BITS AND PIECES 06/17 PART 2
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--Troubled L.A. party boy Brandon Davis has entered rehab, believed to
be for addiction to cocaine and alcohol. Last week this page reported,
in a blind item, that his family had been urging him to submit to
treatment. Davis, a former boyfriend of Mischa Barton, shot to
notoriety last month when he was filmed insulting Lindsay Lohan. The
grandson of deceased oil billionaire Marvin Davis, Brandon Davis, who
was with Paris Hilton during the diatribe, has the dubious honor of
adding the word "firecrotch" to the national vocabulary. Davis admitted
he was entering treatment late Thursday, when confronted by a reporter
from In Touch magazine. Sources say Davis had been staying at L.A.'s
Peninsula Hotel since Tuesday, waiting for a place to open at the
Malibu rehab center Passages. Family pressure mounted on Davis after
his boorish behavior damaged support for his grandmother Barbara Davis'
diabetes fund-raiser, Carousel of Hope. But a pal says he has now
accepted that he needs help. "Brandon must have watched that [Lohan]
footage a thousand times," his friend told In Touch. "He can't believe
those words came out of his mouth and realized it was the drugs
talking."
--P. Diddy didn't have to look far to find the model for his next Sean
John campaign. The shoot stars his supercute son Justin, 12, being
waited on by 13-year-old actor Anthony Piccininni, whom you'll also see
in Oliver Stone's upcoming "World Trade Center." "In one photo, Anthony
offers a silver platter of good ol' Southern lemonade to his 'boss,'"
says an insider. "In another, he carries an umbrella over Justin's
head." Let's hope young Anthony parlays that into more of a career than
Farnsworth Bentley managed.
--Celebs brave enough to show up walked a thin line at the Marijuana
Policy Project Awards Dinner at Capitale last week. MTV's Kurt Loder,
under contract with Viacom, wasn't allowed to do much talking. But his
presence at the event spoke for itself. "I consider myself a liberal,"
he told Gatecrasher's Laura Schreffler, adding, "I do believe that
marijuana should be legalized, but I don't smoke anymore." Montel
Williams was able to be a little less guarded, as doctors have
prescribed the fragrant herb to him for his MS. But the most novel
excuse for not showing up belonged to Mary-Louise Parker: She couldn't
come because she was shooting her series "Weeds," in which she plays a
pot dealer.
--Model Maggie Rizer presided over the annual Viva Glam casino
fund-raiser Tuesday, raising thousands for the AIDS charity DIFFA with
pals David Byrne, Jamie Lynn Sigler, Vivienne Tam, Zac Posen, Narciso
Rodriguez and Patricia Field.
--Multitalented Ed Burns debuts his film "The Groomsmen" tonight with
the Hamptons Film Festival Cinema Society. As well as his supermodel
wife, Christy Turlington, Calvin Klein, Kelsey Grammer, Darren Star and
Christie Brinkley are expected at a Southampton party to toast the
film, which Burns wrote and directed.