Red Carpet Arrival at the Tweet House Friday 7/23

  

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FOR FRIDAY JULY 23

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WHAT:  RED CARPET ARRIVALS –TWEET HOUSE PARTY AT COMIC-CON ABOARD THE USS MIDWAY. Hosted by the Screen Actors Guild. “STRYKER” from KROQ/Vh1 “Charm School” is the host/MC.  Tweet House is sponsored by   VERIZON. The Tweet House  is a  celebration of the impact of the Real‐Time Web on entertainment and  Twitter’s pervasive role within it.  As a confluence of hundreds of key players in the entertainment  and tech industries, the Tweet House showcases collaboration, creativity, and technology in an informal and festive environment. www.tweet‐house.com  

WHEN:  FRIDAY JULY 23  6:30 PM – 1:00 AM

·      5:45 PM WILLIAM SHATNER will be landing via helicopter on the flight deck

·      10 pm DJ MIKE RELM (Ironman 2) will be spinning on the lower deck

WHERE:  TWEET HOUSE ABOARD THE USS MIDWAY 910 North Harbor Drive San Diego, CA 92101

WHO: CONFIRMED CELEBRITIES:

WILLIAM SHATNER, LEVAR BURTON, BRENT SPINER, TYRESE GIBSON, KEVIN SORBO, SIMON HELBERG, NOAH WYLE, COLIN FERGUSON (Eureka) MOON BLOODGOOD (Falling Sky) DAVID BLUE (Stargate Universe) FELICIA DAY (The Guild) KIERIN CULKIN, NELSON ELLIS (True Blood) MAE WHITMAN (Scott Pilgrim) STRYKER (KROQ) ZACHARY LEVI (Chuck) JOSHUA GOMEZ (Chuck) JACKIE EARLE HALEY (Nightmare on Elm Street) CHRIS GORE, MIKE RELM, KEVIN PEREIRA, AGENT M, BETSY RUSSELL, TONY TODD (Candyman), KANE HODDER (Jason Vorhees), DANIELLE HARRIS (HALLOWEEN), ADAM GREEN (Frozen) KIELE SANCHEZ (30 Days of Night) NEIL GRAYSON (Eureka) KELLY HU (Vampire Diaries) ALLESANDRA TORRESANI (Caprica) SAM WITWER (Smallville) MING-NA WEN (Stargate Universe) ROBERT CARYLE (Stargate Universe) LOUIS FERREIRA (Stargate Universe) ITALIA RICCI (UnNatural History) ROBBIE AMELL (Scooby Doo) JERRY “THE KING” LAWLER, JENNIFER GIMENEZ (Sober House) YEVETTE NICOLE BROWN (Community) GREG FINLEY (Secret Life of the American Teenager) SAM TRAMMELL (True Blood) NAYA RIVERA (Glee) JOEY GRECO (Cheaters) JIM NORTON, SAM ROBERTS (Opie & Anthony) MICHAEL PAPAJOHN (Transformers) STERLING BEAUMON (Lost) THE CAST OF THE GUILD, ANNIE ANDERSON, SARH MICHAELS and AMBER MEADE (Bad Girls Club) MISSY SUICIDE and THE SUICIDE GIRLS, LISA ANN WALTERS (Dance Your Ass Off) MARK VALLEY (Boston Legal) ALLISON SCAGLIOTTI (Warehouse 13) RUTINA WESLEY (True Blood)

  

  

  

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TWEET HOUSE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

6:40pm Welcome to the Tweet House

Ted Stryker host of the evening’s Tweet House festivities

6:45pm – 7:30pm

After They Leave the Studio Speakers: Oren Jacob, Jim Capobianco, Bobby Rubio

In this panel discussion, creators of some of the most beloved animated features in history will show off their personal artistic and storytelling projects that are generating critical acclaim. Projects and people include:

7:30pm William Shatner Guest Appearance

William Shatner will be joining us at the TweetHouse in conjunction with the MyOuterSpace.com Launch Party and live webcast.

