TNA wrestler Kip James enjoys some NBA action. Obstructing his view of the game are Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Rosie Perez, Brooke Shields and Tracy Morgan.

During the hey-dey of designer denim, Brooke Shields proclaimed that “nothing will come between me and my Calvins.”:

Even though I tried to channel her passion, the designer prices kept me far away from the jean line. However, today may be different as the retailer has extended their big sale to last one more day. That day is now and mere mortals can now save 30%-50% off of everything on the Calvin Klein Site.

With the holiday season kicking off in the next couple of days, my thoughts have turned towards rhinestones, sequins and metallic thread and this adorable cropped metallic cardigan sweater on sale for $47.60 would make an excellent addition to my collection:

This cardigan (please note my refusal to call it a “cardi”) can serve double duty. Not only can it be used as a layering piece over a long sleeved t shirt and jeans combo but it will be a perfect wrap for more elegant holiday attire. Either way, the sweater will add a bit of girth to your upper torso perfect for creating balance for a pear shaped figure.

Another piece that will provide visual interest on your fine upper body is this gorgeously sparkling sequined vest ($68.60):

Personally I would skip the graphic shirt promoting the line as this vest is almost festive enough to stand on its own. Of course your ensemble would be further enhanced by mixing in some jewelry by Hurricane by Jane and my choice for a contemporary accent would be the Moon of Mars Necklace ($77):

Silver and gold intertwine so you can mix and match your favorite holiday jewels and totally pull together the look. If you are interested in this piece from my collection or any other item from Hurricane by Jane L.L.C. feel free to contact me directly at HurricanebyJane@gmail.com and you will not be denied.

People

Lauren Conrad, Faith Hill, and Brooke Shields wore these camel colored tones.

Brooke Shields has revealed that she felt suicidal after giving birth to her child because of a post-partum depression.

The actress recollected the events while receiving an advocacy award from the Hope for Depression Research Foundation in Manhattan.

“We think and we feel that we should just be able to handle it on our own. I”ve always been strong enough to get through every single difficult situation in my life,” People magazine quoted her as saying.

The actress, who is mom to two girls, Rowan, 6, and Grier, 3, added: “I grew up in an addictive household. My mother [Teri] had acute alcoholism. It’’s in my blood. I was never going to be the one to succumb to it.”

The ‘Rubbig Wild’ star had a miscarriage and seven IVF attempts, before giving birth to daughter Rowan in 2003 with her husband, TV writer Chris Henchy.

She said: “I finally had a healthy beautiful baby girl and I couldn”t look at her. I couldn”t hold her and I couldn”t sing to her and I couldn”t smile at her … All I wanted to do was disappear and die.

“I should not exist. The baby would be better off without me. Life was never going to get better – so I better just go.

“That was the week I almost did not resist driving my car straight into a wall on the side of the freeway.

“My baby was in the back seat and that even pissed me off because I thought she’’s even ruining this for me.

“I just wanted to drive into the wall and my friend stayed on the phone with me and made me safely get home.”

However, the beauty learnt through a doctor that she was suffering from a chemical imbalance.

She said: “I learned what was going on inside my body and what was going on inside my brain. I learned I wasn”t doing anything wrong to feel that way. That it was actually out of my control.

“If I had been diagnosed with any other disease, I would have run to get help. I would have worn it like a badge … I didn”t at first – but finally I did fight. I survived.”

Actress Brooke Shields and comedian Jim Belushi were recently involved in a minor plane “crash” on their way to an event in the Hearst Castle estate.

According to the San Luis Obispo Sheriff’s Department, although the Cessna plane flying the two celebrities landed safely, the pilot failed to set the parking brake after the plane came to a stop.

The plane rolled and crashed into a 2010 Buick SUV, the wing clipping the car. At that time, the pilot was at the back of the plane, helping Shields and Belushi.

Both Shields and Belushi were not injured but the SUV incurred the most damages.

I see them everywhere… on my computer, on billboards, in the pages of magazines and on my TV screen… dead celebrities drinking champagne and dancing with vacuum cleaners and driving cars that came out decades after they were rotting in their graves.

It’s easy to see why advertisers want dead people to endorse them. Dead people are safe: they’re known quantities. It’s unlikely an ad campaign will get torpedoed by new revelations or scandals. They’ll never be accused of sexually assaulting a waitress in their hotel room or getting addicted to prescription pain killers. And even if we did find out something juicy and new about James Dean or Marilyn Monroe or Steve McQueen, would it hurt their image or just add to their mystique?

Dead celebrity endorsements are big business.

