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Italian Ad Show Anorexic Model; Hollywood And The War on Terror
Aired September 27, 2007 - 23:00 ET
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BROOKE ANDERSON, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT ANCHOR: Dramatic new information about Farrah Fawcett`s fight against cancer. And Jenny McCarthy opens up about helping her son fight autism with Jim Carey`s help. I`m Brooke Anderson in New York. TV`s most provocative entertainment news show starts right now.
On SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, scary skinny. Tonight a shocking controversial ad featuring an emaciated anorexic model triggers worldwide outrage. Is the unbelievable ad doing more harm than good?
Plus, new concessions from Hollywood stars about their own eating issues. Is Hollywood triggering eating disorders? Tonight, a SHOWBIZ special report, scary skinny.
Tonight, another ad shocker, begging Lindsay Lohan not to die. Who placed it and why? Is Lindsay about to get out of rehab? Will it work this time? Plus, the inside story of what`s really going on in Lindsay`s life. It`s the celebrity expose you cannot miss tonight on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT.
Hi there, everyone. I`m Brooke Anderson and this is SHOWBIZ TONIGHT broadcasting tonight and every night from New York City. A.J. has tonight off.
Tonight, there are disturbing new reports about Farrah Fawcett`s brave battle to beat cancer. But I can tell you that you shouldn`t believe everything you hear. The SHOWBIZ Truth Squad is on the case on that coming up.
But first, the scary skinny shocker that is rocking the fashion industry, Hollywood and more. Tonight, the startling image of an emaciated model being used in ads by a clothing company has re-ignited the explosive debate about the obsession with weight and how skinny is too skinny. From ridiculously skinny actresses in Hollywood to pencil-thin models walking the runways, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT can tell you this latest development tonight is extremely disturbing.
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ANDERSON: It`s an image that`s shocking the world.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Well, this is certainly a disturbing billboard if you were driving down the street and had a chance to see it. It is an anti-anorexia campaign.
ANDERSON: A series of TV ads and billboards across Italy is getting worldwide attention for these simple and horrifying images, a naked young anorexic sufferer, whose severely emaciated features are so startling, they are painful to look at. And the ads come with a stark message written plain as day, no anorexia.
SHOWBIZ TONIGHT can tell you these eye-grabbing ads are getting worldwide attention.
LYNN GREFE, NATIONAL EATING DISORDER ASSOC: They`re shocking because seeing the naked anorexic body certainly isn`t sexy. Meanwhile, that`s very similar to the body that`s under many of the clothes on the cat walk.
ANDERSON: But SHOWBIZ TONIGHT is asking a question that`s almost too appalling to think about; in a world where images of super skinny girls appear on runways and magazines everywhere, could messages like this do more harm than good by actually promoting eating disorders? The no anorexia ad campaign is brought to you by the same man responsible for these jaw-dropping ads you may remember from Beneton.
Italian photographer Olivio Toscani says he was trying to show the dangers of being obsessed with being thin.
OLIVIO TOSCANI, PHOTOGRAPHER: What I wanted to show was that the result of being -- losing weight, losing weight, get in the shape, get in shape, disguise yourself, look like a model, at the end, that`s how you look.
ANDERSON: The woman in the ads is 27-year-old French actress Isabelle Caro (ph). She`s been suffering from anorexia since she was 14 years old. She tells "Vanity Fair Magazine" why she posed for the ad. She says, quote, "I`ve hidden and covered myself too long. Now I want to show myself fearlessly even though I know my body arouses repugnance."
As has SHOWBIZ TONIGHT has covered relentlessly more than any other entertainment news show, the pressure to remain thin is out of control, both on the runways and in Hollywood. And some worry that vulnerable young girls may pick up on that obsession, which could trigger eating disorders.
GREFE: It`s the culture we`re living in, that there`s such an emphasis on how thin we can be, and young girls are feeling it terribly.
ANDERSON: We have seem this obsession have tragic results. Last year, 21-year-old Brazilian model Anna Karalina Reston (ph) collapsed and died after suffering from anorexia. That helped fuel a major change in the fashion industry.
GREFE: Other countries it`s had an affect where people are taking anorexia and eating disorders more seriously. The fashion industries in other countries are monitoring, checking the health of the model, and really being careful.
ANDERSON: The no anorexia campaign, with its shocking images, takes the fight to a whole new level. SHOWBIZ TONIGHT can tell you it may backfire in a dangerous way. As hard as it to believe, some say the ad may actually give anorexics something to aspire to. This Italian passerby is worried.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I have an 11-year-old daughter. Children have a particular age in which they get inspiration from perhaps a model like this that stupidly are very skinny. At that point, it becomes a problem, because if they get inspiration from the anorexic, they don`t realize the limits before they become sick.
GREFE: People don`t wake up and say, I want to be anorexic and I want to look like that. It doesn`t work like that.
ANDERSON: But Lynn Grefe of the National Eating Disorders Association tells SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, this ad won`t create any anorexics, but won`t stop them either.
