Daniel Radcliffe started out as Harry Potter at a young age so it should come as no surprise that he has admitted to turning to alcohol to help himself enjoy life during the filming of the last two Potter movies.
Radcliffe, who was sprung into stardom at 11-years-old, is featured in the new issue of GQ magazine and in it he admits to turning to alcohol and then becoming “reliant” on it to have a good time.
Although he says that he didn’t plan on becoming the next childstar to go off the rails so he hasn’t had a drink since last August and instead likes to enjoy quiet nights in with his girlfriend, who is rumored to be Olive Uniacke - the stepdaughter of Harry Potter producer David Heyman. Here is what he says:
“I became so reliant on [alcohol] to enjoy stuff. There were a few years there when I was just so enamored with the idea of living some sort of famous person’s lifestyle that really isn’t suited to me. I’m actually enjoying the fact I can have a relationship with my girlfriend where I’m really pleasant and I’m not fucking up totally all the time.
As much as I would love to be a person that goes to parties and has a couple of drinks and has a nice time, that doesn’t work for me. I do that very unsuccessfully. I’d just rather sit at home and read, or talk to somebody that makes me laugh. There’s no shame in enjoying the quiet life. And that’s been the realization of the past few years for me.”
It’s good to see that he has realized that he doesn’t need alcohol to enjoy life, now wouldn’t it be marvelous if Lindsay Lohan also came to this conclusion? Speaking off Harry Potter, MovieFone have got their hands on some new unseen footage from the upcoming final installment of the franchise. Here you go:
Thoughts? I’m not the biggest Harry Potter fan but I’m really excited for this movie.
Just yesterday it was announced that Whitney Houston is in an out-patient rehabilitation program for drugs and alcohol and now she has been given a ban from seeing Prince in concert because she is basically a mess.
TMZ reports that people working for Prince have gotten so sick of her drunken behavior and constant ticket demands so they have now banned her from attending his future shows.
On top of being drunk, and possibly on drugs, at every show she also wanted to get up on stage at most of the shows so they eventually let her up on stage at The Forum in Los Angeles and this is the result of that:
What a mess. In other news, Radar Online are reporting that Whitney’s is going back to the old days with her choice of drugs if Bobby Brown is to be believe. He is going around saying that Whitney is back on crack. A friend of Bobby said “It’s the worst it’s ever been. Whitney went on tour again, and that’s when the relapse occurred. Whitney’s shutting a lot of people out of her life. It is a dire situation.”
Let’s all get a prayer circle together and hope she gets herself together, but I honestly don’t see it happening for a long time.
Earlier today TMZ broke the news that Whitney Houston had checked herself in to an out-patient rehabilitation program but sources close to the singer said it wasn’t for drugs or alcohol. But now it’s been confirmed that it is indeed for drugs.
Whitney entered the program at her own will about 10 days ago to help battle her ongoing trouble with alcohol and drugs, a rep for the singer confirms it telling People:
“Whitney Houston is currently in an out-patient rehab program for drug and alcohol treatment, Whitney voluntarily entered the program to support her long-standing recovery process.”
In the out-patient program Whitney is allowed out in public as long as she wears a montior on her. A source also said that part of the reason she entered this program is to help “cleanse” herself for a new movie.
Richie Sambora is on the way to rehab while in the middle of a tour with Bon Jovi for help with his exhaustion and after falling off the bandwagon with his sobriety and since Denise Richards was spotted posing in a bikini, I figured why not throw them in the same post?
This isn’t the first time he has been in rehab, he spent a month at the Cirque Lodge in Utah back in 2007 – around the time that he broke up Denise’s friendship with Heather Locklear because he was banging both of them. A source talks to Radar Online about his latest rehab adventures:
”Richie recently has been drinking too much, and wants to get his life together. Richie has had a busy year. I think this was a culmination of all the things that overloaded his life and finally he realized he needed to take care of himself.”
This is while Bon Jovi is set to play more tour dates in the U.S. before moving onto to Europe in June. It’s not known how this will affect the tour yet. While I’m sure your so concerned about Richie, why not enjoy these photos of Denise in her bikini. She’s still got it in my opinion.
