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Sure, it's a long way to the top, but sometimes it's even a longer drop to the bottom. Celebrity self-destruction is not for the faint of heart. Ask Lindsay Lohan about jewelry shopping or Charlie Sheen about doing stand-up. But not even Casey Jones could have averted the carnage of some of the more recent Hollywood train wrecks. Let's count down the top 10.

No. 10 David Arquette
David Arquette is best known for these movies, but until recently he's mostly been known as the brother of “Medium” star Patricia Arquette and Rosanna Arquette and Courteney Cox's husband.

Why he’s a train wreck: The announcement that he and Cox were divorcing sent Arquette on a TMI tabloid rampage, spilling major quantities of embarrassing personal info – including this one about his drinking and pot problems. He checked into rehab in January and then got into a head-on car accident in Hollywood on March 4
No.9 Randy Quaid
He's best known for his quirky roles, including Cousin Eddie in the National Lampoon Vacation movies and the redneck rancher in "Brokeback Mountain."

Why he’s a train wreck: Randy Quaid received a lifetime ban from Actors Equity for allegedly terrorizing his fellow cast members in a theater production. More recently, he and his wife have been in court for allegedly skipping out on a large hotel bill and seeking asylum in Canada
No. 8 Tara Reid
Tara Reid had a small but memorable part in "The Big Lebowski" and a key role in a major hit "American Pie" before age 25.

Why she’s a train wreck: Heavy partying and botched cosmetic surgery obscured her thespian efforts, she exposed herself on the red carpet at Diddy's birthday party, and early this year, she announced that a "Big Lebowski 2" was in the works; news that surprised everyone, including the Coens
No.7 Tom Sizemore
Tom Sizemore seemed to be on the road to a solid career as a supporting player following his performance as the sergeant in "Saving Private Ryan".

Why he’s a train wreck: His rap sheet includes a conviction for assaulting girlfriend Heidi Fleiss and a bust for meth possession that landed him in jail. Other embarrassments on his résumé: a sex tape, an appearance on "Celebrity Rehab," and the use of a device called a "Whizzinator" in an attempt to beat a drug test.
No.6 Britney Spears
The teen pop queen debuted with the single "Baby One More Time" and went on to sell millions.

Why she’s a train wreck: Her wild child days started with an impulsive Vegas marriage. But after a short, tumultuous marriage to Kevin Federline , she went off the deep end: shaving her head, attacking cars with an umbrella, rehab, tanking at the VMAs, losing custody of her children.
No.5 Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston's cover of a Dolly Parton song became one of the biggest hit singles in pop history.

Why she’s a train wreck: By the time she joined her husband Bobby Brown on his reality show, the disheveled and foul-mouthed Houston was unrecognizable as the girl who was once "Saving All My Love for You". She has since divorced Brown and admitted to past drug use, but her most recent CD and tour revealed an artist who is a shell of her former self.
No. 4 Andy Dick
Bizarre behavior is part of Andy Dick's comedy repertoire, but in the time since his stint on "NewsRadio," most of his craziness hasn't been an act.

Why he’s a train wreck: He's been arrested for drug possession, DUI, urinating on a building and groping women. He's been thrown off the set of "Jimmy Kimmel Live" for repeatedly touching fellow guest Ivanka Trump, licked the faces of female celebrities , and gotten in a fistfight with former co-star Jon Lovitz. Most recently, he got himself thrown out of an adult film awards show for harassing a porn star.
No. 3 Lindsay Lohan
She's only 24, but Lindsay Lohan has already accomplished enough to merit a train wreck lifetime achievement award. Remember when a teenage Lindsay supposedly feuding with Hilary Duff was considered hot copy?

Why she’s a train wreck: In just the last five years, Lohan's career has imploded amidst drunken driving arrests, constant clubbing and six separate visits to rehab. The charge that she stole a $2,500 necklace from a jewelry store could be her biggest crisis yet, with the prospect of more time behind bars. Of course she could always just change her name.
No. 2 Charlie Sheen
Charlie Sheen has appeared in quite a few hit films, including "Platoon," "Wall Street", "Young Guns" and "Major League."

Why he’s a train wreck: He was expelled from high school and first went to rehab in 1990. He spent the '90s dating porn stars and appearing on the Heidi Fleiss client roll. His near-overdose in 1998 seemed to briefly set him until his Christmas Eve 2009 arrest after an altercation with then-wife Brooke Mueller. Encores followed quickly: hotel room trashing, tiger blood, the goddesses and his Twitter explosion. The freak show has no end in sight, and now he's taken it on the road.
No. 1 Mel Gibson
Why is Mel Gibson No. 1? Because the fall has been so steep. He stormed the beaches in "Gallipoli," tore up the outback in "Mad Max," almost singlehandedly won the American Revolution – and now he's talking to a hand puppet?

