Posted Jun 17th 2008 1:01PM by TMZ Staff
There's cancer, heart disease, AIDS, and ... did we mention cancer? But the American Medical Association has its scalpels out for that evil medical scourge -- Ricki Lake.
The AMA has issued a resolution slamming Ricki and her pet cause, midwife-aided home-birth baby delivery, as chronicled in her film The Business of Being Born. What's more, they're using Ricki as a tool to get laws passed that would mandate that the "safest setting" for birth is in the hospital ... where OB/GYNs get paid, of course.
Tori Spelling as a suspect mom, we get. But Ricki?
Filed under: Wacky & Weird, Nurse!
Tags: AMA, Midwife, Ricki Lake, RickiLake, The Business of Being Born, TheBusinessOfBeingBorn
Posted Nov 22nd 2006 1:26PM by TMZ Staff
She played it cool on stage, but Britney Spears was "pissed" at ABC over a derogatory sketch aimed at her estranged husband, Kevin Federline, during last night's "American Music Awards," a Britney rep tells TMZ.
E!'s Marc Malkin first reported Brit was upset, and now a rep for Brit tells TMZ, "She had no idea" that the skit would immediately precede her appearance. We're told Britney was "incredibly upset" and "inconsolable."
The sketch featured AMA host Jimmy Kimmel sealing a Federline look-a-like in a wooden crate and shipping him out to sea. Kimmel called K-Fed,"the world's first ever no-hit wonder." Less than five minutes later, Kimmel introduced Spears as a surprise presenter.
When contacted, a rep confirms to TMZ the idea for the skit was Kimmel's and he went forward with it because, "I knew they wouldn't mind because I know they both have great senses of humor."
Filed under: TV, Britney Spears, Celebrity Feuds, K-Fed
Tags: ama, american music awards, AmericanMusicAwards, britney and kevin, britney spears, BritneyAndKevin, BritneySpears, jimmy kimmel, JimmyKimmel, pissed, upset