8:00pm – 8:30pm Live Band Performance: Funeral Party Los Angeles-based  Chad Elliott, James Torres, and Kimo Kauhola formed Funeral Party as a means of escaping a nowhere town set amidst a cultural wasteland. The moroseness evoked by their moniker is undermined by Funeral Party’s debut album, Golden Age of Knowhere, an up-tempo powerhouse.

8:30pm – 9:00pm Tweet Us: How (and Why) The Stars and Studios Like to Engage With Fans on TwitterAgent M, Tyrese Gibson Ryan Penagos, editor at Marvel.com, and Tyrese Gibson, actor from Transformers and creator of the Mayhem comic, will talk about why they are on Twitter, and how they use this new platform to connect and engage with their fans.

9:00pm – 9:30pm Live Band Performance: Heavy Young Heathens “There’s a great crop of new young bands ready to explode out of LA and Heavy Young Heathens are right there with the best”
Nic Harcourt/Music Editor, L.A Times Magazine/KCRW DJ

9:30pm – 9:55pm Social Television: How New Technologies are Changing the Industry

Simon Mirren, April Webster, Rob Schiller, Moderator: Robert Scoble

Social technologies and the internet have created massive changes in the way we view and interact with television and entertainment. Embed clips from your favorite shows on your blog, Tweet about the latest development on Glee, or Facebook your friends about the last episode of Criminal Minds.

9:55pm Fireworks

10:00pm – 12:00am Mike Relm Video DJ artist Mike Relm rocks the boat with his signature style. Fog, lights, music, and fantastic video remixes turn the lower deck into a party like you’ve never seen.

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Cast of Celebrity Rehab 4 with Dr. Drew Announced

VH1 CHECKS BACK INTO REHAB WITH DR. DREW PINSKY FOR A FOURTH INSTALLMENT OF “CELEBRITY REHAB WITH DR. DREW”

Season Four Cast Includes Jeremy London, Rachel Uchitel, Janice Dickinson, Leif Garrett, Frankie Lons, Jason Wahler and Jason Davis

Los Angeles, CA – July 18, 2010 – VH1 has once again partnered with Dr. Drew Pinsky for a fourth season of the hit reality series “Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.”  The series, consisting of eight one-hour episodes, is slated to premiere late 2010.

Similar to the first three cycles, the fourth season of “Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew” will follow the real-life experiences of celebrity patients undergoing detoxification and treatment at the Pasadena Recovery Center.  The show will include Jeremy London (“Party of Five,” “7th Heaven”), Rachel Uchitel (Infamous Party Planner), Janice Dickinson (“The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency”), Leif Garrett (Musician), Frankie Lons (Keyshia Cole’s Mother), Jason Wahler (“The Hills”) and Jason Davis (Socialite).

The series will chronicle the patients’ intensive 21-day program with both group and one-on-one therapy and non-traditional therapies like art and music.  Returning to the show to help Dr. Drew are drug counselor Bob Forrest and resident technician Shelly Sprague who have each spent years on both sides of the rehab fence.  Dr. Drew is also bringing in some additional prominent physicians to help him give the patients supplementary one-on-one care.

Dr. Drew is a highly respected practicing MD board certified in internal and addiction medicine who will once again give viewers an unflinching look at exactly how the rehab process works and what it feels like for participants.  Dr. Drew hopes to use his celebrity patients to humanize the process and show viewers that treatment is a viable way to break the cycle of addiction.

While most people know Dr. Drew as the host of the syndicated radio show Loveline and the MTV show of the same name, Dr. Drew is a medical doctor on staff at Huntington Hospital and assistant clinical professor of KECK USC School of Medicine.  His book, Cracked: Putting Broken Lives Together Again (Harper-Collins,) is all about what treating addicts is like from a caretaker’s perspective.  Dr. Drew co-authored the first academic study on celebrities and narcissism.  The study was published in the Journal of Research in Personality (Elsevier) in September 2006, and is the first systematic, empirical scholarly study of celebrity personality.  Additionally, he is a New York Times best selling author with his work The Mirror Effect: How Celebrity Narcissism is Seducing America (Harper Collins).  Dr. Drew can also be seen as host of VH1’s “Sober House” and “Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew” along with MTV’s “Sex…With Mom and Dad” and “16 & Pregnant, Life After Labor.”

