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The View on/of Miley Cyrus- UPDATED, Now With More Ellen!

Whit Honea — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:26:00 GMT

Really? We're still talking about Miley Cyrus posing seemingly topless for Annie Leibovitz on the cover of Vanity Fair? Seems like Jamie Lee Curtis said it best when she alluded to the fact that there are actual problems in the world that should have our attention. Even Rosie O'Donnell is making sense, which may be one of the problems Jamie Lee was alluding to. Frightening.

Not to be outdone by every other person with eyes and an internet connection the ladies of The View offered up their two cents and some change on the matter. The video is below. Brace yourself.

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Miley Cyrus' Parents are to Blame: The World According to Jamie Lee Curtis

Whit Honea — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:49:00 GMT

Jamie Lee Curtis knows a thing or two about posing topless. Of course the uproar over her doing so was that it was for the cover of the AARP magazine, and apparently she's too old for such frivolity. Miley Cyrus, at 15, posed pseudo-topless for Vanity Fair. She's too young.

Americans like our topless models in the 18 - 40 range.

Jamie Lee Curtis is laying the blame on Miley's parents. That isn't to say that Annie Leibovitz didn't go a bit far in her attempt at art, and yes, Miley should have realized that her posing for the pictures in question would cause her career some unwanted criticism. They deserve their share of the responsibility.

People are also bitching about Disney to the point that they felt the need to comment. Disney has nothing to do with it. That's like Nerve Media being blamed for me posing for those awkward photos last weekend. Hey, I needed the money. I didn't call Nerve to okay it, and Disney didn't have any say in Miley's spread.

But I digress. Here's what Jamie Lee Curtis wrote in The Huffington Post:

I woke up this morning concerned about the world food shortage and Korean defectors attempting self immolation in protest of Beijing and was astonished at the amount of attention a young woman named Miley Cyrus was getting for a topless, or shall I say backless, photograph in Vanity Fair.

Just to connect the dots, I too have weathered a recent bout of hysteria over a supposed topless, or shall I say strapless, photograph in a magazine. In my case it was an understanding that the photo in question be shoulders up regardless if I was wearing a suit of armor, chastity belt, wet suit, strapless bra or nothing. It is, was and will always be irrelevant and only became an issue when it was publicized as "topless". All the nipple loving/leering people wanted to know...was it true? Kids I know asked their parents and me if I had posed topless. Saturday Night Live in a funny parody alluded to it as well as the efficacy of Activia yogurt and we all had a good laugh and it sold magazines and it is/was over. Now this. (Video Below)

Apparently young Ms. Cyrus has apologized for something she was told would be artistic and now feels embarrassed about. I feel for her. Of course she is embarrassed. She is a young girl. She shouldn't have to deal with any of this. I don't feel that she was duped. I know the integrity of Ms. Liebovitz and the magazine and I know there were people present at the shoot that should have been looking out to make sure that this didn't happen. In the offending photo she looks tousled and soft and vulnerable and yes...even sexy. She is fifteen after all, and the word sex is starting to come up. I seem to remember a fourteen/fifteen year old Brooke Shields commenting that nothing came between her and her Calvins. There would be no problem if Ms. Cyrus doesn't represent something that is counterintuitive to that image.

In the article in the New York Times Business Section, a Disney executive is quoted, saying "For Miley Cyrus to be a 'good girl' is now a business decision for her. Parents have invested in her godliness. If she violates that trust, she won't get it back." In the world of constant scrutiny how can a young person not violate this and develop a mind, body and spirit of their own? Look at the '50s and the idols of that time. Many gay men with beards...sham marriages. Young stars trying out their sexuality secretly. My own mother (pre-show business) was married at 14 to be able to explore her own passions.

Today's generation of performers have had to navigate the treacherous shoals of adolescence in full frontal viewberty [sic] of the peering voyeurism of the media and it's voyeuristic participants. We have watched them as they stumble out of the safety of childhood, not that being a professional actor as a child is safe, but that is another blog, into the glare of celebrity, rehab, prison, teen pregnancy and now this, a backless shot of a young girl. It was called "artistic'. If we keep a young person's natural sexuality in check during their performing years what happens to it? It has to come out. Daniel Radcliffe is starring in Equus which includes nudity and parodied his natural urges (hilariously) on Ricky Gervais' EXTRAS. He has had to carry the weight and morals of Harry Potter and Warner Brothers and can now, as Harry has grown up and the series is nearing its end, tread lightly into adult fare and explore his art.

