Despite the joyous break in that nasty heat wave and the thorn in Anne Hathaway’s ass having been successfully removed, all is not well in LA today. As the NY Post reports, Larry King’s sixth wife Shawn Southwick King has ‘fessed up to a painkiller addiction, and now Us is confirming that Heather Locklear just checked herself in to an undisclosed treatment center for general craziness. So with the year's halfway point quickly approaching, we decided to check in on this year’s Rehab Class of 2008: those who’ve graduated with honors, the newest students, and the wild card alumni whose success remains a wobbly mystery.

Today, People has revealed that Kate Hudson will appear as the cover girl for their 2008 Most Beautiful People issue, and we'd certainly like to send out a hearty congrats to the recently divorced single mom who's currently nursing Owen Wilson back to health. But after taking a look back at the list of stars who've previously nabbed the annual issue's cover spot, we fear there may be a curse accompanying the glossy honor. Sure, Leonardo DiCaprio (1998) and Julia Roberts (2000, 2005) haven't slipped up since having their smiley visage top the list, but a sizeable chunk of the winning alumni eerily saw their public and private lives undergo a downward spiral following their appearance on the issue's cover. We took a closer look at the possible curse-laden honor after the jump:

Rachel Zoe, you have been replaced...by a publicist. And it's not someone younger, less raisin-faced, or (if such a thing is possible) thinner. One Marilyn Heston has emerged, far from quietly, as the go-to-fashion-publicist when designers want to dress for rising stars like Anna Friel, Away From Her director Sarah Polley, she the resume to prove it. 'Member that tighter-than-tight dress Scarlett Johansson's breasts couldn't wait to pop out of when Isaac Mizrahi couldn't wait to grab them? Credit Heston. And those memories of a young Sienna Miller being hailed as fashion's newest darling? Credit Heston as well. And since we always like to keep our readers abreast of tomorrow's names you should know, here's one: Rodo. Nope, not what the kids are calling Frodo these days, but next year's Jimmy Choo. Ya heard it here first. [NY Times]