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Mel Gibson's "Re-Branding" Campaign Following Latest N-Bomb-Dropping Tirade Involves Joining Arizona's Minutemen -- at Least it Should, According to Hilarious PR Suggestion From the Baltimore Sun

By James King

Jul 20, 2010

If you're gay, black, Hispanic, Jewish, Asian, a woman, or you're just able to hear, you may be pissed off at Mel Gibson these days.And for good reason -- the dude's nuts.Aside from the public outcry following Gibson's screeching at his now-ex-girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, that "if [she] gets raped by...

DMX and Arizona Judge Contribute to Postponement of Celebrity Rehab Show

By James King

Jun 1, 2010

The VH1 reality show Celebrity Rehab has run into a bit of a production snag that has postponed taping of the upcoming season.While there is certainly no shortage of celebutards fucked up on drugs, there is a shortage of celebs willing to sell their souls to the reality gods and...

Kendra, of Hugh Hefner Arm-Candy Fame, Made a Sex Tape and her Co-Star Happens to Be a Cage Fighter From Arizona

By James King

May 20, 2010

Move over Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian, Pam Anderson, and the droves of other celebutards who thought the sex tapes they "privately" made with their one-time significant others would never see the light of day -- there's a new celebrity sex star on the rise and her "co-star" happens to be...

Nik Richie Sued Again By Texas Woman, Removes Most Retaliatory Posts About Her From TheDirty.Com

By Ray Stern

May 18, 2010

It looks like Nik Richie's getting nervous. On the heels of a new lawsuit filed against him, the self-described "reality blogger" took down several blog posts from www.thedirty.com that had targeted a woman who sued him last year for invasion of privacy. Richie published the posts last week to retaliate...

Nik Richie Strikes Back at Texas Woman Who Won Lawsuit; Vows to Make Her "The Face of Herpes"

By Ray Stern

May 10, 2010

Nik Richie vows to make the Texas woman who won a lawsuit against him the "face of herpes in America" as retaliation. As mentioned last week, Richie's finances will be examined at a hearing in the Valley this week following his loss last year of the lawsuit. The woman from La...

Nik Richie Claims TheDirty.Com Pulls In $130,000 a Month; Owes $1.5 Million After Default Judgment

By Ray Stern

May 7, 2010

Nik Richie bragged on a radio show recently that his Web site is bringing in big bucks -- catching the attention of a Houston lawyer trying to collect on a $1.5 million judgment. As we related last month, Richie lost an invasion-of-privacy lawsuit to a Texas woman after his...

Jesse James, Husband of Sandra Bullock, Out of Arizona Sex Rehab

By James King

Apr 26, 2010

An Arizona rehab center has apparently cured another pseudo-celeb of his addiction to sex.Jesse James, the bad-boy biker husband of Academy Award winning actress Sandra Bullock, was spotted outside of his California home -- sans-wedding ring -- after spending a few, short weeks at a rehab center in Tucson, where...

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