? is it because stars and celebrities take life chances that we don't?
The subject of celebrity is taken very seriously by academics. In Illusions of Immortality by David Giles one of his opening ideas is that we are intrigued by the 'quest for greatness'. Lynne Khale and Pamela Homer write about the Physical Attractiveness of Celebrity Endorsers, and Diane Ash describes the Paradox of Loneliness that celebrities experience. This is a world where we know a great deal the celebrity and they know nothing about us.
Looking at it differently, instead of seeing celebrities as 'problem children', we might look in the mirror at ourselves. People who worship celebrities have issues themselves. Celebrities in the minds of some people take on the role of gods, and many religious people break their religious teaching that "Thou shalt worship no other Gods." Some academics even say that obsession with celebrity can be classed as a "erotomanic type of delusional disorder"!
Here are some celebrity interviews that have gone wrong and here's a top 25 of celebrity bad behavior including OJ Simpson, Mel Gibson, and Wesley Snipes.
Taking chances with your health and reputation must be because celebrities from Elvis, Joplin, Jackson through to Amy Winehouse thought they could control things that ordinary people can't. That's one dark side of celebrity.
The other dark side of celebrity is the mental and physical pressure of celebrity status that brings demands that few of us will ever experience. The money and the hangers on mean there is the ever present danger of drug abuse and reckless behaviour. Dr David Sack from Promises rehab in Mailibu says:
"We think that success creates new pressures and demands on people that add to their anxiety and make them more susceptible to alcohol and other drugs"
Celebrities fascinate us. We love spotting their nascent talent. We love following their rise to fame. Just as much we are captivated when they go off the rails. Why is this? Might it be something to do with living life by proxy? is it because stars and celebrities take life chances that we don't?
The subject of celebrity is taken very seriously by academics. In Illusions of Immortality by David Giles one of his opening ideas is that we are intrigued by the 'quest for greatness'. Lynne Khale and Pamela Homer write about the Physical Attractiveness of Celebrity Endorsers, and Diane Ash describes the Paradox of Loneliness that celebrities experience. This is a world where we know a great deal the celebrity and they know nothing about us.
Looking at it differently, instead of seeing celebrities as 'problem children', we might look in the mirror at ourselves. People who worship celebrities have issues themselves. Celebrities in the minds of some people take on the role of gods, and many religious people break their religious teaching that "Thou shalt worship no other Gods." Some academics even say that obsession with celebrity can be classed as a "erotomanic type of delusional disorder"!
Here are some celebrity interviews that have gone wrong and here's a top 25 of celebrity bad behavior including OJ Simpson, Mel Gibson, and Wesley Snipes.
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Whitney Houston at her very best
Whitney Houston Tweets
Whitney Houston
rehab gossip
- A Whitney Houston Investigation: The Long, Sad Road to her Beverly Hilton Death
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- 26. Try to find somewhere where they take the term "rehab" literally. I currently live next to a halfway house, and I often wake up to one of the residents singing Whitney Houston's "The Greatest Love of All" on repeat at the top of her lungs.
- Grapevine: Whitney Houston's final song released
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- Bobby Brown says new album, 'Masterpiece,' represents his rehabilitation process
- His turbulent marriage to Whitney Houston further eroded his image. In a recent interview with the ?Today? show's Matt Lauer, Brown denied that he got his late ex-wife addicted to drugs. Houston's career was derailed by her drug use, which came to the ...
Whitney Houston Links
- US singer and actress Whitney Houston dies aged 48
- Singer and actress Whitney Houston, one of the most celebrated acts of all time, is found dead in Los Angeles at the age of 48.
- Whitney Houston obituary | Music | guardian.co.uk
- One of the most celebrated female singers of all time until her image as America's sweetheart was ravaged by drug use
- Whitney-Fan.com: Welcome Whitney Houston Fans! Whitney Houston Music, Song Lyrics, News, Movies, Photos
- Find Whitney Houston news, message boards, song lyrics, photos, music and movie information, audio and video samples, chart statistics, discographies, archives and much more. Dedicated to singer, actress, movie producer and all-around entertainer and superstar Whitney Houston.
Amy Winehouse Tweets
Amy Winehouse Gossip
- I'm like Amy Winehouse - without the drugs: Big voice, crazy clothes, but ...
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Amy Winehouse Tweets
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Ryan Giggs Celebrity Reputation Meltdown
- Ryan Giggs battling to save marriage after Imogen Thomas affair revelation - The Daily Record
- Shamed Ryan Giggs was battling to save his marriage last night after his wife hurled her wedding ring off during a heated row.
- Angry Alex Ferguson tries to ban journalist over Ryan Giggs question - European, Football - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk
- Sir Alex Ferguson has demanded that a reporter, who asked about Ryan Giggs, should be banned from Friday's press conference at Wembley ahead of the Champions League final against Barcelona on Saturday.
- BBC News - Ryan Giggs named by MP as injunction footballer
- A married footballer named on Twitter as having an injunction over an alleged affair with reality TV star Imogen Thomas is identified by an MP as Manchester United's Ryan Giggs.
Celebrity Obsessions Tweets
Celebrity Rehab Tweets
Celebrity Rehabilitation Professionals
- Promises
- American celebrity addiction specialists
- The Priory
- European addiction specialists
Kerry Katona Gossip
- Kerry's fishy Come Dine with Me dinner
- Kerry Katona, Lionel Blair, Cheryl Fergison, Orville and Keith Harris enjoy dinner By JENNY MANNING KERRY Katona quipped "I can't be eating this s***" after hearing Cheryl Fergison was serving up a crumpet starter on Come Dine With Me ? before dishing ...
