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Celebrity Big Brother - the launch night live blog

30 December 2009 3:03 AM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »

CBB is back for its final series - who do you want to be in the house? Have your say and return on Sunday for Heidi Stephens's live blog of the launch

Attention, celebrities. Are you a has-been of yesteryear? Is your star slumped near the bottom of the ladder of success, groping feebly for the E-list? Does it need a fresh coat of twinkle? Well worry not, because even if you're too busy for ballroom dancing, too ungainly to ice skate and too terrified to eat bugs in the jungle, there's always Celebrity Big Brother. All you have to do is sit around in your pyjamas, reliving your glory days and bitching about food. How hard can it be?

Yes, just when you thought it was safe to lock the medicinal booze cupboard for another year, Celebrity Big Brother is back this Sunday. It's the seventh and final series, »

- Heidi Stephens

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Brittany Murphy's Hip-Hop Legacy

20 December 2009 6:00 PM, PST | MTV Newsroom | See recent MTV Newsroom news »

Sad news out of Hollywood today, as actress Brittany Murphy — the star of modern classics like "Clueless" and "8 Mile" — passed away at the age of 32. The details remain incomplete, but there is a report that she was admitted to Los Angeles' Cedars Sinai Hospital in full cardiac arrest. Celebrity friends — including co-stars Ashton Kutcher ("Just Married") and Alicia Silverstone ("Clueless") — are already weighing in with reactions to the tragic news.

Murphy got her first big break in 1995's "Clueless," the Amy Heckerling-directed California adaptation of Jane Austen's "Emma." The film was a huge hit, as was the soundtrack that featured Radiohead, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Supergrass, Counting Crows and Smoking Popes. In one of the movie's definitive scenes, she raps along to Coolio's "Rollin' With My Homies" and does a little arm dance that ended up becoming associated with both the song and with Murphy.

That wasn't Murphy's only run-in with hip-hop. »

- Kyle Anderson

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Watch This: 'Dangerous Wands' Brings Hermione to an American Hogwarts

16 December 2009 1:32 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

What if Hermione Granger left her familiar homeland of England to come teach at severely neglected school of witchcraft and wizardry in inner city America? Can you even imagine a Hogwarts with no spell books and, gasp, only one hippogriff? Or how about a member of Dumbledore's Army getting in way over her head? It would surely be a magical story of a teacher who becomes the student, culminating, no doubt, in some kind of Quidditch tournament to save the rec center.

I love me a good spoof trailer for a fake movie, and the new funny making its way around the Intertubes is CollegeHumor's trailer for Dangerous Wands. It's a brilliant and moving embrace of the world of Harry Potter that picks apart how formulaic Teacher Breaks Through to Neglected Students films are. And, this being a delightful riff on Michelle Pfeiffer in Dangerous Minds, it even features a »

- Peter Hall

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'Monica: Still Standing' premiere: Cool girl, boring show

28 October 2009 4:04 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

Reality shows have become the new career-recovery vehicle, especially in an age when former music channels prefer "real" drama to that relic once known as the music video. If you're an artist and can't get your clips into those Top 10 shows (which usually don't even have the patience to play the full three minutes or so), your best shot is to sell out a piece of your personal life for a celebreality series. So now with Still Standing on Bet, which premiered Tuesday night, Monica is treading the same path the  pre="the ">Osbournes and the late, lamented Lachey-Simpson marriage »

- Jennifer Armstrong

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Reality TV roadkill Tila Tequila and Coolio surface at Perry Mann's Exotic Erotic Ball

7 October 2009 8:36 PM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »

Reality TV stars Tila Tequila and Coolio will take part in Perry Mann.s Exotic Erotic Ball, the San Francisco event celebrating its 30th Anniversary October 23 and 24, 2009 at the Cow Palace Arena. Star of defunct Oxygen series, "Coolio's Rules," Mr. Coolio had an eventful year, as last March, Coolio was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport after some crack cocaine and a crack pipe were discovered in his luggage. He was charged with a felony for possession of the drug, a misdemeanor for possession of drug paraphernalia and battery for attempting to physically prevent the search of his luggage. On June 26 under a plea bargain arrangement he agreed to enter a drug rehabilitation program for »

