The so-called Superwoman syndrome may be to blame for the rise in prescription drug abuse.
Nearly 6% of American women - some 7.5 million strong - say they pop prescription pills to boost their energy, calm them down or for another nonmedical reason, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
And although street drug use is on the decline, prescription drug use has been on the increase since the 1990s, reports msnbc.com.… Continue
Biggie Smalls is smack in the middle of another heated battle in California -- but this time, the deceased rapper's wife, Faith Evans, is the one in the hot seat.
It's all over private home videos of Christopher Wallace -- videos that a company called Kaushi Entertainment wanted to use in a documentary.
In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in L.A. County Superior Court, Kaushi claims they struck a deal, approved by Faith Evans, in which… Continue
NEW YORK – A Florida woman has sued rapper 50 Cent in New York City, claiming he unlawfully distributed her homemade sex video over the Internet after editing himself into it as a wig-wearing narrator.
Lastonia Leviston filed a lawsuit on Wednesday in Manhattan claiming unauthorized use of her name or image and emotional distress caused by the public release of a video she made with a lover in 2008.
The lawsuit claims 50 Cent posted the video on his Web… Continue
A man gives HIV to over 100 women and only gets a couple years in jail! Dayum! This is crazy! Could you imagine seeing this dude’s face on TV and knowing you slept with him. They are looking to change the laws, because his actions are only a Class D… Continue
Two teachers are in hot water after their videotaped pep rally dance routine proved too spirited for school officials.
Taken last week at a Winnipeg, Canada high school's pep rally, a video shows a male teacher giving a female teacher a lap dance, with bumping and grinding - and that's making parents and students cringe.
"It embarrassed me. While we were first watching it I said, 'they crossed the line,' " one parent told the Winnipeg Free Press. "My… Continue
"Saturday Night Live" star Kenan Thompson got into an altercation all his own after an obviously intoxicated man interrupted his date.
"Kenan just brushed him off, but then the guy patted the top of Kenan's head like you would a little kid," says a spy at Avenue A Sushi, who adds that Thompson was with "a very attractive woman."
"At that point, Kenan got in the guy's face. The waiters came over and threw the bum out… Continue
Looks like even Fabolous has seen an episode of "Jersey Shore."
The rapper took to his Twitter page to reference everyone's favorite Jersey girl, Snooki, after an overzealous club promoter/fan disrupted his performance at Quo on Saturday.
"This drunk ass promoter keep f—ing wit me!" Fab posted. "I'm about 2 Snookie snuff this white boy!"
But that didn't stop the dude: He eventually hopped up on stage and began rapping… Continue
This jewelry heist was as phony as the robbers' beards.
Two Diamond District jewelers were busted for hiring gunmen to dress as Hasidic Jews, don fake beards and fake a store robbery so the owners could collect insurance money, cops said Tuesday.
Atul Shah, 48, and Mahaveer Kankariya, 43, were charged with directing the heist of their W. 46 St. store - ripping off a scene from Guy Ritchie's film "Snatch" in the… Continue
A former lingerie model is wanted for running an international drug ring that used other models as mules to bring cocaine from Buenos Aires to Britain, according to the London Daily Mail.
Angie Sanselmente Valencia, 30, is wanted on an international arrest warrant for masterminding the all-female operation, the Mail said.
The curvy Valencia, named "Queen of Coffee" in her native Colombia in 2000,… Continue
Simmons said the firm he advises -- Penn National Gaming -- and not AEG should have won the contract to operate 4,500 video-lottery terminals at the faded horse racing facility.
"Why didn't the leadership just take the best deal for the people? [Jay Z’s deal] just wasn't the best deal for New York . . . Can any of my dear friends in New York government tell me where and when did it all go… Continue
Yung Berg -- the guy who rapped on the song "Sexy Can I" -- was violently beaten and robbed at a house in Los Angeles this weekend ... TMZ has learned.
According to law enforcement sources, Berg -- real name Christian Ward -- was at a house party at around 2:00 AM Monday morning when four suspects entered the home and brandished firearms.
We're told the suspects pistol-whipped two people inside the party -- one of whom was Berg.… Continue
Rapper Juelz Santana's 27th birthday party turned into a battle royale Monday night when a club goer hopped the divider into the VIP area -- and got the living crap beat out of him while the rapper watched.
It's unclear exactly what started the brawl -- but the guy wearing the Rev Run hat definitely did something to piss off the mob waiting in the VIP section at M2 Ultralounge in New York.
After a failed attempt to defuse the situation, several men began… Continue
Rapper Shyne and Def Jam CEO/Chairman Antonio “L.A.” Reid have mended their strained relationship and are working towards releasing the rapper’s first album in over six years.
Reid traveled to Belize to re-sign Shyne to Def Jam, the same label that released his last official album, 2004's Godfather: Buried Alive.
"I have come here to stand by Shyne and to officially kick off our partnership with Island Def Jam Music Group and… Continue
Texas lyricist Z-Ro will be in court on March 1 to answer a felony drug possession charge from last year.
Z-Ro, real name Joseph Wayne McVey, was arrested in February 2009 when authorities found him with a codeine mixture weighing over 28 grams.
The rapper’s attorney Robert Jones has proclaimed his client innocent, claiming the codeine bottle was a prescription cough syrup medicine assigned… Continue