'Lost' Actor Daniel Dae Kim Drunk Driving Incident

Last Thursday ‘Lost’ actor Daniel Dae Kim was arrested for drunken driving in Honolulu. He was in Hawaii filming for the show when this occurred. Kim was the fourth person from ‘Lost’ to be arrested for drunk driving. Although this was an ignorant act by Kim to drink and drive, especially in a community where he is a visitor, he has recently issued a public statement in which he apologized for his actions. In his statement from TMZ.com he apologized for “jeopardizing the welfare of the kind people of Hawaii.” He also thanked the police for their help, as well as thanked his family, friends, and fans for their cooperation and support. He ended his statement by quoting, “To those that I have disappointed I can only ask that you accept my heartfelt apologies.”
Although drinking and driving is a dangerous and ignorant act for any person, I feel that Kim handled the situation very responsibly. Unlike other celebrities who claim the police didn’t handled the situation correctly, or just don’t take responsibility for their actions, Kim did exactly what was best for his reputation. He knew that this incident would hurt his image, and he would have to do something to reclaim his reputation as a well-respected actor. By issuing his statement full of apologies, I believe he did the best he could to handle this situation. I feel that since he handled the situation so well, his image will not be destroyed, and he will continue to receive the respect he deserves from his fans.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,305316,00.html
http://www.tmz.com/

Ellen's Breakdown over Dog

Anyone who watches the Ellen DeGeneres show, or even listens to the radio has heard about her situation with Iggy the dog. After Ellen gave her newly adopted dog to her hairdresser and the hairdresser’s two daughters, the dog rescue organization took the dog away claiming that Ellen violated the adoption agreement. Apparently Ellen was told the dog cannot be around children for safety reasons, and Ellen gave the dog to her hairdresser knowing she had two daughters.
Ellen made a complete scene over the situation, sobbing and telling her viewers how horrible it was for the organization to take the dog away. According to TMZ.com, Ellen cancelled the taping of her show. Her publicist claimed she needed a long weekend to relax.
NBC has claimed that on Wednesdays show Ellen told viewers she refused to speak until the dog is returned to the hairdresser and her daughters. The situation has gotten so bad that the owner of the rescue organization had to shut down her business for the day after Ellen sobbed on her show. The situation has gone completely out of hand, and not only has Ellen put the owners business in jeopardy, but she’s ruining her image as well. Ellen has never come off as a typical celebrity that thinks the world revolves around them and can get anything they want. One of the reasons I feel Ellen’s show is so popular is because viewers can easily relate to her. By carrying on like a child and refusing to speak until a dog is given back to people who are not even its rightful owner has turned Ellen’s image to be one of a pretentious celebrity. Clearly, Ellen’s publicist has to take action to do something to get Ellen’s reputation back to what it was before this whole incident.

http://www.tmz.com/2007/10/18/ellen-cancels-tapings/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21359655/

Britney's Court Trial

The latest news on Britney is about her court date with Commissioner Scout Gordon over the custody of her two sons. According to TMZ.com, Britney’s behavior in court with the commissioner has said to be “appalling.” She was constantly interrupting the judge, and was extremely sarcastic when thanking the judge for his decision to let her have one overnight stay a week with her children. Apparently when the judge explained to her why she was not receiving more custody she was condescending and argumentative. Kevin’s lawyers didn’t object to her testimony, clearly showing they didn’t feel as if her testimony did anything to help her case.
I think Britney is going more downhill every day. She must think that she can get away with her antics, but the way the courts are reacting she clearly cant. You would think if she knew what was good for her, and her future with her children, she would try to act responsible. Even though it is only one night a week with her children it is better then nothing, and you would think she would have appreciated this. By acting so immature in court she only dug herself further in the hole she in right now, and I do not think she has any hope for getting better.
Another article in TMZ.com states that the overnight visits will be monitored. Considering Britney cannot even be trusted to be alone with her own two children is pathetic. I do not understand how she went from being Americas biggest pop-star to having no career, no children, no family she gets along with, and no husband.

http://www.tmz.com/2007/10/11/commish-to-brit-nightime-is-the-right-time/
http://www.tmz.com/2007/10/11/britney-worst-witness-ever/

Britney Spears is Making a Comeback?

While Britney Spear’s family life is deteriorating, as she lost custody of her two sons last week, her professional life has said to be improving. Her new song “Gimme More” has scored as number 3 on the Billboards Hot 100 list as well as having 179,000 downloads. The song has also been said to be her best hit on the charts since her first single “Baby One More Time,” which came out in 1999. Her new album named “Blackout,” quite ironically, is said to debut November 13th. After answering “no way” to a poll in which asks if you will be buying her new CD, poll results came up with only a little over 50% of people saying no way to buying the CD. Although her new single may be catchy, I do not understand why it would even be a question for people about whether or not they would buy the CD. Her performance for the single at the VMAs was horrible, as she was clearly lip-syncing and still could not manage to dance or coordinate her act. As well as this, I would not buy the CD solely on the fact that she is headed downhill more every day. For the reasons I do not see how AOL news could seriously report that Britney Spears professional career is improving.

In addition to the recent news about Britney Spears, TMZ.com has recently reported that last Thursday Britney was in Cameo Bar asking for an application to be a bartender. Clearly this is not the job for someone who is trying to stay sober in order to someday gain custody of her kids again.


http://news.aol.com/entertainment/music/music-news-story
http://www.tmz.com/2007/10/08/britney-wants-job-as-a-bartender-huh