GREFE: It`s not really going to help prevent anorexia. It`s a mental illness, a biological based mental of illness. So to some who are anorexic, they would actually think that that woman looks good.
ANDERSON: But change definitely is coming. Major cities have started banning super skinny models from runways and maybe ghastly images like this model will bring about even more change and make more people realize that, while you can`t be too rich, you can definitely be too thin.
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ANDERSON: OK, we are just getting started with this topic tonight. There are shocking new confessions from big stars about their eating issues, and we have a fired up panel to debate whether images of super skinny stars actually make some people develop eating disorders themselves. That is all coming up at 30 minutes past the hour for a SHOWBIZ special report you won`t want to miss, scary skinny.
Tonight, controversy over another stunning ad, this one using Lindsay Lohan to sell addiction treatment. Take a look at this. This full-page ad that says, "Don`t Die, Lindsay," is running in newspapers here in New York City. It`s for a rehab place in New Jersey that claims it cures addictions in three to five days. There are reports tonight that Lindsay is about to get out of rehab in Utah after two months.
Tonight, the truth about Lindsay from somebody who knows. He`s "Access Hollywood" correspondent Tony Potts, who is the host of a new show on My Network TV called "Celebrity Expose." He is with us tonight from Burbank.
Tony, talk about timing; all this Lindsay news just as "Celebrity Expose" focuses Lindsay. We are going to talk about that in just a moment. But first, what about these reports that Lindsay could be about to leave rehab?
TONY POTTS, "ACCESS HOLLYWOOD": Well, we know that those are not true. We can deny those. And tell you, confirm that she`s not leaving. Her mother e-mailed us here and said that, no, she`s not leaving this weekend. It could be a ruse, but usually Dina`s pretty right on that. Her mother -- it`s funny you mention skinny scary as your big story and your focus. Lindsay, at a time, this ad could go for her. At a time, she was very, very thin. So she`s gone careening from the addiction that she has, also being very thin as well.
One time, when I saw her on the red carpet, I was very afraid for her, as far as what she looked like. So Lindsay fits into the whole theme of all of this and I think so do drugs as well.
ANDERSON: Hopefully she is bouncing back. Like you say, her mom, maybe she does need just a little more time in that rehab center. We just saw the shocking ad from a New Jersey rehab center, Tony, that read "Don`t Die Lindsay." We know this is her third stint in rehab. Did you uncover anything in "Celebrity Expose" that would lead to you believe Lindsay was messed up to point that her life was in danger?
POTTS: Absolutely. I think by talking to people, and also going back and seeing what Lindsay said to us on camera a number of times before this happened, and transpire over the last six to nine months of her life, you could tell at times she was careening out of control. And I don`t use that term lightly. I know we have the video of her crashing her car, running through a Hollywood neighborhood in the middle of the night. You only do that when you`re completely messed up and you`re taking chances.
That car, by the way, I believe has over 500 horsepower. When you have somebody`s whose 19, 20, 21 years old behind that, inebriated and driving crazy through Hollywood, not only could she have killed herself, but somebody else as well.
ANDERSON: Extremely dangerous. What did you uncover in your investigation into Lindsay? Something that you learned about her that you found the most surprising and perhaps the most disturbing?
POTTS: Well, it`s kind of two fold. I think, Brooke, one of the things I found that was very endearing was the fact that we have her on camera from 1999, "The Parent Trap" years, when she made that great movie with Dennis Quaid, and she said to us I want to be -- in five to six years, I want to be like Jodie Foster. You see the innocence in her eyes. She went to college; I want to do this.
It`s endearing but disturbing, because now we know what`s happened. On the flip side, hopefully -- she`s so young. She is, of all the girls going through rehab, she`s probably one of the most talented, both in music, if you ask Dyanne Morne (ph) who has won countless Grammies, who has helped her in the studio, and also the Jane Fondas who work with her on the stage in front of the cameras, that she`s immensely talented.
So she has a great career ahead of her. We`ll just see what happens and hopefully she`ll get out of rehab and do well.
ANDERSON: Certainly she has a lot of potential. We all hope she can live up to that. The part of Lindsay`s history is her rocky relationship with her father, Michael Lohan, who she just reunited with at the rehab center. What did you find out about how Lindsay`s troubled family really kind of contributed to the mess that she is today?
POTTS: Brooke, that`s a perfect question, because in "Celebrity Expose" you`ll see it chronicled, the timeline, of what happened, how they were a happy family at "The Parent Trap" premiere. You`ll see all that footage, some footage you`ve never seen before. And then you see how various family members drop out of the background over the years as we go to different premiers and different times.
Remember, this is a girl who at the age of 19 was living at the Chateaux Mormant (ph), which is not a place you want a 19-year-old to go down at 1:00 in the morning and get food from the kitchen, because there`s a whole mess of people down there who do drugs and what have you. So I think you`ll see that she was very happy, and so was Michael, with their meeting in Utah. And maybe now -- because I think she`s missed a father figure in her life. He`s obviously been in prison. So if she can have him back solid at some point or little by little, it might work out well for her and bode well for her future.
