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December 14, 2009
Ron Wood: The ‘Evil Goblin King’
Now who could have ever seen this coming? A 20-year-old Russian beauty hooks up with a 61-year-old rock star who has serious alcohol abuse issues and had just come off a stint in rehab. If that doesn’t sound like a match made in heaven, I don’t know what does!
Late word is that the romance has run its course, and Wood’s former lover, Ekaterina Ivanova, is now dishing up the dirt on the rock star, and probably collecting a nice chunk of change for her version of the story.
Despite the claims of “true love,” and other proclamations from the couple during their time together, it’s more likely to have been a case of a star-struck 20-year-old and a world-famous celebrity reliving that part of his past that involved bedding attractive young females.
Obviously young Ekaterina did not have the experience that’s required to deal with an alcohol-fueled rock star, unlike his ex-wife Jo, who somehow managed to stick with Wood for more than two decades.
Ivanova tells Hello! magazine that living with Wood was something her friends jokingly described as “the princess trapped in the tower.” The couple was living in a gothic Ruxley Tower at the time; something that may sound quite romantic, but apparently wasn’t the blissful existence that one might imagine under such circumstances.
“He went all Jekyl and Hyde. I’d be trapped there with an evil goblin king,” Ivanova said. Not terribly surprising to hear knowing how some alcoholics behave while under the influence. Alcohol tends to bring out the worst in some people, and if Ivanova’s tales are to be believed, Ron Wood may be one of them.
His recent arrest following allegations of domestic assault further raises those suspicions.
Ivanova will move on with her youth, good looks, a bigger bank account and a good many years ahead of her, while Wood, on the other hand, must be wondering what he was thinking when he hooked up with a 20-year-old. Is he pining for former wife Jo, as a friend of Wood recently reported?
Jo says she has happily moved on, and reports that she got over the break-up in a couple of months. Even so, the former model is offering her ex the opportunity to spend Christmas with her and the rest of the family for a holiday celebration, although the invite comes with one condition. No drinking.
That’s a restriction that the young Ivanova was either unable or unwilling to impose.
October 20, 2009
Meat Head Impersonates Meat Loaf & Phil Collins Puts Down The Sticks
Meat Loaf Impersonator Arrested
Perhaps nobody but Eric Brown, 37, of Middletown, KY knows why he thought he could get away with pretending he 
was Meat Loaf, but the booking photos make it apparent that the man arrested after grabbing the steering wheel of a taxi he was a passenger in does not look like Meat Loaf.
Although the long hair and stocky build are qualities he has in common with the Meat Loaf of years gone by, anyone familiar with the Bat Out of Hell rocker and actor would know Mr. Brown was not who he claimed to be. For heaven’s sake, Meat Loaf guest hosted on House last season!
Check out the story at KYPost.com.
Phil Collins Unable To Play Drums
Best known, perhaps, for his years with prog rock group Genesis, Phil Collins is being forced to take a break from playing drums.
The multi-talented 58-year-old who resides in Switzerland these days, has told a German newspaper that recent surgery to repair a dislocated vertebra in his neck has left him with limited use of his fingers.
Collins reports that the only way he could currently play would be to “glue drumsticks to my hands.”
It appears that the condition is expected to be temporary.
Read more at the Star Tribune.
March 27, 2008
Bon Jovi’s Richie Sambora Arrested
Perhaps the rough patches in Richie Sambora’s life that were discussed recently are not quite over yet. The Bon Jovi guitarist was arrested Tuesday night in Laguna Beach, CA, on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.
As the Laguna Beach police tell the story, Sambora’s black Hummer was
seen weaving in traffic. When Sambora was stopped by police, he was subjected to the typical field sobriety tests to determine whether or not he might have had a little too much to drink.
According to police, Sambora was unable to pass the field sobriety tests and was taken into custody and was cooperative with police.
After being booked by police and providing a blood sample, Sambora was released at about 4:00 a.m.
When he was arrested, he was reported to have had three additional people in his vehicle with him. The other passengers were said to have been his girlfriend, his daughter and his daughter’s friend.
Sambora is scheduled to appear in court on May 7 after being charged with one misdemeanor count of driving under the influence.
Richie Sambora checked himself into rehab last summer in an effort to get his life back on track. Apparently, it will be up to a judge on May 7 to decide whether or not he’s been successful.
