121. You would think the US would be more interested in our soldiers who are dying on a daily basis in Iraq and that they would be receiving the coverage they need to be inspired to continue fighting for their country. Their efforts and loyalty to our country would be appreciated more. No, oh no, Anna Nicole is dead GET OVER IT. She wasn't even a President, please stop with this idiotic coverage. There are more important celebrities who work helping children around the world, cover Angelina Jolie instead.

Posted at 11:56AM on Mar 2nd 2007 by tobey

122. 13. MIKE THE TRUTH:

Cheer up --

The Bahamian government is already letting U.S. law-enforcement officials quietly begin criminal investigations down there into various aspects of this whole sorry mess; they are only waiting for the Bahamian furor to settle before going after Howie publicly and full-throttle on various charges.

The U.S. and the Bahamas also have an extradition treaty. It won't be ignored for the sake of Koward.

(Besides, if money is all the Bahamians care about -- which I personally don't think is true, Dannielynn's the one with the bucks. Also, they wouldn't have let the U.S. begin questioning there.)

What's coming up is several SERIOUS criminal charges, numerous civil issues, IRS investigation of Koward and his family, a Bahamian investigation into fraud, etc ... and doubtless more will be added.

The prinicpals have only been fighting about where a burial was to take place -- The real meat -- numerous CRIMINAL charges, is coming up and will be very in-depth and meticulous. The burial brouhaha is going to pale in comparison.

I worked in the criminal justice field for several years. Cops don't like smooth attorneys who think they themselves are above the law, especially in reference to what's been going down in the Anna Nicole case.

You can bet good money that, even as we speak, there is a small army of pissed-off detectives interviewing, investigating, documenting, and putting two-and-two together -- in excruciating detail.

We're about to see the beginning of the REAL show:

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EVERYONE WANTS THEIR 15 MINUTES OF FAME...ONCE AGAIN, THEY ARE ALL OUT TO MAKE MONEY OFF OF ANNA NICOLE...WHILE THEY MAY BE INVESTIGATING IT IS IN THEIR BEST INTEREST TO HAE THEIR NAMES ATTACHED TO THIS WHOLE SORDID MESS BECAUSE IT LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER THAT THEY WERE A PART OF HISTORY IN THE MAKING....

I'M SORRY BUT MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL...THE AUTHORITIES ARE NO EXCEPTION...IN FACT, THEY ARE THE WORST SOMETIMES BECAUSE THEY KNOW HOW TO "LEGALLY" BREAK THE LAW AND GET AWAY WITH IT...

Posted at 12:05PM on Mar 2nd 2007 by Jill

123. What will Insider and ET talk about now that there star is gone. It was turning into the Anna Nicole show. Ugh!

Posted at 12:08PM on Mar 2nd 2007 by Mardy Grzegorek

124. Well, even FOX NEWS is trashing ET's interviews with Howard & Anna! And Stern Pressures Larry TODAY to sign a deal!!

Howard K. Stern Plays Hardball With Larry Birkhead
Friday, March 02, 2007

By Roger Friedman

AP

Anna Nicole: Stern Pressures Larry to Sign Deal

Anna Nicole Smith's two baby daddies (I don't know what else to call them) continue to be in a tug-of-war this morning, even as their beloved cash cow is readied for burial.

Overnight, attorney Howard K. Stern — whose hold on the situation is starting to slip — has been strong-arming photographer Larry Birkhead to do a couple of things: keep Birkhead's legal reps out of Anna Nicole Smith's Bahamas funeral, sign a contract deal with "Entertainment Tonight" and acquiesce even further regarding the future of baby Danniellynn.

Stern, as I told you the other day, has already had one secret meeting with Birkhead in which he cut out the photographer's lawyers.

I'm told that Stern has kept up the pressure on Birkhead, actually presenting him with contracts, sources say, in which Birkhead would join Stern for more exclusive interviews on "Entertainment Tonight" and "The Insider."

