Hulk Hogan came "damn close" to killing himself after downing a cocktail of Xanax and rum, but an unexpected phone call saved his life.
In his new tell-all, "My Life Outside the Ring," the notorious wrestler-turned-reality-TV-star admits he hit rock bottom after his divorce from ex-wife Linda, even reaching for a gun and putting his finger on the trigger. Fortunately, a phone call from his "Gladiators" co-star Laila Ali, who noticed that Hogan…
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His popularity may be on life support, but rapper Kayne West is alive and well.
On Tuesday, "RIP Kayne West" started trending on popular micro-blogging site Twitter after a bogus report popped up on image-based bulletin board 4chan.org claiming West had died in a car accident in Los Angeles.
But not long after the hoax became the top Google search in the U.S. did West's girlfriend Amber Rose put the rumors to rest.
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Bernie Madoff, cocaine kingpin?
New additions to a lawsuit against the jailed Ponzi schemer charge that he presided over an office so fueled by the drug that it was known as the "North Pole."
The suit, filed Tuesday night in Manhattan Supreme Court, alleges that Madoff, as far back as 1975, used two street toughs on his payroll to set up a cocaine pipeline into the offices of Madoff Securities.
It portrays the firm's…
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In this week's issue of Star Magazine - and in it they're talking some DRAMA!!!
According to the mag, Rihanna and Jessica Biel are planning on fighting each other. Here's an excerpt:
"Jessica has been so upset over Justin and Rihanna, and flew to New York to confront her," says an insider close to the actress. "She wanted to intimidate Rihanna, hoping to make her stay away from Justin."
But Rihanna doesn't scare easily ...…
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NEW YORK – Lil Wayne is appearing in a Manhattan courtroom, but DNA science is taking center stage.
A hearing on a DNA profiling technique used in the rapper's 2007 gun-possession case started Wednesday. It concerns a process used for identifying people from tiny amounts of DNA — including some that prosecutors say ties the Grammy Award-winner to a gun found on his tour bus after a concert.
The 27-year-old has pleaded not guilty. He faces at least 3 1/2 years in…
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MIAMI – A Halloween costume that depicts a space creature in orange prison garb emblazoned with the words "illegal alien" is reigniting debate over a long-used term based on the U.S. government's designation of all foreigners as aliens.
The dispute has immigrant advocates calling on retailers to pull the costume from its shelves, while a group that supports strict immigration laws say it's all a to-do over nothing, with freedom of speech being…
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)—Text messages between a woman and former NFL quarterback Steve McNair(notes) made in the hours before police say she shot him to death and turned the gun on herself support authorities’ contention that she was spiraling out of control.
Nashville police released the 50 text messages Monday night as part of a case summary and detailed the exchanges between the two hours before the July 4 murder-suicide.
Sahel Kazemi…
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Eminem has said that the forthcoming Relapse 2 will be more "emotionally driven," and pointed out that he's working with some new collaborators.
"[The album] is gonna be a lot different than people expect," Eminem said in an interview on his Shade 45 satellite-radio station last week. "As far as the contrast from the last album to this one, I got a couple of tracks with [D12's] Mr. Porter, two tracks with him so far. Four, possibly five with Just…
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BOSTON -- The winner of reality TV show "Big Brother" has confessed to using his $500,000 prize to buy thousands of oxycodone pills and resell them, authorities said.
Adam Jasinski, 31, of Delray Beach, Fla., has been charged with attempting to sell 2,000 pills in Massachusetts to a government witness.
Federal prosecutors said Jasinski was arrested Saturday after he flew to Boston and showed the witness a sock containing two plastic…
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Kelly Osbourne danced herself right into the emergency room after Monday night's "Dancing With the Stars."
Osbourne, who is competing on the reality dance competition, visited the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center E.R. immediately after last night's taping because of an injury she sustained from her shoe buckle at the end of her paso doble routine with partner Louis Van Amstel.
"At the end of our paso doble, Kelly banged her foot on the…
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Cops across the city are on alert for a Bloods initiation drive that calls for 145 slashings, police sources said Monday.
Word of the potential violence is something of an urban legend and has been a staple of the Halloween season for a decade. But the actual gang bloodshed never has fully materialized, the NYPD said Monday.
"There was an incident in 1995 that gave rise to this annual rumor but has not materialized since then," said Deputy Commissioner Paul…
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Normally, it's good news when a car's engine is purring - except when a cat is trapped inside.
A plucky and downright lucky feline used up at least one of its nine lives in the Bronx Monday when it miraculously survived a 2-mile drive while stuck inside the engine of a hybrid SUV, police said.
The cute tan-and-white tabby was freed from its trap by a pair of NYPD detectives - and appeared to emerge from the harrowing ordeal in good…
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A blood-sucking vermin helped put a robber behind bars this week.
Australian police used DNA from a leech found at a 2001 crime scene to put a man who admitted to robbing an elderly woman behind bars, officials told The Associated Press. Forensic science researcher Sally Kelty said this is the first case in Australia - and maybe the first case ever - where investigators have used DNA from a blood-sucking animal to nab a criminal.
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THE WAIT IS OVA!!!
RIHANNA’s NEW ALBUM - RATED R - HITS MONDAY, NOV. 23rd
“Russian Roulette,” first new single pick –written by Ne-Yo – launches worldwide Oct. 20th on radio and on official Rihanna website
“Russian Roulette” video to premiere on ABC-TV
Long-awaited follow-up to 2007’s worldwide…
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First Miley, now all of Hollywood might trash their Twitter accounts.
According to a recent Hollywood Reporter blog post, "there's a growing number of studio deals with new language aimed specifically at curbing usage of social-media outlets by actors, execs and other creatives."
That means no Twitter, no Facebook, or "any other interactive social network or personal blog."
The first alleged victims of the great "tweet"…
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