"the actor idles up to the craft services table to see what Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr. are laughing so heartily about, only to have the three stars fall deadly silent, before ringleader Downey Jr. pipes in, "At least I never took anyone down with me, you fish n' chips-eating enabler."

I love you, Defamer.

If Steve Coogan was looking for a way to get name recognition in the States, he's got it now! Maybe he could emulate Rushmore and attack Luke Wilson with bees and cut his brakes and then everyone would know who he is.

Perhaps Coogan's own drug battles informed his portrayal of Alan Partridge and his crippling Toblerone addiction.

that page six piece is really savage. it also has courtney's people saying that coogan stalked her, proposed to her, etc., etc.

i think what happened here is that everyone was initially shocked into silence by the suicide attempt, and it created an information vacuum, which courtney somehow brilliant recognized as the perfect opportunity to do some score-settling with coogan. since her explanation was the first and only thing that came along, it has now cemented itself in everyone's mind, and coogan is suffering for it.

This is all coming from Courtney Love? Courtney "I Let A Homeless Man Suck On My Tit" Love? Yeah, you'll excuse me if I'm a bit skeptical about the sourcing.

@ADM: I endorse this theory.

@ADM: Well stated, you must be in PR.

bat shit crazy people should only be seen, not heard.

Golly, had I known this about Coogan I might have made it more than 15 minutes past the opening credits of "Tristram Shandy".

@Little Mintz: I thought I was the only one. Maybe we need to visit with Lady H and give it another try.

Coogan is solid A-list in the UK but even he himself has ridiculed his rather well known appetites-drugs, women, fast cars. As long as no one turns up fucked to death in his swimming pool (Barrymore, ahem) he'll always have work in the UK. Has Courtney got a record out or something?

@TheLimey: Limey, please.

Let's not spoil this beautiful Owenwatch (he's their Diana, you know) by bringing up the embarrassing paucity of the so-called UK A-list. Way to kill a buzz, as those US-Americans say.

@TiaMaria: Agree. Someone *must* pay for leading our favorite steed astray. Let's blame the Brits, the go-to after the Canadians.

Hmm...from that video it looks as if Courtney has returned to marginally hot-looking status...what? Oh yes, nasty business, very unfortunate...

@Sayser: I dunno, I kinda think we should still try to find a way to blame the Canadians.

@hack-a-rific: blame Kate Hudson, then. She has spent half her life in Vancouver, when her brother was in the minor league hockey out in Richmond. The family used to live in Shaughnessy. And heroin is cheaper here in Vansterdam than anywhere else in North America; at one time it was estimated that over 80% of the heroin in North America came in through the port here. Only reason that changed is the Columbians became big-league.

I'm a little puzzled by so many people seeming to take Courtney Love's word at face value. I've got no idea what went down, except that clearly the guy pissed her off something awful and she must have a project to promote, as she only says and does "crazy things" when she's got something about to be released.

In any case, I would much prefer the press to be blaming Kate Hudson. That's because I hated "Raising Helen" and all her other romantic comedies, but I really liked "24 Hour Party People".

Steve Coogan is Owen Wilson's dope pusher. He's the one who turned him on to junk.

what the fuck was that? i need another cup of coffee. i don't get why courtney's involved in this at all...

oh wait, that's her purpose in life -- to pump herself up using someone else's misery, even if it makes no sense to the chuchobaby!

@honeybee111: Holy shit! THAT'S the guy from 24 Hour Party People? I didn't recognize the name or face, which means I am a complete moron since it's one of my favourite flicks and I don't know why but I was thinking it was some other seedy L.A. Coogan.

And he's a junkie?

Team Coogan anyway!

Steve Coogan? Kate Hudson? I like Owen Wilson, but if he wants to keep his Hollywood boat afloat he going to have get better at saying, "No thanks, I'd rather live."

Anybody can buy drugs and most people have a few druggie friends. But Owen had the starring role in this one. Sorry, no free ticket. The buck stops there, baby.

@FairlyWicked: Exactly. He's not a 16-year-old Zac Efron type. Blaming anyone else for becoming a drug addict at his age seems a bit junior, no -- especially blaming the Canadians!

Well, sure, ultimately the blame, and consequence of addiction sits with the user. But there aren't people in your life who've had a bad influence? There aren't people who you thought were friends but really only wanted you to share their misery? They don't own a share of the problem?

To go from an affably successful stoner to a death seeking junkie is a pretty big step, wouldn't you say?

I think Owen's great but (from what I've read) he's been secretly unhappy and "acquainted" with heroin for a pretty long time. Sheryl Crow's song "Safe and Sound" is about OW's struggle with heroin. He's just (until this point) hidden it really well. It's not that big a step to go from being a SEEMINGLY affably successful stoner to a death seeking junkie. Anyone who believes that Steve Coogan introduced him to heroin is being naive ... RE-introduced, maybe - but Owen is, unfortunately, pretty screwed up and has been for a while ...