MoGrubb Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 Since Dr. Phil was called in I'm beginning to suspect a publicity stunt, like she/they are trying to get something "good" or benefit from of a sad situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 Yeah. Like a ratings boost for Dr. Phil... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 (edited) Dr. Phil will be talking about his little hospital visit to Britney on CBS-TV's "The Early Show" tomorrow morning. No surprise, but there's something so sublimely whorish about this whole episode (on all sides), that you'd think the celebrity culture would just freakin' explode. Commenting (handwringing actually) on tv a couple of days ago about the impact the writers strike would have on the Golden Globes, Oscars awards shows with so many stars not showing up, the correspondent likened it to people going to the zoo and there not being any animals around. 'Can you imagine?', she sighed mightily. Edited January 8, 2008 by Son-of-a-Weizen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe G Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Dr. Phil cancels Britney Spears show By JO PIAZZA in Los Angeles and STEPHANIE GASKELL in New York DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS Monday, January 7th 2008, 4:07 PM Dr. Phil's planned sitdown Monday with Britney Spears' parents dissolved into accusations he was exploiting the troubled singer's emotional crackup. The TV shrink insisted he canceled the taping with Jamie and Lynne Spears "because the Spears situation is too intense at this time, and out of consideration to the family." A source close to Dr. Phil McGraw said it was Britney's parents who cut him off, furious he blabbed about her mental state after visiting her in the psych ward at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. "As soon as Jamie realized Dr.Phil was making public statements about Britney, including assessments of her condition, he got angry," the source told Life & Style magazine. "He started making phone calls to everybody in the family, telling them not to cooperate." The show was to air Tuesday. Britney Spears was held in the hospital overnight after going berserk when ex-hubby Kevin Federline's bodyguards came to pick up her two baby boys. She was said to be stunned by Dr. Phil's visit and many of McGraw's psychiatric colleagues blasted him. McGraw - now called Dr. Shill by some critics - went on CBS' sister show "Entertainment Tonight" to defend himself. "I've been working with this family behind the scenes for a long time, longer than you can imagine," he said, refusing to apologize for trying to help. "Somebody needs to step up and get this young woman into some quality care," he said. Spears doesn't seem to be in a rush to get help: After checking out of the hospital Saturday, she was in Palm Desert, Calif., with Adnan Ghalib, a 35-year-old paparazzo whose friends and colleagues say may sell Spears out. "[Ghalib] has always played Britney's 'knight in shining armor' but there is this opportunistic side to him and he could just be in this for the big payday at the end," a friend told TMZ.com. "He's an interesting character," a former photo editor said of the "charming" Ghalib. "He knows his way around the ladies." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randissimo Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 I am so tired of Britney news... Last year it was Anna Nicole Smith... BIG WOOP... I DON'T CARE Lots of other people and subjects a lot more newsworthy in my opinion.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoGrubb Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 I wonder if Dr. Phil went on his own or if he was called. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Dr. Phil cancels Britney Spears show By JO PIAZZA in Los Angeles and STEPHANIE GASKELL in New York DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS "I've been working with this family behind the scenes for a long time, longer than you can imagine," he said, refusing to apologize for trying to help. "Somebody needs to step up and get this young woman into some quality care," he said. Dr. Phil's mouth often moves at least one clause too far into the realm of the quietly absurd self-serving. Here, for me, it's "longer than you can imagine." Beautiful in its puffed-up snootiness. And "Somebody needs to step up" is nice in the same vein. Actually, I think it's Roger Clemens who could use some help from Dr. Phil right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe G Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 I actually liked McGraw when he first appeared. That was long ago, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 January 9, 2008 Spears Family: Dr. Phil Crossed the Line By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 1:44 p.m. ET NEW YORK (AP) -- Britney Spears' family says ''Dr. Phil'' McGraw crossed the line by not keeping his mouth shut after making a house call on the singer last week. Lou Taylor, a business manager for Spears' mother, Lynne, and younger sister, Jamie Lynn, appeared on NBC's ''Today'' show Wednesday and said McGraw had betrayed the family's trust by talking to the media about Spears' mental health after showing up at the 26-year-old pop star's hospital room on Saturday for a visit. ''The family basically extended an invitation of trust for him to come in as a resource to support them, not to go out and make public statements,'' Taylor said. ''Any statement publicly that he made, because he was brought in under this cloak of trust, (is) just inappropriate.'' Taylor said McGraw was invited to the hospital by Spears' family, but ''he was not invited to make this part of a public display or part of the media.'' McGraw said earlier this week that he was shelving plans for a show on Spears' latest breakdown. He said Spears' predicament was ''too intense'' for him to go on with the show. Taylor said the syndicated TV psychologist broached the idea of the show to Spears' handlers, who eventually decided that such a show would be ''detrimental'' to the family. McGraw representative Theresa Corigliano did not immediately respond to phone and e-mail messages by The Associated Press seeking comment. Mental health professionals also criticized McGraw this week, saying he went too far by showing up at Spears' room at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles as she was about to be discharged. McGraw fired back at his critics in an interview with ''Entertainment Tonight'' on Monday. ''Somebody needs to step up and get this young woman into some quality care -- and I do not apologize one whit, not one second, for trying to make that happen,'' he said. Spears was hospitalized Thursday night after a child custody dispute with ex-husband Kevin Federline resulted in an hours-long standoff with police. On Friday, a court commissioner gave sole physical and legal custody of 1-year-old Jayden James and 2-year-old Sean Preston to Federline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Just finished perusing the article about Chateau Elysee in the current issue of The New Yorker in which one dutiful staffer pulls out the green book full of LRH's dictates ('Celebrity Centres should work to rehabilitate old or faded artists'). So why isn't she being whisked off to Celebrity Centre and right on up to the L. Ron Hubbard Suite? She ain't old...but she's faded -- or at least fading fast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 She's past her freshness date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 ....heck with her then, I want a room there!!! Looks like Old Europe heaven! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TedR Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Great judgement on the part of the Spears family to request help from a tv star who is also tabloid fodder himself and not expect that increased media coverage will be the result of his "support". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoGrubb Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 (edited) Great judgement on the part of the Spears family to request help from a tv star who is also tabloid fodder himself and not expect that increased media coverage will be the result of his "support". That's what makes me believe that it's a publicity stunt to try and make something good(promotion) out of this sad situation. Heck, I wouldn't be surprise if she's faking illness for publicity. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nice avatar TedR. This is the avatar that I use on some other boards: Edited January 9, 2008 by MoGrubb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TedR Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Thanks Mo. I may need to upgrade my Alfred E. to that one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoGrubb Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Thanks Mo. I may need to upgrade my Alfred E. to that one! Be my guest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Have to say I laughed at the opening grafs of this NYT review: Television Review Further Adventures in America’s Favorite Pastime, ‘Addictionology’ By ALESSANDRA STANLEY Published: January 10, 2008 Addicts come in many guises, but the most pernicious are substance-abuse abusers — those reckless, incorrigible souls who cannot stop bingeing on the weaknesses of the rich and semi-famous. The Spears family at long last rallied this week to stage an intervention, hiring a specialist to confront the talk-show psychologist Dr. Phil McGraw after he visited Britney Spears in the hospital and began preparing a special about her meltdown. He also spoke to “Entertainment Tonight” about Ms. Spears’s case. “What’s wrong with Dr. Phil’s statement is that he made a