ANDERSON: Might help them all. Hopefully she has got it in her to turn her life around. Tony Potts, thanks. We look forward to the show.
POTTS: Thank you very much, Brooke.
ANDERSON: For more developments on Lindsay Lohan, check out Tony`s new show, which we just spoke about, "Celebrity Expose." It premiere`s October 1st on MY Network TV.
And now we want to hear from you. It is our SHOWBIZ TONIGHT question of the day. Lindsay Lohan in rehab, will she be successful this time? Vote at CNN.com/SHOWBIZTONIGHT. Send an e-mail, SHOWBIZTONIGHT@CNN.com.
From a shock ad featuring a model who weighs less than 70 pounds to stars opening up about their own eating issue, are Hollywood and the fashion industry sending a terrible message? We`ve got a fired up panel ready for our SHOWBIZ special report, scary skinny, at 30 minutes past the hour. Also this --
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JENNIFER GARNER, ACTRESS: I so agreed with the messages in this film, that violence begets violence, that what we`re doing isn`t working. We have to find another way.
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ANDERSON: Jennifer Garner and Jamie Foxx starring in a new movie about terrorism in Saudi Arabia, and it`s not the only film to tackle the topic. Why is Hollywood embracing the controversial themes of the Iraq war and terrorism? We`ll look into it coming up.
And look closely, that`s a dog crate. But that`s not a dog. I could not believe this story. We`re going to tell you why someone was trying to pass off their miniature horse as a dog coming up in a story that made us say, hey, that`s ridiculous.
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GARNER: Al Qaeda lost the first phase of this war. They know it. So a new zero sum phase has begun. If you`re a westerner or a moderate Arab and you won`t join us, we will let loose the truly talented murderers.
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ANDERSON: Words that will make movie goers jump out of their seats when they see "The Kingdom" opening in theaters tomorrow. Welcome back to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. I`m Brooke Anderson in New York. Tonight, war, terror and Hollywood. Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Garner`s new film "The Kingdom" isn`t the only movie coming out that will rattle audiences with images of war and references to 9/11. And movie stars are also speaking out about their true feels about the war on terror.
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ANDERSON (voice-over): From the powerful Jamie Foxx film "The Kingdom" --
TOMMY LEE JONES, ACTOR: Mike was the one who wanted to join. I sure as hell didn`t encourage it.
ANDERSON: To Tommy Lee Jones in the chilling "In The Valley Of Ella" and the searing "Battle for Haditha," movies with themes of terrorism and Iraq are exploding in Hollywood. And the stars of those movies are telling SHOWBIZ TONIGHT how they really feel about one of the most divisive wars in American history.
SUSAN SARANDON, ACTRESS: I seem to remember me being the one saying no, and you saying it would be good for his character.
ANDERSON: Susan Sarandon plays the mother of a soldier who seems to go AWOL after coming home from a bone-chilling tour of duty in Iraq.
SARANDON: I personally believe every film has some kind of -- it either reinforces the status quo or challenges it.
ANDERSON: Tommy Lee Jones stars along side Sarandon.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Sir, I`m calling about your son.
JONES: My son is in Iraq.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Your son was in Iraq, sir.
ANDERSON: As an investigation into the soldier`s death uncovers some shocking revelations about the war. "In The Valley of Ella" is the brainchild of "Crash" director Paul Haggis, who tells SHOWBIZ TONIGHT that he was inspired to make the film after he saw a disturbing video clip on the Internet shot by real U.S. soldiers in Iraq.
PAUL HAGGIS, DIRECTOR: There was a body on the ground, which had obviously hit by a large round. And it was in pieces. And one of these kids picked up the hand and waved with it. I said oh, my god. What`s happening.
ANDERSON: And what`s really happening on the ground in Iraq for U.S. soldier, their personal pain and sacrifice, is what Susan Sarandon hopes movie goers will take away from this film.
SARANDON: I think it`s time that we remembered and start to discuss, you know, really what the real toll is for the tiny part of our population that has been asked to really sacrifice, and not just shop, like we were asked to.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You cannot question anyone without me present.
ANDERSON: Then there`s "The Kingdom," which will rattle people with a no holds barred story that centers around the never-ending war on terror.
GARNER: Al Qaeda lost the first phase of this war and they know it. A new zero sum phase has begun.
ANDERSON: Jennifer Garner plays an FBI agent alongside Oscar winning actor Jamie Foxx in the movie which begins with a devastating terror bombing of Americans in Saudi Arabia. And the bloodshed doesn`t let up until the bitter end. For Garner, the theme in this movie is very clear, and she tells SHOWBIZ TONIGHT she hopes the film will help drive home a powerful message.
GARNER: I so agreed with the messages in this film, that violence begets violence`s, that -- that what we`re doing isn`t working. We have to find another way.
