Showing posts with label Interviews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Interviews. Show all posts

Hot 30 in Australia Interviews Pete Wentz

This is a great interview!

Pete talks about Ashlee Simpson, he responds to rumors that he and his posse smelled like weed in a VIP room, and how his bandmates feel about his rising popularity..




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America Ferrera Talks To W Magazine

America Ferrera tells W magazine what it’s like being a curvaceous woman in Hollywood.






















“I mean, of course I want to be at a weight where I’m happy. There are times when I go to the gym and really try, and there are times when I just don’t. I gain a pound; I lose a pound. But I think I’ve developed a really good sense of when I’m doing something for myself as opposed to when I’m doing something because of other people’s expectations of me. And honestly, even if I wanted to be anorexic, I just don’t have what it takes. After four hours of being anorexic, I’d be like, ‘It’s been four whole hours! Feed me!’”

To view behind the scenes footage of America Ferrera’s photo shoot with W, please visit www.wmagazine.com.


ON THE TABLOIDS ANNOUNCING THAT SHE AND BOYFRIEND RYAN PIERS WILLIAMS GOT ENGAGED
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“It’s totally not true! And his mom called me and my sisters were calling me, and I was like, ‘Are you kidding? Did you not think I would tell you first?’ And then I put out a statement that it wasn’t true, and that became a whole news story. So now it’s news when something doesn’t happen? Like, news flash: California did not get hit by a hurricane today.”


ON NOT BEING OFFERED LEADING ACTING ROLES DESPITE HER RECENT SUCCESSES
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“When it comes to envisioning an actor in a role that they haven’t seen them in, people in this business can be a little uncreative. No one is willing to take a gamble…It’s been more about developing my own material, finding roles that I would like to play and figuring out a way to get those things made.”


ON TRYING TO ENJOY THE MOMENT
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“The hardest part of this year has been learning to enjoy it. It’s almost like a full-time job reminding myself to live in the moment and not look for more, more, more…I see now that people who make movies, this world of creative geniuses that I grew up idolizing, are just normal people who wanted to do something and made it happen. Everything that’s happened to me in the last year has only made me feel more like a normal person, more human, but in the most beautiful way.”


ON HAVING ‘A MINI NERVOUS BREAKDOWN’ AFTER HER FIRST SHOW BIZ EXPERIENCE ON THE DISNEY CHANNEL MOVIE GOTTA KICK IT UP
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“I just felt really empty. I had achieved my dream, and it wasn’t totally fulfilling. I still had school problems, and I still had boy problems. My life was still my life. I guess I had been waiting to be turned into a swan.”


ON BEING HONDURAN AND GROWING UP IN A CAUCASION NEIGHBORHOOD
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“As early as second grade I remember feeling really different and isolated. I had the hugest crush on a boy, and my best friend had a crush on him too. One day he said to me, ‘I like your best friend more because she’s paler and she has freckles.’ And it was right then that I began to feel like, Oh wow, I’m different.”


ON NOT FITTING IN WITH THE LATINO COMMUNITY
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“I mean, I grew up in the Valley. All my friends were white Jewish kids. So the Latino kids thought I was this white girl.”


ON HAVING FIVE SIBLINGS
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“Growing up, I never had a ton of friends. I always had two or three, but when you have four sisters and a brother all a year apart, you don’t really need anyone else to play with…I learned the naughty words before anyone else in my class. And I think I avoided many of the pitfalls because I got to watch them live through it.”
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N HER PARENTS NOT SUPPORTING HER DREAMS OF BECOMING AN ACTRESS
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“Acting was not something that they came to this country to have me do… For a time I thought I could be a lawyer. As a kid I even went to law camp at UCLA. They had us watch My Cousin Vinny, which was great. But then we went to the courthouse, and we had to do these mock trials, and once I saw what it really meant to be a lawyer, I realized that it wasn’t for me. I thought it was like in the movies, like, ‘You can’t handle the truth!’ That kind of thing.”


ON BEING APPROACHED BY SALMA HAYEK TO STAR AS ‘UGLY BETTY’
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“Honestly I never saw myself doing TV, but Salma was so convincing. Salma is the kind of person who could sell you, like, a used stereo. She promised me that it would be done in the right way, and I just trusted her.”


