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Shannen Doherty’s Details Interview

Spicy — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:25:25 +0000

Details magazine sat down with former bad girl Shannen Doherty at a Malibu restaurant on the beach where they discussed everything from her ex-husband Rick Salmon to her 90210 comeback.

Here’s what she had to say.

On a Hawaiian shark-diving trip she took with friends:

“I couldn’t breathe, I started having an anxiety attack, I couldn’t stay out of their reach. They were slamming into the cage—they looked so frickin’ mean! My leg slipped a little through the bars, and a shark swam up against me and rubbed off a layer of my skin.

“I tell myself the least I can do is give the ocean back to the sharks,” Doherty says. And then she giggles. “No, that’s just a bullshit rationalization—I’m just terrified now.”

On her best known role, 90210’s Brenda Walsh:

“I don’t think Brenda was a complete brat. She was fueled by her insecurities: not being from Beverly Hills, not feeling safe in that environment. And then the love of her life was stolen from her. That can really injure a young girl’s esteem.”

On life in her 30s:

“I have a great life now. It’s really kind of boring.”

On her critics:

“I don’t spend any time on the Internet. I used to, but then I’d cry myself to sleep, thinking everyone in the world hates me. So I stopped. But when the news came that they were bringing back 90210, friends started e-mailing me stuff from fan sites that said Brenda had to be on the show. I can pay my mortgage and ride my horses because of those fans. This is how I can repay them.”

On her new role on 90210:

“I wouldn’t have done it if she was stuck in the same spot,” Doherty says. “There were moments when I hated Brenda, but there were other moments when I saw vulnerability and greatness in her, and believed her passion for life would make her a great actor—but not someone you would necessarily want to hang out with.”

On her ex-husband playboy Rick Salmon:

“I look at what he did [on the Paris Hilton sex tape] and think, God, that’s disgusting. But when we were married, I never had someone make me laugh so much. I was madly in love.”

Full interview available at Details.

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Co-Stars Pissed That Tori Spelling Won’t Be on 90210

Spicy — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:13:14 +0000

It just doesn’t seem right. How can there be a 90210 without Tori Spelling?

With Jennie Garth and Shannon Doherty set to bring the 90s Gen-X drama back, it seemed only obvious that Tori would be included. And at first, she was. That is until the CW network decided to pay Tori less that her co-stars.

Garth isn’t happy about it, and recently she vented to EW.com, telling them she wishes things could have worked out differently.

“They [the media] think we’re at war over salary with Tori. I didn’t know I was at war with Tori. I’m really bummed because I love Tori and I was psyched Tori was going to be on the show.

I think she should definitely get paid as much as either of us is getting paid. Her father created the show. It just seems wrong if that’s the case.

I don’t know what really happened because I haven’t talked to her. I would like to talk to her.”

As for Shannon Doherty, the ex-bad girl says that, she too, wishes Tori was involved in the production. She also insists reports of the women’s salary amounts are completely off. “They didn’t even get the numbers right, so I don’t know if it’s about the money either.”

Garth adds that it’s not too late to keep campaigning for her friend, “I’ll try to butt my head in whenever I can and tell people what I think about it.”

A CW spokesperson claims that there are no plans for Spelling to appear on the show.

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Retro Rolling Stone Cover – 90210

Spicy — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:48:47 +0000

Luke Perry, Shannon Doherty and Jason Priestley, Rolling Stone magazine, February 20, 1992

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Retro Rolling Stone Cover – 1992

Spicy — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:29:00 +0000

Rolling Stone Magazine Cover – February 20, 1992

Beverly Hills 90210
Luke Perry, Shannon Doherty and Jason Priestley

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