- April MacIntyre

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Lindsay Lohan in talks to join final season of ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ (IrishCentral)

28 September 2009 7:28 AM, PDT | IrishCentral | See recent IrishCentral news »

Tabloid queen and sometime actress Lindsay Lohan is reportedly in talks to participate in the next, and last, season of Britain’s “Celebrity Big Brother.” The show’s bosses flew into Singapore, where the Irish American is currently hosting a string of pop concerts, to discuss the proposal. For its seventh and final season, “Celebrity Big Brother” is attempting to rope in some of Hollywood’s biggest stars, including the 23-year-old “Mean Girls” actress. The spin-off of the “Big Brother” reality franchise features a group of celebrities living in the Big Brother House, competing to avoid eviction in order to win a cash prize, which will be donated to the charity of the celeb’s choice. American celebrity personalities like rapper Coolio, “Austin Powers” star Verne Troyer, basketball player Dennis Rodman and Latoya and Jermaine Jackson.   »

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Culture Warrior: Independent Music/Independent Film

31 August 2009 3:26 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

The relationship between pop music and popular film has been a fruitful one. When popular tracks started to accompany the soundtrack of mainstream films regularly in the mid-late 1960s, the music was often used in the context of the film to reflect the aural preferences particular to a specific counterculture. Movies like The Graduate, Midnight Cowboy, Easy Rider and A Hard Day’s Night integrated top 40 hits or artists into their film not only to help sell the film to a broad or specific audience (which proved especially effective when marketing to young people), but to tie that film’s narrative and themes to the counterculture that such music allegedly speaks for. Songs featured in The Graduate and Midnight Cowboy were written specifically for their films, but by artists already associated with these social and aural movements (Simon and Garfunkel and Harry Nilsson, respectively). The existence of Top 40 radio made it rather easy to identify which songs »

- Landon Palmer

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Coolio Pleads Guilty to Drug Charges, Heads to Rehab

27 June 2009 11:00 AM, PDT | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »

While it may not technically be a "Gangsta's Paradise," rapper Coolio is skipping jail time for rehab, so things are looking up. The 45-year old entertainer, born Artis Leon Ivey Jr., pleaded guilty to a felony drug charge, as well as misdemeanor counts of battery and possession, stemming from his March 6 arrest at Los Angeles International Airport. Airport security found cocaine and a smoking device in Coolio's luggage, and once they attempted to open the bag, authorities claim that the former star grabbed one of the screener's arms to halt the search. On Friday, the "Fantastic Voyage" hitmaker was ordered to complete an 18-month drug diversion »

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Coolio Pleads Not Guilty to Felony Drug Charge

3 April 2009 11:25 AM, PDT | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »

Apparently Coolio is not so cool with drug charges against him: The rapper pleaded not guilty to all charges, including possession of cocaine, in a Los Angeles courtroom Friday. The rapper, whose real name is Artis Leon Ivey, was arrested on March 6 at Los Angeles International Airport after police searched his luggage and allegedly found the drug. Coolio, 45, grabbed a luggage screener's arm to prevent the search, prosecutors allege. In total, he faces one felony count of drug possession and two misdemeanors: battery and possession of a smoking device. Coolio, best known for his 1995 hit Gangsta's Paradise, has appeared recently on several reality TV shows, »

- Ken Lee

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Coolio Cracks and Batters

10 March 2009 2:37 PM, PDT | www.actressarchives.com | See recent Actress Archives news »

It's not bad enough that Coolio barely has a career to speak of, now he has to deal with some heavy legal woes as well. He was charged today with possession of crack cocaine and battery. The charges come in relation to a little run-in he had with authorities on Friday at Los Angeles International airport. According to a statement from Jane Robison, an L.A. District Attorney's office spokeswoman, the 45-year-old rapper (real name Artis Leon Ivey Jr.) was arrested when "authorities searched his luggage and allegedly found cocaine. At one point, Ivey allegedly grabbed a screener's arm to prevent the search." He is being charged with a felony »

- By Actress Archives

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Samantha Ronson: 'Coolio is an idiot'

