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"Armageddon" California Fires: Rob Lowe & Family Escape

Sassy Smith — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:04:00 GMT

Actor Rob Lowe and his family - wife Sheryl, sons Matthew and John - fled their home in Montecito, California as a brush fire engulfed the mountain behind their house, with flames shooting 200 feet in the air. The fire started Thursday night and by Friday morning had scorched 1,500 acres, destroying many homes in the foothills of Montecito.

Reports detail more than 5,400 homes were evacuated and more than 800 acres were burned in just six hours. Multi-million dollar homes are nothing but smoldering ruins.

Rob and his family stopped to check on neighbours as they evacuated, and found them trapped behind their automatic car gate. Despite smoke and flames, Lowe managed to help them open the big gates.

He said, "Embers were falling. The wind was 70 miles an hour, easily, and it was just like Armageddon."

Lowe's home was not damaged but he said, as authorities have, that the winds could change direction at any time.

"It's dead calm now, but if that wind kicks up it's going to be trouble, there's going to be no way to stop it."

Other celebrities have homes in the area, including, Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, John Cleese, Michael Douglas, Christopher Lloyd and Steve Martin.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency in coastal Santa Barbara county. Although no deaths have been reported from the fire, a 98-year-old man died shortly after being evacuated to a nearby hotel according to authorities.

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HerBadMother — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:24:00 GMT

Let's see: she says that the primary thing that her exes (and ex-bedmates) have in common is that they're all "bad boys." Oh, and, also, they all "have dark hair and are passionate in bed."

According to Denise Richards, Charlie Sheen, John Stamos and Richie Sambora were all good in bed. Shame about John Stamos, though: "(he) didn't want to be with a woman who had children so that's like out the door," Denise says during her reality show (not yet aired). "We had a good time though!"

Richards' reality show debuts on E! on Memorial Day and will feature her daughters – Sam, 3, and Lola, 2 – from her marriage to Sheen. She insisted recently, though, that putting her kids in front of the camera isn't exploitation. I suppose, too, that naming your exes and describing their talents in bed isn't exploiting your sexual history, either. You go Denise!

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Denise Richards is Tugging at My Heartstrings

sweatpantsmom — Mon, 12 May 2008 22:35:00 GMT

Poor Denise Richards. What with the husband stealing and the sperm hoarding, she's got a lot on her, uh, hands. Now it seems even her efforts to exploit her children are weighing heavy on her. Damn you world!

Richards whines that she's in a 'no-win' situation with her upcoming reality show Denise Richards: It's Complicated. "If I have my kids on my show, I'm exploiting them," the actress says in an interview with Redbook. "If I don't, people will think I'm not a hands on mom – That's why it's very important to me that the girls are part of it."

Somebody stop the madness! What kind of society do we live in that makes it difficult for a self-absorbed, batshit crazy actress to make a few hundred-thousand-dollars off the backs of her children? Hang in there Denise - I'm confident it'll get easier and easier to sell out your children for a few Prada handbags and a nice chunk of real estate in Montecito.