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Last Thursday, actress Debi Mazar joined the likes of Glenn Close, Paige Hemmis, and Joe Pantoliano. Mazar didn't launch her own mental health campaign, but the actress did take part in a panel discussion as part of the SPEAK and Be Heard…Living With Bipolar Depression campaign, where she talked about how bipolar disorder has affected one of her family members who was diagnosed with the disorder 10 years ago. According the Mazar, her family member dealt with symptoms of bipolar disorder for years before getting an accurate diagnosis, beginning proper treatment, and learning to manage the illness, which is so often the case with many folks dealing with mental illness.

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Unless you've been living under a rock for the past week or so - or, for some reason, haven't visited anything online except your email - I'd be willing to bet you've at least caught a whiff of Rihanna's upcoming interview with Diane Sawyer tonight on ABC's 20/20. It's the first time the star has spoken publicly, and at length, about not only the night Chris Brown physically attacked her, but also the whirlwind of events that followed including how the media storm that followed made her feel like "Britney Spears" and how she wanted to forget the entire thing and for life - and their relationship - to just return to normal. Although you'll have to tune in tonight to catch the entire segment, Good Morning America showed brief clips from the interview yesterday morning and this morning, both of which feature Diane Sawyer and Rihanna addressing issues we looked at here shortly after the incident became public and it looked as though Rihanna might reconcile with Chris Brown - for example, the concern that, by going back to Chris Brown, Rihanna might be sending the wrong message to girls about abusive behavior: "It's completely normal to go back. It's not right. I learned the hard way, but again, this is what I want people to know [...] When I realized that my selfish decision for love could result in some young girl getting killed, I could not be easy with that part. I couldn't be held responsible for going back." (ABC News)

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Out of those of you who weren't familiar with Daniel Johnston when I told you about his performance at the Austin City Limits Music Festival last month, I'm willing to bet more than a few of you found him interesting (even if you read only my brief introduction to him). So, I thought I'd pass along Fiona Shepherd's interview with Johnston over at Scotsman.com. Apparently, a new Daniel Johnston biopic is currently in the works - which Shepherd addresses along with lyrics to various Johnston songs - but what I found most interesting was Johnston's comments on the first film about him, Jeff Feuerzeig's 2006 documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston: Johnston's response to the film is ambivalent. "I didn't know what to think about it because it was such exploitation," he says, "but I finally surrendered and just decided that it's kind of humorous." So did he feel exploited? "Not at the time when they were filming," he says. "It didn't seem like it until the movie was finished. Even the title was a surprise – man, that's pretty radical." Johnston felt exploited? Well, that's completely understandable.

Speaking of celebrities and mental health organizations, Joey Pantoliano's No Kidding, Me Too! is now one of the charities you can support when you bid on or buy "items" at CharityFolks.com. The ...