10 March 2009 1:44 PM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Samantha Ronson has branded Coolio "an idiot" after he was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on suspicion of possessing narcotics. The DJ and promoter linked to a news story about the former Celebrity Big Brother star on her MySpace page via the text "and the idiot of the month award goes to...". She said: "The thing that baffles me most is the fact that you can't (more) »

- By Mayer Nissim

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Coolio Facing Felony Cocaine Charge for Lax Bust

10 March 2009 11:19 AM, PDT | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »

Coolio is officially on notice that flying high is not cool. The 45-year-old "Fantastic Voyage" rapper, real name Artis Leon Ivey Jr., has been charged with felony possession of cocaine base, misdemeanor battery and misdemeanor possession of a smoking device, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office announced Tuesday. The former hitmaker was arrested Friday in the Southwest Airlines terminal at Los Angeles International Airport as he tried to go through security. Authorities searched his baggage and allegedly found the drugs. According to the incident report, Coolio grabbed one of the screener's arms in an attempt to halt the search. If convicted, the man behind »

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Coolio Charged with Drug Possession, Battery

9 March 2009 11:15 PM, PDT | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »

This is one rap Coolio probably wants to beat: The musician has been charged with possession of cocaine and battery, the L.A. District Attorney's office announced Tuesday. Coolio, whose real name is Artis Leon Ivey, was arrested on March 6 at Los Angeles International Airport after police searched his luggage and allegedly found cocaine. According to police, the 45-year-old rapper allegedly grabbed a luggage screener's arm to prevent the search.He is charged with one felony count of drug possession and two misdemeanors, battery and possession of a smoking device. Coolio, best known for his 1995 hit Gangsta's Paradise, has appeared »

- Marla Lehner

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Coolio Busted for Drugs at L.A. Airport

6 March 2009 2:20 AM, PST | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »

What's cookin' with Coolio? A drug beef with airport cops. The rapper – real name Artis Leon Ivey Jr. – was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport for drug possession Friday. After his booking, bail was set for $10,000. He was allegedly found with crack cocaine while going through security before boarding a Southwest Airlines flight, TMZ reports. Coolio, best known for his 1995 hit Gangsta's Paradise, has appeared recently on several reality TV shows, including Celebrity Fear Factor, and hosted the online program Cookin With Coolio.Coolio's rep Susan Haber could not immediately be reached for comment. »

- Ken Lee

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Coolio involved in more nightclub trouble

28 February 2009 12:00 PM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Rapper Coolio crashed to the ground at a gig this week after a "crowd-surfing" attempt went wrong. The former Celebrity Big Brother contestant was performing at the Staffordshire University Students' Union when he leapt off the stage. Despite encouraging the star to attempt the stunt, it is believed that most students moved out of the way when he jumped. "He nearly flattened one poor girl. Then all the students decided (more) »

- By Daniel Kilkelly

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Coolio 'involved in Barnsley club fracas'

9 February 2009 4:10 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Rapper Coolio was involved in a nightclub fracas after performing at Escapade in Barnsley last week. The Celebrity Big Brother contestant was hit by plastic bottles and ice cubes during his gig, which prompted the singer to confront members of the audience. A witness told The Sun: "Coolio was halfway through singing his second song when someone started shouting abuse at him in the crowd and threw something. Something else was said and then Coolio made a signal to cut the music and told one of the drunken blokes he would see him later. "Then something was thrown and he launched himself into the crowd. Coolio started grappling with the reveller. The bouncers dragged Coolio away. (more) »

- By Alex Fletcher

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Ten Things You Never Knew About Coolio

7 January 2009 1:28 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Coolio became a world-famous rap star in 1995 when he released the number one single 'Gangsta's Paradise'. He scored three other UK Top 10 singles and released three platinum albums during his musical pomp. In more recent times, the California rapper has become famed for his cookery and thespian skills. With six children, TV roles, movie cameos and his own online food show, the rapper has kept himself busy despite his rapidly declining music sales. 1. Coolio is a collector of snow domes. 2. Before Celebrity Big Brother, Coolio was no stranger to TV work. He has previously appeared on Sabrina The Teenage Witch, Celebrity Fear Factor, Celebrity Paranormal Project and his own cookery show, the snappily titled Cookin' With Coolio. 3. "I refuse to make food without flavour," says Coolio. The (more) »

- By Alex Fletcher

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