NEW YORK, Dec. 31, 2007

Celebrity Train Wrecks Of 2007

Celebrity Blogger Perez Hilton Dishes His List Of Hollywood Stars Making Headlines For The Wrong Reasons

    • Britney Spears, left, and her little sister Jamie Lynn, occupy the top two spots on Perez Hilton's list.

      Britney Spears, left, and her little sister Jamie Lynn, occupy the top two spots on Perez Hilton's list.  (Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images)

    • Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton

      Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton  (CBS/EARLY SHOW)

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(CBS)  Whether we liked it or not, it seems we couldn't take our eyes off some of the Hollywood stars who were making a name for themselves for all the wrong reasons in 2007.

Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton has made a name for himself by covering the daily minutiae of these people's lives on his popular Web site perezhilton.com.

Hilton stopped by The Early Show dish out his top five celebrity train wrecks of the year, which Hilton describes as "the year of the Hollywood girls gone wild."

It should come as no surprise that Britney Spears topped the list.

"She was by far the person I wrote about the most on my Web site," Hilton told The Early Show co-anchor Maggie Rodriguez. "I mean, she began the year in style in Las Vegas, passing out at a club. Shortly after that went to rehab, left rehab, shaved her head, attacked the paparazzi, went back to rehab, had custody issues with Kevin Federline. I'm only halfway through the year and I'm already exhausted. Had more custody issues with Kevin Federline, had a disastrous VMA performance, released an album that bombed, more custody drama. Thank you, Britney Spears! Being bad is good for my business."

Britney topped the list by far, according to Hilton.

"You could not have scripted everything that happened with Britney Spears this year," Hilton said.

Keeping things in the family, little sister Jamie Lynn spears took the runner-up spot on the list.

"I blame the mother," Hilton said.

"The fact that how she (Lynne Spears) announced the pregnancy, sold the story to "OK" magazine for $1 million. She's 16. And you know what? And I don't think this is said in the media enough, I do give her (Jamie Lynn) credit for making the tougher decision and keeping the baby, because it could have been so good for her. And hopefully, 2008 she'll be a better mom and try to have that normal life that she says she wants to raising the kids in Louisiana and don't exploit your children.

Lindsay Lohan is number three on the list.

"You know, Lindsay Lohan was arrested more than once in 2007, was in rehab more than once in 2007," Hilton said. "Hopefully, 2008 will see her out of jail and out of rehab, but I'm not so sure. She is in talks to - once the Hollywood writers strike is over - guest star on "Ugly Betty," so she's trying to make the focus back about her career and not so much being a tabloid sensation.

Amy Winehouse is next on the list.

"(Her) mother wrote a very public, open letter to her daughter. And the father has as well spoken to the media, pretty much saying 'our daughter is a drug addict,' and there is nothing that they can do. They feel very hopeless. You know, 2007 was the year that saw Amy Winehouse break through to America, and her album "Back to Black" sold millions," Hilton said. "And she's nominated for a bunch of Grammy awards, but she may not even be able to come, because in addition to her substance abuse issues, she's currently in the middle of witness tampering trial that her husband's in jail and she may end up in jail, too."

Rounding out the list was a tie between Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie.

"I couldn't choose," Perez Hilton said. "Paris is a train wreck, and so is Nicole, but I wanted to end on a positive note. You know, they both went to jail this year. They both had issues, but they're both making strides to, you know, be better in 2008. Nicole's going to be a mom. Her baby's due any minute. And Paris is acting and doing other things, so hopefully the bad girls in '07 will be good in '08 and I have a feeling we'll have a new crop of bad girls. There will be a lot to write about."


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by dylanxxv January 3, 2008 1:36 AM EST
Just say "NO zebra''s"...
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by dgshiner January 2, 2008 7:50 PM EST
*** and smut seems to attract people now we have the rich ****** trying to one up each other! And folks wanna hype about rap music? And this is supposed to entertaining news? Who slept with the most men without marriage? Who stayed in jail the longest? And now how to raise your kid Hilton style ***? If I had kids like these I would shoot myself! One thing is for sure money does not buy you sense!
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by ianlou January 2, 2008 5:30 PM EST
Britney Spears & Jamie Lynn Spears both pregnant at the same time? this is what I hear....sad but hilarious. sad for the kids extremely pathetic for the moms to be. this is just sickening...Posted by heidi360

Lets see, with show biz wealth, these kids will have health care, plenty to eat, extra education and a stay home nanny, Having worthless mothers AND none of this wealth would put them in the same boat with millions of other children.

All they have to worry about is the quality of their family gene pool.
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by heidi360 January 2, 2008 12:58 PM EST
Britney Spears & Jamie Lynn Spears both pregnant at the same time? this is what I hear....sad but hilarious. sad for the kids extremely pathetic for the moms to be. this is just sickening. is there anyone who doubts the legitimacy of hollywood insanity now? I viewed their video at blackwhitekiss.com
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by irv41 January 1, 2008 5:22 PM EST
Let''s see now: Jamie Lynn sees her sister, who she used to look up to, now having a mental breakdown.
She knows that in a year or so, fat 50-year-old producers will be giving her couch auditions in
exchange for acting roles.
Listen to her, and you can tell she wants a ''normal'' life - not Paris Hilton''s idea of normal. That means Louisiana, not Hollywood. But there''s too much money involved now, so no one is going to just let her walk away.

So can we really blame her for taking the only way out that is available to someone who is not yet emancipated?

Besides, this baby won''t need welfare or food stamps, and Jamie knows who the daddy is - which is more than you can say for thousands of other 16-year-old mothers and babies.




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by mygramma December 31, 2007 10:57 PM EST
Shame on CBS.

I cannot believe The Early Show would have Perez Hiltn, a supreme slime ball on the show. CBS Showbuzz has been bad enough, wallowing on the fringes of the trash tabloid cesspool, but for the Early Show to air this Cretin, a moron who takes delight in circulating the lies from other tabloids to skewer celebrities, is unethical and undignified for a major network. Shame on you.

He has a popular website because it''s populated by pubescent sicko teenagers and other twisted people who vent hate and vulgarity because he provides a place for them to get away with what their own mothers would never allow.

He can''t even get the facts right. Britney''s album DID NOT BOMB!! The album and the singles have consistently been on top, or near the top, of the charts world wide, ranging from #2 to #33 over 6 weeks. Piece of Me is NOW #15 on itunes downloads where she sings "No wonder there''s panic in the industry, I mean please." The record industry has shot itself in the foot and the download era has NOBODY selling records like they used to. That doesn''t equate with bombs.

HARRY!! HARRY!! HARRY!! Did you or any of your staff even research some of Perez Hilton''s website posts, but more importantly, the filth his readers post in comments? If you did your research, and still invited Perez Hilton, then CBS has entered a new era, and it is despicable.
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by superdem December 31, 2007 7:25 PM EST
So we''re actually going to have to go through this sixteen year old''s birthing a baby ? This is what we''re holding up for our nation''s young girls ? Spread your legs for the first guy who asks ? This is nauseating.
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