It has been sometime since Motiveless Crime posted anything. Problems arose when a major storm struck my hometown area and left us without power for a period of time. After that personal issues took control. Right now the blog is in a transition period as we try to figure out how it fits in with the rest of my life and the time that can be applied daily. Without further ado, here is today’s Guilty Pleasures.
The major story of the week in Hollywood is, of course, Owen Wilson’s attempt at suicide. Slightly after noon on Sunday an ambulance was called to Owen’s home in Santa Monica. The log for the call has been passed and made public as an attempted suicide. Reports have it that his older brother, of similar fame, Luke found Owen with his wrist slashed after he took multiple pills. Wilson was transported to St. John’s Hospital and was later moved to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Wilson released this statement from the hospital:
“I respectfully ask that the media allow me to receive care and heal in private during this difficult time.”
I know this may sound crass, but I’ve always considered people who “attempt” suicide to be the most pitiful human-beings on the planet. Not only are they so unhappy with their lives but they also can’t even end them right. And what does Owen have to complain about?
Apparently if I step away from celebrity gossip for more than a few days, all hell will break loose. Amy Winehouse, the heroin and crack-addicted chanteuse, got into a fight with her husband after her most recent departure from rehab. The two reportedly got into a physical altercation when Amy decided to do some drugs and her husband disapproved:
“Amy was in floods of tears. This guy was screaming at her. “She was cowering in the corner and I thought he was going to hit her. When the lift door opened, she took off across the lobby at a real pace. An eyewitness said: “Just after 3am, Amy came sprinting out and down the road. “She was in a real state of panic. Blake was running after her, but couldn’t catch up. Amy was so hell-bent on getting away from him that she ran into the middle of the street and flagged down a random car that happened to be full of girls. She was saying, ‘Quickly, I have to get in, I have to get away, please help me’. Her voice was breaking, you could tell she was scared. The car drove off at speed and ended up about a mile away at Charing Cross station. Amy got out and went into a 24-hour shop to buy cigarettes. “She was looking completely out of her head. Blake ran after the car for a while. He spent the next half hour or so wandering around in a daze with blood over his face, looking in doorways for her, shouting her name out. “Eventually, he got through to her on the mobile.”
Winehouse released this statement in response to the incident:
“Blake is the best man in the world. We would never ever harm each other… I was cutting myself after he found me in our room about to do drugs with a call girl and rightly said I wasn’t good enough for him. I lost it and he saved my life. He did not and never has hurt me. He has such a hard time and he so supportive… He is an amazing man who saved my life again and got cut badly for his troubles. All he gets is horrible stories printed about him and he just keeps quiet, but this is too much. She added: “I’ll be alright. I need to fight my man’s corner for him though.”
To complicate matters her family has asked that fans boycott her music in an attempt to show their disapproval wit her drug abuse. Personally all this drama has actually made me listen to her album more. Is that a bad thing? No. Is it ironic? Hell yes.
Britney Spears has managed to get herself into even more trouble. Not only is she a head-shavin’, baby shakin’, nightmare of a used-to-be pop star, but she is also a bad mother. Of course this is just conjuncture at this point but TMZ is reporting that the pop songstress is under investigation by DCFS for possible child endangerment:
“An unscheduled hearing was held today at L.A. County Superior Court. Present — Britney’s lawyer, Dennis Wasser, K-Fed’s attorney, Mark Vincent Kaplan, and a lawyer from the Los Angeles County Counsel who is assigned to the dependency court. We do not know the specifics of the allegations but we’re told the L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services is conducting an active investigation. A hearing in the custody case has been scheduled for Sept. 4, which will be a follow up to today’s appearance. A rep for Britney did not immediately return our request for comment.”
TMZ also has sources that update the situation as:
“Sources say the complaint lodged with DCFS involves allegations of poor dental hygiene, as well as poor eating and sleeping habits for her kids.”
I’m surprised. Britney? A bad mother? This is just startling. I may not be able to sleep because of this. Who would have thought?
After having seen many pictures of Brad Pitt roaming around NYC with three out of four of the Pitt-Jolie children, I began to wonder, where is Angie? Well answers came forward today. It appears that Angelina Jolie, and possible Shiloh Pitt-Jolie, is in Iraq. Angelina is said to be there to speak with Iraqi refugees in their homes and witness some of the devastation for herself. The trip is a part of her service with the United Nations Refugee Agency for which she is an ambassador. Angelina has said:
“I have come to Syria and Iraq to help draw attention to the humanitarian crisis and to urge governments to increase their support for UNHCR and its partners. My sole purpose in both countries is to highlight the plight of those uprooted by the war in Iraq.”
“It is absolutely essential that the ongoing debate abut Iraq’s future includes plans for addressing the enormous humanitarian consequences these people face.”
Dammit, it would be a lot easier to make fun of her if she wasn’t a good person.
Madonna was recently under allegations for bribery when she was accused of paying off a Malawi government official in order to gain full custody of David Banda, the child she is currently in the process of adopting. It turns out that the social worker assigned to the case was barred from traveling to London via Malawi which somehow meant Madge had to pay the bill…? This caused some to believe that she was buying his approval. The man has now been cleared for travel and will spend two weeks in London. He claims the entire situation was just a big misunderstanding. Besides, what child could complain about getting Madonna as a mother? Oh yeah…plenty.
This is probably utter-b.s. but it is great fodder for some of us. Rumor has it that Jake Gyllenhaal is planning on coming out of the closet by the end of the next month. Jake is said to be considering the major announcement because he and his secret boyfriend of several years are expecting a baby in September (via surrogate):
“Jake Gyllenhaal has been dating the same guy for years. Last year Jake and his bf were arrested and brought into the West Hollywood station after the sheriffs office was called after catching Jake and his bf having sex in an SUV behind the restaurant Chin Chins in LA. Both were later released. Jake has been dating this guy for years, even before he broke up with Kirsten Dunst. Kirsten Dunst found out about his bf and confronted him at Chateau Marmont. The confrontation was loud and they broke up right there. News of their break-up followed a few days later. Jake and his bf are currently expecting a baby through a surrogate. They used a company based in Westwood, CA. The baby is due in September.”
Right…well, I’ll be looking forward to the end of September for new reasons this year. Normally I like to enjoy the seasonal changes during this time but I’m sure it will be much more interesting to know the sexuality of a Hollywood celebrity. Come on, seriously. Since when did a person’s sexuality define them? If Jake wants to come out, more power to him. The problem isn’t that he has been hiding it for so long, its really that the society we live in has required him to do so.
Guilty Pleasure of the Day:
“Why can’t one fifth of Americans find the U.S. on a world map?” It is a rather simple question. But for a Miss Teen USA contestant, it can be rather difficult to answer:
She placed third. Somehow that dumbass placed third. She went on to the Today Show today and came up with this answer, as a do-over:
“Personally, my friends and I, we know exactly where the United States is on a map. I don’t know anyone else who doesn’t. If the statistics are correct, I believe there should be more emphasis on geography in our education so people will learn how to read maps better.”
