Born July 23, 1967, Phillip Seymour Hoffman made it to the ripe old age of 46. The cause of death was ruled accidental, though a guy has to know he's knocking on death's door when he's sitting in his apartment with 50 envelopes of heroin. Hoffman was found early morning on February 2, 2014, by a friend who had been trying to contact him. Hoffman still had a syringe hanging out of his arm.
Read more ...First DMX blew off his fans by postponing a bunch of shows. Then he flew to California and checked into rehab. And of course it was all followed by the usual management apology to fans. This reads like the re-run of every drugged up rapper's life story. You'd think that at age 46 this guy would finally get it together. Nope... X that thought! And now he's at it again!
Read more ...TV star Nicholas Brendon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Criminal Minds) has once again checked into rehab after pleading guilty to charges in his most recent arrest. Not just a criminal mind, but a real honest to goodness criminal. Nice.
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 ...A considerable amount of time might have passed since Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher headed for splitsville but the drama does not end there as new reports have surfaced that Demi’s drug addiction was the main deal breaker between the long-term couple.
Read more ...Smells like a pile of bullshit. But here's the story, Rick Perry was indicted by a Travis County grand jury on August 15, 2014. The first charge was abuse of official capacity, for threatening to veto $7.5 million in funding for a Public Integrity Unit (a first degree felony.) What the hell oxymoron is a Public Integrity Unit?
Read more ...John Simon Ritchie, better known to the world as Sid Vicious was the very embodiment of punk rock. Sid oozed attitude and had no problem telling the world exactly what he thought of it.
Read more ...Pitchman Billy Mays was quite the salesman. With his over-the-top voice and can-do attitude, Billy could pitch almost anything and his loyal audience would buy. Get it while supplies last. But in the end not even a load of OxiClean could clean up Billy's act. Nicknamed "Pitchfork", we can now literally say, "Put a fork in 'im, he's done!"
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