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Michael Douglas opens up about son’s drug problems

Michael and Cameron Douglas
Michael Douglas opened up to Vulture about his troubled son Cameron, who is serving a 10-year prison sentence for drug charges. The actor says his son became a meth dealer to pay for his heavy heroin habit, and from there things just escalated downward. Though Michael is very candid and honest about his son’s problems, he also accuses the justice system of making him an example because of his father’s fame. Read More

Will Reality Steve reveal ‘The Bachelorette’ winner?

Desiree Hartsock
If you thought those pesky lawsuits were going to keep Reality Steve from providing us with spoilers, you were wrong. The new season of “The Bachelorette” starts May 27, and Reality Steve has already given an episode-by-episode rundown of the rose ceremonies, include publishing the “final four” on his website in late April. Read More

Movie on BART shooting

The film about the Oscar Grant III shooting, “Fruitvale Station,” blew everyone away at Sundance in January, winning both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Prize. A bidding war was then sparked, and the venerable Weinstein Group won distribution rights. It hits theaters in July, but the trailer has just been released. Read More

‘Too beautiful’ for justice

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Well, it was bound to happen. The Boston bombings suspect with the smoldering eyes, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, now has a legion of female fans who think he’s a hottie. The New York Post outlined the strange phenomenon that they are dubbing #FreeJahar Mania. (“Jahar” is his nickname.) “Yes I like Justin Bieber and i like Jahar but that has nothing to do with why i support him,” tweets a fan. “I know hes innocent, he is far too beautiful.” Read More

Is Lohan at rock bottom in rehab?

Lindsay Lohan
Now that Lindsay Lohan is safely ensconced at the Betty Ford Center rehab clinic, let’s check in on her progress, shall we? The short version: She’s miserable. Her worst fears reportedly came true when the docs there yanked her Adderall. According to TMZ, LiLo frantically searched for a clinic that would allow her to stay on the ADHD medication, but the professionals at Betty Ford Center determined that she really didn’t need it. Now Lohan is allegedly threatening to leave. Read More

Instead of replacing the entire judging panel, just cancel American Idol already

Randy Jackson
If only someone had made “American Idol” sign a do not resuscitate order! Read More

Sylvia Browne attacked for wrongly predicting Amanda Berry’s death

Montel Williams
This probably won’t come as much of a surprise, but TV psychic Sylvia Browne was dead wrong when it came to predicting the fate of Amanda Berry, one of the young women taken captive in Cleveland. Read More

Liam Hemsworth’s brothers staged an intervention to get him to dump Miley Cyrus

Liam Hemsworth
Liam Hemsworth’s brothers staged an “intervention” to get him to dump his fiancee, Miley Cyrus, Us Weekly magazine reports. If it went anything like the TV show, they told him that they “loved him very much but felt like they were losing him,” right after they showed collages of him in happier days before he shacked up with the half-naked former “Hannah Montana” star. Read More

Musician Tim Lambesis accused in murder-for-hire scheme

Tim Lambesis
The singer for the Grammy-nominated band As I Lay Dying has been arrested in a murder-for-hire scheme to allegedly off his wife, the Los Angeles Times reports. Tim Lambesis was busted in a sting carried out by undercover officers, but he’s obviously never watched true crime on A&E because if he had, he would know that stuff like that never works out. Read More

Playboy Bunny’s lawsuit against Sammy Hagar dismissed

Sammy Hagar
Red Rocker Sammy Hagar has won a defamation suit that a former Playboy Bunny brought against him. The woman, known as “Jane Doe,” accused Hagar of impregnating her in the 1980s, though she says the baby died soon after it was born. Read More
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