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A Shocking Split; George Michael Trouble; What`s the Deal?; Hollywood Horror; He`s Lucky He`s Funny;
Aired October 31, 2006 - 23:00 ET
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BROOKE ANDERSON, CNN CO-HOST: When stars behave badly, why do we give them a second chance?
I`m Brooke Anderson in New York. A.J. Hammer has the night off.
SIBILA VARGAS, CNN CO-HOST: And George Michael smokes pot on TV. That`s right. I said it, on TV.
I`m Sibila Vargas in Hollywood. TV`s most provocative entertainment news show starts right now.
ANDERSON: On SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, Reese and Ryan, splitting up. One of Hollywood`s most darling couples calls it quits. Tonight, the heartache, the heartbreak, and the question -- why do we get so attached to star marriages and take it so personally when they don`t work out?
Plus, buckle your seat belts. SHOWBIZ TONIGHT has also got the most shocking breakup ever.
Tonight men and eating disorders.
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TOM DAVIS, SUFFERED FROM EATING DISORDER: The next thing I knew, I just wasn`t eating. The next thing I knew, I was binging and I was purging.
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ANDERSON: It isn`t just girls and women who struggle with their body. Tonight, does Hollywood share the blame? And what are the stars telling us. The victims of eating disorders you don`t often hear from. Tonight, in the Showbiz weight watch.
VARGAS: Hello, I`m Sibila Vargas in Hollywood.
ANDERSON: Happy Halloween, everybody. I`m Brooke Anderson in New York. A.J. Hammer has the night off.
It seemed to be a Hollywood romance bordering on a fairytale and now it`s over. The shocking split of America`s sweetheart Reese Witherspoon from her husband Ryan Phillippe.
We could hardly believe it ourselves when we first about it. And you know what? We weren`t alone. So tonight, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT is asking, why is it that, when some Hollywood romances fall apart, we seem to take it so personally?
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ANDERSON (voice-over): The news that Hollywood super couple, Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe, are separating came as a sad bolt from the blue to celebrity watchers everywhere, even our hard news CNN colleagues.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Sibila, it some breaking news out of Hollywood this afternoon. I`m very disappointed.
ANDERSON: Disappointed doesn`t begin to cover it. The break-up of Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe`s seven-year marriage is like a sad ending to a romantic movie.
Even as headlines announced the split, with some indulging in puns like, "Reese`s marriage in pieces," people SHOWBIZ TONIGHT talked to on the streets of New York weren`t laughing, especially this woman whom we had to break the news to.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh my God! I`m totally shocked and very upset by it.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think it`s pretty upsetting because I thought they were the real deal.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: That`s a shame because they were like the Hollywood couple that was the one that was supposed to last forever.
RYAN PHILLIPPE, ACTOR: Would you mind turning around so that I can put on my bathing suit?
REESE WITHERSPOON, ACTRESS: I`m sorry. I`m sorry.
ANDERSON: Seven years after meeting on the set of their 1999 movie, "Cruel Intentions," the careers of Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe seemed to be flourishing, as did their marriage.
Just this year, Witherspoon won an Oscar for her role in "Walk the Line," while Phillippe is riding high with his role in the Clint Eastwood epic, "Flags of our Fathers."
Throughout their marriage and the births of their two children, Reese and Ryan seemed to be role models on how to balance successful careers, marriage and children.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You`re kind of sad. It sort of seems like they might be friends, friends of yours, that were splitting up.
ANDERSON: Katie Caperton of "OK! Magazine," tells SHOWBIZ TONIGHT there is a reason when marriages like this break up we feel so personally connected.
KATIE CAPERTON, "OK! MAGAZINE": They both got married when they were very young. They have these two beautiful children. They are very successful. People really sort of like their life that they seemed to have together. It`s sort of about one of those fairytale romances in Hollywood that you hate to see end like this.
ANDERSON: It`s not just Reese and Ryan who are bumming out celebrity marriage watchers.
It looked like Paul McCartney finally found love again with Heather Mills after the heartbreaking death of his first wife, Linda. Our hearts were broken again to see Paul`s next chance at love end in a bitter divorce battle.
We literally watched the romantic beginning of Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson`s marriage in their MTV reality show, "The Newlyweds", only to see the marriage crumble before our very eyes in the tabloids.
And now that Reese and Ryan are splitting, it`s like the end of a fabulous story that gave us hope, hope that led to false hope.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They are kind of a shocker to be lasting as long as they did. So you get a little bit of false hope, but then you realize they are celebrity Hollywood movie stars and chances are they are not going to last.
COOPER LAWRENCE, DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGIST: I don`t think you should be disappointed that they split up.
ANDERSON: Developmental Psychologist Cooper Lawrence tells SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, even if you look to Reese and Ryan as marriage role models, you don`t have to be glum over their breakup.
LAWRENCE: People do feel if they can`t make it work, what hope is there for the rest of us. But they`re looking at it the wrong way. Because for some people, a seven-year relationship and two lovely children, that`s a successful relationship.
ANDERSON: And, besides, even if you`re disappointed at the apparent end of Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe`s fairytale marriage, you can still believe in happily ever after.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: My parents have been married for 35 years and they are as happy as can be.