"Howard wanted Larry to sign so that it looked like everyone was in agreement, and that it wasn't just Howard benefiting from these deals," my source said. "Larry said the baby's guardian should sign the papers for him and the baby, but he wouldn't. So then Larry wouldn't."

At the same time, Stern is trying to negotiate separately with Birkhead, away from his attorneys, to sign a deal by which Stern would continue to be in baby Danniellyn's life and oversee her finances.

Stern, my sources say, is working as quickly as he can to effect these agreements before he has to turn over the baby to Birkhead, her biological father.

Sources say that Birkhead's representatives are considering taking legal action against Stern's side to prevent further communication between the two sides as soon as today.

The problem, sources also say, is that Birkhead — a novice in these games — continues to be intimidated by Stern.

"Entertainment Tonight" and "The Insider," both owned by CBS Paramount Television, have denied paying for interviews. But I'm told their method – it's semantics — is to "license" footage either directly from Stern or through a third party.

Recently, "ET" used Solana Productions of Southern California in such a deal. Neither Solana or anyone from CBS Paramount answered calls yesterday.

Anna Nicole: Dead, and For Sale

Today, Anna Nicole Smith — a ridiculous person who accomplished just about nothing in her life — will be buried in the Bahamas.

There are several wars taking place all over the world, not to mention famines; artists are hard at work, movies are opening, buildings are going up, diseases are being investigated. But hey: Anna Nicole is being buried, and "Entertainment Tonight" will be there for every cheesy second of it.

That's because "Entertainment Tonight" and "The Insider," two half-hour shows syndicated by CBS's Paramount TV, have paid a high price for this honor.

Real insiders (not the kind you have to pay for info) tell me that Paramount TV cut the deal with Howard K. Stern, Anna Nicole's lawyer and Svengali, right after her son Daniel died of a methadone overdose in her Bahamian hospital room last September.

Paramount TV has denied this, somewhat passively, so far. But my sources say it they paid Stern around $3 million initially, and that this was renegotiated right after Anna Nicole herself died on February 8th of this year.

Of course, we could believe that Stern — who in court told clueless Florida probate judge Larry Seidlin that he was living off his parents — just loves "ET." Anything's possible.

But the reality is that Anna Nicole's death has proven to be a ratings-sweep godsend.

Linda Bell Blue, the show's executive producer, previously helmed Paramount's ugly tabloid show, "Hard Copy." For years she's had to sit through Mary Hart's tedious, publicist-arranged interviews with low-level TV stars, just waiting for this moment: a huge celebrity death, in a sweeps month, and already contracted for!

As recently as last night, "ET" correspondent Mark Steines was reporting "from inside" Anna Nicole's Bahamas mansion — no mention of the fact that it didn't belong to her, and that the landlord is kicking everyone out.

Steines had "the inside scoop" about the B-list country singer who would serenade Anna Nicole into the next life, the color of her burial gown ("pink!") and what would be inside the coffin (with any luck, Anna Nicole).

Steines performs these interviews — as he has since last Nov. 1, when he had his first "exclusive" after Smith's son, Daniel, died — with a reasonably straight face.

He either knows he's skating on very thin ice and doesn't care, or doesn't get it and is happy to accept the money. In either case, he loses.

As far back as last November, the show's viewers were writing into "ET" forums on the Web asking how much the show had paid for the interviews, and begging them to stop.

On the topix.net forum for the show, a woman named Lana from Andrews, Texas, wrote on Nov. 6: "ET needs to rename their show The Anna Nichole (sic) Show. Every night it is about her. I wonder if there are any viewers that care to hear about her."

On Nov. 6, Dianne from Madison, Wis., wrote: "I think they might have finally driven me away from the show with all this Anna Nicole crap. How much is she paying them?"

The viewers were smarter than the show thought. That didn't stop Blue, Steines and friends.

