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While You Were Sleeping: The Cancer Scares

Brian Fairbanks — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:19:00 GMT

The Rolling Stones song "Satisfaction" technically saved one Englishman's life.

Jossip has a photo from the Ellen wedding.

Heidi Montag's new song "Overdosin'" was met by a steady stream of sales yesterday. Not really, it was made fun of mercilessly online:

Whoever wrote that song was overdosing on something.

overdosin' on stupidness

i agree this song and all of her other songs make me want to overdose too!! [Defamer]

Hayden Panettiere instructed her mom not to sell the star's panties online.

An 85-year-old woman apprehended a 17 year burglar, then made him call 911... at gunpoint.

Christina Applegate no longer has cancer, although Patrick Swayze, who still smokes, continues to battle it.

And the same idiot who sued nightclubs for discriminating against men with Ladies' Nights apparently didn't make enough money ripping off small businesses: he's now suing Columbia for teaching a history syllabus that blames men for the world's "ills."

UPDATE: Link fixed.

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The Hills Season 4: We Know Someone! And Some Other Stuff, Too

Ina Maier — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:53:00 GMT

It's almost that time of year again. When the best worst show on television comes back to entice and entrance us with blank stares, dramatic pauses, and excessive amounts of kohl eyeliner. The good news? This time around, they've brought in some reinforcements in the form of guys other than Brody "Eyelashes" Jenner and Justin "Greasy Hair" Bobby. And guess what: We know one of them! The scoop, the video, and everything you never wanted to know about Season 4 of The Hills, after the jump.

Just about 8 seconds in, you'll see an apparently hunky piece of man-meat saunter on screen and get introduced as Alex. This, our friends, is Alex Smith, former second string Columbia University kicker (this Scanner's alma mater) and even-more-former USC student and/or benchwarmer. The USC thing is important, because as it turns out, it's what Whitney Port and Alex Smith have in common. (Alex: "I went to USC." Whitney: "I went to USC!")

We heard rumors that Alex had managed to parlay his lackluster football career into modelling, or maybe that's just what he told us when we ran into him at the sleazy and sleepy rooftop club B.E.D. (Don't ask why we were there. We'll plead the 5th.) Anyway, and without further ado, here is Alex's debut on TV's most watched show about nothing.

Oh, and there's a lot of fucking. She-Pratt fucks over Lauren, Lauren fucks over Lo, Speidi fucks over Heidi's sister, and Audrina, after being fucked over last season by Lauren, Lo, and Jason Bobby, decides to go on a date with a guy named Colin. Oh yeah, and Whitney probably fucks Alex. It's riveting stuff, people.

UPDATE: For some reason, the video player isn't working for us. So - you'll have to watch the aforementioned (and below) video over at MTV.com. We'll keep working on it.

Scanner Flashback: The Gay Twin Acrobats

Brian Fairbanks — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:30:00 GMT

Yesterday, we brought you the gay twin porn stars turned career criminals. It reminded us, and a Scanner reader, of the gay twin acrobats of Columbia University, who have no criminal records but a controversial past.

The LaSalle Brothers, currently performing in Frankfurt, Germany, used to have a risque little website when they were still college students. An anonymous reader, and classmate of theirs, recalls:

Their website, believe me, has been toned down A LOT. The original had lots of videos with mesh outfits, big rubber balls, and the two bros rubbing up against each other with said costumes and props. Eventually, the Columbia blogs found out about it, and that was the end of our viewing pleasure.

More on these guys, from the Columbia Bwog and their website. The less interesting post is here.