[A.j. Hammer, Cnn Co-host:] Shocking new allegations of mistreatment in the Paul McCartney-Heather Mills split. I`m A.J. Hammer in New York.
[Brooke Anderson, Cnn Co-host:] And the stunning story of a man who spent 19 years in prison for a crime he didn`t commit. A new documentary from one of O.J. Simpson`s former attorneys. I`m Brooke Anderson in Hollywood. TV`s most provocative entertainment news show starts right now.
[Hammer:] On SHOWBIZ TONIGHT celebrity divorce shockers. Tonight, one of country`s biggest stars breaks her silence about her marriage.
[Unidentified Female:] If I thought anything like this would, would happen in my life no.
[Hammer:] her alarming accusations of disgusting pornography, chilling abuse and alleged adultery with a nanny.
[Unidentified Female:] I would never do something like this.
[Hammer:] Plus, startling new developments in the Whitney Houston-Bobby Brown split. And SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, got to ask should stars just keep all this divorce dirty laundry to themselves? "Prescription for Rehab." SHOWBIZ TONIGHT`s revealing look at stars battling drugs and alcohol. Tonight, a shocking story of a star playing a drug dealer on the big screen and dealing with the real-life heroin addiction.
[Unidentified Male:] Sometimes I`d try to hide it from certain people.
[Hammer:] Tonight`s SHOWBIZ TONIGHT special series, "Prescription for Rehab."
[Anderson:] Hi there, I`m Brooke Anderson in Hollywood.
[Hammer:] I`m A.J. Hammer in New York. And Sara Evans may have danced away from "Dancing with the Stars," but she cannot get away from the nightmare that has become her life.
[Anderson:] A.J., there are new developments tonight in the shocking split of the country music superstar from her husband, a divorce battle filled with startling claims of cheating, abuse, pornography, and even an affair with a nanny. Tonight`s SHOWBIZ TONIGHT with the very latest on Sara`s story.
[Sara Evans, Country Singer:] I think right now I`m just in shock.
[Anderson:] That`s an understatement. Shocking is the best way to describe the turmoil surrounding Country Singer Sara Evans. She made her first appearance on ABC`s "Dancing with the Stars" after announcing she was quitting the celebrity dance show to deal with the very public end of her marriage.
[Unidentified Male:] Our friend, Sara Evans, has left the competition for personal reasons.
[Evans:] Things drastically went downhill, you know, 100 miles an hour.
[Anderson:] So down hill that her storybook 13-year marriage to Republican Activist Craig Schelske is now in shambles with very public charges of verbal abuse, porn addiction, and adultery. Her husband is firing back, and so is the former nanny and friend Sara accuses of sleeping with her husband.
[Alison Clinton, Nanny:] The allegations are so false. It just doesn`t make any sense.
[Anderson:] And SHOWBIZ TONIGHT is bringing you the latest on the she said-he said-she said battle involving one of Nashville`s biggest stars.
[Unidentified Male:] Dancing the pasadoga Sara Evans.
[Anderson:] Sara Evans, the platinum selling country superstar, was one of the breakout celebrity dancers on "Dancing with the Stars," the number one show in America. But in her interview with "Dancing with the Stars" Host Tom Bergeron, seen by millions, Evans says she only found out hours before a recent show about the allegations that brought down her marriage. She says it was a struggle to go through with the show.
[Evans:] As an entertainer, you we just have that ability to just sort of flip the switch, turn it on, do the dance, and, you know, make it through the day. That`s what I was hoping was going to happen throughout the entire life of the show.
[Anderson:] But she says it was too much for her. She filed for divorce from her husband, accusing him of, among other things, adultery, watching pornography and verbal abuse. She says she ultimately decided to leave the show to focus on her children.
[Evans:] I just needed to, you know, take care of my children. And I knew that and I knew that nothing in my career, no television show, nothing was more important than that.
[Anderson:] "People" magazine named Sara Evans one of their 25 hottest country stars in their special country issue. "People`s" Julie Dam points out to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT that Evans seems to carefully avoid repeating the racy allegations against her husband during her TV appearance.
[Julie Dam, "people" Magazine:] Everything was already down in the papers and everything. She probably didn`t feel like she really wanted to address things specifically.
[Clinton:] It just it hurt so bad.
[Anderson:] Sarah`s former nanny, Alison Clinton, whom Evans has accused of sleeping with her husband, is even offering to take a lie detector test to prove her innocence.
