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Creed frontman Scott Stapp’s wife is seeking a divorce from her estranged husband. Jaclyn Stapp filed for divorce from the 41-year-old singer and asked a judge in Palm Beach County, Fla., last month to have her husband admitted to a substance abuse facility. She said her husband has been using several drugs and threatened to kill himself and harm his family. She said he left their home in early October. “It is a very painful and personal matter for the family,” said Jason Brodie, Jaclyn Stapp’s attorney. “Jaclyn loves Scott very much. It is now apparent the seriousness of Scott’s health. Jaclyn has taken all the necessary steps to help him. She previously arranged for the appropriate treatment and will continue to try and help him. Her primary concern remains the best interest of their children. Jaclyn asks for privacy for her and her children during this difficult time.” The couple married eight years ago and have three children. Stapp has been posting online videos on Facebook over the past week saying he’s broke. He denied he’s taking drugs or alcohol and said he is “as sober as can be.”
Richard Linklater’s 12-years-in-themaking Boyhood has been named best picture by the New York Film Critics Circle. Boyhood also won best director for Linklater and best supporting actress for Patricia Arquette in the awards announced Monday. The strong support from one of the country’s top critics groups gives Boyhood an early boost in Hollywood’s lengthy awards season. The film, which had production stretch out over years to capture the passage of time, is considered an Oscar front-runner. Best actor went to Timothy Spall for Mr. Turner, Mike Leigh’s biopic of the British painter J.M.W. Turner. Marion Cotillard was awarded best actress for her performances in both James Gray’s Ellis Island period tale The Immigrant and the Dardenne brothers’ workplace drama Two Days, One Night. Best supporting actor went to J.K. Simmons, who plays a taskmaster conductor at an elite jazz conservatory in Whiplash. The New York Film Critics Circle, a body of New York-based critics founded in 1935, often diverges from the season’s favorites. (Its past two best picture picks were American Hustle and Zero Dark Thirty.) But it can also add momentum to films or performers.