Einstein made $10 Million in 2009, according to Forbes latest annual list of top earning dead celebrities.  All the way back in the 2006 edition of the Forbes list, Corbis image licensing said Albert Einstein was their most requested person. As Tony Soprano might say, “Einstein is a good earner.” Of course, in his case, his earnings go to a good cause. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem gets the cash, including a share from Baby Einstein (Disney), although how would Albert have felt about their recent settlement for misleading claims of jump starting juvenile intelligence? Do you think he’d be proud that being a character in Night at the Museum ended up with him as part of a Happy Meal movie tie-in at McDonald’s?

If you want to hire a dead celebrity like Marilyn Monroe to sell your products, just click on over to the Legends Media Archive. You’ll find advertising-friendly images for dead celebs from John Belushi, Ingrid Bergman and Ty Cobb to Jackie Robinson, Mark Twain and Natalie Wood.

Live celebrities are no better. Some of them have even tarnished their reputations by becoming product hucksters. Are you old enough to remember when Orson Welles did commercials for Paul Masson wine: “We will sell no wine before its time.” More recently, we all had to cringe when Ed McMahon made a Cash4Gold commercial his last role.

But whether you think they sold out or not, it was their choice. Nobody forced them to make those commercials.

The dead can’t do that.

These dead celebrities have been stripped of their most basic right: the right to self-determination, to choose what they do or do not do. They are slaves to the choices of their estates, or of the people who own the copyright on their images.

Some cultures honor their dead. We exploit ours.

There’s nothing illegal about it, although the FTC is considering new regulations concerning celebrity endorsements, according to this blog post by Jonathan Faber, licensing expert and former president of “CMG Worldwide, Inc., whose clients include Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Babe Ruth, Chuck Berry, Princess Diana…”

One of the proposed new rules is that “Advertisers should only use endorsements of celebrities if the advertiser believes that a celebrity subscribes to the views presented.” (Not a problem for the Marilyn Dom Perignon campaign, since it was her favorite champagne, or Steve McQueen driving a Ford Mustang, which he did famously in the 1968 cop classic, Bullitt.)

But this post isn’t about morality or legality. This post is about marketing.

The point of celebrity endorsement advertising is to make a connection between the celebrity’s persona, the product and the audience. If a celebrity swears by it, that’s good enough for me.

When done wrong, it can backfire. Who would believe that Paris Hilton ever ate at Carl’s Jr. or that Tiger Woods, one of the richest athletes in history and currently the top earning athlete endorser actually drives a Buick.

When done right, it can build a brand. When Brooke Shields said that nothing came between her and her Calvins, Calvin Klein became the must-have designer jean.

But what’s right about using a dead person to endorse your product? Does having David Spade talking to a now dead Chris Farley make you more likely to want to get Direct TV, or less? How many people went out and bought a Dirt Devil because some art director used special effects to force Fred Astaire to dance with one?

I know vampires and zombies are all the rage these days, but can someone please explain to me why anyone thinks a dead celebrity who never used a product can make a convincing sales pitch to the living?

Kathy Griffin has pissed off a lot of people in Hollywood for outing their addictions, marital screw-ups, crazy family members and public failures.  And in her new book Official Book Club Selection: A memoir according to Kathy Griffin, she does more of the same – but the joke is usually on her. The always vivacious and opportunity-seeking Kathy has proven that she isn’t afraid of turning the tables on the major missteps and struggles she had clawing her way up the D-list.

Book Club is written in the same hair salon conversational storytelling language that Kathy is known for in her stand-up.  The title, alone, marks the attitude Kathy has trademarked – an idea that if I label it like an Oprah Book Selection then people will buy it and Oprah will have to recognize it: $$$.

Each, shocking and bluntly titled, chapter exposes more of the comedienne’s trials – from the difficulty of growing up as an awkward, gawky girl in rural Chicago (They Barked, They Laughed) and failing miserably as a stand-up comic (To Live and Bomb in LA) to cosmetic surgery mishaps (Nip/Fucked) and a pathological husband who stole a chunk of her wallet on the way out (My Marriage Ends). Kathy prepares for full disclosure and manages to poke fun at a celebrity or two in the process. Sorry Brooke Shields and Helen Hunt – what were you expecting?

Like any performer, the quintessential talk show question is, “When did you know you wanted to be in show business?” And Kathy isn’t shy about her ravenous thirst for attention at all costs.  She spent most of her early years telling neighborhood parents about the questionable discipline in her household and how she would host late-night talk shows in her living room.

But it was The Mary Tyler Moore Show that truly inspired Kathy to think about a life in the world of entertainment as a viable future.

“I’ll never forget that awesome apartment with the big M on the wall, and how beautiful Mary was.  But when Rhoda burst through the door in her Gypsy hairscarf, billowy caftan, and hilariously abrasive delivery, I was like, ‘Who is that? Oh my God!’ That’s when I fell in love with wanting to be a sidekick.”

