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Rob Van Winkle aka Vanilla Ice has signed to join the cast of 10 Surreal Life Celebrities in the new VH-1 TV Reality Show "Surreal Life Fame Games"[.b] to be filmed in Las Vegas in late March/April. Additional details to follow with publicity to be released with the TV Show.

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Complete List of Grammy Award Winners for 2006


Winners at Wednesday's 48th Annual Grammy Awards:

Album of the Year: "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb," U2.

Record of the Year: "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," Green Day.

New Artist: John Legend

Male R&B Vocal Performance: "Ordinary People," John Legend.

Pop Vocal Album: "Breakaway," Kelly Clarkson.

Rap/Sung Collaboration: "Numb/Encore," Jay-Z featuring Linkin Park.

Song of the Year: "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own," U2.

Female Pop Vocal Performance: "Since U Been Gone," Kelly Clarkson.

Country Album: "Lonely Runs Both Ways," Alison Krauss and Union Station.

Rap Album: "Late Registration," Kanye West.

Rock Album: "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb," U2.

Rap Solo Performance: "Gold Digger," Kanye West.

Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: "Don't Phunk With My Heart," The Black Eyed Peas.

Rap Song: "Diamonds From Sierra Leone," D. Harris and Kanye West.

Solo Rock Vocal Performance: "Devils & Dust," Bruce Springsteen.

Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal: "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own," U2.

Hard Rock Performance: "B.Y.O.B.," System of a Down.

Metal Performance: "Before I Forget," Slipknot.

Rock Instrumental Performance: "69 Freedom Special," Les Paul and Friends.

Rock Song: "City of Blinding Lights, U2, (U2).

Alternative Music Album: "Get Behind Me Satan," The White Stripes.

Female R&B Vocal Performance: "We Belong Together," Mariah Carey.

R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: "So Amazing," Beyonce and Stevie Wonder.

Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: "A House Is Not a Home," Aretha Franklin.

Urban/Alternative Performance: "Welcome to Jamrock," Damian Marley.

R&B Song: "We Belong Together," J. Austin, M. Carey, J. Dupri & M. Seal, (D. Bristol, K. Edmonds, S. Johnson, P. Moten, S. Sully & B. Womack, (Mariah Carey).

R&B Album: "Get Lifted," John Legend.

Contemporary R&B Album: "The Emancipation of Mimi," Mariah Carey.

Male Pop Vocal Performance: "From the Bottom of My Heart," Stevie Wonder.

Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal: "This Love," Maroon 5.

Pop Collaboration With Vocals: "Feel Good Inc.," Gorillaz Featuring De La Soul.

Pop Instrumental Performance: "Caravan," Les Paul. Pop Instrumental Album: "At This Time," Burt Bacharach.

Traditional Pop Vocal Album: "The Art of Romance," Tony Bennett.

Female Country Vocal Performance: "The Connection," Emmylou Harris.

Male Country Vocal Performance: "You'll Think of Me," Keith Urban.

Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal: "Restless," Alison Krauss and Union Station.

Country Collaboration With Vocals: "Like We Never Loved at All," Faith Hill and Tim McGraw.

Country Instrumental Performance: "Unionhouse Branch," Alison Krauss and Union Station.

Country Song: "Bless the Broken Road," Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna and Marcus Hummon, (Rascal Flatts).

Latin Pop Album: "Escucha," Laura Pausini.

Latin Rock/Alternative Album: "Fijacion Oral Vol. 1," Shakira.

Traditional Tropical Latin Album: "Bebo De Cuba," Bebo Valdes.

Salsa/Merengue Album: "Son Del Alma," Willy Chirino.

Mexican/Mexican-American Album: "Mexico En La Piel," Luis Miguel.

Tejano Album: "Chicanisimo," Little Joe Y La Familia.

Engineered Album, Classical: "Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets," Da-Hong Seetoo, engineer (Emerson String Quartet).

Producer of the Year, Classical: Tim Handley.

Classical Album: "Bolcom: Songs of Innocence and of Experience," Leonard Slatkin, conductor (Christine Brewer and Joan Morris, University of Michigan School of Music Symphony Orchestra).

Orchestral Performance: "Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13," Mariss Jansons, conductor (Sergei Aleksashkin, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus).

Opera Recording: "Verdi: Falstaff," Sir Colin Davis, conductor (London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra).

Choral Performance: "Bolcom: Songs of Innocence and of Experience," Leonard Slatkin, conductor (Christine Brewer, Measha Brueggergosman, Ilana Davidson, Nmon Ford, Linda Hohenfeld, Joan Morris, Carmen Pelton, Marietta Simpson and Thomas Young, Michigan State University Children's Choir, University of Michigan Chamber Choir, University of Michigan Orpheus Singers, University of Michigan University Choir and University Musical Society Choral Union, University of Michigan School of Music Symphony Orchestra).

Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra): "Beethoven: Piano Cons. Nos. 2 & 3," Claudio Abbado, conductor; Martha Argerich (Mahler Chamber Orchestra).

Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra): "Scriabin, Medtner, Stravinsky," Evgeny Kissin.