ANDERSON: And Garner is not alone. Co-star Francis Fisher tells SHOWBIZ TONIGHT it`s no coincidence that Hollywood`s biggest stars and film makers are making their own statements about the war in Iraq through their story telling.
FRANCIS FISHER, ACTRESS: I think that this is indicative of the climate in the country, that people have had enough, and that things have got to change and artists are coming out, writers, directors, people are speaking their mind about what`s going on.
LEAH ROZEN, "PEOPLE MAGAZINE": For viewers, it adds to the debate over the war. You`re seeing various view points on film, all of which will end up contributing to the national debate.
ANDERSON: The movie "Battle for Haditha" will indeed contribute to that debate because it stars really life Marines.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Please give the United States Marine Corps the courage and ability to destroy our enemy.
ANDERSON: The film is based on a true story of the massacre of innocent Iraqi women and children by four U.S. marines. Director Nick Broomfield tells SHOWBIZ TONIGHT shooting the movie reopened painful wounds for the real Marines who had roles in the film.
NICK BROOMFIELD, DIRECTOR: Going back into the zone of being in Iraq caused them not to sleep well, to have nightmares of the conflict that they had been through. It brought back a lot those tensions.
ANDERSON: The tensions and using movies to take a cold, hard look at reality can go a long way in shaping the views of a country divided by the war. Director Paul Haggis is hoping for just that, that audiences who see his film, "In The Valley of Ella," will begin asking tough questions because they are so troubled.
HAGGIS: I do hope that it will trouble them as much as it troubles me. We tend to look for simple answers. I think that it`s time we started asking ourselves some really tough ones.
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ANDERSON: One more film, "Rendition," starring Reece Witherspoon and Jake Gillenhall (ph), deals with the government`s use of torture. It`s in theaters October 19th.
All right, from a shocking ad featuring a model who weighs less than, get this, 70 pounds, to stars opening up about their own eating issues, are Hollywood and the fashion industry sending a terrible message? We`ve got a fired up panel ready for our SHOWBIZ special report, scary skinny, coming up at 30 past the hour.
Also, dramatic new information about Farrah Fawcett`s struggle with cancer. We`re going to tell you how she`s doing and why she has decided to film some of her treatments. Also this --
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JENNY MCCARTHY, ACTRESS: He`s got the gift, I say. He can help Evan through some difficult things. A therapist couldn`t even do it.
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ANDERSON: Jenny McCarthy`s painful struggle after her son was diagnosed with autism and how Jim Carey made a big difference in both of their lives. She is so inspiring. Jenny McCarthy`s personal crusade is straight ahead. Stay with us.
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ANDERSON: Well, the hits keep on coming for "30 Rock." The show just won an Emmy for best comedy series, and now Jerry Seinfeld is guest starring on the first episode of the new season. It is the very first time that Seinfeld has guest starred on a sitcom. He says he`s a big fan of the show and its stars, Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin. Here`s a quick sneak peek at the episode. Take a look at this.
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ALEC BALDWIN, "30 ROCK": All right, Jerry. What NBC shows do you want to be digitally inserted into?
JERRY SEINFELD, COMEDIAN: I like "Lost," is that you guys?
BALDWIN: Jerry, don`t be difficult. The fact of the matter is that "Seinfeld" vision is perfectly legal and there`s nothing you can do to stop us. I`m sorry, but it`s business.
SEINFELD: Here`s some business. How about I buy NBC and turn it into the biggest Lane Bryant (ph) in midtown?
BALDWIN: Jerry, come on. You`re going to buy NBC, like you got four million dollars just lying around.
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ANDERSON: They are both so good. The season premiere of "30 Rock" featuring Jerry Seinfeld airs next Thursday on ABC.
Well, we have an update for you tonight on Farrah Fawcett`s struggle with cancer. We will tell you how she`s doing and why she has decided to film some of her treatments coming up.
We`ve also got this --
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MCCARTHY: He`s got the gift I say. He can help Evan through some difficult things, when therapists couldn`t even do it.
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ANDERSON: Jenny McCarthy`s painful struggle after her son was diagnosed with autism and how Jim Carey made a big difference in both of their lives. I think she is incredibly inspiring. Jenny McCarthy`s personal crusade, straight ahead.
And next, a SHOWBIZ special report, scary skinny. From a shocking ad featuring a model who weighs less than 70 pounds to stars opening up about their own eating disorders; are Hollywood and the fashion industry sending a terrible message? We have a fired up panel is ready to go, next.
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On SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, "Scary Skinny", startling new confessions from stars about Hollywood and body image.
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HAYDEN PANETTIERE, ACTRESS: For somebody to sit on the other side of the computer, or somebody who is typing up a magazine, to constantly critique me and say, oh, she looks fat in that dress, or oh, she`s thin, thick, she`s tall, too short. It`s amazing to me.
