Steroids, schmeroids. Fans yawn at A-Rod tell-all

October 7th, 2009 Rap legends PUBLIC ENEMY are urging fans to fund their next album in return for a share of the profits. The group signed an agreement with SellaBand, an online fan funding engine, and is asking devotees to help raise $250,000 (£116,000) so it can hit the studio and record a new disc.

October 4th, 2009 Life imitated art in a White Plains, New York courtroom on Friday (02Oct09) when actor SCOTT SIEGEL confessed to moonlighting as an illegal steroids dealer. Ironically, Siegel played Mickey Rourke's 'pusher' in The Wrestler.

September 27th, 2009 Actor DUSTIN DIAMOND has hinted his former SAVED BY THE BELL co-star MARK-PAUL GOSSELAAR used steroids to beef up his physique during his years on the hit 1990s show. In his tell-all memoir, Behind The Bell, Diamond spills details about off-screen sexual encounters between the high school actors, their hard partying ways and alleged drug use.

September 3rd, 2009 Comedienne KATHY GRIFFIN was once so paranoid about her looks she resorted to illegal drugs to lose weight. The Emmy Award-winning funnywoman went under the knife at the age of 26 to reshape her nose, but the operation failed to cure her low self-esteem and she found herself popping speed pills in a desperate bid to shed some pounds.

September 2nd, 2009 Sex, scandal, yawn: Madoff books are a bustNEW YORK — Sex and scandal have not been enough to make major sellers out of books about Bernard Madoff. According to Nielsen BookScan, neither a much-discussed tell-all by alleged ex-mistress Sheryl Weinstein nor a recent wave of biographies about the imprisoned financier have caught on with the public.

August 4th, 2009 Comedic actor MARLON WAYANS was so serious about playing an action hero in upcoming blockbuster G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA he contemplated illegal steroid use.

August 3rd, 2009 KATHLEEN TURNER hid her rheumatoid arthritis from Hollywood film-makers over fears it could cost her movie roles. The Romancing the Stone star's feet swelled up and she struggled to walk for a year until doctors finally diagnosed her with the illness.

July 31st, 2009 LONDON - Chat show 'Loose Women' host Carol McGiffin has lashed out at Kate Price a.k.a Jordan, saying that the model has no chance of appearing on the show. Recently rumours had surfaced that Price was being lined up as a presenter of the show.he posted on Twitter: "Just to clarify, Katie Price is not joining Loose Women - and if I had my way, she would never even be a guest again," the Sun reports.

July 7th, 2009 LONDON - Actress Rachel Weisz has left no doubts on her opinion on botox, saying that she would prefer it to be banned for actors. The Constant Gardener star said that she wanted the cosmetic treatment forbidden onscreen since it came under the way of altering an actor's expression.

June 27th, 2009 Review: 'Ice Age' is 'yawn of the dinosaurs' taleThere's more action and cuddly creatures for kids to love in "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" than in the animated franchise's first two installments. For their parents, it's more of the same, a "Yawn of the Dinosaurs" adventure with some new faces and places but the same central characters rehashing the themes of the first two movies.

June 17th, 2009 Correction: 'Food, Inc.' reviewLOS ANGELES — In a June 15 review of "Food Inc.," The Associated Press reported erroneously that the documentary showed chickens puffed-up and collapsing from steroids. One chicken farmer in the film showed oversized birds that had been given antibiotics.

May 6th, 2009 NEW YORK - Yankee fans have been plaguing stores to grab a copy of the tell-all book about Alex Rodriguez. Sports Illustrated reporter Selena Roberts penned "A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez", which claims many juicy details about the life of the ace baseball player.

May 4th, 2009 Author sees A-Rod as insecure, needing to pleaseNEW YORK — Journalist Selena Roberts makes the case that Alex Rodriguez likely used steroids in high school and may have taken HGH while with the Yankees in her new biography of the MVP, a portrait of a deeply insecure man trying to cope with being abandoned by his father and obsessed with becoming a superstar. The release of "A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez" has been moved up to Monday because details of Rodriguez' possible drug use as a teenager and as a Yankee leaked out over the past week.

May 3rd, 2009 Girardi critical of A-Rod bookNEW YORK — Yankees manager Joe Girardi lashed out Sunday at a potentially damaging biography of Alex Rodriguez, questioning why the book was written and its accelerated release date. Sports Illustrated writer Selena Roberts' "A-Rod" reportedly offers an unflattering portrait of the MVP slugger as a needy personality who wanted his ego stroked constantly.

May 3rd, 2009 Girardi lashes out at A-Rod bookNEW YORK — Joe Girardi is already sick of an unflattering biography of Alex Rodriguez, and the book isn't even out yet. The New York Yankees manager lashed out at Sports Illustrated writer Selena Roberts' upcoming bio "A-Rod" before Sunday's game against the Los Angeles Angels.