Chamber Music Performance: "Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets," Emerson String Quartet.

Small Ensemble Performance: "Boulez: Le Marteau Sans Maitre, Derive 1 & 2," Pierre Boulez, conductor, Hilary Summers, Ensemble Intercontemporain.

Classical Vocal Performance: "Bach: Cantatas," Thomas Quasthoff (Rainer Kussmaul, Members of the RIAS Chamber Choir, Berlin Baroque Soloists).

Classical Contemporary Composition: "Bolcom: Songs of Innocence and of Experience," William Bolcom (Leonard Slatkin).

Classical Crossover Album: "4 plus Four," Turtle Island String Quartet and Ying Quartet.

Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: "Ray," Ray Charles.

Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: "Ray," Craig Armstrong, composer.

Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: "Believe," Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri, songwriters, from "The Polar Express."

Instrumental Composition: "Into the Light," Billy Childs, composer.

Instrumental Arrangement: "The Incredits," Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Various Artists).

Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): "What Are You Doing for the Rest of Your Life?" Billy Childs, Gil Goldstein and Heitor Pereira, arrangers (Chris Botti and Sting).

Traditional Blues Album: "80," B.B. King and Friends.

Traditional Folk Album: "Fiddler's Green," Tim O'Brien.

Contemporary Folk Album: "Fair & Square," John Prine.

Native American Music Album: "Sacred Ground ‹ A Tribute to Mother Earth," Various Artists.

Hawaiian Music Album: "Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar ‹ Vol. 1," Various Artists.

Reggae Album: "Welcome to Jamrock," Damian Marley.

Traditional World Music Album: "In the Heart of the Moon," Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate.

Contemporary World Music Album: "Eletracustico," Gilberto Gil.

Polka Album: "Shake, Rattle and Polka!" Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra.

Musical Album for Children: "Songs From the Neighborhood ‹ The Music of Mister Rogers," Various Artists.

Spoken Word Album for Children: " Marlo Thomas & Friends: Thanks & Giving All Year Long," Various Artists.

Spoken Word Album: "Dreams From My Father," Sen. Barack Obama.

Comedy Album: "Never Scared," Chris Rock.

Musical Show Album: "Monty Python's Spamalot."

Gospel Performance: "Pray," CeCe Winans.

Rock Gospel Song: "Be Blessed," Yolanda Adams, James Harris III, Terry Lewis and James Q. Wright, (Yolanda Adams).

Rock Gospel Album: "Until My Heart Caves In," Audio Adrenaline.

Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: "Lifesong," Casting Crowns.

Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Album: "Rock of Ages ... Hymns & Faith," Amy Grant.

Contemporary Soul Gospel Album: "Purified," CeCe Winans.

Gospel Choir or Gospel Chorus: "One Voice," Gladys Knight, choir director.

New Age Album: "Silver Solstice," Paul Winter Consort.

Jazz Vocal Album: "Good Night, and Good Luck," Dianne Reeves.

Jazz Instrumental Solo: "Why Was I Born?" Sonny Rollins.

Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group: "Beyond the Sound Barrier," Wayne Shorter Quartet.

Contemporary Jazz Album: "The Way Up," Pat Metheny Group.

Large Jazz Ensemble Album: "Overtime," Dave Holland Big Band.

Latin Jazz Album: "Listen Here!" Eddie Palmieri.

Traditional Soul Gospel Album: "Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs," Donnie McClurkin.

Dance Recording: "Galvanize," The Chemical Brothers featuring Q-Tip.

Electronic/Dance Album: "Push the Button," The Chemical Brothers.

Bluegrass Album: "The Company We Keep," The Del McCoury Band.

Contemporary Blues Album: "Cost of Living," Delbert McClinton.

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Steve Lillywhite.

Short Form Music Video: "Control," Missy Elliott Featuring Ciara and Fat Man Scoop.

Best Long Form Music Video: "No Direction Home" ( Bob Dylan).

Recording Package: "The Forgotten Arm," Aimee Mann and Gail Marowitz, art directors (Aimee Mann).

Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: "The Legend," Ian Cuttler, art director (Johnny Cash).

Album Notes: "The Complete Library of Congress Recordings by Alan Lomax," John Szwed, album notes writer (Jelly Roll Morton).

Historical Album: "The Complete Library of Congress Recordings by Alan Lomax," Jeffrey Greenberg and Anna Lomax Wood, compilation producers (Jelly Roll Morton).

Engineered Album, Non-Classical: "Back Home," Alan Douglas and Mick Guzauski, engineers ( Eric Clapton).

Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: "Superfly (Louie Vega EOL Mix)," Louie Vega, remixer (Curtis Mayfield).

Surround Sound Album: "Brothers in Arms ‹ 20th Anniversary Edition," Chuck Ainlay, Bob Ludwig, Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits).

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Heather Locklear files for d-i-v-o-r-c-e, and Richie was clueless?

Will Heather Locklear and Richie Sambora's split serve as a cautionary tale on the importance of regularly cleaning out your Inbox? People reports the couple's union, apparently already unstable because of career commitments, unraveled after the age-defying actress discovered a racy email an "acquaintance" had sent to her coif-challenged rocker-hubby.

