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USA Today/ ­- News, Qua, 18 de Abril de 2012
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL (Civil Rights)
Latest celeb feuds: Why are these stars
fighting?
You can always count on death, taxes and celebrity
feuds. Surely it's not the case that celebs are more
belligerent than the rest of us, but it does seem like
there's more sniping than ever. Possibly it's thanks to
the proliferation of reality TV and social media like
Twitter and Facebook, where people can duke it out
with ease and the rest of us can listen in. Then again,
there's always that movie/TV show/album/whatever for
celebrities to flog. Here are some of the latest firefights
to break out: The combatants Axl Rose vs. Guns N'
Roses The feud The longtime estrangement of Axl
Rose from his original Guns N' Roses bandmates was
reinvigorated last week when Rose refused to be
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame because
he didn't want to appear on the same stage and play
with the old band. Awkward! Rose has been ticked off
at the guys, especially guitarist Slash, for years. Why?
Lost in the mists of time and controlled substances.
But the induction happened anyway and the band
played on. The fallout Intense. Before the ceremony,
Rose wrote an open letter to the fans and the Hall to
clarify that by refusing to be included, "my camp" did
not mean to offend, attack or condemn anyone.
"Though unfortunately I'm sure there will be those who
take offense (God knows how long I'll have to contend
with the fallout)," he wrote. The combatants Donald
Trump vs. Rosie O'Donnell The feud These two have
lobbed verbal grenades at each other for years;
nowadays they tweet 140­-character insults. The latest
flare­-up was in March when Trump crowed after Oprah
canceled O'Donnell's talk show on the OWN network.
"Rosie fails at everything," he sniffed to Fox and
Friends. When the show debuted last year, he tweeted
it was "a complete and total disaster," and called
O'Donnell a "true loser." O'Donnell called him "an ass."
The fallout Moderately intense. These two exchange
harsh words routinely, like they're ordering pizza, but
does it really matter? They're kind of over anyway.
Besides, Trump is never not promoting something â
his show Celebrity Apprentice The combatants
Gwyneth Paltrow vs. The New York Times The feud Is
there such a thing as a polite food fight? In a story
about ghostwriters on celebrity cookbooks, the Times
reported that ghostwriter Julia Turshen is writing a
second cookbook with Paltrow after their collaboration
on My Father's Daughter. Ahem, not so fast, tweeted
Paltrow. "Love @nytimes dining section but this weeks
facts need checking. No ghost writer on my cookbook,
I wrote every word myself," she tweeted. Rachael Ray,
likewise mentioned in the article, also was steamed,
according to the paper's ombudsman, Arthur Brisbane,
who fielded unhappy calls from both women. Later,
Paltrow called into Ray's show to complain some
more. "Normally I don't respond to gossip but this is my
professional life and I'm writing more cookbooks," she
said, adding "I wrote my book and it's all mine." The
fallout Mild. This is hardly even a feud. Paltrow is so
well­-mannered she manages to praise the Gray Lady
while correcting it. It's not a good idea to be on the bad
side of the world's most important paper, especially the
next time you have a movie or cookbook to promote.
The paper retracted nothing, even though Brisbane
called the article "misleading." In a polite follow­-up
piece, the Times explained that Paltrow and other
celebs named in the story have acknowledged working
with collaborators, but object to the use of the word
"ghostwriter" because it suggests that they don't do
their own cooking. And as any perusal of Paltrow's
Goop blog shows, she loves to cook. The combatants
Lindsay Lohan vs. Pitbull The feud Lohan's always
getting into scrapes. This time she's suing the rapper
Pitbull for using her name in his song Give Me
Everything, which includes the lyric: "I got it locked up
like Lindsay Lohan." She's claiming a violation of New
York civil rights laws, is worried that the song is a
reference to her stint in jail and will cause "irreparable
harm" to her reputation. He says he was actually
complimenting her. "If you play at the park, if you're
from the neighborhood, if you got it locked up, it means
you run that area." The fallout Moderate. Anytime
you've got lawyers involved it can get nasty and
expensive. But La Lohan's rep is not exactly glowing
these days, and that's mostly down to her. Lohan's
trying a comeback, so maybe any publicity is good
publicity. Pitbull says he's not into dissing her or
anyone else. "Rapping is always about double
meanings and metaphors." He says she should get a
sense of humor. And maybe read the First
Amendment. The combatants Kim Kardashian vs. Jon
Hamm The feud Mad Man swoon Jon Hamm told Elle
that "stupidity is certainly celebrated" in our
celebrity­-obsessed culture, and Kardashian and her ilk
are Exhibit A. How "careless," Kardashian tweeted in
response. Hamm wouldn't back down when E! News
asked him but he did say that he meant to comment on
the pervasiveness of idiocy, not attack her personally.
"But she took offense to it and that is her right." The
fallout Moderate. Hamm isn't really known for sparring
with other celebs, but he speaks his mind and even a
thoughtful comment on the state of the culture can be
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