Ashley Judd Speaks Out About Incest And Abuse In New Memoir

Hollywood actress and activist Ashley Judd has spoken for the first time about the sexual abuse suffered by her as a child at the hands of various men, including a family member, in her memoir All That Is Bitter and Sweet.

The 42-year-old who was once the highest paid actress in Hollywood suffered a traumatic childhood and once considered taking her own life, she said in the memoir, reported Daily Mail online.

The actress who has worked to promote AIDS awareness in third world countries like India, says that she went to 13 different schools between ages five and 18 and grew up with depression and loneliness as her singer mother Naomi and sister Wynonna travelled around the US trying to make a name for themselves as country singers.

The Double Jeopardy star’s parents divorced when she was four-years-old and the actress was first faced with abuse while still a pre-teen, growing up in Kentucky. In the book the Golden Globe nominated actress recalls in graphic detail being molested by a old man who lured her into an empty store, promising a quarter to play a pinball machine.

She managed to fight the perpetrator off but when she revealed her trauma to adults in her life, no one believed her which left her devastated, writes Judd. Added to it was her mother’s volatile relationships with men and the actress writes that she was exposed to inappropriate sexuality at an early age.

The actress who was thrice a part of The 50 Most Beautiful People In The World list compiled by People Magazine, said her early life was peppered with incidents of abuse, including a rape attempt while she was modelling in Japan.

Judd says she still suffers from bouts of deep depression and explains in her book that she finally decided to get help for her emotional issues and checked herself into Shades of Hope rehab centre in Texas. Judd writes that during her stay at the compound, her therapy sessions revealed suppressed memories of childhood incest suffered at the hands of a family member, although she does not name the relative.

The actress said that she wrote the book to encourage other abuse survivors to speak out without feeling shame. The book has already received words of support from her famous friends like Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Morgan Freeman.

Having starred in numerous films, Judd retreated from the limelight after marrying Scottish race car driver Dario Franchitti in 2001.

The couple now split their time between Franchitti’s native Scotland and a farm in Tennessee on a large estate that Judd shares with her mother and sister.

Denise Richards attacked by Sheen

Charlie Sheen’s ex-wife, ‘Bond’ girl Denise Richards, is the latest victim of his online rants and the actor has accused her of being a “dog thief”.The former star of the hit sitcom ‘Three and a Half Men’ took to his Twitter page yesterday and accused the actress of stealing his pet dogs.”We must bombard with Warlock Napalm, that traitor and loser Duh-neese Poor-Ard. A vile kidnapper and dog thief. Hate (sic),” he tweeted to his 2 million followers. Like a Dinosaur Stampede from middle earth raging atop Col. Kilgore’s main rotor, our assault must be epic. The Truth is our rocket fuel (sic),” added the 45-year-old.
Denise, who split from the actor in 2006 and has two daughters with him, is believed to have given Sheen the two dogs when they were separating so the animals could be with their girls when they visited him.But a source close to Richards told E! Online that she only took them away after becoming concerned for their welfare at the start of his very public meltdown. “When Denise saw the dogs a couple of months ago, they were in such bad shape, one of them died after Denise took it. She has one of them, and the other one died,” said the source.

Bollywood Hindi Movie Game Review

Bollywood Hindi Movie Game is releasing this Friday on April 1, 2011. The film Game is based on action/Drama/Thriller. This film is releasing by EROS international Media PVT limited and Excel Entertainment. Bollywood film Game was earlier title as crooked but Emran Hashmi crooked have already been released. This film is shouted at India as well out side of India at (United Kingdom, Thailand, Turkey). This film is produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani, this film is directed by Abhinay Deo, starring Abhishek Bachchan as Neil Menon, Kangna Ranaut as Sia Agnihotri, Sarah Jane Dias as Maya, Jimmy Sheirgill as Vikram Kapoor, Gauhar Khan as Samara Shroff, Shahana Goswami as Tisha Khanna, Boman Irani as OP Ramsay, Anupam Kher as Kabir Malhotra. Abhishek looking handsome in whole film and Kangana is looking so sexy and stylish.

The film pretends to be an intelligent murder mystery but if you are a keen watcher, then there are several laughable loopholes in the supposed ’mystery’. Billionaire Kabir Malhotra (Anupam Kher) is bumped off. His Will is being burnt in a dustbin adjacent to his dead body. The fire is caused by a fire cracker and the smart-shades cop (Kangana Ranaut) is unable to notice it during her investigation. One has to wait for the genius nose of Neil Menon (Abhishek Bachchan) to discover this garish ’fact’ right

But Smoky silences, carefully orchestrated background music fishing for dramebaazi and a whirlwind trip through glitzy cities of the world doesn’t compensate for lack of thrills in a murder mystery.
Kartik Vijay’s camerawork is fantastic. Also, the virgin island in Greece looks deliriously gorgeous. But the look of the film in general is a mixed bag. It tends to be mostly greyish and dark giving a morose feeling for most parts. And it is definitely not a good news for a ’thriller’.

Newbie Sarah Jane Dias (Maya in the film) has a couple of songs, a handful of dialogues and she is made to rest in peace. Her romantic track with Abhishek deviates from where the film should have been headed. In fact, Junior Bachchan’s character undergoes too many transformations. A Casino owner who can kill at ease, sneak into buildings and con people (a la Hrithik in Dhoom 2), has access to the OB van of a news channel (in a country he’s not familiar with) and go live with heart-attack worthy Breaking News. Obviously, his real identity is revealed later but one is unable to clearly understand his motives for killing. Line of duty or avenging the death of his beloved?

Moreover, Abhishek tries to put up this cool dude act laced with a crooked smile and smartass sense of humour. But his double chin, unkempt persona lets down the character he is meant to play. Somehow, he doesn’t look the part. Hrithik Roshan or maybe Saif Ali Khan could have taken this character to a higher, cooler level. Kangana looks super with those shades but her accent is a downer. She tries too hard to look-n-sound intelligent but the manner in which her firang boss (caricaturish casting) treats her like a school girl makes it unintentionally funny. Anupam Kher is reliably good and Gauhar Khan is getting better with each outing.

Director Abhinay Deo is a slick craftsman. He has a strong command over the technical sheen of his film. As a product, Game looks very polished. Great locales and dishy editing chops. But, Deo falters in his execution. The basic plot is interesting and one does get surprised at several junctures. But the over all impact is half baked. To put it more clearly, the thrills are not thrilling enough. The dialogues have been credited to Farhan Akhtar and they are surprisingly ordinary. Some of the lines (specially Kangna’s) are cheesy and unintentionally funny. Music by Shankar Ehsan Loy is passable but no lasting numbers there. Background music by Ram Sampat nicely weaves the Middle Eastern feel in the Turkey scenes but on the whole, there’s nothing exceptional about it.