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TMZ.com:
Billie Joe Armstrong — Green Day Frontman Enters Rehab Following Concert Meltdown  —  Green Day's front man Billie Joe Armstrong is entering rehab for substance abuse ... a rep for the band tells TMZ.  —  The news comes just two days after Armstrong went ballistic in Vegas during a performance at the iHeart Radio Music Festival.
Discussion: X17 Online and PerezHilton
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Maggie Coughlan / People.com:
Billie Joe Armstrong Headed to Rehab  —  Billie Joe Armstrong is headed to rehab.  —  The Green Day frontman, 40, will receive treatment for substance abuse, the band's rep told the AP on Sunday.  —  The announcement comes on the heels of a public meltdown at the iHeart Radio Music Festival in Las Vegas on Friday night.
Discussion: Hollywood.com
Grady Smith / EW.com:
Billie Joe Armstrong rants at the iHeartRadio festival: 'I'm not f—ing Justin Bieber'  —  No one tells Green Day when they're leaving the stage and gets away with it.  (At least not without a few smashed guitars and a whole lot of expletives.)  —  While performing at the iHeartRadio Festival …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Us Weekly:
Sharon Stone Taken to Hospital  —  Sharon Stone was taken to a hospital in Milan, Italy on Saturday Sept. 22 following a health scare at a Fendi fashion show.  —  But all is well for the still-stunning Basic Instinct actress and longtime AIDS activist, 54, who was in the Italian city for an amfAR benefit.
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Sharon Stone hospitalized in Italy after migraine complaints, back on red carpet shortly after  —  The ‘Basic Instinct’ star suffered from a health scare in 2001 when she was hospitalized for a brain aneurysm.  —  Sharon Stone was previously hospitalized in 2001 for a brain aneurysm, but was fine this weekend.
People.com:
Justin Timberlake Celebrates Bachelor Party in Las Vegas, Cabo  —  With his bachelor days winding down, Justin Timberlake celebrated with the ultimate send-off to his single years: a globetrotting party marathon in Sin City and Cabo.  —  The soon-to-be groom, 31, who is engaged to Jessica Biel …
Discussion: PopSugar
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Justin Ravitz / Us Weekly:
PIC: Justin Timberlake Arrives in Mexico for Bachelor Weekend! »
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and PerezHilton
Arnold Schwarzenegger / TMZ.com:
Love Child In Therapy  —  Arnold Schwarzenegger says his estranged wife Maria Shriver confronted him about his secret love child during a couple's therapy session and that she'd suspected for years ... according to his new book ... but the good news — Arnold assured Maria he was still “turned on” by her.
Discussion: X17 Online and PerezHilton
TMZ.com:
Amanda Bynes — Flees To New York  —  FLEES  —  To New York City  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Amanda Bynes bolted out of L.A. this weekend and thankfully headed to a city where public transportation is readily available ... the Big Apple!  —  Witnesses who spotted Amanda in NYC tell TMZ …
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Charlize Theron is happy with new man Eric Stonestreet and adopted son in a very Modern Family  —  She's spoken of the joy of adopting a baby boy - and now actress Charlize Theron has a new man in her life too.  —  The Oscar-winning star, 37, is said to have fallen for Eric Stonestreet …
Discussion: Us Weekly
TMZ.com:
Fiona Apple — Explains Her Drug Arrest ... In Most Bizarre Speech Ever [Video]  —  Explains Drug Arrest In  —  Most Bizarre Speech Ever  —  Fiona Apple says everyone at the Texas jail where she was booked for possession of marijuana treated her real nice ... everyone except FOUR PEOPLE …
Discussion: Gawker
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Leslie Gornstein / E! Online:
NEWS/Why Fiona Apple, Armie Hammer and Other Stars Are Gettin' Busted for Pot in Same Texas Town!
Discussion: PerezHilton
Michael Lewittes / Gossip Cop:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Does Magic Mike Stripper Dance During SNL Monologue  —  Joseph Gordon-Levitt hosted “SNL,” and opened the show with a monologue about how his favorite film this past summer was Magic Mike.  —  He then stripped off his suit, and did a dance to “It's Raining Men,” with some of the other cast members.
Discussion: OK! Magazine
TMZ.com:
‘Martin’ Star Tisha Campbell — $400K Lawsuit Over STUPID Home Loan  —  ‘MARTIN’ STAR TISHA CAMPBELL  —  $400K Lawsuit Over  —  STUPID Home Loan  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Daaaamn Gina ... you owe a TON of money to the bank ... this according to a new lawsuit obtained by TMZ.
Discussion: Bossip
Dave Walker / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
HBO's ‘Treme’ renewed for a fourth and final season  —  On the eve of “Treme's” third-season premiere, the HBO drama's cast and crew learned that there will be a fourth season, albeit abbreviated.  Series co-creators David Simon and Eric Overmyer made the announcement at a screening …
 
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