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Pete Wentz says he has stopped reading online media

Pete Wentz says he has stopped reading online mediaNew York, Jan 05 : Popstar Pete Wentz has revealed that he has stopped reading online media.

"I was letting the blogs get to me. It''s semi-frustrating when your name actually becomes a synonym for douche bag," the New York Post quoted him as telling Blender magazine.

He revealed that he felt paranoid most of the time.

"I''m paranoid pretty much all the time. I can take three Xanax bars and not feel a thing," Pete said.

Mariah Carey paid $1M to sing at Libyan dictator Gaddafi’s son’s party

Mariah Carey paid $1M to sing at Libyan dictator Gaddafi’s son’s partyNew York, Jan 5 : Pop and R&B singer Mariah Carey has been paid one million dollars to sing at the New Year''s Eve party of Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi's son.

The host of the party, Saif, 36, is said to have spent the huge amount just to hear Carey, 38, sing three or four of her songs at the Nikki Beach Club on Caribbean island of St Barts.

But Carey's representative has, on the other hand, denied knowledge of any payment being made to the singer.

Sylvester Stallone comes out with yet another action flick

New York, Jan 5 : American actor Sylvester Stallone has once again come out with another action flick, `The Expendables'.

Stallone, who turns 63 in July, shows no sign of slowing down as he directs and stars in the movie, which also has other big stars like Jet Li, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Forest Whitaker and Randy Couture, reports Ain''t It Cool News.

"The ragtag team of the title are a group of elite mercenary badasses - at one point described as ''totally prepared to die in a blaze of glory'' - hired to take out a dictator in [a] South American country . . . They sport tattoos with an ''Expendables'' logo," the New York Post quoted the Web site as saying.

Travolta’s son could have been saved avoiding Scientology’s anti-medicine theories, says activist

New York, January 5: An autism activist says that John Travolta's chronically ill son Jett's death, who is believed to have died after hitting his head on a bathtub following a seizure, could have been avoided had his Scientology practising parents decided not to follow their religion''''s anti-medicine theories.

Sixteen-year-old Jett was speculated to have been suffering from autism, a brain development disorder that impairs social interaction and communication, and also produces restricted and repetitive behaviour.

The activist said that the health problems of the teenager, who began suffering from seizures at the age of two, could have been better treated with medicines.

More and more kids willing to go under the knife to look like celebs

Madoff memorabilia up for sale on ebay

New York, Jan 5 : Duped employees and clients of fraud American financer Bernard Madoff are selling off the `Madoff memorabilia' on the Internet, with a view to recovering their losses.

More than 100 items bearing the name or symbol of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, given as a token of appreciation to the employees and clients, have been put on sale on eBay.

`Emom1013' is selling a pair of 20 dollars T-shirts given out at the 2006 company picnic at the Madoff family''s Long Island estate.

"The proceeds from this auction go directly to a family whose husband/father is facing being out of a job and health insurance thanks to good old Bernie," the New York Post quoted the seller as writing on the website.

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