Nice: Renee Zellweger
Celebrities and the paparazzi usually have an antagonistic relationship, but when Renee Zellweger was in a Santa Monica Starbucks on March 11, a paparazzo noticed her parking meter was about to expire, so he slipped a few coins into it. When the Bridget Jones star came out and saw what he did, she popped back into Starbucks and returned with a $100 gift card. According to Us Weekly, the note attached read, "Wow. Thank you so much for the kindness. Warmly, with gratitude, Renée!"
Celebrities and the paparazzi usually have an antagonistic relationship, but when Renee Zellweger was in a Santa Monica Starbucks on March 11, a paparazzo noticed her parking meter was about to expire, so he slipped a few coins into it. When the Bridget Jones star came out and saw what he did, she popped back into Starbucks and returned with a $100 gift card. According to Us Weekly, the note attached read, "Wow. Thank you so much for the kindness. Warmly, with gratitude, Renée!"
Naughty: Mel Gibson
Remember when Mel Gibson was picked up for DUI in 2006 and unleashed an expletive-laden, anti-Semitic rant on the arresting officers? That seems downright tame compared to the onslaught of leaked audio tapes that hit the Web this year, in which Gibson verbally abuses ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva. Just when we thought nothing could be more offensive than "sugar-t*ts," he gives us "I will bury you in the rose garden." The tapes cost him his agent, his cameo in The Hangover 2 and possibly his career.
Remember when Mel Gibson was picked up for DUI in 2006 and unleashed an expletive-laden, anti-Semitic rant on the arresting officers? That seems downright tame compared to the onslaught of leaked audio tapes that hit the Web this year, in which Gibson verbally abuses ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva. Just when we thought nothing could be more offensive than "sugar-t*ts," he gives us "I will bury you in the rose garden." The tapes cost him his agent, his cameo in The Hangover 2 and possibly his career.
Nice: Sandra Bullock
Sandra Bullock's year has been a rollercoaster of highs and lows. She started off on top, winning a slew of awards for her role in The Blind Side, including an Oscar. But weeks after her big victory, her personal life exploded as allegations that husband Jesse James cheated on her surfaced. Bullock not only managed to navigate the ensuing scandal with dignity and grace, she even kept a huge secret in the middle of the most scrutinized period of her life: she had adopted a little boy, Louis Bardo, and waited to break the news on her own timeline. While accepting the Generation Award at July's MTV Movie Awards, Bullock even managed to laugh about her personal dramas, saying, "Whoever established the high road and how high it was going to be should be fired."
Sandra Bullock's year has been a rollercoaster of highs and lows. She started off on top, winning a slew of awards for her role in The Blind Side, including an Oscar. But weeks after her big victory, her personal life exploded as allegations that husband Jesse James cheated on her surfaced. Bullock not only managed to navigate the ensuing scandal with dignity and grace, she even kept a huge secret in the middle of the most scrutinized period of her life: she had adopted a little boy, Louis Bardo, and waited to break the news on her own timeline. While accepting the Generation Award at July's MTV Movie Awards, Bullock even managed to laugh about her personal dramas, saying, "Whoever established the high road and how high it was going to be should be fired."
Naughty: Charlie Sheen
Welcome back to the naughty list, Charlie Sheen. After celebrating last Christmas in jail after being arrested on domestic violence allegations, Sheen once again made headlines by going on an allegedly cocaine-fueled rampage at New York's Plaza hotel in October. Porn star Capri Anderson, who was with the actor at the time, claimed she locked herself in a hotel bathroom while Sheen raged, yelled racial slurs and threatened to kill her.
Welcome back to the naughty list, Charlie Sheen. After celebrating last Christmas in jail after being arrested on domestic violence allegations, Sheen once again made headlines by going on an allegedly cocaine-fueled rampage at New York's Plaza hotel in October. Porn star Capri Anderson, who was with the actor at the time, claimed she locked herself in a hotel bathroom while Sheen raged, yelled racial slurs and threatened to kill her.
Nice: Brandy
Brandy has kept a low profile for a few years, but her turn on Dancing with the Stars brought her back into the spotlight. The singer/actress used her renewed fame to raise awareness and money for 16-year-old Jessica Harris, who suffers from a congenital heart defect. When Brandy found out about Harris, who lives in her hometown, McComb, Mississippi, she flew the young girl and her family to Hollywood to attend a taping of DWTS. Brandy then appeared on Entertainment Tonight with Harris to promote www.thejessicaharrisdream.com, a site dedicated to raise funds for a heart transplant for the uninsured girl.
