Naomi Campbell recently admitted that she chucked a mobile phone in a fit of rage because her employee had lost a pair of her designer jeans. Hey, they weren't just any designer jeans - they were the ones she had specifically chosen to wear for her appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show.
Meanwhile, the mobile phone unintentionally hit employee Ana Scolavino in the head. She needed four stitches and was given a rather hefty medical bill.
Judge Robert Mandelbaum who presided over the case in the Manhattan Criminal Court has sentenced the 36-year-old supermodel to pay Scolavino's medical bill, to spend 2 days in an anger management program and to do 5 days of indoor community service.
Yes, you'll note the word indoor was inserted in there. Perhaps they didn't want a rerun of the Boy George incident. He had to sweep the streets as part of his community service and was bombarded with paparazzi the entire time.
But going back to the sentencing issue - does anyone else think she got off pretty light? I mean, this isn't the first time Ms Campbell has lost it.
With all due respect to the judge, I think that maybe sentencing Ms Campbell to a few hundred years in anger management programs would have been more appropriate, no?
September 14th 2006 03:21
What was that? Can you hear it? Listen…
It’s the sound of people everywhere breathing a 14-year sigh of relief. The tumultuous marriage between Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown will soon be over.
When they wed in 1992, everyone knew it would be a disaster, but no one ever thought it would last this long. Afterall, she was the beautiful, best-selling r&b/pop artist who touched our hearts with songs like I Will Always Love You and The Greatest Love of All. She made us cry in The Bodyguard and made us soar in Waiting To Exhale. She constantly stunned us with her elegance and beauty – hell, even Osama Bin Laden thinks she’s hot.
And Bobby? Well, he was the rough guy who was always getting into legal trouble. In 1995, he was arrested for biting off someone’s ear at DisneyWorld. The same year, he was charged with beating up a hotel security guard. In 1996, he smashed Whitney’s Porsche and was charged with drunk driving after being 2 times over the legal blood alcohol level. In 1997, the media accused him of domestic violence. In 1998, he was arrested for sexual assault in Beverly Hills. And in the last few years, he’s been busted for cocaine and marijuana possession on several occasions.
But don’t get too excited just yet. According to Bobby’s lawyers, it’s presently just a legal separation, so there may be some chance of reconciliation.
And to that I say – Whitney, get out now girl. You think you Almost Had It All? No, dear, no. Don’t Save All Your Love For Him, it’s not The Greatest Love Of All, it’s just So Emotional, he’s not All The Man That You Need and if you’re wondering Where Do Broken Hearts Go, try the Heartbreak Hotel. Maybe you’ll get to Dance With Somebody Who Loves You. Shoop Shoop.
Forget the slender, golden-winged statuette that we’ve all come to know as the “Emmy”. There’s a new award in town and he’s a real bastard.
Every year, hundreds of women from all different backgrounds gather in the NSW Lower House of Parliament to judge the year’s most sexist remarks. The “winners” are booed, jeered and best of all, profoundly insulted by being given an “Ernie” award.
And from the sound of things 2006 has been an amazing year for chauvinism. Read on, I think the statements all speak for themselves…
1. The Celebrity Ernie went to Tom Cruise for saying, "I've got Katie tucked away so no one will get to her until my child is born ... [Katie's] life from now on was going to be about being a mother. I'm not giving her the chance to turn into another Nicole."
2. The Political Ernie went to Federal Liberal MP Bill Heffernan for saying of fellow female MP, Julia Gillard, "Anyone who chooses to remain deliberately barren ...they've got no idea what life's about."
3. The Judicial Ernie went to lawyer Chrisovalantis Papadopoulos who was heard saying at a rape trial that “it was only brief and at the very bottom of the scale of seriousness.”
4. The Media Ernie went to journo Jeff Corbett who did a report on NASA ensuring that “male engineers were on board in case things went wrong.”
5. And the most prestigious award, the Gold Ernie, which symbolises the most derogatory, chauvinistic and outrageous of comments went to none other than P&O Cruises for the infamous advertisement that surfaced during the Dianne Brimble inquest – “Seamen Wanted”.
Really boys…
Forget the eye shadow, lipstick and colourful hair extensions because over the next few days, Boy George will only be allowed some gloves, a garbage bag and an unattractive uniform from the New York Department of Sanitation.
The singer, song-writer and 80’s icon will have to sweep the streets and pick up garbage in Manhattan this week as he carries out his court ordered community service. The 45 year old, whose real name is George Alan O’Dowd, is being punished for falsely reporting a burglary in his home to New York Police.
At the time, the police found there had been no break-in but did find a stash of cocaine and charged him with possession. The drug charges were subsequently dropped in exchange for a guilty plea regarding the false report.
On top of it all, Boy George was due to appear in court earlier this year but never showed up. As a result, on June 17, a Manhattan judge issued a warrant for the singer’s arrest.
In addition to the community service, the former Culture Club member had to pay a $1000 fine for wasting police time.
And Boy George’s response to it all?
“I’ve always been a scrubber...”
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