Peak Dope: Carl Rove Becomes "MC Rove."

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Peak Dope: Heather Mills Wanted a Main Gay

...But she didn't get one on ABC's Dancing With The Stars. She got a happily married man instead. Mills wanted a gay man to dance with on the shows because she didn't want the stress of being romantically linked with her dance partner.

In other Devil Woman news, Mills was on her dancing "reality" show doing a backflip! No word on her divorce settlement yet, a.k.a. her next paycheck.

Speaking of that, Macca is getting some divorce advice from Rod Stewart who thinks he should fight the Devil Woman all the way to the bank. And Rod Stewart should know a thing or two about divorce. Rod, tell us again how many years it took until Rachel Hunter finally made your divorce final?

For the record, Stewart also says he is certain Paul McCartney is not a wife beater. McCartney meanwhile has been spotted hanging with new flame, Sabrina Guiness. Yes, Guinnes like the beer -- she's a Guiness heiress. After all these years of Paris, it's definitely time for a new heiress to grace the gossip rages!

New Hollywood Hoo-Hah On Heather Mills, Movies, and What Steve and Monica Really Use Toilet Paper For

And it's not what you think!



Classic Monica quote:

"Luckily it didn't hit any of the stuff that would make a fire."

"...a fire distinguisher..."

Watch This Cal Student Do a Rubik's Cube Lightning Fast!

He also does it one-handed! And we thought our promotions director Jodi was hot with a cube...This kid totally smokes her!

Vegas Ready To Frighten Children Away With Michael Jackson Statue Robot Thingy?

This is just pure gossip at this point -- but that's what the Peak Dope is all about!

The word is Michael Jackson may move to Vegas to do a show there and has already bought some type of house to live in while in Sin City. Here's where it gets ugly: someone has come up with an idea for a giant MJ robot with laser beam eyes, meant to be the first thing you see as you fly into Vegas. Possibly the laser beam eyes are meant to take down planes before they land or possibly they will seek and destroy the innocence of children on the spot? (Mr. Peakerman wrote that last line; he doesn't like MJ).

In what may be Paul McCartney's next unholy union, the other rumor is Macca is thinking of actually financing part of a Jackson Vegas show. Before you start thinking that maybe Macca has too much time on his hands these days without Devil Woman Heather Mills around anymore -- he doesn't! He's already dating Guinness Beer heiress Sabrina Guinness. Good thinking, Paul. Date one that's got some cash flow of her own!

More gossip here.

Wait a minute! Sabrina Guiness once dated Mick Jagger too! She's a modern day Bebe Buell! The Guiness heiress is a rocker groupie.

What about you? Who would you rather date -- Mick Jagger or Paul McCartney? Leave us a comment and share. Click on comments below right...

Is a Visit to the Grand Canyon Skywalk Worth $100?

It's $50 to get into the park, then $25 per person to walk on the Skywalk. So for you and a friend, it's a $100 investment between you two. Needless to say only kids from rich families will get to see this... If you're going to spend that, take the kids to a D-backs game, you know?

Will you go see the Skywalk, with or without the kids? Leave us a comment below to let us know.

This video leaves out the most important part of the Rocky franchise

That would be Survivor's Eye of the Tiger! But this is still pretty funny.

Peak Dope: Heroes Finale on NBC

Heather here with the Peak Dope on NBC's addictive Heroes. I'm pretty much addicted to downloading it on iTunes to watch later and I have plenty of time to catch up. The next episodes of the show won't air until April 23. Supposedly some of the show's main characters will die. But will creator Tim Kring kill off the cheerleader? My bets are on Sylar dying for sure because isn't he the one they have to kill in order to save the world? I'm at least four or five episodes behind so that's the best guess I can make.

Just to hold us over, someone out there in YouTube land has made a parody film of Heroes called Zeroes. Check it out!



Do you have a special talent like the people in the video? Do share! Leave us a comment...

Mini's Weekend Calendar

We hope you notice as you're watching this that our webmaster's office is actually a converted closet. There are no windows. There isn't enough room to put another living thing in that office with him, not a plant, not even a goldfish. This is probably not even up to code. We have no idea why he hasn't quit yet. And aren't web guys supposed to work on laptops at coffee shops anyway?

