The Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp Must Go On: KISS’ Paul Stanley Shrugs Off Rapid Heartbeat

Posted on July 31, 2007 at 3:26 pm (PST)

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Good morning campers. The good news today is that KISS’ Paul Stanley has fully recovered from a bout of heart palpitations and shortness of breath and will appear as scheduled at this year’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp in New York over the Labor Day weekend.

Stanley, 55,  was forced to pull out of a recent Southern California concert, but has vowed to get back to work:

"Like many, I have had a rapid heartbeat condition most of my life and I never have had any type of restrictions. When I’ve had an episode, although momentarily disrupting and taxing, it has no residual effect. This is nothing new and my doctors have known about it. In short, it doesn’t change, hasn’t changed and won’t change my life." 

Clearly Stanley still wants to Rock ‘n’ Roll all night…and, well, you know the rest.

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Ja Rule, Lil Wayne arrested In New York

Posted on July 23, 2007 at 9:04 am (PST)

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Rappers JaRule and Lil Wayne were charged Sunday night for criminal gun possession in separate incident, police said.

Lil Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Carter; and Ja Rule whose real name is Jeff Atkins was in Manhattan—Carter performed at his concert at the Beacon Theatre shortly after being spotted smoking marijuana and carrying a 40-caliber pistol, authories said.

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An hour earlier, Atkins was stopped for speeding and the police also found a 40-caliber pistol. It was unclear if Atkins performed at the theatre that night.

‘Uh-Oh’ is the name of the new song by the rappers.

What a perfect title song for the two and on the top of that get arrested on the same night.

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Prince Plays Until Police Shut Him Down

Posted on July 9, 2007 at 8:34 am (PST)

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This is why Prince is a legend and beloved by many. He is a real musician, a real rock star. No 14-minute wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am sets for him.

Prince thrilled his hometown fans with three shows over 12 hours, only stopping when police shut him down early Sunday.

The Minneapolis native first performed Saturday at a department store to promote his new cologne, cramming nine songs into a 45-minute set. He then played that night at the Target Center arena.

He capped the night with a return to First Avenue, the club he made famous in the movie "Purple Rain." "Minneapolis, I am home," the Purple One declared after the first song at the department store.

That’s three shows in one day; one a full concert at an arena. This is why his intimate VIP shows in LA are sold out at $1,500+ a ticket and attended by the likes of Jessica Simpson. He’s a pro, an entertainer.

Are you taking notes Britney Spears?

Access Hollywood has more

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Clay Aiken Altercation on Airplane

Posted on July 9, 2007 at 8:10 am (PST)

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Clay Aiken is okay folks. Not to worry, though we almost entitled this story “Clay Aiken’s Brush With Death on an Airplane” or “Gaykes on a Plane”…really, the list goes on and on.

MSNBC is reporting that the closeted crooner…er….very masculine American Idol runner up and a female passenger had a spat in the air and the FBI was called.

FBI Special Agent Gary Johnson said there was a dispute between a male passenger and a woman on the flight but could not confirm the passenger was Aiken. He said the dispute was over the male passenger’s foot resting on the woman’s armrest. He said there was an allegation the woman gave the male passenger a “minor shove” during the argument.

“At that point the flight crew was able to resolve the situation,” Johnson said.

According to MSNBC, at his concert later that night, "Aiken joked on-stage about being beaten up by a girl earlier in the day."

We’re thinking Aiken might want to tone down the joking. We all know that if the those flight-attendant fans of his hadn’t jumped in to help him, that lady might have taken him out.

Can’t you just picture a smug Aiken refusing to move his foot. Don’t you know who I am?

Wonder if Clay’s seatmate offered to hold him down, while the shover bitch-slapped him?

By all means, we really aren’t condoning air-rage. We’re just saying that, in theory, one might be inclined to help a sister out by blocking the arrogant Aiken’s escape to the lavatory.

Or maybe tripping him.

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Jessica Simpson and Jake Gyllenhaal “Secretly” Dating

Posted on July 6, 2007 at 5:28 pm (PST)

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We’d been sitting on the rampant Jessica Simpson dating rumors this week. They just didn’t smell right.

If one believes all the stories showing up in newspapers and online, she’s a busy little thing. Maybe that 5 Factor Diet gives her extra energy, in addition to leaving her super cut and steely.

This week alone we’ve got stories swirling that Dane Cook and Jess were seen canoodling at the Prince concert at the Hollywood Roosevelt.

Later, reports surfaced that at that same purple concert, she was seen romantically accompanied trainer to the stars Harley Pasternak, who is responsible for the fitness program cited for Simpson’s rapid physical transformation.

Now…the buzz about Jake Gyllenhaal and Jess having mutual crushes on each other is building to a crescendo with reports that they’re already in love, and that she visited him at the Beverly Wilshire a couple weeks ago.

Next thing you know there will be pregnancy claims or pending adoptions. Whatever it takes to divert our attention from the stench coming from Simpson’s rotting movie, Bombed…oops… Blonde Ambition.

What we actually smell is a rat.

A publicity-hound rat.

Around here, we call that spotlight-seeking rodent Papa Joe.

Wonder what’s next. A surprise reunion with John Mayer. How about tales of a threesome with Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo?

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