Marlee Matlin is revealing some of her darkest secrets in a new tell-all book, I’ll Scream Later.

Matlin became America’s sweetheart after winning an Oscar in 1987 for Children of a Lesser God, but no one knew the personal struggles that fame would send her way.

She starred in the film with William Hurt (whom we know now has been aptly named), and the two began a whirlwind affair. She was 19 and he was 35. Soon after they began their relationship they moved in together and the relationship became destructive. Marlee became a cocaine addict and Hurt was an alcoholic.

Marlee says that she regularly endured abuse from Hurt.  It was common to acquire fresh bruises daily. In her book she writes that one of the most memorable nights of abuse was the night that she won an Academy Award.

She tells Access Hollywood, “I was afraid. I was always afraid… of him. But I loved him. I did. Or maybe I thought I did. But look, I was 19, he was 35.”

She also described a fight where Hurt threw her on the bed and ripped her clothes off as she cried and begged him not to.

When asked, “Did you ever think about filing charges against him?” Matlin says she was too afraid. “No, not at the time. I was so wrapped up in his world and my drugs. The drugs took over my life, took over my brain. I was 19 and I was alone in New York City. I had no friends there except my drug dealer.

“I could say that I understand how women are afraid to leave an abusive relationship. They should, but at the same time, I understand how they don’t know how.”

Did Matlin tell Hurt about the book before it was published?

“I did not. I had no contact with him. Really, I had nothing to say to him. He knows what happened, I know what happened. We both were there.”

Tori Spelling and her mother Candy have never gotten along.

From day one there was never that bonding that a mother and child have, in fact, it seems to me that it’s been more of a competition for Candy. Tori was, and never has been, good enough for her mother and the same holds true today.

If you recall, while promoting her new book, Stories from Candyland, Candy played the victim (as always) and told the world that her daughter is once again not speaking to her, has refused to let her see her grandchildren and will not share the whereabouts of her residence. Of course, Tori is denying every single allegation. But she is doing it with class.

She tells People magazine, “It’s not like we’re not talking, we just haven’t talked. I love my mother. I’ve always loved her [and] no doubt she loves me. There’s no feud. We simply never meshed.

“My mother is who she is. I’ve become who I am. At some point I realized those two just didn’t go together. I, in no way, cut her off. She is welcome to make the effort if she wants to be present in their lives.”

Tori says that the last contact she had with her mother was via email, while pregnant with Stella. Her mother never responded.

“She knows how to reach me, she knows where we live. If she would love to see her grandchildren, she should really make an effort to reach out and see them.”

Despite her mother staunchly saying that she’s never read, nor does she ever plan to read, Tori’s first book, sTORI Telling, Tori says she will be reading her mother’s new book.

“If she wants to put her truth out there as she sees it, she’s completely entitled to do that. I know she has a letter to the grandchildren in it, and I think that’s perfectly lovely if that makes her happy. And you know, I hope she follows through on that. I hope they do mean the world to her and she does reach out to them.”

Tori’s second book Mommywood hits stores tomorrow.

Oh boy, ever since VH1 revived Bret Michaels’ suffocating career it seems we just can’t shake him.

Making sure he gets every drop out of his second fifteen minutes of fame, Michaels is putting out a new autobiography titled (of course) Roses & Thorns.

The Poison singer will take the reader on a ride through his eventful life. From his humble upbringings in Harrisburg, PA, to his wild-child 80s rockstar days, up until now, where he is the star of VH1’s top reality show. Bret also opens up about the car crashes that nearly killed him and his struggle with diabetes.

His latest reality show, Rock of Love Tour Bus, airs it’s season finale on April 12th.

The book hits shelves June 23rd.

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It’s long been known that Alyssa Milano is love with America’s greatest past time – baseball.

It’s also known that Milano has dated some of baseball’s biggest names including former LA Dodgers star Brad Penny and pitchers Carl Pavano and Barry Zito.

The actress, who has her own line of women’s baseball jerseys, says she has loved the sport since she was a child.

In the book, Safe at Home: Confessions of a Baseball Fanatic, she explains, “Other women dream of papaya facials and mango pedicures. Give me a hot dog, a pitchers’ duel and a late-inning suicide squeeze (risky tactic to score), and I melt like hot pine tar.”

Although she has dated numerous baseball players, she says she is no groupie. “To be completely honest, after Barry and I broke up, I swore off baseball players. (But) Brad had me at, ‘Let’s go down to the clubhouse.’”

As for baseball’s great scandal involving athletes taking growth hormones, she supports her boys in uniform by offering the following analogy. “The big difference between injecting Botox and with taking human growth hormone is that there are no rules against Botox.”

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Dr. Drew Pinsky and entertainment business professor S. Mark Young studied celebrities who took the Narcissistic Personality Inventory Test (NPI), a narcissism screening test, and they say nearly all celebrities scored high.

The men discuss the test in their new book, The Mirror Effect.

The 40 questions below are the same questions used in Dr. Drew’s studies. You can take this test yourself and see if you are as egotistic as those celebs you love to razzle.

The test is to be conducted alone and in one sitting. Don’t take a high or low score as meaning something is wrong with you.

“There’s no such thing as a good or bad result on this test. Scoring high on the narcissism inventory, or high on any of the component categories, doesn’t mean you have a disorder, or that you’re a good or bad person.”

Choose either A or B for each question.

Here are the 40 Questions:

1. A. I have a natural talent for influencing people.
B. I am not good at influencing people.

2. A. Modesty doesn’t become me.
B. I am essentially a modest person.

3. A. I would do almost anything on a dare.
B. I tend to be a fairly cautious person.

4. A. When people compliment me I sometimes get embarrassed.
B. I know that I am good because everybody keeps telling me so.

5. A. The thought of ruling the world frightens the hell out of me.
B. If I ruled the world it would be a better place.

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Candy Spelling has never been one to get all warm and fuzzy about her daughter, Tori.

Especially now that the two will be competing on the bookshelves.

Tori’s new book, Mommywood was recently moved up to the same release date at her mother’s, Candyland, on April 14th.

Well, Candy wouldn’t hear of dueling release dates, so she had her book moved up to March 31st.

Tori’s camp is saying that they wanted the April 14th release date to be able to promote it for Mother’s Day and that it had nothing to do with her mother’s book date. However, Candy doesn’t seem to care the reason. Just as she has always done, she coldly pretends as though her daughter means nothing to her. It’s always a competition with her, and when she is losing, she quickly throws in the towel – but not before taking a stab at her daughter.

In an attempt to sound humane she says, “Tori is my daughter, and I love her. I wish her all the best with the publication of her new book.”

But then comes the icy stab.

“I never read her first one because my friends and family advised me against it. They said it would hurt my feelings, so I decided to pass. I won’t read her new one either.”

By the way, in case you missed my review of Tori’s sTORI Telling, it was really good! A must read, in fact. Especially if you love celeb gossip and know a bit about the family. Tori really is great at telling a story and her life is fascinating.

And yes, her mother really is the cold bitch you would expect. 110%.

A quote from Kat Von D’s book, High Voltage Tattoo:

““When I was married my husband told me to stop getting my face tattooed, and being the stubborn person I am, right then and there I went and added seven more stars!”

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