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Post by artemis on Aug 27, 2011 6:01:37 GMT -5
"Film producer ordered to pay $3 million in sex scandal
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A jury found movie producer Jon Peters was guilty on Friday of sexual harassment and ordered the man behind films such as "Batman" to pay more than $3 million to a former personal assistant.
The nine-woman, three-man panel awarded Shelly Morita $822,000 in compensatory damages. They found that Peters created a hostile work environment and acted with malice, which led to a second phase of the trial in which they awarded the Morita an additional $2.5 million.
Peters, a onetime hairdresser turned movie mogul whose producing credits include "The Color Purple," "The Bonfire of the Vanities" and "Superman Returns," was not present for the verdicts. Along with former business partner Peter Guber, he also ran Sony Pictures movie studio for a time.
Morita, a 44-year-old single mother, sued Peters and his company, J.P. Organization Inc., in December 2006.
She claimed he inappropriately touched her and alleged that he crawled into bed with her when they were in Australia during the filming of "Superman Returns."
In his testimony, Peters, 66, denied any wrongdoing. His attorney said the verdicts will be appealed."
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Post by artemis on Aug 27, 2011 6:48:30 GMT -5
Yeah, Im sure he "drowned", the way JEFF BUCKLEY did....
"'Treme' actor died from drowning: Report
The Chalmette man and “Treme” actor whose body was pulled from the Mississippi River earlier this week drowned, the Orleans Parish coroner’s office said Friday.
An autopsy found no signs of trauma to Michael Showers, 45, said John Gagliano, the coroner’s office chief investigator. Toxicology tests for drugs and alcohol are pending.
The captain of the Steamboat Natchez spotted Showers’ body floating in the river between the St. Louis and Toulouse street wharfs Wednesday about 11 a.m. Showers had been reported missing from St. Bernard parish a day earlier.
The coroner’s office said Showers likely was in the water about two days before he was retrieved.
Showers’ girlfriend, Melinda Carlos, last saw Showers when he left the couple’s Chalmette home Monday go to a gym with a friend named “Joe,” according to a missing person’s report filed with the St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office. Carlos reported Showers missing Tuesday evening after she could no longer contact him on his cell phone and he failed to arrive home the night before.
The Sheriff’s Office on Thursday evening said it was looking for a man who was last known to be with Showers Monday. Carlos told deputies she did not know the man Showers was with.
Meanwhile, the search for Showers’ car continues. The sheriff’s office report said Showers left his home in a black, four-door 2002 Infiniti G20, Louisiana license plate TAP 099.
Showers, whose acting credits include rolls in AMC’s “Breaking Bad,” the film “I Love You Phillip Morris” and the upcoming “Colombiana,” suffered from depression and anxiety and was diagnosed in March with multiple sclerosis, Carols told deputies in the report.
In “Treme,” Showers had a minor recurring role as New Orleans police Capt. John Guidry, a cop who was involved in investigating the murder of the real-life Helen Hill, who was killed in 2007.
David Simon, the HBO drama’s creator, said Thursday Showers’ role as Guidry was to continue in season three, which will air in the spring."
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Post by artemis on Aug 27, 2011 14:37:49 GMT -5
Vicious circle and noone cares...
"Russell Armstrong's Business Associate Commits Suicide 24 Hours After Hanging
Russell Armstrong's friend and business associate committed suicide the day after Russell's body was found hanging from a beam in his bedroom ... TMZ has learned.
Alan Schram -- the managing partner of Wellcap, an L.A-based hedge fund -- was found on August 16 outside of his car on Mulholland Drive with a gunshot to his head. The L.A. County Coroner concluded Schram's death was a suicide.
Alan was connected with an exclusive group called Tiger 21 -- a organization of high net-worth folk who jawbone with each other about investments ... and we're told Russell Armstrong was a member of Tiger 21, even though he was clearly having money trouble.
We're also told they became friends, and during Russell's memorial, Taylor and some of the other "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" were talking about how shocked they were that the two men killed themselves -- possibly a day apart.