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ANDERSON: Plus, celebrities speak out about their own eating issues and we asked the controversial question, are stars actually triggering eating disorders in their fans?
SHOWBIZ TONIGHT covers issues of body image and weight like no other news show tonight a SHOWBIZ special report "Scary Skinny."
Welcome back to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. It is 30 minutes past the hour. I`m Brooke Anderson coming to you tonight from New York. You are watching TV`s most provocative entertainment news show.
OK, tonight we`ve got a SHOWBIZ TONIGHT special report: "Scary Skinny." I want you to take a look at this. It`s a shocking new anorexia ad featuring an emaciated fashion model. A powerful message to the fashion industry about the dangerous pressures to be "Scary Skinny", but it`s not just the fashion world. Anorexia is also rampant in Hollywood. Frankly, it`s gotten out of control.
Joining me tonight from Miami, self-esteem expert, and author of "Do I Look Fat In This?" Jessica Weiner, and from New York celebrity stylist and fashion commentator, Mary Alice Stephenson, and joining us tonight in Hollywood, supermodel and author of "The Complete Idiot`s Guide To Being a Model", Roshumba Williams.
Great to see all of you, ladies.
And all we have seen these photos are incredibly disturbing. But SHOWBIZ TONIGHT has discovered that this is commissioned by fashion label, if you can believe it.
Roshumba, what do you think? Some say the label is actually exploiting an eating disorder. Exploiting this disease anorexia for its own gain?
ROSHUMBA WILLIAMS, SUPERMODEL, AUTHOR: Well, if you look at the ad it says, "No Anorexia". And I did a little bit of research on the actual ad and I know the photographer personally because I worked for him five years. What I feel they`re trying to do is promote the awareness to how horrible this decease is. And, unfortunately, size zero is still the standard for models in the fashion world.
Which, of course, I mean, you walk in, everyone is a size zero and you`re a two or four, you`re going want to lose that extra weight in order to get into the garment.
The young lady in the ad, actually she wanted to do this ad. She collaborated with the photographer, as well as with the clothing line, which is geared towards younger women, to show the horror of what anorexia really looks like.
Unfortunately, there are situations where this can be taken out of context, and girls whose do have this sicknesses or illness can feel like oh I want to look like her. It is a fine line.
And Oliviero Toscani, the photographer, yeah, he is a wild guy.
ANDERSON: Well, he`s a provocative photographer. He is and it sort of is his M.O. So do you think there`s a chance that he could be using this seemingly deathly ill model to gain more fame for himself?
WILLIAMS: I don`t think he`s using it to gain more fame for himself. He has a lot of fame, and he`s rich. And you know, he doesn`t really need this. He does have a daughter, he has children. I know his daughter, Lola. He has a passion about this and the industry is still allowing this to happen. I think he just took it to the extreme and he has a history --
JESSICA WEINER, SELF-ESTEEM EXPERT: Brooke, you know what --
ANDERSON: Jessica, I hear you.
WILLIAMS: I`m sorry.
ANDERSON: Roshumba, I think Jessica wants to jump in.
WEINER: Yeah, because I agree with what Roshumba was beginning to say but I think in looking at this in the context, of how we talk about it on the show and how much Hollywood is involved, where the fashion industry lies. If they`re going to raise awareness of about the seriousness of anorexia they have to provide some follow-up steps and calls to action.
Right now, while this advertisement is getting great publicity I`m not really hearing where people are supposed to go, when they have questions, when they need help. That I think can verge on being irresponsible.
ANDERSON: Right, well, the billboard was posted in Milan, during fashion week, smeared throughout tons of newspapers, supposed to discourage anorexia. But Jessica, could it have the opposite affect? And Roshumba touched on this, too.
WEINER: Of course, yes, listen, anybody who is struggling with a serious eating disorder, which by the way is a mental issue, and a vanity issue, they could be very triggered by this advertisement.
I`m all for a provocative image to break through all of the numbness we have in this country around eating disorders. But again, my concern, is that you can`t just provide the salaciousness without the follow-through and follow-up, because there`s so much information out there.
ANDERSON: Very good point.
WILLIAMS: I agree.
ANDERSON: And you know, I do want to move to this, because we all know the pressure to stay thin, is everywhere, but nobody feels it stronger, probably, than the ladies of Hollywood. For example, "Heroes" star Hayden Panettiere; she`s a beautiful, healthy 18-year-old actress and she really opened up to me how she, too, feels this pressure. Listen to this.
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HAYDEN PANETTIERE, ACTRESS: I`m not perfect and for somebody to sit on the other side of the computer, or somebody who is typing up a magazine, to constantly critique me. And say, oh, she looks fat in that dress. Or she`s looks too thin, too thick, too tall, too short. It`s amazing to me. It`s amazing that people feel the have the right judge you like that.
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ANDERSON: Mary Alice Stephenson, you`re a stylist to many of these celebrities. You deal with them all the time. Is what Hayden is saying just sadly typical?
