Morning Mix: Mills Wants £10,000 a Day from McCartney
Headlines: Rosie O'Donnell reveals depression treatment... Jay-Z sells Rocawear clothing label for $204 million... Angelina Jolie nominated for Council on Foreign Relations; Vietnamese official says Jolie adopting boy... Johnny Depp's daughter hospitalized in England... Medical examiner says he knows what killed Anna Nicole Smith (he just won't tell us yet)... Timbaland says he wants to save Britney Spears... Ciara denies dating 50 Cent... Lance Bass pens memoir... Star Jones Reynolds lands Court TV talk show... U.S. government says "Borat" is a human rights victim... Blues Traveler John Popper arrested for speeding, weapons, drugs.
Rumor Mill: Heather Mills demands £10,000 a day from Paul McCartney... Is TomKat expecting a little brother for Suri?... K-Fed wants $25K from tabloid for access to birthday party... Romance blossoming between Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal?... Pierce Brosnan, Meryl Streep to helm "Mamma Mia" screen adaptation... Jennifer Aniston kicks butts... Eddie Van Halen's drinking problem scuttled reunion tour.
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March 8, 2007; 7:49 AM ET
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Posted by: SoMD | March 8, 2007 9:06 AM
I wish Rosie would just stop dancing around it and admit she's bipolar. She said as much when she was explaining that she had "SAD".
Posted by: 23112 | March 8, 2007 9:22 AM
Rosie has to put her two cents into everything. I'm not saying Columbine wasn't awful, and I know depression exists, but her whole thing here sounds like a really self-indulgent bid for more attention.
And the swinging upside down is just nuts. Why doesn't she just have a martini.
Posted by: Barb | March 8, 2007 9:38 AM
Leave it to Eddie Van Halen to crush my youthful dreams once again damn him.
I was soooo there for that reunion tour, though I had my doubts. I could see him goin' all Axl Rose on us but I still held out hope.
Now we don't even get to see him @ the R&R HOF ceremonies. Guess he took his whiskey home one too many times.
Posted by: Bored @ work | March 8, 2007 9:45 AM
Is this a ploy to try and explain her abusive behavior toward others? I ain't buying it. I forgot that Walt Disney owns ABC, I would hope they would have the power to tell her to zip it.
Posted by: Sharon | March 8, 2007 9:48 AM
I refuse to indulge Rosie by typing her name. D'oh! I did it again.
Here's the real story: how can poor Heather Mills POSSIBLY live on a mere $20K a day??? Even if Dancing with the Stars is providing the Swarovski crystals for her dance costumes that's hardly enough to keep her in Fiji water and trans-Atlantic take-out Kanye-style.
Posted by: KiKi | March 8, 2007 9:51 AM
20k pounds a day?!? That works out to $7mil (U.S.) a year. Under no circumstances should anyone get that much in alimony. Especially if it's the spouse's money from before the marriage. As far as I know, Heather did not give up a $7mil a year job to marry Paul and have a child. If she can no longer make what she was making before (doubtful) then Paul should pay the difference (plus child support)
Posted by: BF | March 8, 2007 10:10 AM
Rosie: She is just making excuses for being her obnoxious behavior. Donald Trump is right Rosie is just bitter, nasty woman. I feel sorry for her partner and kids.
Heather Mills: Someone should kick her in her fake leg and tell her to shut up.
Reese and Jake: I hope not. The man was punked by a baby's diaper. Reese's two kids will have a field day with him.
Posted by: Lisa | March 8, 2007 10:28 AM
One other thing...good for JA to try kicking the cig habit. I hope she makes it.
Posted by: 23112 | March 8, 2007 10:29 AM
One more thing: Good move Ciara; I would deny dating a man who calls himself
"50-cents" too.
Now, if you would only admit the truth about your age.
Posted by: Lisa | March 8, 2007 10:37 AM
Heather Mills convinced Paul to marry her. That bit is over and now she wants to get paid. He has tons of money and would not notice 10,000 pounds per day being sent to her. Whatever the settlement, no one here is going to suffer.
It is a bit amusing that Paul is only person on the planet that did not think things would turn out this way. Ah, he IS a true romantic.