ANDERSON: Proof that sometimes real life can provide our Hollywood ending.
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ANDERSON (voice-over): A statement released on behalf of Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe says the couple remain committed to their family. Neither the couple, nor their representatives is elaborating on the reason for their split.
Now, the Reese and Ryan split is certainly not the first time that, when we heard about a Hollywood marriage falling apart, our jaws just dropped.
Tonight, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT with the most shocking Hollywood breakups ever. With us tonight from Hollywood, our friends Frances Callier and Angela V. Shelton, who make up the comedy duo, "Frangela."
Good to see you, girls.
FRANCES CALLIER, "FRANGELA": Good to see you!
ANGELA V. SHELTON, "FRANGELA": Good to see you!
ANDERSON: All right, I want to start with Ryan and Reese. You know, when we first saw them together in the film, Cruel Intentions," you know, seven years later, they are now splitting up. I got to tell you, we were all shocked and saddened by this. But why were we so surprised?
CALLIER: Well, I got to say that Angela called it.
SHELTON: I called it.
CALLIER: Two weeks ago.
SHELTON: Two weeks ago, I called it.
ANDERSON: What? How did you know?
SHELTON: I said they would be the next celebrity couple to get divorced.
ANDERSON: See, I didn`t think so. None of us thought so. How did you know?
SHELTON: I`m going to tell you, girl.
ANDERSON: Tell me, girl.
SHELTON: They got married too young.
CALLIER: Yes.
SHELTON: They were babies. Early 20s.
CALLIER: Early 20s, that`s just young. You should be sewing oats.
SHELTON: That`s right. That was oat sewing time. Maybe not as much as like, Lindsay Lohan, but you got to sew some kind of oats. You know what I`m saying?
Then they had babies, like, right away.
CALLIER: Right off the bat.
SHELTON: And then every interview -- I don`t know if you look back at the interviews with Reese Witherspoon over the years, but in every interview she talks about going to marriage counseling.
CALLIER: Yes.
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SHELTON: And changing diapers, they talked about that a lot as well.
CALLIER: Yes.
SHELTON: Two weeks ago I said it. I was, like, watch.
CALLIER: And I told her, I said, no, no, no, this is a golden couple. This is not going to happen. And, sure enough...
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ANDERSON: Unfortunately, it did.
And another shocking split, earlier this year, Hilary Swank and Chad Lowe, after nearly nine years, they split up. Now, they seemed like such a sweet, down to earth couple. No kids in this relationship, but why does this one go down in the books as one of the most shocking splits ever? Because it really was.
CALLIER: Well, you know, at Oscar time when she thanks everybody including her dry cleaner, but not her husband, that should have told us something.
SHELTON: He maybe wasn`t her top priority.
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SHELTON: The second win, she did get him into the thank you speech. Right, right, well, you know, the second Oscar, yes.
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SHELTON: Because I don`t think you could count on a second Oscar, though.
CALLIER: Right.
SHELTONG: From where he was sitting, you know what I`m saying?
ANDERSON: Very unfortunate to see that one as well.
And, you know, back in 2001, we all remember this one. Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman announced they were getting divorced. You know, they met on the set of "Days of Thunder." They were married for 10 years, gosh, which in Hollywood is like a lifetime. Why did this one shock the world over really?
SHELTON: You know what? Frankly, I think Nicole was the most shocked.
CALILER: Yes.
SHELTON: As I remember, she seemed to be kind of vaguely unaware of it.
CALLIER: Right, right, right. You know, they were married like, what, nine years and nine months? Whatever the legal limit is in California.
SHELTON: Yes, that 10-year limit where the divorce law changes, when it`s all split right down the middle?
CALLIER: Exactly.
SHELTON: Like he had a watch on that went -- oh, got to divorce Nicole right now.
That`s what we think happened.
ANDERSON: Well, luckily, both of those two have found love again.
And of course, Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt seemed like a match made in heaven, girls. A glamorous, Hollywood couple, four years of marriage, and then they parted ways. Why did we want this one to just work out so badly?
CALLIER: You know, they are America`s golden couple and we always love that couple. That`s why we`re so sad about Reese and Ryan.
SHELTON: Oh, they`re beautiful. They seem genuine, like genuine people. They are stars, but they still have this sort of realness to them.
CALLIER: Yes.
SHELTON: You want to see it work out.
But let me tell you something. Angelina Jolie, that`s a force.
CALLIER: Yes.
SHELTON: OK?
CALLIER: To be reckoned with.
SHELTON: That is a -- you can`t -- she is the hottest woman on the planet, I`m sorry.
CALLIER: Yes.
ANDERSON: I agree with you. And I don`t think I would want my husband working with Angelina Jolie...
SHELTON: No.
CALLIER: No.
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CALLIER: Problem number one...
SHELTON: Who is attached to this script? No, no, no, no.
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ANDERSON: All right. Who can forget Demi Moore and Bruce Willis. Married for 11 years. You know, as I said, this is quite a long time for Hollywood by Hollywood standards.
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ANDERSON: Absolutely. And they were both very famous when they married in Las Vegas. You know, he had done "Die Hard," she had done "St. Elmo`s Fire" and "Ghost." When both are that famous, and they get together, do we just really hope that it lasts because they are such a force to be reckoned with in Hollywood?
