Swedish DJ Avicii, real name Tim Bergling, died at age 28 on Friday, April 20. Death is sad. But what is sadder is to see such a great and beloved talent succumb to what clearly could have been avoided. There will be no toasts in this guy's honor... now that he's toast. Too much drink and not enough think -- gone at 28.
Read more ...It is not unusual for a celebrity to check into a rehab center in order to recover from any sort of addiction. However, a trip to the rehab center is now guaranteed to provide any celebrity with equal shares of notoriety and publicity.
Read more ...A mother-daughter prostitution team is behind bars on Febriary 14 (Valentine's Day!) following their arrest in an undercover sting launched by Florida police. After spotting a backpage.com ad placed by a “SeXy MILF”[1] with an “Awesome Attitude & Personality” who enjoyed performing oral sex without a condom, a cop called to arrange a $100, 30-minute encounter with “Tamara.” You can see where this one went.
Read more ...A rocket scientist doesn't always make headlines, at least not for the clothes he wears. Matt Taylor, a scientist for the Rosetta space probe project launched by the ESA to perform a detailed study of a comet, found himself in a bit of a controversy after having appeared on a web broadcast wearing a shirt "decorated with garish comic-book depictions of nubile, but not naked women". Really! Like geeky science guys have never done such things before.
Read more ...Robert Downey Jr, the most talented and promising of all the actors of his time has had troubled times in his past life. He has long been on a mad spree of demolishing himself by means of his long-term addiction to heroin and crack.
Read more ...Basketball Hall of Famer and former Chicago Bulls champion Dennis Rodman got arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. So into rehab he goes... again! Maybe he should just stay there... save us the trouble of writing the same story over and over.
Read more ...A story with an intro like this is too good to be true, When we last saw Jeremy Jackson he was headed to the slammer having been arrested in his first stabbing incident (yes there was another!) Now we find him out of on bail and reportedly on his way to a treatment center. Go to rehab... go directly to rehab... from jail!
... or something like that. Tom Hanks' rapper son, Chet Haze (must be in a haze with that stage name), has apparently gone into rehab to kick the cocaine addiction he admitted to earlier this month. Wait a minute, what?! Tom Hanks' son is a rapper?! We don't know which part of this story is more disturbing to us -- the drug addicted son of a famous Hollywood star or the fact that the guy is a rapper? On second thought we think this one is obvious...
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