Peak Dope: Stones to Play UK Fest!

This will be the first time the Rolling Stones have played a music festival in the UK since 1976 at the Knebworth Fair. Mick, supposedly sober Keith, and the rest will take to the stage at Isle of Wight Festival June 10. They're playing with a bunch of young, hot whippersnappers like Amy Winehouse, Keane, and James Morrison.

Check it out!

What Do You Think of John Edwards' Choice?

Heather here... Presidential candidate John Edwards is going to keep running in spite of the fact that his wife's cancer has returned. Remember 2004/05 when her cancer was Earth-shattereing and he sort of stepped out of the limelight for a while? The reason why I'm asking is because CNN is just running this story all over the TV and their website right now and making a huge deal out if it. First off, I think it's his personal choice although you and I both know nothing stays personal anymore when you're running for President of the United States. Second, the Edwards camp is really downplaying this as being not really a big deal, and maybe it's not, I'm not exactly the authority on bone cancer. (She was originally a breast cancer patient).

Does this make Edwards look better to you as a candidate because it shows strength, or do you think he should step out of the race? Leave a comment below and I'll blog back and forth with you!

A Hard Day's Night of the Living Dead

This one is just too silly not to share.



One might imagine that one of those zombies chasing Paul is Heather Mills...

This Song Needs More Cowbell!

Couldn't any song sound better with more cowbell?

Wanna See Gene Simmons Get a Facelift?

Seriously. Don't hit the 'play' button if you're easily grossed out. This will be on his reality show...Gene Simmons Family Jewels. This footage, however, is not of his family jewels. It's a facelift. It's graphic!

This is a like a rock star sharing a beauty secret...



What other rockers are still in need of a face lift? Let us know by leaving a comment!

Peak Dope on Simon Cowell. He's pretty weird...

Peak Dope – it’s addictive celebrity and music news. Basically, we surf the Internet for cool stuff and put it here so you don’t have to.

Heather here. I just found this cool article about Simon Cowell that lists a bunch of weird facts about him. It makes him sound like a rich and eccentric type of guy. I met him once and thought he was actually -- I know you'll never believe this -- nice. Here's an old picture of me with him from Season II of American Idol. I think our local Idol, Jordin Sparks, would have been around 12 years old then!

Check out the article about how Simon really is...

Do any of those details about Simon Cowell surprise you? Leave me a comment below!

Elton John to Release Entire Catalog Online!

With all that silliness about church leaders trying to ban him from performing in Tobago behind him – Elton John is ignoring them and performing despite their distaste of his personal business -- things are looking great for the singer. He’s about to both turn 60 and celebrate his 60th performance at Madison Square Garden. He’s also about to release Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits around the world so it’s definitely good to be Sir Elton John. In addition to the worldwide release of the compilation album, John’s entire career catalog will be released exclusively on Apple’s iTunes from March 26-April 30. After that, his catalog will be released to all legal downloading services. The huge catalog is something like 400 songs spanning his 39-year career. Who needs Tobago!

What songs by Elton John will you be running to iTunes to download? Leave us a comment below!

You Don't Know My Name

Robin McCauley of Survivor has thanked the Peak on the band's website...only he calls us "The Pick." Maybe he has us confused with the Arizona Lottery? We forgive him for not getting our name right because we had a dang good time with Survivor Friday night. We also know the band spent an hour in the Arizona sun, long enough to both get sunburned and lose their wits! Well...uh, this is embarrassing – but sometimes we forget our own name too.

Click here to read Robin's thank you!



Ever have an embarrassing moment when you couldn't remember someone's name at a party? Leave us a comment!

Peak Dope on Arizona Bike Week & Phil Spector's Hair

Peak Artists Playing Arizona Bike Week
.38 Special performs March 28 at 8:30 p.m., Georgia Satellites performs March 29 at 8:30 p.m., and Foreigner performs March 31 at 9:00 p.m. Go here for more details.

Carol Burnett Sues if You Animate Her
Burnett is a little bit mad at an episode of Family Guy where she’s animated as tugging her ear while working in a porn shop to keep it clean. So she’s suing for copyright since the show ran the theme song from her old show. She’s also suing for misappropriation of her likeness. Looks like the not-so-funny lady can’t take a joke! Ok, she was funny a long time ago and those were the days.

