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Former Days Of Our Lives star Deidre Hall is facing money troubles.  In court documents filed on March 9^th stemming from Deidre’s divorce from her husband Stephen Sohmer, explain that Deidre’s money is running out since she’s been let go from the show.  I guess actors are not immune from economic woes either since she’s dealing with this financial problem too.

Deidre claimed her monthly salary was about $28,000 while she was on Days Of Our Lives.  I did the math and she was making about $336,000 a year. I thought she was one of the million dollar actors in daytime because she is one of the most popular actresses on Soap Operas.  Her primary source of income came from her work on Days Of Our Lives.  Now that she’s been fired, she has to utilize the assets that she’s accumulated and the income generated by those assets to maintain her and her children’s lifestyles.  She has to pay her husband alimony so losing her job has made it difficult for her to make the payments that she was making before she was fired.

She is scheduled for a hearing on this matter on March 25^th.  I hope that it all works out for her.  It would be a shame that she would have to sell things in order to make ends meet.  She is a pretty good actress so I can’t believe that she can’t find another soap to join.  You would think that they would jump at the chance to hire her. She has a huge fanbase that will probably follow her wherever she goes.  Maybe Ken Corday will have a heart and hire her back on Days Of Our Lives.  He took a lot of heat by letting her go so he can make up for it by hiring her back.  I’m sure she will do it now because she needs the money. 

Julia Roberts was beat at the box office by the apocalypse.  Knowing starring Nicholas Cage debuted at number one at the box office making over $24 million.  Knowing is about an astrophysics professor who figures out how to predict monumental catastrophes.  I wanted to give a little backdrop about the movie in case you were like me and never heard of it.  I didn’t even know the movie was out until last night.  I thought Julia Roberts’ movie Duplicity would have come in at number one since she was practically all over promoting the movie.  The movie came in at number three making over $14 million.  I guess a lot of promotion didn’t necessarily help the movie make any money since it didn’t debut at number one. 

Another new release was I Love You, Man starring Paul Rudd and Jason Segel.  It’s a buddy comedy.  It came in at number two with $18 million.  I was surprised that this even beat Julia’s movie.  I figured that this one would have come in at number 3 or 4.  I didn’t expect it to debut at number 2. 

Last week’s number one movie Race To Witch Mountain slipped to number four with $13 million.  Last week, I made a prediction about where this movie would end up.  I figured it wouldn’t be number one for very long and I was right.  It managed to go from one to four.  I will make another prediction about Knowing.  I don’t think it will hold up the top spot for long. If it does remain number one, I predict that the numbers will drop at least by 40% or more.

Taken, Slumdog Millionaire, Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes To Jail, and Coraline are still holding on in the top 10.  Watchmen and The Last House On The Left are also still holding on in the top 10.  I have a feeling that some of these that are still in the top 10 will not be there next week.

Here is the list of the Top 10 movies:

1. Knowing – 24.8 million
2. I Love You, Man – 18 million
3. Duplicity – 14.4 million
4. Race To Witch Mountain – 13 million
5. Watchmen – 6.7 million
6. The Last House On The Left – 5.9 million
7. Taken – 4.1 million
8. Slumdog Millionaire – 2.7 million
9. Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes To Jail – 2.5 million
10. Coraline – 2.1 million

Actor Bruce Willis (54) married his girlfriend British model Emma Heming (32) this weekend. They got married at his home in the Caribbean.  They met through friends and they were dating since last year.  I didn’t realize he was dating someone that long. He managed to keep a low profile with Emma.  He was completely different from his ex-wife Demi Moore. She and Ashton Kutcher were pretty much everywhere when they were dating.  Maybe Bruce didn’t want the media to affect his relationship with Emma.

The couple will have another ceremony when they get back to California.  Bruce’s ex-wife Demi Moore and her husband Ashton Kutcher were at the wedding.  Bruce and Demi’s kids (Rumer 20, Scout 17, and Tallulah 15) were also at the wedding. That’s really good that Bruce and Demi are friendly enough that they could attend each other’s weddings.  I think he went to her wedding too.  More divorced Hollywood couples need to be like that.  They wanted to keep their relationship friendly for the sake of their children.  I like how they wanted to put their children first.  When you think of couples like Alec Baldwin and Kim Bassinger and Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards fighting over their children, it’s a nice change to see that Bruce and Demi were able to get past their problems and stay friends for their children.