- Katona serves fish and chips and calls in an ice cream van to win dinner party ...
- By Sarah Fitzmaurice But Kerry Katona's diet went out of the window when she served up a fish and chip dinner on a celebrity episode of Come Dine With Me. The 31-year-old took part in Jubilee-themed show and entertained EastEnders star Cheryl Fergison, ...
- Kerry Katona gets white gunk splattered all over her face….
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- We've all wanted to do it! Kerry Katona and Lembit Opik find themselves victim ...
- And today that became reality for both Kerry Katona and former MP Lembit Opik, who found themselves the victims of Phillip Schofield's very accurate pie-throwing during This Morning's summer showdown this morning. The pair covered up in plastic ponchos ...
Tiger Woods and Rehab
Tiger Woods Gossip
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Lindsay Lohan's Issues
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Lindsa Lohan News
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- [Stylelist] ? Lindsay Lohan is being taken to court over $40k of unpaid bronzing sessions by tanning company Tanning Vegas. [HuffPo] ? W's beauty director, Jane Larkworthy, picks her top sunscreen choices for summer. [W] ? Courtney Cox and David ...
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Celebrity Rehabilitation News
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- Smith's ability to quickly move past a vulnerable moment and continue to represent himself as a hospitable personality is rare to find in many of today's celebrities. Stories of rehab stints, trashed hotel rooms and other forms of personal excess are ...
- Birds of Prey Day coming to Brewster, NY
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- TV chef serves up a smiling cuppa
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- Eagle found hurt in Ophelia released after rehabilitation
- On May 16, officials with the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Virginia released ?NX,? a female bald eagle and aviary celebrity, at the Rappahannock River National Wildlife Refuge in Richmond County. And those involved with the eagle's recovery are ...
Blogger Talk Celebrity Rehabilitation
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- Smith's ability to quickly move past a vulnerable moment and continue to represent himself as a hospitable personality is rare to find in many of today's celebrities. Stories of rehab stints, trashed hotel rooms and other forms of personal excess are ...
- Birds of Prey Day coming to Brewster, NY
- ... as is environmental lawyer and ecologist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., among other celebrity guests. Both Fowler and Kennedy are passionate supporters of the nonprofit's wildlife conservation efforts. Paul Kupchok, a wildlife rehabilitation specialist at ...
- TV chef serves up a smiling cuppa
- A CELEBRITY chef mobbed by firefighters and schoolgirls may not seem a logical fit with stories of cancer battles. But, at Westmead Rehabilitation Centre's Biggest Morning Tea, it worked brilliantly. MasterChef series two finalist Alvin Quah joined ...
- Eagle found hurt in Ophelia released after rehabilitation
- On May 16, officials with the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Virginia released ?NX,? a female bald eagle and aviary celebrity, at the Rappahannock River National Wildlife Refuge in Richmond County. And those involved with the eagle's recovery are ...
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Pete Doherty Gossip
- Pete Doherty to try Thailand rehab round two
- Troubled UK tabloid favorite Pete Doherty is rumoured to heading to Thailand (again) to get over his long time addiction to drink and drugs. The musician, who famously dated supermodel Kate Moss, has booked a stay at the £7700 (B380,000) a month Cabin ...
- Pete Doherty Admits Drug Addiction Struggle, Used Heroin on Film Set
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- Rockers Who Just Say No
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- Pete Doherty: the challenge of making a film as a heroin addict
- A rainy afternoon on the Riviera and Pete Doherty is nursing a beer. The beach is feet away, but he is preternaturally pale, and entirely in black ? exactly as he is in Confession of a Child of the Century, an experimental arthouse drama about a ...
Pete Doherty Tweets
Celebrity Drug Users
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- Robert Downey Jr.'s addiction to drugs started with Marijuana when he was only 6 years old.
- Celebrity Addicts
- Betty Ford and Leonard Nimoy too alledgedly
- Wasted Celebrity
- Burning out before they fade away
- Celebrities on Drugs
- Lindsay Lohan was offered $1m to appear on celebrity rehab.
- Celebrity Smack
- celebrity gossip blog
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Celebrity Drug Demise Bloggers
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- Four Britons and an Indian citizen have been arrested on the resort island of Bali for drug smuggling, police said on Monday, and could face death by firing squad under Indonesia's stiff anti-drug laws. By Sarah Dougherty, Denpasar Police named Briton ...
- Tribulations of '80s Child Stars
- The couple married in 1998, and Dori most likely kept Bridges on the straight and narrow after years of drug abuse and run-ins with the law. They are parents to 13-year-old Spencir, who followed his father into acting, appearing the 2007 film "Daddy ...
- Gangster/church 'apostle' accused in child sex assaults
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- Stories set to appear in Wednesday's edition of The Herald-Whig
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Celebrity Alcohol Problem Bloggers
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- The celebrity chef ? whose loyal following enjoys watching him devour animal parts, guzzle alcohol, and pontificate on everything from Lebanese politics to Chicago hot dogs ? will host a weekend travel show on CNN in 2013.
- Celebrity Fix
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- MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit Concert Honors Jerry Cantrell, Neil Lasher, Feat ...
- Cantrell will be honored with the Stevie Ray Vaughan Award for his dedication and support of the MusiCares MAP Fund, and for his commitment to helping other addicts with the addiction and recovery process. Lasher will be the recipient of MusiCares ...
- In other news...: Randy Cunningham wants his guns back - Celebrity News
- Cunningham, 70, will have to appeal to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms ? but, as the judge noted, ?Every year since 1992, Congress has refused to provide funding to the ATF to review applications from the federal firearm ban.?
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Famous People Who Have Crashed and Burned
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