It was tragic till the bitter end. Anna Nicole Smith - mother, widow, stripper, millionaire heiress, reality TV star, Playboy centrefold and Marilyn Monroe wannabe - is gone, but her star still shines brightly in the gossip mags. This week's mags attempt to pay tribute to the , but Anna Nicole's sudden death in a Florida hotel room inconsiderately fell outside of deadline.
Couldn't she have waited just a few more days? As a result, coverage veers between comprehensive and haphazard to nonexistent. Just like a , then.
Only one mag gives Anna Nicole the attention she deserves. With four pages of features, inside goss, a timeline and the obligatory Marilyn Monroe comparisons, the gold star goes to Woman's Day. Don't forget to stick it on your report card, guys.
Despite an inconclusive autopsy at the time of print, WD breaks open a fortune cookie to say it knows exactly . It was a broken heart, silly. It's doubtful the coroner will concur.
But it wasn't her late husband, oil tycoon J Howard Marshall, who caused Anna Nicole's broken heart. WD says it was her son Daniel's death - combined with her daughter's paternity battle, a lawsuit over diet products and an eviction notice - that pushed the embattled blonde over the edge. Yep, that'd do it.
New Idea, meanwhile, staples a second cover to it's mag with the cliched headline "stop press", in an attempt to prove Anna Nicole's death didn't catch it with it's pants down. Nice try, guys. Unfortunately, NI gives more prominence to "Jen's new man" - a no-name stranger Jennifer Aniston was seen schmoozing - over what is likely to be the biggest celebrity death this year, suggesting it was indeed caught on the hop.
Still, the back page memorial is a nice touch. Remarkably, Woman's Weekly chooses to completely ignore Anna Nicole. Instead, it gives it's readers yet another royal snoozathon special, this time focusing on Britain's "partying princes".
Get your pillows ready. Apparently, Prince William drank so much last weekend his minders had to help him leave a nightclub. Woah.
Come to New Zealand for a drink, mate. You'll need a stretcher to get home. Luckily, WW recovers with an excellent photo spread on Matthew Ridge and his new partner, British tart Rebecca Loos.
In it, take a seemingly romantic walk in Madrid with a couple of dogs. All is good till Ridge - why he's dressed like Count Dracula isn't explained - pashes a dog, then lays one on Loos. Talk about doggy breath.
Britney also sleeps till mid-afternoon, walks "butt-naked" around the house and conducts official meetings while having a bath. That nanny has - quite literally - seen it all.
Instead, turn to NI for pics of British chef Jamie Oliver dressed as a kinky nurse, complete with lipstick, fake boobs, fishnet tights, blonde hair extensions and a blue PVC uniform. If he has to crossdress, wouldn't a dinner lady's outfit be more appropriate? Finally, the quote of the week comes from Christina Aguilera, who says she loves spending Sundays with her husband, Jordan Bratman: "We have something called naked Sunday.
We do everything naked. We cook naked."
What do you think of the gossip mag's coverage of Anna Nicole's death?
Send us your about that and anything else related to this week's gossip, and we'll publish your comments. I'm a Scot, not American, but I appreciate talent. I firmly believe Anna Nicole was a gifted woman, and it's really sad to see that the magazines are glossing over her career (Gap, dramatic acting etc), and concentrating on her private life.
Gossip magazines made her life hell and now they should leave her alone, just like Princess Diana. No one made J Howard Marshall marry her. He loved her .
.. so what .
.. this is America.
So she wasn't perfect ...
she tried, she was a good mother. It's all just sad and tragic. Poor little baby with no mummy.
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