As we previously reported, Russell, who did not leave a suicide note, was in deep distress over money problems. As for Alan, he also did not leave a note, and his money situation is unclear."
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Post by artemis on Aug 30, 2011 5:27:35 GMT -5
"I was abused as a child: ChildLine founder Esther Rantzen reveals 'disgusting' attack at 15
Esther Rantzen has revealed that she was sexually abused as a 15-year-old schoolgirl by a male relative.
Speaking for the first time about the incident, the 71-year-old television presenter and campaigner said the traumatic experience left her ‘frightened and disgusted’.
In an interview, Miss Rantzen – who founded children’s charity ChildLine – said: ‘I had a disgusting family member who behaved inappropriately when I was in my teens.
‘It was appalling [afterwards]. I remember running to the end of the garden in tears. I remember the revulsion I felt.
‘It was an unpleasant inappropriate grope. The whole thing was traumatic. He said: “Don’t tell on me.”
‘I wouldn’t have known the phrase sexual abuse and he knew [it was wrong]. He frightened me and disgusted me from that moment on. It gave me nightmares… It was the breaking of boundaries.’
Afterwards, a young Rantzen confided in her mother about the relative, who is now dead.
Speaking to The Times, she recalled: ‘My mum said, “Don’t be ridiculous Esther, you’re over dramatizing”.’
Her new account contrasts with previous descriptions of her upbringing, which have suggested she had a happy childhood.
Miss Rantzen launched ChildLine almost 25 years ago while presenting the BBC1 magazine programme That’s Life!
She was shocked to read about a toddler who starved to death while locked in a bedroom and suggested the programme produce a special show to help child abuse victims accompanied by a helpline.
The response was so overwhelming that Miss Rantzen and her producers lobbied for the phone line to remain open.
After winning support from the NSPCC, she persuaded the philanthropist Ian Skipper to donate £500,000 and opened the helpline in 1986.
Asked whether she would have used the service if it had been around at the time of her own abuse, Miss Rantzen said: ‘Yes I would.’
As it was she was forced to rely on the passage of time to help her get through the ordeal.
And she says that she had to see her abuser again.
Miss Rantzen said: ‘Time helped. But even now if I see him in my mind’s eye, he looks like a spider.
‘It doesn’t compare with some of the stories I’ve heard on ChildLine but it has given me a certain insight. I’m really worried about his family. If he could do that to me who else could he do it to?’
The presenter, who added she never had therapy to overcome the incident, also suggested how she would speak to her young self now that she has been trained as a counsellor.
Acting out a role play, she said: ‘What would I say to myself now that I’m a trained counsellor?
‘Have you told your mother? Yeah. How did she respond? She said I was being dramatic. How does that make you feel? Cross with her. What do you want to do? I want to tell her I never want to see him again.’
The divulgence that her mother Katherine had little time for her complaint is at odds with earlier descriptions of her happy upbringing.
She once wrote of her mother, who died in 2005, that she ‘fought like a tiger to defend my sister and me whenever she felt we were threatened’.
Miss Rantzen, who was widowed after her husband Desmond Wilcox died in 2000, stayed at home until she was 29.
ChildLine’s 24-hour confidential helpline takes more than a million telephone calls a year. It provides free counselling for children to discuss abuse and neglect, and callers can remain anonymous.
ChildLine now has 14 bases around the UK, including two in Northern Ireland, three in Scotland, and two in Wales.
But the charity – which was taken over by the NSPCC in 2006 after it faced bankruptcy – costs £26million a year to run. Four of its centres, staffed largely by trained volunteers, in Exeter, Leeds, Swansea and Edinburgh are due to close or relocate tomorrow as it seeks to save £2.5million a year.
More than 420 of its 2,135 volunteers – some 20 per cent – will be cut, along with 75 paid staff. Centres in Birmingham, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Nottingham, Rhyl, Belfast, Foyle, Aberdeen and Glasgow remain unaffected.
Miss Rantzen is writing a book featuring victims’ stories. Running Out Of Tears is due for release in October to coincide with the helpline’s anniversary."