Bruce’s previous marriage was to Demi.  They were married for 13 years and were divorced in 2000.  They have remained friends ever since.  I’m not sure if this is Emma’s first marriage or not.

I hope that they have a great life together.  There are so many couples that don’t stay together for very long and hopefully they won’t be added to the list.

Mary J. Blige has joined the cast of Tyler Perry’s new movie I Can Do Bad All By Myself.  It’s due out September 11, 2009. That’s a weird time for a movie to come out considering what happened on that day. The film will also star Oscar nominee Taraji P. Henson.  The movie centers around Mary’s character. Mary plays a nightclub manager named Tanya.  Taraji will be playing a good friend of Mary’s character.  The character of Madea will be in the movie. I’m glad because I really enjoy the character of Madea.  I Can Do Bad All By Myself is another one of Tyler Perry’s stage plays that he turned into a screenplay.  I enjoyed the other movies that Tyler Perry has done so I’m sure I will enjoy this too. 

I hope that Mary can pull off a lead role like this.  She has a lot of weight to carry seeing as she’s the star of a Tyler Perry movie. They are usually filled with drama as well as comedy.  I’m not sure if Mary’s done a comedic role so it might be a challenge for her.  I wonder if Tyler had Mary in mind when he decided to do the movie or did she have to audition for it? 

Mary is also going to be guest starring on a primetime show this year.  She guest-starred on Entourage in 2007.  In addition to acting, Mary is in the studio working on a new CD.  She’s working on the follow-up on her Growing Pains cd. It’s due out later this year.  I will be looking forward to hearing her new music.  She’s been guest-starring in a lot of songs lately so it will be good to hear her own new music on the radio.

Actress Heather Locklear was offered the chance to star on the new version of Melrose Place.  She turned down the offer to reprise her role as Amanda Woodward.  She claimed that it didn’t make sense to bring her character back on to the show. 

I was a big fan of the original version of the show so I am interested in tuning in to see the updated version.  I would have liked to have seen her character on the new version of the show because Amanda was one of my favorite characters on Melrose Place.  I am a little disappointed that she won’t be reprising her role after all. I had read that she was close to signing on to do the show only to find out that she won’t be returning after all. 

I wonder why she would turn down an opportunity to have a role on a TV show.  By Hollywood’s standards, she is considered “old” because she is a woman over 40. I don’t think that she’s old, but for some reason, Hollywood casting agents consider you old when you are 40 and older.  She was given an opportunity to possibly revive her career with one of the roles that made her famous and she refused to do it.  Heather Locklear was on a few shows after Melrose Place that were canceled so you would think that she would jump at the chance to do it.  Also, she hasn’t really been doing too much lately so you would think that she would want to have a chance to act again.

I read that her former co-star, Lisa Rinna has to practically beg for a small role on the updated version of the show and Heather was asked to do it, but she turned it down.  Lisa has to go to great lengths to get a role that was practically handed to Heather.  Does Heather feel that she has nothing left to do as Amanda? Did she think that her part was going to be too small? Did she not want to work with Ashlee Simpson-Weitz?  Maybe she feels that the show doesn’t really stand a chance and doesn’t want to take the risk of joining a show that may not last.  I know that it’s wishful thinking, but I hope that she changes her mind and decides to do the show after all.

I wanted to do a story on a lighter note from the Natasha Richardson story.  It’s not good for the parties involved though, but it’s not as tragic.

I just found out about a shocking rumor.  I read that LeAnn Rimes is possibly having an affair with her co-star Eddie Cibrian.  They were in the TV Movie Nora Roberts’ Northern Lights.  It just aired this past weekend.  According to the rumors, they got really close on the set of the movie.  The director of the movie, Mike Robe, saw them getting close during the filming of the movie. They were allegedly seen together at the Malibu Beach Inn on March 14^th.  LeAnn has denied that she is having an affair with Eddie Cibrian.  She dismissed the rumors.  Eddie hasn’t made any comments one way or the other about the rumors. 

