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Posted: 5:33 p.m. Thursday, March 17, 2011

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By Vikki Locke

Hip-hop rapper and singer, Nate Dogg, passed away Tuesday, at age 41. The West Coast artist struggled with serious health problems since a stroke paralyzed his left side in late December 2007. Nine months later, he suffered another stroke and was spending most of his time in physical therapy. Nate began singing in the church where his father was a Pastor. He left home at 16 to join the Marine Corps where he served for three years. At 21, he hooked up with Snoop Dogg and Warren G in the rap trio 213.

Radar Online is reporting that Reese Witherspoon and her fiancee, Jim Toth, will be getting married Saturday, March 26th at her property in Ojai Valley. The couple began dating a year ago and became engaged in December.  It will be the first marriage for Toth. Witherspoon split with Phillippe, her husband of eight years, in 2007. They have two children together, Ava Elizabeth, 11, and Deacon Reese, 7.

Charlie Sheen has added more five cities to his "Torpedo of Truth" tour that kicks off April 2nd. He's added Cleveland and Columbus, OH, New York City, Wallingford, CT and Boston, MA, from April 5 to April 12. The tickets go on sale today. In addition, Charlie's website also says that from every ticket sold to his show, he will donate $1 to the Red Cross Japanese Earthquake Relief Fund.

In the meantime, Gilbert Gottfried says he would love to open for Charlie Sheen.  Tweets:
How many of you think it would be a great idea for me to open for @charliesheen at Radio City on April 8th in NYC? I would do it in a second

"The Situation" did so poorly at the "Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump" that some of it had to be cut from the broadcast.  One of the "jokes' that didn't make the cut was a remark directed to Snoop Dogg. "Yo Snoop, what up dawg ... you know you have so much in common with Donald Trump? Trump's ancestors were into real estate ... and your ancestors were considered property." After a number of other bad, bad, jokes he ended up with... "Trump is a good looking dude ... if your eyes are like Marlee Matlin's ears."

There's been an interesting development in the Dr. Conrad Murray trial.  The defense wants a first generation fingerprint of a broken syringe found under the bed in Michael Jackson's bedroom the day he died.  According to TMZ sources, the broken syringe could prove that Jackson may have accidentally killed himself.  The defense wants to know who was handling the syringe.  The defense is arguing that Jackson caused his own death by giving himself a massive overdose of Propofol while Murray was out of the room.

Spike TV is ordering up two new programs for the summer and fall.  The first is called, "InkMasters". It's the first-ever tattoo competition series featuring some of the nation's top tattoo artists on a quest to determine who is the best at their craft. Each episode will focus on a specific tattoo genre such as portraits, tribal or cover-up. In the end, one winner will take home the cash prize and the title of the "Ultimate InkMaster".   The second is "Car Boss" that showcases renowned auto dealership 'doctor' Tom Stuker.  Stuker has traversed the globe, logging over 10 million air miles, visiting over 1,500 auto dealerships in desperate need of his guidance.  In each episode, Stuker travels to a different dealership in financial straits.

Tyra Banks has launched her own lifestyle site, called, Type F this week.  She will use the platform to dispense fashion and beauty advice to the masses.  In other Tyra news, starting April 20th, "America's Next Top Model" will move from 8pm to 9pm on the CW with a repeat of the previous week's episode airing at 8pm.

Facebook has teamed with Major League Baseball to offer free pre-season games live until the end of the month.

The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton is predicted to garner the biggest audience in television history with up to 2.5 billion viewers.  BBC America will broadcast wedding coverage in the US and BBC Entertainment will broadcast in Asia, India, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East.

Bachelor Watch:  One week after the filming of "The Final Rose"  Brad and Emily are still together...says Chris Harrison.

The jewelry store that Lindsay Lohan allegedly took a necklace from is dimming their reputation more and more.  First they sold the Surveillance video of the incident, now they are shopping around a book and it's making life tough for the prosecutors.   The publicist for Kamofie & Co. contacted Sharlene Martin, a literary agent, early last week and said his client wanted to do a book deal.  Martin told the agent the necklace incident "was a moment, not a book."

 
 
 

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