statement,” is how Lou Taylor, a Spears family spokeswoman, put it on “Today.” Dr. Phil backed down and canceled the special, but he still appears to be in denial about his problem, insisting on his Web site (drphil.com) that Ms. Spears’s condition was “too intense” for him to proceed with the program. Dr. Phil’s case is alarming, a cautionary tale of how a few appearances on “Oprah” can serve as a gateway drug to full-blown addiction. “Dr. Phil,” now in its sixth season, includes “Dr. Phil House,” a “Real World”-type group encounter with therapy; it’s one bong hit away from “The Maury Show.” But Dr. Phil is hardly alone. “Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew,” a new series on VH1, begins tonight. It’s a searing, unflattering but still celebratory look at eight worst-case-scenario addicts, including the actor and sitcom star Jeff Conaway (“Grease,” “Taxi”), a porn star, two wrestlers, a former “American Idol” contestant and Brigitte Nielsen. Needless to say it is habit-forming. The V.I.P. patients at the Pasadena Recovery Center are in the hands of Dr. Drew Pinsky, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Southern California and a host of the radio show “Loveline.” Dr. Drew, as his patients call him, is a calmer, more self-effacing presence than Dr. Phil, but even he displays some worrisome early symptoms of camera dependence. He describes himself as an “addictionologist” and in one scene arrives at the recovery center in his off-duty clothes, a tight-fitting black T-shirt and jeans. VH1 is the nation’s No. 1 enabler, a cable channel that specializes in exposing and exploiting celebrities and whose drug of choice is impaired behavior. The E! network put Anna Nicole Smith on camera, but VH1 was home to “Hey Paula” and took over “The Surreal Life” from WB, tossing minor, fallen celebrities together in a house with a camera and no inhibitions. VH1 is also stocking the minibars of the cast of “Flavor of Love” and its many spin-offs. And “Breaking Bonaduce,” a reality show that tracked the addiction and suicidal impulses of the former child actor Danny Bonaduce, got VH1 in trouble for standing by and filming Mr. Bonaduce when he drank and drove, boasting that a crash would make “great television.” “Celebrity Rehab” is a halfway house solution to the network’s problem. On one hand it’s not a joke. It’s almost as scary as the HBO show “Rehab” or “Intervention” on A&E, which focus on ordinary addicts and relentlessly trace the arc of abuse, recovery and relapse. VH1 is selling its series as a form of community service, almost as if to expiate past excesses. But “Celebrity Rehab” is actually a form of co-dependence, a channel making its fortune from other people’s misfortune, and unfortunate people relying on a network to revive their careers, a Quaalude pro quo. The series exposes all the horrors of addiction, but lightens them with the familiar voyeuristic elements of “The Surreal Life” and other soft-core scorn: silly celebrity tantrums, kooky mishaps and bosomy women in skimpy halter tops bonding and confronting one another. The show offers desperate people a last chance to detox, but it’s also a last call for show business has-beens who crave one more crack at fame and will allow cameras into their treatment center bathrooms and therapy sessions for the opportunity. Not surprisingly, two of the in-patients, Ms. Nielsen and Joanie Laurer, a former wrestler and actress known as Chyna Doll, are alumnae of “The Surreal Life,” and Mr. Conaway was a contestant on “Celebrity Fit Club” another VH1 spectacle, until he dropped out to go to rehab, a different one. A porn actress, Mary Carey, says she wants to quit drinking but gets upset when her sex toys and videos are taken away. Mr. Conaway is the saddest case, hunched over in a wheelchair, his speech so slurred it sometimes requires subtitles. In the first episode he has a seizure and is rushed to the hospital. His return from the E.R. is not triumphant. “I need you to” urinate standing up, Dr. Drew tells him in the bathroom, kindly but firmly. The camera does not enter the room with the doctor and his moaning patient but hovers outside, peeking through the open door as if hinting for an invitation. And it won’t be long. “Celebrity Rehab” reveals a lot about substance abuse in the darkest shadows of Hollywood, but it never just says no. CELEBRITY REHAB WITH DR. DREW VH1, Thursday night at 10, Eastern and Pacific times; 9, Central time. What the heck happened to Jeff Conaway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robviti Posted January 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 What the heck happened to Jeff Conaway? did you never see or hear about his drug-related meltdown two years ago on celebrity fit club 3? check out this clip from the show where he lost it after taking "two benedryls." conaway meltdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 