Although the dramatics revolving around Anna Nicole Smith's death has simmered, leave it up to her estranged mom, Virgie Arthur, to go down in history with one last dramatic fight. In her most recent appeal, mommy dearest tried to block Larry Birkhead from leaving the Bahamas with his biological daughter Dannielynn, however, the Bahamian Supreme Court had the final say in the matter. Calling the attempt "weak," they ordered Arthur to pay $3,000 in attorney's fees for wasting the court's time. Boo-ya!
Next up, Alec Baldwin appeared on The View today and openly talked about his own drama that occurred in front of the harshest judge... the media. After TMZ.com released a pretty graphic phone message Baldwin left for his daughter, Ireland, the "voice message scandal" soared the online airwaves, dramatically changing Baldwin's course of action in his present day life.
Earlier this week, the actor fired his agents over at CAA and is now yearning for some Hollywood time off to deal with more pressing matters, which involve the well-being of his daughter.
"If I never acted again, I couldn't care less," said Baldwin. "My dream is to walk out of this studio [The View] and do something better with my life."
As far his Ireland...
"Obviously, calling your child a pig or anything else is improper and inappropriate and I apologize to my daughter for that," he told The View gals. "There's nothing wrong with being frustrated or angry about the situation. It's the way you do it, and as people often do in this world, I took it out on the wrong person."
Baldwin also said that, while he was not defending his eruption, it was important to note that the unleashing of verbal abuse on his daughter was a one-time occurrence.
"In my own case, with this message, I had never done this before in my life."
However, according to Baldwin, the divorce proceedings and custody battle is taking its toll on him. And without mentioning names, he does hold someone accountable.
"What you learn in parental alienation is that affection for the alienated parent or loyalty to the alienated parent is portrayed as betrayal of the custodial parent," an emotional Baldwin explained to Barbara Walters and Rosie O'Donnell. "And that parent communicates in very subtle and not so subtle terms that this person is not a part of my life and I don't want anything to do with them and I don't want you to, either.
"And they violate court orders," he said. "They force you to keep this thing going and this is why, and this is the last thing I'll say about this, this is why I'd sit in rooms years ago when this process began for me, and men would look at me and the tears would well up in their eyes and they were men who loved their children and, prior to their divorce, no one had doubted that they had loved their children."
Along with his appearance on The View, Baldwin has also sought out the advice of Dr. Phil McGraw after the psychologist appeared on Larry King Live this week, offering to help Baldwin and Basinger work through their issues.
In the meantime, another court hearing between Baldwin and Basinger is scheduled on May 4. Oh, boy!
Finally, we've got some new flicks hitting the big screen this weekend. Starring Nicolas Cage, Next centers around a Las Vegas showroom magician, Cris Johnson, who can see a few minutes into the future. Traumatized by the interest this added "bonus" has gained from government and medical professionals when he was a young boy, as an adult, Johnson keeps a low profile in Vegas by living off small gambling winnings and performing cheap tricks for tourists. However, when a terrorist group threatens Los Angeles with a nuclear device, a government agent seeks the help of Cris, who must face his gift/curse once again.
And since Spider-Man is vacationing until May 4, it looks as if Cris Johnson will just have to do. Ba-dum-dum.
Another newbie movie, The Condemned, is an action thriller starring Stone Cold Steve Austin, who plays Joe Conrad, a misguided soul awaiting the death penalty in a corrupt American prison. That is, until a TV producer buys him, transports the guy to a desolate island and forces him to fight to the death against nine other condemned killers from all around the world. While I will probably pass on this flick only because the action genre really isn't my thing, I will be standing in line for a ticket to see Diggers, starring Ken Marino, Paul Rudd, MauraTierney, Lauren Ambrose, Josh Hamilton and more...
Although I got the opportunity to check out this flick a bit early at a screening, I am definitely going to see it again. The story centers on a group of folks struggling with real life issues that have absolutely nothing to do with Hollywood, superheroes, aliens, magical powers and good versus evil premises. Basically, the characters are all nice, working-class people with character defects. They come from a small town on Long Island where the clam digging profession is big! Basically, this is a real movie for real people and I highly recommend it!
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