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...Whittle a shiv out of lye soap b) Wear his own dark clothes instead of the prison's orange ones c) Churn coke with Robert Downey...
Christmas song of the season: Robert Downey Jr.'s version of Joni Mitchell's "River," the highlight of his incredible season on "Ally McBeal." Problem is, you'll have to suffer the ignominy of having the A Very Ally Christmas album on your shelf if you want to hear...
...still possible after multiple relapses, although whether or not serving jail time has a beneficial effect is hotly contested. "Addiction," says Leshner, "is a chronic illness, just like high blood pressure. We can't cure it, but we're getting better at managing it all the time." So while Downey's situation looks very bad at the moment and for the immediate future, it may not be entirely hopeless...
Since addiction is caused by drug exposure, Leshner believes, anyone who takes drugs long enough will become an addict. But "long enough" can vary dramatically from one person to the next. In Downey's case, it can't have helped that when he was six, he was given a joint by his filmmaker father (Downey Sr. has since expressed regret for that action). But without an understanding of individual biological differences, which scientists have yet to unravel, nobody can say whether those experiences turned Downey into an addict right from the start or whether repeated drug use over many years...
...time goes by, I have less and less interest in acting in movies," Gibson admits. "It's like a hobby. It isn't the hunger I had before." Instead, he's looking for directing projects. He had been planning to direct Hamlet onstage with Robert Downey Jr. in Los Angeles before Downey was arrested on drug-related charges on Nov. 25. "He would knock your socks off," says Gibson, sounding sad and frustrated. "I don't think even he knows it. I hope he gets it together...