A sidekick.  That would set the bar, questionably low – but attainable, for the ginger gal who would go on to become one of t.v.’s memorable sitcom comic reliefs.

Despite breaking through and becoming a name in show business, Kathy has become a regular inside-outsider.  She may have an IMDB page, but her ratings are never stealer. She gets invited to the Emmy’s, but she usually has to show up for the daytime show with the less renowned awards.  She is always one velvet rope away from the “real party.”  But that’s what keeps her sharp and honest to her fans.

Kathy is unapologetic about her disdain for actresses who are comfortably seated behind the elite velvet rope, equipped with ass-kissers and bottle service.  She doesn’t hesitate that her stomach turns at the sound of actresses re-telling their hardknock sob-stories to Oprah.  That means you Jewel. And you Hilary Swank.

“Cry me a fucking river, Hilary.  You star in a Karate Kid movie at nineteen, and win two Oscars by thirty. Go fuck yourself.”

She calls these performance gods out on the carpet and reminds them that they can’t weep poverty and hard times with gusto in Ferragamo and Dior.

While her tell-all book is surprisingly light on drug addictions, unplanned pregnancy or rehabilitation centers –especially for a mainstream comedienne, her story is truly inspiring and humorous. Hopefully she is taking notes for the follow-up which could undoubtedly be titled, The Pulitzer-Prize-Winning Memoir: According to Dr. Kathy Griffin. Hint, hint.

Lipstick Jungle ist eine US-Amerikanische mit 2 Staffeln und jeweils 20 Folgen, die es in Deutschland seit dem 16. September 2009 auf ProSieben zu sehen gibt.

In der Serie dreht es sich um die drei besten Freundinnen Viktory Ford (Modedesignerin/mit Joe Bennett zusammen), Nico Reilly (Chefredakteurin eines Modemagazins/hat eine Affäre mit Kirby Atwood, ihr Mann ist tod) und Wendy Healy (arbeitet in der Filmbranche/mit Shane Healy verheiratet). Die drei Frauen sind immer für einander da und erzählen sich alles über ihr persönliches, aber auch berufliches Leben. Zusammen leben sie in New York City.

Die Serie basiert auf dem gleichnahmigen Buch der ”Sex and the City” Autorin Candace Bushnell. Die erste Folge wurde von 1,49 Millionen verfolgt in der Zielgruppe der 14-bis 49-jährigen.

Nico mit Kirby

Viktory mit Joe

Wendy und Shane

Comunhão / Alice, Querida Alice (Communion / Alice, Sweet Alice, 76) – Mezzo giallo, mezzo slasher. A obra de Alfred Sole é um dos grandes filmes de terror esquecidos da década de 70. Lançado em VHS pela Opção Video e em DVD pela Wonder Multimídia. Estréia de Brookie Shields no cinema.

Rituals (77) – Suspense eletrizante na linha de Amargo Pesadelo. Mas no lugar dos caipiras malucos existe um serial killer misterioso. Há quem afirme que este filme também serviu como fonte de inspiração para A Bruxa de Blair. Inédito no Brasil. A direção é de Peter Carter.

Sombra no Escuro (The Silent Scream, 80) – Um curioso e pouco visto slasher com alguns toques de Psicose. No elenco as musas Barbara Steele e Yvonne De Carlo, além de Cameron Mitchell. Direção de Danny Harris.

Trilha de Corpos (He Knows You’re Alone, 80) – Bom slasher anterior à explosão de Sexta-Feira 13. É a estréia de Tom Hanks num pequeno papel. Foi lançado em VHS pela MGM Home Video. Direção de Armand Mastroianni

Chamas da Morte  / A Vingança de Cropsy (The Burning, 81) – Clássico das reprises do SBT. Participação de Holly Hunter e Jason Alexander. Efeitos de maquiagem de Tom Savini e música de Rick Wakeman. Lançado em VHS pela Look Video. Dirigido por Tony Maylam, que depois faria Split Second. 

Dia dos Namorados Macabro (My Bloody Valentine, 81) – É um dos mais famosos exemplares do gênero e que só agora está disponível em versão uncut via região 1. Lançado em VHS pela CIC Video. Direção de George Mihalka.

Feliz Aniversário Para Mim (Happy Birthday To Me, 81) - Um divertido slasher, bem conhecido dos fãs do estilo. Direção de J. Lee Thompson e com Glenn Ford no elenco. Lançado no Brasil em VHS pela LK-Tel Video.

Night School (81) - Pouco conhecida experiência do veterano Ken Hughes no estilo. O filme foi exibido nos tempos áureos do SBT e não lembro do título nacional. Continua inédito no formato DVD. 

