By Drew Grant 3/29 2:25pm

celebrity health issues

Lil Wayne, not a healthy human being. (Getty Images)

Lil Wayne Is Epileptic, Almost Died From Not Drugs [Video]

Lil Wayne (Dwayne Michael Carter Jr.), the hip-hop artist whose album I Am Not a Human Being II dropped on Tuesday, has had a pretty terrible month. Two (or possibly three) seizures in row left him in critical condition in the ICU at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in a medically-induced coma on March 13. He was released five days later, but the episode left many wondering if Mr. Carter would actually be able to go on tour for his new album.

But according to Mr. Carter, this isn’t the first time he’s suffered an epileptic seizure. And it has nothing to do with drugs. So he says. Read More

By John S.W. MacDonald 12/04/08 7:23pm

Grammy Noms Announced; Do We Care? Maybe!

As this blog encompasses culture, I suppose we’re contractually obligated to mention this year’s Grammy nominations. So here goes… The lucky nominees were announced last night at LA’s Nokia Theatre during a live televised event that CBS humbly called “The Grammy Nominations Concert Live! — Countdown to Music’s Biggest Night.” (Guess they needed to remind Read More

By Caroline Bankoff 10/30/08 1:37pm

Morning Memo: The Jolie-Pitt Motorcade; Barack Obama Gets (Sort Of) Hip; Mary-Kate and Ashley Fight Over Breast Implants

Volkswagen has provided the Jolie-Pitts with 20 vehicles for their stay in Berlin. That’s 2.5 cars for every member of their family. [NYDN]

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen may be fighting about the possibility of getting matching breast implants. It seems that Ashley wants to "look more voluptuous" and told Mary-Kate "that she wanted Read More