Posted by: Josey | March 8, 2007 10:40 AM
Is anyone else bothered by the reports that Angelina has already "chosen" her new adoptee?
I admit I have ZERO experience in adoptions, but have never heard of being able to personally select the child you adopt. It just sounds too much like a trip down the grocery aisle ("Hmmmm...I think I'll have one of him") and really turns me off to her even more.
Posted by: kc | March 8, 2007 10:51 AM
KC: When you are adopting a child, you do meet with that child to see if you feel a connections with the child, so that doesn't bother me as much as having read the article yesterday that said Vietnam doesn't adopt to none married couples and even though Jolie is adopting not Brad, they are a couple! That is unless the rumor Liz posted after Jolie's mother died that they really did get married because her mother wanted them to and are keeping it a secret.
Posted by: M | March 8, 2007 11:04 AM
My God, I've been adopted by a Benetton ad!
Posted by: Angelina's new boy | March 8, 2007 11:05 AM
Heather Mills as Stuart Smalley:
"I am a worthy human being. So worthy in fact, I deserve half of my husband's fortune, even though I had absolutely nothing to do with earning it.
Because I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people like me...even when I kick them in the @ss!
To justify my behaviour, I am accusing my ex-husband of abuse...and that's...okay"
Posted by: Chasmosaur | March 8, 2007 11:06 AM
Remember from the Beatles to Linda Eastman's death, Paul's life has been much of "fairytale." He thought it would continue that way.
Posted by: Abbey Rhodes | March 8, 2007 11:08 AM
Sorry, I don't get the Sir Paul as God thing at all. It is just as likely the abuse stories are true. After all, stuff like that goes on in marriages all the time.
And considering his income, she isn't asking for that much...probably like buying a house in that your first offer is inflated and then you negotiate it.
Posted by: Barb | March 8, 2007 12:51 PM
So Rosie couldn't find anyone to spar with for this month's ratings huh. Didn't she hear that Star has a new job? Surely she could start something out of that.
Whoa there Timberland. Let's not be too hasty to get Brit back in a recording studio. Get her some face time with a psychiatrist then some time with her kids, some talent but please hold off on putting that voice back on the airwaves.
Posted by: petal | March 8, 2007 1:21 PM
Barb: Don't confuse McCartney's total worth with his income. Most of that worth was acquired before Mills was around.
10K pounds a day is much more than McCartneys current income, substantial that it is. She is trying to get money that she has no right to ask for.
Posted by: SoMD | March 8, 2007 1:51 PM
Curious to know Tom Cruise's thoughts on Rosie and her "depression". From her talk show (before she went all out of the closet and whacky), she LOVED him.
Oh, and aren't her kids adopted? I thought people were screened for illnesses such as depression?
Very happy that Fox said enough and isn't sending The View their Idol stories! Best news all day.
Posted by: WDC | March 8, 2007 3:30 PM
The Gerry draught continues...(who was his date to the premiere? Rosario? Bianca? neither?...)
Posted by: JustAGirl | March 8, 2007 3:35 PM
I kept looking to see his date too. There is a photo of him cozying up with Rosario, maybe she's the lucky one.
Posted by: petal | March 8, 2007 5:26 PM
Petal, JustaGirl -- The dearth of Gerard Butler pix isn't for lack of trying. The photo wires to which I have access just don't have much, unless you're interested in a boozy-looking photo of him from a party for Dita von Teese. Cheers.
Posted by: Liz | March 9, 2007 8:21 AM
Point of clarification - not boozy. Gerry does not drink, for about the past 9 or 10 years.
Possibly tired and/or suffering persistent back & arm injuries from the role. There are a lot of interviews out there where he discusses injuries suffered during filming and the negative effects of dropping that training program abruptly.
I'll be anxious to see what you think about the movie. Okay, so I snuck out of work and saw it at lunch today. I thought he was mesmerizing - eyes, abs, performance, everything!
I want to know what he'll do next (that's not already a completed or in-progress project).
Posted by: JustAGirl | March 9, 2007 7:59 PM
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So, Rosie hangs upside down as therapy.
Vampire bats hang upside down too.