"Don't hate my father," Mackenzie Phillips tells People :

“I was a fragment of a person, and my secret isolated me,” she writes.

“One night Dad said, ‘We could just run away to a country where no one would look down on us. There are countries where this is an accepted practice. Maybe Fiji.’

Phillips, 49, who has survived drug addiction, arrests and divorce, writes in the book “High on Arrival” that she was already a star playing a boy-crazy teen on the TV sitcom “One Day at a Time” when her father had sex with her on the night before she was to marry Jeff Sessler, a member of the Rolling Stones entourage, in 1979.

But in a tell-all book out Wednesday, the former childhood actress reveals that her dad, musician John Phillips of the '60s band the Mamas and the Papas, engaged with her in a long-term incestuous relationship.

Whitney Houston in Central Park for ABC's Good Morning America in New York City :

WHITNEY HOUSTON ROCKS CENTRAL PARK.




Pop singing legend Whitney Houston performed in Central Park for ABC's Good Morning America in New York City today. Watch out world, Whitney is back and she is going to rock the world!

THE PROVIDENCE EFFECT :

The Providence Effect (Dinosaurs of the Future), an inspirational feature documentary, is set to hit select theaters in New York City, Chicago, New Jersey, Los Angeles (October 2, 2009), and Washington D.C. on Friday, September 25, 2009. Chronicling the extraordinary journey of Paul J. Adams III, an educator who has challenged the Chicago school system for thirty years with his revolutionary approach to teaching, The Providence Effect is an emotional, hopeful and awe-inspiring story of student achievement in the face of hardship. Having received praise from a number of film festivals earlier this year ? Best Documentary, Omaha Film Festival 2009; Most Inspirational Documentary, Seattle True Independent Film Festival 2009; and Audience Choice Best Documentary, Lake County Film Festival 2009 ?


The Providence Effect was directed by Rollin Binzer (Director of Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones), also a Producer with Tom Hurvis, Co-Producer Joey Dedio and Executive Producer Julie Esch Hurvis. The Providence Effect showcases Adams? vision and his school?s successes. Providence St. Mel is a Chicago K-12 private school located on the city?s crime and drug-ridden West Side that has for thirty years placed 100% of its graduates in colleges and universities. On the heels of that success, Adams subsequently established Providence Englewood, a K-8 charter school, which has increased its students test scores by 400% since opening in 2006. Featuring engaging interviews with students, parents, alumni, teachers and administrators, the film takes the audience from science fairs and concert performances to in-class instruction and graduation, providing an intimate look into the people and teaching methods that have made Providence St. Mel and Providence Englewood national educational success stories. The Providence Effect traces the school?s development from a struggling dream into an institution that produces not only inspired students, but parents, teachers and administrators dedicated to settling for nothing less than the highest expectations.

Lindsay Lohan to go nude for the PLAYBOY MAGAZINE :

Playboy Magazine wants to convince licking Lindsay Lohan to go nude for the famed publication.
Bosses have reportedly made the former star a new offer of $900,000 to show her flesh.


Lindsay was previously approached by editors at Hugh Hefner's men's magazine to pose naked for Playboy's 55th anniversary issue last year for the sum of $500,000. Lohan, who bared all for a New York magazine spread early in 2008, turned down the big money offer, with her representative insisting, "If there's nudity, the answer is no. She's not going down that road again." Playboy executives are not going to give up on Lindsay, and have raised the ante to try and entice the star to make a deal, according to Internet gossip reports.

HALLE BERRY PREGNANT :

HALLE BERRY PREGNANT WITH SECOND CHILD .
Singing star Halle Berry is allegedly pregnant with another child.

This will be the second for Halle according to Life and Style magazine. According to the report, Halle is 3 months pregnant. A source tells the publication, "Halle is overjoyed. The first time, she struggled so much to get pregnant and eventually conceived through in vitro fertilization.
This time, the baby was conceived through artificial insemination.

ELECTRONIC TAG REMOVED FOR BOY GEORGE :

Boy George is very happy after prison officials removed his electronic tag, declaring himself a "free" man.


The former Culture Club icon, was jailed in January for the false imprisonment and assault of male escort Audun Carlsen in 2007.
The famed singer was granted early release for good behavior in May but was fitted with an ankle-monitoring tag and forced to have a curfew.
But officials removed the tag on Monday, and Boy George invited his whole family to his house to celebrate his "de-tagging."