Influences & Perceptions
During the 80’s and early 90’s British pop star, Adam Ant had girls swooning with his music. In fact, MTV’s female viewers once voted him the sexiest man in America. But after he released his hit “Wonderful” in 1995, he seemed to fall off the planet. Ant disappeared from the music scene for 17 years, [...]
Chris Kelly will likely forever be remembered for his pre-pubescent career as a rap star. As part of the duo Kris Kross, he and partner Chris “Daddy Mac” Smith had a No. 1 hit “Jump” that stayed there for two months in 1992. It’s hard to imagine that the kid ingrained in our minds as [...]
Police say Todd Harrell, better known as the bassist for the band 3 Doors Down, committed vehicular homicide on April 19. He smashed into a pickup truck, sending it hurtling down an embankment. The driver of the pickup truck wasn’t wearing his seatbelt, and was ejected from his seat—he was rushed to hospital but died. The band [...]
Rapper ‘Too Short’ Joins March’s List of Celebrities in Crisis Todd Anthony Shaw, better known as Too Short, a 46-year-old rapper, was arrested in late March in Hollywood on suspicion of drunken driving and drug possession. He was held on $10,000 bond as he faced at least one felony. Police reported that the rapper tried [...]
Almost everyone agrees that underage drinking is a real cause for concern. So anxious to make the transition to adulthood that they are willing to defy the warnings of parents and other authority figures, and unable to resist the persuasive power of relentless peer pressure, teens and young adults frequently attempt to demonstrate their maturity [...]
Children will always be curious. It is in the nature of a child and it is a good thing, to want to learn all about the world. This means that children want to see what things look like, smell like, feel like, and yes, taste like. If you are parent of children past infancy, you [...]
It has never required a stretch of the imagination to tie celebrities to addiction. While it can certainly become an unfair stereotype, for many, such as the famed Eric Clapton, it is a truth that developed early in stardom. Whether because of the expectations of a young rock-and-roll guitarist in the 60s or a mechanism [...]
Hollywood has the power to harness the impact of serious issues like addiction and personify them in such a way that really gets people engaged. In the movie, "Flight," which hit theaters November 2, Denzel Washington plays a pilot who has to come to grips with the fact that he has a problem with alcohol.
A Beautiful Mind is a 2001 critically acclaimed film starring Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer, Paul Bettany and Judd Hirsch. It is is a touching adaptation of the 1998 book by Sylvia Nasar. The book and the film alike are based on the experiences of John Nash, Jr., an accomplished mathematician and [...]
What is it that is so alluring to so many about a celebrity in crisis? When celebrities are known to have a problem with addiction and destructive behaviors, we tend to do the total opposite of what these individuals need in order to turn their lives around. They are often not afforded their space and [...]