Phil Spector’s Hair Back in Court with Him
This UK Internet tabloid took the words right out of our big mouth when it comes to the kind of cheeky nastiness we’d like to indulge in when it comes to a Phil Spector story. Let’s just remember Ronnie Spector is doing quite well without him now. She’s remarried, a new Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame Inductee – and she didn’t even thank her ex-husband at that induction ceremony.

Tobago Prevents Elton John Concert
Church leaders in Tobago are doing all they can to prevent an Elton John concert from happening in their country. They say that by coming to Tobago, John could turn people there gay -- just by being in the same country. In other Tobago news, people there still think the Earth is flat.

The Peak Staff at Peakerman's Penthouse

Who are all these people?

L-R Top Row: Scotty Drake, Detour Dan, John Janezic, Steve Douglas, Heather, The Boss, Monica Nelson, James, Sharon.

L-R Bottown Row: Mary Reilly, Jennifer, Mini.

We’re Still High on Survivor – And Have a Peak Exclusive!

Survivor learns about the Arizona sun and we learn they like Jager bombs…

Thanks to all who came out to Peakerman’s Penthouse Friday night to see Survivor play. The Peak staff got to mingle and be nosy about the band, who were just a bunch of cool guys. They proved it by hanging out with us after the show at the Penthouse and later on with some of us at the Dirty Drummer.

The guys of Survivor come from places scattered about the country, like Tampa, Chicago, and Los Angeles. But nothing prepared them for the power of the Arizona sun – you noticed the sunburned faces, right? After laying out by the pool for just an hour, Survivor had burning faces, not hearts.

Jen from promotions played chauffeur to the band all day and says, “It was refreshing to see a band who has been around for that long still be so down to earth. They chatted about their families and children and future gigs -- they'll be on Dancing with the Stars in April.”

Hey! That’s a Peak exclusive!

Thanks, Jen! If you didn’t get enough of Survivor Friday night, you can watch them next month on ABC’s Dancing With The Stars. The new season of the show starring Devil Woman Heather Mills airs tonight.

“They were all really nice, fun guys,” says Jen. “Anti-divas. But someone should really tell a few of them that the Arizona sun is like a tanning bed because they were wondering how they got sunburned after laying out ‘only for an hour!’"

We’ll have to remember to warn the next rock band we meet that sun block is an essential to pack when coming to Peakerman’s Penthouse.

Special Edition Peak Dope: All Things Survivor!

We really don't care today who's dating who, who got arrested for being drunken and flashing or whatever else celebs are getting into today. So the Dope is taking a day to just obsess over Survivor instead, since they are kind enough to play at Peakerman's Penthouse tonight!

Peak Dope on Brad Delp's Suicide and Angie's New Baby

Delp Death Ruled a Suicide
How did the nicest guy in rock n’ roll and dedicated vegetarian of 30 years feel so badly he committed suicide by carbon monoxide last week? We don’t know; we’re asking you. What went wrong in Brad Delp’s life? He had just gotten engaged to girlfriend Pamela Sullivan at the end of 2006 and was supposed to marry her this summer while Boston was scheduled a couple days off from their tour. Anyone who had the good fortune of meeting Delp raves about what a down-to-Earth and sociable guy he was. It’s a mystery to us why he chose to commit suicide. This rock legend will be missed.

Psycho Pearl Jam Fan Talks Her Way Backstage
Maybe she’s not psycho, but smart because her tactic of wearing an “I love Eddie Vedder” t-shirt worked and got her up close and personal with Vedder. She also writes about her experience on PopSugar.com. Surprisingly, security wasn’t very tight at the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.

Pax Jolie Leaves Vietnam
Pax is the name of the child Angelina Jolie wants to adopt and she has already whisked him away from his orphanage in Vietnam. His new name is actually Pax Thien Jolie. Pax means ‘peace’ in French and Latin so that explains the name change – his given name was Pham Quang Sang. Guess what? Brad Pitt is not on the adoption papers – this kid solely belongs to Jolie.

The First Cut is the Deepest
Brandon Rogers was the first to be cut from the final batch ofAmerican Idol contestants. Our local girl, Jordin Sparks, is set for another week of competition with the Today Show even listing her as one of the top three female contenders.


