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*Katt Williams Goes Off On His Own Hummer In Seattle -- Source.

L.A. stand-up performer Katt Williams has been on a comedy tour, often with an locally-based entourage, that seems to be more notable for his peculiar behavior than for punchlines.

Only days after he allegedly led cops in Sacramento on a bizarre pursuit -- he reportedly rode a three-whiled motor bike on a sidewalk -- Williams was a no-show at a scheduled comedy concert in Seattle last night. His absence was announced on stage.

It wasn't immediately clear ...

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The cover of Rihanna's new album.

Holiday shoppers, if you thought Black Friday was a spectacle, just wait until you see the teenyboppers and fans rushing to see ... Rihanna.

The star with the allegedly off-and-on relationship with Chris Brown will be making an appearance at Macy's in Westfield Century City Mall Saturday.

And organizers are encouraging folks to line up for a chance ...

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Cowell and Cheryl Cole.

Simon Cowell is the latest victim of a "swatting" prank, according to reports and authorities.

Someone called Beverly Hills cops and said someone "had been tied up with duct tape and needed assistance" at the local home of the X Factor creator and judge, according to a police statement.

Seems to us that authorities had their eyebrows raised from the get go:

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tomcruise.com

Cops were called to the Beverly Hills home of Tom Cruise last night to deal with a "prowler." It turns out this might have just involved a drunk neighbor.

The news first hit the world via Twitter user BHScanner, which noted that officers were called to a home in the 1000 block of Calle Vista in Beverly Hills in shortly after 8:30 p.m. last night.

Given the tony, north-of-Sunset-Boulevard location, journalists got to work:

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Homorazzi.com

Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel were married in a lavish ceremony at the Borgo Egnazia resort in Puglia, Italy, this weekend.

In addition to a candlelit dinner, a Questlove DJ set and a week's worth of festivities, guests at the TimBielake wedding were treated to an original video making fun of L.A. homeless. Hilarious!

Check it out:

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@EvaLongoria

Longoria and Jessica Alba at the Democratic National Convention.

Here's one of the problems with naming celebrities as campaign co-chairs:

They do embarrassing things. President Obama's folks are probably holding their collective breath this week as a group of Latino Republicans accepted the apology of Obama camp co-chair Eva Longoria for saying, essentially, that Mitt Romney is a twat.

Which is probably true. It's just that, if you're representing the most-powerful man on the planet, you don't tell the truth:

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@justinbieber

Gangsta Biebs

Justin Bieber might have been the victim of a "swatting" prank early today, when deputies went to his Calabasas home on "false" reports of an assault, according to our reading of an L.A. Sheriff's Department statement.

This as he tweeted that "personal footage" on a "computer and camera" were taken during a show yesterday in Tacoma, Wash.

Noting his anger, Gawker wondered aloud if it was a "sex tape." (Yeah, right.) Meanwhile, back at the ranch ...

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LASD

Que, Linda?

Hulk Hogan's ex-wife Linda Bollea, a.k.a. Linda Hogan, was arrested yesterday on suspicion of driving her Mercedes under the influence of alcohol on the 101 freeway in Calabasas, the L.A. County Sheriff's Department announced today.

It happened shortly after 1:30 a.m. on the 101 at Kanan Road, deputies said.

Bollea was headed west on the freeway when, according to a sheriff's statement released this afternoon ...

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Punked?

Police investigating reports of a possible home-invasion robbery at the Hollywood Hills home of Ashton Kutcher might actually be checking out what is known in the cop community as a "big nothin.'"

Officers responded to the 3000 block of Arrowhead Drive at 11:08 a.m. because three men were inside a home, Officer Tenesha Dobine told the Weekly.

However, news reports of a home-invasion with a caller hiding in a closet (ahem) might be exaggerated, she indicated:

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Lister.

Tommy Lister, the 6-foot-5 actor and former WWE wrestler who plays the wild-eyed pscyho gangster in every movie you've ever seen, including Friday, was busted not for drilling some schmo into the ground as you might expect but rather for the most white collar of crimes:

Mortgage fraud.

The U.S. Attorney's office in Los Angeles today said the 54-year-old was charged with conspiracy connected with ...

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Bloomsbury USA

Marilyn Monroe lived a strange, secret life that involved wearing disguises.

She also indeed suffered sexual abuse as a child. Those facts and more were confirmed in a thorough new biography by USC history professor Lois Banner, who found that the original blonde bombshell was much more intellectual than history has given her credit for.

The recently released book Marilyn: The Passion and the Paradox bring's L.A.'s late leading lady to life via ...

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@AngieCrouch

Bieber's car on July 6.