In the coming months, visit VH1.com for more details about this show including sneak peek video clips.

"Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew" is executive produced by John Irwin and Damian Sullivan for Irwin Entertainment.  Dr. Drew Pinsky, Howard Lapides and Joel Rodgers are also executive producing.  Jeff Olde, Jill Holmes, and Noah Pollack are executive producers for VH1.

VH1 connects viewers to the music, artists and pop culture that matter to them most with TV series, specials, live events, exclusive online content and public affairs initiatives. VH1 is available in 95 million households in the U.S. VH1 also has an array of digital channels and services including VH1Classic, VH1 Soul, VH1 Mobile, VH1Games and extensive broadband video on VH1.com. Connect with VH1 at VH1.com.

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WILLIAM SHATNER TO JOIN TWEETHOUSE FESTIVITIES

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WILLIAM SHATNER TO JOIN TWEET HOUSE FESTIVITIES 

AT SAN DIEGO DURING COMIC-CON 2010

Tweet House partner Myouterspace.com is latest venture of the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actor, director, and producer

July 8, San Diego, CA – One of pop culture’s most recognizable figures, William Shatner, will appear at the Tweet House party being held on July 23^rd aboard the aircraft carrier USS Midway. Mr. Shatner’s latest entrepreneurial undertaking, Myouterspace.com, will be broadcasting a live Webcast from the Tweet House, hosted by Mr. Shatner.

Myouterspace.com is a new and unique social media community for those with a passion for the arts. The Myouterspace community is more than just a destination for fans of Sci-Fi, Horror or Fantasy; it is designed to be an essential resource for those seeking a career in the Science fiction industry.

“I'm excited as all get out about the burgeoning possibilities of what's happening at Comic-Con.” Said Mr. Shatner. “The brand new platform for creativity in film, in gaming, in animation is now alive in Myouterspace.com. With the big launch in conjunction with Tweet House and on an aircraft carrier, can you get more with it?”

Destined to be one of the hottest events at Comic-Con, the Tweet House will take over two decks, including the Flight Deck, on the Aircraft Carrier USS Midway. Some of the other guests and talents who will appear include DJ Mike Relm (who recently mixed a critically-acclaimed Iron Man commercial) as well as fan favorites LeVar Burton, Brent Spiner, and Tyrese Gibson.

“We’re very pleased that Mr. Shatner will be bringing Myouterspace.com to San Diego,” said Steve Broback, host of the Tweet House and 140tc conferences, “Given his phenomenal presence on Twitter along with his upcoming new Twitter-based prime-time series, we were ecstatic he and the Myouterspace.com team could join us.”

The Tweet House is a celebration of the Real-Time Web and Twitter’s pervasive role within it. It brings together those who are creating and evangelizing the technologies that are defining the future. As a confluence of hundreds of key players in the entertainment and tech industries, the Tweet House showcases collaboration, creativity, and technology in an informal and festive environment.

The event will be held aboard the USS Midway in San Diego on Friday, July 23^rd from 6 pm until Midnight. Tickets are $25 in advance and can be purchased online at www.tweet-house.com/register.

The Tweet House has been hosted during South By Southwest Interactive Conference and Festival (SXSW), the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), and the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show.

ABOUT THE PARNASSUS GROUP: Founded in 2004, Parnassus Group provides services to clients and partners seeking to participate in the social media space. They've helped everyone from Fortune 500 companies to sole proprietorships in their efforts to leverage technologies like blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and more.

For more info please visit www.tweet-house.com

ABOUT MYOUTERSPACE.COM: Myouterspace.com is a digital Sci-Fi destination and social network providing fans with amazing content and connecting talented members with creative opportunities in music, graphic design, entertainment, acting, film production, and writing.  Founded by William Shatner, Sammy Oriti and Carlos Hoz De Vila, Myouterspace.com creates original Sci-Fi entertainment for film, television and the web, facilitating members’ participation alongside industry professionals.  William Shatner hosts Myouterspace.com and interacts with users, oversees Starship Captains’ film projects and promotes Myouterspace.com on Twitter, Facebook, and major media outlets.  For more information, visit www.myouterspace.com .  AdPlayerz, Inc. is the exclusive Multi-Platform Advertising Sales and Sponsorship Representative for Myouterspace.com.  For all sponsorship and/or advertising inquiries, please contact AdPlayerz directly at sales@adplayerz.com or call 800-557-4165, Ext. 202. For more information about AdPlayerz, please visit www.adplayerz.com .