Do We Have to Dope About Britney Again?
Britney Spears makes the Dope again – this time for falling in love while in rehab with some type of musician we’ve never heard of. This is a bad idea in so many ways we don’t even have the time to discuss. Nice to see she can’t even make good choices in rehab. But it’s very rock n’ roll to fall in love with another musical artist while in rehab, so her stock has actually gone up. Now if she could only make some decent music, we’d almost consider making her a Peak Legend someday. Kidding!

Kevin Federline must feel dumb now for shaving his head in solidarity now that his chick is in a new romance with a guy who might actually have a music career. Since we’ve never heard of the dude’s band, this could just be a thinly veiled attempt at him getting some publicity for his band. The guy may be broken enough to make it into rehab, but that doesn’t mean he’s stupid. We’re just sayin’.

Heather Mills Fights for Pigs Today
Today, Heather Mills is begging her government to ban the use of farrowing crates in agriculture so pigs can move around more freely. It’s Prop 204 all over again, but in the UK!

Hurley Wedding Angers Locals a Week Later
That spectacle -- oops, we mean wedding – last week in India between Liz Hurley and new hubby Arun Nayar was supposedly illegal because she isn’t Hindu. So Hurley is being sued now because apparently you can’t “outrage religious feelings” in India, which is what plaintiff alleges that she did with her wedding of the century.

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Dope on Mick Jagger and Warren Zevon's Music

A short Peak Dope today. Short like Danny DeVito, especially him standing next to The Governator!


SueTube: YouTube Sued For $1 Billion
We thought we were past the copyright drama after Napster went legit and everyone got on iTunes, Rhapsody, or Yahoo. But no, now the video copyright drama begins to the tune of $1 billion in damages Viacom is seeking from YouTube. Folks had said last year that the online video sharing and social networking site was a bad investment because of the potential to be sued for copyright infringement. They may have been right .

Gamble with Our Senator!
Think he’s any good? It’s “Vegas McCain” in ’08!

What Do Mick Jagger and David Crosby Talk About?
Memories, like the corners of their minds and the corners of their minds do still contain memories. What a surprise! Actually, Defamer has no idea what they were talking about, but reports a sighting of both at an L.A. restaurant.

Warren Zevon Expanded/Remastered Records to Be Re-released
March 27 marks the release of expanded and remastered editions of Warren Zevon’s Excitable Boy, The Envoy, and Stand in the Fire. Buy it on iTunes or at whatever store you can find that still sells tangible, touchable albums of music.

The Truth on Sly Stalone Exposed by Australian Legal System!

...And other dopey moments. Welcome to the Tuesday edition of the Peak Dope!

How It Went: The Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Van Halen didn’t kill one another, undoubtedly because only two band members showed up: Michael Anthony and Sammy Hagar. Hagar had said several weeks back that he wouldn’t miss the ceremony; we can’t imagine his schedule is too full these days. Eddie Van Halen is stuck in rehab (no Cabo Wabo tequila for him*), his kid didn’t show up, and DLR was probably working on resuscitating someone somewhere (Eddie?). Who knows?

Patti Smith performed, dedicating her performance of Rock n’ Roll N------- to her mother because that was momma’s favorite song. Momma Smith used to vacuum to it! She also performed Because The Night and Gimme Shelter. With R.E.M. she sang I Wanna Be Your Dog by The Stooges. She accepted an award in the name of MC5 guitarist Fred Sonic Smith – her late husband.

Besides R.E.M., Van Halen, and Smith Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were also inducted as were The Ronettes, Ronnnie didn’t thank ex-husband/producer/criminal Phil Spector, by the way.

*We have no idea if he’s in rehab because he’s a drunk, or possibly bulimic like Britney. See story below for her details.

Rambo Smuggles Drugs
Sly Stalone is in trouble with Australian authorities for trying to import 48 vials of a restricted growth hormone into the country. Looks like Sly could be out $22,000 – the maximum a local court can charge for the crime of importing a prohibited substance. Side effects of the drug Sly smuggled include facial deformities…that’s one less mystery we can wonder about ! Has he been sharing with Michael Jackson all these years? Great, now we’re wondering about something else.