The naughty note, from a woman who had been a "sore spot" between them for a while, was chock full of "provocative pictures," a friend of the former lovebirds tells the mag.

Locklear, 44, it seems, never believed anything untoward had gone on between Sambora, 46, and the seemingly brazen sender, but the images were the "final straw" that led her to pull the plug last week on their 11-year marriage.

"She's devastated," says the insider. "Absolutely devastated."

Star, meanwhile, identifies the sender as a "leggy brunette" ex-assistant of the Bon Jovi guitarist, and claims one photo showed her clad in a high-class ensemble of just fishnets and boots. The purported spam-like message on the email: "Hi. Hope you like these."

But People's mole maintains that Sambora is just as piqued by the pics as his estranged wife, explaining, "Richie's saying nothing ever happened, that he never asked for the pictures."

And a Sambora pal adds that the images had nothing to do with the bust-up and were not a sign that he was two-timing. "It's absolutely not true that they had an affair," the buddy insists.

Talk of trouble between the twosome began in December, when the New York Daily News reported they were at odds over whether or not to give 8-year-old daughter Ava a sibling.

"She refuses," a pro-Sambora source snipped to the paper. "She's more concerned about resurrecting what's left of her career."

The pair dismissed the rumors, asserting, "The real story is that there is no story. The truth is that after 11 years together, we are still happily married. Boring but true."

The doomed-by-a-steamy-email scenario might explain why Richie appeared clueless about Locklear's divorce filing hours after she'd gone public with the news.

"It's completely untrue," he insisted to ABC News Radio, adding that he and Heather had already made Valentine's Day plans.

Get some heavy metal hair and run Mason run, you too can catch a MILF

[Count Grande]

Scott Stapp Gets Married, Arrested


Mon Feb 13, 3:25 PM ET


For Scott Stapp, the honeymoon was over before it even began.

Hours after the former Creed frontman tied the knot with beauty queen Jaclyn Nesheiwat in Miami on Friday, the rocker was rung up for public intoxication in Los Angeles.

Stapp, en route to his Hawaiian honeymoon, was stopped from boarding a plane at Los Angeles International Airport Saturday after airline personnel deemed the rocker "antagonistic" and "boisterous."

A spokesman for the airport police, Lieutenant Tyrone Stallings, said the rocker was arrested on suspicion of being drunk in a public place and taken to the Van Nuys station for processing.

According to TMZ.com, which first reported the incident, Stapp demanded a blood-alcohol test at the station, where he registered a 0.18--twice the legal limit.

Stapp, 32, eventually was freed and ordered to report for arraignment on Mar. 8.

There was no immediate comment from his publicist on the arrest--or the nuptials.

What we do know is the singer married Nesheiwat, a 25-year-old former Miss New York 2004, on Friday.

People magazine reported the couple swapped vows at the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, a European-inspired estate on the city's Biscayne Bay.

Nesheiwat donned a Vera Wang bridal number and walked down a 65-foot-long rose-petal-covered aisle. Stapp's seven-year-old son, Jagger, served as best man, per People.

It was the first trip down the aisle for Nesheiwat and the second for Stapp. He was previously married to Hillaree Burns for 16 months before divorcing in 1999. Stapp retained sole custody of their only child, Jagger.

The two newlyweds met in January 2005 at a fundraising gala for the Muscular Dystrophy Association in New York and got engaged late last year. Stapp issued a press release last month touting the engagement and announcing that Nesheiwat had taken a position as director of public affairs for the Scott Stapp Foundation, an organization aimed at promoting healthy parent-child relationships.

For his part, Stapp definitely has a handle on unhealthy relationships. Aside from his tempestuous first marriage, Stapp's sobriety-challenged behavior led to the collapse of Creed in 2004 and a well publicized bar fight between the singer and members of 311 last Thanksgiving.

On the 311 Website, drummer Chad Sexton claimed an allegedly intoxicated Stapp made a "disrespectful and crude remark" to a bandmate's wife, then "sucker-punched" Sexton.

Stapp admitted to Rolling Stone that he entered rehab shortly after the fight. He also said that he was so disgusted by his booze and pill habit that he nearly killed himself following Creed's disastrous 2003 Weathered tour. (The tour, which turned out to be the band's last, was capped by a lawsuit filed by a group of Chicago fans who demanded their money back because Stapp "was so intoxicated and/or medicated that he was unable to sing the lyrics of a single Creed song.")

Stapp's debut solo album, The Great Divide, was released in November to little fanfare and even fewer sales--it opened at number 19 with 94,000 copies, a far cry from his dominating days with Creed, which sold more than 30 million albums worldwide.

Regardless, Stapp will be cutting short his already truncated honeymoon to hit the road once more. He kicks off a club tour Feb. 23 in his hometown of Orlando. The trek wraps up Mar. 18 in Phoenix.

[muthagoose]

What an asshole.

