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A partial cast list for the fifth season of VH1’s Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew has been published, and it includes The Real Housewives of DC ’s Tareq and Michaele Salahi and Lindsay Lohan’s father Michael Lohan. TMZ cites “sources connected to the production” to report that the cast includes those three, plus, New York Mets pitcher Dwight “Doc” Gooden, and actors Bai Ling and Jeremy Jackson. Update: VH1 confirmed Michael Lohan, Michaele (but not Tareq) Salahi, Jeremy Jackson, and Bai Ling, plus Amy Fisher. View the original article here

« The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: Kyle Richards Apologizes For Fight With Sister Kim | Home | American Idol: Steven Tyler Compares Show To His Early Aerosmith Days » January 24, 2011 11:00:35 by Paula_Kosowski Former Dancing with the Stars contestant Aaron Carter checked himself into rehab earlier this month for addiction issues, according to E! Online. Keep reading to see why the ABC star decided to get some help… According to E! Online, 23-year-old former teen pop idol and “Dancing with the Stars” contestant Aaron Carter went to rehab on his own decision. A source told E! Carter decided to go to rehab to “finally get some help.” “He was struggling recently and needed this,” the source said. Jonny Wright, the singer’s manager confirms the source’s statement, according to E!. Wright says Carter came to him several months ago to help reboot his music career and decided to take some time off training for a new album and live show to work out personal problems. “Aaron, understandin...

Celebrity Rehab participant Leif Garrett said that before his time on the show with Dr. Drew Pinsky, he was sober but producers asked him to use on camera, so he did. And first-season participant Jeff Conway said producers asked him to lie and create drama. Garrett reveals that in a Los Angeles Times feature story about the ethics of the show. He said that before going to the Pasadena Recovery Center, he sobered up, and after being clean for four days, producers “asked to get some footage of me using, and I said, ‘I haven’t been using.’ They said, ‘We really have to get footage of you using.’ Anyway, I was easily talked into showing them,” he told the paper. A VH1 publicist said, “The show’s producers would never ask anyone to use…PERIOD.” Meanwhile, Jeff Conway said that during his time on the show, “We all knew we were on TV. I think everybody, like myself, made choices. Sometimes we would go a little bit further than maybe we normally would. You can’t help it. There are cameras s...

« The Real Housewives of Orange County: Gretchen Rossi May be Forced to Pay Ex Jay Photoglou $40,000 in Legal Fees | Home | Extreme Makeover Home Edition: Fort Hood Family Talks About New Home. » December 27, 2010 03:00:37 by Shayla Perry Rachel Uchitel of VH1’s Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew is hoping to start a new career–as a Private Investigator! Yup, the former nightclub hostess and alleged mistress of pro-golfer Tiger Woods and BONES star, David Boreanaz has already begun her training and has a job lined up. Keep reading for all the details! Celebrity Rehab star Rachel Uchitel is looking to make a name for herself as a private investigator, and apparently, she’s already started training. “[I've] learned to shoot a weapon. I had to taser someone the other day. I had to get pepper sprayed, so I know what the effects are–so much fun! I had the best time ever!” Uchitel told FOX News. “We spend the entire four hours of the afternoon class doing a background check on the guy ...