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Real Housewives of NYC’s LuAnn De Lesseps was on the cover of Playgirl!

ByAsa Hawks

During tonight’s episode of The Real Housewives of New York City Kelly Bensimon had an awkward moment when she had to tell Jill Zarin and LuAnn DeLesseps she would be gracing the cover of the 40th Anniversary Issue of Playboy, but the tensions were lessened dramatically when “The Countess” LuAnn De Lesseps announced she was on the cover of Playgirl when she was a model, at which point she ran off to grab one to show Kelly! Click to check out a 24-year-old LuAnn and some hunky dude from Texas on the May 1990 “Men of Texas” issue of Playgirl!

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PHOTOS The Real Housewives of Orange County invade New York City

ByAsa Hawks

Cable companies are making their annual formal presentations for what’s in store next season at big “Upfront” bashes, and Wednesday night was Bravo’s night to shine at the Skylight Studio in New York City! Among the Bravo-lebrities in attendance were the three amigas from Orange County: Gretchen Rossi, Lynne Curtin and Alexis Bellino! See photos of the west coast trinity of femininity all gussied up for a night on the town and find out what Bravo has in store for next season!

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Senator Harry Reid’s wife Landra Reid and daughter Lana Reid-Barringer injured in car accident

ByAsa Hawks

The wife and daughter of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid were seriously injured in an automobile accident in Fairfax County, Virginia Thursday afternoon. Lana Reid-Barringer, 48, and Lana Reid, 69, were seriously injured when a tractor-trailer failed to stop and crashed into their stopped vehicle on Interstate 95. Landra Reid has a broken nose, broken back and broken neck and her daughter Lana has a neck injury and facial lacerations, but their injuries are not considered life-threatening.

NBA News: Dorell Wright of the Miami Heat arrested for DUI

ByAsa Hawks

Miami Police arrested Miami Heat forward Dorell Wright for driving under the influence as well as driving on a suspended license after cops witnessed the 24-year old driving his 2005 Bentley erratically at about 3:37 AM. According to the police report, obtained by TMZ, cops were talking with Wright when they noticed “red and watery eyes, odor of an alcoholic beverage on his breath, and low and slurred speech.” Wright wasn’t able to provide current proof of insurance and police also discovered he was driving on a suspended license.

Find out the details and see Dorell’s mug shot!

Conan O’Brien announces comedy tour! Complete list of cities and dates

ByAsa Hawks

Ousted late night host Conan O’Brien got a huge settlement from NBC as part of his controversial departure from The Tonight Show, and part of that huge settlement was a clause prohibiting Conan from performing on television again until after September 1, 2010. But, there is nothing in the contract preventing CoCo from doing live appearances, as evidenced by O’Brien’s official announcement today of a North American tour starting April 12 in Eugene, Oregon and finishing up June 14 at the Fox Theater in Atlanta.

Find out the details and see all the dates! Tickets are on sale now!

Corey Haim, another victim of prescription drugs, was still alive when paramedics arrived

ByStarcasm Staff

According to reports from TMZ and RadarOnline, 80’s star Corey Haim was still alive when paramedics arrived at his apartment in Burbank early Wednesday morning. When they arrived Corey was reportedly weak, but conscious. He fell to his knees when he tried to get out of bed. Paramedics spent 20 minutes inside his apartment before…

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Lost Boys actor, 38-year-old Corey Haim found dead of drug overdose

ByStarcasm Staff

TMZ reports that Lost Boys star Corey Haim was found dead in his L.A. apartment this morning of an apparent drug overdose. He was 38-years-old. The overdose was most likely accidental. Along with The Lost Boys, Haim acted in Lucas, License to Drive, Murphy’s Romance, and 2007’s The Two Coreys with his buddy Corey Feldman….

