Another
day, another debauched celebrity entangled in a
drug scandal. Gary Dourdan, star of hit TV
series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, was
arrested on Monday in Palm Springs for allegedly
possessing a cocktail of prescription and
illegal drugs. It's claimed Dourdan was carrying
heroin, cocaine and ecstasy. The soon-to-be
former CSI actor, 41, was reportedly found fast
asleep in his car at 5.12am, celebrity news
website TMZ claims. The fuzz in Palm Springs
says Dourdan was busted after an officer
approached his car, which was parked on the
wrong side of the road at the time. A search of
the car unearthed a stash of drugs, including
several as yet unidentified prescription drugs,
and drug paraphernalia, police say. TMZ reports
that as the police officer approached the
actor's car, he spotted that his interior light
was on, and Dourdan appeared to be asleep behind
the wheel. The arresting officer described
Dourdan as "disorientated" and appeared to be
under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The
actor was whisked off to jail and incarcerated
until the following morning. He's now out on
$5,000
bail. Dourdan announced last month that he was
planning to bail form his role as pill-popping
Warrick Brown in the sleuthing show.
("WHUT?") Jon brought some diamonds to Vegas?
Well, turns out the brutha was sporting a
diamond-encrusted magnum of Patron with matching
silver glasses that he presented to TAO owner
Jason Strauss last Saturday night at TAO Las
Vegas. The silver glasses are branded with Lil
Jon’s name, along with each of the owners’
individual names. The Patron bottle and the
silver glasses will remain at the TAO property
and will be available for Lil Jon for the next
he parties at TAO Nightclub. All we can say to
that, is. "WHUT?!!"
“Pauly
Shore’s America.” The five to seven minute
episodes will feature Shore casing America in
Michael Moore fashion with a unique and
unpredictable Pauly Shore twist. Reporting in a
way only he can, Shore hits the streets to
represent the viewpoint of Ripe TV’s audience as
he explores everyone from the oddball to the
average Joe or Jane, the outlaws to the
toe-the-liners, the glitterati and the
gutter-bound. In the premiere episode, Pauly
Shore…In Search of the Polygamist, Shore makes
his way to the Yearning for Zion Ranch in San
Angelo, Texas to confront hypocrisies in his own
manner and ask his own questions in the middle
of the news media frenzy. For his next
excursion, Shore is sniffing out the Wesley
Snipes trial. “I wanted to produce an
entertaining series that would allow me to
explore subjects I found interesting in my own
way,” said Shore. “When Ripe came to me with the
idea of doing a new comedy series, I was
immediately interested in working with them to
create something that would break the mold of
the traditional ‘news’ show.” “Our goal for all
of our networks is to create the best original
content that translates across multiple
platforms and stands out in today’s crowded
video marketplace,” stated Ryan Magnussen, CEO
and founder of Ripe Digital. “Pauly’s hilarious
fish-out-of-water sense of humor makes for great
short-form television and resonates well with
our audiences.” A preview of “Pauly Shore’s
America” launched today on Ripe TV’s website.
The full series will be airing online and on
cable On Demand (via Time Warner and Comcast) in
the coming weeks. 
Sin
City Brewing Company is a relatively-new and not
surprisingly a successful locally-based small
batch microbrewery. Despite it being around for
only a few years, you can get the company’s beer
on tap at many bars within resorts throughout
Las Vegas. The company sells its Weisse, Light,
Amber and Stout beers to the high-profile MGM,
Mirage, Monte Carlo, Treasure Island, Excalibur,
and New York, New York. I see a pattern here!
The company -- which falls under the licensing
umbrella of JDK Select Inc. -- also provides
beer to assorted outlets like Dicks Last Resort,
Harley Davidson Cafe, and Lucky Strike. Fans are
reported to say it’s both tasty and incredibly
refreshing.
In
the course of her job Michaels employs the firm
Kirvin Doak Communications to do a lot of extra
public relations work. Kirvin Doaks' top
executives such as David Kirvin and William Doak
are therefore vendors under the MGM code of
ethics. And according to the Nevada Secretary
of State’s Office the two are also partners of
Michaels’ husband in JDK Select Inc., That's
right! Her office hires the partners of her
husband. Kirvin Doak management is so cavalier
about their tight relationship with MGM that
they prominently lists MGM as a regular client
on their corporate website. We asked an ex-MGM
executive for an explanation of how such a
grievous conflict of interest could have
occurred, that official was shocked to find out
that there was a relation like this.
Don't forget to tell them "Eye" sent you.
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