Posts with tag "Artie Lange"

Howard Stern Sidekick Artie Lange Stages Comeback After Suicide Attempt

Posted Sep 27th 2010 at 05:10 PM by PopEater Staff

Howard Stern sidekick Artie Lange became a fan favorite after years of publicly battling his demons on the air. But he has been absent from Stern's satellite radio show for all of 2010 after his failed suicide attempt during the holidays last year. Fans call in each week on the show to try and find out updates on the comic, but Stern and his crew have had very little to say beyond brief updates ...

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What Will Howard Do? Stern's Contract Up in Six Months

Posted Jul 2nd 2010 at 01:00 PM by Jo Piazza

Howard Stern's contract expires on Dec. 31, 2010, and after that he will be an unrestricted free agent. He'll be free to re-sign a contract with Sirius XM Radio, free to retire, free to return to terrestrial radio or free to start an entirely new career. Free to judge 'American Idol'? Yes, but that probably won't happen (even though we think he's the perfect choice). So what will he do? ...

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Artie Lange Out of Hospital After Suicide Attempt

Posted Jan 8th 2010 at 03:51 PM by PopEater Staff

Artie Lange has been released from Jersey Center Medical Center, where he underwent surgery last Saturday after his mother found him in his Hoboken, NJ apartment with nine stab wounds to his abdominal area from a 13-inch Wolfgang Puck kitchen knife, police confirmed to Entertainment Weekly. "At this point, we've deemed it to be self-inflicted and attempted suicide," Hoboken Det. Lt. Mark ...

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Howard Stern: Artie Lange Suicide Attempt 'Was Too Much to Bear'

Posted Jan 8th 2010 at 06:41 AM by PopEater Staff

'Howard Stern Show' Artie Lange landed in the hospital after stabbing himself nine times in an apparent suicide attempt, sources told The Post. Though shock jock Stern vowed to keep quiet about Lange's condition during his Sirius Satellite Radio show Monday, he lifted the ban Thursday night. "I would love to know who the scumbag is who releases that to the press, because this is a private ...

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Gilbert Arenas Suspended, Eric the Midget Slams Artie, More Awards for Mariah Carey

Posted Jan 7th 2010 at 04:13 PM by Sam Brand

The NBA's class clown is suspended from school. Gilbert Arenas was sidelined "indefinitely" without pay on Wednesday. It's anyone's guess how much he'll pocket of the $80 million remaining on his monster deal. As for Artie Lange's little nemesis Eric the Midget? The Wack Pack scrooge has tweeted some less than kind words aimed at Howard Stern's recovering sidekick. And Mariah Carey has hit the ...

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Artie Lange Reportedly Stabbed Himself Nine Times

Posted Jan 7th 2010 at 09:57 AM by PopEater Staff

Artie Lange landed in the hospital after stabbing himself nine times in an apparent suicide attempt, sources told The Post. Lange's frantic mom called 911 Saturday morning after she entered his Hoboken apartment and found the bloodied funnyman, a law enforcement source said. Lange sustained six "hesitation wounds" and three deep plunges. A source close to Lange's management team confirmed that ...

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Howard Stern: Rumors About Artie Lange Make Me Sick

Posted Jan 4th 2010 at 10:40 AM by PopEater Staff

Howard Stern vowed on Monday to refrain from commenting on his hospitalized sidekick Artie Lange, but not before saying he "wanted to vomit" after reading rumors about the comedian's fragile health. A spokesman confirmed over the weekend that Lange, 42, is in a New Jersey hospital, but no other information has been released. On his Sirius Satellite Radio show Monday, Stern vowed to keep ...

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Howard Stern's Sidekick Artie Lange Hospitalized

Posted Jan 3rd 2010 at 09:21 AM by PopEater Staff

Artie Lange, Howard Stern's troubled sidekick, is in a New Jersey hospital for an unknown issue, TMZ reports. "I can confirm that Artie is in the hospital. Artie has chosen to keep all information on this matter between him and his doctor. There will be no further comment," a statement from his rep said. ...

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Artie Lange Mysteriously Absent

Posted Oct 19th 2009 at 12:57 PM by PopEater Staff

'Howard Stern Show' sidekick Artie Lange has missed more than a week of work and fans want to know what's up. Lange's mysterious absence shot the 42-year-old comedian's name to the top of Google Trends this morning. His audience is wondering - is he just sick, having caught a cold on a flight earlier this week, as he said on a voicemail left for producer Gary "Baba Booey" Dell'Abate? Or is Lange ...

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'Big Bang Theory' Star Talks Ladies, Lange, and Joining a Cult Phenomenon

Posted May 18th 2009 at 01:12 PM by Brooke Tarnoff

Simon Helberg plays a socially inept genius on the hit sitcom 'The Big Bang Theory' but make no mistake about his real-life skills with the ladies - Helberg himself tells PopEater that he was the Warren Beatty of his kindergarten class. After discussing the mixed blessing of peaking early in romance, we chatted about his turn as Moist in Joss Whedon's rampantly popular musical web series 'Dr. ...