Ashley Judd, in an interview with Glamour magazine, reveals she underwent a 47-day program at a Texas treatment center last February. Judd told the magazine she checked into the center to confront depression, isolation and co-dependent relationships. “I needed help. I was in so much pain,” said Judd, who admitted a compulsion to clean and slept to combat depression. Judd said she had a revelation when she visited her sister Wynonna, who was being treated for a food addiction at the Shades of Hope Treatment Center in Buffalo Gap, Texas. Counselors reportedly noticed Ashley’s emotional problems and approached her about treatment.
Ashlee Simpson may have turned down millions to pose for Playboy, but the singer reportedly has been hired to model underwear for Victoria’s Secret. Simpson will tout a new line of lingerie, Pink, aimed at the younger crowd, the New York Daily News reported.
Paris Hilton has uttered the words we have feared for some time. The party girl heiress insists she would be a “great mother” and does not want to wait long because she doesn’t want to be an “old mom.” Hilton told the Daily Mirror in London: “I know in my heart of hearts I would be a great mother … I don’t want to be an old mom – hopefully it’ll happen soon, within the next five years.” Take your time, Paris.
Hilary Swank, in an interview with Vanity Fair magazine, said her eight-year marriage to actor Chad Lowe dissolved partially because of Lowe’s substance-abuse problem. Swank, a two-time best-actress Oscar winner, told Vanity Fair she was shocked when she discovered Lowe’s addiction. “I don’t want to make it seem like that’s the sole reason; there were other factors,” Swank said. “But that just kind of blew it open; it made me look at things a lot deeper.” Swank, 31, and Lowe, 38, married in September 1997, and their divorce is not final.
Lindsay Lohan has adopted a Kabbalah name, Rose, teenhol
lywood.com reported. Madonna, a follower of the mystical offshoot of Judaism, has been mentoring Lohan. Madonna’s Kabbalah name is Esther.
Kathy Griffin admitted that she divorced husband Matt Moline in May, revealing on “Larry King Live” he had been stealing from her. The comedian said, “My ex-husband, without my knowledge, was sneaking into my wallet when I was asleep in the mornings and taking my ATM cards from my private accounts and withdrawing money … that money totaled $72,000.” Griffin confronted Moline, who admitted taking the money and apologized.
David Hasselhoff was tossed from the Wimbledon tennis championship grounds recently when he tried to get in the players’ bar, the Daily Mirror reported. Allegedly intoxicated, Hasselhoff yelled at security personnel, “All I want is a drink,” followed by the celebrity favorite, “Do you know who I am?”
Brigitte Nielsen is marrying for the fifth time, on Saturday. Nielsen, whose second hubby was Sylvester Stallone, will marry Mattia Dessi, an Italian bartender 15 years her junior, on Malta, according to maltastar.com. Nielsen and Dessi wed in March 2005, but the marriage was invalid because she was still married to Raoul Meyer, a Swiss-Italian sportsman-actor.