[mavhimself]

since he's frequently in the news, i'd figure i'd post this great rolling stone article on the rise and fall of scott stapp. while it has a "why's everybody pickin on me?" vibe, its still very amusing.

www.rollingstone.com/artists/scottstapp/articles/story/9139515/scott_stapps_fall_from_grace

mav himself.

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Chris Penn's Death Accidental

Chris Penn's death has been deemed an accident.

The Reservoir Dogs star and younger brother of Sean Penn was found dead in his Santa Monica condominium on Jan. 24.

Although the Los Angeles coroner examined the body the following day, results of the autopsy and toxicology tests were not made public until Monday.

In a brief statement, the coroner's department said the primary cause of death to be cardiomyopathy--i.e., an enlarged heart--complicated by the "effects of multiple medication intake."

The chief coroner investigator, Craig Harvey, says the official ruling is that the 40-year-old Penn died accidentally.

Harvey said Penn was taking several prescriptions that contributed to his death, most prominently promethazine with codeine. The drug, which is highly addictive, is used to treat serious cold and flu symptoms, according to WebMD.com. Promethazine is a combination antihistamine and anti-nausea medicine that is also works as a sedative. Codeine is also a sedative that is used to curb coughing and reduce pain.

There was no way to tell how much of the medicine that Penn ingested or when he took it, said Harvey.

As for the actor's heart, it weighed 700 grams, a few hundred grams more than a typical healthy heart. Penn was not taking heart medication at the time of his death, Harvey said.

A detailed report is expected to be released within a few weeks.

Athough eclipsed in fame by his Oscar-winning brother, Chris Penn appeared in more than 70 films and television shows since launching his career in the 1970s, per IMDb.com.

The stocky actor was probably best known for playing Nice Guy Eddie Cabot in Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs.

Other key credits included Rumble Fish, True Romance, All the Right Moves, Rush Hour and Footloose, where he played Kevin Bacon's two-fisted, two-left-footed best bud, Willard.

In 1986, Penn starred with brother Sean and their mother, actress Eileen Ryan, in the true-crime drama At Close Range. He shared the Golden Globe for Best Ensemble Cast for 1993's Short Cuts.

Penn's final big-screen credits included 2004's Starsky & Hutch and The Darwin Awards, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival last month.

Following a screening, costar Winona Ryder talked about her fallen cast mate.

"I really hope people go back and watch his movies, because he was such a fantastic actor, and he is going to be so missed," Ryder said. "Not just Sean Penn's little brother, you know? He was Chris Penn."

Born in California in 1965, Penn was the son of Ryan and the late Leo Penn, a television director who died in 1998. His othest brother, Michael, is a musician and actor.

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'Incredible Hulk' star becomes sheriff's deputy: Mav Himself aims to a celebrity traffic stop

LOS ANGELES (AP) ‹ The Incredible Hulk is now a county sheriff's department reserve deputy.

Lou Ferrigno, 54, who played the green-skinned monster on the CBS TV show from 1977 to 1982, was sworn in during a ceremony Monday night.

"My father was a police officer with the New York Police Department; I've always had a high respect for officers," Ferrigno told The Associated Press. "I want to give back to the community, and I want to work with young kids, help them get off drugs."

Ferrigno began training to become a reserve deputy last September after passing a background check. He completed training in firearms, first aid, and high speed driving techniques and was recognized as "an outstanding trainee" by Sheriff Lee Baca.

Ferrigno will serve at least 20 hours a month, help recruit new deputies and work with the sheriff's Youth Activities League and the Special Victims Bureau, which assists abused children.

Ferrigno was a bodybuilder before he starred on the TV show. The late actor Bill Bixby played mild-mannered scientist David Bruce Banner who, as Ferrigno, turned into a Herculean, green-skinned monster whenever he lost his temper. He switched back to Bixby's character as soon as he calmed down.

In recent years, Ferrigno has appeared as himself on the CBS sitcom The King of Queens.



"Smile and say cheeeeeeeeeeeeeese!!!!"

[muthagoose]

So anyway...

Cruise’s rep denies demise of TomKat
Life & Style Weekly is reporting that Holmes and Cruise are breaking up

Contrary to reports, Tom Cruise's representative denies to Access Hollywood that he and Katie Holmes are putting an end to the TomKat.

In response to a report issued by Life & Style Weekly magazine claiming that Cruise and Holmes have called off their wedding and plan to split, Tom's publicists, Paul Bloch and Arnold Robinson, tell Access Hollywood exclusively, “It should be known that the story is 100 percent false.”

When asked how the two are doing they added, “They are doing great, they are in great shape. They are still engaged and are moving forward with their wedding plans, as well as planning for the arrival of their child.”

The denial from Cruise's representatives got even stronger in the exclusive statement, saying “Despite the malicious fallacies put forth by Life & Style Weekly magazine, the couple is looking forward to a long and happy life together as a family.”

In the Life & Style article, the magazine quoted “insiders” who said the couple's relationship had come to an end but that Tom and Katie “plan to keep up the charade of a romance until after their baby’s birth this spring.”

Another source was quoted in the magazine, saying that Tom and Katie “both agreed that the marriage wouldn’t work and they wanted to end it before they learned to hate each other.”