When these young people get all dressed up for award show red-carpet events don't we all comment how beautiful, stunning and grown-up they look in their strapless/backless dresses and heels and tousled hair? None of this is new. None of this should be news. But it is news because it is a business. It is all Business. It is called Show Business. Show Abyss-ness! I call it Show-OFF Business. You throw a child into the jaws of a business and they will get eaten.

I know how Miley feels. I too was a little embarrassed by my recent topless "scandal" and the subsequent parodies, but I am an adult woman. I protected myself during the shoot and I can take the heat. I only wish that her guardians had protected her.

Eliot Spitzer: "My Bleeping Wife Doesn't Care..."

Sassy Smith — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:03:00 GMT

Disgraced former NY Governor Eliot Spitzer reportedly says his wife knew - for years - about his indiscretions with hookers (including Ashley Alexandra Dupre).

According to a "reliable source," Spitzers told friends that his wife Silda didn't really care that her husband was getting it on with prostitues. The source told PageSix: "He said something like, 'My [bleep]ing wife doesn't care, so why does anybody else care?"

While we don't know for sure if this "source" truly is "reliable," let's say it is - What is Silda Spitzer teaching her daughters? That it's okay for the man you're married to, to cheat on you, with hookers? To embarrass you? To disrespect you? To dishonor your marriage vows? To disgrace you? To possibly bring home STDs? To possibly get another woman pregnant? Those are some pretty serious (at least in my opinion) things to just turn your back on if indeed Eliot's wife did look the other way. Sure, she was probably thinking that nothing would ever come to light, but as we've seen over the years, normally when a politican unzips his pants for some extramarital activity, we find out.

GOV. Spitzer's rep responded with: "Completely false."

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Denise Richards Won't Discuss Weight With Daughters

Sassy Smith — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:03:00 GMT

Denise Richards is on the cover of Shape's May issue and she discusses body image and how it pertains to her two young daughters.

Richards says, "They'll never hear me say, 'Mommy's feeling fat today.' That kind of attitude just makes young girls grow up to be dissatisfied with their bodies."

Denise said that being fit comes with her job and she hopes that her healthy attitude towards eating and being fit will stick with her girls as they grow up.

"Working out is part of my life, not just an I-have-to-get-ready-for-a-photo-shoot thing. I exercise almost every day. The girls usually play in the workout room with me, so they're learning by example."

The actress wants Sam and Lola to feel good about themselves, and it's that positive attitude that she inherited from her mom Joni, who passed away recently. She said, "Even at the end, when things were really dire for my mother, she was never negative. There was an inner strength about her."

You know, I've rarely written anything favorable about Denise (I still don't like the fact that she puts her girls on a reality show) but I do have to give her credit for giving her girls a positive attitude about body and self image. It's hard parenting little girls in this day and age because we are all bombarded with unrealistic images on magazines and TV etc, and it's sometimes a tough battle showing girls it's okay to not to be a size zero and still be fit in mind and body. I believe Denise is on the right track about this! Now if she'd stop exploiting them on television, then I'd be even more impressed.

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Jerry Seinfeld Is Lucky To Be Alive!

Sassy Smith — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:10:00 GMT

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld is lucky to be alive! The actor survived a serious car wreck in the Hamptons last weekend when the brakes on his vintage Fiat failed. Seinfeld was driving alone at the time on Skimhampton Road in East Hampton - the accident occurred around 7:40 p.m. according to the New York Post.

Police Chief Todd Sarris told the newspaper, "The brakes went bad. He had to pull the emergency brake." Jerry's car was headed toward traffic on Montauk Hightway when he lost control and he was forced to swerve to the right and the car ended up rolling onto the passenger side, and then the roof, before halting a few feet shy of other vehicles at an intersection on the driver's side.

Sarris continues, "His actions probably avoided a serious accident. I think he was a little shaken up, with justification."

Jessica Seinfeld told the Post, "He was a little shocked when he walked in and it started to dawn on him what happened. I was extremely relieved and grateful, and I'm feeling very lucky that nothing happened." She also said he walked away "without a scratch."

