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Durst: Oldie but goodie

Will Durst
Maybe you have to be a baby boomer to appreciate Will Durst’s latest solo act, “Boomeraging from LSD to OMG.” But I doubt it. It is, of course, about the travails of what Durst terms being “chronologically gifted,” or “what happens when acid flashbacks meet dementia.” Read More

Singing airline passenger removed over Whitney Houston covers

Whitney Houston
Well it’s not quite pooping on the beverage cart, but an American Airlines passenger on a flight from LAX to JFK caused the plane to make an emergency landing in Kansas City because she would not stop belting out Whitney Houston tunes at top volume. Read More

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

From football field to Fillmore stage

Olly Murs
As a kid, Olly Murs heard the adage that only two career paths that could lead a lad out of England: becoming a rock star or a professional soccer player. He was counting on the latter. “Football was something that I loved massively,” he says of his years playing semi-pro for Whitham Town. “I used to just work 9 to 5 at a job and play football, and it was a non-league team, but I was trying to break into professional. I never had anything else to look forward to, really.” And then? The accident. And everything turned bleak. 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
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