Lil Wayne is not going to die, just drank too much sizzurp
Things looked pretty dark for Lil Wayne on Friday: TMZ reported that the “Lollipop” rapper was in a coma and and being read his last rites at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in L.A. after suffering multiple seizures. But don’t worry! “TMZ was so off base,” a source close to the star tells Us Weekly. “Wayne is fine.” The rapper took to Twitter a few hours after TMZ’s report to confirm his well-being: “I’m good everybody. Thx for the prayers and love.” His rep also told Us Weekly that “Wayne is doing well.”
Ah yes, it was all a misunderstanding. Wayne was “just coming down off the high” from sizzurp, the source says, and that he’s “not close to death or anything.”
Sizzurp, for those not well-versed in recreational drugs, is “a highly addictive, narcotic concoction of prescription-strength cough syrup, sugary sodas and hard candies, typically sipped out of Styrofoam cups,” the drug barons at Us Weekly explain. The cough syrups contain codeine and promethazine, which leads to what the mag calls a “sleepy high.” The kids these days enjoy it because it’s cheap and easy to make, Us says.
Hey, at least Wayne is honest: If we have to hear another report of a star being treated for “exhaustion,” we’re going to lose it.

Seacrest, out
Ryan Seacrest and Julianne Hough have split after more than two years together, People.com reported on Friday. Sources close to the couple said their busy work schedules contributed, but that they’ll remain friends (because that’s what everyone says at first). The duo — he’s 38, she’s 24 — lived together and were often seen jet-setting around the world, from Italy to St. Barts to Paris. On Saturday, in a classic “let’s make him jealous” move, Hough tweeted a photo of herself laughing with friends at the beach, with the hashtag “#friendsarethebesttherapy.”
Julianne, look on the bright side: At least now you don’t have to wait an hour for the bathroom mirror anymore.

TALKING POINTS

DeVito, Perlman back together
For once, some good news in the world of celebrity relationships: Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman are reportedly back together after separating last fall, according to People magazine. “They love each other,” a friend of the couple says. “Always have and always will.” Their split stunned Hollywood, as the couple had been married for 30 years at the time of their split.

Should we believe Cyrus?
Miley Cyrus has an explanation for why she was spotted without her engagement ring recently amid rumors of trouble between her and fiancé Liam Hemsworth: The ring was off getting repaired. Cyrus responded to a friend on Twitter recently who was complaining about having to get her own engagement ring repaired, adding, “That’s the worst! I just had a similar situation except when it happens to me then everyone says my wedding is off.”

The royal squabbles
Apparently all couples fight, including Prince William and Kate Middleton. In the new documentary “Our Queen,” British Olympic boxer Anthony Ogogo reveals that Middleton confided to him that both she and her husband have a competitive streak that comes out particularly when they’re playing Scrabble, according to the Daily Mail. “She said when they play Scrabble they don’t usually finish a game, because somebody got in a mood and slammed it shut,” Ogogo says.

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DAILY TWITTER UPDATE: March 18, 2013

Checking in with some of Hollywood’s biggest names to see what they’ve been up to — in their own words, in 140 characters or fewer.

Today, Emma Watson is dubious, Jason Mraz needs some loving, Seth Rogen has opinions and Sarah Silverman refuses to feel ashamed.

@EmWatson
Who here actually thinks I would do 50 Shades of Grey as a movie? Like really. For real. In real life.

@jason_mraz
Anybody got access to a kuala bear? Looking for a hug.

@Sethrogen
Call me crazy, but I prefer “Wrath of the Titans” over “Clash of the Titans.”

@SarahKSilverman
I’m not going to let the fact that there’s butter on my cell phone make me feel bad about myself & my choices

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Last week at PTF we warned Lil Wayne (not to be confused with the great Lil Poopy), that he better stop shouting about how he dipped his dipstick in an other powerful man’s wife or else he could wind up like Tupac. While it’s true that he should probably stop doing that, it should also be noted here that the true culprit of this whole Chris Bosh-Lil Wayne thing is the woman involved – Adrienne Williams-Bosh.