MARY ALICE STEPHENSON, FASHION COMMENTATOR: It is typical. Most celebrity I work with are tremendously affected by the media. What is said about them, you know, on blogs, what they read about in the newspapers. And it does affect them. And even women that are in their 30s and 40s and 50s, that are pretty comfortable in their own skin kind of get shook up every now and then.
WILLIAMS: But Brooke, can I say this in defense of Hollywood.
ANDERSON: Sure.
WILLIAMS: Yes, Hollywood does promote thin, but I don`t necessarily believe that they promote anorexia.
STEPHENSON: I agree.
ANDERSON: Roshumba, you are gorgeous --
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STEPHENSON: I think so too, Roshumba.
WILLIAMS: No one is encouraging anorexia here. If anything I think we all agree that it`s a sickness. It`s sad. It`s unfortunate, and it is affecting a lot of young women.
WEINER: Right, but we can talk about how Hollywood does impact general body image, because dieting and being obsessed with your weight and body image, Brooke, and everybody, is one of the precursors for young people and any person to develop eating disorders. Some of what we`re talking about, how can we be preventative in this situation and proactive - - and Hollywood plays a part in this.
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ANDERSON: I think the good news it doesn`t trigger an eating disorder. Somebody who find herself having to constantly deny that she has an eating disorder, "Pirates of the Caribbean" Keira Knightley. I`m not saying she needs to go gain 20 pounds.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: She`s just thin.
ANDERSON: Right. She says she`s naturally thin. But Jessica, do a lot of young girls and strive to be skinny, which could, as you`re saying, the dieting, the seeing these people, that perspective, it could lead to an eating disorder.
WEINER: Let me be clear. I don`t think it is any Hollywood actresses` responsibility for any of our bodies out here. They are responsible for their own bodies and we are responsible for our own body. However, when somebody like Keira Knightley has an audience of young girls who look up to her, she has a responsibility, as does every single celebrity out there, to be fairly responsible in what they`re talking about as far at their body image.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Responsible in what way?
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WEINER: Keira has been --
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: She`s naturally thin.
WEINER: Keira has been --
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: If she`s not -- if she`s not --
WEINER: Keira has been very open about her struggles with anorexia in her family, which I applaud actually.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Right. OK?
WEINER: I think that`s really solid.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: OK.
WEINER: But I think we have to remember that mental health is what`s really going on here.
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ANDERSON: She`s got to help people differentiate, young girls may not be able to.
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ANDERSON: OK, I want to say this. The kind of influence that we`re talking about here is what may have led to "Hairspray" star Brittany Snow developing anorexia. You know in a new interview with MTVU.com, she admits, you guys, that it started when she was just 12 years old, landed her first role on a soap opera. Saw everybody around her desperately trying to stay "Scary Skinny".
Mary Alice, how can we not say that Hollywood sometimes breeds anorexia in starlets?
STEPHENSON: Listen, I think Hollywood breeds a lot of insecurity. Whether you are you`re a student, whether you`re a model, whether you`re a starlet. But I also think there`s a lot of women that are standing up to that and as positive role models and curvaceous and come in all shapes and sizes.
WILLIAMS: Jessica Biehl or someone like that.
STEPHENSON: Jessica Biehl, Mandy Moore, Jennifer Hudson, Queen Latifah. These women, for the first time, are showing us that you can look fashionable, you can look glamorous, whatever your shape or size.
ANDERSON: I want to add "Ugly Betty" star America Ferrera to that list.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.
ANDERSON: She has, perhaps, the best perspective on all of this. Listen to what she told SHOWBIZ TONIGHT.
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AMERICA FERRERA, ACTRESS: I think that Hollywood, you know, there`s too much weight put on Hollywood to define what are real-life standard should be. I think that Hollywood is just going to go with what sells. You know? And I think that as people, in our real lives, we just have to stay grounded about, you know, what`s fake and what`s real. So I wouldn`t be looking to Hollywood for my role models, let`s just put it that way.
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ANDERSON: Don`t look to Hollywood for the role models. Roshumba, sadly she might be in the minority in Hollywood with that perspective. Don`t you think?
WILLIAMS: That`s true. The reality, especially when it comes to modeling, everybody nowadays wants to be a model, with whatever show -- you know, there`s "America`s Next Top Model". There`s a magazine, there`s a book, there`s everything out there. But the reality is, I believe that anorexia is not necessarily something that starts and affects you so much from it outside. I think it starts from the inside. Because even Isabelle Caro, the model in the ad, said her anorexia started from childhood. She had a really, really disturbing childhood.
ANDERSON: I agree.
WILLIAMS: So, it can be triggered from many, many different things.
ANDERSON: A variety of reasons.
Unfortunately, Roshumba, sorry to interrupt you. We do have to end it there. Great insights from you all. Jessica Weiner, Mary Alice Stephenson, Roshumba Williams. Great to see all of you, ladies.
