The Insider correspondent Pat O'Brien is quite possibly one of our favorite Hollywood train wrecks. We all remember when he made those infamous drunk dials in 2005 in which he romantically told a girl, "You are so f–king hot." (Swoon.) He went to rehab shortly thereafter and again in 2007. Expect a third trip in the near future, because he's reportedly fired from his job at The Insider for yet another classy move: He sent an e-mail to the show's staff in which he complained about how much he hates anchor Lara Spencer. According to Pat, Lara makes people "vomit" when she frets over an Emmy gown because many viewers can't afford food or gas. Fair enough. You know what else makes us vomit, Pat? This.
Update: Text of the e-mail, in which O'Brien proclaims himself a "favorite son" of Iowa, after the jump.
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CHANGE YOU CAN FEEL IN YOUR VEINS "Two Delaware residents are giving new meaning to the term 'pushing' Obama, according to criminal drug charges filed Thursday. Fifty-two bags of heroin in bags stamped both with letters spelling out OBAMA and an image in the likeness of Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama were confiscated following a routine car stop on Interstate 95 in Upper Chichester, according to Pennsylvania State Police."
COLOR US SHOCKED "The surprising news: Amy Winehouse made it to twenty-five. The not-surprising-at-all news: She didn't show up to her own birthday party. Wino was supposed to celebrate the big 2-5 at the Jazz After Dark Club in Soho London, according to The Sun, but just like one of her many concerts — Ms. Cracky never came."
Amy Winehouse is still a total mess.
The singer was hired to DJ at a pub in London, which is quite possibly one of the worst ideas when it comes to Winehouse. Who would hire her in this kind of state? We get that she probably draws a large crowd of ashamed onlookers, much like a car crash, but shouldn't somebody realize that this is exploitation and insist that she sober up before hiring her?
For more pictures of sobriety, click through.
Upset that you couldn't make it to this season's high-class New York Fashion Week? Don't be! Go find some meth heads in your area who will do anything for another hit; you'll practically be backstage at the Marc Jacobs show:
This always causing trouble A list singer was all over fashion week. He was also all over a model at one of the shows. Not wanting to waste more time with her than necessary, he tempted her with a little white powder, went behind a curtain in the backstage area, and allowed her to get her fill. Then he had her do something else for him if you know what I mean. When she was done, he gave her the rest of the little baggie.
According to a report from the Interior Department's inspector general, the Minerals Management Service, a government entity that collects oil and gas royalties from godless oil prospectors out to drill government land, is awash in cocaine and sexual misconduct.
The inspector described the office as "a culture of ethical failure," and cites instances of employees accepting gifts from oil and gas representatives (paintball outings, Toby Keith tickets*), employees dealing drugs to one another and employees constantly fucking one another. One high-ranking official used to buy coke from his secretary IN HIS OFFICE DURING WORK HOURS and have sex with two of his subordinates. Another higher-up got his yay from a subordinate with whom he also had a sexual relationship. Bush's moral America, ladies and gentlemen!
*Republicans, definitely
• Why this Big Mac addict isn't dead yet is beyond us. [DListed]
• Lindsay Lohan says what we're all thinking about father Michael: "We've gone through enough with him. Enough is enough — until he decides to be a grown-up." [PS]
• Amy Winehouse trashed a hotel room and had to be wrapped up in a duvet so her handlers could carry her out. Good for you, Amy! [Yeeeah]
• Are we going crazy or does Aubrey O'Day look less like a drag queen than usual? [INO]
• Will Smith gets mocked by a German TV host, and it's awesome. [CityRag]
• Pamela Anderson is not dating Michael Jackson. Praise Xenu. [ICYDK]
Lil' Wayne, who gave one of the more memorable VMA performances this weekend thanks to his inability to keep his pants on, seems to be quite the diva: The troubled rapper, who has a history of run-ins with the law that doesn't quite rival that of DMX, reportedly refused to take the stage at Friday night's "Fashion Rocks" event because he didn't want his bag checked by security. So he bailed, which then led to him changing his mind and being a pain in the ass for the rest of the night.
Click through for the full entertaining story, as told by a senior production staffer.
All those rumors about Lynne Spears' parenting book, Through the Storm, detailing Britney's sex life and drug use turned out to be false. Obviously. Lynne knows not to bite the hand that feeds her. But Britney, in a rare moment of wisdom, has still cut off contact with her mother:
While the book doesn't dish on Britney's sex life or drug use, it blames all of Britney's problems on her daughter's former managers. Spears — who already considered her mother a siphon on her purse — is 'upset' about the book, spies said, especially when she feels Lynne herself caused so many of her problems and issues.
