By Alicia Sparks
Despite the 17-year album-making hiatus he took after his 1995 album Wonderful, Adam Ant has been around for longer than some of you, I’m willing to bet.
Yet, most of you are probably somewhat familiar with the former frontman of Adam and the Ants. His 1982 hit “Goody Two Shoes” launched his solo career into serious MTV orbit, and he hit the Top 40 several more times before taking the extended break.
So, what happened?
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By Alicia Sparks
We’ve seen a lot of celebrities step up to stamp out bullying: The cast from True Blood joined in with the It Gets Better project; several famous names including Amy Poehler, Shaq, and Mario Lopez stepped up for the Amplify Your Voice campaign; and Glee got in on the action, dedicating an episode to the bullying epidemic.
But, what happens when celebrities get bullied?
Wait a minute…
Do celebrities get bullied?
Yes, according to Jada Pinkett Smith, who recently took to her Facebook to address the issue.
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By Alicia Sparks
Speaking of recovering addicts and sobriety…
Before he hit it big, rapper Macklemore struggled with substance abuse.
The “Thrift Shop” mastermind went to rehab for drug and alcohol abuse and has been sober since 2008.
However, he opens up in the latest Rolling Stone (March 29) about how, in the wake of his massive success, his sobriety has been hard to hang onto.
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By Alicia Sparks
Jane Velez-Mitchell is one of the few nighttime HLN hosts I can stand (note that I said “few” – they don’t all make me want to pluck out my eardrums).
It’s Jane’s mix of no-nonsense and understanding that makes me like her, and I’m sure that comes from her own life experiences.
(Jane is a recovering addict who has a personal stake in LGBT issues and works with humane and environmental causes, too).
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By Alicia Sparks
Another week down, another week closer to spring!
What? It’s already spring?
Someone should tell all the sleet, snow, and 30-degree temperatures I’ve suffered through over the past week.
Anyway, I have a great Weekend Listening for you guys this weekend. Regardless of your own weather, you’re going to want to carve out a few minutes to check it out.
Earlier this week, Psych Central’s own Tamara Hill of Caregivers, Family, & Friends talked with Yvonne Pierre of The Yvonne Pierre Show during Pierre’s ENUF Series.
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By Alicia Sparks
If you’re looking for a website that’ll help you lose seven hours of your life and fail at whatever productive thing you vowed to do that day, I highly recommend BuzzFeed.
Worst plastic surgery ads in the world? Texts you shouldn’t get from your parents?
Teacup pigs pictured with actual teacups?!
I have no idea where some of my life went this weekend.
Like, none.
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By Alicia Sparks
Planning on being in New York City tonight and have a few thousand dollars lying around (I’m just guessing on that – don’t get excited, it’s probably booked up)?
Maybe you’ll want to swing by the Amy Winehouse Foundation Inspiration Awards & Gala.
The Foundation’s inaugural gala not only will feature performances from award-winning singers like Jennifer Hudson, but also it will present its own awards.
That’s right. Tony Bennett, who’s been a huge supporter of of the Foundation and has donated more than $200, 000 to it, will receive The AWF Inspiration Award for Lifetime Achievement. NAS, who described Amy as being “like a little sister to [him]” (I had No Idea), will receive The AWF Inspiration Award for a New Generation.
According to Amy’s father and mastermind behind the Foundation, Mitch Winehouse, the Foundation hasn’t really gotten the ball rolling on fundraising just yet, but is already present in 200 schools and has given 10 scholarships to the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music. The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra also has been on the receiving end of the Foundation’s charity, to the tune of $10,000.
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By Alicia Sparks
If you’re a Black Rebel Motorcycle Club fan (and I hope you are), you probably already know the band releases its seventh studio album, Specter at the Feast, today.
(If you’re British, you got it yesterday.)
Specter at the Feast comes three years after the band’s last album, Beat the Devil’s Tattoo, and those three years weren’t easy: Just a few months after Tattoo‘s release, BRMC bassist Robert Levon Been lost his father, former frontman for The Call Michael Been, to a heart attack during the Pukkelpop 2010 music festival.
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By Alicia Sparks
Happy Friday, readers!
If you’ve visited Celebrity Psychings any in the past few days, you’ve seen that Dr. Eric Finzi’s guest post has ran at the top of the blog since Monday.
Finzi, a board-certified dermasurgeon, proposes that in addition to its physical benefits, Botox might also provide mental benefits; specifically, Botox could act as a treatment for depression.
Change your facial expressions, change your mood?
Wild, I know.
He explains it all in his new book, The Face of Emotion: How Botox Affects Our Moods and Relationships, but gives Celebrity Psychings readers a quick summary with his guest post.
So, if you haven’t had a chance to check it out Face of Emotion: Dr. Eric Finzi On How Botox Affects Moods, Feelings, head on over there — but NOT until you’ve…
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By Alicia Sparks
We’re all pretty familiar with the “Did she? Did he? Oh, they definitely did!” of celebrity plastic surgery.
Face lifts, breast implants, nose jobs – for some, they seem like a Hollywood rite of passage.
Look fresher! Younger! Sexier!
However, one board-certified dermasurgeon, Dr. Eric Finzi, proposes a new use for Botox, one of the less-invasive cosmetic procedures that’s popular among everyone from housewives to Hollywood starlets.
That new use?
Helping depressed patients.
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Having someone like that in your life is absolutely invaluable!