OK, tonight, there are reports that Farrah Fawcett`s cancer returned. The details haven`t been clear. We called in the SHOWBIZ TONIGHT truth squad to check this out. Here`s what we can tell you.
SHOWBIZ TONIGHT can confirm, unfortunately, Farrah`s cancer reportedly anal cancer, has returned unexpectedly. The former "Charlie`s Angels" star is seeking alternative treatments in Germany. The cancer came back in May and these new reports are just about a continuation of that treatment, not a new recurrence.
We also learned Farrah is keeping a video diary of her treatment and is putting together a documentary of her cancer fight. She hopes to raise awareness and help save lives. And we do wish her well.
All right, well, Gloria Estefan thinks Lindsay Lohan can bounce back. Gloria is one of the nicest stars out there and she actually has a surprising connection to Lindsay. I go one on one with Gloria and she revealed important advice that Lindsay and all of young out-of-control Hollywood can learn from next. Also this --
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JENNY MCCARTHY, MODEL ACTRESS, SON HAS AUTISM: He`s got the gift, I say. He can help Evan through some difficult things when a therapist couldn`t even do it.
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ANDERSON: Jenny McCarthy`s talking about her boyfriend Jim Carrey. He`s been absolutely amazing in helping with her son`s struggle with autism. Her story is so inspiring and now Jenny McCarthy is speaking about her crusade to get rid of that awful disorder. That is next.
And what`s that? You can lead a horse to water -- what`s that saying? But you can`t make him drink? Tonight a guy tried to lead a horse onto a plane, but he just couldn`t get him to fly. You can bet the ranch, this is a ridiculous story, next.
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And welcome back to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, TV`s most provocative entertainment news show. Time now for a story that made us say --
STUDIO CREW: "That`s Ridiculous!"
ANDERSON: Well, you find all kinds of things on airplanes these days. Screaming babies, bad food, annoying people, but miniature horses? The United States Customs department found this little guy stuck into a pet carrier on a flight that landed at Atlanta`s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
They say the guy who sneaked the mini horse on was trying to make it appear he was bringing a dog along for the ride. Maybe he taught it was the Pony Express, I don`t know.
Anyway the horse checked out, OK, luckily. No word if they made it take off horseshoes to go through security though. The guy and the airline were fine. But I say giddy-up on outta here. I give this story a big neigh! "That`s Ridiculous!"
OK, tonight actress Jenny McCarthy speaking out to CNN`s Larry King about her really painful and emotional battle for young son, Evan diagnosed with autism. A potentially devastating disorder that`s the fastest growing developmental disorder in America.
The stress of dealing with it broke up her marriage to the boy`s father, and now she on a mission to educate other moms about autism, which a lot of doctors don`t fully understand and sometimes misdiagnose.
While her advice about what she thinks causes autism, she says vaccines could be a trigger, is somewhat controversial. Jenny is definitely bringing hope to struggling parents everywhere.
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JENNY MCCARTHY, SON HAS AUTISM: My best kind of scenario, or example was, you know, you can`t really become cured from it. It`s like getting hit by a bus. You don`t become cured, but you can recover. You`re still going to be boo-boos, but the help that`s available out there. People need to know that it is real -- and it doesn`t help all. You know?
I actually started crying in the bathtub last night thinking about all the moms that are going to try all these things I`m talking about, and it`s not going to help all these kids. Chemotherapy doesn`t help every cancer victim, but it`s worth a try.
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ANDERSON: Now, through all of this, Jenny says her boyfriend, funnyman Jim Carrey has been a rock. And his gift of making people laugh has really gotten Evan through some tough times.
MCCARTHY: I couldn`t have asked for better person in my life and the relationship with him and Evan goes beyond anything I could ever dream. It`s truly a blessed union.
LARRY KING, CNN ANCHOR, LARRY KING LIVE: You`re saying -- you call him the whisperer. He`s really into it?
MCCARTHY: In know, really, he`s got -- he`s got the gift I say. He can -- he, you can know, help Evan through some difficult things when therapist couldn`t even do it.
KING: The gift of laughter, too?
MCCARTHY: Yes, absolutely. I`ve seen the claw come out a few times -- from "Liar, Liar".
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ANDERSON: Glad to hear that about Jim. And you know, Jenny is such a great mother and she`s so proud of her son, but because of this emotional roller coaster she says it`s affected her decision to have more kids.
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MCCARTHY: I got my butt kicked. It was really hard those years, pulling Evan out of the window, I call it. I suffered a lot. I cried a lot. I`m just ready to move forward. I`m ready to help out. I`m ready to spread the word. I`m ready make this world a safer, cleaner place. That is my mission right now. It really is.
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ANDERSON: Such an inspirational story. You can read more about Jenny McCarthy`s journey of dealing with her son`s autism in her new book "Louder Than Words: A mother`s Journey in Healing Autism." It is out now.
Tonight a startling newspaper ad has caused another Lindsay Lohan controversy. We showed you earlier, a New Jersey rehab center, called the Canterbury Institute, took out an ad in New York newspapers today, that reads, "Don`t Die, Lindsay." It plugs the center`s rehab program.
