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People
The Cause Of Mischa Barton’s Time In The Crazy House: Wisdom Teeth
5:24AM Brian Moylan | Remember when Mischa Barton was involuntarily committed this past July? Well, we finally found out why. It’s because her teeth hurt. That’s probably the worst rehab excuse we’ve ever heard. Why not just go with “exhaustion?” More »
Big Screen
Hollywood-Fueled Drug Wars Hit Close To Home
6:00AM Owen Thomas | Everyone’s a critic. Queen of the South, a movie about the world of Mexico’s drug-running gangsters, has been dropped over fears of retribution by criminals who object to their cinematic portrayal More »
People
Rehab For Courtenay Semel’s ‘Exhaustion’
9:58PM Ryan Tate | Courtenay Semel is ready to stop lighting her girlfriends’ hair on fire, or at least regain access to the trust fund her father, former Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, locked her out of. More »
A Tara Reid-Welcoming Promises Attempts to Assert Its Integrity
3:30AM Kyle Buchanan | Not long after we reported on Tara Reid getting free rehab at Promises, a rep for the rehab facility contacted us, took us into a quiet, seaside-adjacent massage room, and began a healing confrontation. More »
Promises Malibu Now Admitting D-Listers For Free With Proof Of Notoriety
4:13AM Kyle Buchanan | Though our wintry economic climate provides plenty of reasons to drink, it also leaves us with little money to spend on lavish, unhelpful rehab facilities. How bad have things gotten? Just look at Promises! More »
Gary Busey Admits He’s Done Coke Off A Canine Hooker’s Back
4:12AM Seth | Fans of Celebrity Rehab’s first season will recall it featured several breakout recoveries, including those of failed hip-hop superduo Vikki & Kenickie, as well as the addictionless Joanie “Chyna” Laurer, who right up until CR commencement exercises refused to reveal the enigmatic circumstances that led her into the program. Tomorrow night, the second season premieres on VH1, but a preview already posted online suggests that Gary Busey—who’s made it clear his involvement is strictly as mystical, recovering-coke-fiend mahatma to the other patients—could wind up contributing more story-editor-nip drama to the proceedings than spiritual guidance. More »
Is Lindsay Lohan Back On The Drugs?
8:20AM Defamer Hollywood | Poor Lindsay. She finally just admitted to her relationship with Samantha Ronson, she has a meaty cameo in the season premiere of Ugly Betty tonight, and she even reportedly booked a gig as the guest judge for the premiere of Project Runway when it moves to Lifetime. Things were going so well. Not Mean Girls well, or even I Know Who Killed Me well, but about as good as they’ve been for her in months. And then along comes Star Magazine to burst her happy little bubble. That’s right, the tabloid is reporting that Lindsay is “on the fast track to another drug and alcohol-driven breakdown.” More »
Mackenzie Phillips Ignores ‘No Gels, Liquids, Or Smack Balloons’ Signs At LAX
4:03AM Seth | One Day at a Time is both the title of a seminal postfeminist late-’70s sitcom and a 12-step mantra, and both apply to its star and recovering substance-abuser Mackenzie Phillips. IMDb lists her as having been clean and sober since 1992, but TMZ is reporting that the actress was arrested today at LAX, allegedly for possession of heroin and coke. She’s currently in custody: More »
Amy Winehouse Round-Up: When All Else Fails, Call Russell Brand
11:00AM Clem Bastow | Well, here I was thinking that Blake Fielder-Civil was more or less the last thing that Winegums needs in her life at the moment, but apparently all that “’til death do us part” stuff is, like, totally for reals, and Winegums has decided that the best way to get her husband back on side (you know, her junkie husband that looks like a living corpse and is in jail for assault and perverting the course of justice; you know, that awesome dude) is to go to rehab. And wouldn’t you know it, skanky UK comedian and Forgetting Sarah Marshall dude Russell Brand hooked a sista up.
Amy, 24, will have treatment at the “small and friendly” Focus 12 Clinic in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, where funnyman Russell Brand beat his own demons.
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