Hard-Partying DJ Fatboy Slim in Rehab

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(March 5) - Norman Cook -- that's Fatboy Slim to you music fans -- has entered rehab to fight alcoholism.
"He is voluntarily getting treatment for an alcohol problem," his manager Gary Blackburn told Reuters, adding that the 45-year-old's treatment would not affect any planned gigs.
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"We expect to see him back in action real soon," he added.
Slim has made no secret of his love of drinking and hard partying. He once remarked in an interview that the only difference between himself and his alias Fatboy was "a bad Hawaiian shirt and a bottle of vodka."
The location of the rehab clinic has not been disclosed.
Slim is best known for the brilliant music video for his song, 'Weapon of Choice,' directed by Spike Jonze and starring a smooth-stepping Christopher Walken.
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