Hilary Swank, who is divorcing actor-husband Chad Lowe, says Lowe's "substance-abuse problem''... Friday Celebs...

Hilary Swank, who is divorcing actor-husband Chad Lowe, says Lowe's "substance-abuse problem'' was partly responsible for the breakup of their marriage, in an interview in Vanity Fair magazine.

"It's an enormous obstacle to overcome, and he's doing it. He's living a sober life. I know how difficult it is, and I'm really proud of his sobriety,'' she says.

Lowe, 38, won an Emmy in 1993 for his portrayal of AIDS patient Jesse McKenna on the TV series "Life Goes On.'' He is the brother of actor Rob Lowe.

Ashley Judd says she entered a 47-day program at a Texas facility for treatment of depression and other emotional problems, in an interview in Glamour magazine.

"At Shades of Hope, my behaviors were treated like addictions. And those behaviors were killing me spiritually, the same as someone who is sitting on a corner with a bottle in a brown paper bag,'' the 38-year-old actress tells the magazine in its August issue.

"When (the counselors) approached me about treatment, they said, "No one ever does an intervention on people like you. You look too good; you're too smart and together. But you (and Wynonna) come from the same family … so you come from the same wound.' No one had ever validated my pain before. It was so profound,'' she says.

Judd says her childhood was a time of "complete and total chaos.'' She attended 13 schools in 12 years and lived alternately with her mother, grandmother and father.

"It's right and wrong, up and down,'' said Doherty, 27, when asked by a British Broadcasting Corp. interviewer in London about the status of the relationship.

The relationship between Moss, 32, and Doherty hit the headlines in September, after pictures of the supermodel allegedly using cocaine appeared in British tabloid The Daily Mirror. Moss was photographed in the west London music studio where Doherty was recording with his band.

Doherty is undergoing drug treatment at the order of a British court, following a December arrest in which police said they discovered marijuana, heroin and crack cocaine in his car and clothing.

The portrayal of black women in popular music and videos is too often degrading and the black community must find a way to change these images, singer Jill Scott says.

The 34-year-old singer spoke Monday before a panel that discussed the issue took the stage at the Essence Music Festival's empowerment seminars in Houston as part of the magazine's Take Back the Music campaign.

Scott told the audience that if they are offended by these images, they should stop buying the albums and encourage people in their lives to do the same.

Scott used an eloquent speech, interlaced with song, to illustrate that black women are more than their sexuality and that music should represent that.

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