Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Kirsten Dunst Breaks Silence on Rehab


Kirsten Dunst is opening up about her stint at the Cirque Lodge Treatment Center in Utah earlier this year, saying that she sought help for depression, not for drug or alcohol abuse.

“I was struggling, and I had the opportunity to go somewhere and take care of myself,” Dunst, 26, tells E! Online. “I was fortunate to have the resources to do it. My friends and family thought it was a good idea, too.”

In February, Dunst checked into the same posh facility where Lindsay Lohan and Eva Mendes have been treated.

“She does drink and she does have wild nights, but that was never the root of her issues,” a source close to Dunst says. “She couldn’t control her depression.”

When Dunst entered rehab in February, another friend says that the actress had been feeling low for some time. “She’s been crying a lot lately, ” said the friend. “Everybody hits that bottom where you feel [so] scared that that one heavy night of partying can really wake you up. It’s good she’s getting herself help.”

As for why she decided to talk about her struggles now, Dunst tells E!, “Now that I’m feeling stronger, I was prepared to say something … Depression is pretty serious and should not be gossiped about.”

Brooke Hogan Uninjured in Car Accident


The Hogan family was involved in another car accident Sunday, when Hulk Hogan’s daughter Brooke’s car was hit and pushed into a concrete wall by a man witnesses said was speeding.

No injuries were reported to either Brooke Bollea, 20, her female passenger, or to the 19-year-old man in the car that hit Bollea’s on the Bayside Bridge in Clearwater, Fla., according to a release from the Florida Highway Patrol. No charges have been filed in the accident.

Bollea’s 2008 four-door Mercedes had $3,000 damage done to it, according to the release.

A rep for the Hogan family had no comment.

Bollea credited the use of seatbelts for keeping her and her passenger uninjured.

“I don’t know if you heard, but my friend and I got into a really bad car accident today ourselves . . . As I turned on my car I clicked my seatbelt. As we pulled out onto the road, I looked over and realized my friend didn’t have her seatbelt on. I reminded her to put it on and the minute she clicked it, a car crashed into us,” Boella wrote in a MySpace post. “It was a horrible car accident, one that most would be severely hurt in, but we had our seatbelts on and they kept us in tight.”

The friend, who calls herself lala on her Myspace page, posted the following: “..Brooke Hogans my hero, thank you for saving my life! Everyone wear your seat belts.”

Brooke made reference to the accident her brother Nick was in last August, which left his friend John Graziano critically injured. Nick Bollea, 17, was sentenced to eight months in jail earlier this month after pleading no contest to charges of felony reckless driving in connection to that crash.

Hulk Hogan (real name: Terry Bollea) and Brooke’s mom Linda were both spotted Sunday at the scene of Brooke’s accident.

The accident was first reported by the St. Petersburg Times.

Kim Kardashian & Reggie Bush Host White Party


Kim Kardashian’s got her own white party in the Hamptons.

Traditionally, Diddy’s famous Hamptons white party takes place at his house in East Hampton at the end of the summer, but last season he also presided over a season-opener at The White House, a sprawling nightclub in Hampton Bays.

But this year, Kim Kardashian, in a form-fitting white dress by Herve Leger, and boyfriend Reggie Bush, also in all white, headlined the event.

“White is actually one of my favorite colors,” Kardashian said while hanging out in the raised VIP section of the club. “I have a white car. I love white. When the opportunity came up to be in the Hamptons – I’d never been in the Hamptons before – and to host a white party at the White House, it just seemed right.”

Though Bush is said to be camera shy, at least twelve photographers and two video crews were snapping photos of the pair as they danced on the floor and hung out in the VIP section.

“I’m not doing interviews,” Bush said. But he let Kardashian speak for him.

“His training camp starts in a week in New Orleans and he just started his mini camp, so he has the next few days off before he buckles down,” she said.

What makes him a good boyfriend? “The fact that he came with me all the way to the Hamptons on his day off when all of his friends are in Las Vegas on their usual – you know, [getaway].”

As for the sparkling ring she was wearing, Kardashian said, “I’m about two months pregnant right now and we’re getting married on August 8th of 2008.”

Bush appeared stricken until she added, “It’s a joke.” But the possibility is still very real. When asked if she’d like to have kids one day and get married, Kardashian said, “Yes, of course. I’d love to get married.”

And then on cue, for photographers, she and Bush smooched on the lips.