I'm sure his wife and three kids are quite relieved that he's okay!

Jerry, always the wiseguy said, "Because I know there are kids out there, I want to make sure they all know that driving without braking is not something I recommend, unless you have professional clown training or a comedy background, as I do. It's not something I plan to make a habit of." Ha!

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Donald Trump & Call Girl Ashley Dupre

Sassy Smith — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:05:00 GMT

"The Donald" wants call girl Ashley Dupre!

Donald Trump, mega-millionaire, self inflated ego, husband and father of five has announced his new reality show - My Fair Lady-style MTV. And not just that, but call-girl Ashley Dupre - best known for being involved in the Gov. Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal - has been asked to join the cast. The show is being produced by Trump and not yet named, has been picked up by MTV for eight, one hour long episodes.

The premise of the show is a group of 15 women who love to party will be sent off to a boarding school environment, and there they will learn to become a "lady." Sounds like a hit to me.

A show insider says about Ashley: "She's the perfect candidate." Right.

No word as of yet whether or not Dupre will accept the part. Can't wait to tune into that show.

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Denise Richards Is An Obnoxious Mother

Sassy Smith — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:01:00 GMT

I don't know Denise Richards personally, but seriously, the more I hear about her, the more I think she gives off a certain vibe: OBNOXIOUS.

For her daughter Sam's fourth birthday party, she decided on a "spa day." The kid is four - how about barbies or magic or one of those jumping things? Nope, let's send the preschoolers to a spa. If her daughter was turning 13, that might be a more age appropriate idea, but, I think there's more to it than just trying to be a bit "showy."

From the Star:

“There was a sign on the front door that said ‘Sammi’s Spa,’” a source tells Star. “And waiting there were tiny bathrobes monogrammed with each kid’s name,” the source notes. All the girls got their nails painted and their hair done, while the boy’s hair was styled into Mohawks.

Oh let's note that this was all filmed for Richards' reality TV show, so I'm quite certain the sheesheepoopoo spa day wasn't about the four year olds, more likely a publicity stunt to make Denise look like a super fantastic awesome mom who knows how to throw a party! Sorry, but I think it makes her look like a douche - she and Charlie are tied now.

Denise and Charlie had battled it out in court - whether or not the reality show would be a reality - and she won. Richards claimed that her girls wanted to be on TV and they love to dress up and get their hair done. Um, sure little girls love to do that stuff but uh, they can do that without being paraded around on TV. They're 2 and 4, so yes, they probably know what's best for themselves and being exploited on television is the way to go.

Denise recently had her name changed to get rid of her married name "Sheen" and had her "Charlie" tattoo changed into a fairy. Fine, you're divorced, so I don't blame her for changing her name or getting rid of the tattoo, but it's almost as if she's wanting to rid Charlie from her life forever. Good luck with that - Charlie is the father of your babies, so I doubt he's going away anytime soon.

I'm sure her show will be a hit and make her look like the fantastic mother she is. You know, I wonder why these two got divorced? They seem to be made for each other.

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Charlie Sheen Had Sex With Ashley Dupre?

Sassy Smith — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:05:00 GMT

Charlie Sheen has two very young daughters and I just wonder how they're going to handle the news about their daddy having sex with hookers - albeit years ago - still, it's going to skeeve them out. They're obviously not old enough yet to read the news or go online, but someday, they will be. Ewww. Now there are reports bubbling up that Sheen had "sessions" with the young woman who brought down New York governor Eliot Spitzer.

Ashley Dupre was just 19 when she allegedly did the nasty with Charlie. He would have been about 39 at the time. Sure, she was "of-age," but at 19, she's just barely leaving childhood and he's very much a man. Would he be thrilled if some 'pushing 40' dude was doing unmentionable things to one of his daugthers while in their teens. I highly doubt it!

Ashley reportedly dressed up as a cheerleader, and another girl joined her and Sheen. Their sessions were at times, costing him $20,000! Jason Itzler, "self-styled King of All Pimps," said he sent Dupre (under a false name - Victoria) and another girl, Cheryl, to "visit" Sheen.

Itzler said: "Sheen got the girls to dress up as cheerleaders and chant his name while performing sex acts.

"They loved Charlie. They said he was a great guy. A great lover.