[Clinton:] I love Sara. She`s my very best friend. You know, I would never do something like this. And Craig wouldn`t do something like this.
[Anderson:] Evans` husband is also taking a stand. In a statement, he says, quote, "I cannot explain why Sara is waging a false media campaign, but I intend to defend myself in court and protect my children as best I can." These charges and countercharges are a sad turn of events for the country superstar. Just last year SHOWBIZ TONIGHT caught up with Sara, her husband and their young children on the road. They seemed to be the perfect American family, and Sara seemed to be an unbelievably happy wife and mother.
[Evans:] Craig and I are madly in love. I believe the most important thing in America, you know, that we can do for our country and for our families is to, you know, keep our marriages together, keep our families intact.
[Anderson:] Such devotion to traditional family values is what helped Sara become a platinum-selling country superstar. SHOWBIZ TONIGHT traveled to Dixie, Atlanta, to be exact, see how Sara`s troubles are playing down south. WILEY ROSE, D.J., KICKS 101.5: She`s country as corn, she`s American as apple pie. Wiley Rose is a deejay for Atlantic country music station Kicks 101.5. She says Sara`s fans are supporting her during this tough ordeal.
[Rose:] Country listeners, in general, are very dedicated to the people that they hold in high regard. And Sara Evans has always been a great mom, a great wife, a conservative Republican in their eyes. So for her to come forth and put something that is totally against the grain has been actually good listen for her.
[Anderson:] It`s that kind of fan support that Sara Evans will need to draw from in this difficult time in her very public life.
[Evans:] I`m worried about everybody involved. I`m worried about my husband. I`m worried about his family. I`m worried about my family.
[Anderson:] The allegations are getting even more shocking. Alison Clinton, the former nanny, Sara is accusing of having an affair with her husband, is telling ABC News that Sara Evans suffered what Clinton is calling a, quote, "Exhaustion breakdown." We can expect to hear more about that in the coming days. Now coming up at 31 past the hour, shocking new details in another high-profile celebrity split. What Heather Mills is alleging Paul McCartney did to her. That`s at 31 past the hour.
[Hammer:] Even more shocking celeb split news, Whitney Houston says I want a divorce with somebody. Yes, she has made it official. After filing for separation last month, Whitney has now filed official divorce papers in a California court seeking a split from her husband of 14 years, Bobby brown. She is also looking for custody of their 13-year-old daughter. Whitney and Bobby`s marriage has really been a roller coaster ride with a bunch of episodes of drugs and alcohol abuse. SHOWBIZ TONIGHT did call Whitney`s publicist. No comment from her. We are hearing Whitney is working on a big comeback album with legendary record producer Clive Davis.
[Anderson:] Well, Whitney and Bobby may be splitting, but one of the hottest couples is not only denying they are over, but threatening to take legal action to prove it. In an extraordinary move, Vince Vaughn is threatening to sue newspapers who are reporting that he and Jennifer Aniston are over. The disputed rumor of the Jen-Vince breakup is the cover story of the upcoming new issue of "People" magazine, which hits newsstands Friday. But SHOWBIZ TONIGHT has got your first look with "People" magazine`s Julie Jordan, who is with us in Hollywood. Hi Julie.
[Julie Jordan, "people" Magazine:] Hi Brooke.
[Anderson:] OK, so, Vince Vaughn now saying, no way, absolutely not, hands down, that he and Jen are not over. He is saying it`s impossible. And Jen`s denying it, too. In fact, she even went on "Oprah" and did so. And Julie, I want to take a listen now to what she told Oprah.
[Jordan:] OK.
[Oprah Winfrey, Host "oprah":] Are you broken up?
[Jennifer Aniston, Actress:] No.
[Winfrey:] No.
[Aniston:] No.
[Winfrey:] And for that`s great. And I know that, for the most part, you know, you live in this world where people say things about you all the time that are not true.
[Aniston:] Yes.
[Winfrey:] And you normally just ignore it.
[Aniston:] Yes.
[Anderson:] Here`s what gets me, Julie. They`re denying a split. But these are two people who never really confirmed they were a couple in the first place. So what`s going on here? Are they speaking out of both sides of their mouth?