CALLIER: Yes.
SHELTON: You know what? With them, though, they were one of those couples that I think right away they started doing all these businesses together.
CALLIER: Yes, yes.
SHELTON: You know, like the Planet Hollywood and all that. And I just think it seems like if you meet on the set, or you start too many companies together, that seems to be like a warning sign.
CALLIER: Yes.
SHELTON: You`re going to have trouble. You`re working together. And it`s like, if you worked with your spouse all day long and then went home with them.
CALLIER: And then did work together, it`s just...
SHELTON: You might get sick of them.
ANDERSON: Might need a little bit of a balance there.
Well, I just want to tell everybody, we do know that divorce is very serious. And we feel for all of these couples. But we`re just having a little bit of fun here.
CALLIER: Absolutely.
ANDERSON: All right. "Frangela," Frances Callier and Angela V. Shelton, thanks so much. It was fun.
SHELTON: Thank you.
VARGAS: Now we want to hear from you. It`s our SHOWBIZ TONIGHT question of the day. Celebrity splits: Do they give up on marriage too easily? Go to cnn.com/showbiztonight. Send us an e-mail at showbiztonight@cnn.com.
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ANDERSON: Listen to this. It is a big day for Kevin Federline. His album is out today, but you`re never going to believe what he`s talking about. The quote that made us say, "that`s ridiculous!" Next.
VARGAS: Plus, George Michael lights up a joint on TV. The amazing video coming up.
Plus, from George to Paris Hilton. SHOWBIZ TONIGHT asks, why do we give stars a second chance? We`ll also have this.
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TOM DAVIS, SUFFERED FROM EATING DISORDER: The next thing I knew, I just wasn`t eating. And the next thing I knew, I was binging and I was purging.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
ANDERSON: The side of eating disorders you don`t often hear about. It isn`t just women and girls obsessing about their bodies. But is Hollywood to blame? We investigate men and eating disorders as our series, Showbiz weight watch continues. Stay with us.
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ANDERSON: Welcome back to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, TV`s most provocative entertainment news show. I`m Brooke Anderson in New York. A.J. Hammer has the night off.
Time now for a story that made us say, "that`s ridiculous!" Well, today is the day Kevin Federline`s album has dropped, and our jaws dropped when we read in the "New York Post" about Kevin`s (UNINTELLIGIBLE). Listen to this, quote, "I want to go to Africa. I think it`s a place where you can go and really, really help people and make a difference." Now listen to this. "And it`s also a place I want to see. I`m into the safari animals and all that stuff. I grew up watching The Discovery Channel." Now, that`s ridiculous!
VARGAS: That certainly is.
Well, some more trouble for George Michael. He`s being criticized for lighting up a joint during an interview on a British TV show. That`s right. It`s just the latest flare up in a rocky year for Michael.
Here`s CNN`s Paula Hancock for SHOWBIZ TONIGHT.
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PAULA HANCOCK, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): To pop singer, George Michael, it really is a life of sex, drugs and rock `n roll.
Over the years he has been busted for lewd behavior, criticized for his promiscuous sex life, and made little secret of the fact he takes drugs.
But now he has taken it one step further. In an interview at the start of his first live tour in 15 years, on a British television program, "The South Bank Show," screened on Tuesday, the singer is seen smoking cannabis before a concert in Spain. He even appears to endorse the drug.
GEORGE MICHAEL, POP SINGER: This stuff keeps me sane and happy. I could write without it if I was sane and happy. It`s a great drug. But, I mean, obviously not very healthy. But if you`re going to take any kind of drug, this is the only kind of drug that I`ve ever thought was worth taking.
HANCOCK: Possession and the use of the drug is legal in Spain. Selling it is not. But anti-drug campaigners have called the singer stupid and naive.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He doesn`t say, here is a drug that I wish I wasn`t using, but I do use because I feel an addiction to it. He says, here is a drug that helps me to get through the day, helps me to relax and helps to keep me sane. And it is not a drug that helps to keep you sane. It`s the drug of all drugs that`s likely to make you insane.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: George Michael!
HANCOCK: The TV show was meant to celebrate George`s 25 years at the top of the pop tree, starting with the group Wham.
But as so often happens with celebrities, the person (UNINTELLIGIBLE) the professional.
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VARGAS: You still have to ask yourself, what was he thinking? That was CNN`s Paula Hancock for SHOWBIZ TONIGHT.
ANDERSON: Yes, George Michael is kind of a poster child for celebrities who get in trouble and keep coming back.
Well, the SHOWBIZ TONIGHT staff got to talking today and we started wondering, why is it that we keep giving so many celebrities second chances, even though they keep getting into trouble?
So we asked Harvey Levin, the managing editor of the entertainment news site, TMZ.com, to help us figure this one out. Harvey is with us tonight from the TMZ newsroom in Glendale, California. Good to see you, Harvey.
HARVEY LEVIN, MANAGING EDITOR, TMZ.COM: Hi, Brooke.
ANDERSON: Let`s start with that guy we were just talking about, George Michael. Here`s a guy, Harvey, who has been arrested for having sex in public, openly flaunts his drug use. And yet here he is kicking off a major concert tour.
