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Leno lends hand to troubled ex-Tonight Show star
TV host Jay Leno (right) has his neck in a people have shown generosity.
Sharon Stone
offered his support to former controversial fall. Things are going to work out.”
Tonight Show star Ed McMahon, He has been McMahon’s financial problems
who is facing foreclosure on his attempting to sell are down to his boozing, according
multimillion-dollar home. the US$6.25 million to his longtime manager.
The talk-show king has vowed to home in Beverly Claims the star’s financial woes
assist McMahon after he fell behind Hills for two years, boil down to a drinking problem,
pays price for
with his mortgage repayments, but the property market troubles insisting before McMahon got
media reports say. have hurt his plans. sober 10 years ago his boozing
Leno’s representative says, However, several endorsement ways meant he neglected many
“Everybody loves Ed. Jay and offers are said to be in the pipeline financial matters.
others on the show are discussing for the late Johnny Carson’s former “You drink and you don’t pay
China quake
how they can help him.” sidekick. attention to your business affairs.
The 85-year-old has been out of McMahon’s representative, He wasn’t paying attention and
work for 18 months after breaking Howard Bragman, adds: “A lot of probably got some bad advice.”
comments
Actress won’t be invited to Shanghai
Film Festival soon, say organizers
T
he backlash in China against
Sharon Stone (right) continued
as the Shanghai International
Film Festival said the American
actress was not welcome at this
year’s event.
The 50-year-old Basic Instinct
star provoked outrage in China after
suggesting the recent earthquake
in central Sichuan province may
have been the result of bad “karma”
because of Beijing’s rule in Tibet.
French fashion house Christian
Dior dropped Stone from its Chinese
ads after she made the comments
during a Cannes Film Festival red-
carpet interview last month.
Stone, who walked the red carpet
in Shanghai last year, will not
be invited back soon, Shanghai
International Film Festival
spokeswoman Tang Bing said.
Tang said film festival organizers
sent Stone a letter protesting her
remarks and demanding an apology.
Stone has said she was “deeply She showed her
sorry” for causing anguish and anger
among Chinese people, and offered
affinity for the
to take part in quake relief efforts.
Chinese people
The Hollywood actress previously
impressed festival organizers with
and for Shanghai.
her charity work and her appearance
last year, and her comments came as She didn’t say any
a surprise, Tang said.
“She showed her affinity for the
bad things
Chinese people and her affinity for
TANG BING
Shanghai. She didn’t say any bad
Recalling better days with Stone
things,” said Tang.
The Shanghai festival is scheduled Tibet in March. Beijing says Tibet
for June 14-22. is historically part of China, but
Stone’s Hollywood publicist didn’t many Tibetans argue the region was
immediately return an after-hours virtually independent for centuries.
call seeking further comment. Stone’s film credits also include
Chinese have also lashed out at Total Recall, Sliver, Casino and The
Western media for allegedly biased Mighty. The death toll from the May
coverage of China’s crackdown 12 earthquake in China has passed
on anti-government protests in 69,100.
Women power fuels Sex debut
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