rehab

Flotsam & Jetsam

Prehab Is The New Rehab: Because Non-Addicts Need ‘Me’ Time, Too

7:26PM Maureen OConnor | Wife-beating actor Charlie Sheen has checked into rehab as a “preventative measure“. Witness the ingenious invention of a new celebrity phenomenon: Prehab. A guide the four advantages it provides over actual rehab. More »
People

Charlie Sheen And Wife Battle To See Who Can Do Rehab Better

9:34AM Brian Moylan | Not to be outdone by wife Brooke Mueller, Charlie Sheen has checked himself into rehab as “a preventative measure”. Sorry, Charlie, it’s not going to prevent us from remembering you threatened Brooke with a knife. Also, Toonces did not drive him to treatment.
People

Rare Tiger Spotted At Sex Rehab

6:16AM Richard Lawson | Benoit was right! Pictures have emerged of golfing great Tiger Woods at Gentle Path, a Hattiesburg, Mississippi rehabilitation facility, where he’s supposedly seeking treatment for a sex addiction. Hattiesburg is a profoundly unsexy place, so seems like a good choice.
People

What’s Tiger Doing In Sex Rehab? Benoit Denizet-Lewis Knows

8:56PM Maureen OConnor | NYT-approved literary sex addict Benoit Denizet-Lewis has a source at the Mississippi sex rehab clinic Tiger Woods is rumoured to be dwelling. Tiger is definitely there, says Benoit, who is apparently capable of tabloidism when sex addiction is at stake. More »
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 »