A representative for Life & Style Magazine today responded to the denial by saying, “We stand 100 percent behind our story.”

The story appears in the new issue of Life & Style, which hits newsstands on February 16.



"Ah, there is that deer in headlights stare of a prisoner with an alien baby in it's tummy tum that we all know and love! On thing is for sure... Scientology may cure a lot of problems... but cold sores apparently ain't one!!!"

Muthagoose Says: Seriously folks... I have seen photos of abused prisoners at Abu Grave that look happier.

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It reminds me of that Ren and Stimpy episode where the boys were selling rubber nipples door to door and a horse answered the door holding a walrus and the walrus said, "CALL THE POLICE!" That girl looks like she has been tortured and left for dead....

[Count Grande]

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Kid Rock, Stapp sex tape to hit stores?
Company claims it doesn’t need permission from musicians
Billboard

LOS ANGELES - A videotape showing Kid Rock and former Creed frontman Scott Stapp engaging in explicit sexual activity with four female fans on a tour bus has been acquired by California company Red Light District, the distributor of the notorious 2004 Paris Hilton sex tape “One Night in Paris.”

The company has launched a 40-second preview clip of the 45-minute tape at the Web sites KidRockSexTape.com and ScottStappSexTape.com and says it plans to release the entire video at some point this year.

Red Light District president David Joseph told Billboard.com he purchased the tape, which was shot in 1999 while Rock and Creed were on tour, from “a third-party source who was about to put it out for free on the Internet. I basically stopped him from doing that.”

Joseph says his attempts to contact Rock and Stapp, who do not engage in sex acts (sorry Kid Rick) with each other on the tape, have so far been unsuccessful. “This wasn’t just shot by one person --there were a lot of people holding the camera,” he says. “Because of that, it’s not necessary that we need (Rock and Stapp) to sign off on this. We left messages for them but they didn’t respond, so maybe they didn’t take it seriously.”

Joseph declined to offer additional details about the tape’s original owner or what exactly is depicted on it, other than to say, “It’s really good. I wish I was a rock star, I tell you. I’m in the wrong business.”

The news comes just five days after Stapp was arrested for public intoxication while trying to board a plane at Los Angeles International Airport. The singer was married a day earlier, in Miami, to Jaclyn Nesheiwat, who is a former Miss New York and the director of public affairs for the Scott Stapp Foundation, which promotes healthy parent-child relationships.

[Count Grande]

Oh my God, Kid Rick what happened?

As far as Scott Stapp, heres another graphic symbolize how much of an hated asshole he really is.

[Kid Rick]

Hey man....sometimes shit happens *Shrug* I'll be holding a press conference at a later date.....

[muthagoose]

Here is a teaser for the video... ewwwwwww

www.youtube.com/v/MmSAtuTYcc8

[muthagoose]

Police: Man Hides In Bathrooms, Drinks Boys' Urine

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A Central Ohio man allegedly told police last week that he likes to drink the urine of adolescent boys.

Alan Patton, 54, is in jail after allegedly telling Gahanna, Ohio, police about his affection for urine.

Police said Patton goes to family restaurants and movie theaters and waits for boys in a bathroom stall. Investigators said he shuts off the water to the child-level urinal and puts a cup in the bottom.

"He goes back and retrieves the cup and drinks the urine," Detective Ron Fithen said.

Patton allegedly told police that he leaves the stall after the child leaves.

Fithen interviewed Patton after he was arrested while leaving a movie theater last weekend.

"Listening to him describe it, it's like listening to a crack or cocaine addict. He's addicted to children's urine," Fithen said.

According to police, Patton said he's been drinking urine for years.

"He told us he's been doing it over 40 years, since he was 7 years old," Fithen said.

Police said Patton told them it makes him sick, but that it's almost spiritual to him. He allegedly added, "I like it because it makes me closer to them -- like I'm drinking their youth."

A New Albany, Ohio, father played a role in Patton's arrest. He told someone at a movie theater that Patton was staring at his son in the bathroom. The theater employee then called police.

Officials said Patton is a registered sexual predator, who was convicted of rape 13 years ago.

Police believe Patton has been collecting and drinking urine in cities around Central Ohio, including Hilliard, Westerville, Dublin, Worthington and Gahanna.

[Chick-O-Stick]

Gee thank you for that shining tribute to the freaks in Ohio, excuse me now while I go heave.

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Glitter gets three years for obscene acts
Melee erupts when British rocker shouts ‘I’m innocent!’[/b][/i][/color]

VUNG TAU, Vietnam - A Vietnamese court Friday sentenced former rocker Gary Glitter to three years in prison for obscene acts with two young Vietnamese girls, and a melee erupted in the courtroom when Glitter shouted “I’m innocent” after the verdict.

Reporters and onlookers, allowed into the courthouse in southern Ba Ria-Vung province to hear the verdict following the closed two-day trial, pressed toward Glitter in a scene of pandemonium as police fended them off and escorted him out of the building.

“I haven’t done anything. I’m innocent. It’s a conspiracy,” Glitter shouted.



