Feb 5 (Reuters) - Twenty-five people, including doctors, were charged with involvement in a ma##ive scheme that flooded New York City's black market with as much as $500 million in painkillers, federal and state officials said on Wednesday.



The operation was based at a clinic operating under the name Astramed in the city's Bronx borough, said officials, who described it as a "pill mill." The clinic sold phony prescriptions to drug dealers, who bought 5.5 million oxycodone pills at…

It was the very definition of flashing — a less-than-one-second shot of Janet Jackson's exposed right breast at the end of Super Bowl XXXVIII's halftime show, a moment that changed our pop-culture world. Except, that is, when it didn't.

On the 10th anniversary of the Feb. 1, 2004 wardrobe malfunction that launched a half-million complaints to the Federal Communications Commission and a…

The Documentary is the debut studio album by West Coast rapper and former G-Unit member, Game, released on January 18, 2005, through Aftermath Entertainment, G-Unit Records and Interscope Records. After recovering from a shooting in late 2001, The Game pursued a rap

1. "Intro"

2. "What Up Gangsta"

3. "Patiently Waiting" (featuring Eminem)

4. "Many Men (Wish Death)"

5. "In da Club"

6. "High All the Time"

7. "Heat"

8. "If I Can't"

9. "Blood Hound" (featuring Young Buck)

10. "Back Down"

11. "P.I.M.P."

12. "Like My Style" (featuring Tony Yayo)

13. "Poor Lil Rich"

14. "21 Questions" (featuring Nate Dogg)

15. "Don't Push Me" (featuring Lloyd Banks and…

The fellas over at 2DBZ got their hands on the original tracklist for Jay-Z’s seminal 1996 debut LP and lo and behold, there are some surprises. First off the sequencing is different. As the Dopeboyz noted, the sequencing on the version of the album that made it to retail is way better, but I suppose…

Former beauty queen turned soap opera star Monica Spear was found shot to [rip] with her husband in their car on a roadside in Venezuela, local media reported Tuesday.



Spear’s five-year-old daughter was found alive in the car Monday night and was in st@ble condition after being treated at a medical center, Venezuelan authorities said.



Authorities confirmed that Spear, 29, and her husband Thomas Henry Berry, 39, were found dead Monday night inside…

Apprehending one of the most notorious drug cartel enforcers in all of Mexico certainly takes a lot time and manpower on the part of investigators. Of course, if the man they're after happens to be posting evidence against himself online, that helps too.



Following the arrest last week of Jose Rodrigo Arechiga Gamboa, a top agent for one of Mexico's most powerful organized crime syndicates, new details have emerged about the case. It appears Arechiga had a…

TMZ is reporting that Jeezy turned himself in to police last Friday on two grand jury warrants that stem from a 2012 altercation with his teenage son. Apparently Jeezy and Junior got into a pretty heated physical dispute during which the Rapper threatened to kill his son, saying he…

Yeah, you read that headline correctly. Karen Civil’s site broke the news, and they would know. Then it was reposted to Pusha’s Facebook page, so I’m gonna go ahead…

Soulja Boy Hit With Paternity Claim



Soulja Boy has a spitting image ... so claims a woman who says he knocked her up 6 years ago.



Diamond Shantaniece Mackey claims in legal docs -- obtained by TMZ -- there was only one other guy she slept with during the critical time period ... he was of mixed race and her kid isn't.



Diamond says her 5-year-old…

Briefly: People have wondered for years why all involved haven’t pulled the trigger on Bad Boys 3 — it seems like such an obvious move in a studio culture that is all about sequels. But this one has, in the past, required the willingness of two stars and a director. That complicates the process.



Now that there’s been a little power structure change at Sony, installing Michael De Luca as production co-president with a mandate to up the…

Just the thought of not having any more films from Martin Scorsese is a real bummer. But at 71 years old, the iconic director of such films as GoodFellas, The Departed, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver and this month's The Wolf of Wall Street is tired, and it sounds like he sees the end of his career coming sooner than later. Speaking at the Marrakech Film Festival (via The Playlist), Scorsese explained that he has the desire to make more films,…

A San Diego couple were set to exchange wedding vows this Sunday after months of preparation until it was abruptly canceled, and they have Kobe Bryant to blame.



According to reports, 28 year old Simon Bradley, a self-described ‘obsessed’ Laker fan decided to post-pone his wedding so he can attend Kobe Bryant’s highly anticipated