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Post by artemis on Sept 3, 2011 6:08:09 GMT -5
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Post by artemis on Sept 8, 2011 14:08:28 GMT -5
"‘Biggest Loser’ Star in Critical Condition After Fall
(Yahoo! Buzz) — Gossip site TMZ is reporting that Sam Poueu, a contestant from the ninth season of "The Biggest Loser," is in critical condition in a San Francisco hospital after falling several stories from a building a few days ago.
Poueu, who didn't win on "Biggest Loser" but was a fan favorite and lost 142 pounds during his run, is currently recovering in an intensive-care unit. TMZ writes that, according to sources, Poueu "suffered a pelvic injury, torn ligaments, a punctured lung, and a broken leg during the accident." The circumstances behind the fall remain unclear.
Immediately following TMZ's report, Web searches on the reality star shot up more than 1,000 percent. Related lookups on "sam poueu accident" and "sam poueu in icu" also posted significant gains.
Less than a year ago, Poueu was in the news for much happier reasons when he became engaged to fellow "Biggest Loser" star Stephanie Anderson. Anderson lost nearly 100 pounds while on the show.
Ashley Johnson, another contestant on "The Biggest Loser," wrote an update on Sam's condition on Facebook. "Sam Poueu is making great improvements every day! God is answering our prayers and Sam is fighting! Please keep the prayers coming. He is still in critical condition, but is fighting like hell and is impressing the doctors like he impressed all of us on The Biggest Loser!"
Poueu's cousin, Koli Palu, who competed with him on the show, also gave a heartening update, according to The Hollywood Gossip. "Sam Poueu has made serious improvement in the last few hours. He has become very responsive to [fiancée] Stephanie Anderson and his mother, squeezing their hands and kicking his feet. The head trauma has pretty much stabilized. He still has a long way to go, but thank you so much for your love and prayers."
Circumstances unclear, the same old record....
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Post by beatlies on Sept 10, 2011 17:22:44 GMT -5
They recently announced that "Beyonce" and "Jay-Z" are having a baby together. "Jay-Z"'s mistress had a middle name of "Koreana"?! A late-night TV comedian remarked that the child "of Beyonce and Jay-Z will have everything but a last name."
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Post by treegenus on Sept 14, 2011 13:45:20 GMT -5
So F/Reese Witherspoon got run over while jogging last week by 'an old lady'? Did anyone read about that? Attachments:
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Post by artemis on Sept 14, 2011 14:05:56 GMT -5
I know about it, its everywhere and dont u expect me to believe the official bullsh*t. A little too much abuse for FEESE... Or could it be attention whoring? U can never know...
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Post by sherlok on Sept 14, 2011 15:11:36 GMT -5
So F/Reese Witherspoon got run over while jogging last week by 'an old lady'? Did anyone read about that? I worked in an office once and a woman co-worker came in one morning looking just like that and she said she'd been in a car accident. I didn't believe that story either.
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Post by artemis on Sept 14, 2011 16:04:21 GMT -5
Their "excuses" and "reasons" are patethic and ridiculous. Also on this thread see my previous post on FHRISTINA f*gUILERA's son, MAX, I believe its a page before (93). Such kind of bruises/marks are made by fist.
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Post by artemis on Sept 15, 2011 3:48:16 GMT -5
"Mystery of the pink rope: Family of Rebecca Zahau demands reopening of case after rope used in hanging is not visible in video
Rebecca Zahau, 32, found dead at mansion in Coronado, California, in July Family wants case reopened after video appears to not show rope used in suicide Some details from her autopsy had not been disclosed by detectives Famous forensic pathologist questions suicide ruling Zahau found dead two days after her boyfriend's son, 6, fell and broke his neck while under her care. He later died from the accident Authorities laid out their case for why her death was ruled suicide last week
The anguished family of Rebecca Zahau is hoping the sheriff's office will take another look at the case after the pink rope cops said she used to hang herself is not visible in a newly released video.
The department ruled the death of the woman found hanging at billionaire Jonah Shacknai's mansion a suicide on September 2. The body was found two days after her boyfriend's son died in her care.
