She was such a cutie when she was nine or ten - however old she was when she starred in the movie "Paper Moon" back in the 1970s. Wasn't long until she grew up and went through enough angst to make Drew Barrymore seem like she had an idyllic childhood.
This weekend Tatum O'Neal was busted for trying to purchase crack. Her excuse was that she was "researching a part" though she later admitted she had fallen off the wagon and she was buying it for her habit.
I can see it now - the new excuse is that one is "researching a part". Method acting to the extreme. Of course, at that point it isn't acting - it isn't pretending. It's a bad reality series.
Speaking of Bad Reality Series
Two new reality series are being advertised all over the place. One is Denise Richards holding forth and the other is about the Lohan girls (including Mommy Lohan). Of the two I would imagine the Lohan thing is the worst. There's Mommy Lohan, making gang signals. There's baby Lohan saying she wants to follow in Lindsay's footsteps. There's Mommy Lohan threatening to kill some young guy because he's torn between baby Lohan and Lindsay.
Mommy Lohan and Mommy Spears should be in a contest to decide which of them win the contest for worst celebrity Mommy of all time. No wonder their daughters have problems. (By the way, Mommies - check out the story about Tatum O'Neal above - you'll see the future of your daughters).
Old Farts as Dads
For years scientists have known that the older the mother, the higher the chance that a baby will be born with birth defects. It was thought that it didn't matter how old Dad was, which was a great excuse for old farts like Michael Douglas to divorce a wife and marry someone less than half his age.
Seems that if you're born to an older father (age 40 or above when you are born) you are more likely to die before you reach the age of 18. Most of this is related to the fact that these old guys are ALSO likely to pass along congenital problems and birth defects. They did a study of 100,000 children born to older dad's between 1980 and 1996 - of those 100,000 at least 830 have died before reaching 18.
Goodbye to the QE2
In 1969 Queen Elizabeth II launched a new luxury liner named after her, the Queen Elizabeth II, also known as QE2.
In 1970 or 1971 I had the distinct pleasure of going on board that ship before she set sail from New York on her way back to England. We were seeing some friends off, and got to wander around before the "all ashore that's going ashore" was sounded. Then we stood and waved bon voyage as she set sail, just like in the movies. I was about 13 or 14 when this happened so it made a pretty big impression on me.
Now, the QE2 will sail no more. After 25 years she's been bought out by some oil-rich sheik and will become a floating hotel in Dubai. Naturally.
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A sad ending for a GREAT SHIP !!!!!!!!
Tatum O'Neal is still a pretty good actress Cynthia. Saw her on a "Sex and the City" ep as well as "Law and Order"" I think?? Sad ;( Her brother is pretty screwed up too but look at the Father they had?? I truly believe kids, for the most part, are a product of their parental role models. Do not know much about Britney's Mom but have you seen Tracey Ullman do Lindsay Lohan's Mom on her Showtime series?? It's hysterical!! She's portrayed as a drunken fool partying with her "fake" gf's at the clubs; kind of like daughter, like Mother thing. Cuts to the bone but comedy and drama are so closely tied together as we know. Good to see you are still here=I've missed chatting with you. Brian
Yes, she is a good actress and I think she's still very beautiful - in fact, the older she gets the better. It's just sad she "needs" artificial substances to cope with her life. Yes, her father is a twit and one of the reasons she is screwed up, but I don't think her mother was any great shakes either.
Britney Spears mom is another example of a mother living through her kids. Britney is screwed up and the youngest Spears is 16 and pregnant - Mommy Spears was going to write a book on parenting when the news about the youngest broke, which was not long after the last big Britney meltdown. For some reason that project was scrapped by the publishers.
I haven't see Tracey Ullman do Mommy Lohan. Sounds like a hoot. Mommy Lohan is not just a stage Mom living through her daughters - she's still acting like she too is a teenager (and not very successfully getting away with it). Lindsay once had a promising career which she has all but thrown away - can't wait to see what baby sister does to top that (maybe another teen pregnancy?).
This is how Tracey portrays Lindsay's Mom; so accurately 'as that teenager who never grew up." My favorite though is her Arianna Huffington! Tracey is right on target. LMAO....