Tweet-House at Comic-Con

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TWEET HOUSE PARTY AT COMIC­CON ABOARD THE USS MIDWAY  

  

Twitter­Themed Event to Include Celebrity Guests LeVar Burton, Brent Spiner,   

Tucker Max, and Iron Man Video DJ Mike Relm  

  

June 28, San Diego, CA – In the tradition of their blowout parties, the Parnassus Group announced  

today that they are pulling out all the stops for their Tweet House party on July 23rd at Comic Con.  

Destined to be one of the hottest events at Comic‐Con, the party will take over two decks,  

including the Flight Deck, on the Aircraft Carrier USS Midway.

Some of the guests and talents who  will appear include DJ  Mike Relm  

(who recently mixed a critically‐acclaimed Iron Man  commercial) as well as fan favorites  

LeVar Burton, Brent Spiner,  and  Tyrese Gibson.

  

“The Tweet House is always a great event” said actor, singer, and comic creator Tyrese Gibson,  

“I'm looking forward to connecting with other artists and my fans at one of the best parties at  

Comic‐Con.”  

  

Several noted artists, animators, and storytellers will take the stage to discuss their latest personal  

projects apart from their work at Pixar Animation Studios. These include:  

Oren Jacob, producer of the indie film “Ready, Set, Bag!”,  Bobby Rubio creator of the comic series: “Alcatraz High” and “4  

Gun Conclusion” and  Jim Capobianco and his hand‐animated short film “Leonardo.”  

  

The Tweet House is a celebration of the Real‐Time Web and Twitter’s pervasive role within it. It 

brings together those who are creating and evangelizing the technologies that are defining the  

future. As a confluence of hundreds of key players in the entertainment and tech industries, the  

Tweet House showcases collaboration, creativity, and technology in an informal and festive  

environment.   

The event will be held aboard the USS Midway in San Diego on Friday, July 23rd from 6 pm until  

Midnight. Tickets can be purchased at www.tweet‐house.com/register.  

The Tweet House has been hosted during South By Southwest Interactive Conference and Festival  

(SXSW), the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), and  

the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show.  

ABOUT THE PARNASSUS GROUP: Founded in 2004, Parnassus Group provides services to clients  

and partners seeking to participate in the social media space. They've helped everyone from  

Fortune 500 companies to sole proprietorships in their efforts to leverage technologies like blogs,  

Twitter, Facebook, and more.   

For more info please visit www.tweet‐house.com  

DR DREW PRODUCTIONS ANNOUNCED

Dr. Drew Pinsky Announces Formation of Dr. Drew Productions

LOS ANGELES, April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Drew Pinsky announced today the formation of Dr. Drew Productions, which will be based in Los Angeles and focus on high-quality reality television projects featuring Dr. Drew as well as other talent. Pinsky will partner with long-time manager Howard Lapides on this project. Lapides will be the managing partner.

"All projects under the new banner will expand on the Dr. Drew brand of always making a difference," said Howard Lapides.

The first project from the company is a pilot  "Estranged with Dr. Drew" where couples decide if they want to reunite or separate.  The project is being produced in conjunction with Picture This Television based in New York.

On television, Dr. Drew is best know for the "Celebrity Rehab" franchise on VH1, which is now in production on its fourth season and includes the spin-offs "Sober House with Dr. Drew" and "Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew."  He also hosts MTV's "Sex…With Mom and Dad." 

Dr. Drew is currently in development with Telepictures targeting a fall 2011 premiere. Howard Lapides has been named Co-executive producer on this show.

