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A Honolulu television station was reporting Wednesday night that radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh was taken to a hospital with chest pains.

Earlier this month, burglars hit the Los Angeles home of Nicky Hilton. When sister Paris heard about it, she posted this on Twitter:

One of the harsher truths about life overseas for United States military personnel is that they rarely have all they need.

Four people accused of breaking into the homes of Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and other celebrities pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges involving the theft of $3 million in jewelry, designer clothes and other items.
A judge ruled Tuesday that a teen accused of burglarizing the home of Orlando Bloom must stand trial.
Los Angeles police say they have arrested a man sought in a case involving burglaries at the homes of celebrities.

Police seized dozens of diamond rings, high-end shoes, bags, guns and drugs from the homes of three people suspected of burglarizing celebrities' Los Angeles residences, search warrant records show.

Richard Heene was more than the alleged perpetuator of a hoax when he paraded his son Falcon on television after claiming the boy had floated off in a helium balloon. By pushing his child into the national spotlight, allegedly to benefit himself, the former reality television contestant joins a long line of “stage parents” so prevalent in the media lately.
Five people have been arrested on suspicion of burglarizing homes in the Hollywood Hills belonging to the rich and famous, Los Angeles police said Friday.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Ten years and $2.5 billion in research have found no cures from alternative medicine. Yet these mostly unproven treatments are now mainstream and used by more than a third of all Americans. This is one in an occasional series examining their use and potential risks.
President Barack Obama is enlisting Hollywood celebrities including actress Rosario Dawson and musician Will.I.Am to draw attention to his health care overhaul agenda.

A spokesman for the 73-year-old actor says he is “feeling much better” after taking ill on Wednesday.

Hip-hop artist Kanye West, Rep. Joe Wilson, and tennis star Serena Williams did not meet to plan strategy before each staged his or her dustup on the national stage, sources insist. But their moments of dishonor came clustered together, as if featured on a schedule for a symposium on misbehavior.

Mariah and Eminem have a war of words, and so do Katy Perry and Lady Gaga. But are these celebrity battles real or just a ploy for publicity?

Britney Spears, Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston sell magazines by offering up their own real-life soap-opera lives for readers to get involved in.

The course of celebrity, more than halfway through the year, has been unprecedentedly unpredictable and turbulent. It would take a to navigate a safe landing for some of the year’s unlikely A-listers.

Music lovers weren't the only ones drawn to the King of Pop. Wooed by his global fame and earning power, a bevy of financial firms ponied up tens of millions to finance the singer's luxe lifestyle and kick-start his troubled career.
This time last year no one would have guessed that “Jon & Kate Plus 8’s” Jon and Kate Gosselin and their brood would be every bit as cover worthy — if not more — than Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and their kids.





