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Capri Anderson will file civil complaint

(NEWSER) - If you thought you'd seen the last of Capri Anderson, the porn star (and rumored prostitute ) police found hiding in the bathroom after Charlie Sheen's latest rampage , think again. She's filing a criminal report as well as a civil complaint alleging assault and false imprisonment, she tells Good Morning America . She claims she was offered $3,500 to make a "paid appearance" at a dinner party with Sheen, but went back to his room of her own free will (she denies she was expecting to be paid $12,000 for sex), which is where things got ugly. 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.

Not surprisingly, Brooke Mueller moves out

(NEWSER) - Well that was fast: Charlie Sheen’s wife is out—and the escort he’s reportedly been cheating with is in. His paid lady friend moved back home with Sheen, and Brooke Mueller sort of moved out—although she occasionally still sleeps at the marital home when Charlie’s not there, Radar reports. “She doesn’t want to sleep in the same house with him she’s so disgusted,” a source says. Um, so are we. More»

Michael's letter joins long list of missives by famous pals

(NEWSER) - As Cameron Douglas awaits sentencing today on drug dealing charges, dad Michael is joining other family and friends in begging for leniency. Michael’s handwritten letter paints a picture of a child pressured by the two generations of fame that came before him and surrounded by other family members who struggled with substance abuse, including an uncle who died of an overdose in 2004, PopEater reports. More»

Boy George, George Michael finally speaking again

(NEWSER) - Finally: Gay pop stars and ‘80s icons George Michael and Boy George are pals again. Or, as the Sun so charmingly puts it, “Georges end 20-year gay feud.” The two have been on the outs since Boy George blasted George Michael for pretending to be straight…and George Michael called Boy George “a bitch.” But, says Boy George, “we have exchanged emails recently and things are pretty good between us.” More»