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Re: Celebrity Meltdowns
By: Chiprocks1 Date: May 29, 2013, 5:07 pm
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[quote]It's a constant damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't
situation: If former child actors bring up their past, they're
washed-up opportunists shilling for attention. If they never do,
they're clearly in denial. If they say it was fantastic, they're
full of sh*t. If they acknowledge that it wasn't always
fantastic, they're bitter.
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Read the article by Mara Wilson. Pretty good read and spot-on. I
couldn't have said it any better myself.
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Re: Celebrity Meltdowns
By: Mac Date: May 30, 2013, 12:10 pm
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MSNBC
HTML http://www.today.com/entertainment/former-child-star-explains-why-young-actors-go-crazy-1C10120962
Sounds like she's takes responsibility....
Former child star explains why young actors 'go crazy'
HTML http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/streams/2013/May/130529/1C7639790-tdy-130529-mara-wilson-doubtfire.blocks_desktop_small.jpg
[quote]She wasn't "Olsen twin famous" but she did begin her
movie career at age 5, so Mara Wilson can understand why it may
seem to the rest of the world that young stars like Justin
Bieber or Amanda Bynes have lost their minds.
Best known for her roles in 1990s films "Mrs. Doubtfire" and
"Matilda," Wilson turned to humor site Cracked.com to list the
reasons why she believes child stars "go crazy." The result is a
thoughtful seven-point explanation of how show business can be a
trap and why "not many child stars make it out of Hollywood
alive or sane."
Wilson, who is no longer acting, attended New York University
and is pursuing a writing career. Her parents were against her
becoming an actress, but supported her wishes to give the
profession a try, protecting her emotionally and financially
every step of the way. Most child actors don't have that, she
writes.
"The next time a former child star is in the news, look at the
age at which he or she started performing," Wilson writes. "Then
imagine making a life-changing decision at that age. Chances are
good he or she wasn't the one who made it."
Child actors are not allowed to act out as adolescents, so by
the time they become young adults, they rebel, "often with major
consequences," Wilson writes. They also have trouble dealing
with rejection since they were adored for much of their
childhood, but don't have what it takes to leave it all behind,
she writes.
"It's easier for them to hold onto what they did in their past
and make money that way," Wilson writes. "Besides, everyone they
know is in the business, and after having people take their
money, reject them for their looks, and turn them into a sex
object, they're not going to be especially trusting. The sleazy
bastards you know are better than the sleazy bastards you
don't."
Wilson recalls walking a red carpet when she was seven years old
and being asked about Hugh Grant's prostitution arrest.
"While I knew he'd been arrested, I didn't understand what for
and didn't feel comfortable answering," she writes. "My father
called the station the next day to suggest that they, you know,
not talk to a child about soliciting sex. But he was rebuffed,
and the complaint was ignored. Even then, as a kid, I knew that
parental power was gone."
Wilson describes herself as a normal-looking woman and "reformed
drama nerd" living in a two-bedroom apartment "in one of the
less cool neighborhoods of New York." Her advice to, say,
Lindsay Lohan? "Get the hell out of acting and into something
soothing. Take up botany or something."
To the rest of the kids who want to act, she says, " Make sure
it's really your choice, get out of it when it stops being fun,
and get an education."[/quote]
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Re: Celebrity Meltdowns
By: Chiprocks1 Date: June 4, 2013, 8:42 am
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[center]Amanda Bynes 'F*ggot' Rant
HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKYX-cRVW8U
What the hell is wrong with this idiot? Ugh.
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Re: Celebrity Meltdowns
By: Mac Date: June 4, 2013, 9:42 am
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As he said “So Sad”… and not laugh too hard.
Slight tangent here from Bynes, but to the other subject of
$75,000 and happiness.
Actually, that study got updated this year. The amount is now
250K – 500K that people are totally happy. The talk show I
listen to walked through this some and made some good points.
The key is money CAN provide happiness. More so it’s the
security that brings the happiness. Forget the fringe folks who
are wealthy and have problems with people wanting to borrow or
lack of trust among associates or your business. The middle
group that is well off, are very happy because they have money.
Makes sense. The ol saying Money does not buy happiness…. Not
sure exactly the point it’s trying to make.
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Re: Celebrity Meltdowns
By: Chiprocks1 Date: June 5, 2013, 5:52 pm
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[center]Paris Jackson Rushed to Hospital After Possible Suicide
Attempt
HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtXnznFoqks
This is beyond a "simple meltdown". This is very troubling. I
thought that Paris was well adjusted and doing pretty good for
the amount of attention she gets just for being MJ's daughter.
Apparently, there is a lot of stuff going on for a 15 year old
to do something so drastic.
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Re: Celebrity Meltdowns
By: Chiprocks1 Date: June 6, 2013, 9:45 am
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[center]Paris Jackson Rushed to Hospital
HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OScLP-dYlj0
No one, especially a 15 year old kid should be going through
stuff that would bring this on. Apparently she has done this
before....or tried to that is. This is a more in depth segment
leading up to her attempt and possible reasons why she did so.
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Re: Celebrity Meltdowns
By: Mac Date: June 6, 2013, 11:59 am
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This newscaster is a jerk. Making it sound like Paris has real
issues. Get real bud.
Time for reality to kick in. Life is hard. It has issues. Just
because she's been a protected flower, does not catapult her
into special status.
Maybe special, but that special where you better get your act
together. Life just kicked in.
Since none of us know what is all involved, which with that
family I’m sure is a cluster.
But…
I also think it’s this generations culture, especially the
privileged that view their life quite differently than say 20
years ago.
My knee jerk, weekend psychologist mind is asking, what is it
causing such a young mind to contemplate their own death as a
solution? Their Twitter account is getting some hate. Someone
said something bad about daddy? There’s a drop in your facebook
followers.
Do you see my point? What does she find so stressful that she
does not want to face?
I have zero empathy. It’s sad she’s like this, but I think most
kids her age have a hell of lot more to deal with and none of
them are life threatening.
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Re: Celebrity Meltdowns
By: Chiprocks1 Date: June 12, 2013, 4:47 pm
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[center]Ochocinco Butt Slap in Court Room Angers Judge, Loses
Plea Deal for Former NFL Star
HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1Aia3ZQyws
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Kind of a reverse Celeb Meltdown. Instead of the actual "celeb",
it's the Judge reacting to his behavior. Personally, I can't
stand him. He has always been a joke and him going to jail is no
sweat off my back. But I am in agreement that he should have
gotten jail time for headbutting his wife and not for smackin'
his lawyer's ass.
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Re: Celebrity Meltdowns
By: Mac Date: June 12, 2013, 6:06 pm
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I thought it was spot on. The ****** was not taking this
seriously.
Judge made that clear.
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Re: Celebrity Meltdowns
By: Chiprocks1 Date: June 12, 2013, 6:23 pm
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Don't get me wrong, I'm glad the Judge sent him away regardless.
I just wished she had done so on the more serious charge of
spousal abuse to send a clear and definitive message to anyone
else that would cross that line.
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