ON GETTING A COLLEGE DEGREE
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“Acting is something I knew I wanted to do long term. But not going to college was not an option. I think it probably helped me as an actress as well, because actresses need real-life experiences to draw from.”


ON WHAT HAPPINESS IS
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“Happiness is something that you have to decide to have in your life. No amount of accolades can make you a happy person, and learning that as young as I did was a gift.”


ON HER AMBITIONS
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“When there’s a film I want to do, sleep doesn’t matter. Part of me would love to be sitting in the sun in Italy, but I’d be crazy by day four.”



Q & A With Tina Fey of '30 Rock'

Tina Fey talks with MSNBC's Dan Fleschner about her hit show '30 Rock', Oprah, stay at home moms and Will Farrell.



Q: You've had a lot of celebrity guests on "30 Rock," including our own Al Roker (Watch Video) in an upcoming episode. If you could get anyone to appear on the show, who would it be?

Tina Fey: I'd love to get Oprah on the show. We contacted her about doing the show, and we were told that she was in South Africa for three weeks. So I was like, "Well you can tell Oprah to call me when she gets back." We ended up getting Lester Holt to do it -- that's still flattering for Lester, right? Being second in line behind Oprah?

I'd like to get Ben Affleck. He's a pretty funny guy. Maybe when we hit it big, he'll do it.

Q: When you walk by the NBC Experience Store here in New York or visit www.nbcuniversalstore.com, you find that there is no "30 Rock" merchandise out there. What's the deal?

Tina Fey: They keep telling us that it's in the works. We keep saying, "Can't we just have a shirt with the logo on it?" I mean, high school choirs get this done. We have shirts, jackets and bags for our crew -- you can have these things made in a second. Who are the t-shirt people around here?

Q: We had the author of a new book called "The Feminine Mistake" on the show earlier this week. She writes about how young mothers are deciding to stay at home to raise their kids more and more -- and that by depending on their husbands financially, those women are opening themselves to potential problems down the road. You're a working mother of a 19-month-old -- what do you think about this issue?

Tina Fey: The ideal situation for a parent is one that no one has -- having a fulfilling job that requires you to work three days a week. It's better for the parents, because they get to spend time with the children and also have a source of pride and achievement -- and income -- outside the home.

I worked as a registrar for a day care center in Illinois, and I would see a lot of two-parent families in which both parents worked. For them to both have jobs and put their kids in full-time day care, they were almost losing money out of the situation. So working full-time isn't necessarily the best financial option.

I guess what I would tell women is to get their education first, before having kids. That way they can keep their options open down the road. I also think that it shouldn't necessarily be an issue just for women, that men should be part of the stay-home discussion too.

Q: Have you seen Will Ferrell's movie "Blades of Glory" yet, and was Meredith a fool for getting on the ice with him?

Tina Fey: I unfortunately haven't had a chance to see it yet...Will Ferrell is a dangerous man. If he thinks you're in his way in show business, he will crack your head open. He's the Jeff Gillooly of comedy.



Tim From 'The Apprentice' Interview


SO DID YOU WATCH THE SHOW LAST NIGHT?

Of course, you have to watch yourself go down in flames! No, I mean, I didn't take it too seriously - I watched with some friends and we laughed and had a good time.


SO YOU WERE OKAY WITH HOW THE PRODUCERS EDITED THE EPISODE?

I wondered if they were going to edit it fairly or make it look like I was useless or something, but, I was glad they got my side of the story across.

WHY DO YOU THINK TRUMP FIRED YOU?

Well, I knew I was in big trouble going in - Trump didn't think I was loyal enough to Nikki while my team thought I was too loyal to her.

ARE YOU AND NIKKI STILL DATING?

Yes - it's actually our ten-month anniversary. That also makes the whole getting fired thing less painful.

ARE YOU ROOTING FOR HER TO BECOME THE NEXT APPRENTICE?

Yes, but not just because she's my girlfriend. For me, it was fun, but being a music composer is my real dream. But Nikki really wants this and she loves Trump and real estate and I think she'd be great at it.

