Nate Dogg Dead At 41 Leaves Snoop Saddened

Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
Rapper Nate Dogg Dead At 41
Article by: Phillip Brunelle
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LONG BEACH, CA  -  Rapper Nate Dogg, whose real name is Nathaniel Hale, died Tuesday, March 15th, 2011 in Long Beach.

The cause of death has not been immediately released when Nate Dogg's family announced the death of the well known rapper to the Long Beach Press Telegram, however Nate Dogg had suffered two recent strokes, one in 2007, which left him partially paralyzed, and another stroke in 2008.

Nate Dogg was a four-time Grammy nominee and a major participant in the West Coast G-Funk sound, contributing memorable and chart-topping hooks to hits spanning the past two decades, starting with his heavy featuring on Dr. Dre's The Chronic.

Rapper Snoop Dogg took to his twitter just hours following the death of Nate Dogg saying

"We lost a true legend n hip hop n rnb," he tweeted last night. "One of my best friends n a brother to me since 1986 when I was a sophomore at poly high where we met." Snoop Dogg later went on saying "I love you buddy luv. U will always b wit me 4ever n a day u put the g n g funk u put the 1 n 213 n u put yo stamp on evrybdy u ever didit wit. I miss u cuzz I am so sad but so happy I got to grow up with u and I will c u again n heaven cuz u know d slogan... all doggs go to heaven yo homie n baby brotha bigg snoopdogg!! RIP NATE DOGG."

Funeral announcements and more information on the death of Nate Dogg (aka Nathaniel Hale) will follow later once more details become available to the media.

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Actor Comedian Gilbert Gottfried Fired by Afflect For Tsunami Jokes

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
Aflac Fires Gilbert Gottfried For Tsunami Jokes
Article by: Phillip Brunelle
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HOLLYWOOD, CA  -  The well known voice of the Aflac Duck for the nationwide Aflac Insurance company is none other than actor and comedian Gilbert Gottfried. That was until he was just fired Monday, March 14th, 2011 for making some highly inappropriate jokes about the recent Tsunami.

In just one day following the March 11th Tsunami in Japan, actor Gilbert Gottfried released some public jokes via Twitter about the natural disaster which has left thousands of people dead, and thousands more still missing. Talk about a very inappropriate time for jokes about a sensitive topic... not that any time would be a good time. I don't think American's would like it very much if a public figure joked about 9/11.

A couple of the Tsunami jokes tweeted by Gilbert Gottfried on Twitter are below:

Gilbert Gottfried has yet to release a public apology for the uncalled for Tsunami jokes, but certainly he will be sorry for getting kicked to the curb by Aflac and destroying his reputation with a few tweets... I thought ducks quack? Silly duck, tweeting is for birds! For this reason Gilbert Gottfried has gone from Hollywood Fame to Hollywood Shame... Welcome to our Hollywood Hall of Shame Gottfried!!

Aflac has since released a statement saying "Gilbert’s recent comments about the crisis in Japan were lacking in humor and certainly do not represent the thoughts and feelings of anyone at Aflac ... Aflac will immediately set plans in motion to conduct a nationwide casting call to find a new voice of the iconic Aflac Duck."

We attempted to get Gilbert Gottfried to comment, but the only comment we got from him was "How did you get this number?!" My response to Gottfried was "I just looked you up in the D-Lister's in Hollywood, it wasn't hard to find you" and just like that Gottfried dropped the call... almost as quick as Aflac put an end to this quack. - Phillip Brunelle - HollywoodShame.com

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Survivor Winner Richard Hatch Sent Back To Jail

Monday, March 14th, 2011
Richard Hatch Sent Back To Jail
Article by: Phillip Brunelle
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PROVIDENCE, RI  -  Survivor reality show winner, Richard Hatch, has turned himself into US Marshals in Providence, RI today for a federal probation violation which stemmed from his failure to pay taxes on his previous $1MIL winnings.

Rumor was that Richard Hatch would have to serve nine months, however a US District Attorney suggested six months to a Providence federal judge this afternoon.

Richard Hatch first failed to report his taxes for 2000 and 2001 and was later ordered to pay the IRS in excess of $400,000 and when Hatch failed to pay this money, he was sentenced to three years in prison. Upon his release he was put on supervised probation, one of the conditions was to re-file his previous years taxes, which he still failed to do. The IRS is now demanding $1.7MIL dollars in back-taxes and penalities and interest, almost double his $1MIL winnings from the Survivor show.

Is this insane, or is this reasonable considering his failure to pay for such a long period of time, and his lack to comply with his probation to at least attempt to pay any of the money owed?

The big question buzzing right now is if Richard Hatch will be out of jail in time for the final live show of Celebrity Apprentice. Although the shows have just begun airing, all of the shows have already been filmed except the final live show. Lips are locked about whether or not Hatch has made the final two contestants or not of Donald Trump's reality show, however Hatch may have some outside help from an influencial person to get him out of jail sooner.

In an interview with People Magazine Donald Trump said that he is going to see what he can do to get Richard Hatch out of jail sooner, possibly on "good behavior"... Is this code for Donald Trump will be paying the back-taxes owed to the IRS? Donald Trump has confirmed that he is "thinking about it".

This leads us to believe that Richard Hatch has either left a very impressionable reputation with Trump, or Hatch just may be one of the final two contestants and is expected to film the final live show.

If Richard Hatch is in fact one of the final contestants it will put Donald Trump's Celebrity Apprentice complete in jeopardy for this season since all of the shows have already been filmed and there is no going back should Hatch be in the final. Hatch will either need to be out by the time of the final show, or Donald Trump is going to have to run a live feed from the federal prison to reveal the Celebrity Apprentice winner... this should be interesting!

Whether Richard Hatch wins the Celebrity Apprentice or not he has certainly taken himself from Hollywood Fame to Hollywood Shame with his failure to pay Uncle Sam and his failure to comply with his probation and court orders. Welcome to our Hollywood Hall of Shame Richard Hatch!!

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Usher Sex Tape For Sale

Monday, March 14th, 2011
Usher Sex Tape For Sale
Article by: Phillip Brunelle
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HOLLYWOOD, CA  -  It seems people would do anything for a dollar these days, even breaking into a R&B star's car and stealing laptops and later finding out that you have got a sex tape staring Usher and his ex-wife Tameka Foster.

Now up for bids on the entertainment and paparazzi auction block is the Usher sex tape. Several entertainment outlets and celebrity news and gossip websites have been approached with the sex tape, offering small clips and image captures as proof of its existance, and sure enough, it is Usher in the video.

The person offering the video must not remember that just over one year ago Usher reported his car being broken into with over $1MIL worth of jewelry and electronics missing, including two laptops, one of which just may have had this sex tape on it. Do I hear a police sting in the near future to catch the Usher sex tape bandit?

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