If Jay-Z has really changed his name to Shawn Knowles-Carter (as opposed to just B changing hers), then my liking for him has just increased astronomically. I kind of doubt that it's true, but if it is true, then it's awesome.
dear carrie underwood,
first of all, best wishes for your engagement.
now, I know you are somewhat traditional, but I just wanted to ask you as a friend not to adopt your fiancee's name once you are married. You seem to work hard and have a nice story but I'm afraid you are no Carrie Fisher.
Drugs are an easy way to keep weight off and your energy up. I wish it were not so, but it's true. I can honestly say that if I were in film for whatever reason, I would be totally fucked up. Not only that, but I can see how so many women drop weight just from the stress of being followed, performing in films (so many are not natural actors, and so many question their talents), having everything you say and do picked apart, including your looks. That kind of anxiety would straight up kill my appetite.
I don't want to project that this was the case for Murphy. In fact, it didn't even cross my mind until I started reading media this morning. But I can't ignore the culture radiating through this industry that is so totally damaging. And we all feed into it. It's just sad. Really sad.
I am a reasonably intelligent 30 year old and I am still not past the point where I am tempted to be a vulnerable, self-destructive, wasting away kind of person. It's almost like society worships this kind of female being who needs to be saved, but only when she is whip thin, doe-eyed or conforms to any kind of superficial way. It's super distressing.
I think I might just be taking this personally, but having known people with EDs whose hearts have stopped and so many people with drug problems, I just know that even if it turns out that this is what happened with Murphy, none of them, none of us will take anything from it in any real way. And things will just go back to being the same.
@Penny: Yeah, almost every day I have to dismiss a fleeting thought that if I developed a raging coke habit the rest of my life would be happy even if shortened because I would be thin. And I ain't even an actress.
@Penny: I have to say Brittany's death woke me the hell up. I *suspect* she had an ED - that's only because I have one and have had one for 20 years, the vast majority of my life. Saturday I was really bad off from the night before and kept thinking "okay is this the day?" because I know I'm playing Russian roulette with my life. I honestly can't believe I am still here - so seeing what happened to her, and we're roughly the same age - made me realize I needed to get some help (again). Regardless of whether or not she suffered from an ED, it hit me hard and I realized I was kidding myself that I could remain this way and still be here for the people who I love.
@Penny: I think all the time about the boundaries in place in most people's lives that keep them from a raging drug habit, ie money, family, job, ect. So many of those things can't be done (or done long term)by your average joe with an incapacitating drug habit.
It is astounding how many of these boundaries lift when you are rich and famous. Suddenly drugs are every where, done by everyone and money is no issue. You have people paid to cover your indiscretions. Who would not develop some sort of raging habit given those conditions?
@Penny: The photo yahoo used to break the news was of a stick thin Britanny and with mention of cardiac arrest, my first thought was another Karen Carpenter type of death.
Like you, if I was in that biz, I wish I could say I'd buck the system, but I know I would cave.
@zu_zu: Please hang in there, kiddo. Acknowledging that things are rough right now, and asking for help to get through it is the very hardest part - it really is. Things do get easier, bit by steady bit.
And fuck me, I'd miss you if you weren't around. Even strangers on the internet love you, so it's time to give yourself a break, okay?
I remember when the original Supergirl movie came out. My mom had given me some sort of promotional magazine with Helen Slater on the cover, and I was convinced it would be the best movie of all time and win every Oscar there was.
An investigation on Wikipedia does inform me that the director's cut was released on DVD in 2006 with about 50 minutes of footage added to the theatrical release, which might go a long way towards restoring best-ness.
@msdisc: there is something to be said for the ability to keep one's mouth shut about business which is personal. Now, this information does nothing but work to damage a dead girl's reputation without her around to defend herself. (not that she would need to anyhow)
you know what they say about "with friends like that ..."
Entertainer of the year? I'm sure that Taylor Swift is a great person, but has anybody else heard her try to sing live? It ain't pretty. It's not so much that she's out of tune, but her voice is very thin and lacks any kind of tonal quality.
@token_illiterate_commenter: She should win an award for playing someone MUCH YOUNGER than 20 years old. How long are they going to try to call her a teenager?
Actually, a friend of a source of a roommate tells me Michelle was impregnated by Ted Kennedy before he died (as opposed to after) and that the only reasonable thing to do was to put the child in a Portugese Water Dog costume and act so happy that Ted "gave" the family a new "pet."
Brad storms off into Gerard's arms, leaving pregnant Jen inconsolable and Angie adopting a white, Canadian child to mend her broken heart and be the ring-bearer as she walks down the aisle with Tom, as a distraught Katie moves to her secret apartment in NYC, where she hides Suri from Xenu while kindling the child's secret love affair with Maddox.
Oh, and the Kardashians are all pregnant, married and go bald. And get In Touch tattooed on their scalps.
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first of all, best wishes for your engagement.
now, I know you are somewhat traditional, but I just wanted to ask you as a friend not to adopt your fiancee's name once you are married. You seem to work hard and have a nice story but I'm afraid you are no Carrie Fisher.
love, Lucy
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I don't want to project that this was the case for Murphy. In fact, it didn't even cross my mind until I started reading media this morning. But I can't ignore the culture radiating through this industry that is so totally damaging. And we all feed into it. It's just sad. Really sad.
I am a reasonably intelligent 30 year old and I am still not past the point where I am tempted to be a vulnerable, self-destructive, wasting away kind of person. It's almost like society worships this kind of female being who needs to be saved, but only when she is whip thin, doe-eyed or conforms to any kind of superficial way. It's super distressing.
I think I might just be taking this personally, but having known people with EDs whose hearts have stopped and so many people with drug problems, I just know that even if it turns out that this is what happened with Murphy, none of them, none of us will take anything from it in any real way. And things will just go back to being the same.
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The more this day has progressed, the sadder I've gotten about this.
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It is astounding how many of these boundaries lift when you are rich and famous. Suddenly drugs are every where, done by everyone and money is no issue. You have people paid to cover your indiscretions. Who would not develop some sort of raging habit given those conditions?
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Like you, if I was in that biz, I wish I could say I'd buck the system, but I know I would cave.
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And fuck me, I'd miss you if you weren't around. Even strangers on the internet love you, so it's time to give yourself a break, okay?
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I mostly remember being very disappointed.
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An investigation on Wikipedia does inform me that the director's cut was released on DVD in 2006 with about 50 minutes of footage added to the theatrical release, which might go a long way towards restoring best-ness.
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you know what they say about "with friends like that ..."
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Jen's baby fever is out of control!
Britney Spears engaged to Robert Pattinson, who is an actual emo vampire!
Stalk me, baby, one more time!
President Obama caught in torrid embrace with Brad Pitt!
We hear they're converting to Scientology, because why the fuck not?
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are a normal couple! No, really. Seriously. REALLY.
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Oh, and the Kardashians are all pregnant, married and go bald. And get In Touch tattooed on their scalps.
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This made me laugh. Really, awkwardly hard. Thanks Margaret.
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