If you or I we did these things, Harvey, we would be fired. Probably never to be heard from again. Why is it that stars, they`re not just like us?
LEVIN: Because I think that the public loves watching celebrities teeter on a cliff. And that`s why George Michael is so interesting. I mean, look, by all rights, he is a great singer. So, given that, it`s so interesting looking at somebody where you just don`t know if they are going to take that final fall. I mean, it`s kind of like when an ambulance goes by -- and it`s true, Brooke, it really is true -- that the stakes are so high. I mean, otherwise, what, this guy is like a 40-year-old entertainer that`s been around too long. Now there is something really interesting about him, and that`s why I don`t think the public wants to forget him yet.
ANDERSON: No. He is teetering, you know, now smoking pot on camera.
Moving to another example of a big star who is just not like us -- Paris Hilton. There`s her infamous sex tape, her nighttime escapades, including getting arrested for allegedly driving while intoxicated. Yet she is starring in a TV series, just released an album that has done pretty well, even gets paid to show up to events. Is there anything that could hurt Paris Hilton?
LEVIN: Boy, that`s a good question. I`m sure that there is probably something.
ANDERSON: Because she has done it all, right?
LEVIN: She, well, she hasn`t done anything like heinous and violent. And I don`t think that`s in her psyche. But no, I mean, look, I think that, again, Paris lives kind of a dangerous life. I mean, she is out at clubs a lot. She gets in car crashes. You know, a lot of things happen to Paris Hilton. And it just makes her interesting.
Brooke, the ante has gone up for a lot of these stars. It is not good enough to just do what you do, do your job and do it well. I mean, to break out of the pack, you`ve got to be dangerous and whacky, and she is. And I think that`s one of the reasons why people say -- and they go to our Web site and they say, OK, what did she do last night? I mean, a lot of people just do that.
ANDERSON: One more example of a star getting a huge second chance, Whitney Houston. She has had her own drug problems, soon to be ex-husband, thank god, Bobby Brown, who seemed to be making a living out of getting arrested. Yet, when she appeared the other night at Hollywood star packed annual Carousel of Hope ball, she was treated like a returning hero, Harvey. With Whitney, why has all been forgiven so fast, like that?
LEVIN: Again, Whitney Houston is right on the edge of survival. And it makes her really fascinating. Again, coupled with an amazing singing voice, the cache of somebody like Clive Davis who brings along a lot of good will from other celebrities, Whitney Houston is the classic case, Brooke. I mean, if she can stay sober, she can do it. I mean, I could see her having a come back that`s bigger than Mariah Carey`s. So, you know, she has got it in her.
ANDERSON: She does.
LEVIN: Now the question is -- yes, she absolutely does. The question is, can she survive, and that`s what makes it so interesting.
ANDERSON: She`s got the voice. She`s got the talent to do it. We shall see.
Harvey Levin of TMZ.com, thanks for straightening all this out for us. We appreciate it.
LEVIN: Bye, Brooke. See you.
VARGAS: Did Tom Cruise`s couch jumping cost somebody $150 million dollars? We have some Tom bashing from a Hollywood heavy hitter, next on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT.
Plus, a celebrity pulled over for drunk driving and then showing some religious prejudice. Sound familiar? It`s "Law & Order`s" latest ripped from the headlines, starring Chevy Chase. We have your first look at it, coming up.
We`ll also have this.
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TOM DAVIS, SUFFERED FROM EATING DISORDER: During a four or five month period, I dropped about 60 pounds.
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VARGAS: It isn`t just women and girls obsessing about their bodies, but is Hollywood to blame? We investigate men and eating disorders as our series, Showbiz weight watch continues.
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ANDERSON: Bob Barker, come on down. You are the next contestant on retirement is right! It`s official. After 50 years in television, 35 of them hosting "The Price is Right," Barker says his last show will be June 7, 2007. Barker told the "Associated Press" he wants to step down while he is still young. He turns 83 on December 12th.
VARGAS: Well, Tom Cruise may have moved on since he was fired from his multi-million dollar Paramount movie deal, but the head of the studio isn`t done bashing Cruise just yet.
Speaking to "Vanity Fair" magazine, Viacom Chief Sumner Redstone says Cruise`s bizarre behavior cost the studio as much as $150 million in lost revenue. And he says he doesn`t regret letting Cruise go. Redstone said his own wife directly influenced his decision to give Cruise the ax. He said, quote, "Paula, like women everywhere, had come to hate him. The truth of the matter is, I did listen to her." Redstone says his behavior was entirely unacceptable to Paula and to the rest of the world. He just didn`t turn off one woman, he turned off all women and a lot of men. You can read the rest of the Cruise bashing in the December issue of "Vanity Fair" magazine.
ANDERSON: How did Mel Gibson and a cheeseburger help Courtney Love get sober? It`s an amazing story in Love`s own words. Next on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT.
VARGAS: Plus, the celebrity pulled over for drunk driving and then showing some religious prejudice. Sound familiar? It`s "Law & Order`s" latest rip from the headlines, starring Chevy Chase. We have your first look coming up.
We`ll also have this.