Kate Hudson has landed herself in a bit of hot water with some people after a photograph of her sipping on what looks to be a glass of red wine made it’s way on to Popeater today. The reason she is getting stick is because she is 6-months pregnant.
Kate, who is currently in Argentina with her boyfriend Matt Bellamy as he tours the country with Muse, was spotted at a restaurant with Matt along with her 7-year-old son, Ryder, and Bono where a photographer took a photo of her sipping on a glass of wine while having her dinner.
Anytime a pregnant woman is spotted drinking alcohol there always seems to be different people giving different opinions on what is acceptable and what isn’t. Popeater got someone in who said:
“Right now, no one really knows what amount of alcohol is harmful for the fetus, so it’s recommended that you don’t drink at all during pregnancy.”
Meanwhile the Daily Mail also claim that pregnant women should avoid alcohol altogether however if they do want to have a drink they should drink no more than two units a week – a small glass of wine contains two unites.
I don’t really know what to think, I know plenty of women who have had a few drinks while pregnant and there has been nothing wrong with the babies.
David Arquette has checked himself into a rehab facility over the weekend for his dependency on alcohol as well as depression over the breakdown of his marriage.
Source say that he definitely isn’t in rehab for drugs, just alcohol and depression, they also say that this was bound to happen because he thinks it’s the “right thing to do for his family.”
His ex-wife, Courteney Cox, released a statement saying “I really admire David and his choice to take charge and better his life. I love and support him.”
Well good for him I guess, especially considering he checked himself into rehab during the most alcohol filled time of the year. I’m guessing he isn’t like me and dying with a hangover at the moment.
Shocking (by “shocking” I mean “not shocking at all”) news from LiLo land tonight. Judge Marsha Revel has issued a bench warrant for Linday Lohan related to her SCRAM incident after the 2010 MTV Movie Awards.
Lindsay was recently released from custody on $100,000 bail after promising to return to court for a hearing on July 6th and agreeing to wear a SCRAM ankle bracelet to monitor her body for alcohol intake. She didn’t make it very long at all. Sunday night her SCRAM generated a report that shows evidence of alcohol consumption, no matter how much LiLo denies it in her tweets.
Her bond has been revoked, and the judge is setting her new stay-out-of-jail fee at $200,000. She can afford it.
Source: Lindsay Lohan Lied On Twitter: New Warrant Out For Her Arrest [Gawker]
There’ trouble on the way to Lindsay Lohan and her legal team because her alcohol monitoring bracelet was set off at an after-party for the MTV Movie Awards.
It’s not known if she drank alcohol or if the device was tampered with but they’re the only two options that would make the SCRAM bracelet alert authorities.
Judge Marsha Revel will be notified of this and may end up dragging Lohan back into the courts, as part of her bail - Lohan was not to drink alcohol and had to wear the bracelet 24/7 if she broke these bail conditions then she would be thrown in jail.
source: Lindsay Lohan’s SCRAM Bracelet Is Set Off [People]
First of all the biggest shock about this is the fact that Lindsay Lohan actually showed up to court this morning in Los Angeles, when she arrived she was told she would have to wear an alcohol-monitoring bracelet.
TMZ say that Lindsay and her lawyer showed up 10 minutes late to the court hearing wearing a dark suit, they told the judge the reason they were late is because of the security concern outside the courthouse. Inside, Judge Marsha Revel told Lindsay that if she wants to remain on bail then she is not allowed to drink and would have to wear the SCRAM device around her ankle as well as have weekly random drug testing.
The judge also said she is not to leave the LA area to which her lawyer tried to ask if Lindsay could take the bracelet off when she is working and tried to use the excuse that has a movie shoot in Texas and some photoshoots coming up, the judge was having none of it and told her to work around it or delay the projects.
The bracelet will be slapped on Lindsay within 24 hours and it can detect any alcohol through the persons sweat, if she tries to take it off then it automatically alerts the police. Lindsay will also have to continue her alcohol ed classes once a week and the only reason she can miss one is if she has a drug test that day.
Lindsay Lohan is due back in court on July 6 to see if she has stuck to her probation terms, if not she will be thrown in jail.
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image source: Oh, Look Who Actually Showed Up To Court Today [Dlisted]
Jonathan Rhys Myers found himself in hot water over the weekend when he got himself banned from United Airlines for being a drunken fool.