ARE YOU STAYING IN TOUCH WITH EVERYONE?

Yeah, I'll be staying in touch with most people. It was hard for a little while - having my team form a consensus against me and not saying, 'Tim's been great,' but it's a game and we all got along well.

WHAT'S UP NEXT FOR YOU?

I'm focusing on music - that's why I moved to LA. I play the piano and I was lucky enough to play for an amazing producer, Glen Ballard, and we did an album called Turning Home which you can find on iTunes or on my website, www.timurban.com.

Source: InTouch

New York Post Interview with New York & Tango of VH1's 'I Love New York'

VH1 loves New York, but New York loves Tango.

Brassy Tiffany Pollard may not have been able to land veteran rapper Flavor Flav on "Flavor of Love," but she reeled in upcoming hip-hopper Patrick "Tango" Hunter, 27, on last night's finale of "I Love New York."

"You never saw it on TV, but Tango and I used to spend a lot of time together at night," Pollard told The Post. "And an hour-long show is never enough to fit everything in."

New York chose Tango over Chance, a music producer, after whittling down a field of 20 suitors with the help of her opinionated mom, Sister Patterson.

In the over-the-top finale last night, Chance and Tango threatened to kill each other during a three-way date in Mexico and had to be separated until the final elimination.

"My mom really did like Tango," coos New York. "He's very religious, but he's also got a bad side and I like that - there's enough of him to go around."

The episode was filmed about four months ago, and the pair haven't been allowed to see each other since. They've kept in touch, says New York, by talking on the phone and e-mailing each other dirty pictures.

"I can't believe she told you about that," says Tango, who's seriously considering moving from his home in Tampa, Fla., to be with New York in Los Angeles. They were planning to watch the finale together last night in California, he says.

"I might be based out of Tampa, but I'm seriously considering relocation, I decided I would go for broke on the show, and I'm not gonna look back," he says.

"Tango is gonna have to make some time for New York now," says New York. "He's got some work to do."

New York lived in Utica, N.Y., until two years ago when she was picked to be a contestant on "Flavor of Love," a dating show where she competed against a house full of women to win the heart of rapper Flavor Flav.

He gave Pollard the nickname New York because of where she grew up and her outlandish personality. New York ended up becoming the arch-nemesis of everyone on the show except Flav, who dumped her twice, each time during the final episodes of the series' two seasons.

Soon after, New York said she had "no feelings for Flav because of his 'ignorocity'."

Both seasons produced some of VH1's best ratings ever, and the network offered New York her own dating show this year.


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Julie Bowen Talks of Her Pregnancy



Julie Bowen
(Happy Gilmore, Lost, Boston Legal) talks of her changing body, food cravings and her career with Pregnancy magazine.





























On her changing body: “I have boobs now! I always had two pepperonis on board and I’m shocked to see the changes in my body. I’m also experiencing rapid hair growth. I feel like a Yeti.”

On her food cravings:
“I had a meltdown because the local 7-Eleven store was out of the Smartfood White Cheddar Cheese Flavored Popcorn that I had been craving.”


On juggling her career and motherhood: “
Our show (Boston Legal) is very baby-friendly, so I’ll probably bring my baby to work and have a nanny to help out in my trailer when I’m on the set. I’m planning to breastfeed and to also do a lot of pumping!”


On her new movie, Sex and Death 101:
“It’s a funky, crazy independent film. I star opposite Simon Baker [from The Devil Wears Prada], and yes, I got to kiss him! Simon plays Roderick Blank, a guy who has his life turned upside down when he receives an email with the names of all the people he’s had sex with in the past and all the people he will have sex with in the future. I play his fiancĂ©e who he does end up dumping!”



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Interview with Sarah Silverman


From The Advocate March 13, 2007
By Brandon Voss



Your show satirizes some pretty racy topics. Did the folks at Comedy Central ever try to censor you?

There were definitely days where I was like, Those fucking assholes! But a lot of their notes, even if I disagreed with them, made us come up with something we liked even more. Plus, the precedent that South Park alone set makes it so hard for Standards and Practices to have many arguments. That show really opened so many doors in terms of what you can get away with on that channel.