Just Before Dawn (81) – Sem dúvida um dos melhores slashers já feitos. Cortesia de Jeff Lieberman, diretor de Os Assassinos do Raio Azul, Ajudante de Satã e Controle Remoto. Inédito no Brasil e curiosamente, o DVD região 1 possuí alguns cortes.

Quem Matou Rosemary ? (The Prowler / Rosemary’s Killer, 81) -Três anos antes de Sexta-Feira 13 – O Capítulo Final, o diretor Joseph Zito e o mago Savini já haviam caprichado neste slasher. Lançado em VHS pela TransVideo.

Horário de Visitas (Visiting Hours, 82) – Troque Michael Myers por Michael Ironside e as coisas vão começar a ficar bem interessantes. Exibido por várias vezes na Record, e lançado em VHS pela Abril Video. Com William Shatner e Lee Grant. A direção é de Jean-Claude Lord (The Vindicator).

Mais Próximo do Terror (Next of Kin, 82) – Uma excelente mistura de thriller de mistério com slasher. Esse aqui é daquele tempo em que o cinema da Austrália arrebentava. Lançado em VHS pela VCL Video. A direção é de Tony Williams, que infelizmente nunca fez outro filme. 

O Último Pesadelo (Curtains, 83) - Termino a lista citando um outro slasher vindo das terras canadenses. O diretor Richard Ciupka trabalhou com Chabrol e Malle, e aqui presta homenagem a Mario Bava. Lançado em VHS pela Mac Video.

Neu auf DVD:
Lipstick Jungle – Season One

Die turbulente Geschichte dreier New Yorker Geschäftsfrauen zwischen Yuppiekultur, Modewahn und Glamourwelt.

Nach ihrem Kult-Sensations-Erfolg “Sex and the City” legt Autorin Candace Bushnell nach!

Die drei Freundinnen Wendy, Nico und Victory haben es geschafft: Sie gehören zum elitären Kreis der 50 einflussreichsten Frauen New Yorks. Doch das allein macht noch nicht glücklich: Wendy (Brooke Shields) ist nicht nur Boss einer Filmproduktionsfirma, sondern hat auch als Ehefrau und Mutter alle Hände voll zu tun.

Nico (Kim Raver), Chefin eines erfolgreichen Modemagazins, lässt sich auf eine Affäre mit einem viel jüngeren Liebhaber ein. Und Modedesignerin Victory (Lindsay Price) kämpft mit einer mittleren Lebens- und einer handfesten Geschäftskrise.

Basierend auf dem gleichnamigen Roman der Erfolgsautorin Candace Bushnell (“Sex and the City”) überzeugt die Serie durch spritzige Dialoge, hinreißenden Humor und sehr überzeugende Darsteller.

Das ist großartige Unterhaltung – nicht nur für Frauen!

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I have to get out of the house and start shopping. I’m nearly ready for the holidays … I desperately need to do some retail therapy for myself. Did I mention Nordstrom’s is having their half-yearly clearance sale? Bonus – Clinique is having their gift with purchase sale! You know you love all those mini versions of Clinique products.

Shimmering Stripes Powder Blusher

Brush-on Cream Liner

Eye Shadow Quad

I just saw one of the holiday sets called Black Tie Violets. The blush (in the middle in this photo) is shades of Tuxedo Plums that dust your face, neck and decolletage (love that word) with shades of pinks/plum.

And the four eye shadows are scrumptious in the quad limited edition. There is also a cream eye liner in Violet Luxe that glides along the lashline. And, no it does not make your eyelashes grow a la Brooke Shields.

Love love love these colors. They were made for me you know!

Shop on!

Vote ‘em! Yay or Nay to Brooke Shields’ zig-zag glitzy number worn to a charity gala in New York City?

Yay or Nay: Brooke Shields wears a bad bad "mall gown"

I know I’m a lil late on this one but I thought Brooke’s lil girls were too cute on Halloween. Brooke took her two girls out Grier & Rowan, Trick or Treating on Halloween. Why do celebrities torture their children with those ridiculous names? and I thought Mejicanos were bad? *shakes head*

Can you watch a movie 356 times know all the words and still not be bored with it ¿

Brooke Shields … Paradise ….and Drunken Pirates .. Must see .

Vx

Elas aparecem sempre lindas e deslumbrantes na frente das câmeras, mas quando as vemos nas ruas, sem maquiagem, nem parecem as mesmas! Confira nossa galeria de fotos e não se assute!

Kate Hudson e Lindsay Lohan.

Marisa Tomei e Reese Witherspoon.

Sharon Stone e Sienna Miller.

Jessica Alba e Penélope Cruz.

Halle Berry e Jenny McCarthy.

Kate Winslet e Hillary Swank.

