Troubled Hollywood

Hola! Happy Cinco de Mayo! And a beautiful day it is, with the sun shining with a nice warm glow. There’s no rain in sight until at least tomorrow, and I think we might finally be done with snow. Okay, so I knocked on my hutch after that. I guess you never can tell with that weather we’ve been having lately. Hopefully with that behind us now, let’s dish a little.

Redneck Woman no more! Country singer Gretchen Wilson, despite being extremely successful as a Grammy winner, decided to go back to school. At 34 years old, the Tennessean pursued her G.E.D. and will attend her graduation ceremony on May 15th. Previously dropping out as a Freshman Wilson decided she didn’t want her daughter to think you can normally be a success without an education. I have to send some kudos out for this. I’m hoping she’ll inspire some kids to stay in school or others to follow suit and get their own G.E.D.

Maybe she could be mentoring other young singers. I just don’t know what to think of Miley Cyrus these days. I keep wanting to think the rumors and innuendos just aren’t true. Looking at her Vanity Fair photos, I have mixed feelings. They’re certainly simulating a sexy image, but should we be letting a young girl think it’s not okay to be proud of her body and who she is? She didn’t expose anything other than a little skin. Although in some of them, they make her look younger than she is, and it reminded me of Brooke Shields in Pretty Baby. I’m still not ready to condemn the girl just yet, but I do think I need to issue out a warning to Billy Ray to watch his daughter very closely so that she doesn’t join the ranks of Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan.

It’s not too later for Britney and LiLo, though, look at Robert Downey, Jr. For years he was troubled with his drug use and legal problems, but this weekend, his Iron Man opened in first place at the box office. He turned it all around, bypassing Patrick Dempsey, aka Doctor McDreamy, in Made of Honor, also enjoying a resurgence in his career, and Baby Mama, still doing well for Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, in its second week at the box office.

Wilson and Downey, Jr. should be giving them all hope. And with that, I’m off to the store to find some type of Mexican food for dinner tonight to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.

Photos Courtesy of kids.yahoo.com and collider.com.

Tags: Baby Mama, Britney Spears, Gretchen Wilson, Iron Man, Jr., Lindsay Lohan, Made of Honor, Miley Cyrus, Robert Downey

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