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February 2009
- Media Hijacks Rihanna's Right to Privacy
  
  Huffington Post | Feb 27, 09 1:10 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The Los Angeles Times and other media outlets violated Rihanna’s privacy by publicizing her identity as a domestic-violence victim, Smita Satiani writes for the Huffington Post. Public desire for details, the need to know if Rihanna herself somehow brought it on, “stems from the ultimate denial that these horrendous crimes are real—and even worse, that they can happen to anyone.” More »
- Phoenix Might Be Losing His Mind: Shrink
  
  Los Angeles Times | Feb 27, 09 4:46 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A Chicago psychiatrist has offered yet another theory for the recent odd behavior of actor Joaquin Phoenix: he might be losing his mind. While bloggers speculate that the zombie-like Phoenix is either hooked on drugs or spoofing his fans with a zoned-out tumble into a laughable rap music career, Dr. Paul Dobransky notes that Phoenix is exhibiting a lack of emotion and the vocal tics of schizophrenia, reports the Los Angeles Times . More »
- Crash Passenger: I'm Not Freeman's Mistress
  
  Commercial Appeal (Memphis) | Feb 26, 09 10:50 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The woman suing Morgan Freeman for damages after a car crash says the actor was drinking all night before getting behind the wheel, the Commercial Appeal of Memphis reports. Demaris Meyer also denied that she was his mistress but said they were headed for his home when they piled into her car. She also said the actor "has provided extremely minimal financial assistance" since the August 2008 accident. More »
- Warren Beatty Courts LiLo ... No, Not Like That
  
  Fox News | Feb 26, 09 10:29 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Warren Beatty wants to cast Lindsay Lohan in his upcoming film, but he’s not willing to gamble on the troubled starlet's reliability. The film icon will require the 22-year-old to live with him—or at least on his property—during production, Fox News reports. Lohan is said to be seriously considering the opportunity to play the star/director’s daughter. More »
- Passenger in Freeman Crash Sues Actor
  
  Radar | Feb 25, 09 12:10 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The woman injured in a car crash with Morgan Freeman last year is filing suit against the actor, RadarOnline reports. Demaris Meyer has vowed to reveal the nature of her relationship with Freeman and release details—including explicit photos—of the crash. Freeman announced he was divorcing his wife shortly after the August accident on a road in rural Mississippi. More »
- Damage Control: Brown Enrolls in Anger 101
  
  New York Daily News | Feb 25, 09 9:33 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Chris Brown is trying to salvage his public image with anger management classes, the New York Daily News reports, but some insiders are quick to gripe that Rihanna—whom Brown is accused of beating up Feb. 7—should do the same. “Rihanna is temperamental, too,” said one source. “They're both too hot-headed for their own good.” Rihanna will testify at Brown’s March 5 trial, a source said. More »
- Cut It Out, Mr. & Mrs. Smug
  
  New York Post | Feb 24, 09 2:04 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Reached the end of your rope with the Brangelina hype? Danica Lo of the New York Post is right there with you: “Just because you are a rabid adopter, zealous breeder, star as benighted mothers in movies no one watches, and live in France,” Lo fumes, “you are not a better person. Even if you are sleeping with Brad Pitt.” More »
- Charles Barkley Sentenced to 10 Days for DUI
  
  Arizona Republic (Phoenix) | Feb 24, 09 1:54 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Charles Barkley will be doing time for his DUI bust, the Arizona Republic reports. The former NBA star has been sentenced to 10 days in prison, which will be reduced to five if he completes an alcohol education course. Barkley—who told cops he was in a hurry to receive oral sex when he was stopped on New Year's Eve—starts his sentence March 21. More »
- Feminist Bloggers Daft in Rihanna Debate
  
  Salon | Feb 23, 09 6:09 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - In the debate over a leaked police photo of Rihanna, her face badly beaten, feminist bloggers and pundits are revealing their archaic attitudes toward domestic violence, Rebecca Traister writes in Salon. One asked whether Rihanna will carry the "domestic violence victim" stigma; another questioned whether she was partly to blame for being attacked. The prejudices behind such questions "need to be shaken loose, quickly," writes Traister. More »
- Diamonds Get Brown Closer to Rihanna
  
  New York Daily News | Feb 23, 09 9:37 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Chris Brown showered Rihanna with gifts and called to wish her a happy 21st birthday Friday, the New York Daily News reports. “He knows he’s very much in the doghouse right now, and is doing everything he can to show her how sorry he is,” a source said of Brown. Rihanna reportedly wanted him at her Hollywood shindig, and friends worry “she can’t be without him.” More »
- Rihanna: I Remain Strong
  