Yeah, I recently heard the c word on a Comedy Central stand-up special.

You can say anything, even “cunt,” after 1 a.m. And there’s a lot you can also get away with after 10 p.m., which is why we’re at 10:30 p.m. We can’t say “cunt,” but that’s OK.

What was the idea behind casting comedians Brian Posehn and Steve Agee as your bearish gay neighbors?

We knew we wanted them to be together—roommates, brothers, whatever—and it just organically felt right that they were lovers. I just love them because they’re obviously against any stereotype, but not gratuitously. They both play it so honestly, and you really feel like these two characters love each other. And the comedy comes from the circumstances—it doesn’t necessarily come from the fact that these two big slobs are a gay couple.

Do you have a lot of gay friends in real life?

No, none! [Laughs] Yeah, of course. I have a lot of gay friends, but my two closest gay friends are both comedians. One is a woman, Tig Notaro, who actually stars in episode 5, where I decide I’m a lesbian and I’m in love with her. And the other one is a guy, but the only time I can really tell he’s gay is when we play video games, because whenever he’s getting killed he’s like— [shrieks].

Is the lesbian episode based on your own experimentation?

No, I never did. I’ll admit it’s so exciting to think of, but I love boring cock.

Have you ever gotten any flak from gay groups who can’t take a fag joke or an AIDS joke?

Nah, the gays have the best sense of humor. We actually have an AIDS episode coming up where I wake up with a case of the blahs and decide I need some good news. So I get an AIDS test, because of course I don’t have AIDS, but once I get the test I convince myself I have it and start a whole AIDS awareness movement that’s really based on my pictures on posters. But I think that will go over well.

What would you do if your boyfriend, Jimmy Kimmel, came out of the closet?

I’d be devastated! He’s my life partner! I’d probably have to get a sex change and try to woo him. If he weren’t my boyfriend, I’d be totally supportive.

Is it true that you aren’t going to marry Jimmy until gays in the U.S can marry?

Absolutely true. I don’t want this government to be any part of our love, so I have no interest in getting married. What makes it less wrong than when interracial marriage was illegal? It’s fucking barbaric.

Did you make that statement before Brad Pitt did?

I did say it before Brad Pitt. I said it a long time ago. Actually, someone e-mailed to tell me when Brad Pitt said it, and there was a part of me that was mad! But then I was like, Why would I be mad? It’s a good thing. I don’t have to own that.


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Madge in UK Elle Magazine

















Madonna to Elle UK: "My daughter is going through a phase of wearing jeans that are so tight she can’t bend her knees in them. I have a go at her and say, ‘Can’t you wear something else? You have a closet full of clothes and you wear the same pants every day. And please wear a belt because I don’t want to see your butt crack when you bend over.’”


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Eminem's Ex Talks About His Manhood During Radio Interview



Kim Mathers, the twice ex-wife of Eminem, was interviewed on WKQI 95.5FM's 'Mojo in the Morning' show today.


There was nothing held back as she ranted and raved about how much she hates him and how little his dick is.

"I can't stand him. He's an absolutely horrible person, and he gets worse every day. I vomit in my mouth whenever I'm around him or I hear his name. There's nothing left in me for him. Nothing at all."


"If you're going to have sex with Marshall, make sure you have a little blue pill, because otherwise it does not work." She went on to say that sex with Em was bad in bed and that he isn't very well endowed.

"His relationship with the kids has (gone) downhill." Besides Hailie, Em and Kim also take care of Hailie's cousin, Alaina. "Since he left the house (this month), I don't know what he's doing. His visits are few and far between, and when he does come around, it's nothing positive."

She also said that when he is around he is "always yelling and complaining about something." She said Hailie always asks, " 'Why's dad acting so weird?' That's what they say every day."


"It's a shame that I've moved on and Kim hasn't," Eminem said in a statement released Friday afternoon via his publicist, Dennis Dennehy. "Her ongoing press campaign is doing nothing but harm to the children, and for that I feel truly sorry. For their sake I wish she would stop."