The problem with the fact that they might have had an affair is that they are both married.  LeAnn married Dean Sheremet, a backup dancer when she was 19.  She’s been married to him for seven years. LeAnn and her husband don’t have any kids. Eddie married Brandi Glanville, a model in 2001.  They have two children who are 5 and 1.  If this is true, maybe LeAnn was feeling the seven-year itch and that could explain why she could have possibly had an affair.

If this is true, I am truly shocked.  I remember when LeAnn first started singing as a teenager.  I wasn’t a big fan of her music, but I was aware of who she was.  I heard a couple of her songs.  I never would have thought she would have been involved in a scandal like this.  For some reason, I’m not as surprised by Eddie’s involvement in this rumor.  There were rumors about him possibly cheating on girlfriend that he had in the past. 

This wouldn’t be the first time that a couple would have had an affair offscreen.  Anne Heche had an affair with her Men On Trees co-star.  Tori Spelling also had an affair with her husband while they were filming a movie together.  We all know the story between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.  They were rumored to have had an affair while they were filming Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

As you all may already know, actress Natasha Richardson (45) has passed away after injuries she suffered after her skiing accident.  It was only yesterday when I reported this when the family was deciding whether to take her off of life support.  The family took her off of life support at around 1:30 pm yesterday and she died at around 8 pm last night.  I was still trying to hold out hope that she might have pulled through until I heard on the radio that she was taken off life support.  I figured it was only a matter of time before she would pass away. 

An autopsy was performed on Natasha.  The medical examiner said that the actress died of epidural hematoma because of the blow to her head.  As I reported yesterday, she had leakage on her brain and skull which lead to her being brain dead. 

She was best known for her roles in The Parent Trap and Maid in Manhattan.  She was also a Tony-winning actress.  I just saw The Parent Trap a couple of weeks ago and I never imagined that this would happen to her. I also just bought Maid in Manhattan on DVD and again, I didn’t think that this would happen. 

I really feel bad for her family.  They must really feel devastated by this loss because it was one that no one saw coming.  She was a healthy woman before this happened to her. She was also really young when she died.  It’s strange to know that one minute she was here and the next she was gone.  I hope that her family and friends will be okay.  As long as they have each other, they may be able to get through the loss. I’m sure this is no comfort right now, but thankfully she won’t be suffering anymore.  If she woke up from the coma, she may have ended up in a vegetative state and she may not have wanted to live like that.   I hope that this tragedy will bring more awareness to how important it is to be careful when you are skiing. The instructors should have stressed that she wore a helmet while she was skiing.  She was a first-time skier after all so the instructor should have made sure that she was wearing her helmet.  This horrible incident might have been prevented if they had made sure that she was wearing a helmet at the time.  I hope that no one else has to lose their lives this way. It’s a horrible way to die. 

My heart goes out to her family and friends.  Natasha is survived by her husband, two sons, her mother, as well as other relatives.

As I reported in my blog yesterday, Natasha Richardson suffered a serious head injury in a skiing accident.  Well unfortunately, she has taken a turn for the worse.  She had to be rushed to a New York hospital because she was suffering from pains in her head.  She was fine when the incident first happened, but she ended up suffering from pain.  Now it looks like things are worse than originally reported.  Natasha reportedly has leakage on her brain and skull.

A family friend has said that there isn’t much hope that she will get better.  She is basically brain dead right now.  Her heart is beating, but her brain is dead.  The family may end up having to make a horrible decision about her.  Unfortunately, that must mean that she is hooked up to a machine and is only surviving because of it.  The family is still continuing to pray for her to get better.

I feel so bad for Natasha and her family. This must be a really horrible time for them.  She is a mother of young kids and they are possibly about to lose their mother.  It breaks my heart to think that they may lose their mother like this.  She had something to look forward to doing.  She was about to do a play with her mother actress Vanessa Redgrave and now she is in the fight of her life.  I can only imagine how her husband actor Liam Neeson is handling this too. He just had a successful movie Taken and now he has to deal with this. It’s sad to think that a celebrity couple who appeared happy together now has to deal with something like this. 