But in an overhead video obtained by RadarOnline.com, the stills of which were posted on the site, the rope in police images that authorities said Miss Zahau used to kill herself is strangely not visible
The 'pink rope' mystery is not the only reason for doubt. Last week, medical examiners revealed that she had blood on her inner thighs when her body was discovered.
The San Diego Sheriff's Department said they would be willing to reopen the case if a new lead came to light. The 32-year-old's family says this is such a lead.
Miss Zahau's family, who strongly denies she killed herself, has hired high-profile lawyer Anne Bremner to push for a reexamination of the case.
Ms Bremner said: 'This is another reason to reopen the case. The fact that the door is closed and the rope isn't there raises more questions in the investigation where they incorrectly found Rebecca's death to be a suicide.
She added: 'There are more questions raised everyday and it is startling - assuming that the police made these changes after they arrived at the scene - then why is her body still on the ground if they were collecting evidence?'
But Lt. Larry Nesbit of the San Diego Sheriff's Department told RadarOnline.com: 'I can't tell one way or another if the rope is in the picture from the news helicopter. 'What I can tell you is that the picture we released at the press conference of the rope hanging over the balcony was taken by a Coronado Police Officer.'
Officers, however, admitted last Monday that there were bruises on Miss Zahau's scalp and a T-shirt had been wrapped around her neck and stuffed in her mouth.
Police released the extra details about the autopsy report that concluded she had committed suicide, after parts were found to have been withheld from the public.
They had come under pressure to release more information after findings leaked to the media showed that there were possible reasons to question the finding that she committed suicide.
Miss Zahau was found dead on July 13, hanging from a second-floor balcony at Mr Shacknai's historic mansion in suburban Coronado, California.
Deputy medical examiner Dr Jonathan Lucas said none of the findings changed the conclusion that Ms Zahau, 32, committed suicide by hanging.
'As in any comprehensive investigation, some findings cannot be entirely explained,' he said.
'None of the observations listed... are inconsistent with the conclusions reached regarding the cause and manner of death of Rebecca Zahau.'
Dr Lucas said the bruises were minor and may have been caused when Ms Zahau slipped over the balcony with the rope around her neck.
The T-shirt in the mouth is not unusual, he added. 'It is not clear why it was there, although people can place material in her mouth prior to hanging,' he said.
He said the blood on her thighs was not the result of rape but probably due to an intrauterine device or menstruation.
Despite those findings, a leading pathologist questioned the suicide conclusion.
Dr Cyril Wecht, who has consulted on high profile cases including the assassination of President John F Kennedy, the drug overdose of Elvis Presley and the OJ Simpson case, said a number of factors in the ruling did not add up.
While Dr Wecht stopped short of saying it was murder, he is not content to rule it a suicide. He said the report needed a lot more scrutiny.
'When you put all of this together, it just is bothersome' Dr Wecht told KFMB-AM. 'The manner of death I would have left as undetermined.'
On the T-shirt, which was removed from her mouth by Mr Shacknai's brother Adam when he cut her down, Dr Wecht told KFMB-AM: 'What does she care for that? "Gee, I don't want to wake anybody up who may come to rescue me."
'I don't know. I'm just trying to think. She didn't want to be rescued and didn't want to scream so she put it in her mouth? It's absurd.'
Regarding the tape residue, Dr Wecht speculated Ms Zahau could have planned to bind her feet with duct tape and then switched to rope. But he added to KFMB-AM: 'Well then, where's the duct tape?'
He also questioned why her feet were bound. 'Did she want to make it seem like it was a murder and incriminate him? That's something to think about.'
And Dr Wecht was concerned by haemorrhages found under her scalp surface, saying it was evidence of blunt force trauma. 'For someone to say there isn't any kind of struggle is not correct,' he told KFMB-AM.
It was revealed on September 2 that before she died, Miss Zahau painted a message in black paint on a door.
According to Miss Zahau's ex-husband, Neil Nalepa, it read: 'She saved him, can he save her.'
Her family contends that she did not die by her own hand.
Ms Zahau’s sister Snowem Horwath said: 'Becky did not kill herself, someone killed her.'
