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By Pete Kotz in Books-TV-Film, Douchebags
Wednesday, Jul. 28 2010 @ 6:04AM
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​Breakfast Reading from the Village Voice Empire: The man described as the Douche of the Decade is suing Ryan Simkin, a former camerman, to stop publication of Flash! Bars, Boobs and Busted: 5 Years on the Road With Girls Gone Wild. LA Weekly has the story.

By Pete Kotz in Books-TV-Film, homicide
Monday, Jul. 19 2010 @ 3:55PM
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​Dennis "Scooter" Abrahamsen's problems began when he hired Amanda Logue to be the resident skank at a sex party at his New Port Richey, Florida home. The hooker and porn star who worked under the name "Sunny Dae" apparently liked what she saw...

By Pete Kotz in Books-TV-Film, celebrity crime
Monday, Jul. 19 2010 @ 1:38PM
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​They played cute, precocious children in all the bad sitcoms of yesteryear, from Family Ties to Diff'rent Strokes, The Partridge Family and One Day at a Time. But once the attention dies and the money's burned, they're no longer all that cute. TruTV has the story.

Tags: TruTV
By Pete Kotz in Books-TV-Film, celebrity crime
Wednesday, Jul. 14 2010 @ 11:34AM
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​When commie hater/cross-dresser J. Edgar Hoover ran the FBI, anyone of import had a file examining their worthiness as an American. They included Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra and John Wayne. TruTV has the story.

Tags: TruTV
Monday, Jul. 5 2010 @ 5:45AM
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​Breakfast Reading from the Village Voice Empire: In July 2003, the man who played Principal Edward Rooney pleaded to hiring a kid so he could take pervert photos. He's now charged with failing to update his status within five days of his birthday. LA Weekly has the story.

Friday, Jul. 2 2010 @ 12:13PM
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​Afshan Azad had never acted before, but she went to the Harry Potter auditions on a lark with her friends because she thought it would be fun. She ended up in four Potter films playing the role of Padma Patil, a classmate of Harry. But her good fortune doesn't extend to her family...

Tags: Britain
Monday, Jun. 28 2010 @ 11:41AM

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​UPDATE: It looks as if Juliana Redding may have been killed in a murder-for-hire plot over a failed business deal involving her father. Accused killer Kelly Soo Park was paid $250,000 three weeks before Juliana was found murdered. See update after the jump...

By Pete Kotz in Books-TV-Film, drugs
Friday, Jun. 18 2010 @ 10:15AM
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​An excerpt from a book by Lisa Sweetingham about a groundbreaking investigation that led to the toppling of a billion-dollar ecstasy ring. Unfortunately, the pursuit of ultimate cool does on protect you from police. TruTV has the story.

Tags: New York, TruTV
By Pete Kotz in Books-TV-Film, Douchebags, homicide
Thursday, Jun. 17 2010 @ 3:23PM
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​UPDATE:  A second hitman has been arrested in the case of Edgar Steele, the white supremacist lawyer who tried to kill his wife and her mother. It seems that to guarantee his bet, Steele hired the second man to place a bomb under her car. See update after the jump...

By Pete Kotz in Books-TV-Film, bizarre
Tuesday, Jun. 15 2010 @ 3:14PM
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​Police in Boise, Idaho had a mystery on their hands. An elusive terrorist had been launching systemic attacks against the Boise library system, yet they were unable to stop the villain. On at least 10 occasions, someone had dumped condiments into the book drop-off...

Tags: Idaho