Nancy from Richardson, Texas, posted this before Smith died on Feb. 8: "Get over her ... I am tired of all of the interviews they are doing with her. She sounds like she is either drunk or high. I have no respect for her and am getting tired of seeing her and all the interviews. She can't even talk without sounding like she is a drunken slut!"

Patti Horton from Altoona, Pa., posted this on Feb. 9: "I can't believe someone from E[T] hasn't questioned Anna Nicole about her drug use. Every night that she is being interviewed it is quite obvious that she is somewhere in la la land. I think they should of (sic) been more persistent in following that path than her new house. Some of the interviews it was all she coud (sic) do to talk. Was this a safe environment for this baby???"

Steines, of course, has a blog on the "ET" Web site. It's a hoot.

On Feb. 9, the day after Smith died, he posted: "When the news broke of Anna's death ... I immediately boarded a plane to Florida along with Khristine Eroshevich, Anna's close confidant…"

Steines acts like Eroshevich is just a pal, maybe another Playboy model. In fact, she was the model's psychiatrist, and someone who has yet to be heard from.

Eroshevich's few comments — including that she oversaw an ice bath for a dying Smith — have been limited to ... Steines, who despite his "inside" sources has not been able to secure Eroshevich for a real interview about these people and their drug use.

I doubt that will happen until Stern's usefulness has passed and his agreements with "ET" have expired.

Steines must feel a long way away from the two Emmys he received years ago in local news at KCAL-TV in Los Angeles.

Posted at 12:37PM on Mar 2nd 2007 by Briggs

125. did anyone notice her friend and bodyguard MOE taking pictures with his cell of the casket being carried to the plane? He was supposed to be such good friends with Anna, why would he take pictures of her casket!!!!!!

Posted at 12:38PM on Mar 2nd 2007 by Julie Lejeune

126. OBSESSION–noun 1. the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc.
2. the idea, image, desire, feeling, etc., itself.
3. the state of being obsessed.
4. the act of obsessing.

Posted at 1:23PM on Mar 2nd 2007 by DUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

127. With all the attention this whore has been given, what message is being conveyed to our youth? What has she contributed to the betterment of humanity?

Posted at 1:30PM on Mar 2nd 2007 by Leroy Gass

128. Such a sad, sad story. Hopefully she will find peace. In the meantime, I don't think Elton John is being very nice to her.

Elton John To Release Anna Nicole Tribute
http://www.crystalair.com/content.php?id=18200703002

Posted at 1:39PM on Mar 2nd 2007 by Ellen L

129. well good, now we can focus on much more important issues facing our society today,,,like whos the daddy!

Posted at 1:49PM on Mar 2nd 2007 by barbara ann

130. ....At least this will be the LAST time, that Anna-Nicole is "LOADED" ON A PRIVATE JET".....

Posted at 3:25PM on Mar 2nd 2007 by Old Dog

131. Once an avid "Viewer", no longer. Enough Rosie turmoil. Hasn't she caused enough trouble? Or do they need ratings that bad? Let Rosie go, and maybe "Viewers" will return to watch.

Posted at 3:54PM on Mar 2nd 2007 by Sheila

132. Ok, its over, all males, lower your zipper to half mass.............

Posted at 3:56PM on Mar 2nd 2007 by Sheila

133. The guardian ad litem was responsible for funeral arrangements. Perhpaps he made the deal with ET so he can pay for the funeral and not have the tax payers of Florida raising a big stink about it. What is the problem selling the rights if it is going to the heirs??..in this case in a trust fund held by the Milstein for the purposes of the funeral. I can't imagine Milstein allowing HKS to benefit from all these and getting his much vaunted reputation soiled...Can anyone else answer Krista Barr's question about who else other than HKS has set up a trust fund for Dannielynn?? I think the press should start sniffing around who is paying the lawyer's and other fees of LB and Virgie....

Posted at 7:31PM on Mar 13th 2007 by Vina Yan