Posted in September 23, 2009 ¬ 8:20 pmh.ETonline - Celebrities
Former Mamas and the Papas singer Michelle Phillips is speaking out about ex step-daughter Mackenzie Phillips' claim that she had a sexual relationship with her father, Mamas and the Papas frontman John Phillips. "Mackenzie's drug addiction for 35 years has been the result of many unpleasant experiences," says Phillips. "Whether her relationship with her father is delusional or not, it is an unfortunate circumstance and very hurtful for our entire family." In Mackenzie's new book, High On Arrival, the former "One Day at a Time" child star claims to have had a sexual relationship with her father that lasted for 10 years, starting when she was about 18 years old.
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Posted in September 23, 2009 ¬ 7:11 pmh.ETonline - Celebrities
After a video surfaced last month of what appeared to be "Grey's Anatomy" star Eric Dane, his wife Rebecca Gayheart, and another woman nude together, the couple filed suit Wednesday for copyright infringement. In the suit, the couple claims that Mark Ebner somehow obtained the tape and then delivered it to celebrity news website Gawker.com with the intention to "disseminate" it. The suit says that the website posted nearly four full minutes of the nude video on August 17, and that it was given a takedown notice that same day "demanding that it immediately remove and cease and desist and refrain from exploiting, publishing, posting, displaying, distributing, or otherwise using or disseminating the video…"
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Posted in September 23, 2009 ¬ 3:11 pmh.ETonline - Celebrities
Christopher Andersen, who has previously written about the Kennedys, the Clintons and Princess Diana, puts pen to paper for a new book about the president and first lady, Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage.
"They have had some very rough times in their marriage," Andersen tells ET, going on to say that the couple's early days were especially difficult as they had big student loans to pay off and his state senator's position didn't pay much.
According to Andersen, "When he turned down a $300,000 job offer to run a foundation, Michelle blew up and she basically gave him an ultimatum. She said, 'Either you put your family first or that is it.' He was in Springfield four nights a week, and Michelle was back in Chicago with two very young children, she finally had had enough. And she said, 'No, I did not sign on for this.'"
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Posted in September 23, 2009 ¬ 2:34 pmh.ETonline - Celebrities
Michael Jackson is gone, and the brothers who stood by him in life and as pallbearers when he was finally laid to rest are faced with the chilling reality that he is indeed dead. But, does he speak to them from the grave? "It's hard for me to sleep because I think about him constantly, all the time," Jackie Jackson exclusively tells our own Kevin Frazier. "Sometimes I wake up with tears in my eyes because he meant so much to the world and also to me as a brother. I just miss him dearly, so much and I just can't believe he is not here." Kevin was with three of the Jackson brothers as they assembled for a happy moment -- a photo shoot for their upcoming A&E reality series and a possible album cover. But behind it all, Marlon, Tito and Jackie share great sadness. The last time ...
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Posted in September 23, 2009 ¬ 10:26 amh.ETonline - Celebrities
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ET has obtained a new photograph of John Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston arriving at a Bahamas courthouse for a trial related to an alleged extortion attempt.
A man and a woman are being prosecuted in the trial for allegedly attempting to extort $25 million from the actor. The trial began on Tuesday and prosecutors are alleging that the paramedic who treated Travolta's late son Jett, 16, threatened to go public with confidential information unless the actor paid him.
Travolta testified on Wednesday about the day his son died following a seizure, according to the Associated Press. The AP reports that Travolta performed CPR on his chronically ill son after he and his wife were alerted to his son's condition when they were awakened at 10:15 a.m. by a nanny.
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Posted in September 23, 2009 ¬ 10:16 amh.ETonline - Celebrities
Former "One Day at a Time" child star Mackenzie Phillips opened up to Oprah Winfrey about her alleged incestuous relationship with her father, The Mamas and the Papas lead singer John Phillips.
Phillips said her father started a sexual relationship with her when she was about 18 years old and claims the relationship continued for 10 years.
"It didn't happen every day, didn't happen every week, but it did happen many times," the actress told Oprah on Wednesday's "Oprah Winfrey Show" of the incest. "It became a consensual relationship over time."
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