Why he’s a train wreck: There was his 2006 arrest for DUI and the anti-Semitic remarks he made to the arresting officer. His breakup with girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva included charges of violence and the release of several tapes on which someone believed to be Gibson spews more ugly rants. He reportedly has offered his support to Charlie Sheen -- reason enough to earn him in the top spot.
The runners-up
Retired train wrecks: They've stayed out of trouble long enough to make us forget their former issues. Drew Barrymore and Robert Downey Jr. are the official poster children here. Special mention goes to Keith Richards, who clearly will never die.

Web wrecks: Tila Tequila, obviously. Courtney Love transitioned from public crazy to Twitter crazy. If we see any more nude pictures of Chris Brown, we'll put him on the list, too.
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Britney's back and fit to burst as she wows Las Vegas in a very tight bodysuit for her first live performance in over a year
She's been out of the pop limelight playing the doting mother and living the homebody lifestyle for the past year.
But you can't keep a good pop star down for long - as Britney Spears proved last night.
The singer took to the stage in Las Vegas last night for her first live performance since the end of her The Circus Starring Britney Spears tour in November 2009.

And if she had any apprehension about being somewhat rusty upon returning to the stage, she certainly didn't show it as she sent her fans into a frenzy.
Britney, 29, was back to her pop star finest as she strutted onto the stage in a sexy black leather bodysuit, which showed off her curvaceous figure.
She was literally bursting out of the outfit as she treated her screaming audience to a selection of songs from her upcoming new album Femme Fatale, which is released next Tuesday.
The mini concert started with a montage of her best video moments, which hyped up the crowd, before she came on stage and launched into her new single, Hold It Against Me, flanked by army fatigue-clad dancers.
She then gave her fan a debut performance of the will.i.am produced track Big Fat Bass, which was remixed to included some of her older hits including Slave 4 U and Gimme More.
Britney, who was thoroughly enjoying being under the spotlight again, smiled and sashayed for her fans, as she sang her second single from the album, Till The World Ends.
Toward the end of the show, Britney was snapped gyrating and writing around on large speakers that dotted the stage and she also made a quick costume change into a white bodysuit as neon letters spelling out the name of her new album, flashed above her head.
The show was being taped for MTV for a special for the music channel which will be aired next week.
It also turned out to be a surprise for her fans who had been expecting her to make her live comeback in San Francisco tomorrow night.
The Las Vegas gig was supposed to be a secret, but after rumours began to circulate, Britney took to her Twitter page on Friday to announce: 'Looks like my little secret isn't a secret anymore... You're all invited. Be there or be square b****!'


Source: Dailymail

Sports-Playing Celebrities
The NCAA Tournament brings “One Shining Moment” for most college hoopsters. But for these famous folks, their amateur sports days were only the beginning.

Denzel Washington
The Oscar winner played a football coach in “Remember the Titans,” but played this sport at Fordham University.
Tom Selleck
The “Magnum, P.I.” star played basketball well enough to earn a scholarship to this California university.
Lil Romeo
The actor/rapper attended the University of Southern California on a basketball scholarship before becoming a “Dancing with the Stars” contestant.
President George W. Bush
The former president played rugby for his Ivy League alma mater during his college days.
Kirk Douglas
The actor earned an Oscar nomination for his role as a boxer in this film, but it was his moves on the mat that won him a scholarship to St. Lawrence University.
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson
Before you could smell what The Rock was cookin’, you could watch him tackle opponents on the field for this college football team.
Britney Spears
Somewhere between her Disney years and her bald years, the Kentwood, Louisiana, native found time to play basketball for her high school.
President Gerald Ford
Chevy Chase spoofed Ford’s pratfalls on “Saturday Night Live”, but in reality the 38th president was a star college football player.
Tina Fey
The “30 Rock” star played high school tennis before she became famous for spoofing Sarah Palin.
Jim Caviezel
The “Passion of the Christ” star began acting after he was injured playing basketball for Bellevue Community College.
Sheryl Crow
The musician was an all-star track athlete at her high school in Kennett, Missouri.
Boris Kodjoe
The “Soul Food” star attended Virginia Commonwealth University on a tennis scholarship.
Emma Watson
The hugely popular “Harry Potter” star found time to play field hockey for her English high school.
Dean Cain
Before playing Superman, the actor was a football star at an Ivy League school.
Gwen Stefani
The super-fit “Hollaback Girl” singer said she joined her high school swim team to lose weight.
Jon Stewart
Before kicking politicians around on “The Daily Show,” the comedian kicked around a soccer ball for the College of William and Mary.



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With pretty pastels and bold colour blocking prevalent in current spring and summer shows, Victoria Beckham is not taking on the trend.

The expectant mother opted instead for an all-black outfit as she arrived at Heathrow airport earlier today.

The expectant mother was looking chic as she jetted into the U.K. but while her dark look could be simply a style statement it is more likely to be a disguise for her growing baby bump.

The fashion designer arrived into London in a loose-fitting top, smart blazer, and over the knee suede stiletto heels.


The 36-year-old kept most of her face covered with a pair of oversized sunglasses from her own collection - even her nails were also painted black.