I will continue to pray that she will get better.  There may still be hope for her as long the family doesn’t give up on her.  I have a cousin who just had a stroke and he slipped into a coma.  He was on a machine and he was told that he only had three days to live.  He miraculously woke up and he is getting better.  Maybe the same thing could happen for Natasha.

Natasha Richardson Suffers A Serious Head Injury
Actress Natasha Richardson (45) suffered a serious head injury in a skiing accident. She was taking a private skiing lesson and she was not wearing a helmet.  She was hospitalized on Monday.  She was transferred to Centre Hospitalier in Montreal.  She is a Tony-winning actress who is married to actor Liam Neeson.  She is also the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and producer Tony Richardson.  Natasha is also the mother of Micheal, 13, and Daniel, 12.  Luckily for now, she appears to be okay.  She was able to walk around an hour after the incident.  Head injuries are really serious and I hope that there isn’t something seriously wrong with her. 

  Actor Ron Silver Passed Away
Tony-winning actor and political activist, Ron Silver passed away.  He died in his home.  He had a long-suffering battle with cancer. He was best known for his role in Reversal Of Fortune and he had a recurring role on West Wing.  I remember him from the movie Blue Steel.  He was a really convincing villain in the movie. I really liked that movie.  He also had a role on the defunct TV show Veronica’s Closet.  He is survived by his parents, his brothers, and his two children.  My prayers go out to his family.

 Charlie Sheen and Wife Have Kids
Actor Charlie Sheen and his wife Brooke Mueller welcome twins to their family.  They have twin boys named Max and Bob.  Since I’m a twin, I couldn’t be happier for them. The twins were born on Saturday.  Charlie has three other children from previous relationships. He has a daughter from his first marriage and two daughters from his second marriage to Danicng With The Stars contestant Denise Richardson. 

Update on Chris and Rihanna duet
According to reports, Chris Brown and Rihanna’s song was recorded BEFORE the incident.  A rep for producer Polow Da Don said that this song was not recorded as part of their reconciliation. The song was recordered during the summer.  Apparently, the media wanted to capitalize off of their story by spreading around that they were recording a new song together.  At this point, I don’t know what I believe about this story, but I will try to keep you informed about it. 

   Dancing With The Stars Contestants in Tax Trouble
Two contestants on Dancing With The Stars are in tax trouble.  Lil’ Kim and David Allen Grier are facing tax problems. According to EUR web, they have not paid their taxes in a bit.  They are two more celebrities who felt that they didn’t have to pay their taxes. They may end up going to jail the same way that Ron Isley did because he didn’t pay his taxes. Wesley Snipes could possibly face prison time for not paying his taxes too.  Lil’ Kim just came out of jail not too long ago and she could end up going back if she doesn’t pay her taxes.

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There’s a new number one movie at the box office.  The Rock took down the Watchmen this weekend.  Race To Witch Mountain came in at number one at the box office making $25 million.  Watchmen came in at number two with over $18 million.  It lost more than 67% in ticket sales from last week.  I guess it didn’t make a very lasting impression on the audience if the numbers for the movie were going to drop that much.  Movies like this don’t usually stay at number one for very long.  They usually drop after the second or third week.  This would make one more movie that didn’t stay at number one very long. I’m trying to keep track of how long the number one movie will stay number one.  I want to make a prediction about Race To Witch Mountain.  I predict that the movie will stay number one for this week and maybe next week (depending on what is coming out this week), and then it will drop. 

There were two other wide releases this weekend.  The Last House On The Left and Miss March debuted this weekend.  The Last House On The Left came in at number three with over $14 million.  I’m glad this movie had a good debut because I’m going to try and see it.  It looks like it could be really good.  Miss March didn’t fare as well as The Last House On The Left.  The movie came in at number 10 with over $2 million. 

Here are the Top 10 movies:

1. Race To Witch Mountain - $25 million
2. Watchmen - $18.1 million
3. The Last House On The Left - $14.7 million
4. Taken - $6.7 million
5. Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes To Jail - $5.1 million
6. Slumdog Millionaire - $5 million
7. Paul Blart: Mall Cop - $3.1 million
8. He’s Just Not That Into You - $2.9 million
9. Coraline - $2.6 million
10. Miss March - $2.3 million

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