While L.A. City Councilman Dennis Zine thought Justin Bieber should have been arrested for what he said was a 100-mile-per-hour exhibition of speed with paparazzi in tow on an L.A. freeway this month, the L.A. City Attorney has instead targeted one of the photographers.

Paul Raef, a 30-year-old freelance paparazzo, was charged with a litany of counts in connection with his alleged chasing of Bieber as he sped in his chrome Fisker Karma on the 101 freeway in Sherman Oaks on the morning of July 6.

Prosecutors say it will be the first use of a new state law prohibiting paps from driving dangerously in pursuit of the almighty shot. Here's the list of charges against Raef from the City Attorney's office press statement:

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Us Weekly

It gets worse.

All anyone can talk about this morning, aside from that stupid 3.7-mag in Marina Del Rey, is 22-year-old Kristen Stewart's far-from-alleged fling with 41-year-old Los Angeles director Rupert Sanders on the set of Snow White and the Huntsman.

They're pictured making out in the new issue of US Weekly.

Yes, there is a civil war raging in Syria. But how to tear our hearts from the true Hollywood story of a married director cheating with the same young hot starlet...

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Stallone Jr. in the director's chair for short film "Vic."

A former child actor and current Hollywood mini-mogul with an iconic last name was found dead in his Hollywood Hills home today, reports the New York Post.

Sage Moonblood Stallone, 36, son of actor Sylvester Stallone and actress Sasha Czack, is best known for playing his father's on-film son in Rocky V. But in his adulthood, the younger Stallone took to the business side of the industry, co-founding cult film distribution company Grindhouse Releasing.

TMZ's sources say he was discovered...

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'Lethal Weapon'

Mel Gibson's rants have targeted a Jewish cop, an A-list screenwriter, and an ex-girlfriend. But a 78-year-old mum?

His own step-mother, Teddy Joye Hicks Gibson, is asking a judge for a restraining order against Mel Gibson because, she claims, he has a history of verbal rage that has her scared. He also allegedly threatened to kill ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva, she alleged.

Of course, it's a little more complicated than that, as the L.A. Superior Court request, obtained by the Weekly, seems to spell out:

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The Superficial

Rick Calamaro, seen here leaving Sheen's house after an LAPD raid last year.

See also: "Rick Calamaro: A Nightlife Visionary Remembered."

The man who stood by Mulholland Drive resident Charlie Sheen through his notorious, likely drug-fueled freakout in 2010-11 -- and who many have speculated egged him on -- was found dead in his Los Angeles apartment yesterday, surrounded by "a pharmacy full of drugs," reports TMZ. Tragically, TMZ also says "it appears he was dead for several days" before he was found.

Calamaro served as Sheen's best friend and assistant from summer 2010 until November 2011. He was reportedly with the actor at New York's Plaza Hotel when he flipped out on porn star Capri Anderson.

For more on Calamaro, see "Rick Calamaro: A Nightlife Visionary Remembered" on our sister blog West Coast Sound.

Friends on Twitter confirm Calamaro's death, remembering him as...

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tomcruise.com

Folks are buzzing once again about Tom Cruise's sexuality following his reported divorce from Katie Holmes, which he's on the record saying she initiated.

We're not saying Tom Cruise is gay. In fact, we're saying he's not. That's official. He's been married three times -- to some of Hollywood's sexiest women.

But if he were gay -- and, again, we're saying he's not, people! -- here would be five signs pointing the way:

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Chyna tries out the Twitter machine.

Former WWF hottie and current Westside resident Chyna is in a state of anguish. She's been Tweeting furiously to 25,000-plus followers about her stolen puppy Hachie, who she says was lifted by a certain "Jennifer Nelson the babysitter" about two weeks ago.

In Chyna's quest to be reunited with her 17-week-old toy poodle, she has Tweeted phone numbers for herself, Nelson and -- oops -- an uninvolved dude named Harley Collins.

The distraught man tells CBS LA today that he has received more than 100 calls and texts from Chyna's fan base. One of the angry voicemails:

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Does Khloe have an evil streak?

Gino Romano, a New York resident who is apparently obsessed with the Kardashians (like in a not-normal way, like a beyond reading-tabloid-dirt-when-you're-supposed-to-be-working way) filed yet another ridiculous lawsuit against the Calabasas family on June 15.

Among his alleged reasons for seeking a restraining order:

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Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor.

ABC7 is reporting that Lindsay Lohan "was taken to hospital after being found unconscious at Ritz-Carlton in Marina del Rey." Paramedics reportedly arrived around 10:15 a.m.

She's been filming "Liz & Dick" in the area, and was involved in a car crash along the PCH last week. Alcohol was later reported to have been stashed in her car.

Los Angeles County Fire Department officials confirm to City News Service that they showed up to the hotel this morning...

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