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Profiting From Anna Nicole
By Jeremy Blacklow, Managing Editor
Make no doubt about it -- the Anna Nicole hoopla has everything to do with money.
And not just the half a billion in Marshall family money up for grabs in Federal court.
The loss of Ms. Smith is a great tragedy. Although she always put on the “ditzy blonde” show in public, I always felt that I could see the troubled child lying just underneath the surface of her thick shell. She had a tremendous sense of childlike innocence about her. She seemed misunderstood, gentle, sweet & harmless.
I know I’m in the minority on this one, but I actually believed that she didn’t just marry J. Howard Marshall for his money. When I heard her speak of him, I genuinely believe that she loved him. Because let’s face it, amongst all of the many things that Anna Nicole was, she was not a great actress.
But it wasn’t just Larry Birkhead or Howard K. Stern who seemed to want a piece of the Anna gravy train – the entire media world wanted some of her as well.
It was the media company who used her life as the laughing-stock basis of a reality show.
And the company that made its product synonymous with their diet product.
The jeans company that plastered her face on its ads.
And the company who paid her and her boyfriend hundreds of thousands of dollars for “Exclusive” interviews (which they earned back in ratings).
And it was the paparazzi that snapped her picture and sold it to magazines (who in turn, eagerly purchased the photos).
Yes, everyone profited from the highly misunderstood Anna Nicole Smith.
Including myself, sitting here in an office at a job I enjoy, collecting a salary from a mainstream media company --- trying to “beat the competition” on scoops surrounding her death – cheering when we get a link from another powerful Web portal.
And that half a billion?
I feel sorry about what happen to Ann Nocole smith. and i hope the family and the child the best of lucky and faith. and i hope they find the father of the child.
I am fully convinced that Anna Nicole was murdered by Howard K. Stern. I think he killed her for her money. But i think all the evidence found so far was a set up. I think Howard K. Stern killed her, possibly poisoned her and made it look like Larry Birkhead did it. First, with the evidence found in her house in her refrigerator and also with the robbery of her home. I think it is kind of strange that a robber would steal a birth cirtificate. And also, important things like that are kept in safes, and who else would know the combination to the safe than Anna or Howard. So then, I predict that Howard will make it look like Larry broke into the house for the cirtificate. It may sound rediculous, but I believe it is the most reasonable explanation for all these strange occurances.
I just saw Alex Goen (TrimSpa) almost in tears, because "Anna died of a broken heart." This has got to be some of the funniest stuff, ever!
A lot of people used her to their advantage and vice a versa. She didnt deserve an ending like this. I want to know who the methodone belonged too. It seems very odd that her son had this in his blood system & now his mother refig had as well. Where was the "love of my life Howard" ? Why wasnt he there for her when she had a 105 temp? Or insist on taking her to the hospital? Now he's blabbing it all to the entertiment media? I just dont buy it. I think he had something to do with her death & her son's. If he really was the baby father he would just take the blood test to see who the father is. What is he afraid of? The truth? He's a bum and a murderer!
She left her son at funeral home for weeks before she buried him. Went on a boat with Howard, they had a party and jumped in the water with a fake wedding. I truly think the authorities should hire a attorney for the baby. Everyone deserves to know who their parents are. Howard knows his parents.
Did you ever see a baby withdraw from methadone? It is worse than Heroin. How come this is not addressed?
About Brittney Spears:Is it possible that she is going through postpartum depression? Where is her mother? Her father? Her soon to be ex?
Sorry that Anna is gone-she will be missed. I enjoyed seeing her whenever she was on TV, she had a lot of beauty and glamour about her- I never critized her, but she did make some appearances where her state of mind was in question.
I don't think Howard had anything to do with her death, but I do believe that if she felt sick for days, he could have rushed her to the hospital instead of worrying about a boat.
The bottom line here is the welfare of the baby. It will be interesting to see what the courts decide with this tangled mess of evidence and circumstances.
Rest In Peace Anna Nicole Smith
we have all made misstakes...may the lord bless her ,and keep her in his arms. god knows the real truth about what did happend.
Anna Nicole Smith you were well loved by many. She loved life and she lived life as well as she couldshe had the sweetest babys and when her son died she broke down and it hurts to have a child die but she had to be strong for Dannylynn then she died and left behind the sweetest little angel. Rest in peace Anna Nicole Smith your candle will burn for a long time to come