Dr. Drew is host of the nationally syndicated radio show "Loveline."  Dr. Drew is an internist who is board-certified in addiction medicine, still runs a private practice, and is Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Keck USC School of Medicine.  He is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Mirror Effect:  How Celebrity Narcissism is Seducing America andCRACKED:  Putting Broken Lives Together Again.  Among his numerous awards, Dr. Drew was honored with the 2008 Larry Stewart Leadership and Inspiration Award at the 12th Annual PRISM Awards. He is a regular guest on CNN's Larry King Live, which he has hosted many times, and is a contributor to The Today Show and most other media outlets.  To combat teen abuse of prescription drugs, Dr. Drew developed the RXLocker, a simple locking case to safely store prescription drugs.  www.drdrew.com

Howard Lapides, co-CEO of the Core, and President of the TV and Motion Picture division of Lapides/Lear Entertainment, manages writers/producers, talk show hosts, authors, comedians, and actors.  Lapides is the executive producer of VH1's "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew" and "Sober House with Dr. Drew." Lapides served as an Executive Producer for Comedy Central's "The Man Show" and was also an Executive Producer of "Loveline" for MTV.  Lapides worked closely with MTV developing TRL for client Carson Daly and produced Tom Green's feature directorial debut, Freddy Got Fingered for New Regency Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox. He also executive produced Stealing Harvard with Brian Grazer of Imagine Entertainment. He has been nominated for two Cable Ace Awards numerous Gemini Awards in Canada.

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DR. DREW: IF I WERE LINDSAY'S FATHER I WOULD GO TO ANY LENGTHS TO GET HER INTO TREATMENT

I have been working in the field of addiction for over twenty years and I continue to be mystified by many of the misconceptions surrounding this most common disorder.  Addiction is a deadly disease.  It is a brain disease that alters the brain’s fundamental motivational drives such that thoughts, judgment and volition become severely distorted and actually serve the abnormal motivational priority of getting and using more drugs.  Untreated severe addiction is more likely to kill a patient suffering with the condition than most cancers.  Treated Breast Cancers, Prostate Cancer, most Lymphomas, and the vast majority of skin cancers, have a better prognosis than a treated addict.  And yet addiction is the only disease I have to convince a patient that they have and more importantly convince the patient that without treatment his or her life is in danger.  Getting families to understand this is often even more difficult. For those of us that are parents, every instinct we have is often precisely anathema to the interventions we should be taking when our children become addicted. 

I was at dinner with my own children some months ago and we were discussing addiction and I explained to them that as a result of my experience treating addicts, I wanted them to know that I would go to any lengths to combat this disease should one of them ever fall victim.  I reminded them that I spend my days trying to resurrect lives that have been devastated by this disease, devastation that might have been avoided had someone been sufficiently clear to have gone to the mat for this patient when they were younger and earlier in their disease. Family members have to be willing to go to any lengths and unfortunately this often means bringing about circumstances that restrict that individual’s freedom. As the parent of an addict you must be prepared to bring consequences to bear.  I am talking about painful interventions that save lives.

I am not naïve about the treatment of addiction and I know well that some times any and all interventions are in vain.  There are those professional who would argue that abstinence based interventions are unrealistic for severe addicts and physicians should pursue replacement or so called harm reduction therapies.  But when I was asked as a father, if I were in Michael Lohan’s position, what would I do to help my daughter, I am clear that I would go to any lengths to get her to and retain her in treatment.  Bringing legal consequences to bear is often the only alternative. It would kill me but I would do it. Perhaps I surrendered my equanimity to a flight of journalistic excess by even suggesting that he plant drugs.  But if I was in his position and I knew she was addicted (which I personally do not) and all else had failed, I suspect I would contemplate even this as a last resort. 

Let me be clear I am not suggesting this as a routine intervention but we frequently enlist law enforcement when we have exhausted other measures. To those of you who reacted in outrage when I made this suggestion, I will remind you that millions of you watched the first season of Sober House when as difficult as it was for her, the house manager, Jennifer Gimenez, summoned police to contain Steven Adler.  We then advocated for long-term treatment as an alternative to imprisonment; an enlightened judge granted this, and today as a result Steven is sober and thriving.  Were it not for this intervention, as miserable as it was for Steven, I believe he would have or soon succumbed to his addiction. 