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Nene Leakes’ son busted for drugs

ByStarcasm Staff

RadarOnline reports that Nene Leakes’ son was busted for marijuana days ago, and has been held since March 7. He is still currently in custody for two charges: possessing one ounce of marijuana and “failure to appear.” For a while it’s seemed like shady things have been going on with Nene’s son with him dropping…

‘Music by Prudence’ director Roger Ross Williams interrupted again, by Larry King

ByStarcasm Staff

Director Roger Ross Williams, who was interrupted during his Oscar acceptance speech for Best Documentary Short by Elinor Burkett (the “Female Kanye”), was given the opportunity to finish his speech uninterrupted on Larry King Live. There was only one problem: Larry King interrupted him. Read more about Elinor Burkett and her Kanye moment here. Larry…

Megan Mariah Barnes crashes car while shaving crotch day after DUI offense
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Megan Mariah Barnes crashes car while shaving crotch day after DUI offense

Bycarrieglass

37-year-old Megan Mariah Barnes knows her priorities. Just one day after being convicted of a DUI offense, she had her ex-husband hold the steering wheel while she manicured her lady parts with a razor while on her way to meet her boyfriend in Key West. Unfortunately her ex-husband wasn’t doing a good enough job of…

Roethlisberger’s alleged sexual assault victim drops of out Georgia State College and University

ByStarcasm Staff

The 20-year-old lady who is accusing Ben Roethlisberger of sexually assaulting her in a night club called Central City in Milledgeville, GA, has dropped out of Georgia College and State University and headed to her home in a suburb of Atlanta. Reportedly Roethlisberger will be asked for a DNA sample from Milledgeville police, which suggests…

Conan O’Brien follows Sarah Killen @LovelyButton, has nine secret Twitter accounts: list includes @CoCosBeard @ConansSharpie & @ConansFreckles

ByStarcasm Staff

Conan O’Brien, lacking a job, is now filling his hours Tweeting in a self-referencing network of Twitter accounts that include his Beard, his Freckles, his ATM card and his squirrel. They’re full of puns and hilarious accounts of Conan’s cereal eating and television watching habits. It’s actually more funny than his run on The Tonight…

Lindsay Lohan suing over Milk-a-holic E-Trade Superbowl ad

ByStarcasm Staff

This is a lesson in picking your battles, or maybe it’s a lesson in honestly accepting how you’re perceived. Either way, Lindsay Lohan is managing to trash her own image even more by suing the online Stock Market company E-Trade for Superbowl 44 ad featuring a slurring baby “Milk-a-holic” named Lindsay, who she says was…

Detained Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney wedding photographers suing “The Bachelor”

ByAsa Hawks

Two paparazzi involved in a scuffle at the wedding of The Bachelor‘s Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney are suing the production company in charge of the show after they were wrestled to the ground and detained by security! Click to find out more about these real life wedding crashers.

WTF was going on with the Oscars “Kanye” moment?

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The most entertaining part of last night’s ceremony (besides definite proof Kathy Ireland is still alive and well), was the really strange moment that occured when the winner of Best Documentary Short for Music by Prudence, Roger Ross Williams, was interrupted by a woman to talk about the film. Williams had a confused look on…

Sparklehorse frontman Mark Lincous commits suicide

ByStarcasm Staff

  Saturday (March 6, 2010) Mark Linkous, the frontman of indie alt-country/blues/pop band Sparklehorse. He shot himself in the heart at his home in Knoxville, Tennessee. 47-year-old Linkous never experienced breakout success and fame, but throughout his entire career he worked at carving out a solid place for himself in the music industry. After failing…

Why did Sandra Bullock win an Oscar?

ByStarcasm Staff

There’s something about Sandra Bullock that us, the general public who pay money to watch her movies, don’t know. It is that something that might have won her an Oscar statuette over long-time nominee Meryl Streep and Gabourey Sidibe’s breakout powerful performance (not to mention the critically acclaimed performances of Cary Mulligan and Helen Mirren)…

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PHOTOS Ben Stiller as Na’vi alien from Avatar at 82nd Academy Awards

ByAsa Hawks

Ben Stiller handed out the Oscar for Best Make-up Sunday night dressed as a Na’vi from James Cameron’s blockbuster sci-fi film Avatar. In addition to looking the part, Ben also spoke in the Na’vi language complete with growls and pops. Click to see some of the hilarious photos that will have you laughing until you’re blue in the face!