The $56 Million Divorce Settlement
Word is Paul McCartney and Heather Mills are close to settling their divorce to the tune of $56 million dollars. The lesson here is to always sign a pre-nup because Paul sure didn’t.

Brad Delp’s Body Found by Fiancé
When Pamela Sullivan couldn’t reach her fiancé, she drove to his house to find him. Unfortunately she found him dead. No autopsy will be done on Brad Delp’s body, but the state medical examiner is waiting for toxicology reports to come in. Friends are shocked because Delp was a healthy guy and a vegetarian of three decades .

Guess What Britney’s Problem Is?
She has a couple, if you believe the rumors circulating now. She’s bipolar and bulimic. There you go .

Another Piece of Technology We Grew Up On Set to Die Out
First we lost eight tracks, reel-to-reels, then rotary phones, cassettes, VCRs…now, we anticipate the death of the rabbit ear antenna. So sad. But in less than a year, if you’ve still got one of these bunnies atop your set, it’s going to die. It’s just not going to work anymore as of February 19, 2009 unless you buy some kind of thing to update it. And if you’re going to go to that kind of trouble, why not just buy a giant, plasma, HDTV and really move ahead?

Peak Dope on Cat Stevens, Madonna, Heather Mills, and Sir Paul.

Peak Dope: We crawl the Internet for something you can chat about around the water cooler so you don’t have to!

Cat Stevens Misinterprets Islamic Law
Oops, we mean Yusuf Islam, has misinterpreted Islamic law. That’s why he’s playing music to live crowds again for the first time in 27 years. He tells Mojo magazine, “This issue of music in Islam is not as cut-and-dried as I was led to believe…I relied on heresy, that was perhaps my mistake.” It took all these years to figure that out? He had retired from performing because he thought live music was against Islamic law . All we can say is oh well. Live and learn, right? At least he’s back on stage again.

Elvis Costello To Do Ten-City Tour This May
Elvis Costello & The Imposters will embark on a ten-city tour this may through cities such as Detroit, Boston, Los Angeles, and Denver. Nope, Phoenix isn’t on the list of tour cities.

Angelina Jolie Finds Danger Just Like Lara Croft
In a case of life imitating art, Angelina’s life is pretty dangerous. Jolie was in a small village somewhere in the world when she managed to avoid a kidnapping plot at the last second.

Peak Artists on the True Colors Tour
Cyndi Lauper, Debbie Harry, and Erasure are going to raise donations for the Human Rights Campaign and other charities that support the gay community by going on the True Colors Tour. The tour stops in 20 cities between Memorial Day and the 4th of July this year, but sadly Phoenix isn’t on the list. Are you starting to feel like we’re always a bridesmaid and never a bride when it comes to concert tours ? The closest you will get is Vegas, L.A. or San Diego. Margaret Cho will be providing the comic relief on the tour.

Madonna Real Estate News
After years of perfecting a faux British accent, Madge just may be returning stateside. Rumors are she’s looking at buying a townhouse in New York for $35 million. She can afford it, of course. Even more so if she managed to sell her L.A. home to David Beckham and wife Posh Spice since soccer is coming stateside with Beckham joining the L.A. Galaxy. Is this a new British invasion ?

I’d Like a Venti Latte and That Paul McCartney CD
Starbucks is starting its own record label and its first release will be by Paul McCartney. Ok, he won’t let Beatles songs on iTunes, but he’ll sell out his personal music to Starbucks…what is up with that?

Seven More Days ‘Til Heather Mills Dances With The Stars
Fans are passing the time making bets on when her prosthesis will go flying off. We’re not kidding !

Brad Delp of Boston Dead at Age 55

Brad Delp, lead singer of Boston died today at age 55. Sadly, Delp had just gotten engaged at the end of last year and planned to marry his girlfriend this summer during a quick break in the Boston tour.

Here's what we said about him yesterday for Mary's Peak Legends:

Somehow a band called ‘Saskatoon’ just wouldn’t have the same ring. We got a little surprise when checking the Boston website because it says, “Tom and Brad got engaged!” We didn’t know they were that way! Then we read the next line that says, “No, not to each other.” And we were set straight – literally – again. So congrats are in order for Tom Scholz who just married Kim Hart and also for Brad Delp, who plans to marry girlfriend Pamela Sullivan during a quick couple days off during the band’s summer tour this year.

