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By Pete Kotz in bizarre, celebrity crime
Monday, Aug. 16 2010 @ 1:29PM
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​Tila Tequila got famous through her willingness to debase herself on national TV and anywhere else someone was willing to write a check. She formerly starred on the MTV reality show A Shot of Love with Tila Tequila. Now she's trying to remake herself as a hip-hop star...

Tags: Illinois
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 @ 3:25PM
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​Matthew Leone, bassist for the Chicago band Madina Lake, was on his way to meet some friends for a beer when he encountered a woman being beaten on the street by her husband. Despite being half the guy's size, Matthew intervened...


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
By Pete Kotz in bizarre, celebrity crime, drugs
Tuesday, Jun. 29 2010 @ 5:45AM
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​Breakfast Reading from the Village Voice Empire: California ex-drug kingpin Ricky "Freeway" Ross just got out of prison, and he isn't happy that Miami rapper Rick Ross is using his name -- or releasing a new record titled Teflon Don. Miami New Times has the story.

Monday, Jun. 14 2010 @ 2:25PM
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​In 2004, alleged actor John Stamos -- he of Full House and ER fame -- attended a party in Florida. Someone took pictures, and they were apparently the kind you don't show your mother. But the photos didn't surface again until late last year...

Tags: Florida, Michigan
Thursday, Jun. 10 2010 @ 7:59PM
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​Bedtime Reading from the Village Voice Empire: Tila Tequila, famous for... we're not exactly sure ... sent Twitter messages that led her fans to believe she was suicidal. So they called the cops, who discovered the whole thing was fake. LA Weekly has the story.

By Pete Kotz in celebrity crime, fraud, unsolved
Wednesday, Jun. 2 2010 @ 1:14PM
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​Never underestimate the value of being ugly and poor. If you have the marketable tools to barely get a wife, you'll never encounter the woes of a gold-digging mistress. Reggie Wayne, an all-pro receiver for the Indianapolis Colts, isn't so lucky...

Tags: Indiana, Sports