Sharon Stone is a lady I would have always described as a cougar – long before she started dating a 24-year-old. There’s something about her long nails, penchant for fur, and generally abrasive personality that says, “I eat living creatures for snacks – and I prefer it that way.” But now it turns out Stone is the other kind of cougar – the kind that dates ridiculously young men as some sort of status symbol. Luckily for the poor fellow in question, it doesn’t sound like it’s too serious on either side.

Sharon Stone’s current love interest is half her age — and that hasn’t stopped him from bragging about her to all of his friends. “I’ve started dating Sharon Stone, and she’s pretty good for 50,” Chase Dreyfous, 24, told his pals at a birthday party at Crown Bar on August 8 in LA.

“Sharon called him and he showed the caller ID to everyone,” adds an insider. The unlikely pair, who met in early July while working together on Sharon’s charity, Planet Hope, were first spotted getting cozy at a party thrown by fashion designer Christian Audigier on August 2 in LA.

“She’s really into him and even asked him to come with her to Mexico,” the insider says. Sharon was married to media mogul Phil Bronstein for six years before they divorced in early 2004. Chase and Sharon stepped out at Christian Audigier’s “white party,” which was held to celebrate the birthday of Christian’s wife, Ira.

[From In Touch]

Yeah, she’s pretty good for fifty because she drinks the blood of three twelve-year-olds in a fruit-based cocktail every morning. I’m telling you Chase, be wary. I am absolutely certain she’s just watching over you before she bites into your neck. Calling Sharon Stone a cougar is easily the nicest thing anyone’s ever said about her. There is no way that woman is as maternal and loving as a cougar would be. She’s not even as kind as a black widow spider. If she tries to get you take out a life insurance policy with her as the beneficiary, run. I’ve seen all this in Lifetime movies, and I’m telling you now, it’s not going anywhere good.

Who wouldn’t want to date this fine thing? Here’s Stone on Friday. Images thanks to Fame.

Sharon Stone’s comments about the earthquake in China being karmic retribution for human rights abuse just won’t go away. A New York lawyer is rallying the families of Chinese earthquake victims to sue Sharon Stone for $1 billion.

The “Basic Instinct” star was recently served with legal papers announcing attorney Ming Hai’s intention to sue her for harming Chinese people when she suggested the catastrophic quake last May was “karma” for the regime’s occupation of Tibet.

“For the families who have lost their loved ones or lost limbs or suffered severe injuries, your … statement and act has caused extreme emotional distress,” Ming wrote, citing the controversial comments Stone made at the Cannes Film Festival.

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Sharon Stone has been making stupid statements all of her life, mostly via flashing her crotch and wearing fur, but this one really seems to be affecting her career. Firstly, China banned all of her films. Sure, they might not have the biggest box office turnover, but it’s been a while since Sharon was a star and she can’t afford to lose a billion possible patrons.

Then she got dropped from her contract with Dior, offered a brain scan by PETA to see if she had one, or compassion. Is this what we might call karma? Is it bad that I am really rather enjoying this? Is that going to give me bad karma? What are the rules here? How does karma work? Sharon has offered apologies, but didn’t offer any money. I guess this is what the lawsuit is asking for.

This situation is really about the people who have lost their families and homes in Sichuan province. It is estimated that 80% of the buildings were destroyed (leaving as many as 11million people homeless), and around 100,000 people are dead or missing, as well as almost 400,000 people injured.

If the lawsuit involves Sharon Stone donating some money to relief efforts, it can only be a good thing. It won’t be anywhere near $1billion, Sharon Stone can only dream of that kind of money.

Earthquake statistics from Wikipedia.

Sharon Stone is shown out at Orso restaurant on 7/29/08. Credit: WENN

I hate Sharon Stone. And I’m not the biggest fan of PETA. But I have to admit that I love just how much PETA hates Sharon Stone, and the lengths they’ll go to in order to share with the world what a terrible person they think she is. Earlier this month, the organization publicly offered to pay for a brain scan to see if there was something wrong with her prefrontal region. Just try not to love them after that!

Now PETA is pissed after finding out that Stone insisted a tarantula be de-pincered before she’d film a scene with it in the 1981 movie Deadly Blessing.

SHARON STONE is back in trouble with animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), after revelations she forced filmmakers to mutilate a spider.

Acting legend Ernest Borgnine claims Stone - his co-star in 1981 horror film Deadly Blessing - insisted a tarantula have its pincers removed before she would shoot a scene with it.

He reveals, “Sharon wanted the spider’s pincers removed.”