Kate Moss e Melanie Griffith.

Vanessa Hudgens e Angelina Jolie.

Miley Cyrus e Jennifer Lopez.

Madonna e Gwyneth Paltrow.

Brooke Shields e Kim Kardashian.

Jennifer Garner e Adriana Lima.

Katherine Heigl e America Ferrera.

Jessica Biel e Drew Barrymore.

Alicia Silverstone e Beyoncé.

Eva Longoria e Salma Hayek.

Rosario Dawson e Cameron Diaz.

Gisele Bündchen e Eva Mendes.

Hilary Duff e Jessica Simpson.

Britney Spears e Pamela Anderson.

Nicole Kidman e Heidi Klum.

Debra Messing e Courteney Cox.

Kristen Stewart e Rihanna.

Todas elas podem ser lindas de morrer, mas sem maquiagem são tão mortais como nós, ainda nos resta uma esperança! =P

By Eumaquio

Andre Agassi’s publicists are doing an excellent job of marketing his upcoming autobiography; first they released an excerpt where he talks about doing crystal meth and now he’s admitting that his long flowing hairstyle that he was famous for in the 90s was, in fact, a wig.

If we can’t count on honesty from our tennis stars our society is already lost.

In his 1990 French Open final (his first Grand Slam final) Agassi’s was concerned before the match ”not for victory, but that my hairpiece would not fall off”, he writes in “Open”.

As his hair started falling out Agassi faced an inner struggle, ”Every morning I would get up and find another piece of my identity on the pillow, in the wash basin, down the plughole.”

“I asked myself: you want to wear a toupee? On the tennis court? I answered myself; what else could I do?”

That French Open final was especially frightening for Agassi because the wig began to fall apart after he took a shower the night before. In a panic, Agassi and his brother pinned and clipped the wig back together in a slap-dash job that he wasn’t sure if it would hold.

“With each leap, I imagine [the wig] falling into the sand. I imagine millions of spectators move closer to their TV sets, their eyes widening and, in dozens of dialects and languages, ask how Andre Agassi’s hair has fallen from his head.”

His then-wife Brooke Shields finally convinced him to move on from the wig.

“She said I should shave my head,” he said. “It was like suggesting I should have all my teeth out.

“Nevertheless, I thought for a few days about it, about the agonies it caused me, the hypocrisy and lies.”

Agassi’s hair wasn’t real! I don’t know what to believe anymore, I feel like my whole childhood was a lie. I don’t think I could be more surprised than if you told me Ray Bourque spent the entire 1990s shooting heroin and was a highly successful art thief in the offseason.

[Yahoo!]

Few people know the real reason behind Agassi's drug revelations

By now everyone should know about Andre Agassi’s explosive admission that he used crystal meth (the dangerous drug otherwise known as ‘ice’) in 1997, tested positive, then got away with it by writing a simple explanation letter to the ATP.  However, very few people know about the underlying reason for this seemingly pointless admission – Agassi’s ongoing contest with Boris Becker to see who can dominate the tennis spotlight.

What? I hear you say.  Allow me to explain.

All one has to do is to take a look at the careers and post-career lives of these two great tennis champions.

First set

Boris Becker played 15 years of professional tennis, was number 1 in the world and claimed 6 grand slam titles.  Andre Agassi, on the other hand, stuck around for 20 years, was also number 1 in the world at some stage, and bagged 8 grand slam titles, including the rare career grand slam.  Strictly speaking, Agassi has probably had a slightly more impressive career based on titles alone.  Further, Agassi has a 10-4 record against Becker, including a 4-1 record in grand slam matches.  The first set goes to Agassi, 6-4.

Second set

However, the real battle between these two warriors took place outside the tennis courts.  Both men craved the spotlight, and it was only a matter of time before they started trying to outdo each other.

Boris Becker, with his attacking style, struck first, marrying famous photographer Barbara Feltus in 1993 by first getting her pregnant.  The couple also caused shockwaves when they posed nude together in a photo taken by Babara’s father before the wedding.  Becker had captured the spotlight of the tennis world off the court, and for a while, there was no one to challenge him.

Enter Andre Agassi, who either intentionally or inadvertently stole the spotlight from Becker with a high profile celebrity wedding of his own.  Agassi, the natural baseliner known for his defensive brilliance, took his time, dating actress Brooke Shields from 1993 (perhaps already with Becker in mind) and wedding her in 1997.  It was a stormy relationship that the media feasted on, snatching away the attention so dearly craved by Becker.  Easy second set for Agassi, 6-2.