[Jordan:] Well, I think it`s more along the lines they just want to be seen as a real couple. There was all the speculation and frenzy when they did "The Break Up." And it was kind of a little bit of intrigue that leant to the publicity of the film, you know, not really confirming they were a couple, like you said. But now, with the tabloid frenzy attacking kind of their character, the nature of their relationship, the fact that they`re taking such a stance, that Vince is coming out saying he`ll sue publications that say there was infidelity, that Jennifer`s going on "Oprah." She came to "People," saying, you know, they`re not engaged, they`re still together. Everything`s good. It just shows how serious the relationship has become, and if anything, what the future may hold for them.
[Anderson:] "People" magazine covers the fact also that Vince, through his lawyers, has made the point that he has never been unfaithful. Julie, what has "People" found out about where these split rumors and unfaithful rumors, about where they`re coming from?
[Jordan:] Well they`ve spent a lot of time apart, that`s the first thing.
[Anderson:] Right.
[Jordan:] He`s working in London on a film. She`s been in L.A. working on a short film. She`s about to head to New York for a play. So the distance itself has lent to speculation that there was problems in paradise and that they weren`t together and in fact were cooling off. And then you see Vince in London saying goodbye to a married producer of a play that he is working on. And of course everyone in the tabloid world is going to assume that he is cheating on Jennifer or that he in fact is having a new relationship. That`s where he drew the line and said, this isn`t the case, I want to set the record straight. He and Jennifer are still together, and that just the physical distance is keeping them apart, but that`s it for now.
[Anderson:] OK. Very quickly, I want to get to one more couple that "People" magazine is talking about right now. Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards. In the middle of a nasty divorce, all of a sudden they are playing, as "People" puts it, they`re calling a cease-fire?
[Jordan:] Yes, they are playing nice, which is great. Denise has reached out to Charlie`s girlfriend, really wants her to feel comfortable. They`re kind of going out as a family unit. They know that it`s important to put all their past issues behind them for the sake of their children. And, you know, it`s kind of nice to see.
[Anderson:] It`s very nice to see. Well, thank you for keeping us in the loop the with these couples and the drama that inevitably surrounds them. "People" magazine`s Julie Jordan, thanks so much. And that issue of "people" magazine hits newsstands on Friday.
[Hammer:] All right, so what do you think about all of these juicy and sometimes graphic details about celebrity relationships? That`s what we`re asking for our SHOWBIZ TONIGHT "Question of the Day." Star Splits: Should they keep their dirty laundry to themselves? Get online to vote at cnn.comshowbiztonight or send us an e-mail at showbiztonight@cnn.com. And remember SHOWBIZ TONIGHT is the only entertainment news show that lets you express your opinion on video. We just want you to look right into your video camera or your web cam and send us a little piece of your mind by a video e-mail. It`s very easy. Just go to our Web siteshowbiztonight. That`s where you learn how to do it. All you have to do is click, attach and send. Keep in mind, the video`s got to be less than 30 seconds. You can watch for your video e-mails only on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. And we would like to congratulate Cory Nabess from Vancouver, Canada. He has the distinction of being the very first SHOWBIZ TONIGHT viewer to send of a video e-mail. And he did it to last night`s "Question of the Day," which was all about the worldwide going on over Madonna adopting an African baby boy. The question was, Adoption Controversy: Is Madonna being treated unfairly? And it looks like Cory`s got Madonna`s back.
[Cory Nabess, Vancouver, Canada:] Hi there. I think Madonna is being treated unfairly. I think she should be allowed to adopt as many children as she wants, 100 for that matter. As long as those kids are being fed, clothed, getting an education, and they`re being loved, who cares? Maybe let`s start a giant wave and more kids will get adopted. Let it go.
[Hammer:] Well done, Cory. Remember, you can get your 30 seconds of fame, too. Just send us your video e-mail by heading over to cnn.comshowbiztonight. That`s where you`ll find out everything you might need to know on how to do it.
[Anderson:] Coming up, an elementary school has banned one of our favorite schoolyard games, tag. Why we think that`s absolutely ridiculous, next.
[Hammer:] Also, shocking new allegations in the Paul McCartney-Heather Mills breakup. Did Paul mistreat her? SHOWBIZ TONIGHT heads to London to get answers. We`ve also got this.
[Unidentified Male:] If this man is entirely innocent, is it still your position that he is entitled to no relief at all? And she said, yes, that`s our position.
[Anderson:] The absolutely stunning story of a man who spent 19 years in prison for rape, a crime he didn`t commit. That`s part of a new documentary from one of the famous attorneys who defended O.J. Simpson. That`s still to come.