And PETA bosses are furious. Spokesperson Ingrid Newkirk tells the New York Post, “She chose to make a tiny insect an amputee. Perhaps she should change her name legally to ‘Heart of Stone.’”

[From Showbiz Spy]

Now I am crazy afraid of all bugs. No exceptions. Spiders don’t bother me as much as other things, but the hairy sorts kind of mess with my head. Also, anything with an exoskeleton. So I can’t blame Sharon Stone for being freaked out. But I’m pretty sure if I were her, I’d insist on a body double or some sort of stunt spider before I’d insist someone remove its pincers.

Have you seen those plastic gag spiders in the toy store? They run all of 59 cents, and are damn realistic in the right light. I think that would have been a much better way to go. I haven’t seen Deadly Blessing, but considering I’ve never heard of it, I’m guessing it wasn’t so amazing that a rubber spider would have ruined an otherwise perfect film.

There is a really funny website that I adore called PassiveAggressiveNotes.com. It features real letters, notes, and postings people have sent in that are either passive aggressive, all-out aggressive, obsessive, or things that should just have been said outright instead of posted in a note. Ingrid E. Newkirk, the president of PETA, sent a letter to Sharon Stone two days ago, offering her a brain scan at PETA’s expense. It seems they’re pretty worried about the state of Ms. Stone’s prefrontal region. I’m pretty worried about her whole brain, but the caring folks at PETA have thoughtfully narrowed it down.

I am writing with an offer that could provide an opportunity for you to escape all future public condemnation when you show insensitivity to the suffering of others.

Given that millions of people - including children - were killed, injured, and left homeless by the recent earthquake in China, everyone was shocked to hear you dismiss the devastating effects of this disaster. However, your cavalier attitude did not come as a surprise to us. We are used to the indifference that you flaunt and the callous remarks that you make about the suffering and death of the animals whose fur you wear so often.

Scientific studies suggest that the prefrontal regions of the brains of people who lack empathy might be underdeveloped. Here’s our offer: Would you allow PETA to pay for a scan of the prefrontal region of your brain to determine if comments and actions that seem to demonstrate a lack of empathy are the result of a physical defect?

You don’t have to be a member of Mensa to understand that the suffering endured by animals in the fur industry is supported by your desire to deck yourself out in fur. The type of thinking that would allow a perhaps otherwise intelligent woman to deny the cruel consequences of her actions can be established through a brain scan. We urge you to undergo this test at our expense. With help, you might be able to develop empathy and curb your urge to scoff at various forms of misery and violence. Please contact me to make the necessary arrangements.

[From PETA letter]

This is my favorite angry letter of all time. Offering to buy a famous celebrity a brain scan under the obviously fake guise of concern because you think she’s a crazy bitch? Brilliant. You know the follow-up letter will be to buy Stone a needle and thread and pay to have her mouth sewn shut… for her own sake.

PETA can be pretty out there, but I dislike Sharon Stone above all other people. So I am fully in support of this brain scan. And if they can somehow get her locked into the mental ward while they’re at it, I will gladly become a card carrying member of their organization.

Here’s Sharon Stone at the Angel Awards in Los Angeles in August 2004. Header of Stone at Vanity Fair’s Oscar Party in Los Angeles on February 25, 2007. Images thanks to WENN.

Sharon Stone has issued an apology for her ignorant and obnoxious remarks about the Chinese earthquake. She was asked on the red carpet at Cannes what she thought of the crisis in China and she got really haughty about it. Instead of focusing on the terrible humanitarian crisis there or even mentioning the fact that tens of thousands of people are dead with thousands more missing, injured and homeless she said “You know it was very interesting. At first I’m not happy about the way the Chinese are treating the Tibetans, because I don’t think anyone should be unkind to anyone else… And then all this earthquake and all this stuff happened, and I thought, is that karma?”

The news came out Monday and Stone finally issued an apology that was released today. At least she apologized and said she was deeply sorry, not something like “I regret if people were offended.” The way she’s following up on it sounds kind of half-assed. She said she was “willing” to do charity work. She didn’t pledge money or say she had arranged to work for a charity, she just said she was “willing” to. It’s something I guess and maybe she didn’t have time to make specific plans yet.

“Due to my inappropriate words and acts during the interview, I feel deeply sorry and sad about hurting Chinese people,” the actress, 50, said in the statement. “I am willing to take part in the relief work of China’s earthquake, and wholly devote myself to helping affected Chinese people.”

Christian Dior — which released the statement from the actress — also dropped her from its Chinese ads after her remark last week at the Cannes Film Festival.

