Alec Baldwin has spoken out on behalf of American quarterback Michael Vick, who was sentenced to jail for animal abuse.
Vick finished out a 23-month jail term on home monitoring after he pled guilty to charges of dog fighting and execution. The NFL has cleared his return to sport, angering some observers.
Baldwin says Vick’s story is an opportunity. He wrote in an article run on the Huffington Post: “Vick did horrific things and he deserved to be punished. He served his time and now I wonder what good does it do to exile him in shame and not let him show his example of how one can be rehabilitated after that kind of behaviour. If Vick returns to his true form as an NFL pro, that platform can mean real progress for the animal rights movement.
“Vick is easy to target as a villain. But the man who should have been setting an example for his young fans about how to comport oneself off the field can still do so. Donating a healthy figure from his enormous salary to any mixture of animal rights groups seems like a good start to me. I have a list for Vick when he is ready.”
Ailing Farrah Fawcett broke down in tears during an emotional reunion with her troubled son Redmond O’Neal.
Redmond was let out of jail for three hours to visit the cancer stricken actress after a judge signed a removal order.
Dressed in an orange jumpsuit and still in handcuffs, Redmond O’Neal was escorted from prison to his mother’s Los Angeles home by sheriff deputies.
Once inside, the handcuffs were removed, so the pair could hug and kiss each other.
In a tear jerking reunion, sources revealed to RadarOnline, that both Farrah and Redmond O’Neal cried many times.
A highly emotional Farrah told Redmond that she was sorry for any mistakes she made raising him and that she wasn’t always there for him.
But Redmond O’Neal told his mother not to blame herself for his multiple drug-related arrests and told her that he was going to kick drugs this time, for her.
Farrah was torn with emotion, happy to see her son again, yet distraught to see him in prison garb while Redmond was equally emotional and upset at his mother’s appearance.
Although some people around Farrah have tried to downplay the seriousness of her illness, her own doctor has announced publicly that her cancer has spread from its site of origin to her liver.
It is highly unusual for a prisoner to be released for a visit in these circumstances.
These types of visits are usually reserved for gravely ill relatives, funerals or other emergencies.
And although other news reports have downplayed the seriousness of her condition, her appearance reportedly shocked Redmond.
Finally we know that when this world would get temporary relief from the antics of rapper T.I., the god sent date is 27th of this month. The first step in getting into jail will be that T.I., real name Clifford Harris will have to attend court in Atlanta, Georgia where a judge will be waiting to hand in him his sentence officially.
The sentence period is already known which one year and one day. He has been handed the sentence after pleading guilty to possessing unregistered weapons. Such a pity that in the US possessing unregistered weapons means just one year behind the bars and then you are free again.
In the worsening terrorism situation such a case could lead you to being charged with acting against the interest of your home country and be put behind the bars without being given the chance to explain your side of the story.
These people get away with such acts just because they have a celebrity tag on their forehead and have muscle power to not let such cases be pursued beyond a certain extent. Yet people would be thanking their stars that for one year a creep would not be seen.
Boy George is off to the slammer as the has-been 80s singer was found guilty last week of falsely imprisoning a male escort in 2007. On Friday, a judge in London sentenced the singer to 15 months in jail. The singer and his family had a pretty hard time accepting the sentence as they were spotted outside of the courthouse completely breaking down. George was even seen falling to his knees, punching the pavement, openly balling and smoking through cigarettes. Hey, look at the bright side of things. He may have a good story to sell once he gets out of prison.
Junkie Blake Fielder-Civil has begged wife Amy Winehouse to secretly fund his drug habit behind bars.
The lowlife, 25, told fellow lags he had asked the singer to make payments into the bank account of another con, who would then pass him heroin. He is being held on remand on assault and trial-fixing charges at London’s tough Pentonville jail.
And a prison source revealed: “Blake’s addiction is just as bad as ever and he’s bragging about how he’s been asking Amy to help him get a fix. He showed us the bank details of a known dealer inside Pentonville and said he’d asked Amy to make regular wire transfers to this guy in exchange for heroin. Apparently he wanted each transfer to end in a single pound, so the dealer would know who the money came from.”
The asking price for each “wrap” is said to be £100; four times its street value.
And the source said: “Blake doesn’t care as long as he gets his hit. He’s prepared to put his wife at risk. It shows how desperate he’s become.”
Meanwhile Pentonville’s security chief Andy Watts has written to Blake’s solicitors warning: “There is strong and supported intelligence he is involved in attempting to smuggle drugs into the prison.”
It seems our troubled Amy Winehouse may have gone a little too far this time after police quiz her in connection with the suspected conspiracy to clear husband Blake Fielder-Civil on a GBH charge.
What’s even more worrying is that Amy is said to have made a suicide pact with husband Blake; saying that if they both receive large prison sentences they would rather die than be apart.
