Ann Coulter Doppelganger Mysteriously Attacked

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Hamilton Nolan

10/21/08 10:02AM

Filed to: Anne Pressly

Anne Pressly, the anchorwoman of a 5 a.m. TV newscast in Little Rock, Arkansas, was attacked in her home, beaten, and stabbed some time early Monday morning. She's now in critical condition. Her other claim to fame: she played (a younger, more attractive) Ann Coulter in the new Oliver Stone flick W. And like the restaurant critic yesterday who was attacked in Albany, there seems to be some suspicion Pressly may have been specifically targeted:

"[It] is possible that it is something other than robbery," [a police spokeswoman] said. ". . . she was a public figure. . . on the news, in the media."

That's not much to go on, and it's also possible that robbery was the motive. And Pressly is listed on some "Hottest News Anchor"-type lists online, so who knows what kinds of stalkers she might have. But we must ask: Is there a White House connection? From her bio:

One of her most memorable interviews happened by chance. On the return trip from a news story in Humphrey, Arkansas, the highway was blocked in front of waterfowl outfitter Mack’s Prairie Wings in Stuttgart. Turns out, Vice President Dick Cheney was inside shopping. He allowed Anne to interview him while he was on the ammo aisle. Cheney told Channel Seven he loves Arkansas. Not as much as Anne does.

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Mount_Prion Hamilton Nolan 10/21/08 10:13AM

Did they steal anything from her home or just break in and assault her?

xoxoGossipGirl Mount_Prion 10/21/08 10:26AM

Her purse was missing.

BookishLookish xoxoGossipGirl 10/21/08 10:33AM

@xoxoGossipGirl: That's so the perv can get some jollies.

American Dreamer Hamilton Nolan 10/21/08 10:17AM

That is pretty scary. I used to be obsessed with Storm Field the New York City weatherman back in the eighties and I waited outside his apartment building for hours just to follow him around town. I even put my kids in the same school as his kids. But then he got really fat and my adulation of him wore off.

mfnher American Dreamer 10/21/08 10:20AM

@A, E, I, O, U, SOME TIMES Y: No way. There was a weatherman named Storm Field?!

Hockeymom mfnher 10/21/08 10:41AM

Other names you might enjoy....

Amy Freeze

Dallas Raines

Karl Spring

Larry Sprinkle

Dewey Hopper

Aloha Taylor

Flip Spiceland

And there was this one guy out of Sacramento who had a weird name...and his son had the same name, but I can't recall it.

TVAddendum Hockeymom 10/21/08 10:52AM

@Hockeymom: Don't forget Hurricane Schwarz in Philly.

American Dreamer TVAddendum 10/21/08 12:03PM

@TVAddendum: Storm Field was this incredibly sexy weather man in New York who was so built his pec muscles literally burst out of his shirt.

Then he got married and ballooned up to two hundred pounds. Plus I later learned he had a major drug problem

Strangely Kaity Tong his co host is also rumored to be major cocaine addict.

Hortense Smith Hamilton Nolan 10/21/08 10:13AM

There have been quite a few local news anchors stalked, beaten, or killed over the past few years. This is a pretty good roundup:

[www.allbusiness.com]

Viewers tend to become obsessed with these people, as they appear in their homes at the same time every night. I wouldn't be surprised if this was a similar case.

BookishLookish Hortense Smith 10/21/08 10:27AM

@hortense: This is so clearly not just a robbery thing. Robbers know their business, they get in and out, they don't stab you repeatedly.

belle TL Hortense Smith 10/21/08 10:33AM

@hortense: I still remember when John Bolaris was sent death threats because he mis-predicted a bad snowstorm in Philadelphia some years ago.

Multiphasic Hortense Smith 10/21/08 11:29AM

@hortense: When Dennis Richmond retired, I cut off all my hair in grief. Then I shot my children. After that, I felt a little better.

Patsy_Stone_is_suspiciously_browner BookishLookish 10/21/08 11:32AM

@BookishLookish: Hmmm....tell that to my great uncle who was stabbed to death in a robbery - which was even sadder, because he had about $30 to his name.

RollsRoyceRevenge Hamilton Nolan 10/21/08 10:11AM

Calling her the Anne Coulter of Arkansas seems misleading. What a horrible incident.

RollsRoyceRevenge RollsRoyceRevenge 10/21/08 10:12AM

@RollsRoyceRevenge: The stabbing, not being called the Anne Coulter of Arkansas, although depending on her politics that might come in at number two.

nanashi RollsRoyceRevenge 10/21/08 10:33AM

@RollsRoyceRevenge: The article doesn't state that. It says she plays Coulter in Oliver Stone's movie. It IS, however, a very horrible incident.

RollsRoyceRevenge nanashi 10/21/08 01:59PM

@nanashi: The original Gawker title called her "The Anne Coulter of Arkansas" which would imply that she shares Coulter's views and platform. It has been corrected.