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Celebrities shock and amaze in 2004 with exposed body parts, high-profile relationships and breakups BY AMY LICHTY PULSE REPORTER '’’“‘^JanBraunl defense attorney ... think she’d be a Golden Delicious.” Gwenyth Paltrow on what kindi ofaPP e her daughter. Apple, would be fi “Ashlee Simpson, you're a phony. Acid reflux is bologna.’ Heratio Sans as Elton John on “SNL" “That's hot.” Paris Hilton trademark phrase i ast year was filled with hot J—Jsies. Britney Spears got married - twice. Mary Kate Olsen withered away to next to nothing before entering treatment for an eating disorder. Nipplegate sur faced. Babies were born and giv en strange names. Yes, it was quite the year to be a celebrity. No one will forget Superbowl XXXVIII, although many probably won’t recall who won or who even played. The main event was the half-time show featuring a perform ance by Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson. Then came the nip ple seen ‘round the world. Quickly dubbed the "Nipplegate scandal," the incident could be seen over and over again for those in the au dience with a TiVo or later during around-thedock replays on ca ble news channels. The whole controversy surrounding the broadcast made it one of the hottest stories of 2004. Janet’s big brother Michael Jackson also had quite the year: A child’s allegations of sexual abuse surfaced in De * cember and escalated into a year-long trial. In April 2004, Jackson was in dicted by a grand jury and has been fighting the allegations since. Police have investigated and ransacked Jackson’s Never land Ranch more than a few times, and have even found fin gerprints on pornography maga zines belonging to Jackson and the young boy who accused him stories and big controver fl i§<$*T*' V of sexual abuse. It doesn't look good for Jackson and many lawyers pre dict that he will serve time in jail. Ashlee Simpson’s huge lip synching mistake was seen by millions of people on Oct. 23 and thousands of others have seen it replayed on shows like “Access Hollywood” ever since. Her solu tion to the problem was to do a crazy jig. Then came a barrage of excuses from every direction. She blamed her band, more specifi cally her drummer, who “pressed the wrong button," exposing the fact that Simpson was lip synch ing. Then her father said it was acid reflux and her mother said that Simpson had laryngitis. Re gardless of any excuses, the fact remained that Simpson was in deed lip synching, although fans didn’t seem to mind too much, as she won the award for “Best New Female Artist" at the “Billboard Music Awards" on Dec. 8. Breakups of high profile relation ships were a major event in 2004. There was of course Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, perhaps the most famous fiancees ever. Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruz called it quits after three years together and Rebecca Romijn and John Stamos ended their marriage after ten years. The end of Nick Carter and Paris Hilton’s relationship was much less shocking, along with the de mise of current “it" girl Lindsay Lo han and her squeeze Wilmer Valder rama’s relationship. Some famous celebrity couples made their rela tionships legal in 2004. Lopez said "I do” for the third time with singer Marc Anthony just five months after 'J-'k Sf! ending her relationship with Affleck. Britney Spears and Kevin Federline tied the knot among a whirlwind of cease less controversy. Nicholas Cage had a spur-of-the-mo ment wedding with sushi wait ress Alice Kim. Star Jones and Al Reynolds’ extravagant nup tials were sponsored by differ ent companies, giving the cou ple a free wedding that would have cost anyone else quite a chunk of change. 2004 was also the year of the celebrity baby with many famous mamas and papas picking unique names for their bundles of joy. Gwenyth Pal trow and Chris Martin, lead singer for the band Coldplay, welcomed daughter Apple in May; Courteney Cox and David Arquette brought Coco into the world in June; and Debra Mess ing and husband Daniel Zelman had son Roman in April. Even funnyman Will Ferrell jumped aboard the baby band wagon and welcomed son Magnus in March. Julia Roberts, the high est paid actress in 2004, gave birth to fraternal twins Hazel and Phinnaeus in November. Along with births, there were also deaths. Christopher Reeve passed away due to complications of his spinal chord injury. Comedi an Rodney Dangerfield passed away, along with screen legend Marlon Brando. Music lost greats such as Ray Charles, Johnny Ra mone and 01’ Dirty Bastard. amylichty@dailyemerald.com DCCIIIICl ... K toll Wit builder The Oregon Daily Emerald is looking for an outstanding student leader to serve on its Board of Directors. This body of faculty, community members, students and Emerald employees meets monthly to oversee financial matters and other issues affecting the paper. The Board does not control editorial content of the Emerald; however, department heads from all capacities at the paper report to the Board. Qualified students should be dedicated, inquisitive and motivated. Business, law or journalism experience is a plus. The position is unpaid but looks great on a resume. You’ll gain the experience of working with a diverse group of professionals and students to analyze issues and make informed decisions. The two-year position is open to all currently-enrolled students at the University. To apply: Interested candidates should write a letter of interest describing qualifications and reasons for wanting to serve on the Board. Send letters to one of the following: ✓ emerald@uoregon.edu OREGON DAILY EMERALD | ^ Suite 300 EMU (Campus Mail) The independent newspaper for the UO Community ^ I M I I It I It I M t > I I t I I I I » l l < t I l I I I i i l l t l t t l . ._ t ,,,,, t t t