Scary. This is in a long line of evidence that the distraught diva is losing control. If police can connect her to the £200,000 plot then she faces a life sentence. Ouch. Watch this space…
It looks like American Idol wannabe Jessica Sierra wouldn’t be doing any patriotic duties for Christmas. The pro-troop organization Move American Forward wants nothing to do with the currently jailed fallen idol. Pfft. No surprise there.
Jessica previously posted on her official website that she would be doing a holiday tribute concert for the troops arranged by MAF. However, since her arrest, the organization’s VP issued a statement regarding Jessica saying “It is quite obvious that Ms. Sierra needs to devote a great deal of time to putting her life back together. We wish Jessica Sierra all the best in her path towards overcoming her addictions, but that path does not include participation in the ‘A Song for Their Service’ concert.”
I tell you guys these so called celebrities are a shame on themselves. Give one person who has not indulged in drugs lately or in the past. Lindsay to Paris to Britney to Mick Jagger to all of these people are druggies. They are all so addicted that they carry it in their bags and handbags just incase there is that instant urge to get high and they cannot get someone to their help immediately, so as a matter of precaution they will carry the drugs where ever they are flying, I am amazed that if they carry it while boarding the plane or even on a private jet are they not checked for the luggage they are carrying with them. I know 7 grams of weed is nothing much in quantity but that doesn’t mean you can get away with it. Amy has just in the past few month caught up with the addiction so badly that it’s now her best companion and her recent rehab stay too hasn’t benefited her much. Rehabs are just new hotel where are celeb checks in, enjoy are week laid back and comes out rejuvenated and with renewed vigor to continue that drugs merry.
US heiress Paris Hilton has described as “traumatic” the time she spent in a Los Angeles prison for violating probation on a driving ban.
Appearing on CNN’s Larry King talk show she said: “It was a very traumatic experience but I feel like God does make everything happen for a reason.”
She said she was going to party less and be a “more responsible role model”.
The 26-year-old was released from jail on Tuesday after serving 23 days of a 45-day sentence.
In her first televised interview since her release, Paris Hilton said she wanted people to know what she had gone through and insisted she should not have been jailed in the first place.
She said she had panic attacks and nightmares that someone would break into her cell and do harm to her, and that her small cell had exacerbated her claustrophobia.
“I think the crime did not fit the punishment. I don’t feel like I deserved to go to jail,” she said, during the hour-long show.
Hilton said she hated prison but it had been “a blessing in disguise”, and had given her an opportunity to re-evaluate her life.
“I just felt this is like a new beginning for me, just sitting in jail I just used it as a journey to figure out myself and who I am and what I want to do.
“There’s just so much more to me than what people think.”
She said she was encouraged by letters she had received from fans, including some from US soldiers serving in Iraq.
Paris Hilton smiled and waved at photographers as she left jail
“I’ve definitely matured and grown a lot from this experience… I’ve gotten a lot of letters from mothers, and their daughters look up to me, and I want to be a good role model for these girls.”
In the future, Paris Hilton said she wanted to set up a half-way house to help women when they are released from jail.
Hilton, sentenced to 45 days on 3 June, was released early from the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, California, due to crowded jail conditions and time off for good behavior.
She was briefly freed on medical grounds earlier this month but was sent back to jail by a court.
The stars have a dangerous way of getting into the headlines and they know well that they are under the influence of alcohol and drugs but still brave the laws as if conquering Mt. Everest. They just know how to live life in their own comfort zone and then party till they create havoc. Reality TV star Cicole Richie can breathe easy for another 14 days and then she might have to take some tips from Paris Hilton who would have completed her jail term by then. The judge in the drink-driving case against her passed an order on Tuesday postponing the start of the trail but said there would not be any further delays. Richie was arrested in December for allegedly driving on the wrong side on a busy Los Angeles freeway under the influence of alcohol or drugs. May be she could ask Paris to commit another offense and the two could have eachother for company inside the prison at the same time. This thing if it would happen then it could vie to be the headline of the year.
Paris Hilton has stopped eating under the stress of her impending jail sentence.
The hotel heiress – who will serve 23 days in prison from June 5 for driving with a suspended license – is so scared she has lost her appetite entirely and keeps breaking down in tears.
A source said: “Paris hasn’t been eating at all and her parents and friends are beyond worried about her. She breaks down crying a lot because she just can’t deal with the reality and the pressure of everything that is happening.”
But a source close to ‘The Simple Life’ star recently said that she would emerge from jail more beautiful than ever.
The insider said: “It’s going to make her more famous than ever. In jail, she’s going to get enviably skinny, and without any make-up or products her hair and skin will finally be able to breathe, so they’ll look amazing, too. Plus she’s going to get all that street cred.”
The 26-year-old socialite was sentenced to 45 days in jail for violating the terms of the probation she received for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) but she will only serve 23 days.
Paris released a statement saying, “I am ready to face the consequences of violating probation”, and two weeks later dropped her appeal case against the sentence.