Stone (a staunch Tibetan rights advocate) had tied the natural disaster — which has claimed at least 65,000 lives — to Beijing’s policy on Tibet.

[From US Weekly]

There could have been more groveling in there, but it’s not a bad apology as far as they go. I was looking for a large monetary donation from Stone, but her money is probably all tied up in furs and jewelry and it’s not like she’s getting a lot of work lately. She could auction off some of her luxury items for the affected Tibetans, if she only cares about them and not the rest of the innocent people affected by this horrible natural disaster. Saying she’s willing to help is a start I guess. When she’s down on her knees sifting through rubble and helping cleanup efforts, that’s when I’ll consider her apology sincere.

Sharon Stone is shown at the Dior and Elle evening dinner at Cannes on 5/23/08, thanks to WENN.

The Chinese now have one small bit of light in their otherwise dark world right now: they will no longer have to watch Sharon Stone films. Okay technically they will no longer be able to watch Sharon Stone films – but really, if you’ve ever tried to sit through one of her fine performances, you realize it’s not something any rational person would choose to do. One of China’s largest movie theater chains has banned her films, refusing to show them after her insensitive comments implying the devastating Chinese earthquakes were the result of bad karma.

The 50-year-old actress suggested last week that the devastating May 12 earthquake in China could have been the result of bad karma over the government’s treatment of Tibet. That prompted the founder of one of China’s biggest cinema chains to say his company would not show her films in his theaters, according to a story in The Hollywood Reporter.

Ng See-Yuen, founder of the UME Cineplex chain and the chairman of the Federation of Hong Kong Filmmakers, called Stone’s comments “inappropriate”. UME has branches in Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Hangzhou and Guangzhou, China’s biggest urban movie markets.

During the brief interview, which has also surfaced on YouTube, Stone also said she cried when she received a letter from the Tibetan Foundation asking her to help quake victims. “They wanted to go and be helpful, and that made me cry,” she said. “It was a big lesson to me that sometimes you have to learn to put your head down and be of service even to people who aren’t nice to you.”

“To Sharon Stone’s comment, it’s unlikely that we will respond,” said a woman who answered the phone at the Foreign Ministry in Beijing. She refused to give her name or position. After-hours phone calls and email to a representative for Stone were not immediately returned Tuesday night.

[From the Daily Mail]

I’m not quite sure how to interpret the second part of Stone’s comments, where she mentions getting a letter from the Tibetan Foundation. That part wasn’t quoted in any of the articles that came out in the last few days. You could argue that she’s praising the Tibetans and nothing more, or you could argue that it slightly mitigates the inflammatory nature of the first part of her comments (while still not making them appropriate). But it still was an incredibly unwise and thoughtless thing to say.

The Internet Movie Database shows that Stone has five movies coming out within the next two years. Generally speaking, movies recoup their costs in the U.S. and make their profits overseas. The Chinese market is very important – in fact Stone was a guest at the Shanghai International Film Festival last year. It makes you think she must not have that big a problem with the Chinese treatment of Tibet, since she’s willing to chill with them when it furthers her career. Regardless, if other theaters follow the lead of UME Cineplex as expected, it could dramatically affect her future film’s profits.

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Here’s Sharon Stone at the Che premiere at Cannes on May 21st. Images thanks to PR Photos.

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This is in response to the massive outcry against Sharon Stone’s outrageous comment that the devastating earthquake in China, in which 67,000 people are confirmed dead and thousands more missing, was somehow karma against their government. Other commenters, who are very much in the minority, have expressed similar ignorant sentiments that are in no way a reflection of the feelings of the American people or of this website.

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Update: We are donating to the “Half the Sky Children’s Relief Fund” through GlobalGiving.com. The Half The Sky Children’s Relief Fund website has photos and a blog chronicling of their efforts. They recently visited a primary school that collapsed in which 241 out of 500 children perished.

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Two weeks ago a massive earthquake hit the Chinese province of Sichuan. 88,000 people are dead or missing. 80% of the buildings have been destroyed. Several schools were leveled, trapping and killing thousands of schoolchildren. The entire thing has been nothing but devastating. So how does lovely Sharon Stone respond? By saying that the Chinese brought it on themselves. You know, the poor villagers and children.

“I’m, you know, not happy about the way the Chinese are treating the Tibetans, because I don’t think anyone should be unkind to anyone else. And so, I have been very concerned about how to think and what to do about that because I don’t like … that. And then I’ve been, this, you know, concerned about, oh, how should we deal with the Olympics, because they’re not being nice to the Dali Lama who is a good friend of mine. And then all this earthquake and all this stuff happened, and I thought, is that karma? When you’re not nice that the bad things happen to you?”