'Time will reveal who killed Becky. I think I know who killed my sister. We are not stupid, she never had any enemies.'
The family is calling for a forensic psychiatrist and a criminal profiler to investigate the case and say the cryptic message in black paint was not in her handwriting.
But authorities said the paint from the message was still on her hands and on the rope when she died.
The death of Max Shacknai, who felll over a staircase railing, was ruled an accident.
He was found not breathing and with no pulse by Miss Zahau at the bottom of the stairs after she heard a noise and came to look. She was the only adult at home at the time.
Authorities said the last call to Miss Zahau's voicemail before her death had delivered the message that the boy was in grave condition and would likely die, as he did six days later.
The findings in the deaths followed a lengthy investigation.
'Were these deaths the result of criminal conduct? Was Max's death a homicide? The answer is no,' San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore told a news conference on Friday.
'It was a tragic accident. Was Rebecca's death a homicide? Again the answer is no. It was a suicide ... These deaths were not the result of any criminal acts.'
There was no evidence of foul play, sexual assault or a struggle, authorities said. She was alive when she went over the balcony and she died by hanging. There were no alcohol or drugs in her system.
She died at about 3am and was found at 6.45am by Jonah Shacknai's brother Adam, who was staying in a mansion guesthouse.
When Miss Zahau's naked body was found hanging from the mansion's balcony with her ankles and wrists bound, investigators were quick to say they weren't ruling out suicide
They showed a video re-enactment of how someone could bind their own hands.
Authorities also said that Miss Zahau had not been happy for some time and had recently lost weight, but her sister Mary Zahau-Loehner disagreed, saying she spoke with her sister every day, and there were no signs that she was about to take her own life.
DNA from the rope around her neck that was tied to a bed footboard, and foot impressions on balcony dust were also tied to Miss Zahau, investigators said.
Someone left a voicemail message with Miss Zahau at 12:50am the morning her body was found saying that Max's condition had taken a serious turn and he wasn't expected to survive, Gore said.
One witness who authorities declined to identify said she appeared depressed in January, Sheriff Gore said.
Investigators discovered a lengthy 'journal' stored in her phone that also indicated she was unhappy.
'This type of a suicide - its unusual but I don't think it's unprecedented,' Sheriff Gore said.
All the DNA found on the binding and rope and fingerprints on the paint also belonged to her.
Jonah Shacknai released a statement expressing his sadness.
'While the investigation is over, the emptiness and sadness in our hearts will remain forever,' Shacknai said.
'Max was an extraordinarily loving, happy, talented, and special little boy. He brought joy to everyone who knew him, and we will miss him desperately.
'Rebecca too was a wonderful and unique person who will always have a special place in my heart,' he added.
Miss Zahau was Jonah Shacknai's girlfriend of two years and Max was his son from a marriage that ended in divorce in 2008.
Mary Zahau-Loehner said she spoke with her sister the night before her body was found and she gave no hint that she planned to take her life.
She said she planned to bring Mr Shacknai breakfast and a change of clothes the next morning to the hospital where his son was being treated.
Miss Zahau also told her sister that she would call her parents in the morning on the way to the hospital.
She emailed another sister in Germany to say she would be updating throughout the next day.
'Too detailed planning for someone who's planning to end their life that night,' Ms Zahau-Loehner said.
When Max fell down the stairs, Miss Zahau was at home with a 13-year-old girl who was related to her, authorities say.
He was hospitalised after paramedics found the boy wasn't breathing, his neck was broken and he did not have a pulse.
Two days later, Adam Shacknai, called 911 to report that Miss Zahau appeared to be dead, investigators said. Jonah Shacknai was not at home as he was at his son's hospital bedside
The home, known as the Spreckels mansion, is one of the more storied properties in Coronado, a small suburb of multimillion-dollar homes on the tip of a peninsula across a bay from downtown San Diego.
The home has unobstructed beach views and sits near Coronado's main street, which is lined with palm trees and upscale boutiques.
Mr Shacknai bought the mansion in March 2007, when it was assessed at $12.75million.