We'd have to agree with Brit on this one; while we'd normally get onto her for not accepting part of the blame, it's not really a 14-year-old girl's responsibility to make sure her mother isn't whoring her out. And we applaud her for recognizing that Lynne is still doing just that.
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For the last few idiots left who look to Lynne Spears for parenting advice, consider this: The woman just leaked some of the "shocking" revelations from her new tell-all disguised as a celebrity parenting how-to in an effort to garner some publicity. The revelations include stories about Britney's sex life and drug and alcohol abuse, which would be surprising if the wise Road Kill Willie hadn't already spilled the beans.
Apparently Lynne claims that Britney began drinking alcohol at the age of 13, when she joined the Mickey Mouse Club. By 14, she had lost her virginity to an 18-year-old football player from her hometown, and by 15 she was taking drugs. Lynne details "the horror when Britney, just 16, was caught with cocaine and cannabis on a private jet." While Brit was the same age, Lynne allowed her to sleep with then-boyfriend Justin Timberlake because "Lynne thought Britney was in love and Justin was good for her."
So lessons learned? Lynne says she "regrets handing over control of Britney’s career to managers and allowing her daughter to be promoted as a sex object in raunchy videos at such a young age," which is basically saying, "I'm sorry those other people screwed up." Sounds like Mother of the Year to us.
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Every time you think Kate Moss has gotten her act together — broke up with Pete Doherty, sort-of admits to an eating disorder in Interview, has the world's largest gold statue made in her honor — she has to go eff it all up again by jumping on the catwalk, of all things:
THIRTY DAYS AT A TIME "MacKenzie Phillips has entered rehab, her attorney Blair Berk confirmed Wednesday. Phillips is seeking treatment following her arrest on Aug. 27 for alleged drug possession at Los Angeles International Airport. She was found 'carrying what appeared to be heroin and cocaine in baggies and balloons,' airport police said."
Very raggy rag Star magazine has done some digging and discovered that Leighton Meester, funny surname owner and Gossip Girl beeotch, was born in a halfway home while her mother was incarcerated for drug charges. Not sure why Star felt it necessary to bring this information to light, but now that it has, how much more respect do you have for this Leighton Meester lady, who maybe you once considered a throwaway, or didn't consider at all? We still can't produce a nugget of care for Gossip Girl, but good for her.
During today's hot topics on The View, Republican puppet Elisabeth Hasselbeck busted out the newest argument in defense of VP candidate Sarah Palin. Evidently some people are pointing out the irony in an abstinence-only supporter also being the mother to an unwed pregnant teenager — but Elisabeth quickly pointed out why that is a non-issue:
People want to get on Sarah Palin in terms of, you know, removing abstinence-only programs or teaching abstinence to kids based on the fact that her own daughter is pregnant at 17. Well, when Al Gore's son was arrested for narcotics and speeding did we say, 'You know what? This is good proof we shouldn't be teaching our kids to say no to drugs and to drive safely.'
That … makes absolutely no sense. We took time to process it, but it's still completely absurd — and further proof Elisabeth is doing the GOP no favors.
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• The light almost came for Pete Doherty after yet another drug overdose. [DListed]
• Thanks to a misguided notion that America wants to see more of him on the big screen, Tom Cruise announced he is searching for more comedic movie roles. [ICYDK]
• Things we never thought we'd see again: Britney Spears looking good in a bikini. [HT]
• Harry Potter wants to be a drag queen. Naturally. [INO]
• We had almost forgotten about Josh Hartnett, so of course new reports are claiming that he's got a sex tape. [Yeeeah]
• It's a miracle! Christina Aguilera isn't wearing her red lipstick. [PS]
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STORY TIME "Helen Mirren makes some startling revelations — she was date raped more than once and has tried several illegal drugs — in a revealing new interview with the British edition of GQ."
File this under We Could Have Told You That a Long Time Ago: New reports are claiming that Amy Winehouse may be suffering from brain damage — more specifically, schizophrenia — thanks to her multiple drug overdoses, which have included two in the past year or so. In August 2007, Amy binged on crystal meth, heroin and cocaine; this past July she was hospitalized after a "36-hour marijuana marathon that left her in convulsions." Wait, the same incident that her father claimed was caused by a friend spiking Amy's drink with ecstasy? Interesting.
'[Her father's] "explanation" for Amy's hospital dash in July was just simply untrue,' [a] Winehouse pal said. 'She had smoked an inhuman amount of hash which resulted in acute cannabis poisoning. You have to take a s***load of pot to to suffer that severe reaction. It is thought she had been smoking it for 36 hours.'
So this means … Mitch Winehouse lied? This is devastating.
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Colin Farrell's bad boy shtick gets old very quickly these days – we get it, bud: you LOVE boozin' – but this story gets him some leeway with us from now on:
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