Andre Agassi

Third set

Frustrated, Becker planned his next move, only to be caught off-guard by a pre-emptive strike from Agassi, who rocked the tennis world again by ending his marriage with Brooke Shields in April 1999.  Not to be outdone, a furious Becker initiated a separation from his own wife in December of the same year.  To kick it up a notch, there was the whole debacle surrounding the pre-nup the couple signed, which brought more media scrutiny than even Becker had hoped for.  Thanks to the messy divorce settlement, Becker finally edged Agassi this time in a tie-break, 7-6 (11-9).

Fourth set

From here, both tennis greats stepped up their games and took the rivalry to a new level.  First Agassi began dating one of the greatest female tennis players of all time, Steffi Graf, after the French Open champion’s ball in 1999.  Two of the greatest of all time dating?  It was a strange doubles combination, that’s for sure, but think about the kids they’d have!

But Becker brought his A-game this time and dropped a bombshell on Agassi and the tennis world by revealing that he had impregnated a waitress in the broom closet of Nobu in London after his last match in 1999 (following Wimbledon).  Just to milk it a bit more, Becker initially denied paternity, claiming that he was an ‘unseeded’ player, until a DNA test confirmed what he had known all along.

Nevertheless, the impact was undeniable.  Becker was king of the headlines once more, and as a result people barely flinched when Agassi and Graf married in 2001.  A big comeback for Becker, 6-1 in the fourth set!

Boris Becker

Final set

From here, with the match tied 2 sets apiece (6-4, 6-2, 6-7, 1-6), the two men were exhausted and struggled to come up with new material.  Agassi and Graf started pumping out kids and made a few headlines when they played doubles together.  Becker, on the other hand, went through a custody battle and another broken engagement through which he was dumped by text message.  It was all very tame and both men were have difficult coping without controversy.

Becker even tried to relive some of his best moments when he recently (a week before Agassi’s latest revelations) declared that the daughter he had with the waitress was actually conceived on an uncomfortable set of stairs as opposed to a broom closet.  Regardless, he admitted in shame that it was the quickest match he had ever played, prompting suggestions that there were other reasons apart from his powerful serve that earned him the nickname ‘Boom Boom’.  Indeed, the waitress recently likened Becker to a “runaway train” in her new tell-all book In One Breath (named after the length of the encounter).

Just when the two champions appeared to be heading down an endless fifth set with each unable to break the serve of the other, Agassi stunned the world with his latest drug revelations.  One of the greatest tennis players of all time not only took ice, but he had also gotten away with it!  Let’s not forget, 5 of Agassi’s 8 grand slams were won after 1997 – if he had been banned from tennis the way he should have, then Becker probably would have won their secret contest already.

The disappointment in Becker was apparent for all to witness in his latest interview, where he said: ”I’m the last person to throw stones, as there have been some difficult times in my own life (emphasis added), but to hear that he took crystal meth, that certainly puts a whole new light on Andre.  And it’s not a beautiful light.”

”There have been stories over the years about some tennis players taking drugs, but maybe they were just stories, and now Andre, a big star, has been so open about what he took and how he lied to avoid punishment. I’m struggling to think of anything else in tennis that comes close to this.”  At this point, Boris whipped out some old newspaper clippings of his Nobu scandal, but no one seemed to notice.

”Andre didn’t just take drugs, he also tested positive for drugs and then got away with it, and that’s not good at all for tennis, especially for the governing bodies,” Becker said. ”People are going to be thinking, ‘How could this happen?  How could he get away with this?’”

Clearly, the fact that Agassi ‘got away with it’ has plagued Becker, who added: “If it had been made public in 1997 that Andre was using drugs, his career, and his life, would have been very different.  He wouldn’t be where he is today.  Maybe his career would not have survived if everyone knew that he had taken drugs, and if he was banned from the tour for a while.  But no one knew until now, and it was after he took crystal meth that he played some of the best tennis of his life.  He won many grand slams after that.”

For the last person to throw stones, that’s certainly a lot of rocks!

Perhaps sensing that defeat was inevitable, Becker threw in a futile last-ditch effort, reminding everyone that in his own memoir, he admitted to washing down sleeping pills with whisky.  I’m sure he wanted to say: “That’s almost as bad as ice!”  Unfortunately, victory had already slipped out of his grasp.

Game.  Set.  Match.

Agassi defeats Becker, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (11-9), 1-6, 27-25, in their secret contest.