The home was built in 1908 and named for its original owner, newspaper mogul John D. Spreckels, who owned the San Diego Union and San Diego Tribune.
Mr Shacknai founded Medicis Pharmaceuticals and has been chairman and chief executive of the Scottsdale, Arizona-based company since 1988.
In a divorce filing, he filed a tax return that showed his income in 1998 at $17million.
Medicis makes acne treatments Solodyn and Ziana and facial wrinkle treatment Restylane and Dysport, a competitor of Botox.
Last year, the company earned $123million on $700million in revenue.
Mr Shacknai has two children with his first wife, Kimberly. Max was his only child with his second wife, Dina, whom he divorced in 2008.
He told Medicis investors in August that he was planning to resume his daily routine of showing up at the office as soon as school resumed for his children in Arizona.
'We've obviously had an extraordinarily difficult time,' he said. 'We have undertaken some tragedies, some losses that one couldn't imagine experiencing in a lifetime.'
Miss Zahau, a native of Myanmar, was an ophthalmic technician at Horizon Eye Specialists & Lasik Center in the Phoenix area from April 2008 to December 2010."
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Post by artemis on Sept 15, 2011 3:56:53 GMT -5
"'It's not beautiful at all': A Model Life show exposes ugly underbelly of modelling industry
With New York Fashion Week in full swing, the world of modelling, runways, fashion designers and glitzy parties seems as glamorous and beautiful as ever.
But tonight's Primetime Nightline Celebrity Secrets special shows that modelling is not all it's wrapped up to be - and that its dark, distinctly ugly underbelly is kept well hidden.
ABC's A Model Life programme charts the course of four girls as they head to New York City to give their best shot at making it as models.
They are Malia Greiner, 15, Gwen Carrier, 18, Hayley Wheeler, 16, Ehren Dorsey, 19.
All have been plucked from small-town obscurity by Mary and Jeff Clarke of Mother Models Management, the couple credited with discovering Ashton Kutcher in 1997.
The show documents Malia, Gwen and Hayley attending the couple's model workshop, which sees them put on strict broccoli, celery and egg-white diets and a heavy exercise schedule.
It also follows their moves to New York, from which two of the aspiring models will eventually be sent home.
As much as being part of the industry may be the dream of many a young woman, much of its image is an intricately woven illusion.
Speaking to ABC about her life as a model in NYC, Ehren said: 'The impression is this smooth, beautiful, dream-like experience for everyone, you know? And it's not that at all. A lot of people don't like to talk about the negative.'
Models, penniless but following their dreams, stay in 'model apartments' - small, simple apartments that see a constant flow of fresh new arrivals and ever-changing room-mates. The girls share twin beds and struggle with empty bank accounts and loans that see them paying interest to agencies.
Unpaid editorial shoots help models boost their portfolios when starting out. While agencies pay rent on the homes, the girls are unable to earn wages, instead concentrating on building their portfolios and attending never-ending castings.
'When I make money I just pay [the agency] back. Right now I am basically unemployed, so...' Ehren said.
She lives with Hayley, whose mother has accompanied her to the city to her settle in.
Dealing with body size pressures, empty wallets and hard work, the girls become an easy target for the darker sides of the business.
The programme says that girls are able to supplement their frugal lifestyles by linking with the somewhat sinister world of nightclub promoters.
Essentially, promoters bring attractive young models to clubs to boost their takings. They take a split of the night's earnings from the club owner while the models are fed and bought drinks for their efforts.
One promoter, Isaiah, told ABC: 'It's almost like a secret society... You get paid based on your quality of what you can bring to the table.'
He suggests that the prettier the girls, the higher the pay - and says that, with some nightclub customers spending $500,000 a night, 'if you're not making six figures, you're not doing it right.'
According to the show, Isaiah makes enough to afford a $6,000-per-month apartment in Soho - one of the most expensive areas in the city.
He says that 'most of it is friendship' but that 'there is the other half where you can use your imagination,' - and confirms that sex is a 'big part' of business.
For his part, he sees no problem in giving the girls a dose of much-needed luxury - despite its shady motives.
