In 1969, it wasn’t easy being Ted Kennedy, suddenly the only remaining son of father Joe’s famous clan. Eldest son Joe Jr. had been killed in World War II. Both JFK and RFK had been assassinated. This left Ted carrying the torch, along with an unending series of highballs. On July 18, Ted attended a [...]
100 Greatest Celebrity Scandals Of All Time
#28: Paris Hilton Sex Tape
In late 2003, Paris Hilton‘s ascent to “it girl” meta-fame was reaching its zenith. Her primetime reality series The Simple Life was about to premiere on Fox, but it was an unexpected Internet debut that ended up getting all the attention. Less than a week before The Simple Life’s premiere, former boyfriend Rick Salomon leaked [...]
#27: Paula Abdul Boinks American Idol Contestant
It wasn’t enough for ’80s pop star Paula Abdul to act a little loopy while serving as an American Idol judge. She had to go and boink a contestant (allegedly), revealing a darker, X-rated side to the family-friendly singing contest. Two years after Corey Clark was kicked off the show for failing to reveal his [...]
#26: New York Governor Eliot Spitzer Likes Prostitutes
If your job description once included cracking down on prostitution rings, it’d be rather silly to start patronizing them yourself. Either nobody told that to Eliot Spitzer, crusading attorney general-turned-New York governor, or he’s a few subpoenas short of a brief. Earlier this year, Spitzer was outed as “Client 9″ of the Emperors Club call-girl [...]
#25: Jerry Lee Lewis Marries His 13-Year-Old Cousin
Your song “Great Balls Of Fire” has just hit no. 1 on the charts, and will go on to become the biggest selling single in Sun Records history, topping hits from Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley. What are you gonna do now? If you’re Jerry Lee Lewis, you’d go out and marry your 13-year-old second [...]
#24: Lindsay Lohan Melts Down
Lindsay Lohan began in commercials at the age of eight and was a bonafide star by twelve, thanks to the 1998 Parent Trap remake. Amid family problems (her parents’ rocky road to divorce, her father’s jail time for DUI), her career soared with a three-pic Disney deal, hit flicks like Freaky Friday and Mean Girls, [...]
#23: R. Kelly Child Porn Trial
R. Kelly likes ‘em young. The dude married his late protégé, Aaliyah, in 1994, when the singer had barely put away her My Little Pony dolls; he also penned a little ditty for her called “Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number.” However, the Pied Piper of R&B was shocked to discover someone who looked very [...]
#22: Vanessa Williams Dethroned
In 1983, New York beauty queen Vanessa Williams became the first African-American Miss America. A year later, Penthouse magazine published a pictorial made up of pre-fame photos. There was just a whiff of Sapphic love about the sexy snaps, but believe us when we say that in 1984 that was enough. Beauty-contest-loving Americans were outraged. [...]
#21: Amy Fisher Shoots Joey Buttafuoco’s Wife
Sixteen-year-old Amy Fisher had been having an affair with Joey Buttafuoco since May 1991, but the married auto worker refused to leave his wife for his underage mistress. In May 1992, an enraged Fisher went to the Buttafuoco’s Massapequa, Long Island home, and shot his wife Mary Jo in the face with an Titan .25 [...]
#20: Anna Nicole Smith’s Death
Playboy model. Senior citizen sex toy. The unholy love child of Marilyn Monroe and the Michelin Man. Anna Nicole Smith was created so the world could marvel at just how messed up one person could get and still not be Britney Spears. Just ask anybody who owns The Anna Nicole Show: The Complete Series on [...]
