What a cutie. Not guilty. I hope she gets some help.
Poor thing. I always think of her as Christie’s daughter, though of course she is the child of both. I bet it was over some stupid guy. Prayers up.
Poor girl. Very sad.
Prayers will be said for her tonight. It can’t be easy having those two for parents. I’m betting she got just about no attention when she was growing up because all the attention has to be on the attention hos in the family.
Prayers for her and the family. How sad.
By the grace of God her roommate found her and got help for her. May her parents comprehend it wasn't just "a stoke of luck" that helped save their daughter's life.
Billy Joel was the opening act for a friend of mine way back in the day. Even before he was rich and famous, he was crabby and disagreeable, even to the headliner musicians for whom he was opening! One would think one would have put on a facade of pleasantness when one is presented with what could be “THE BIG BREAK”! LOL (I know I always DID! )
I can’t imagine growing up with such a person as my Daddy!
Prayers for this pretty and talented young lady.
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She’s among several celebrities scheduled to appear in a tree-lighting
ceremony at the New York Stock Exchange this Thursday.
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If she gets well enough...it would be something if she kept that committment.
(Yeah, but it’s a tall bill to fill...but certainly would be something.)
Regardless, best wishes to her.
Dad Billy tried to commit suicide at 21 y/o; he’s an admitted binge drinker and revolving door rehab customer, it seems to run in the genes.
Too bad. So much wasted talent.
Poor girl. She has his looks.
Billy himself struggled with depression as did Christie...
I just learned a high school friends sons was found dead from an overdose today. He just got out of drug rehab last week. He was 21 years old without any excuses except stupidity. Sad and cruel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6d2HTeDh6c
Alexa Ray Joel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XX8yP9eyWk&feature=player_embedded#
Alexa Ray Joel Making Of Invisible
They say it doesn’t matter
This love is in my mind
We never got it right, anyway
They say I’m doin’ better
I should be feelin’ fine...
But this pain is growing
And though I keep on going
I don’t feel that I’m OK
Cause each time you walk away—
I’m still tryin’ to fight it...
I am not invisible
No, I’m not invisible
But you make me feel that way
You won’t let yourself see me
And when you find me standing there
Will you pretend you’re not aware
I’m the girl you broke in two
So I can’t say—
A single word to you...
You say you’re movin’ on, now
I gotta let it go
And this is not healthy anymore
And I should understand you
You’re so logical
But I just don’t hear you—
Cause if I can’t be near you—
Nothin’ ever feels OK—
And I’ve tried to walk away,
But it’s not in me to fight it
I am not invisible
No, I’m not invisible
But you make me feel that way
You won’t let yourself see me
And when you find me standing there
Will you pretend you’re not aware
I’m the girl you broke in two...
And you can watch me close the door
Cause I’m not broken anymore
The only thing that’s plain to see
Is you’ve become invisible to me...
I am not invisible
No, I’m not invisible
Prayers for her.
Crud, I remember when she was born. I hope she gets the help she needs and can go on to have a happy and constructive life.
Imagine being young, pretty, rich - and wanting to be dead.
What a horror. I hope she goes on to a happy productive life. She must not have done too much charity work around people whose lives really do suck.
Joel married his business manager, Elizabeth Weber Small, on September 5, 1973. She was the former wife of his music partner, Jon Small, in the short-lived band Attila. They divorced on July 20, 1982, though he kept her on as his business manager, a move that would prove to be a mistake, according to his Behind the Music interview, as her brother, Frank Weber, embezzled almost all of Joel’s savings.
Joel married Christie Brinkley on March 23, 1985. Their daughter, Alexa Ray Joel, was born December 29, 1985. Alexa was given the middle name of Ray after Ray Charles, one of Joel’s musical idols. Joel and Brinkley divorced on August 25, 1994, although the couple remain friendly.
On October 2, 2004, Joel married 23-year-old Katie Lee. At the time of the wedding, Joel was 55. Joel’s daughter, Alexa Ray, then 18, served as maid-of-honor. Joel’s second wife, Christie Brinkley, attended the union and gave the couple her blessing. Lee works as a restaurant correspondent for the PBS show, George Hirsch: Living it Up!. In 2006, Katie Lee hosted Bravo’s Top Chef. She did not return for a second season, instead going on tour with her husband. She now has a weekly column in Hamptons Magazine, and is a field correspondent for the entertainment television show Extra. On June 17, 2009, both confirmed that they have split after five years of marriage. After the split, he was seen with Canadian beauty Krystle Luther. She was recently spotted with Marilyn Manson’s guitarist Jeordie White aka Twiggy Ramirez, prompting speculation that she was not romantically involved with Joel.
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In 1982, Brinkley had a romantic relationship with Olivier Chandon de Brailles (born September 17, 1955 in France), heir to the Moët-Chandon Champagne fortune. The two met at Studio 54 in New York City at a party promoting a calendar in which Brinkley appeared. Chandon died a year later on March 2, 1983 in an auto-race car crash during a private pre-season practice session.
Christie Brinkley married four times:
French artist Jean-François Allaux (born in Rabat, Morocco), (1973–1981).
Billy Joel (William Joseph Martin Joel, born May 9, 1949 in Bronx, New York), (1985–1994).[23] Brinkley and Joel met in 1983 on the Island of St. Barts, in the Caribbean. Joel and Brinkley were married on March 23, 1985 on a yacht on the Hudson River and this was the second marriage for both. Joel was 35 and Brinkley 31 and took their vows in a private ceremony attended by 175 family members and friends, including Paul Simon and the Straycats Band.
Real estate developer Richard Taubman (born 1948), (1994–1995). Brinkley and Taubman met in 1994 when a mutual friend introduced them. He proposed to her in May, 1994 although she and Billy Joel were still married. They were married on December 22, 1994 in Telluride, Colorado near the area where they were both in a helicopter crash in March, 1994. Brinkley was 40 years old and Taubman 46 and she announced at their wedding that they were expecting a baby boy.
Peter Halsey Cook (born January 1, 1959, New Jersey), an architect (1996-2008). Cook and Brinkley first met in 1979 when he was modeling, and had their paths cross a few times after that. But at their re-introduction later by mutual friend, NBC’s Jill Rappaport and announced their engagement in August 1996. They married on September 21, 1996 a ranch in Bridgehampton, New York. Brinkley was 42 and Cook 37. They had nearly 120 guests at their wedding including Billy Joel.
Wow, Alexa’s 23 already? I feel old. I remember when Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley met!
So sad, and I hope she gets better. It seems she inherited her dad’s addictive nature.