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Charlize Theron Offends CNN Correspondant



And then offers to make out with him.

Charlize Theron shocked CNN reporter, Rick Sanchez, by saying she wanted to make out with him during a tense interview about Cuba.

The interview was regarding Theron's recent trip to Cuba where she had just produced the movie, 'East of Havana', a story about hip hop rappers in the country, who must have all their lyrics approved by government before performing.

Sanchez and his family once fled Cuba to avoid Fidel Castro's regime. The Cuban born reporter took offense and became irritated at Theron for comparing freedom in America to that of communist Cuba and accused her of not having a very high opinion of the United States.

Sanchez has since called the comment "a way for a beautiful woman to get a guy to change the subject."

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Isaac Cohen Kisses and Tells Like the Slut He Is


Isaac banged Britney Spears for a month and then told Britain's 'News of the World' all about Britney and her little quirks.

What a guy.

“By the time I met Britney she was burnt out. She knew she had been drinking and partying as a way to try to banish the bad stuff from her life. Far from the trashy drunk, I saw a very shy, sweet girl who was just desperately sad about what had happened with her marriage,” he said.

“It was far too soon for her to get involved in a relationship with anyone. It was clear she was not over her marriage. The first time she invited me to her home I saw her wedding dress hung on the wall in a glass box. As we made love that night it was like Kevin was in bed beside us. She had not even begun to move on with her life," he added.

"She loves sex and is incredibly adventurous. She was totally happy when we were locked in each other's arms. But once the sex stopped Britney was like a little girl lost, unable to cope.

"She would lie like a limp rag doll in my arms and and say, ‘Why can't everyone leave me alone?' and, ‘What have I done to deserve this?'"

Cohen also talked about their Las Vegas trip where they spent a weekend at a posh villa. I assume he was talking about a vibrating bed or something here..

“We clambered on and I grabbed the remote and started it turning round and round,” he says. “All the time as we made love we watched ourselves in the mirrored ceiling.

"It was amazing but we did it so many times it made us start to feel sick. We had to turn it off."

"Like any woman who has had two children she worried about her figure.

“As far as I was concerned she was gorgeous, but she had such low self-esteem she sometimes wouldn't listen. She would say, 'Am I fat? Am I fat?' then spend hours dancing around the house trying to burn off calories.

"Other times, she got so low she didn't care what she looked like. She could not care less some days if she went out of the house without brushing her hair or checking to see if her outfit matched.

"That's just where she was in her life. She had so much on her plate with the children she had precious little time to worry about how she looked," he said.

“Her boys mean everything to her and she worried she might lose them in a custody battle,” Cohen said.

“I adore Britney and in a different place at a different time we might have stood a chance [but] it was far too soon for her to get involved in a relationship with anyone.”

“But she has coped with so much in her life I hope she does not give up now. She is too special for that.”
Awhh, what a sweetheart.


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Sarah Ferguson Says She Hasn't Spoken With the Princes Since Her Falling Out With Diana


The REAL Duchess, Fergie, real name Sarah Ferguson,
(whew) says she has not spoken with Prince WIlliam or Prince Harry since a year before Diana died.

That's about the time that she and Diana got into a fight and never spoke again.

Fergie says about meeting again with Diana's sons, "I'd like to - we had lovely times together - but I don't want either thinking that I'm trading on my friendship with them, pushing myself on them, though I'll always stand by the boys 100 per cent..They've grown up exceptionally well - leaders, role models."


Fergie claims that their tiff may have started after she mentioned in an autobiography that she got planter's warts from wearing Diana's shoes, although she doesn't really know for sure.

"And the saddest thing, at the end, we hadn't spoken for a year, though I never knew the reason, except that once Diana got something in her head... I tried, wrote letters, thinking whatever happened didn't matter, let's sort it out.

"And I knew she'd come back. In fact, the day before she died she rang a friend of mine and said, 'Where's that Red? I want to talk to her'."


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Jessica Simpson Says Nick's Quick Rebound Hurt Her

Jessica Simpson says that after the breakup of her and her husband , Nick Lachey, she was left a bit forlorn after learning he had jumped right back into the dating scene.