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Miley Cyrus, popping out of her corset dress, admits to dating Liam Hemsworth on Oscar red carpet

ByStarcasm Staff

Miley Cyrus arrived at the Academy Awards red carpet with her mom, but admitted to E!’s Ryan Seacrest that she was dating The Last Song co-star Liam Hemsworth. Everyone already knew this already, but she’s never let the words pass her lips before. But is she in love? “Maybe,” she says. A girl’s got to…

Beauty and the Beast was the first animated film to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar before Up

ByStarcasm Staff

This year (2010) the wistful animated film Up won the best animated film, and is one of ten films nominated for Best Picture. This is the first time this honor has been bestowed on an animated film, the first time this happened was in 1991 with Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. That may have been…

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PHOTOS Vienna Girardi and Jake Pavelka at the Oscars?!?

ByAsa Hawks

Well, almost. The Bachelor “winner” and Jake Pavelka fiancee Vienna Girardi took her first steps on a Hollywood red carpet March 6 as she and Jake attended the Weinstein Company and Montblanc International hosted a cocktail event to honor UNICEF. See photos of this fame-thirsty couple gobbling up the fruits of their labors!

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16 & Pregnant Valerie Fairman episode review and recap

ByStarcasm Staff

Valerie Fairman is a sweet 15-year-old girl with a dollface and from a farm town near Oxford, Pennsylvania. She’s got a cindering intelligence despite her record of truancy. She even analyzing her actions in her voiceover, saying that because she felt she didn’t get the attention she needed growing up and therefore acting out to…

Is Tila Tequila’s charity Jayden’s Angels a fake / fraud?

ByStarcasm Staff

Tila Tequila quit Twitter again, maybe this time for real, but not before moving to Facebook where she can write more than 140 characters. (could be dangerous.) Tequila, or Ms. Nguyen as she now prefers to be called (sometimes) has a lot of projects on her plate, including a celebrity gossip site (there’s irony in…

Real Housewives of the OC Season 5 Finale: Tamra is emotionally abused while Lynne’s daughters abuse alcohol
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Real Housewives of the OC Season 5 Finale: Tamra is emotionally abused while Lynne’s daughters abuse alcohol

ByStarcasm Staff

At times,, the drama on can seem contrived and phoned in, but that was not the case with the now-defunct Barneys this season! We’ve watched their taut, barbed rope of a marriage unravel this season in an excruciating display of chauvinism and misplaced loyalties. The good thing for Tamra is that the rope that unraveled…

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Jake Pavelka’s multi-faceted ex-girlfriend Tanya Douglas PHOTOS

ByAsa Hawks

The internet is all a-buzz over 24-year-old landscape architect Tanya Douglas who claims to be the ex-girlfriend of The Bachelor‘s Jake Pavelka. Read all about how Tanya brilliantly prepared for her fifteen minutes in the spotlight with a slick website, her deleted Facebook profile and even getting a job as a bridal stylist? Oh, and check out her talents as an artist!

Tanya Douglas is the alleged ex-girlfriend of The Bachelor Jake Pavelka
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PHOTO Jake Pavelka’s ex-girlfriend Tanya Douglas

ByAsa Hawks

See a picture of Tanya Douglas, the controversial ex-girlfriend of The Bachelor Jake Pavelka who claims the two were still in a relationship during the taping of the show and after! Includes a link to Tanya’s website and the reasons why yours truly is in love with this blond 24-year-old landscape architect originally from Marianna, Florida!

Real Housewives of New York City Season 3 is full of turmoil and aired dirty laundry

ByStarcasm Staff

The New York ladies themselves have described Season Three of Real Housewives of New York as “brutal,” “painful” and full of “turmoil” and “dirty laundry,” and if the first episode is any indication, they weren’t lying! One of the major conflicts is the broken friendship between Bethenny Frankel and Jill Zarin, but that’s just where…

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AUDIO Did Jake Pavelka cheat on fiancee Vienna Girardi? Interview with ex-girlfriend Tanya Douglas

ByStarcasm Staff

Everyone’s always raggin’ on Vienna Girardi for basically, being a misguided 23-year-old girl, but it turns out that Jake may be the one that’s not as pure as the freshly driven snow. Vienna may cheated on her ex-husband or Jake, or whoever, but it looks like Jake may have also cheated on her. If you…