"One time he had them dressed up like cheerleaders, chanting 'Charlie! Charlie! He's our man. If he can't do it, nobody can!'"

Itzler also said that Charlie liked to pretend to be a porn film director and would get the young women to act out various lesbian scenes for him. File this under: creepy and scummy.

Although the Two and a Half Men star has admitted to using hookers in the past, he denied the Ashley Dupre story when it broke over 2 years ago. Itzler has again insisted it's true.

I know Charlie is supposedly reformed now but still, how's he going to explain all of this to his precious daughters?

Source: Perez

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Spitzer Hooker "Kristen"'s Mom Speaks Out

HerBadMother — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:32:00 GMT

The young woman - Ashley Alexandra Dupre - who has been revealed as the young prostitute who dallied with NY Governor Eliot Spitzer says on her MySpace page that she's the product of a broken home and abuse. But her mom says that she's worried about her girl, and that she's 'shocked' that Ashley had gotten herself involved in a life of prostitution.

Ashley's mother, Carolyn Capalbo, told the New York Times that after her daughter finished sophomore year in high school, Ms. Dupré moved to North Carolina. “She was a young kid with typical teenage rebellion issues, but we are extremely close now,” Ms. Capalbo said in a telephone interview Wednesday.

Ashely's mom also told the Times that she was “shell-shocked” when her daughter called in the middle of last week and told her she had been working as an escort and was now in trouble with the law. She said she was not sure that Ms. Dupré realized who Mr. Spitzer was when he was her client.

“She is a very bright girl who can handle someone like the governor,” Ms. Capalbo said. “But she also is a 22-year-old, not a 32-year-old or a 42-year-old, and she obviously got involved in something much larger than her.”

Exactly. 22 YEARS OLD. Barely a couple of years older than Spitzer's own daughters. Which, you know, makes this all the sadder. If I were her mom, I'd be, like, out for Spitzer's blood.

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Spitzer's Musical Hooker: America's Next Idol?

HerBadMother — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:34:00 GMT

Eliot Spitzer's hooker friend, 'Kristen' - revealed last night to be Ashley Alexandra Dupre, and, um, only a couple of years older than his daughters - is an aspiring musician with songs like - wait for it - What You Want and Move Ya Body.

Does being a hooker with a history of servicing the Governor of New York disqualify one from being a contestant on American Idol? Because, you know, having listened to one or two clips of her songs, she's really no less interesting vocally - and only marginally more derivative - than someone like David Hernandez. And wasn't he a lap dancer? She even looks a little like Sanjaya.

I smell MASSIVE ratings.

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"Kristen" is Ashley Alexandra Dupre

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Julianne Moore - Elliot Spitzer "A F*cking Embarrassment"

Sassy Smith — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:05:00 GMT

Fiery redhead Julianne Moore - actress, mom and New Yorker - is pissed!

Moore voiced her opinion of former New York Governor Elliot Spitzer's prostitution scandal.

"A f*cking embarrassment" is how she termed his involvement. He resigned on Wednesday.

"I'm really pissed," she told PEOPLE. "I honestly don't care where or how people have sex, or with whom, but prostitution is illegal. For someone whose got such a reputation for having a real attitude towards crime, you have to walk the walk. I'm sorry."

I couldn't agree more with the celebrity mom. Others - celebrity comedians and talk show hosts have spoke out on their shows:

Stephen Colbert on his Comedy Central show Colbert Report said: "I sat next to the guy three times and I didn't pick up on any of this, and I usually have excellent whore-dar."

Letterman quipped on Late Show's David Letterman: "and I'm thinking, 'Whoa, a Democrat being impeached for extramarital sex. Well, happy days are here again."

Late Night's Conan O'Brien joked: "Not surprisingly, clients 1 through 8 were Charlie Sheen."

The View's Joy Behar said: "Aren't you sick of men? Viagra is destroying our government."

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"Kristen" is Ashley Alexandra Dupre

sweatpantsmom — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:15:00 GMT

It just keeps getting worse for Eliot Spitzer. After being forced to resign his post as governor earlier today, now it's being revealed that "Kristen," the alleged prostitute who Spitzer reportedly spent thousands of dollars on, is a mere three years older than his eldest daughter.

