BongGate spares its ultimate victim. We can all breathe a collective sigh of relief. It seems Michael Phelps will not be charged in connection with BongGate. South Carolina authorities have said they will not arrest the Olympic champ for his herbal transgressions. Though eight people have been arrested in connection with the events of that haze-filled evening, Phelps will remain a free man. Good news for the Olympian, the people of South Carolina (who were having their state&aposs good named tarnished by a few over-eager law enforcement officers), and all us global citizens. Because injustice against one 23-year-old stoner, is injustice against all of us. Or something. It sounded brilliant after a bag full of Cheetos.
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Previously on The Bachelor, Jason Mesnick got shirtless as often as he could, and narrowed the field of potential wives from 25 down to just four. After visiting the final four women in their hometowns, he kicked Naomi Crespo to the curb. There are only three women left. Tonight, everyone takes a dream vacation to New Zealand. The episode opens in Seattle, at Jason's pretend houseboat. He says in an interview that he doesn't know yet which of the three is his choice. He also says that it's incredibly difficult to say good-bye to his son Ty again, and yet, here he is, leaving his boy for a quick jaunt to the other end of the world.
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Man, is Justin Timberlake lucky he's cute. Not that his fall 2009 William Rast collection - a partnership between Timberlake, childhood friend Trace Ayala and creative directors Marcella and Johan Lindeberg - was bad. It wasn't. But it could have easily been last season's spring show in...
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Reuters - Rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight was treated in the hospital for facial injuries after being injured in a fight at a local hotel, Scottsdale police said on Monday.
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are the undisputed king and queen of the red carpet heading into Sunday's Academy Awards.
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by Jon Brooks Crashes on the track and under the water made headlines this long weekend. But Salma Hayek salvaged some post-Valentine's buzz by getting married. Phew! Here are just a few stories Buzz users found particularly compelling over the Presidents Day break ... Earnhardt earns scorn Matt Kenseth won a rain-shortened Daytona 500, but it was Dale Earnhardt Jr. who drove headlines. After two pit-stop snafus put him in a trailing position, Earnhardt was dueling with Brian Vickers to move up on leader Kyle Busch. Vickers blocked Earnhardt by pushing him out-of-bounds. Earnhardt then — intentionally or not — clipped the rear corner of Vickers' vehicle, triggering a nine-car crash that also took out Busch. Vickers said afterward, "To wreck somebody intentionally like that in front of the entire field is really kind of dangerous." But Earnhardt was having none of it. "Tell Vickers if he wants to meet me in the garage and get his (butt) beat, I'd be willing." He later stated that Vickers was "driving like a complete idiot." Not according to most commentators. Meanwhile, under the sea ... Wonder if Earnhardt was anywhere near that crash of British and French nuclear submarines. France confirmed on Monday that the subs Le Triomphant and HMS Vanguard collided deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean in early February. French and British authorities said the crash occurred at low speed and did not damage the nuclear reactors or weapons, or cause a radiation leak. One official was quoted as saying the probability of such an occurrence was so low as to be "incalculable," and further commented, “Somehow in the world’s immense oceans these two tiny dots managed to get too close to each other.” So what were they doing, trying to wave to each other through the portholes? Salma Hayek weds a French guy People must know a lot about Salma Hayek already, because after news of her Valentine's Day wedding broke on Monday, it was searches on her husband, Francois-Henri Pinault, that swelled like a soufflé. Not only is Pinault a billionaire, but also his family owns Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent. (Imagine the discounts.) It's just your typical beautiful-actress-weds-haute-couture-billionaire-on-Valentine's-Day story. Happens all the time ... only in the Buzz. Also buzzing this weekend ... The Chris Brown/Rihanna story is the buzz that keeps on buzzing. Today Brown made a statement saying, among other things, that he was "sorry and saddened," and that he is seeking counseling from his pastor. No charges are going to be filed against Michael Phelps, stemming from the photograph of the swimmer using a marijuana pipe. How can just eight babies generate so many news stories? The octuplets, everyone ...
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