[From WWTDD]

I’d really like to know where your karma is, Sharon Stone. Because you’re a legendary bitch. So exactly what should befall you? And by the logic that the Chinese government isn’t nice, thus bad things happen to the Chinese citizens, should bad things happen to your family because you’re one horking bitch?

Something tells me that Sharon’s “good friend” the Dali Lama isn’t her great friend right now. What with the whole “being decent to other people” thing that he’s a big fan of. Aside from her unsightly crotch flashing – and speaking of unsightly atrocities, making us look at her face on the whole – Stone’s other incredibly offensive statements include her mentioning that women who thought they might be raped should offer the potential rapist a blowjob instead.

I’m all for free speech. But at some point, there should be consequences for saying terrible things. I’m not even saying they should be legal consequences – but maybe everyone refuses to go to your crap-ass movies or give you a dime of their money, and you eventually end up living in a cave and being eating alive by rabid bears. During an earthquake. Because of your bad karma.

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Update by Celebitchy: Due to the urgent need in Sichuan province after the devastating earthquake, and Sharon Stone’s highly offensive statement, along with some of the ignorant, dismissive and arguably heartless comments here, we have donated $1,000 to the Half The Sky Children’s Relief Fund through Global Giving. Please rest assured that the comments here do not reflect the opinions of the people who run this site at all. Rather than continuing to argue about this, we recommend you donate whatever you can afford, even a small amount, to Global Giving. After hearing about this horrible disaster I wanted to do something to help. Thanks to Sharon Stone and the others who called her comments justifiable for helping us remember what’s important in life.

Header photo of Sharon Stone at amfAR’s annual Cinema Against AIDS gala at Cannes on Thursday. Images thanks to WENN.

Sharon Stone showed up to support Madonna at the premiere of her vanity project charity documentary I am, Because in Cannes. Madonna wore a questionable v-neck striped sequin gown with cut out shoulders and an oversize black vinyl belt. Her dress changed from black to white and the ends of the sleeves and skirt were cut in icicle-like strips. It looked like a figure skating outfit adapted for evening wear.

According to IMDB, I am, Because is “A look into the lives of Malawi’s 1 million plus orphans in the wake of the AIDS pandemic.” Madonna chronicles the start of her “Raising Malawai” organization in the film, which has faced criticism for promoting and possibly being a front for the Kabbalah cult that she supports. She also covers her discovery and adoption of half-orphan, David Banda, in the film.

In an interview with Ann Curry about the film last month, Madonna said “I got to a point where I thought ‘I have so much and it’s a great tragedy if I don’t use what I have to make the world a better place’”

When Curry asked Madonna how she responded to critics who would call her charity work a “fad or trend,” she answered “My reinventions are part of my evolution, and my growth as a person. There are aspects of it that are frivolous and there are aspects of it that are real.”

Interesting that Madonna’s films are getting more attention now than her husband’s, director Guy Ritchie, whose career has floundered since they married in 2000.

Thanks to WENN for these photos.

Sharon Stone has appeared at Elton John’s Oscar Party wearing a lucky rat’s foot. No, that is not a typo - she wore a rat’s foot, not the traditional lucky rabbit’s foot.

PETA, who have never been a fan of the fur wearing actress, have launched an attack on the jewelery. I can’t blame them - the badge is just so ugly.

In a scathing attack on Stone for her fashion attire, PETA campaigners said: “Maybe Sharon, passed over by the Academy yet again, was jealous of ‘Ratatouille’’s Oscar win and thought a rodent paw might go with her haggard look.”

“Her accessories these days are as dead as her career.”

San Francisco Chronicle

Now, Sharon is said to be wearing the foot as it is an item that Scotsmen wear on their wedding day. I’ve never heard of this tradition, or been to a Scottish wedding, so I’m not sure if it’s meant to be lucky for the groom. I’m not sure how it is lucky, unless it’s because we’ve just had Chinese New Year and it’s the year of the rat. I guess we can safely assume that the brooch wasn’t so lucky for the rat that is now missing a paw.

At least this zebra print outfit was fake, although I think that’s the nicest thing that can be said about it. When did Sharon Stone lose her sense of style?

At the same event, Sharon donated a vintage Corvette racing car for the auction raising money for Elton John’s AIDS foundation. A guest started the bidding at $1 million, only he didn’t have the money. It seems his was just a dummy bid, and he was planning to drop out when someone bid more. Unfortunately even the most shiny of vintage cars is unlikely to net $1 million, and the bidder had to explain he didn’t actually want the car. Whoops.