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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Sharon Stone wanted to botox son, 8
TMZ has new details in the judgment that denied Sharon Stone’s request to move her son Roan, 8, from San Francisco (where he lives with ex-husband Phil Bronstein and is in school) to Los Angeles.
The court has released what it calls the “Tentative Statement of Decision.” It is a highly sensitive document, which outlines a bitter, ongoing battle between Stone and Bronstein.
Among many things, the judge says, “Mother appears to overreact to many medical issues involving Roan.” In one case, the judge describes Stone believing Roan had a spinal condition, but “there was no evidence to support this allegation.”
And then the court says, “Another example of an overreaction is that Mother suggested that Roan should have Botox injections in his feet to resolve a problem he had with foot odor. As Father appropriately noted, the simple and common sense approach of making sure Roan wore socks with his shoes and used foot deodorant corrected the odor problem without the need for any invasive procedure on this young child.”
The judge goes on: “Unfortunately, the problem caused by Mother’s overreactions is painfully real for this child.”
There’s more.
The judge differentiated very distinctly the difference between Bronstein and Stone, saying, “Father has championed for Roan’s well-being out of, what appears to this Court, nothing less than the unconditional love for his son. Unfortunately, and for unexplained reasons, it appears that Mother did not involve herself to the extent she could or should have in this process … Mother has attempted to put up roadblocks to Roan’s getting help, or has decided against participating in his care.”
The judge goes on: “Unfortunately, the problem caused by Mother’s overreactions is painfully real for this child.”
The judge says at one point, responding to Stone’s argument that she put her career on hold for Roan, “If Mother has, in fact, limited her career to make herself available for Roan, she has done little to make this evident to Roan, his school or this Court.”
Here’s the most amazing part of the whole story: TMZ, the most invasive of all invasive “press” says it’s withholding some details. “There are many other specifics that we won’t publish.” That’s a first.
A call to Stone’s rep was not immediately returned. Wonder why. Keep in mind, too, that Stone has two other children, adopted after her divorce from Bronstein. Hope they’re wearing socks.
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Italian veterans angry at Spike Lee
Variety reports that Spike Lee’s “Miracle at St. Anna” is raising historical hackles in Italy, where the WWII drama — which links an antifascist Italian partisan resistance group to the 1944 Nazi massacre of 560 Italian civilians — is being blasted as a misrepresentation of the facts.
The film’s press screening in Rome Monday, Sept. 30, saw Lee and scriptwriter James McBride forced onto the defensive over the movie’s linking of an antifascist Italian partisan resistance group to the 1944 Nazi massacre of 560 Italian civilians.
Miracle at St Anna suggests that a partisan named Rodolfo collaborated with the Nazis, indirectly sparking the slaughter. Not so, say veteran organizations, who fear the film could cause history to be rewritten.
“This is a fictional story,” McBride said. “The real question for me was how to make ‘St. Anna’ a reveal, because that is the craft of fiction. I am very sorry if I have offended the partisans. I have enormous respect for them. As a black American, we understand what it’s like for someone to tell your history, and they are not you. But unfortunately, the history of World War II here in Italy is ours as well, and this was the best I could do.”
For his part, Lee was a little less conciliatory:
“I am not apologizing for anything,” Lee said. “I think these questions are evidence that there is still a lot about your history during the war that you (the Italians) have got to come to grips with. This film is no clear picture of what happened. It is our interpretation, and I stand behind it.”
Lee has said that his previous comments about director Clint Eastwood’s omitting stories of black soldiers in “Flags of our Fathers” and “Letters from Iwo Jima” could hurt the film’s chance at an Oscar. “Miracle at St Anna” was a minor box office hit last weekend.
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Janet Jackson released from hospital
‘Twas a short stay, just two hours. In Canada, at Montreal’s Royal Victoria Hospital.
Jackson, 42, was due to perform in Montreal Monday, Sept. 29, but canceled the gig after she “got suddenly ill” during her sound check and had to be rushed to the hospital just before show time. She hopes to reschedule the show.
Further details of the singer’s condition were not immediately available, and reps for Jackson did not return requests for additional comment. Jackson kicked off her Rock Witchu tour promoting her latest album, Discipline, in Vancouver on Sept. 10.
Jackson has complained of exhaustion, a source close to boyfriend Jermaine Dupri tells People.com. “A 42-year-old body can’t handle what a 22-year-old body can,” said the source, who’s apparently never heard of Madonna. “I can tell you that she’s definitely tired. It was probably exhaustion. She is doing back-to-back, three-hour shows, and her body isn’t the same as it used to be.”
The same night that Jackson was rushed to the hospital, Dupri was spotted in New York City partying at Patron’s Music in Motion Tour featuring TI at Marquee. “If (Janet’s condition) was more serious he would’ve rushed to her side,” added the source. Jackson is due to perform in Boston Wednesday night.
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Merv Griffin (sort of) sues Ed McMahon
A company founded by Merv Griffin is suing Ed McMahon for a $100,000 loan it claims has gone unpaid.
The Griffin Group Inc. claims it loaned the money to McMahon in 2005. The company filed the suit last week and states that none of the loan has been repaid.
McMahon’s publicist didn’t directly address the lawsuit, instead asking, “Anybody wanna buy a nice house in The Summit?” The quote is an allusion to McMahon’s hilltop home, which is facing foreclosure. The former pitchman also faces numerous other lawsuits filed on behalf of creditors. Wait: Ed McMahon has a publicist??? So what’s the deal? He had an offer on his house, and he just got a new, cool, job …
Griffin, the longtime talk-show host who created “Jeopardy” and “Wheel of Fortune,” died in 2007. We’ll leave you with this to ponder: WWJD? (That’s Johnny. As in Carson.)