Jessica told Elle Magazine (March 07') "Two or three weeks later? Yeah, I'd say it kind of hurt me."

Jessica s
ays that she was inspired after watching "The Notebook" on a plane ride home to Texas. But that wasn't the only factor in the breakup.

"No, that's not what sealed it. I just figured out the statement. It was about that moment of desperation. I needed to breathe."


Jessica told Elle that she and Nick still talk and will always be a part of each other's lives.

"He's so much a part of my life, how could I not be? Any guy that's going to be with me from this day forward has to understand that."

She did not discuss her current love life or John Mayer. "I want to tell you everything, but I have to sew my lips together," she says.


But when asked if she is in love she smiled and said, "I didn't say yes."

Jessica also gives her two cents regarding being famous.
"I think that having a public career is a bargain with the devil."

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Tara Conner's Interview Transcript with Matt Lauer

Tara Conner talked with Matt Lauer in an interview for The Today Show this morning and answered questions about her recent scandal, alleged cocaine use and sexual addiction.

This is the transcript.



Matt Lauer: Tara Conner, good morning, nice to see you.

Tara Conner: Good morning, how are you?

ML: I'm fine, I guess the most important question is, how are you?

TC: I'm very well.

ML: Yeah?

TC: Yes.

ML: It's been an interesting couple of months.

TC: It has been an interesting couple of months.

ML: I first met you a couple of days ago, and you said, "Matt if you had met me six months ago and met me again today, you would say the difference in me is night and day."

TC: Completely night and day.

ML: What is the difference?

TC: When I was in active addiction and active alcoholism I, um, I was very manipulative, and I was a very dishonest person, and I ... I don't know, it was basically insanity, and now, I have a really good feel for who I am, and, you know, I've faced some of the things that may have brought some of these things on.

ML: All in 30 days of rehab? I mean, can you change that quickly?

TC: It's a process, you know, it's recovery. Nothing changes overnight. You have to take it one day at a time.

ML: I think the last time most people saw you, Tara, you were standing at a press conference in a sea of reporters. You were pretty emotional, and one of the things you said in that press conference when asked if you were an alcoholic was, "No." You said, "I think that would be stretching the envelope." And today you say, "I'm an alcoholic." What changed your mind?

TC: Um, I think at that point I was in denial. Um, I never thought that I could actually come out and say, you know, I'm an alcoholic, because, you know, in active alcoholism and addiction you have distorted thinking, you know, denial is a big thing you have to, that's your first step, you have to accept that you are an alcoholic, and it was very hard for me to come to that conclusion, because then, I didn't think that I had issues.

I didn't think there was anything wrong with me. I thought: "Well, I'm going to be going to rehab, get some free therapy," which was the most ridiculous thing I could have possibly thought or said, but I had distorted thinking.

It wasn't actually me thinking.

ML: Let's go back a little. I mean, you're a small-town girl. Russell Springs, Kentucky, three traffic lights, it's a dry town, you come to the Big Apple and you're crowned Miss USA, and you're supposed to be a do-gooder, you're supposed to show up at charity events and functions, and be a role model, and in some ways you were a bit of Dr. Jekyll and Mrs. Hyde.


TC: Yeah, that's a very, very good way of putting it. Um, when it came to doing my job, I was awesome at my job. I was always very, very good at it.

But, I didn't know how to combine Tara Conner and Miss USA, and that was very hard for me, because, you know, when it was time to walk away and take the sash off, I turned into a completely different person.

And, you know, the sad thing is, is a lot of people knew it was going on, but I could still manipulate them into thinking, "No, everything's fine with me, you know, do you see pictures, do you see anything? No, I don't see anything."

ML: And there was friction between you and the pageant people from the very beginning.

TC: Absolutely.

ML: Let me get to some of the allegations. Let's just take them head-on, and you tell me. All right, that you were out late at night drinking in bars, in clubs -- I'm not talking about a glass of wine here and a glass of wine there, you know, Jack and Coke, or whatever you drink. And that would have been, by the way, underage drinking.


TC: Absolutely. I've never had a legal drink before.