'You see these girls in magazines, and you think they're millionaires. ... We actually know they have $50 in their bank account. We know that if it wasn't for us they wouldn't eat every day,' he said to ABC.
Ehren sees promoters' downsides, 'yet we're poor and it's a free meal, and it's a chance to have fun, and so it's just like, how do you choose?
'You go out and you get drunk, but compared to other things … I don't know what people do, but it wasn't that crazy of an experience. You stand around a table and you shake your ass and you take shots.'
Girls are taken to high-end restaurants before heading to clubs with Isaiah and his peers.
Unpaid editorial shoots help models boost their portfolios when starting out. While agencies pay rent on the homes, the girls are unable to earn wages, instead concentrating on building their portfolios and attending never-ending castings.
'When I make money I just pay [the agency] back. Right now I am basically unemployed, so...' Ehren said.
She lives with Hayley, whose mother has accompanied her to the city to her settle in.
Dealing with body size pressures, empty wallets and hard work, the girls become an easy target for the darker sides of the business.
The programme says that girls are able to supplement their frugal lifestyles by linking with the somewhat sinister world of nightclub promoters.
'We all look like we're rich ... continuing that fantasy. We pretend we're not hungry, but we'll just eat it slowly, so it doesn't look like ... we need this meal,' Ehren said.
And the nightclubs add to the spiral by turning a blind eye to age restrictions. 'Oh yeah, when they check our cards, I hand [the bouncer] a credit card. He'll be like, "Thanks,"' she says.
Ehren is not alone. Hayley's parents worry for their young daughter among promoters in the big city.
Her mother says: 'She has been approached. She's cordial, friendly with everybody… but Hayley knows why she's here. Why are you here?'
She replies dutifully: 'I'm here to work, not to party.'
But her father remains concerned. The programme shows him talking with Miss Wheeler and her new room-mates: 'Remember: buddy system, you and Hayley.
'You all take care of each other and that will be doing the best favor you can do.'
It all sounds a long way off from the much-lauded catwalks of the Lincoln Center this week.
Still, the programme shows that the rewards from the industry can be enormous, with multi-million dollar modelling contracts not unheard of.
And it's a profitable business for the Clarkes, too: They earn 10 per cent of a model's earnings for the life of her career."
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Post by lucy on Sept 15, 2011 19:03:20 GMT -5
Regarding Reese....did she get hit in the face??? I can understand having bodily injuries, but black eyes??? Yeah right...now I'll sell you oceanfront property in Idaho!
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Post by artemis on Sept 16, 2011 4:44:50 GMT -5
"Lady Gaga record firm 'used by drug-trafficking ring shipping cases of cocaine and $20 bills'
Interscope Records 'used as way station by drugs ring' Music manager James Rosemond allegedly involved 'Road cases used to send cocaine from L.A. to N.Y.' 'Filled with huge amounts of cash on the way back'
The record company behind U2 and Lady Gaga was allegedly used by a drug-trafficking ring for its cases stuffed with cocaine and $20 bills.
Rap music manager James Rosemond, 46, known as ‘Jimmy Henchmen’ was indicted three months ago on drug trafficking charges.
Members of his organisation allegedly used musical equipment ‘road cases’ to send cocaine from Los Angeles, California, to New York.
On the way back the same cases were filled with hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, the Smoking Gun reported a court filing as saying.
This was allegedly going on for 18 months, but it’s not alleged Interscope Records knew or were involved in any drug shipments.
Prosecutors say it’s quite possible Interscope employees knew nothing about it, reported Fox News.
It is not yet understood how Mr Rosemond's team got access to Interscope's California headquarters to drop off and take the shipments.
The ring is alleged to have used a New York recording studio at the other end for the drug and cash shipments, reported the Wall Street Journal.
One act managed by Mr Rosemond and his firm Czar Entertainment is rapper The Game, who is signed to Interscope Records.
The cases were shipped by music gear specialists Rockit Cargo, but the filing doesn’t allege they knew what was inside. Rockit has not commented.
Interscope Records is part of Universal, which has not yet commented.
Mr Rosemond’s lawyer Jeffrey Lichtman denied the charges."
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