Glitter, 61, whose real name is Paul Francis Gadd, was convicted of committing obscene acts with two girls, ages 10 and 11, at his rented seaside villa in southern Vung Tau last year. He was then sentenced to three years in prison, followed by deportation from Vietnam.

The court, in its verdict, cited graphic testimony from the girls that Glitter had fondled and molested them and took showers with them naked in his rented home and in nearby hotels.

Former glam rocker Glitter, a 1970s pop icon in Britain famed for his sequined jumpsuits, platform heels and bouffant wigs, sported a more conservative look for his trial: black clothes and a red bandanna on his head.



Glitter, who looked visibly thinner since his arrest, has been held at Phuoc Co prison outside Vung Tau since November.

He has been in police custody since Nov. 19, when he was caught at the Ho Chi Minh City airport trying to board a flight for Bangkok. Police confiscated his laptop, which police say had hundreds of pornographic pictures on it.

Glitter, who hit his musical peak in the 1970s, had hits with “Leader of the Gang” and “Do You Wanna Touch” but is perhaps best known for his crowd-pleasing rock anthem “Rock and Roll (Parts 1&2),” which is still played at sporting events.

His fall from grace began with a conviction in Britain in 1999 for possessing child pornography. He served half of a four-month jail term.

He later went to Cambodia and in 2002 was expelled from that country, but Cambodian officials did not specify any crime or file charges.

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Feds query labels about online music prices
Justice Department won't name targeted companies

LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Justice Department has launched an inquiry into possible price fixing in the burgeoning online music industry.

One music industry source said some subpoenas may have been issued already in connection with the probe, while other labels had been tipped off that subpoenas would likely be coming in the next few days.

It appeared that Sony BMG had already received a subpoena, the second industry source said.

Two record industry officials characterized the inquiry as essentially identical to one launched in December by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, who subpoenaed several record companies searching for information on wholesale prices that music labels charge for downloadable digital music files.

The Justice Department would not name the companies it has targeted. "The antitrust division is looking at the possibility of anticompetitive practices in the music download industry," said spokeswoman Gina Talamona.

Over the years, the recording industry has consolidated into four major labels: Vivendi Universal's Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group Corp., Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Britain's EMI Music, a unit of EMI Group PLC. Sony BMG is a joint venture of Sony Corp. and Bertelsmann AG.

With traditional album sales faltering, the major labels have charged into a market that has grown from an unregulated free-for-all to an industry with multibillion dollar potential.

Universal and Warner have been told by the Justice Department to expect a formal demand for information, according to the two officials, who requested anonymity because the probe was ongoing. Warner has publicly acknowledged that it was subpoenaed by Spitzer.

The investigation also could be related to licensing renegotiations with Apple, maker of the wildly popular iPod digital music player, for its iTunes store, industry sources have said.

Last September, Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs called the music industry "greedy" for considering hiking digital download prices and warned the move could drive iPod users to piracy.

Record label executives have scoffed at the suggestion they’re being greedy. At an investors' conference last September, Warner Music Group CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. said that Apple’s 99-cent price for single tracks — the service charges variable prices for some album downloads — ignores the issue that not all songs are the same commercially and, like any other commodity, shouldn’t be priced the same.

None of the four major labels had a formal response to the news Thursday, which was confirmed after their New York offices closed for the day.

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Kid Rock says Scott Stapp is an 'Idiot' for Losing Sex Tape

NEW YORK - Kid Rock blames Scott Stapp for losing a sex video showing them with several strippers, but appreciates Stapp for one thing. "What perfect timing," Rock told The Associated Press in an interview Wednesday. "I got a record coming up ... Maybe I should thank him."



The hard-partying rap-rocker, whose new live concert album "Live Trucker" hit stores Tuesday, defended his backstage antics, saying, "It's not any big revelation that this goes on in rock 'n' roll, especially with who I am."

Still, Rock (aka Robert Ritchie) has fired back against Stapp's claim that the tape was stolen, saying the former Creed singer filmed the tape, which was made in Rock's motor home in 1999, and is responsible for losing it.

"He's the idiot because it's out," the 35-year-old Rock said. "I'm holding him responsible."

Rock has won a temporary court order preventing World Wide Red Light District from distributing or promoting the video. Kid Rick claims he has no complaints when it comes to pleasuring a woman. Red Light, which sold the Paris Hilton sex tape in 2004, had displayed a 40-second preview clip of the video on its Web site. The company has acknowledged that the tape came from a third party, but denied it was stolen.

"At this point, I don't even care," said Rock, who said he hasn't spoken to Stapp since the tape was filmed.

He's upset, though, that someone might make money from the tape. "If there's money to be made, it's my performance" he said.

In a recent interview with AP Radio, Stapp, 32, said he thinks the sex video was stolen from him and is meant to destroy his career.

Rock scoffed at that notion: "I'm like, what are you talking about? This tape gets out ‹ it's your tape ‹ and you're (saying) someone's trying to sabotage your career?"

Rock said he invited Stapp to join him and four strippers after Stapp entered his motor home with a video camera and asked to "get in" on the action.

