August 02, 2002 |
JOLIE'S DAD SPEAKS OUT
The Osbournes are beginning to look downright normal next to Angelina Jolie and dad Jon Voight. Last night, Voight tearfully told Access Hollywood he's "brokenhearted" over their estrangement, adding Jolie needs to "get help" for "serious mental problems." He suggested her soon-to-be-ex Billy Bob Thornton also has "serious problems" and laments that he's never met Jolie's adopted Cambodian son Maddox. In a statement to Access, Jolie wouldn't reveal why she refuses to see Voight, saying only: "After all these years, I have determined that it is not healthy for me to be around my father, especially now that I am responsible for my own child." |
SPEAKING OF THE OSBOURNES...
Ozzy Osbourne is hitting the road again. The aging rocker — who announced earlier this week that he was taking a three-week break from Ozzfest while his wife Sharon underwent treatment for colon cancer — has cut his leave of absence short. "After attending Sharon's first chemotherapy treatment, he nearly passed out and had to be taken to a recovery room," the couple's rep said. "Sharon now realizes that Ozzy is better off on the road, so she's shipped him back out to finish Ozzfest." (Let's hope MTV captured that on tape.) Osbourne will rejoin the tour in Clarkston, Mich., on Aug. 7. |
IN DEFENSE OF JOSH
Attorneys for Ed actor Josh Randall insist that the actor's Wednesday night drug arrest was all a "misunderstanding." Randall — who plays Dr. Mike Burton on the NBC dramedy — was arrested for allegedly smoking crack cocaine in a Brooklyn park. Ed exec producer Rob Burnett also came to Randall's defense."Josh is an honest, hardworking and ethical person," he said. "If you know Josh as we do, you know this is a terrible misunderstanding." |
NO SHOW
Concertgoers can't seems to catch a break these days. The latest performer shirking his/her concert commitments: Diana Ross. The legendary singer — who checked herself into a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center two months ago — has canceled the remaining dates of her 10-city summer tour. Ross, 58, kicked off the tour last week at New York's Westbury Music Fair. |
CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT
Whose Line Is It, Anyway? funnyman Wayne Brady has been named host of this year's Miss America Pageant, airing Sept. 21 on ABC. He's the first black emcee in the pageant's 81-year history. "My selection as host is a defining moment," Brady says, "as I will be able to proudly represent the African-American community for the first time in the telecast's history." ABC no doubt hopes the high-profile gig will give a boost to the comedian's new daytime variety show, The Wayne Brady Show, which debuts Sept. 2 on, yep, ABC. |
SPLITSVILLE
The wife of America's Most Wanted crusader John Walsh has filed for divorce after 31 years of marriage. Saying the union was irretrievably broken, Reve Walsh is seeking custody of their two children. In 1981, the couple's son Adam was kidnapped and murdered — leading John and Reve to co-found the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. |
ROYAL TREATMENT
ABC is planning to air its highly-anticipated Prince William biopic on Sunday, Sept. 29, as a lead-in to the second season premiere of Alias. The pic had been slated to air during November sweeps. Meanwhile, a sneak preview of the Alias premiere will soon be playing at a theater near you: ABC has produced a 60-second theatrical trailer to run on several thousand screens nationwide. |
CLEARING THE AIR
Britney Spears is setting the record straight about that Sunday night concert fiasco in Mexico, where foul weather reportedly led her to walk off stage after only four songs. "The whole stage is metal and the stage was hit by lightening and not safe," she tells Access Hollywood. "The dancers on stage slipped, it wasn't safe at all for us to continue the show. This was not a rainstorm, this was a lightening storm." And what about that whole middle finger scandal? She confirms that the birdie was intended for the paparazzi — not her Mexican fans. "It was just a defense mechanism," she insists. "I wouldn't do it again." Right, and you're still a virgin. |
SHORT CUTS
Denzel Washington's directorial debut, Antwone Fisher, will have its world premiere at next month's Toronto International Film Festival... The Tale of the Allergist's Wife will end its Broadway run on Sept. 15. |
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