Well, Gloria Estefan has some really interesting advice for Lindsay, and there is actually a stunning connection between the music superstar and Lindsay. Gloria and her husband Emilio actually worked with her very early on. Gloria, herself, has a great new album out, called, "90 Millas", her first Spanish album in seven years.
I spoke with Gloria about that album and about Lindsay and Gloria says that she can definitely bounce back.
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GLORIA ESTEFAN, SINGER: She is a very smart girl, Lindsay. I met her at -- when she was like 12 or 13. She`s very talented, she`s very grounded within herself. It is just that sometimes access, you know, you get into these -- a party mode, you`re celebrating your life because you`re so happy, you`ve attained everything you wanted.
Suddenly before you know it, your body, before you know it, you have an addictive personality, then it`s too late by the time you find out. You`re caught up, on camera, because you`re the center of attention. She has a great opportunity, though, now to really be a role model for kids, because everyone goes through tough times. It`s just how you handle it and how you come out of it. She really has a great opportunity to show people that, yes, you can put your life back together and get back on the right track, and I hope that`s what happened.
ANDERSON: Yes, overcome adversity, hopefully.
ESTEFAN: Definitely.
ANDERSON: If you could sit down with her one on one what would your advice be?
ESTEFAN: I`ve told her that I was there for her if she needed any help or in any way advice. Or, you know, just someone to lend a hand. I would say, start over. Start fresh. And that life -- there`s enough wonderful things in life to get high on without having to, you know, use drugs and things of that nature. It`s fun because sometimes there`s so much pressure that they think, well, this makes me relax. Or this helps me get through this.
But all it does is make your life a lot more complicated. And there are so many beautiful things to focus on. Her talent, she`s really talented. I`m sure she`ll be OK.
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ANDERSON: Great perspective from Gloria. We also talked about the significance of her new album`s title, "90 Millas" and how she returned to her Cuban roots.
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ANDERSON: You are a music icon. And "90 Millas", tell me about the significance of the title "90 Miles".
ESTAFAN: That`s right, "90 Miles", that`s the stretch of water between Cuba and the southern-most point in Key West, pretty much what`s divided Emilio and I from our homeland for the last 48 years. And you can`t separate us, though. No matter what the distance from our cultural heritage and our musical heritage. And for us it`s important to keep these rhythms alive to keep exploring those roots. It`s what made us sound different in the pop world back in the `80s when we hit it with Conga and worldwide. And it`s still very close to our hearts.
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ANDERSON: "90 Millas" is in stores now. Check it out.
Angelina Jolie with a big announcement, it involves children. Are they adding to the clan?
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ANDERSON: The Brangelina crew is at it again. No, they`re not adopting more kids right now. They are going full steam ahead on more charity work. This week, the couple has been in New York as part of the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative, founded by former President Bill Clinton. It brings together world leaders, celebrities, scholars to take action to help solve problems of poverty, education.
Angelina got pretty emotional while discussing her child educational experiences as a U.N. goodwill ambassador.
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ANGELINA JOLIE, ACTRESS, U.N. GOODWILL AMBASSADOR: I have had the great, great honor of spending time and getting to know refugee children, and children of conflict, and they are remarkable. They are grateful and they are determined. They will sit in 110-degree plastic tents, with no floor, with no pens, with no notebooks, having not had breakfast and having had no chance for lunch -- just to sit and hear a teacher talk.
And these are the kids that could be overwhelmed by despair and violence, or these are the kids that are going to be tomorrow`s teachers and engineers, and leaders of their countries, and doctors and lawyers, and they will help rebuild their broken countries.
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ANDERSON: Angelina`s partner, Brad, announced his Make It Right Project, to build 150 affordable, environmentally friendly homes in Hurricane Katrina-ravaged New Orleans. And he got some applause when he took a shot at the way the cleanup was handled.
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BRAD PITT, ACTOR: Katrina`s been labeled the greatest natural disaster to ever -- ever recorded in American history. This is not completely correct. I think what should be made clear is that Katrina was a man-made disaster.
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ANDERSON: Say what you want about these two, but they do put their money where their mouth is.
Yesterday we asked you to vote on our SHOWBIZ TONIGHT "Question of Day", it was this: Kiefer Sutherland`s DUI arrest, if convicted, should he go to jail? And 68 percent of you say yes; 32 percent of you say, no, he shouldn`t go to jail. And here are the e-mails we received.
Bobby from Massachusetts thinks he should go to jail. "People are fed up with all the breaking of laws these actors get away with."
But Susan from New Jersey, doesn`t think Sutherland should be sent to the slammer. "What he did was wrong, but what good is putting him in jail going to do? He should lose his license for at least a year."
We do appreciate your e-mails.
All right, that`s a wrap for SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. Thanks so much for watching. Have a great night, everybody. I`m Brooke Anderson in New York.
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