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Bethenny Frankel and Jill Zarin’s feud started over Bobby Zarin’s thyroid cancer

ByStarcasm Staff

CLICK HERE to hear Jill Zarin’s side of the story. UPDATE: Since Bethenny and Jill began feuding, Bethenny has tried to apologize to Jill, wrote Bobby Zarin a heartfelt apology letter (which he accepted), went through her father dying, got pregnant, got married, and doesn’t regret telling Jill to get a hobby. Jill has a…

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EXCLUSIVE Writings from Dr. Drew Pinsky’s stalker Charles Pearson

ByAsa Hawks

Police arrested 33-year-old Charles Pearson yesterday for felony stalking of radio and television personality Dr. Drew Pinsky, whom Pearson repeatedly harassed via the internet. Read some of Pearson’s delusional ramblings that include the belief Dr. Drew put an implant in his genitals to cause pain on command. Also, see a disturbing screen capture of Pearson’s email “sent” box!

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VIDEO Funny or Die Presidential Reunion featuring SNL alumni!

ByAsa Hawks

The folks over at FunnyOrDie.com have united President-imitating Saturday Night Live cast members past and present to make a case for the importance of creating the proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency. Included in the Ron Howard directed short are Will Ferrell as George W. Bush, Fred Armisen as Barack Obama, Maya Rudolph as Michelle Obama, Darrell Hammond as Bill Clinton, Dana Carvey as George H.W. Bush, Dan Aykroyd as Jimmy Carter and Chevy Chase as Gerald Ford!

VIDEO and MUGSHOT Jacob Nodarse arrested for Darien Kramer family murders

ByAsa Hawks

The main suspect in the killings of Jeffrey Kramer, 50, Lori Kramer, 48, and their youngest son, Michael, 20 was arrested in Lehigh Acres, just outside of Fort Myers, Florida today. 23-year-old Jacob Nodarse was wanted by Illinois law enforcement for the Kramer Family slayings, all three of which were found shot dead in their Darien, Illinois home Tuesday. Nodarse was asleep in a van outside of his parents’ home at the time of his arrest.

MTV stars Erica “Rikki” Mongeon and Victoria “Vikki” Mongeon in car accident, Rikki is in a coma

ByAsa Hawks

Twin sibling stars of MTV’s Double Shot At Love Erica “Rikki” Mongeon and Victoria “Vikki” Mongeon were involved in a car accident in Bakersfield, California at approximately 12:20 AM when their Volkswagen Jetta collided with a semi-truck.

According to TMZ, Vikki and the driver of the Jetta did not sustain serious injuries in the crash, but Rikki had to be rushed to a local hospital where she is currently in a medical-induced coma.

Watch the premiere episode of Doubleshot At Love introducing “The Ikki Twins” and see photos of the lovely sister duo.

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PHOTO John Travolta rejects Zipyourflyentology

ByAsa Hawks

The entire world almost “got shorty” when actor John Travolta left the Katsuya restaurant in Los Angeles with his zipper down earlier today. Travolta seemed completely unaware how close we all were to seeing his White Man’s Burden as he playfully acted out a scene from The Taking of Pelham X Y Z, even jokingly looking at his watch while he waited.

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4 Mugshot photos of John Albert Gardner plus court documents and details from his previous arrest

ByStarcasm Staff

John Albert Gardner III has been arrested for the murder of 17-year-old Chelsea King of Poway, California. A body matching her description was found in a shallow grave about ten feet from the edge of Lake Hodges, where the teenager was last seen jogging Thursday. Authorities are also looking at Gardner in the disappearance of Escondido High freshman Amber Dubois, who was last seen in the same area February 13, 2009.

See multiple mug shots of Gardner and read documents from the court records of his 2000 conviction for lewd or lascivious acts with child under 14 years.

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Kim Zolciak spotted wearing Big Poppa’s engagement ring again

ByStarcasm Staff

Kim Zolciak posed for paparazzi at LAX airport Tuesday, March 2. While she posed, preened, and pretended to be talking on the phone she flashed a whopper of a diamond that looks suspiciously like the one she sported last season on Real Housewives after she announced her (short-lived) engagement to Big Poppa (aka Lee Najjar)….

