Topic : 03/05 Anna and Britney: Behind the Headlines

I think the Supreme Court in this case was forced to take (not an elective decision as you imply) the case b/c it had to do with jurisdiction of the lawsuits between probate court and federal court. Of note one of the judges concluded after having to give down the favorable judgment for A-N's case - that it was probably time to aly to rest the probate rule. So maybe a few mroe worthy cases will benefit.

You disagree with my concept that open evaluation and criticism of why these types make up such a segment of our culture and media should be not be brought up for attention and dialogue.

....because I think it is very simple. Men like boobs. They like big boobs. They like women who are willing to flaunt their big boobs. Not all men, but enough to make it worthwhile for some women to use this for personal and monetary gain. It is true now, it has been true throughout the ages, and I think it will be true for quite some time. No amount of public discourse on the subject, no matter how high brow or intellectual, will give it any deeper meaning than that.

The other part of the equation is that people, in general, enjoy gossip and voyeurism. We stare at car accidents and we put people up on pedestals for the distinct purpose of ripping them down. It is an ugly side of human nature to be sure....but I don't think it is a great mystery. So, no, I don't think an open evaluation, especially one that includes trying to figure out the specifics of a dead celebrity's sex life, does anything to improve our culture.

I do not share your personal animosity toward Anna Nicole. I think she is a sad, tragic figure. I think the lesson to be learned is that money, looks, and the fake adulation that she sought does NOT buy real happiness.

i am a little late, but you are welcome... i see she changed the picture at least!

I keep reading how Larry Birkhead is just trying to get the baby for the money.  He has been trying to get a paternity test since the baby was born in September.  This was months before Anna Nicole's death.  He wasn't in it for the money, he just wanted a paternity test to show that he was the father, since Anna Nicole told him he was.   I think she slept around with enough men that no wonder there are so many claims that they are the father, but I still think Larry Birkhead is the father.  No one else was wanting the baby at the beginning, just him.  I think Stern might have had something to do with their deaths.  Seems so very, very, very suspicious that they are both dead now.  I think all this fuss is such nonsense.  She was a drunk, and a drug abuser, and I can't believe she didn't get her son taken away sooner.  If she wasn't who she was, he probably would of been taken away.  Plus, she was constantly high after the baby's birth, and since I didn't even know she was pregnant to begin with, all the times I saw her, she was drunk and high.  I'm surprised the baby doesn't have alcohol fetal syndrome and is a drug addict herself.  Poor thing.  The only good thing I could say about her is that she loved her children.  You could see it in her eyes and face.  But that is the only good thing I can say about her, even in death.  I watched her reality show, on accident one time when I was flipping through channels during a commercial, and first of all, I couldn't believe they even had a show about her.  Why?  What was it about?  She wasn't doing anything except showing what an ugly and shallow personality she had.  She was unsufferable.  I feel sorry for her in that nobody forced her into rehab where she belonged.  If I was her friend, I would of had an intervention and put her into rehab for her own good.  Don't know how long it would of lasted, maybe it would of, maybe not, but that's what happens when you are in that kind of life style.  They all boo hoo when the person is dead, but they won't do anything about it before hand.  Everyone in the Hollywood business enables drug and alcohol abuse, then turn their backs when the problem with their stars get out of hand, and then they all cry at their funerals.  What a sad, sad world to be in.  What I don't understand is, if drugs are illegal, why are the stars not being arrested and getting prison time like ordinary people are?  Who cares if they have money.  Justice should be equal no matter who you are.  Anna Nicole is happy now.  Perhaps she had a death wish.   I heard from one of the nanny's suing her for not letting her feed the baby properly, said that she tried to kill herself twice before.  Perhaps Stern took advantage of this.  Two drug users?  Two accidental deaths?  Pretty hard to prove otherwise, so he could of gotten away with two counts of murder.  No matter what anyone says, I think Stern killed the both of them so he could get his hands on the dough, and the little girl would either die in the future, or he would embezzle the money so that by the time she was old enough to get it, it would be gone.  It's happened before.  Well, R.I.P. Miss Smith.  You probably aren't in heaven, though, since you weren't a nice person in your lifetime and you only married your husband for his money, but you are at peace, and that is probably the only thing you wanted in your life (except for the money you were suppose to inherit until your dreaded son in law stopped you from getting it.)