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Mike Starr, popular as the bassist of the grunge band Alice in Chains, was 44 when he was found dead in a Salt Lake City house on March 8, 2011.

Troubled actor Charlie Sheen managed to shut down production of the hit show for the remainder of the season.

Celebrity social media wars seem to be heating up with rapper Eminem gaining hold as he takes down Lady Gaga on Facebook 'Likes' after hitting billion views mark on YouTube.

A Chinese man has died playing computer games for three-straight days without sleeping and hardly eating anything, according to China media reports.

She believes Lindsay will have a life-long struggle with addictions

With the slogan 'Internet is more than a game, it's your life', 'Safer Internet Day' 2011 aims to heighten awareness in children and teenagers on the risks of online gaming and social networking or in short the 'virtual life'.

Protests of addictive pescription drugs such as oxycontin and suboxone could affect pharamceuticals shares.

Charlie refuses to go to a rehab facility and wants to undergo treatment at home

Our society – actually, the entire planet – has been inundated with these pesky little technological miracles, and they have become a nuisance.

Although no logical correlation could be found between the two events, CBS shares fell nearly 3 percent after Charlie Sheen, the star of its most popular show, Two and a Half Men, was rushed to the hospital this morning.

Tom Hardy, who played Eames in Christopher Nolan's dreams-within-dreams film Inception last year, has been cast by the director as Bane in the next Batman Movie.

Despite some false starts and changing bass players three times, spirits are high as Jane's Addiction begins recording in earnest for its fourth album this week in Los Angeles.

His demand for a quickie divorce has led to his wife making allegations and demands

He was admitted to rehab after a session with Dr Phil to deal with his addiction and behavioral issues

US diplomats in Washington once dubbed North's Korea's military drills as 'fish-killing' activities. Yet the South, backed by the Obama administration, has been continuously holding live-fire drills in the disputed zone of the Korean Peninsula. With a continual military activity, the coming months could only witness a deteriorating situation in the peninsula, unless both sides are pressured to engage in a dialogue.

The actor has agreed to act in a musical. He is known to have a tolerable voice

Jeremy Irons will play a sex therapist in Law and Order television serial.

Aid to developing nations is not a major issue at the G-20 Summit, but at least one NGO says it should be.