Peak Dope on Madonna, Gisele, and Star

We’ve rounded up all manner of gossip to digest on a Friday because we know you’ll be getting no work done today. Who can work on a day like this? You have to listen to the Peak because it’s the last day to win your Peakerman Party tickets to see Survivor. While you wait you can get caught up on the gossip. See, we’ve thought of everything for you.

The Cause of Death Depends On…a Computer
The Broward County medical examiner needs one more piece of evidence to declare a cause of death for Anna Nicole Smith – one of her computers. Hang tight though because this is still going to take a couple weeks before
we get the word.

Local Girl Makes Good!
We knew she could do it! Jordin Sparks makes it into the top 12 on American Idol. But can she get past some of those big voices? Her daddy, a former ASU Sun Devil must be so proud!

A Bundchen in the Oven?
Rumors are spreading that Tom Brady has knocked up model girlfriend Gisele Bundchen.

Good News for Johnny Depp
His daughter’s condition is improving at a London Hospital where she has been receiving treatment for a serious condition. Kudos to Britain’s Daily Mirror newspaper for having the class to refrain from reporting on the exact location of the Depp family.

Madonna Sighting!
She’s hanging out with Naomi Watts. There you go. Don’t even tell us we’re too old not to stalk Madonna. We’re not. Our Madonna stalking doesn’t end there either. Her former nanny is shopping around a book about her now that is supposed to reveal intimate details of Madonna’s home life. No word yet on what those details may be specifically, but they’ll probably cover the family’s hobbies and how the kids behave.

John Mayer Takes Jessica Simpson to Italy
And the paparazzi couldn’t be happier! Looks like an official romance since these two are constantly being photographed so happy together. We’re happy for them, as long as there’s no duet single coming down the pike.

Salma Hayek Suddenly Pregnant and Engaged
You’ve never heard of her fiancé before, but you know his stuff. Francois-Henri Pinault is the CEO of a company that owns Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent. If you followed the above link, you know she’s with him for the money! He looks like Gerard Depardieu. It’s a great time for Salma to become a momma now that the show she produces, Ugly Betty, is doing so well. We think she can afford some maternity time off.

The Hurley Wedding Isn’t Over!
We have no idea when this thing is going to end.

Star Jones Gets a New Look
Do we even recognize her? Star’s got a new gig, a new look, and wow, those throat muscles are scary! Check her out guest-starring on the final episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit for this season.

Peak Dope for Thursday -- Heavy on the Movie News!

The Old Guard Go to Hollywood’s Hot Night Spot
Mick Jagger and Warren Beatty
went out for a night on the town in L.A. hitting hotspot Hyde – it’s where all the young things go before rehab.

Is Life Still a Box of Chocolates?
Word is Forrest Gump 2 is about to happen, or at least the film’s producers want it to happen quickly. The sequel will cover Gump during the 1980s and 1990s and there’s no news on whether Tom Hanks will be back for seconds. He’s busy doing voice now for Toy Story 3, after all. (See story below). There is possibly no one else who could ever play Gump, so if Hanks signs on, you know it will be for huge money. More money than Peakerman’s got, that’s for sure.

He Never Let Mia Farrow in his Club!
Henry Kissinger is workin’ the deal to get Angelina Jolie into the Council on Foreign Relations. Kissinger even admitted to a roomful of Columbia School of Journalism grad students that this will be his only chance to meet the globe-trotting baby-adopter. Jolie probably deserves the honor, at least more than past-member Michael Douglas. She’s served as a UN Goodwill Ambassador and fights for the rights of refugees, AIDS patients, and those affected by natural disasters.

Toy Story 3 Set for 2010 Release
Not only that, but Disney is also working on its first hand-drawn animation production in ages, The Frog Princess. The screenplay for Toy Story 3 proves Oscar awards help your career because the guy who won Best Original Screenplay for Little Miss Sunshine is writing Toy Story 3.


Johnny Depp: Dad First, Actor Second
Johnny Depp can only be found at his daughter’s bedside right now. Seven-year-old Lily Rose is said to be in serious condition, although what she ails from has not been revealed. This means Depp doesn’t care about the movie in England he was about to film, Sweeney Todd. Meanwhile, overzealous bloggers are already predicting Depp will win an Oscar next year for his role as Todd – and he hasn’t even done any work yet!