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TOM DAVIS, SUFFERED FROM EATING DISORDER: The next thing I knew, I just wasn`t eating. And the next thing I knew, I was binging and I was purging.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
ANDERSON: We investigate men and eating disorders. Is Hollywood to blame? That`s as our series, Showbiz weight loss continues.
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ANDERSON: Welcome back to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, everybody. It is 30 minutes past the hour. I`m Brooke Anderson in New York. A.J. Hammer has the night off.
VARGAS: And I`m Sibila Vargas in Hollywood. This is TV`s most provocative entertainment news show.
ANDERSON: Sibila, tonight, we are going to have your very first look at how Mel Gibson`s shocking drunk driving arrest is being dramatized on television by a major Hollywood celebrity. You don`t want to miss it.
VARGAS: I can`t wait to see that. And Paris Hilton`s very dramatic message to teens in the wake of her own DUII. We`ll tell you what she is doing.
But first, Brooke, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT`s continuing coverage of the Showbiz weight watch. Tonight, eating disorders in men. When you hear the word anorexia or bulimia, you probably think of women, right? Well, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT is here to tell you, think again. The pressure from Hollywood to be thin and looking a certain way is not only affecting women. It`s something more and more men are struggling with as well.
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VARGAS (voice-over): From Mary Kate Olsen`s struggle with anorexia, to "American Idol" Judge Paula Abdul`s battle with bulimia.
PAULA ABDUL, "AMERICAN IDOL" JUDGE: Hollywood sends a bad message. They do.
VARGAS: SHOWBIZ TONIGHT has been telling you about the Hollywood stars who put skinny in the spotlight. But now we can also tell you, it`s not just women who are battling eating disorders. More and more men are suffering from them, too.
TOM DAVIS: And the next thing I knew, I just wasn`t eating. And he next thing I knew, I was binging and I was purging.
VARGAS: Tom Davis knows from experience that eating disorders don`t discriminate between the sexes.
DAVIS: I dropped about 60 pounds.
VARGAS: Like a growing number of men and many women, Tom suffered from anorexia and bulimia while in college.
DAVIS: I would binge and purge at night mainly.
VARGAS: Tom now works with stars like Paula Abdul and the National Eating Disorders Association, drawing attention to anorexia and bulimia, which affect 10 million people, 1 million of them men and boys.
Actor Dennis Quaid put a famous face on male eating disorders when he admitted he suffered from what he calls manorexia, male anorexia, while filming the movie, "Wyatt Earp," in 1994.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I considered ending it myself on several occasions.
VARGAS: Quaid said losing weight for the role had him playing mind games, telling "Best" magazine, quote, "I`d look in the mirror and still see a 180-pound guy, even though I was 138 pounds."
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VARGAS: Elton John has also gone public with his eating disorder. In the early 1990s, Elton revealed that he suffered from bulimia, along with drug addictions and depression.
The shocking thing is, Dennis Quaid and Elton John are not alone. Experts say the number of men and boys who suffer from eating disorders is growing by the day.
DIANNE NEUMARK-SZTAINER, AUTHOR, "I`M LIKE, SO FAT": One of the things that we think is happening with young men is that they are being influenced by the media images which are portraying very large muscles.
VARGAS: SHOWBIZ TONIGHT can tell you that men feel the same societal pressure from the same images in the media that women have dealt with for years, to have a so-called perfect body.
VOICE OF DR. THEODORE WELTZIN, ROGERS HOSPITAL: Six-pack abs and having this ripped abdomen as a way of somehow being happy, being successful, having a good relationship. I mean, that is the message that`s going out.
VARGAS: It`s a message that "E.R." Star John Stamos knows all too well. He tells SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, the pressure in Hollywood isn`t just focused on the women.
JOHN STAMOS, ACTOR: But I get it because, you know, you probably go through this, when you feel a little heavier, I mean, people think they look better thinner. I think, you know, they get to a point and they just go too far. It`s really sad.
VARGAS: Eating disorders in men and boys can sometimes be harder to diagnose because they tend to hide their symptoms, ashamed of their illness, which is often considered a girl thing.
DAVIS: You know, you don`t want to be associated with the Olsen twins.
VARGAS: Tom Davis, now a mental health reporter for the New Jersey newspaper, "The Record," knows how tough it can be for men to get diagnosed.
DAVIS: You know, a lot of people just kind of look at me like, what`s wrong with you? I didn`t know what was wrong with me.
VARGAS: His anorexia, bulimia and body image issues were overlooked by doctors for 12 years.
DAVIS: The doctors never diagnosed anything. They had no idea what it was. This was a few years after Karen Carpenter died, so it was start - - people were starting to recognize that eating disorders were out there. People still were not attaching this to men at all.
VARGAS: Well, that was then. Now doctors say they are looking for the same signs in men that they see in women -- rapid weight loss, smoking to cub appetite, frequent trips to the bathroom. They encourage men to do what Dennis Quaid and Elton John did, and get the help they need.
After finally getting the proper diagnosis, Tom received help, and now writes about his struggles in his newspaper column called, "Coping."
DAVIS: Therapy actually was helpful, but I think really more than anything, writing about it for my newspaper has been what has really helped me.
VARGAS: Tom says he still struggles with body image issues, but is learning how not to let them dominate his life.