  People | Feb 21, 09 5:17 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Rihanna has spoken publicly for the first time since her assault, assuring fans in a statement that "she remains strong, is doing well, and deeply appreciates the outpouring of support," reports People . Her rep said the singer won't comment on the assault at the police's request. Rihanna turned 21 yesterday and was photographed back in Los Angeles—on the same day a police photo of her bruised face surfaced in the media. More »
- Wrestler 's Steroid Dealer Busted—for Steroids
  
  New York Daily News | Feb 20, 09 9:30 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - In a case of life imitating art, the actor who plays a steroid dealer in The Wrestler was busted for dealing steroids, the New York Daily News reports. Investigators had Scott Siegel under surveillance for steroid trafficking, and arrested him Wednesday night after a car chase that ended with Siegel smashing into five police cars. Authorities found 1,500 bottles of anabolic steroids and more than $100,000 in two homes. More »
- First Rihanna Photo Emerges
  
  TMZ | Feb 19, 09 9:30 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The first photo of Rihanna from the night of her assault has apparently surfaced. The gossip site TMZ released a police photo that shows a woman's bruised face, with bad swelling around one eye. Rihanna hasn't commented publicly since the Feb. 8 assault and is recuperating in her native Barbados, the New York Post notes. Chris Brown has apologized and may face charges. More »
- Boxer Challenges Brown to 'Real' Fight
  
  Fox News | Feb 19, 09 9:05 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - At least 1,223 people want to see Chris Brown get in another fight, and a Los Angeles martial arts expert is one of them, Fox News reports. Anthony Geisler, president of LA Boxing, started a Facebook group called "I want to fight Chris Brown" that invites the singer to step into the ring and "see what it’s like to face a real opponent"—namely, Geisler. So far, 1,222 others have joined. More »
- Dietrich Was Camelot's Other Woman
  
  Vanity Fair | Feb 18, 09 12:33 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Marlene Dietrich had a peculiar effect on many of the world’s most accomplished and respected men: She turned them into bumbling adolescents. But the German screen siren, who entranced everyone from Frank Sinatra to Adlai Stevenson, enjoyed a special relationship with Ambassador Joseph Kennedy when their families summered together in the French Riviera, Cari Beauchamp writes in Vanity Fair . More »
- Rihanna 'Torn' By Anger, Love
  
  New York Daily News | Feb 18, 09 9:04 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Rihanna is “torn” over cooperating with police to build a case against Chris Brown—but she’s not the only one who’s conflicted. The story, an Us Weekly report in the New York Daily News , comes on the heels of a Chicago Sun-Times report that the singer was “royally pissed off” by Brown’s “cavalier and arrogant” public statement: “He should have expressed more contrition,” said a source. More »
- 'Clueless' Chris Brown's Spin Doctor Will Win Him No Points
  
  Fox News | Feb 17, 09 12:00 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - It’s not surprising that “19 and clueless” Chris Brown needs help doing damage control, but the PR flack he hired to disentangle him from his domestic violence mess will “win Brown no points in public,” writes Roger Friedman for Fox News. Mike Sitrick, Paris Hilton’s spin doctor, “is universally disliked by the press,” and on top of that, the first statement he issued for Brown “is pretty lame.” More »
- A-Rod's V-Day Treat: 5 Ladies
  
  New York Post | Feb 17, 09 9:05 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Alex Rodriguez may be having image troubles, but it doesn’t seem to have hurt him with the ladies: He spent Valentine’s weekend with a total of five women, the New York Post reports. He spent Friday night with Madonna buddy Ingrid Casares at a Miami Beach restaurant, hung out during the day Saturday with model Melissa Britos, and went to a bar with “three hot chicks” at night. More »
- Lilo Visits Chace—at 6am
  
  OK! | Feb 16, 09 7:41 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Lindsay Lohan stirred the rumor mill today by visiting hunky Gossip Girl star Chace Crawford in New York at 6am, OK! reports. Meanwhile Lilo's girlfriend, Sam Ronson, is recovering from an ear infection in Los Angeles. Lohan denies any trouble in paradise, but didn't bother to hide her crush on Chace last fall. One source says she's been texting him constantly. More »
- 'Sorry, Saddened' Brown Seeks Counseling
  
  Reuters | Feb 15, 09 4:47 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Chris Brown has broken his silence, saying he is "sorry and saddened" for allegedly assaulting girlfriend and fellow star Rihanna last week, Reuters reports. "I am seeking the counseling of my pastor, my mother and other loved ones and I am committed, with God's help, to emerging a better person,” the 19-year-old said in a statement. More »