The woman, identified as Ashley Alexandra Dupre, 22, enthuses about her passion for music on her MySpace page. "I am all about my music, and my music is all about me… It flows from what I’ve been through, what I’ve seen and how I feel." Dupre, whose real name is Ashley Youmans, lists Madonna, Whitney Houston, Amy Winehouse, Celine Dion and Mary J. Blige as her "Top 5" MySpace friends.

Dupre, who has been subpoenaed to testify in a grand jury investigation, is a New Jersey native from a broken home who is now worried about her public image. "I just don't want to be thought of as a monster," she tells The New York Times. "This has been a very difficult time. It is complicated."

Complicated? An understatement, especially when you think of what this has done to Spitzer's wife and three teenage daughters.

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Governor Eliot Spitzer Resigns

sweatpantsmom — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:15:00 GMT

As expected, New York Governor Eliot Spitzer resigned on Wednesday after it was revealed that he was involved in a prostitution ring. With his wife Silda by his side, Spitzer made the following statement at a Manhattan news conference:

"I cannot allow my private failings to disrupt the people's work...Over the course of my public life, I've insisted, I think correctly, that people regardless of their position or power take responsibility for their conduct. I can and will ask no less of myself."

Spitzer, identified as "Client 9" in court papers, reportedly spent thousands of dollars on a call-girl named Kristen who worked for high-end prostitution ring Emperors Club VIP.

Spitzer, 49, is the father of three teenage daughters.

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N.Y. Governor Eliot Spitzer Involved in Prostitution Ring

sweatpantsmom — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:01:00 GMT

The New York Times is reporting that New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has admitted to top administrators that he was involved in a prostitution ring. The Times, citing a source with knowledge of the case, says the governor is identified as a client in court papers relating to the arrest of four people connected to a high-end prostitution ring called Emperors Club VIP.

The governor apologized in a public statement this afternoon, but did not directly address the N.Y. Times report. "I have acted in a way that violates my obligations to my family ... my sense of right and wrong," Spitzer said at a news conference at his Manhattan office. "I must now dedicate some time to rededicate my trust to my family."

Prosecutors say the individuals arrested earlier in connection with the case had arranged connections between wealthy men and prostitutes in New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Miami, London and Paris. The highest-priced prostitute in the Emperors Club charged $5,500 per hour.

Spitzer is married and has three daughters, ages 13 to 18. It's becoming commonplace to see politicians involved in scandal, but still difficult to imagine what their children will be forced to endure as details come to light.

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Ben Affleck is a Good Sport

Whit Honea — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:44:00 GMT

Ben Affleck seems pretty grounded. Here is is on the phone, reading the paper and taking a moment to pose with a random passerby. Sure, he doesn't look exactly thrilled, but he's playing along which says a lot about the guy.

It's pretty funny how the paparazzi being there to take this photo is just accepted. It seems like Ben was alone before this guy stopped him for a photo but I'm guessing Affleck doesn't get much alone time on the streets of NYC.

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Jessica Seinfeld On The Defensive, Again

HerBadMother — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:33:00 GMT

I'm starting to feel a little bit sorry for Jessica Seinfeld. Only a very little bit - I still think that she's a bit of a spoiled brat who maybe crossed a line or six in not acknowledging the unoriginality (ahem) of her recent best-selling, kid-deceiving cookbook - but still: some. After all, she's taking a bit of beating, and even the Teflon-coated popularity of her husband isn't really shielding the blows. The latest: The New York Times has been asking uncomfortable questions about the precised circumstances of her divorce, eight years ago. Did she or didn't she dump her newlywed husband, Eric Nederlander, just days after their honeymoon? Did she or didn't she immediately take up with Jerry Seinfeld? Isn't it true that she was involved with Seinfeld prior to that brief, ill-fated marriage?

Jessica's been warding off the questions with lame denials ("my marriage was already in trouble before the wedding;" "I met Jerry at a gym weeks later") but nobody seems to be buying it, not least The New York Times, which points out that "Ms. Seinfeld's account contradicts the unfolding of events as described in the news media at the time -- namely, that she left her husband for the comedian -- and which her own statements seemed to confirm."

Poor Jessica. This is how people treat you when you don't bribe them with $21,000 worth of designer shoes. Life just ain't fair.

Source: Jezebel