I have participated in similar interventions many many times and it saves lives. Judges will grant treatment and this can be a very effective means to keep patients engaged in extended care.  In my experience the outcomes can be quite good.   I do not know Lindsay Lohan but I sincerely wish her the best.  She has had excellent treatment in the past at outstanding treatment programs.  I hope one day she returns to her recovery as I believe she will one day thrive, provided that this disease does not first bring some horrible consequences down upon her.  As a father my heart goes out to Michael Lohan who deeply appreciates the dangers of this condition and (if she is in fact active in her disease) lives every day in the shadow of his daughter’s potential demise. 

Drew Pinsky, M.D.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-drew-pinsky/if-i-were-lindsay-lohans_b_541648.html

JENNIFER GIMENEZ RETURNS TO VH1's SOBER HOUSE with DR. DREW

Jennifer Gimenez Returns to VH1's "Sober House with Dr. Drew"

Former Super Model Reprises Her Role as House Manager

(Los Angeles) Rehab was just the beginning - "Sober House with Dr. Drew" shines a spotlight on the painstaking task of staying sober. Jennifer Gimenez returns in season two as the House Manager. Jennifer is a genuine inspiration to the cast of celebrity housemates on the show. Once a highly successful supermodel/actress, she is now on the road back to stardom after battling her own demons. Since season one aired last year Jennifer has transformed her body and her life. She lost 100 pounds through diet and exercise and wishes to utilize her journey to help others. "Sober House with Dr. Drew" season two premieres on VH1 Thursday, March 11 at 10 PM (check local listing.)

Addicts enter rehab as an emergency measure geared at saving their lives. But what happens after the twenty-one days of intensive, in-patient treatment are complete? "Sober House with Dr. Drew" chronicles the all-important transitional period beyond the safety of rehab when the real work begins and patients initiate their move back into society. World-renowned addiction specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky, Jennifer Gimenez, and the team facilitates the continued path to healing for several challenging patients in eight new episodes of "Sober House with Dr. Drew." They will strive to give the patients the tools they need to maintain sobriety when they leave the house and return to the public eye of their celebrity lives.

The cast of season two of “Sober House” combines patients from both “Celebrity Rehab 3“ as well as “Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew“ and in addition to Jennifer Gimenez includes: Tom Sizemore, Heidi Fleiss, Dennis Rodman, Jennifer Ketcham, Seth “Shifty” Binzer, Kendra Jade Rossi, Mike Starr and Kari Ann Peniche.

Jennifer Gimenez has proven her merit not only as a supermodel, but also as an actress and a reality star of the highest caliber. Jennifer recently graced the cover of Pasadena magazine and was a judge on SiTV's "Model Latina". Jennifer Gimenez was the youngest model ever to appear on the cover of American Elle. Among her 100's of other covers are international editions of Elle, Vogue, Bazaar, and Marie Claire. She has appeared in runway shows around the world and walked the runway for every major designer. Gimenez has shot numerous campaigns for companies including Calvin Klein and Guess and has appeared in countless fashion editorials. Jennifer is proud to be credited as one of the first models to break the barriers for Latinas.

Gimenez’ extraordinary sex appeal led her to being named one of Maxim’s “Hot 100” and Esquire’s “Women We Love.” She went on to appear in music videos for such renowned recording artists as Mick Jagger, Prince, 2Pac Shakur, and Babyface. After recurring television appearances on "The Young and the Restless" and "The Bold and The Beautiful", among others, Jennifer landed her first major film role in Ted Demme’s Blow, starring alongside Johnny Depp. She followed up with roles in movies as diverse as Vanilla Sky, Corky Romano, Charlie’s Angels 2, White Man’s Burden and The Sweetest Thing. Her most recent film role was in 2008’s Checkmate.

Viewers can catch a sneak peek of the season’s first episode on VH1.com on Friday, March 5 – six days before the on-air premiere. Subsequent episodes will be available on VH1.com the morning after they air. Additional video content from “Sober House with Dr. Drew” including exclusive commentary by Dr. Drew and extras from each episode will be available on VH1.com and on VH1 Mobile throughout the season.