Her bright gold watch on her left wrist and the chain of her bag were the only elements of her outfit breaking from the colour palette, which is often worn for a slimming effect.

The mother-of-three, who is expecting her fourth child this summer, covered her stomach with a similar handbag to her own Hexagonal Chain crocodile bag, £8,950, from her line, but failed to hide her swelling stomach.

Victoria soon revealed the reason behind her visit to the UK - for a meeting with Range Rover - on her Twitter page.
Last year Victoria was unveiled as the designer of the interiors for the Range Rover Epoque.
She wrote : 'Working with Range Rover.The car looks amazing...
'Sun is shining in London... I feel good! Thank you for such kind messages! Good to be in London.'
Last week speculation surfaced that Victoria may know the sex of her baby after all.
Victoria, who has three sons by footballer husband David, has consistently insisted she had no idea if she is carrying a boy or a girl.
But her footballer husband David, 35, then told pals in New York they did know.
Actress Eva has now booked LA’s Chateau Marmont Hotel for a baby shower in July, when the child is due.
It is thought that Eva visited the famous celebrity haunt last week to ‘put the wheels in motion’.
A source told the Mail on Sunday: ‘They know the sex of their baby, which is helpful for Eva – she plans to fill the suite with balloons, and rumour has it that they will be pink, not blue.’

Britney Spears' former bodyguard claims he has the embarrassing nude pictures the singer sent him from her mobile phone to lure him into her bed.

Fernando Flores has told pals he will use the "filthy" snaps in court to back his 9 million pounds sexual harassment lawsuit against the singer, reports the Sun.

"They are really explicit images that will shock and disgust the majority of her fans," said a friend of Flores, who claims to have seen the pictures.


"Fernando says he can prove the photos were taken on Britney''s phone and sent to his mobile.

"He says she sent them last April when she was coming on to him on a daily basis. He left the following month.

"Some of the pictures show Britney with the camera between her legs. Others show her in provocative positions wearing lingerie.

"There are a few where she is naked, exposing herself in a way that she clearly hoped would make him aroused," he added.

Mum-of-two Britney, 29, however, denies the claims.
Her lawyers want the case heard behind closed doors or else "there is a real possibility that Ms Spears will be exposed to danger by the release of confidential and personal information





Source: Timesofindia

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Britney Spears is back! The pop princess debuted the music video for her new single, "Hold It Against Me," on MTV and Vevo.com on Thursday night -- and the sexy singer definitely brought her A-game!

PLAY IT NOW: Music Video Sneak Peek: Britney Spears - 'Hold It Against Me'

In the video -- ripe with fast cuts and mutliple glaring product placements (including her fragrance Radiance, Makeup Forever, Sony, and the online dating site PlentyOfFish.com) -- a lean, glammed-up Britney is seen prowling around the futuristic space, surrounded by various TV equipment and rocking a white bridal-esque gown, before slowly ascending toward the ceiling. Brit then shows off her famous abs in her signature white midriff-baring crop-top and her itty-bitty denim cut-off shorts.


Next, it's a Britney-on-Britney catfight as the singer appears to wage war on... herself (in stilettos, or course), before shooting neon-colored paint at the surrounding TV monitors from her fingertips, flinging color all over her formerly pristine white gown (think: Willow Smith's "Whip My Hair).
Brit also rocks a black leather mini-dress for the video's high-energy dance sequence.

Watch the video below (warning: mild suggestiveness and stylized violence)
Back in January, "Hold It's" choreographer Brian Friedman - the mastermind behind the superstar's "Boys" and "Me Against the Music" moves - teased fans by announcing he was excited to "get [Britney] dancing really hard again."
"She's had a couple of years where she's been dancing different styles of dance and it hasn't been me," Brian told MTV News at the time. "It's not necessarily that she hasn't been dancing, it hasn't been what I get from her, and what I seem to get from her is this tigress quality. And she prowls.

"She really dominates when she does my choreography, and that's what I wanted to get back," he added.
The choreographer faced a bit of heat from Britney's legions of fans on Thursday (after a 30-second teaser for the video was released) who felt Britney's footwork didn't live up to Brian's boasting.

"Britney Fans... I DIDNT edit or direct the video so please do not place hostility at me if you aren't happy with what you have seen or see," Brian Tweeted on Thursday. "Britney worked her a-- off for this video and she and I hope that you all love it.

"Thank U every1 4 the support :)," he later added. "I haven't seen the vid yet, all I know is how Brit was on set & she was FAB! FEMME FATALE will be incredible!"


"Hold It Against Me" is the first single from Brit's upcoming album, "Femme Fatale," which is slated to drop March 29.

This week Britney Spears  held a Q&A session with fans on Twitter.  She told fans, “I'm really just a boring homebody who just loves staying home with my kids.”

The pop icon says that her new album, expected to hit stores in March, will be called "Femme Fatale."

Spears broke the news on Twitter. Femme Fatale will be Britney's seventh studio album, and will feature her hit single, "Hold It Against Me."
Source: Yahoo