DAVIS: I keep thinking to myself, I have to go out and run, I have to go out and not eat, and things like that. And I had to kind of reign myself in, and stop myself from like obsessing about it.
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VARGAS (on camera): And, remember, there is no other entertainment news show out there that covers Hollywood`s obsession with body image like we do. So tune in to Showbiz weight watch every Tuesday and Friday and other nights as this stuff comes up right here on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT.
ANDERSON: In our continuing series, "Prescription for Rehab," here`s an amazing story. And you`re not going to believe this. Rocker Courtney Love, who has seen he inside of a rehab center more times than we can count, says she has one person to thank for getting her on the straight and narrow -- Mel Gibson. Yes, Mel Gibson.
Promoting her new book, Love told Diane Sawyer, on "Good Morning America," that while shooting drugs in a fancy Beverly Hills hotel with two druggies, Gibson and Addiction Counselor Warren Boyd knocked on her door.
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COURTNEY LOVE, ROCK STAR: It didn`t matter who it was. It could have been Jesus. I didn`t care. But the good thing is that these two guys that wouldn`t leave me alone and that had all the drugs saw Mel Gibson. It`s Mel Gibson. And they ran off to have a cheeseburger with Mel Gibson. And that way Warren and his guys could get me and take me off to rehab.
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ANDERSON: Thank goodness for cheeseburgers. Courtney has been clean and sober now for a year and three months, and recently helped Whitney Houston clean up her act.
While Mel Gibson works on his own rehab, the shocking story of his arrest is now being dramatized on primetime TV and SHOWBIZ TONIGHT has your first look. Gibson`s arrest for drunk driving and his subsequent anti- Semitic rant are being ripped from the headlines for a plot on an upcoming "Law & Order." The episode is loosely based on the Gibson story. And it features Emmy award winner Chevy Chase as a celebrity pulled over for drunk driving. His character`s deep prejudice is later revealed.
In tonight`s Showbiz showcase, here`s your first look at that controversial episode.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Sir, have you been drinking tonight?
CHEVY CHASE: No. I had a glass of wine a few hours ago. I`m fine.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Turn off the ignition. Step out of the car, sir.
CHASE: Look, you probably don`t recognize me. I`m Mitch Carroll (ph). You know who I am.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Out of the vehicle, sir. Now.
CHASE: Spilled a whole carafe of wine at dinner.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Doesn`t look like wine to me.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Turn around and put your hands on the car.
CHASE: Ah, don`t be ridiculous. Come on. What are you doing? Come on!
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Carrying any drugs, weapons?
CHASE: Shove it!
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Central, 39, Adam, we got one under for DWI at Greenwich and Murray. Requesting supervisor on scene.
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ANDERSON: I just spoke to Chevy Chase, and I asked him about the Gibson controversy and how he felt about portraying such a divisive character.
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CHASE: I did sit ins and marches and all that stuff. I`m from that generation. It`s just -- it was a little difficult to continually say that same word over and over again, but I understood it. And just as an aside, Mel`s an old friend, and I never saw that in him. I understand that his father somehow had explained to him when he was a kid that there was no holocaust or something idiotic like that, and so I can see where that came from. But obviously anybody who has got that problem ought to get it taken care of.
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ANDERSON: You can watch more of my interview with Chevy Chase Thursday, on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT.
VARGAS: We want to know what you think. Remember, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT is the only entertainment news show that let`s you express your opinion on video. Just look into your video camera or webcam and send us a piece of your mind by via video e-mail. It`s really easy. Head to our Web site, cnn.com/showbiztonight, to learn just how to do it. It`s very easy again. All you have to do is click, attach, and send. Remember, your video has got to be 30 second or less, though. Watch for your video e-mails only on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT.
ANDERSON: A stinky zoo exhibit promises to teach you a lesson or two. It`s a story that made us say "that`s ridiculous!" And that`s next.
VARGAS: Also ahead, a frightening walk down memory lane. What is it about horror flicks that makes people rush to theaters? From silent films to "Psycho," we`ll take a look at how scary movies came to be what they are today.
We`ll have this.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, Mom, you know, the box is coming next month. And she said, what? More pears? And I said, no, a different fruit every month. She said, every month? Oh, my God, Max, you got us in some kind of cult.
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ANDERSON: The man behind one of TV`s funniest sitcoms tells us the real stories behind, "Everybody Loves Raymond." It`s the interview you will see only on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT.
VARGAS: But first, tonight`s entertainment weekly, great American`s pop culture quiz. The surviving members of Joy Division went out to form what 80s dance group? (a) Depeche Mode, (b) Bronski Beat, (c) General Pubic, or (d) New Order? Think you know the answer? Well, we`ll be right back.
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ANDERSON: Here we go again with tonight`s entertainment weekly great American pop culture quiz. The surviving members of Joy Division went on to form what 80s dance group? Depeche Mode, Bronski Beat, General Public or New Order? If you said (d), you are correct, New Order.
Welcome back to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, TV`s most provocative entertainment news show. I`m Brooke Anderson in New York.
It`s time now for another story that made us say...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That`s ridiculous!
ANDERSON: Thank you, guys.
