2008 Woodie Awards
L.A. bad girls (and boys)
Dr. Greg Rabidoux
Issue date: 9/26/07 Section: Perspectives
First, a question: If you had nearly unlimited funds, an entourage at your beck and call, and you knew that the whole world or at least a pack of hungry paparazzi were watching your every move, wouldn't you hire someone to chauffer you around? You could engage in your nightly ritual of clubbing, then sit back and relax in the back seat of your stretch limo, perhaps sans panties if the mood so struck you, all with the wonderful peace of mind that behind those tinted windows you are relatively safe. No police stopping you, no annoying breathalyzer tests, no TMZ hidden web-cams catching your Mel Gibson-like meltdown. Nope, just you, your bottle of Schnapps and your little doggy.
I ask this of course because I am bewildered. No, not at the fact that stars with gobs of money screw up, it's always been that way since Bogie and Bacall would drink and party 'til the cows came home. No, I'm left scratching my head wondering why Spears, Hilton, Lohan and Ritchie. Gibson and Nolte all apparently find it impossible to rent a car with a driver these days. Let's quickly catch up with what our favorite stars have been doing lately behind the wheel and on the open road. For that we turn not to People or Us Weekly magazines but to that other source for celebrity news, the police blotter.
Britney "no panties" Spears has been charged with several misdemeanor counts for colliding with another vehicle in a Studio City parking lot and, caught on film (oops, she did it again) inspecting her vehicle though not the car she hit, and then like anyone else who could afford to buy the entire parking lot with the change in her designer purse would do, she fled the scene. She also was driving without a valid license. Her arraignment is Oct. 10, though she must undergo random drug and alcohol testing twice a week in connection to the child custody dispute she is involved in with former hubby K-Fed. The unbelievable part? That K-Fed or the "Hippity-Hoppity Fedster" actually looks like the more adult parent in this custody fiasco. The believable part? That Britney, as evidenced from her recent televised dance debacle, cannot sing or dance. C'mon, she could never do either well but we were more forgiving when she was young, single and not that far removed from being a Mouseketeer. Jiminy Cricket, Uncle Mickey must be as angry as a hornet right about now. At least he still has former Mouseketeers Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera to be proud of come holiday time.
I ask this of course because I am bewildered. No, not at the fact that stars with gobs of money screw up, it's always been that way since Bogie and Bacall would drink and party 'til the cows came home. No, I'm left scratching my head wondering why Spears, Hilton, Lohan and Ritchie. Gibson and Nolte all apparently find it impossible to rent a car with a driver these days. Let's quickly catch up with what our favorite stars have been doing lately behind the wheel and on the open road. For that we turn not to People or Us Weekly magazines but to that other source for celebrity news, the police blotter.
Britney "no panties" Spears has been charged with several misdemeanor counts for colliding with another vehicle in a Studio City parking lot and, caught on film (oops, she did it again) inspecting her vehicle though not the car she hit, and then like anyone else who could afford to buy the entire parking lot with the change in her designer purse would do, she fled the scene. She also was driving without a valid license. Her arraignment is Oct. 10, though she must undergo random drug and alcohol testing twice a week in connection to the child custody dispute she is involved in with former hubby K-Fed. The unbelievable part? That K-Fed or the "Hippity-Hoppity Fedster" actually looks like the more adult parent in this custody fiasco. The believable part? That Britney, as evidenced from her recent televised dance debacle, cannot sing or dance. C'mon, she could never do either well but we were more forgiving when she was young, single and not that far removed from being a Mouseketeer. Jiminy Cricket, Uncle Mickey must be as angry as a hornet right about now. At least he still has former Mouseketeers Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera to be proud of come holiday time.
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Rick Simpkins
posted 9/26/07 @ 5:14 PM CST
May I take this opportunity to provide some edification to your musings? After driving a limo in Nashville for 8 years, I have interacted with a wide spectrum of celebrities. (Continued…)
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