Adrienne “Short Stack” Williams (I believe Liz Taylor too went by the ‘Short Stack’ moniker at one point), allegedly scammed Lil Wayne out of 10 grand by claiming that she had cancer and needed the money for the medical bills, according to GlobalGrind.com. Like a true gentleman, Wayne paid up … but the conniving Williams TOOK THE MONEY AND RAN!

So, for the record, Lil Wayne is cleared in this whole mess. If someone steals 10 grand from you and you find out later that she’s married to the third best player on the Miami Heat, you rat them out. Sorry, that’s the precedent that was set long ago. As for Chris Bosh? Sometimes don’t you just wish you could go back to Toronto and hide from this spotlight?

WWE vs. Glenn Beck
Here’s a feud that has the potential to meet the level of Lil Wayne versus The Bosh Family: WWE versus Glenn Beck.

No, it doesn’t really make all that much sense. Beck is accusing WWE’s new Tea Party character Zeb Coulter (who could be the wrestling company’s most politically stimulating character since Sgt. Slaughter turned into an Iraqi sympathizer), of being racist.

Well, here’s a newsflash: most Americans think members of the Tea Party ARE racist. The WWE is just exaggerating the actions of people in American society the same way they have done over the years with the overbearing boss (Vince McMahon), the red neck beer-drinker (Steve Austin), and the obese white guy from South Carolina embracing his African roots … ya know, everyday stuff.

WWE, which caters to celebrities like no organization in the history of the world, offered Beck to appear on its flagship show, “Monday Night Raw” last night. And I’ll give credit where credit is due, Beck’s response was kind of funny:

“Unfortunately, I am currently booked doing anything else.”

Coulter (think there’s an Ann Coulter pun involved here?), brushed over the budding feud last night on the show, saying  “I’d rather be speaking to Glenn Beck right now instead of you (Mexican wrestler Alberto Del Rio), but he was too chicken to show up.”

Matt Burke is sports editor and a columnist at Metro Boston. Follow him on Twitter: @BurkeMetroBOS

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“You claim to be a player but I f***ed your wife.” – Tupac Shakur

The above is the most simple, yet effective rap/song insult in the history of writing rap/song insults. Watching “Tupac: The last 24 hours” last night on Current TV (yes the network still exists and yes, the John Belushi ’24′ is fantastic as well), I was reminded that you can never be 100 percent honest about people within your own industry 100 percent of the time. For instance, I could write “I heard that (insert name) from the Boston Globe is the laziest bastard going” or “(insert name) from the Boston Herald doesn’t watch a second of the actual game when he covers Celtics games – he simply plows through the free buffet and then proceeds to kiss the largest amount of athlete ass you’ve ever seen, only to get a C-minus quote.”

You might whisper about such things within an industry and once in a while drop some hints, but to ALWAYS flat-out say these things in a public forum? That’s a recipe for ostracism but more likely, death.

Rapper Lil’ Wayne is treading on thin ice these days. With hip-hop and the NBA tighter than ever (Nick Cannon is apparently the Pat O’Brien of today’s league, right down to the embarrassing voicemails), Lil’ Wayne needs to know better than to blatantly say in a public forum that he had sex with the wife of the third best player on the league’s world champion.

After leading an audience in chants of “F*** the NBA!” and “F*** the Miami Heat” this past weekend, Lil’Wayne pulled a Tupac:
“Let them n****** know I’m from the streets,” he said. “Ain’t no Twitter beef. Take it to the f***ing streets. Fuck all them n******. F*** Lebron [James]! F*** She-Wade! F*** Chris Bosh….And I f***ed Chris Bosh’s wife!”

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The Miami Heat organization put in a request to the league to ban Lil’ Wayne from performing at NBA events, according to the rapper. Of course the league may have just decided that things got a little too strange with Wayne during last year’s All-Star activities and simply decided to not invite him back.

Either way, the next time Lil’ Wayne shows up in the stands at American Airlines Arena, you can bet that ABC’s conservative cameras won’t find him.

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