OK, we admit it, we have done some crappy stories before, but this one may top them all. The folks at the Miami Metro Zoo thought we could learn a lot from, of all things, poop. That`s right, poop. So, the zoo put together a 5,000 square foot exhibit called, the scoop on poop. It`s filled with photos of animals taking care of business, if you know what I mean. And I think you do. You can even see models of different types of poop, elephants, bears, porcupines, you name it. Educational? Maybe. Either way, we think the idea stinks. We have to say, a poop exhibit? Now "that`s ridiculous!"
VARGAS: I am so glad that we are moving on.
Well, the morning talk show host pulls out all the stops with Halloween costumes this year. Matt Lauer and Al Roker did a "Pirates of the Caribbean" theme. Ann Curry looked fabulous as Cher. What a great body. And Natalie Morales was Madonna. And Meredith Vieira was Bette Midler.
Over at "Live with Regis and Kelly, there were a couple of costume changes. First, Regis and Kelly came out dressed as each other. Then they switched into Howie Mandel and one of the suitcase ladies from "Deal or No Deal." Then there was Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera. And finally Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul.
And over at "The View," it was the queen theme. Guest Host Kathie Lee Gifford dressed as Katherine the Great. Rosie O`Donnell was Queen Victoria. Joy Behar, dressed as Queen Elizabeth. And Elisabeth Hasselbeck was Marie Antoinette.
ANDERSON: Some very creative costumes. Here`s mine for now. I need a halo, though. I`m more of an angel, don`t you guys think? No, they don`t.
Anyway, OK, the (UNINTELLIGIBLE) three is number one at box office. Proof that moviegoers still crave the adrenaline rush of a dark bloody horror flick. Finding a thriller is easy these days, finding one. But there was a time when horror films were a novelty.
I had a chance to take a frightening look at how this genre of films started and how today`s filmmakers are going to extremes all for a good scare.
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ANDERSON (voice-over): As you climb these famous steps on the Universal Studios back lot, you can`t help but fell something, something think something horrible might happen.
Long before Hollywood went "Psycho," it had a hunch horror movies would be a hit with fans.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The horror movie history of Universal Studios actually starts in 1923 with the sound film, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame." And then in 1925, "Phantom of the Opera," with Mancini, the man of 1,000 faces.
ANDERSON: Universal`s Creative Director John Murdy says the very first horror films, which were silent, scared fans right out of their seats.
JOHN MURDY, CREATIVE DIRECTOR, UNIVERSAL: They had never seen anything like this in movies. So the first time the phantom took off his mask and revealed that horribly disfigured face, people screamed, people fainted, people ran out of the theaters and it started a whole genre of film.
ANDERSON: Soon, the genre expanded to talking pictures. And with it, the golden age of monster films emerged.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I am Dracula.
MURDY: We`re talking about "Dracula" and "Frankenstein" in 1931, followed by the "Mummy" in 1932, "The Invisible Man," "The Bride of Frankenstein," and on and on and on, up to "Creature from the Black Lagoon."
ANDERSON: After decades of monster film classics, it was in 1960 that a cutting edge director named Alfred Hitchcock tapped a new vein in the horror film genre, the slasher film.
MURDY: That film completely shocked the audiences. They hadn`t seen anything like it. And it spawned the slasher film genre. I`m talking, of course, about "Halloween," "Friday the 13th," "Nightmare on Elm Street."
ANDERSON: Today, Murdy says horror fans expect even more, forcing bloodier movies like "Hostel," "28 Days Later," and "The Saw Franchise."
MURDY: Directors feel compelled to take it to an entirely new level. It`s really hard to shock an audience these days.
ANDERSON: Universal Studios Hollywood is also pushing the terror envelope.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Come to Halloween Horror Nights.
ANDERSON: By bringing (UNINTELLIGIBLE) quite literally face to face with guests, by allowing them to walk through the historic psycho sets for the first time.
MURDY: It`s like living a horror movie. And what could be better than that?
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ANDERSON (voice-over): Well, what could be better, right? As we approach the midnight hour here on the East Coast, let me tell you this scary fact. The popularity of horror films is just growing every year. "Saw III" outperformed last year`s "Saw II" to become the industry`s top rated, R-rated opening this year. And word is, the writers are already working on part four.
VARGAS: And here`s something else some would say is also scary. Paris Hilton spreading the word against drinking and driving. In a public service announcement in the December issue of "Seventeen" magazine, Hilton says, "All it takes is one drink to mess with the way you drive. It clouds your judgment and slows your reflexes. Don`t take any chances. It`s just not worth it."
Hilton was arrested in September, if you remember, and later charged with driving under the influence. Her blood alcohol level was 0.8 percent. At the time, she claimed that she had only drank one margarita. Now you can find a PSA, along with full interview with Hilton in December`s issue of "Seventeen" magazine.
ANDERSON: Phil Rosenthal is the creator of the hit sitcom, "Everybody Loves Raymond." And after a nine year run, you would think he would take some time off relaxing and enjoying himself, but instead he chose to write a book about how his own life was the inspiration for Raymond. The book is called, "You`re Lucky You`re Funny." And Rosenthal stopped by SHOWBIZ TONIGHT to chat with A.J. Hammer. And we couldn`t help but notice a little bit of Ray Barone coming out in Phil.