He was flying from JFK airport in New York to Los Angeles early in the morning but he was seen downing a bunch of drinks in the first class lounge before he tried board the flight.
The airline staff then stopped him getting on the plane and all hell broke lose, he even apparently started throwing the “N” word around.
This isn’t the first time Jonathan has found himself in a bit of trouble when it comes to alcohol and air travel because he got arrested back in 2007 after causing a drunken scene at Dublin airport and then in 2009 he got drunk at an airport in France and started causing a commotion.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers needs to have somebody travel with his ass and make sure he stays away from airport bars, there’s nothing worse than being on a flight with some drunken idiot especially at 7am.
source: Jonathan Rhys Meyers Used Racial Slur When Banned From Airline [Radar Online]
Do you remember Joss Stone? She’s that obnoxious singer who sang a few good songs and became extremely annoying. Well, she has pissed off anti-drug campaigners when she said weed isn’t a drug.
Stone Stoner was speaking to Star Magazine when they asked her where she stands on the whole drug debate, she gave us this little gem of a quote…
“I smoke weed, but I don’t think it’s really a drug. It’s more of a herb. I don’t regret saying that at all. I think everyone smokes weed and people who say they don’t are lying! Weed has been given this evil stamp, but how is it dangerous? It’s going to make you laugh your arse off? You might go to sleep? I think alcohol is much more harmful. People beat the fuck out of each other on alcohol. But I don’t smoke weed all day long. I live in Devon and hardly ever go to clubs. When I do, I’ll drink three or four beers then move on to a vodka. I don’t want to take all those horrible drugs. Although some sound fun, so I might dabble now and then!”
Well the head of the National Drugs Prevention Alliance, David Raynes, wasn’t too happy when he heard what she said because he went on to say “people like Joss Stone should keep their mouths shut about things like this.”
Maybe she cant handle her drink, but I don’t go out and beat the living shit out of people when I have a drink or 10. Does she really think everyone smokes weed? I for one can honestly say I don’t. What do you think of Joss Stone‘s comments and where do you stand on the whole weed thing?
source: Joss Stone ignites drug row as she describes cannabis as less harmful than alcohol [Daily Mail]
Jodie Sweetin is finally coming clean — about not really coming clean. Despite her claims that she had kicked her drug habit, the ‘Full House’ star admits she’s was just lying to everyone.
In her new tell-all book ‘unSweetined,’ Sweetin says she relapsed but kept booking gigs to make quick money to pay for her drug addiction.
“I was back to partying like I was at my worst, spending seven hundred dollars a week on meth [and] coke.” she wrote. She even reveals downing a bag of coke right before one of her interviews.
In an excerpts (via Huffington Post), Sweetin writes that during her sobriety college tour at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
“I thought for sure that one of the professors would take one look at me and kick me out. But none did. They wanted to hear about the trials and tribulations of Jodie Sweetin, or at least the Jodie Sweetin I had created by appearing on Good Morning America and talking to People magazine.
The relapse started one day, just a few months after my GMA spot, when I got a random phone call from a friend who I used with and who occasionally sold me drugs. I invited her to my place. I was in an apartment at the time. I knew it was a really bad idea to invite her over but I wanted to test myself, I guess. We hung out, played cards. I told her I hadn’t done meth in a while. One thing led to another and just like that, I was back.”
“I was living a complete lie. But unfortunately, guilt doesn’t make you stop. I talked about growing up on television and about how great my life was now that I was sober… The little bit of coke that I had done before the speech wasn’t enough to make me forget how bad I felt for doing what I was doing. The guilt was eating away at me. I was struggling to keep it together, but no one realized that. I finished. They applauded. Standing ovation. Just how I liked it. And it was over.”
Sweetin admits she returned to her room tired but made time for one more hit. “I was just so tired. Tired of lying. Tired of pretending to be someone that I wasn’t. I took a deep breath and walked out of the lecture hall. I went back to my hotel room and buried my face in my hands. I couldn’t keep doing this. It had to end.But not today. I wiped away the tears and finished the baggie of coke.”
Sweetin’s book will be released on November 3. See more former child stars on Inside TV.