January 14, 2008 No Sign of Spears at Custody Hearing By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 1:38 p.m. ET LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Britney Spears was nowhere to be seen Monday as a court hearing convened in her child custody battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline. Federline and his lawyer were on hand as Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon began the hearing, which was scheduled after Gordon earlier this month suspended Spears' right to visit her sons. Gordon allowed reporters into the courtroom for about one minute before he announced that the hearing was being closed. The commissioner granted a motion from Spears' attorneys to quash a subpoena, but there was no information given about what the subpoena involved or to whom it had been issued. A throng of photographers and reporters waited outside the downtown courthouse to see if Spears would come to what one attorney described as ''the most significant hearing in the case so far.'' Law enforcement officers watched over the scene. Spears, 26, has had trouble making recent legal dates: On Dec. 12, she called in sick for a court-ordered deposition, then arrived nearly two hours late at an attorney's office on its rescheduled date, Jan. 3. Federline's attorney, Mark Vincent Kaplan, told The Associated Press on Sunday that he didn't know if Spears would come to Monday's hearing, and he indicated that it would be important for her to be there to take the opportunity to try to persuade the court restore visitation. ''You can't phone this one in,'' he said. Police and emergency medical technicians who were summoned to Spears' home the night of Jan. 3 in a standoff involving her refusal to return the boys to Federline were expected to testify Monday, probably behind closed doors, Kaplan said. Kaplan said he knew it was only a temporary measure when he obtained emergency court orders two weeks ago granting sole physical and legal custody to Federline. Police were called by a court-appointed monitor Jan. 3 when Spears refused to hand over Jayden James, 1, and Sean Preston, 2, to Federline's security guard. She locked herself in a room with one of the boys. Police officers spent hours at the house and then called Fire Department paramedics who placed her on a gurney and took her to a hospital with a crowd of paparazzi in pursuit. Spears left Cedars-Sinai Medical Center a day and half later. Police have released no information about why Spears was taken to the hospital. TV's ''Dr. Phil'' McGraw told celebrity news programs he was with Spears as she was released, saying she was in ''dire'' need of medical and psychological help. That drew a rebuke from Spears' relatives. The day after the incident, Kaplan presented papers to the court commissioner, who awarded sole legal and physical custody of the boys to Federline and suspended Spears' visitation rights. Kaplan said if visitation is restored, it would be under more restrictions than those originally imposed by Gordon. Sad, but I can't stop holding my breath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 Sad, but I can't stop holding my breath. Keep it up. Ignore the blackouts. Keep going .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 (edited) Sad, but I can't stop holding my breath. Keep it up. Ignore the blackouts. Keep going .... You said you were blocking my posts with the ignore function. You have to be honest with yourself first Dan. edit: I made an apt. with Dr. Phil for you Dan. PM with info sent. Edited January 14, 2008 by 7/4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 She should just get a(nother) dog. If I was ever threatened with having my kids taken away from me I'd be camping out at the courthouse so as not to be late for a hearing or depo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 Sad, but I can't stop holding my breath. Keep it up. Ignore the blackouts. Keep going .... You said you were blocking my posts with the ignore function. You have to be honest with yourself first Dan. yeah well, no more free rides for an a-hole like you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wheel Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 I actually liked McGraw when he first appeared. That was long ago, however. McGraw is yet another example of my First Rule of America: always presume that anything coming from Oklahoma is bad until it proves itself good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 Sad, but I can't stop holding my breath. Keep it up. Ignore the blackouts. Keep going .... You said you were blocking my posts with the ignore function. You have to be honest with yourself first Dan. yeah well, no more free rides for an a-hole like you. How's that anger management class coming along? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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