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Brooke Shields, ”antirøyker”: – Røyking dreper. Hvis du blir drept, mister du en veldig viktig del av ditt liv –

Dan Quayle, ”eks-visepresident: – Hvis vi ikke lykkes, risikerer vi å mislykkes –

Christina Aquilera, ”superblondine”: – Så, hvor skal de arrangere Cannes-festivalen i år –

Ivana Trumph, ”romanforfatter”: – Å skrive fiction er kjempegøy. Du kan finne på nesten alt –

Bob Dole, ”presidentkandidat”: – Internett er en fantastisk måte å komme seg på nettet på –

Arnold Schwarzenegger, ”muskelguvernør”: – Jeg mener at homseekteskap bør være mellom mann og kvinne –

Mariah Carey, ”IQ-sangerinne”: Hver gang jeg ser på TV og de viser alle disse fattige barna over hele verden, kan jeg ikke la være å gråte. Jeg mener, jeg skulle gjerne vært så tynn som dem, men ikke med masse fluer og døde og alle de greiene –

Linda Evangelista, ”modellnaut”: – Jeg er ikke på slanker’n. Det er bare sånn at jeg ikke spiser så mye som jeg har lyst til –

Georg W Bush, ”komiker”: – De misundervurderte meg –

Britney Spears, ”dukke”: – Jeg har aldri hatt noe lyst til å reise til Japan. Rett og slett fordi jeg ikke liker å spise fisk. Og jeg vet at det er veldig populært der borte i Afrika –

(Alle overstående utsagn er funnet på 2space.com.)

Todos tenemos algún deportista ídolo cuando niño; ese referente que nos ilusiona y hace soñar cada vez que pisa una cancha dejando muestras de su talento. En mi caso, uno de los héroes de infancia fue el tenista norteamericano Andre Agassi, quien acaparó todas las portadas hace dos días al reconocer el uso de sustancias prohibidas durante su carrera, situación de la que la ATP estuvo perfectamente al tanto.

Por Esteban González

Andre Agassi tiene un mérito que prácticamente ningún otro deportista puede darse el lujo de incluir en su biografía: estuvo en lo más alto de su especialidad durante tres décadas diferentes. Claro, porque el “Kid de Las Vegas” fue Top Ten en 1988, al poco tiempo de debutar como profesional; en los `90, a comienzos y finales de la misma; y en el 2000, alcanzando el nº1 del ranking ATP.

Este logro, inédito en la historia del tenis, contrasta con el período de luces y sombras que vivió durante los 90`s, época en que fue nº1 y también nº141. Este período de oscurantismo fue siempre un misterio, hasta que por fin contó a qué estuvo dedicado.

Además de disfrutar la vida de casado junto a Brooke Shields y abandonar temporalmente la actividad, producto de una seguidilla de lesiones, Agassi estuvo sumido en una profunda depresión, de la que salió utilizando sustancias prohibidas. Metanfetamina (Crystal Meth) fue el compuesto que consumió el tenista durante 1997, intentando levantar el ánimo y buscarle sentido a la vida.

Por si eso fuera poco, Agassi señaló que la Asociación de Tenistas Profesionales (ATP) siempre estuvo al tanto de la situación, pero no le sancionó porque el tenista se defendió en una carta “llena de mentiras” en la que culpaba de todo a su antiguo amigo y representante, Slim, a quien acusó de ponerle la sustancia en una bebida.

El cuento le permitió a Agassi zafarse de 3 meses de sanción y convencer a la ATP de guardar silencio sobre su caso. Doce años después, reconoce su culpabilidad y, como era de esperarse, es foco del escarnio público alrededor del mundo, cuestionándose la que, hasta ahora, era una de las carreras más brillantes de la historia del deporte.

Por lo mismo, quiero ser claro. Agassi no fue tramposo, no compitió jamás ayudándose de alguna sustancia prohibida que mejorara su rendimiento, y eso es algo que los medios de comunicación debieran dejar lo suficientemente claro. En el deporte hay muchas historias que nos demuestran que todos tenemos una segunda oportunidad en la vida, pero hay pocas tan grandiosas como la de este tenista que le demostró al mundo que nada es imposible.

Así que, por favor, cierren la boca quienes están rasgando vestiduras pidiendo que el Kid de Las Vegas devuelva algún título.

Andre Agassi has admitted that he took crystal meth and lied to officials.

Whenever there was a game of street tennis (no net, just lines) i always used to call shotgun on Andre Agassi. Crazy mullet hair, luminous shoes, denim shorts..the dude was cool and so was i.

It all makes sense now though since Agassi has admitted to partaking in the crystal meth on numerous occasions. When he got bust in a drug test he blamed his tik using buddy Slim (hahahahahhhahaha) for spiking his drinks with the bad sh*t and then accidently (sure) drinking it. Officials accepted his story and lifted his suspension.

"You flushed it!!!?? Nooooooo"

His new book, Open: An Autobiography, reveals the following which occured in 1997 before his marriage to Brooke Shields:

“Slim is stressed too … He says, You want to get high with me? On what? Gack. What the hell’s gack? Crystal meth. Why do they call it gack? Because that’s the sound you make when you’re high … Make you feel like Superman, dude.