ML: Because you just turned 21.

TC: Because I just turned 21.

ML: So it's true?

TC: So it's true, yes.

ML: You were out at those clubs late, and sneaking out of the apartment to accomplish that?

TC: Mmm hmm.

ML: Uh, there is talk about drugs.

TC: Yes.

ML: And there was even a report that you were tested for cocaine, and you failed.

TC: I was tested, I personally haven't seen the results of the test, so I'm not sure what showed up, but it is quite possible that cocaine could have showed up, because I've used cocaine before.

ML: So you used cocaine as Miss USA.

TC: Yes.

ML: Had you also used cocaine prior to becoming Miss USA?

TC: I think I had tried it before, yeah.

ML: How old were you when you tried it the first time?

TC: Oh, gosh, probably, uh, 19, 20.

ML: And was this recreational use, or did you have a cocaine addiction?

TC: Um, I think with anything that I put in my body ... the thing about alcoholism and addiction is, regardless of what you use, whether it be alcohol, whether it be cocaine, whether it be pills, you're going to have an allergic reaction to it if you have this disease. And, for me, my allergic reaction is either going to put me in handcuffs, in an institution, or it's going to kill me.

And for me, it all had the same effect. I was an equal-opportunity user, and nothing fazed me.

You know, I would take what I could get, because I was trying to mask so many things I felt inside, and I had a lot of pain and insecurity. So I would take these things to try to fill a void that was within me.

ML: There were other allegations that you were sneaking men into your apartment, provided by Mr. Trump, and that you were finding ways to have casual sexual relationships with a series of men.

TC: I don't know about the casual sexual (unintelligible) or whatever, about that, but we're allowed to have people come into our apartment, whether it be, you know, I've had an ex-boyfriend before, whether he came up, he came up once.

You know, I have male friends, doesn't mean I'm having sex with them.

ML: You don't have a sexual addiction.

TC: I do not have a sexual addiction, no.

ML: We first sat down for an interview, that's going to air on Dateline on NBC this weekend, a couple of days ago. We started talking about these things.

TC: Yeah.

ML: And you said to me, "I've got issues, I have demons," and in the same sentence you started talking about how people have treated you, your word, like "crap," and how you've been betrayed.

And, to put it, um, delicately, I've got, maybe I've done too many of these interviews, but there's a sense I got that there is more, that you're not completely being honest about.

TC: Well, when in early recovery, there's tons of things you learn about yourself, and when I was in rehab, I faced a lot of things, a lot of demons if you want to call them demons.

And, you know, there was some times where I was betrayed, and, you know, I've witnessed some things, and I've had some experiences that have troubled me, but you know, out of the respect of my family, again, I get to keep some of this for myself, and I haven't had a chance to sit down with my family at all.

I mean, everyone listening to this knows just as much about me as my family does.

ML: I guess, though, that my job is to try and get you to be honest. And has there been abuse of some kind in your background?

TC: I will not deny that I've, you know, witnessed some abuse, but out of the respect of my family, I have not discussed it with them yet.

You know, this is something that I need to take one day at a time. It's too early in my recovery for me to give it. ...

ML: But physical abuse? Sexual abuse? Or, can you clarify that?

TC: I, I, again, it's something I would like to speak with my family about first, and I would, you know, I would like the respect of privacy, because I'm giving all that I can right now.

Later on, maybe I will feel more comfortable speaking on these topics, but right now, not so much.

ML: Can you tell me if it's recent, or is this something from earlier in childhood?

TC: Um, we'll just say it was early on.

ML: Have you had a chance to confront the people responsible?

TC: Yes.

ML: And you've kind of put me in a strange position here, because you've just said to me a few minutes ago you're a very manipulative person, and so I guess I need to ask you, if you're alluding to something here, is this part of the manipulation?

TC: What?

ML: If you say that there's maybe abuse, some people would say, "Wait a second, she's manipulating Matt now."

TC: In no way am I manipulating you at all. The great thing about my recovery right now is, this is the most honest I have ever been in my entire life, because before, I didn't have the capacity to be an honest person. So I'm giving as much as I can right now.