"'I only got two beers left,'" Rock said, describing what he deemed to be his gracious behavior toward Stapp, whom he had never met. "`You can have one.' How nice is that?"

He said he's further upset to be associated with sex tape scandal subjects Hilton, Colin Farrell and ex-girlfriend Pamela Anderson.

"I don't want to be in that company with all these idiots (who have) sex tapes, which is why I've never had a video camera," he said. "I agree I knew the tape was going on at the time ‹ I must have. Although, I'll guarantee you, I wasn't sober."

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Smithsonian Preparing for Hip-Hop Exhibit

NEW YORK - For nearly three decades, hip-hop relics such as vinyl records, turntables, microphones and boom boxes have collected dust in boxes and attics.

On Tuesday, owners of such items ‹ including pioneering hip-hop artists such as Afrika Bambaataa, DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash and Fab 5 Freddy ‹ will blow that dust off and carry them to a Manhattan hotel to turn them over to National Museum of American History officials.

The museum, part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., is announcing its plans to embark on a collecting initiative, "Hip-Hop Won't Stop: the Beat, the Rhymes, the Life."

The project, the beginnings of a permanent collections, will gather objects that trace hip-hop's origins in the Bronx in the 1970s to its current global reach. It is expected to cost as much as $2 million and take up to five years to complete.



Museum officials have yet to raise the money, which will come from private donors. They will use the funds to pay for artifacts, record oral histories, hold consultations with advisory groups and mount an exhibit telling hip-hop's story.

Hip-hop culture, whose main elements include rappers, DJs and breakdancers, is considered one of the most powerful cultural explosions ever. Today, it's incorporated into marketing to sell everything from cars and clothing to food and furniture.

"Hip-hop was born in New York but it's now a global phenomenon," said Valeska Hilbig, a National Museum spokeswoman. "It's here to stay, and it's part of American culture just like jazz is part of American history. It's part of the narrative we tell at the museum."

The idea for an exhibition grew out of conversations between Brent D. Glass, the national museum's director, and his childhood friend Mark Shimmel, of Mark Shimmel Music, museum curator Marvette Perez said.

"It's American music," Perez, who staged an exhibition on Latin music singer Celia Cruz, said of rap. "It shows the creativity that exists in urban environments."

Besides records, boom boxes, mics and turntables, Perez requested photographs, posters, handwritten lyrics, clothing and costumes, videos and interviews and business and personal letters from hip-hop's early artists. She said she wouldn't know until Tuesday what the artists will hand over.

Hip-hop impresario Russell Simmons, scheduled to attend Tuesday's announcement at the Hilton New York, wouldn't say what he planned to donate. But he called the Smithsonian's recognition a "great statement for hip-hop."



"It's not a signal to the end of hip-hop," Simmons, co-founder of the venerable Def Jam label, said of the Smithsonian's undertaking. "We know it will be a lasting fixture. And it should be. All over the world hip-hop is expression of young people's struggles, their frustrations and opinions."

Simmons brother, Joseph "Rev. Run" Simmons, a member of the seminal rap group Run-D.M.C., also is scheduled to appear at the announcement.

The Smithsonian isn't the only museum with an interest in hip-hop culture. In the fall of 2000, the Brooklyn Museum of Art put on "Hip-Hop Nation: Roots, Rhymes & Rage." In June the museum plans to feature an exhibition of graffiti art, spokesman Adam Husted said.

The Museum of the City of New York plans to hold "Black Style Now" in September on hip-hop's impact on fashion and black fashion designers. And the Experience Music Project, an interactive music museum in Seattle, has featured exhibitions on hip-hop, Perez said.

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Michael Jackson latest breaking news

For the people working at Bahrain's malls, the person covered head to toe in a black veil, gloves and glasses appeared to be a rich, doting Saudi mother, leaping from one aisle to the next to select children's shoes, clothes and toys.
But why would a woman wear a man's shoes? Why the bodyguards? And why did the person's fluid movements seem so familiar?

"It was the way he moved that made me sure it was Michael Jackson," said Radio Shack salesman Sharfudeen Kadeer Meera. "He shops the way he dances, going from one place to the other at dizzying speed."

Since his June acquittal on child molestation charges in California, Jackson has been living on the island nation of Bahrain, the guest of Sheik Abdullah bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the son of Bahrain's king.

Jackson's brother, Jermaine, has long been friends with the prince and reportedly converted to Islam after a visit here in 1989.

Beyond Bahrain's main city of palm tree-lined boulevards, luxury office buildings and malls, the 300-square-mile country has the feel of a sleepy village — the perfect relaxing hideout.

Jackson's fans are thrilled to have him in Bahrain. Maasoumah Ibrahim was so excited about glimpsing him in January in his black "abaya" — the traditional Arabic all-covering veil and gown — that she repeated the story to every one of her 13 siblings.

"I follow his news," said the 31-year-old fan, who was a cashier at the mall food court at the time. "The trial didn't have any effect on me. One cannot believe everything."

Other Bahrainis do not share her enthusiasm.