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ONLINE BONUS CLIP VIDEO – Valerie Fairman from 16 & Pregnant tries to ask for help from baby daddy Matt

ByStarcasm Staff

This season of 16 & Pregnant the baby daddies are 3 for 3 in the deadbeat department, with last episode’s Josh being the reigning champion with his sociopathic ways. The father of Valerie Fairman’s child is a young man named Matt, who has aspirations of skipping town and never seeing Valerie again. In one poignant…

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Michael Jackson’s kids involved in stun gun incident!

ByAsa Hawks

So much for Michael Jackson’s children being able to lead a more normal life! TMZ is reporting that the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services arrived at the Jackson family home last night around 10:30 PM after having gotten a tip from someone connected to the family that the children were in possession of a stun gun. As preposterous as the story sounds, what’s even more preposterous is that the story is apparently true!

Keep reading for the details!

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SPOILER ALERT! Are Vienna Girardi and ‘The Bachelor’ Jake Pavelka engaged, still together?

ByAsa Hawks

It seems the cat is out of the bag on the outcome of Season 14 of The Bachelor. Since his first detailed spoiler post waaaay back on January 6, blogger Reality Steve has claimed Vienna Girardi is the final choice of Jake Pavelka, he just wasn’t sure of the details. Did Jake Pavleka propose to Vienna? Did they merely agree to continue dating and see where it leads? Did Ali return with a baseball bat and take Jake back by force?

Keep reading to find out!

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Katie Holmes may be pregnant again, becoming more enmeshed in Scientology

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Rumors are flying that the adorable and stylish Suri Cruise (and heir to the Xenu throne) may be getting a brother or sister! Page Six reported this morning that Katie’s been spending a lot of time at the Scientology center, “auditing” (kinda like therapy but hooked up to a weird machine called an e-meter) and…

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VIDEO Jersey Shore Presents… The Hurt Locker

ByAsa Hawks

Paul DelVecchio, Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino and Ronnie Magro of Jersey Shore are helping America prepare for Sunday night’s Oscar Awards by re-enacting scenes from Best Picture nominees all week on Lopez Tonight! Though we have lots to look forward to, including Avatar, Up In The Air, Precious, Inglourious Basterds and The Blind Side, the boys kick things off with a scene from The Hurt Locker.

Watch the clip!

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MUGSHOT and VIDEO John Albert Gardner arrested in the disappearance of San Diego teen Chelsea King

ByAsa Hawks

Registered sex offender John Albert Gardner was arrested in San Diego Sunday afternoon stemming from the disappearance of San Diego area teen Chelsea King, who went missing after last being seen going for a jog in Rancho Bernardo Community Park Thursday. See Gardner’s mugshot from his “lewd or lascivious acts with child under 14 years” arrest and watch a video press conference from San Diego.

The Harsh Ness Monster: “Toyota Recall”

ByAsa Hawks

The Harsh Ness Monster returns! It’s been a while since this mythical snarky beast has graced the virtual pages of starcasm.net, and we’re proud to have him back! Ever since he exploded onto the internet scene with his morbid take on the severely depressed Lindsay Lohan and her Marylin Monroe tribute tattoo, The Harsh Ness Monster has developed a dedicated following that are constantly harassing our inbox with requests for his return.

Well now you can both relax! Enjoy the only known living curmudgeonosaurus rex in all his prehysterical glory!

Drama at The Bachelor wedding: Security forcibly take down paparazzi at Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney’s wedding

ByStarcasm Staff

Wherever the The Bachelor goes, drama is sure to follow. In this case, the drama ensued with some over-aggresive paparazzi who tried to get close to the epic Jason Mesnick/Molly Malaney wedding. They overstepped their boundaries, and underestimated the might of ABC security. Those b**ches aren’t ones to mess with, they will take you down….

