Did you read the story of the alleged father-son pimp team working a livery-based "brothel on wheels" and think 'eh, needs more celebrity?' Well, you asked for it. Let's throw a little Mary Kate Olsen and Heath Ledger into the mix.
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Future Pop Trivia: Connecting Mary Kate Olsen, Heath Ledger And A "Brothel On Wheels"
Guess The Olsen Twins Didn't Like Tyra Banks's Book?
And for your random bookstore news of the day: The Housing Works Tumblr boasts possibly the best celebriture story you'll hear this week. It involves donated books (obviously, Housing Works) as well the actresses who once played Michelle Tanner and the host of America's Next Top Model. Smize, everybody!
Mary-Kate Olsen Can Keep Quiet as Feds Drop Probe
The U.S. Attorney's Office won't need Mary-Kate Olsen to testify because it has closed its investigation into how Heath Ledger obtained painkillers which contributed to his death. Rumors swirled about MKO's involvement and how she would only talk if given immunity, leading her lawyer to proclaim, "Mary-Kate Olsen had nothing whatsoever to do with the drugs found in Heath Ledger's home or his body, and she does not know where he obtained them" and that she had cooperated with the government. A source summed up the feds' interest in the actress to the Daily News, "We don't know where [Ledger] got the other narcotics. No one interviewed suggested (Olsen) gave him the drugs. But (Olsen) may have known where the drugs came from."
Mary-Kate Olsen Still Mum on Ledger's Death
UPDATE: Everybody listen up! Mary-Kate Olsen has just issued a statement:
Despite tabloid speculation, Mary-Kate Olsen had nothing whatsoever to do with the drugs found in Heath Ledger's home or his body, and she does not know where he obtained them.more ›
America's Next Top Homeless Person
America's Next Top Model is back in New York and in its second episode, which airs tonight, things are getting a little bit real. The episode brings the fourteen newest model wannabes to the not always fashionable streets. After the troupe mingles with the tourists at their fashion show in Times Square, it's off to their first photo shoot.
Commish Says Mary-Kate Olsen Not Wanted in Heath Ledger Death Questioning
After intense speculation about why the masseuse who discovered Heath Ledger's body last Tuesday called actress Mary-Kate Olsen multiple times, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly spoke to reporters yesterday to clear the air. Kelly said, "We believe that of the three phone calls by the masseuse to Mary-Kate Olsen, only one got through. That call was 99 seconds long."
Father Remembers Heath Ledger "With His Skateboard, a Canvas Bag and His Beanie"
Last night, the G'Day USA Australia Ball was held at the Waldorf Astoria hotel, concluding Australia Week festivities. But the week held sadness, after Australian actor Heath Ledger was found dead in his Soho apartment on Tuesday. At the ball, Australian Counsel-General John Olsen read an unexpected letter from Ledger's father Kim:
"Heath is, and always will be, an Australian.more ›
Ledger's Body Leaves NYC; NY Post Tries to KO MKO
Yesterday, over a hundred people - made up of "fans, reporters and photographers" - waited outside the Frank E. Campbell funeral home, where the body of actor Heath Ledger had been kept since ME's autopsy. Ledger had been found dead in a SoHo apartment by his masseuse and housekeeper on Tuesday afternoon. The cause of death is inconclusive, but he had a number of prescription drugs in the apartment, many of them to aid sleeping (he had been described as looking tired recently and even told interviewers he had trouble sleeping after filming The Dark Knight).
Heath Ledger Death Update: Masseuse's Pre-911 Calls to Mary-Kate ; No Narcotics Found; Michelle Williams Returns
Some more details surrounding Heath Ledger's death have emerged, even though the autopsy is inconclusive for the actor's cause of death. Though CBS 2 initially reported that a rolled up $20 bill in Ledger's SoHo apartment had narcotic residue on it and that cops had found unidentified drug packets, the NYPD now confirms that lab tests found nothing to indicate the bill had been used to snort drugs and that no illegal drugs were found in the apartment. There were six types of prescription drugs in the room, including pills to treat insomnia and anxiety.
Extra, Extra
- If you break down the numbers, the MTA pays an average of $2,000 to escort homeless people from the subways; in related news, Camp Laguardia, the biggest shelter to serve NYC, is being closed
- The Brooklyn Bridge Park could actually cost $300 million - not the $150 million budgeted - to develop
- Yesterday, a water main broke in Central Park, causing flooding to the whole 96th Street Transverse
Jay Brida, Contemporary Press Publisher and Freelance Copywriter
Jay Brida, Publisher/Copywriter
Weighting Time
With news that Mary-Kate Olsen has checked herself into a clinic to treat her eating disorder, Gothamist was struck by the unwitting timing of some news stories: First, Governor Pataki has agreed to fund eating disorders centers in New York State - a first, since most people have to go out-of-state for treatment. And then the Daily News has a story about people's, mainly women's, obsession with weighing themselves. One artist, Emily Caigan, has created an art installation about people's "scale dances," with fifty scales and stories about women's relationship with them, which sounds cool. A doctor points out that many who weigh themselves any opportunity they get don't even have eating disorders; her suggestion is "throw the scale out" and notes that a person's body weight can fluctuate up to 5 pounds a day. The DN also mentions a book, The Tale of the Scale, which details what goes into creating a scale. Gothamist's strategy for scales is to weigh in after the first morning pee break. And then when we get home from work. And then right before we go to sleep. Yes, maybe we should get rid of the scale.
In the Bridget Jones' Guide to Life, Bridget instructs readers on various ways to weigh yourself AND make yourself feel better, like leaning on the counter while you're on the scale or wearing high heels. And Poor Mary-Kate - everyone suspected she had some sort of eating disorder, especially celebrity magazines which become devoted to showing photographs of how she seemed skinnier lately, especially compared to Ashley. Gothamist wonders if MK'n'A will make a statement about eating disorders later on, sort of as a PSA to the tween set as well as a way to shame paparazzi for harassing them and possibly driving MK to dieting (well, shaming paparazzi and studio heads). Mary-Kate, you're 18, you have your whole life ahead of you - get better.
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