Mysteries of 'Kanye West Died', 'Carrie Prejean' & 'Rihanna Barbed Wire' Solved

Kanye West Died - Yo, if this was real, it'd be number one on Google Trends and your mom would have woken you up at 4 AM to tell you the knews. No, Kanye did not die in a horrific Ferrari drag racing accident last night as a viral internet hoax has led many to believe. He's alive and well today, at least so says his girlfriend Amber Rose. She tweeted, "This RIPKanyeWest topic is not funny and its NOT TRUE!" Still, we can't help feeling like Kanye's getting a kick out of the publicity. His soul smiles a little very time you type his name.

Carrie Prejean - Remember her? Yeah, the same Carrie Prejean who was stripped of her Miss California title after lashing out against gay marriage is back in the news. This time beause she owes K2 Productions, the organizer of the California pageant, $5,200 for the new rack the company "loaned" her to give her an edge at the 2009 Miss USA pageant. That's right. K2 bought Prejean breast implants (California pride!), under the assumption she'd pay the company back after achieving success and fame following the big show, but the 22-year-old beauty queen hasn't obliged, and now she's being sued. She's filed a suit herself, accusing K2 of libel and discrimination against her religious beliefs. The beautiful life isn't so beautiful after all, it appears.

Carmine Persico, Jonathan Pollard - These are Bernie Madoff's homies! New details are emerging of the Ponzi scheme mastermind's life behind bars in a suit filed on behalf of a dozen or so of his victims. Perhaps most interesting is the news that Madoff has been hanging out with Colombo crime boss Carmine Persico and Jonathan Pollard, an American convicted of selling military secrets to Israel. We also learn that Madoff shares a cell with a 21-year-old drug offender, spends his free time wandering around the prison track, and enjoys pizza cooked by a convicted child molestor. Even bad pizza isn't that bad, right?

Joseph Wiseman- The actor who played the title character in 1962's 'Dr. No,' the first ever James Bond film, died Monday at the age of 91. Dr. No is one of cinema's best remembered villains, and though Sean Connery is responsible in large part for launching the Bond franchise into the stratosphere, Wiseman played no small role. Unfortunately it was a role that he came to regret. His daughter has said that he viewed 'Dr. No' with "great disdain," having always wanted to be remembered for his work on the stage.

Rihanna Barbed Wire - If you've got it, flaunt it. Oh, and go topless and wrap yourself in barbed wire, too. Why not. It's sexy, and sex sells, and even the sexiest musicians need to go the extra mile in this day and age of rampant mp3 piracy. If you're Googling "Rihanna Barbed Wire," then you've heard about the provocative cover art of Rihanna's new single 'Russian Roulette.' It is indeed worth checking out. The song's not bad either. Her fourth studio album 'Rated R' comes out November 23.