Bachelor / Bachelorette royalty attend Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney’s wedding

ByStarcasm Staff

ABC’s Bachelor wedding/television event for Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney brought out some new and old Bachlor/ette ghosts including the only other couple in the franchise to ever get hitched, Trista Rehn and Ryan Sutter (pictured above.) Also in attendance at the rainy extravaganza were Jillian Harris and her fiance Ed Swiderski (who may or…

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The Bachelor’s Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney get married in the rain

ByStarcasm Staff

Despite tsunami rains ABC production crews and the entire Bachelor/Bachelorette family soldiered on Saturday (February 27, 2010) for second Bachelor/Bachelorette couple to ever make it down the aisle: Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney. The first was Bachelorette Trista Rehn, who married her final rose pick Ryan Sutter December 6, 2003. They allowed ABC to broadcast…

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Brittany Murphy’s Death Labeled Accidental

Bymariamargarita

The results of Brittany Murphy’s autopsy are finally in and the results are still somewhat inconclusive. The coroner has listed her death as “accidental” but has listed a myriad of pharmaceuticals found in her system. Per TMZ, here were the drugs found: elevated levels of hydrocodone, acetaminophen, and chlorpheniramine, L-methamphetamine. If you’re not a pill-popper,…

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PHOTOS Marie Osmond’s son Michael Blosil played drums in a rock band

ByAsa Hawks

Marie Osmond’s son Michael Blosil tragically took his own life Friday night by leaping to his own death from his Los Angeles apartment window. (You can read more about the tragedy HERE) The troubled teen had a long history of struggles with severe depression, but he was able to find at least one outlet: drumming.

See photos of Michael playing for the Orem, Utah rock band Without A Trace.

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Marie Osmond’s son Michael Blosil commits suicide

ByAsa Hawks

Marie Osmond’s 18-year-old son Michael Blosil leapt to his death from his downtown Los Angeles apartment Friday night.

The troubled teen had a history with severe depression and reportedly left a suicide note saying that he intended to end his life to end his life-long struggle with the condition, a condition that left him feeling friendless and without the ability to ever fit in. Click to read Marie Osmond’s statement and see a couple photos of Michael, Marie and brothers Stephen and Brandon taken in 1999.

Russian actor Vladislav Galkin found dead in his apartment

ByAsa Hawks

38-year-old Russian actor Vladislav Galkin was found dead in his Moscow apartment earlier today.

His father, well-known actor Boris Galkin, notified a friend of Vladislav’s after not being able to reach his son for more than 24 hours. The friend received no response when he arrived at Vladislav’s home, so a rescue team was called. The team made a forced entry and found the actor dead.

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“Teen Mom” Slapper Debra Danielson Agrees To A Plea Deal

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If you watch MTV’s Teen Mom, you no doubt know of the boy-crazy Farrah and her strained relationship with her mother, Debra Danielson. The story has taken a violent turn, with Debra being accused of choking Farrah (read our extensive write up here). TMZ reports that Debra has entered a plea bargain with the Pottawattamie…

Tsunami fears abound as massive 8.8 earthquake kills dozens in Chile

ByStarcasm Staff

CNN is reporting 78 people dead from the 8.8 earthquake that struck off the coast of Chile this morning (February 27, 2010) at 1:34 EST in Maule (about 200 miles southwest of Chile’s capital Santiago.) Eight aftershocks were experienced in the hours after the quake, including one that registered at a 6.9 magnitude, and a…

PHOTOS Apolo Ohno disqualified in 500m short track final

ByAsa Hawks

Vying for his record-setting eighth Olympic medal, American short track skater Apolo Anton Ohno crossed the finish line in the finals of the men’s 500m short track in second place, but he was later disqualified after officials ruled he interfered with Canadian skater François-Louis Tremblay on the final lap.

See tons of pictures from that fateful last lap and find out if Ohno was able to get his eighth medal later in the evening in the 5,000-meter relay.

How Swedish women celebrate: Curlers Anette Norberg and Eva Lund kiss

ByAsa Hawks

After a stunning come-from-behind victory over the Cheryl Bernard-led Canadian women’s curling team, Swedish curling team members Anette Norberg (R) and Eva Lund celebrated junior-high-prom-style with a horribly awkward and seemingly unpleasant kiss.

Check out the unnecessarily awkward photos!