I hear Michael Jackson’s doctor; Conrad Murray may be on suicide watch. I am constantly hearing about Michael’s friends, family and fans that are still devastated by his death, I should know, I’m one of them.
It’s been months since Michael’s passing. I’ve been so sad and angry. Then suddenly something hits me like a ton of bricks, literally making me stop in my tracks, it was my first epiphany since I had learned the tragic news of Michael Jackson’s death. I began to ask myself, “Who really killed Michael Jackson? The drugs? His doctors? The enablers? His handlers? Or is there a chance that Michael killed Michael?”
Michael Jackson’s doctors should never have allowed him to take all those drugs, however, the practice of dispensing medication is so prevalent. Let’s face it, doctors are only people thus having a demanding, rich and famous client can be very persuasive when it comes to doing what’s right. Furthermore, even if the doctors stopped dispensing the pharmaceuticals, chances are the addict finds them somewhere else, usually on the dangerous black market.
You would think when the President of the United States calls for a news conference to discuss issues such as universal health care, the networks would carry it, no questions asked. Think again…
FOX has refused to carry Wednesday’s broadcast! ABC and CBS have agreed but only after the White House agreed to move it from 9 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The reason the networks are being so difficult? Reality TV! You heard me right, and instead of seeing the President talk about health care at 9 p.m. on ABC, you will see the regularly scheduled reality TV program “America’s Got Talent,” featuring singer, Susan Boyle from “Britain’s Got Talent.”
For CBS, who agreed right away to air the President, broadcasts only repeats on that night, however, FOX’s 2 hour “So You Think You Can Dance” broadcast wins out over the President of the United States.
First scripted TV and now the President… Is no one safe from the reality TV?
Sources close to the negotiations tell ThecounT.com exclusively, Ryan Seacrest will earn a staggering one million dollars per episode for his hosting gig on American Idol next season!
Ryan just put the finishing touches on his new 3-year contract with AI producers, 19 ENT, and what a golden touch it is! Seacrest will also share in some of the revenue as well as getting an advance green light on future projects he brings to 19!
What a sweetheart deal. Seacrest has set the bar and certainly a record for the most paid to a reality show host.
Seacrest Lawyers said an official announcement will be made Monday.
We LOVE Britney here at ThecounT.com so how could we resist posting these fabulous “exclusive” pictures (now in high resolution) of Britney’s tampon string clearly visible as she performed “If You Seek Amy” for her Circus tour stop at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA, on April 20th. We requested full-sized HQ pictures from our tipster and received them just now! so here you go! Enjoy, I think…
Fame… its all fun and games until someone gets hurt.
We all laughed when Britney Spears showed up, night after night, to the liquor store with pink hair, buying laxatives, cigarettes and Redbull. Most of us knew something was very wrong. Thank goodness Britney’s dad cared enough to put his foot down, just in the nick-of-time. Effectively saving his daughter from a certain drug induced doom.
Most of us watching Britney’s well-documented downward spiral were left thinking, “Why didn’t someone step in sooner?” Now with the advent of intervention and implementation of something called a “parent”, Britney is back and more than on track, she’s a new woman.
The key was, someone cared enough about her to take the tough steps necessary to intervene and hence save a life. Now you won’t read too many stories saying, “Good job Jamie Spears”, partly because it’s a parent’s job to help, even adult children, through rough patches and also because, ‘nice dont sell soap.’ I’m here to say, “good job pop.”
You heard it here first! Our sources tell ThecounT.com Exclusively- Travis Barker and DJ-AM will perform on stage, together, New Year’s Eve 2008. That’s right! Before it is even announced on the “New Year’s Nation” Website (a 10 City, party conglomerate extravaganza) we can confirm the two BFFs will be uniting for what is sure to be an unforgivable event!
We got a nice little “sneak peek” story about Lady GaGa’s new video in the works. Hey, just for the record, we liked her when we first saw her live at an Interscope Records party in Hollywood! Now she is blowing up with her smashing current track called, “Just Dance“, from her record “The Fame.”
According to our inside source who worked on Lady GaGa’s new music video, “Love Game“, she has some “super sexy” and “revealing moments.”
Lady Gaga AMAs Interscope party
Our source told us this:
“The shoot began at 2 am in the night/super early morning. They spent around 12 hours painting her up. There were 4 makeup artists working on GaGa.
The first chunk of hours consisted of airbrushing body paint onto her body of course. They painted her all the way from head to toe. Not only that, they also glued glitter and some kind of bits of clear glass on her too!
They even ‘patted’ glitter onto her Va-jayyy!
So, the paint on her body was like wearing an outfit, but a naked one.
So then when the sun came up, they shot GaGa’s scenes with her glitter-painted body. Then finally, at almost 12:00 pm in the afternoon, they had to wash the glitter off of her body too!
She is so beautiful and nice. The video is going to be amazing!”