Whitney Houston: The Greatest Loss of All
Even though we watched Whitney Houston deal with her personal struggles over the years which included an unhealthy, abusive marriage to Bobby Brown and alcohol and drug addiction, the news of her death this week was shocking to many of us. It has been reported that her longtime bodyguard found her unconscious body submerged in the bathtub in her hotel
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Posted February 18, 2012
Heather Locklear: What Is She Running From?
No matter how talented, beautiful, or rich you are, none of those things are sure antidotes for misery. Heather Locklear is a clear example of this. The Melrose Place actress was rushed to the hospital last week, reportedly because she mixed alcohol with prescription drugs, after her sister found her unconscious. This newest crisis follows years of trouble and heartbreak
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Posted January 24, 2012
Katy Perry and Russell Brand: How Do You Start Your Marriage Right So It Doesn’t End Wrong?
Katy Perry and Russell Brand may have had a courtship and a wedding to remember, but that is all they’ll have left now that Brand recently filed for divorce from his wife of 14 months. The pop star and the actor tied the knot during a lavish ceremony in India after knowing each other for only four months. At first
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Posted January 9, 2012
Chaz Bono: Dancing With Controversy – He Is No Longer A Follower
You can’t accuse Chaz Bono of being a wall flower. He has put himself out there over and over again, speaking openly about his choice to legally change his gender from female to male to the press as well as in the documentary Becoming Chaz in which he shares his journey as a transgender man. And recently he decided to
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Posted September 22, 2011
Sofia Vergara: The Modern (Dysfunctional) Family–With Addiction, Whose Responsibility Is It?
Television actress Sofia Vergara makes us laugh about family problems on her hit ABC comedy Modern Family, but in real life these days her family situation is anything but funny. Her older brother was murdered in Colombia in 1998 following a failed kidnapping, and now her younger brother Julio is in the fight of his life as he is in
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Posted August 22, 2011
Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony: Did Their Careers Collide?
Before Jennifer Lopez married Marc Anthony she was in the white hot spotlight of television, music and movies. She was a huge star and, as often happens, she attracted the boys – especially the bad ones who had a reputation with the ladies. After two divorces and one near-miss, Lopez wanted to be grounded, and was willing to give up
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Posted August 2, 2011
David Duchovny and Tea Leoni: The Ex-Files – Can Their Relationship Survive Sex Addiction?
Most of us don’t yet know what is behind David Duchovny and Tea Leoni’s second break-up in their 14-year marriage, but it is hard not to wonder if David’s admitted sex addiction played a role. When the couple split for a few months in 2008, Duchovny talked openly about his addiction and checked himself into a treatment center.
While there
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Posted July 22, 2011
Sarah Ferguson: How Can She Get Self-Worth?
Watching Finding Sarah, Sarah Ferguson’s reality show on the OWN network, made me wish I could speak to her directly because there are, in fact, very specific steps that she can take to help her get self-worth which my patients have found to be extremely helpful . She can learn how to stop making the same mistakes which lead to
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Posted July 7, 2011
Jennifer Aniston: Is She The Other Woman Or The New Woman?
Here is the picture of Jennifer Aniston that has been at the forefront of the media and most of our minds for years now: America’s sweetheart, the betrayed wife, the scorned and heartbroken lover. She was the one who was abandoned by Brad Pitt when he left her for Angelina Jolie. Has all that changed now since, some might argue,
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Posted July 6, 2011
Hugh Hefner: He Is Just Like The Rest Of Us
One thing the world’s most famous playboy probably never expected was to be blindsided by a bunny. But that is exactly what happened recently when five days before Hugh Hefner’s third wedding his 25-year-old fiance Playmate Crystal Harris called off the nuptials saying she was uncomfortable with his lifestyle. It goes to show that no matter how successful you are,
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Posted June 30, 2011
Shrink Wrap: The School Of Hard Knocks: When Is It Time To Grow Up?
We see it over and over again: a married politician falling from grace because he couldn’t resist another woman. But what has unfolded this week with New York Congressman Anthony Weiner is different from what we saw with John Edwards and Arnold Schwarzenegger. They had full-blown extramarital affairs, intimate relationships which for both of them included fathering a child. Weiner,
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Posted June 22, 2011