"I'm not against him being in Bahrain — but against him using Bahrain to run away from his problems," said Hani Bucheery, a 37-year-old operations manager at a security company.

The media here have treated Jackson gently, limiting their reports to news and rumors of his sightings. Even fiery lawmaker Adel al-Maawda, one of the country's most conservative clerics, says Jackson is welcome to stay as long as he behaves.

But he and other conservative clerics also have concerns.

"He should keep his concerts and his effeminate manners away from us," said al-Maawda. "We don't want him turning Bahrain into Las Vegas."

On Wednesday, a Bahraini official close to Jackson's entourage denied reports the singer had left the country for good. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly, said Jackson had gone on vacation to Europe with his family, was in touch daily with Sheik Abdullah and was coming back in a few days.

Since moving to the region, Jackson's mall forays have usually included a female assistant, a few bodyguards and — on some occasions — three children, believed to be his.

At some stores he has been able to shop mostly in peace.

"As soon as we guessed it was Michael Jackson, we started playing his songs," said Bijesh Kumar, a supervisor at Euphoria music store. "But he was so scared, he told his bodyguards to stop the music." Jackson did sign autographs for the staff, Kumar said.

At other malls, however, he has had to flee.

On the morning of Jan. 25, Jackson, the three children and assistants headed into a Mothercare store at Marina Mall. Jackson spent an hour sprinting around, buying $200 worth of clothes and toys, said cashier Laila al-Aradi.

But while he was waiting for an assistant to pay, al-Aradi said she noticed that the person in the woman's abaya was wearing men's shoes.

"I looked up at him and mouthed, 'Michael Jackson,'" she said. "But he wagged his finger to caution me against saying that aloud."

Then Jackson made his way to a shoe store. Salesman Lateef Mulla Muttath thought he was assisting a wealthy Saudi woman, then heard a group of Bahraini women saying Jackson was in the mall.

"I looked at the person's shoes and found they were men's shoes. That's when I guessed it was Michael Jackson," he said. They guess was that Michael wasn't there for shoes, but to get jiggy-jiggy.

By then the crowd was growing, so Mulla Muttath and his manager, Abd Nazir, had to help Jackson escape.

Jackson wanted to leave through an emergency exit, but since there was no emergency, Nazir could not use that door. The main entrance was packed with fans and photographers. A crowd also was gathered at a staff exit.

At that point, the woman with Jackson asked the driver to get scarves for the children, which she wrapped around their faces before Nazir led them through a back door.

"Michael Jackson said 'Thank you' and shook my hand," said Nazir. "My family told me I'm a lucky man."

Then Michael was heard as he was wisked away yelling "Let's get freaaaaky naughty."

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I wonder how many wannabes are going to go out and buy themselves an outfit just like that one.

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Hockey Fans Go Nuts for Runaway Bride Bobbleheads

DULUTH, Ga. — Like the woman who inspired their creation, Runaway Bride bobblehead dolls disappeared quickly during a sports promotion in her hometown.

The dolls, given to the first 1,000 people through the doors at the Gwinnett Gladiators ice hockey game Sunday, were gone in about 10 minutes.



People lined up more than three hours before the gates opened.

The minor league ECHL team named the trinket the "Runaway Bride Any Similarity to Actual Persons is Unintended and Purely Coincidental" Bobblehead Doll.

The bobblehead features a generic woman's face, with a veil over her head, a sweat shirt that says "I [heart] Duluth," a pair of running shoes labeled "Adios" instead of Adidas and a picture of the state of Georgia on the back.

Duluth resident Jennifer Wilbanks' disappearance last April, just days before her scheduled 600-guest wedding, prompted a national search. She turned up in Albuquerque, N.M., claiming to have been abducted and raped. Relief quickly turned to confusion and anger among some when Wilbanks recanted her story, saying she fled because of "certain fears" controlling her life.

Wilbanks was ordered to perform community service for lying to police.



"This crazy bitch gets the Pony One Stamp of approval!" - originally posted on a boardmember on athread about the runaway bride.

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Yanni Beats a Bitch Down

MANALAPAN, Fla. -- The musician Yanni was arrested at his home after an alleged domestic dispute with his girlfriend, authorities said.

Yanni, whose legal name is John Yanni Christopher, was arrested early Friday and faces a domestic battery charge, according to a police report.

The Greek-born singer-pianist denied the allegations.

Yanni asked his girlfriend, Silvia Barthes, to leave his beachfront home in Manalapan on Thursday night, the police report said. Barthes, 33, told police she attempted to pack her clothing but the 51-year-old musician threw it on the ground.

She told officers he then grabbed her arms and shook her, throwing her on the bed, and jumped on top of her, according to the report.

Yanni told police Barthes kicked him, and he believed he injured his finger during the incident, the report said.

No one answered a call to a telephone listing for a John Christopher in Manalapan late Monday. But the musician said in a statement he was innocent.

"These allegations are cruel, false, without merit and baseless," said the statement released by his manager, Danny O'Donovan. "At a more appropriate time and place, I hope and pray I will have an opportunity to address my fans and colleagues all over the world."

"One time at band camp..."