Brandy has kept a low profile for a few years, but her turn on Dancing with the Stars brought her back into the spotlight. The singer/actress used her renewed fame to raise awareness and money for 16-year-old Jessica Harris, who suffers from a congenital heart defect. When Brandy found out about Harris, who lives in her hometown, McComb, Mississippi, she flew the young girl and her family to Hollywood to attend a taping of DWTS. Brandy then appeared on Entertainment Tonight with Harris to promote www.thejessicaharrisdream.com, a site dedicated to raise funds for a heart transplant for the uninsured girl.
Naughty: John Mayer
John Mayer has never shied away from oversharing, but he stooped to new lows in an interview in Playboy's March issue, saying of ex-girlfriend Jessica Simpson, "That girl is like crack cocaine to me...Sexually it was crazy. That's all I'll say. It was like napalm, sexual napalm." He also said that he didn't sleep with black women and described his penis as "sort of like a white supremacist." For her part, Simpson declared, "He'll never have this napalm again."
John Mayer has never shied away from oversharing, but he stooped to new lows in an interview in Playboy's March issue, saying of ex-girlfriend Jessica Simpson, "That girl is like crack cocaine to me...Sexually it was crazy. That's all I'll say. It was like napalm, sexual napalm." He also said that he didn't sleep with black women and described his penis as "sort of like a white supremacist." For her part, Simpson declared, "He'll never have this napalm again."
Nice: Oprah
Oprah doesn't just give away cool stuff to members of her audience. In November, the New York Post reported that Oprah was sitting in her limo outside NYC's Soho House when a man approached and offered to tell her a joke. She liked it so much she gave him $100. The joke: "Why is it good to date a homeless man? Because when you're finished, you can drop him off anywhere!"
Oprah doesn't just give away cool stuff to members of her audience. In November, the New York Post reported that Oprah was sitting in her limo outside NYC's Soho House when a man approached and offered to tell her a joke. She liked it so much she gave him $100. The joke: "Why is it good to date a homeless man? Because when you're finished, you can drop him off anywhere!"
Naughty: Lindsay Lohan
It was another year filled with court appearances and jail stints for troubled actress Lindsay Lohan. In April, she missed two court hearings and questions were raised about her attendance at probation-mandated AA meetings. The rest of the year was filled with excuses from the starlet (she missed a drug test because her passport was "stolen," her bail was doubled after her alcohol monitoring bracelet went off at an MTV Awards party), until she was finally sentenced to 90 days in jail in July. During her sentencing hearing, she was photographed with the phrase "F*** U" stenciled onto her nail polish, which she later claimed was "a joke."
It was another year filled with court appearances and jail stints for troubled actress Lindsay Lohan. In April, she missed two court hearings and questions were raised about her attendance at probation-mandated AA meetings. The rest of the year was filled with excuses from the starlet (she missed a drug test because her passport was "stolen," her bail was doubled after her alcohol monitoring bracelet went off at an MTV Awards party), until she was finally sentenced to 90 days in jail in July. During her sentencing hearing, she was photographed with the phrase "F*** U" stenciled onto her nail polish, which she later claimed was "a joke."
Nice: Justin Timberlake
Oprah made one woman's dream come true when she received a letter from a mom in Louisville, Kentucky that detailed her daughter Julie's obsession with Justin Timberlake. Oprah enlisted Julie's fiancé to help surprise her with golf lessons -- and the instructor ended up being Timberlake. The singer/actor not only showed Julie the ropes, he also gave her and her fiancé a set of his-and-her clubs and invited them to be his guests at the opening of his Tennessee golf course, Mirimichi.
Oprah made one woman's dream come true when she received a letter from a mom in Louisville, Kentucky that detailed her daughter Julie's obsession with Justin Timberlake. Oprah enlisted Julie's fiancé to help surprise her with golf lessons -- and the instructor ended up being Timberlake. The singer/actor not only showed Julie the ropes, he also gave her and her fiancé a set of his-and-her clubs and invited them to be his guests at the opening of his Tennessee golf course, Mirimichi.
Naughty: Jesse James
Sandra Bullock was riding high during award season, even nabbing her first Best Actress Oscar for her role in The Blind Side, but she came crashing down weeks later when allegations surfaced that hubby Jesse James was cheating on her. Soon, salacious details started pouring in about James' tattooed mistress, kinky nicknames and Nazi-saluting poses. Humiliating America's Sweetheart is a surefire way to get on Santa's naughty list.
Sandra Bullock was riding high during award season, even nabbing her first Best Actress Oscar for her role in The Blind Side, but she came crashing down weeks later when allegations surfaced that hubby Jesse James was cheating on her. Soon, salacious details started pouring in about James' tattooed mistress, kinky nicknames and Nazi-saluting poses. Humiliating America's Sweetheart is a surefire way to get on Santa's naughty list.
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