“As if they’re coming out of someone else’s mouth, I hear these words: You know what? F*** it. Yeah. Let’s get high.

“Slim dumps a small pile of powder on the coffee table. He cuts it, snorts it. He cuts it again. I snort some. I ease back on the couch and consider the Rubicon I’ve just crossed.

“I’m seized by a desperate desire to clean. I go tearing around my house, cleaning it from top to bottom. I dust the furniture. I scour the tub. I make the beds.”[TimesOnline]

See kids. Crystal meth is bad for you. You’ll end up cleaning your room and making all the beds in the house.

In his upcoming book, iconic tennis star, businessman, educator and Las Vegas resident Andre Agassi admits that in 1997 he used the recreational drug crystal meth or “gack,” as his assistant referrred to it, while he was married to Brooke Shields. 

“I can’t speak to addiction, but a lot of people would say that if you’re using anything as an escape, you have a problem,” he reportedly tells People magazine. 

The book not only details his drug use, but it also touches on his hair loss, his tumultuous marriage to Brooke Shields and how happy he is with his current wife, Steffi Graf. 

Agassi says he was not concerned about revealing his drug use. “I was worried for a moment, but not for long. … I wore my heart on my sleeve and my emotions were always written on my face. I was actually excited about telling the world the whole story.” 

His book, Open: An Autobiography will be in stores on November 9, but is being serialized by the Times of London beginning tomorrow. 

Later, although Agassi tested positive for the drug, he managed to continue to play tennis. 

While the admission now may get him in hot water with the tennis and sports kingdom, it certainly can’t hurt his book sales- or can it?

E daí se estou repetindo assunto de tópico. É legal, sô! E se não for, azar! O blog é meu. *criança egoísta* =P Bora ver mais citação de celeburridades.

“The most loving thing to do is to share your bed with someone.” (A coisa mais amável de se fazer é compartilhar sua cama com alguém.)— Michael Jackson
Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tá explicado.

“Smoking kills. If you’re killed, you’ve lost an important part of your life.” (Fumar mata. Se você morre, você perde uma parte importante da sua vida.) — Brooke Shields
É verdade, concordo plenamente! Se você morrer, você vai perder uma parte correspondente a 100% da sua vida.

“[I hope] my child will be a good Catholic like me.” (Espero que minha filha seja uma boa católica como eu.) — Madonna
Imagina se ela não fosse católica. medo/

“It’s really hard to maintain a one-on-one relationship if the other person is not going to allow me to be with other people.” (É muito difícil manter um relação se a pessoa não vai me deixar ficar com outras.) — Axl Rose
KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!! Não é possível! Ele tava zoando. Claro né, Axl. Se a relação é com UMA pessoa, não dá pra colocar outra no meio. Vou considerar que você se referia à necessidade de também passar tempo com os amigos, além da namorada. Foi isso que você quis dizer, não foi? Claro que foi!

“We are going to turn this team around 360 degrees.” (Nós vamos virar esse time 360 graus.) — NBA player Jason Kidd
Quer voltar pro mesmo lugar, espertão?

“I’m so smart now. Everyone’s always like ‘take your top off.’ Sorry, NO! They always want to get that money shot. I’m not stupid.” (Estou tão esperta agora. Todo mundo é sempre tipo “Tira sua blusa.” Sinto muito, NÃO! Eles sempre querem tirar aquela foto que vai dar dinheiro. Não sou burra.) — Paris Hilton
Uau! Esperta demais. Faz companhia pro amigão aí de cima.

“Predictions are difficult, especially about the future.” (Previsões são difíceis, especialmente sobre o futuro.) — Yogi Berra
É verdade. São difíceis mesmo.

“I’ve never really wanted to go to Japan. Simply because I don’t like eating fish. And I know that’s very popular out there in Africa.” (Eu nunca quis ir para o Japão. Simplesmente porque não gosto de comer peixe. E eu sei que isso é muito popular lá na África.) — Britney Spears
[Depois daquela do Canadá ultramarino] Ainda me impressiona (a falta de) o conhecimento geográfico dessa pessoa. Depois reclama de ser zoada. Ajuda aí, uai!

“So, where’s the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?” (Então, onde vai ser o Festival de Cannes esse ano?) — Christina Aguilera
Vai ser na Venezuela, gata!

“I think gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman.” (Eu acho que o casamento gay é algo que deveria ser entre um homem e uma mulher.) — Arnold Schwarzenegger
Jura?

“Too many OB/GYN’s aren’t able to practice their love with women all across the country.” (Muitos obstetras e ginecologistas não são capazes de por em prática seu amor com mulheres de todo o país.) — George W. Bush
É que os maridos iam ficar com ciúmes! E esse cara foi presidente (2 vezes!).

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