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A.J. HAMMER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The last time you were on the show was just when Raymond was about to wrap up after this incredible run. And you said that you were going to be taking a long nap as soon as the finale aired.
PHIL ROSENTHAL, CREATOR OF "EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND": Yes. I lied to you.
HAMMER: Now, I figured you lied because you got this book, and this is not a small book. It`s a very funny book. And what`s the deal?
ROSENTHAL: I guess I have to keep busy. I`m one of those people that, you know, I`m working on a hundred different things and I just enjoy it. It`s what I do. So, you know, if you`re out of work, you got to find new work. But you have to.
HAMMER: But you didn`t take -- you didn`t have a little down time, go lie on a beach somewhere? Are you not good at that? I mean, you`re a New Yorker, and like a lot of us New Yorkers, you just, you have ADD and you have to always be involved with something? Is that kind of the case for you?
ROSENTHAL: Yes. Yes. Yes. I`m doing three things right now. You can`t see them.
HAMMER: You can`t see who`s laughing.
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HAMMER: ... setting up some kind of a meeting.
Well, it is fair to say that more than a few of the story lines that we saw over the years in "Everybody Loves Raymond," didn`t just pop out of thin air. They actually came from a real place.
ROSENTHAL: Sadly, yes.
HAMMER: Such as things that happened to you.
ROSENTHAL: Yes.
HAMMER: I`m talking about specific things like the fruit of the month club, the engraved toaster. These things actually occurred in your life?
ROSENTHAL: Sad but true.
HAMMER: What about the fruit of the month club, though? Specifically that? I mean, I imagine you embellished upon what actually took place in your own life, no?
ROSENTHAL: Not one bit. It was verbatim. I gave my parents the gift. I thought I was being nice, a fruit of the month, and I got this phone call from my mother, Phillip, we got your gift. Did you realize it was a box of pears? And I said, well, yes, Ma, you like it? She said, it`s very nice, but there are so many of them. I mean, what am I going to do with all these pears? And I said, well, you eat them. You know, you can share them with your friends if you like. She goes, which friends? I said, I don`t know, Lee and Stan. She said, Lee and Stan buy their own fruit. Please, Phillip, do me a favor. Don`t ever buy us anymore food again. And I had to tell her, well, Ma, another box is coming next month. And she said, what, more pears? And I said, no, a different fruit every month. She said, every month? Oh, my God, Max, he got us in some kind of cult.
HAMMER: They felt like they were being indoctrinated.
ROSENTHAL: She freaked out. I can`t talk anymore. There is too much fruit in the house.
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ANDERSON: Phil is a very funny guy, indeed. And his book, "You`re Lucky You`re Funny," is in bookstores now.
VARGAS: And we want to remind you that SHOWBIZ TONIGHT is now on seven nights a week. That`s right. We`re bringing you TV`s most provocative entertainment news show nightly. So be sure to tune into SHOWBIZ TONIGHT each and every night at 11:00 p.m., Eastern, 8:00 Pacific.
ANDERSON: Last night we asked you to vote on our SHOWBIZ TONIGHT question of the day. It was this, Michael J. Fox: Is it fair to criticize him for his political ads? 25 percent of you say yes, 75 percent of you say no.
Here are some of the e-mails we received.
K from Pennsylvania writes, "I feel that by making a political ad you are subjected to feedback."
Tina from Virginia says, "Fox has fought with dignity for families who have suffered. How can we criticize him for telling the truth?"
We appreciate your thoughts. SHOWBIZ TONIGHT is coming right back.
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VARGAS: We`ve been asking you to vote on our SHOWBIZ TONIGHT question of the day. Celebrity Splits: Do they give up on marriage too easily? Keep voting at cnn.com/showbiztonight, and write us at showbiztonight@cnn.com. We`ll read some of your e-mails tomorrow.
And, remember, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT is the only entertainment news show that let`s you express your opinion on video. Just look into your video camera or webcam and send us a piece of your mind via video e-mail. That`s hard to say. It`s really easy. Head to our Web site, cnn.com/showbiztonight to learn how to do it. All you have to do is click, attach and send. Remember, your videos have got to be 30 seconds or less. And watch your video emails only on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT.
ANDERSON: It`s time to see what`s coming up on the SHOWBIZ TONIGHT (UNINTELLIGIBLE).
Tomorrow "American Idol" finalist Kellie Pickler joins us in studio to dish on her life after Idol, and her upcoming new album. How is she handling her newfound fame? What does she think of the rumors swirling around other Idol finalists? Kellie Pickler, tomorrow, on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT.
Also, Roseanne Barr has never been one to hold her tongue. And you can be certain that our sit down interview with her will not be an exception.
We`re going to talk to her about her weight loss surgery and why she says she doesn`t care if she is ever overweight. It`s the interview you will see right here only on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. you don`t want to miss it.
VARGAS: That`s SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. Thank you so much for watching, and happy Halloween. I`m Sibila Vargas in Hollywood.
ANDERSON: Have a great night, everybody. I`m Brooke Anderson in New York.
Glenn Beck is coming up next. That`s right after the latest headlines from CNN HEADLINE NEWS. Keep it right here.
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