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Early Addition: Brett Ratner's Gay Slur, Sex Talk Cost Him Oscar Job
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Ben Yakas
Published Nov 9, 2011
Modified Nov 9, 2011
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Published Nov 9, 2011
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- Because of a "gay slur" and some TMI sex talk, Brett Ratner will no longer be producing the Oscars. But will Eddie Murphy stay on as host?
- Why is Christine Quinn always chewing gum?
- Finally: here's video of Loutallica performing live. Watch as Lou Reed mangles-sings "White Light/White Heat"!
- City College student successfully picked out subway perv who groped her.
- The Washington Nationals are offering a "Yankees Pack," inviting fans to come experience the "first Yankees game at Nationals Park."
- Meet one of the city's three lady plumbers...who was accused of being a bad plumber on “The People’s Court.”
- Requiem for a Dream director Darren Aronofsky directed a handful of anti-meth PSAs for the Meth Project.
- Did Queens teen try to commit suicide because of bullying?
- Sticky fingers: Bill Clinton and Keith Richards together forever.
- And finally, the creepiest moustache-hair site you'll likely ever come across.
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