Not the Greatest 200 Albums of All Time
CNN.com’s entertainment producer Todd Leopold makes some very good points on why a “definitive” Top 200 list isn’t actually so definitive. You know the list is wrong if Shania Twain sits on it at #21! Leopold wisely recommends much better lists for you to check out. If that still leaves you with doubts, relax and just listen to the Peak because it’s always good.

Dope O' The Mornin' to Ya!

Today’s Peak Dope touches on bad karaoke and bad cell phone behavior. But it’s not all bad when a new Police album is right around the corner!

Bad Cell Phone Video of Bad Psuedo-Celeb Karaoke
It’s Z-lister Tara Reid singing Bonnie Tyler’s Total Eclipse of the Heart. We shouldn’t even have to mention that she’s drunk. Entertainment sinks to a new low with this one.

Here’s the real Bonnie Tyler doing Total Eclipse of the Heart. We love the dancing ninjas!


Naomi Campbell Gets the Boy George Treatment
After seeing Boy George so graciously and with such humility accept his community service in New York last year, we are wondering if it will go down as peacefully with Naomi Campbell scrubbing the floors. George didn’t even put on makeup – will Campbell be as casual? George swept the streets after falsely reporting a burglary but Campbell gets a week of floor mopping in a warehouse for smacking her maid in the head with a cell phone.

George Michael Gets New Drug Charge
Remember when George Michael was found slumped over the steering wheel of his car last October 1? Well, his latest charge is for being “in charge of a car” while on drugs. But if you’re passed out in the car, are you really in charge of it? We’re not defending him, we’re just saying.

Jenna Bush Snags a Book Deal with HarperCollins
She’s not writing about herself either. She’s writing about a 17-year-old, HIV-positive mother she met during her time working for UNICEF. Her current gig is teaching at a shelter in Panama, but she has also worked in Argentina and Paraguay. Some portion of the book’s proceeds will be donated to UNICEF, of course. Jenna’s paycheck hasn’t been disclosed but a figure of $300,000 has been thrown around the rumor mill. The book, Ana’s Story: A Journey of Hope will be published this fall.

Robert Plant Releases This Month
All nine of Plant’s albums will be released starting March 20 on Rhino.

The Police to Release New Album for Summer
Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys says The Police are finishing up an album of new material to be released in time for summer listening by the pool. For you, this means you may just hear some new material June 18 when they play here in Phoenix!

Someone Actually Thinks Spears Career Can Be Salvaged
That someone is Timbaland, one of the hottest music producers around who also happens to work on albums with the likes of Nelly Furtado and Britney’s ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake. He says he can feel her pain and wants to help resurrect a very dead career. There’s nothing we love more in America than building them up, knocking them down, and then bringin’ ‘em back for another round!

Peak Dope on Simon Cowell's Rehab Center (total fiction) and Elton John at Liz's Wedding (fact!)

The Peak Dope is where we take the bullet for you. We know there’s tons of useless stuff on the ‘net you’re dying to read but don’t have time to fit it all in. Guess what – the Peak staff has that kind of time. So here’s the Dope!

Movie Critics Know Nothing About Making Money
Nasty reviews for Wild Hogs were all over the place talking about what a horrible film it was – yet it brought in the big bucks over the weekend. And you thought Zodiac was the must-see film! Ha!

Guess what? Libby is Found Guilty
Scooter is found guilty of lying to the FBI, obstruction, and perjury. No wonder Cheney’s on blood thinners! Anyway, you don’t read the Peak Dope for that stuff. So how about a Britney Spears story?

This One Originally Came From the British Tabloids
So we initially ignored it yesterday and besides, we were too enamored with Bono’s NAACP Image Award – see post below. But now it’s making the rounds and we don’t want you hanging around the water cooler unable to put in your two cents about how Britney Spears is the anti-Christ. She wrote “666” on her head and tried to hang herself prison style with a bed sheet. She failed in her attempt.

Why Simon Cowell is Still the Coolest Guy Ever
It sounds like he’d like to smack Britney around. Actually, a Simon Cowell rehab center doesn’t sound like such a bad idea. Forget Betty Ford when you can take the hard line at Simon’s rehab. You get sent to a third-world country (like New Orleans) to see how rough life really can be.

