Bret Michaels Has Diva Demands, Too

Poison frontman will go under the knife in January

(NEWSER) - Bret Michaels’ health challenges aren’t over yet. The Poison frontman, who recovered from a brain hemorrhage in April only to discover he’s had a hole in his heart since he was born, will undergo heart surgery to fix the hole in January. “Is he 100%? No, but he's in good spirits, he's having fun on the road, he loves his fans and has always said music heals him,” a rep tells Radar . Michaels is currently doing a solo tour. For more on the surgery, click here . More»

Guess who was nearly taken out by a disco ball?

(NEWSER) - An awful lot of celebrities have died over the past year—making Bret Michaels surviving an emergency appendectomy, a brain hemorrhage, and a stroke seem especially miraculous. The Frisky lists a dozen other celebrities who have cheated death:

• Boy George: He was injured—and just inches away from being crushed—by a disco ball when the 62-pound ball fell from the ceiling during a 1999 Culture Club rehearsal.
• Eminem: Took a handful of methadone pills—the equivalent, his doctor said, of shooting up four bags of heroin—in 2005, and nearly overdosed.
• Dustin Hoffman: Fortunately, he wasn’t in his apartment in the ’70s when the guy next door (a radical anti-war student) accidentally set off a stick of dynamite while making bombs.

Rocker's recovery has changed outlook on life

(NEWSER) - Bret Michaels feels “lucky to be alive” after spending 10 days in ICU, and talks to People about his recovery—and how his brain hemorrhage affected his life. His two daughters were first and foremost on his mind, and he’s thinking about marrying their mother. “What I want to do is make a positive bucket list and say, 'I'm just gonna go for it,’” he says, and getting married “may be one of the big things on the list.” More»

Rocker may even return to Celebrity Apprentice

(NEWSER) - Bret Michaels is recovering so well from his brain hemorrhage that one friend calls it “amazing.” During a recent evaluation, he was “very aware,” “somewhat talkative,” and even in a “good mood,” the source tells TMZ . On Friday, his doctor said Michaels is expected to make a full recovery and called his will to live “undeniable"—adding that he may even be able to appear on the Celebrity Apprentice finale May 23, the AP reports. More»

The glam rocker charms us, despite raunchy lyrics

(NEWSER) - As doctors continue to search for the source of Bret Michaels’ brain hemorrhage—they say it is probably not linked to his recent appendectomy—Peter Lauria offers a tribute to Michaels, recalling his adolescent obsession with Poison. After learning of Michaels’ hospitalization, Lauria cracked open his Look What the Cat Dragged In CD and “a few beers, and remembered what it was like to be a naïve kid hooked on songs about dirty talk and wanting action.” More»