Celebrities Behaving Badly
Sociologists tell us that deviance plays a positive role for society. Deviance shows us what happens with you cross certain boundaries - as well as what and where those boundaries are.
Sociologists tell us that deviance plays a positive role for society. Deviance shows us what happens with you cross certain boundaries - as well as what and where those boundaries are.
Allison Anders | Posted 10.01.2009 | Entertainment
Art should never be held above our decency to each other. And when an artist commits a crime, especially a sex crime and especially against a child, we do art no favor by giving artists a break we would not give anyone else.
Susan Harrow | Posted 09.27.2009 | Living
While Phillips's is an extreme case, you don't have to sleep with or have been raped by your dad to feel bad about yourself, your body or your sexuality.
Michael Wolff | Posted 09.25.2009 | Entertainment
As it happens, whenever we follow an incest story at Newser it becomes the biggest story. The Phillips story is even bigger because it's not just an incest story but also a disputed incest story.
Belinda Etezad Rachman | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living
Since the subject of sexual abuse of children is in the news, it might be a good time to review some of the signs and symptoms of child sexual abuse.
Posted 09.24.2009 | Entertainment
(AP TEXT, SCROLL FOR VIDEO) NEW YORK - Mackenzie Phillips has defended her father John Phillips as "a good man" despite her claims that they had an i...
Shawn Amos | Posted 09.24.2009 | Entertainment
I got lucky: my father wasn't a junkie, nearly as famous as John Phillips, nor negligent as most celebrity parents. He was just a cookie pusher. I know plenty of Hollywood kids who still struggle with being whole.
Alison Rose Levy | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living
In the aftermath of Mackenzie Phillip's shocking revelations of long term incest with her father, "Papa" John Phillips of the sixties' singing group, the Mamas and the Papas, some people are wondering why the actress allowed the incest to continue for ten years-- into her twenties.
usmagazine.com | Posted 09.23.2009 | Entertainment
Chynna, 41, tells Us Weekly she remembers getting the call from Mackenzie, 49, in 1997 11 years after the affair had ended while she was between fligh...
people.com | Posted 11.22.2009 | Entertainment
"Don't hate my father," Mackenzie Phillips tells PEOPLE. But in a tell-all book out Wednesday, the former childhood actress reveals that her dad, m...
Alex Leo | Posted 11.22.2009 | Entertainment
Mackenzie Phillips could not have given consent. She was 19 and drugged out of her mind and her father raped her.
Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.30.2009 | Entertainment
It's refreshing that a young, promising group like Arctic Monkeys and its producers were smart enough to reinvent the brand before it got stale and formulaic, which this project absolutely is not.
Mike Ragogna | Posted 06.17.2009 | Entertainment
Though Tori Amos' career may have suffered from being overly prolific and recording some questionable cover songs, every new album is a bouquet of interesting, intelligent songs for her loyal fans.
BJ Gallagher | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living