Before you think that’s in bad taste, ask anyone from N’Awlins about what it was like when that hurricane hit. Then open your wallet !

Elton John Gives Away Liz Hurley
She dumped that philandering Hugh Grant ages ago and is now engaged in five days of celebration as she marries Indian businessman Arun Nayar. We’re talking about Liz Hurley of Estee Lauder and Austin Powers fame. Nayar knows how to take care of a lady too, buying Liz a diamond necklace worth over 16 grand. Elton John is filling all roles possible in Liz’s wedding except matron of honor. He gave Liz away since her own father has passed on and even did some wedding music by performing Your Song. Chicks planning weddings right now take note because this is how it’s done.

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Special Edition of the Peak Dope About Bono's Latest Award

It’s a special edition of the Peak Dope because I, Heather the Bono Tracker, have tracked Bono to the NAACP Image Awards. He was there Friday night picking up the Chairman’s Award for his efforts to fight the good fight (as Triumph would sing) against AIDS and poverty. This is why I love Bono; he could score a nomination or win an award from any upstanding organization in the world. He was even up for the Nobel Peace Prize. But has he saved the world yet? The work the NAACP honors him for sure puts him close.

If you track Bono like I do, you know some of his acceptance speeches have formerly been filled with curse words and all kinds of rock star-like behavior. And I say God bless him for it – because at least while our boy Bono is a serious do-gooder, he still doesn’t take everything too seriously. I think we all could use a little bit more of that with our coffee in the morning.

There was really only one funny Bono-ism from his NAACP acceptance speech this weekend:

“Tyra Banks, you are gorgeous. I was a finalist in Ireland’s Next Top Model. I look up to you. Literally.”

After that, our hero launched into a very inspirational speech…I think he’s been watching old videos of MLK, actually:

New Hollywood Hoo Hah!

Is Monica drunk in this one?

There I go again spreading rumors. Heather here having a little Sunday blog as the sun sets on our Lost 80's Weekend. Besides, we all know it's Steve and Detour Dan who are the real lushes! Speaking of Mr. Douglas, he's just finished making his latest edition of Hollywood Hoo Hah:

We're Lost in the 1980s!

Don't help us either; we plan to be lost all weekend. You know what was so cool about the 1980s? Yes, everything was cool about the 80s. That was a dumb question come to think of it.

Nine Inch Nails -- Head Like A Hole


Goonies


Stop The Madness!


Thomson Twins -- Doctor! Doctor!


Michael Jackson -- Thriller


Icehouse -- Electric Blue LIVE


El Debarge -- Who's Johnny?


Short Circuit


Madonna -- Like A Prayer


ET


George Michael -- Faith


80s Movie Montage


Another 80s Movie Montage!


Fast Times at Ridgemont High


Better Off Dead


Your Wish is Granted, Long Live Jambi


John Paragon was the actor who played Jambi. He also played the character "Ray" in the famous Soup Nazi episode of Seinfeld.

Charles in Charge Theme Song


Baby Jessica Freed From the Well


Princess Diana's Wedding, 1981

Rush Set to Release New Abum This May

Rush will be releasing a new album, Snakes & Arrows, on May 1. The first single from the album will be Far Cry.

More New Music News
Patti Smith releases an album of covers called Twelve on April 17. In case you didn't notice, she's today's Peak Legend! On May 22, Erasure releases Light at the End of the World. That's a CD of all new music, kids! The first single, I Could Fall in Love With You won't be out until April though.

Is it even fair for us to give you this kind of music news when all this great stuff isn't even in stores yet? Ouch, we feel like a tease. We should at least give you something for stopping by the blog that you can enjoy right now.

Here's some old Erasure, it's the video for Oh L'Amour. You know, the keyboard player still looks like that -- minus the beret, of course!

For some reason, we're ADDICTED to Craig Ferguson

Just take a look at Scotty's blog from yesterday. We can't stop. He may be our new favorite human being (don't tell Mr. Peakerman, who thinks he's always our favorite human being). Is Craig Ferguson not world's most perfect comic? His monologues are never boring, he's quick, he's dry, and he's casual. His accent makes him even funnier.