ML: Let me go back to the behavior that nearly cost you your crown. OK, at some point while all this was going on, you're out at these clubs, and you're doing cocaine, were you saying to yourself, "If I get caught with this, I'm out on my butt?"

TC: In the back of my head, yeah, that was always a thought, but you know, I felt like I had complete control over everything that I was doing, and for some reason I just know that, you know, it's all going to be good, and this person understands me, this person understands me, I had a lot of enablers, and I felt like everything was OK.

ML: Where were the chaperones, by the way? I've heard people say that to me, when they knew I was going to talk to you: Where were the people who were supposed to be watching Tara Conner, when she was sneaking out to these clubs?

TC: This organization, they're not baby sitters. The Miss Universe organization has a job, to, you know, supply the girls with the needs that we have, because I live with Miss Teen USA and Miss Universe, and they don't chaperone us. We have publicists, we have managers, just like any other person that does anything in the media or in the public eye. But when it's time to go home, everyone has to go home after work, so they're not going to follow us home to our apartment.

ML: So you weren't shutting the door, looking through the peephole of the apartment and you watched them walk to the elevator. ...

TC: Of course I did, of course I did, because to them I wanted everything to seem OK, I put on a mask because I was very good at that.

ML: Donald Trump gave you this second chance, and a lot of people screamed "Publicity!" And a a lot of other people, by the way, Tara, involved with other pageants, even some former Miss USAs have said you didn't deserve a second chance. Drug use, underage drinking, deal-breaker, game over. How do you respond to that?

TC: To me, the way I respond is, I think it says more about the organization and about Mr. Trump as well if we can face ... the Miss Universe organization uses their platforms, and it takes the tools that they can give to these girls to make them the most intelligent, the most powerful and strong individuals they possibly can, to help them in their future. And they're a launch board for that. And for them to say, "This girl has an issue, because she has a disease," it's a completely different topic.

ML: So you were crowned, and you were supposed to be one kind of a role model, and you think you can turn that around now and be a different kind of a role model, maybe just as effective?


TC: I hope that I can be just as effective. You know, I champion breast and ovarian cancer awareness as Miss USA, but, coming to know Tara, and knowing myself now, I realize that there is something else that I'm very passionate about, which is not only abstinence from drugs and alcohol, obviously, but the education. There's a need for education about alcoholism and drug addiction.

ML: And just quickly let me touch on this. There have been reports that Playboy is all over you, trying to get you to pose in their magazine, and a lot of people would say, "Wait a second, if she's now coming clean, wants to chart a different course, run like crazy from Playboy."

Will you just look me in the eye and say you will not pose nude in Playboy?

TC: I will not pose nude in Playboy.

ML: Positive.

TC: Positive.

ML: Tara Conner.


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Interview With American Idol Contestant Johnathan Jayne

It's hysterical listening to the reporter ask Johnathan the same question over and over..














They were really trying to milk it.

Warning: The interview is slooow. Heh.


Interview With American Idol Contestant Johnathan Jayne

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Source:Q13Fox.com

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You Should Feel Sorry for Lindsay Lohan

That's what stage mother, Dina Lohan, thinks.

Here's a preview of her interview with The Insider.



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Kingston Rossdale Hits the Town with Mommy

Mommy Gwen is interviewed in this month's 'Elle'.

She talks of her career, pregnancy, and family life with husband, Gavin, and son, Kingston.


She talks of Kingston and how he is a completely laid back child.

“He’s pretty rad…Kingston is so chill. He goes with me everywhere, ’cause I’m still nursing. He’s been to every studio in L.A., New York, London. He lives up to his name – total Rasta boy. He gives me real balance. You can go 100 miles an hour, but you have to stop to hang out with him.”


On the realness of her and Gavin's marriage she says,

“I mean, of course me and Gavin have problems, sometimes.
Everyone does. We’ve been together for over 10 years. This is, like, the real deal,” she says.

She talks about fate.

“The hotel maid walked by today, and she’s really pretty and she probably comes from Poland. And here I am about to spend a lot of money on room service and I was thinking, I could have been a maid.”



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Sources: Wenn.com/ElleMagazine

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