Former Victoria's Secret Angel makes job sound like hell

Very few women worldwide could qualify as Victoria’s Secret Angels, the highest-profile underwear models in the world. However, Kylie Bisutti is ecstatic to have quit the gig, she confesses in her book "I’m No Angel." At 5'10" and 115 pounds, her agent told her she looked "like a  fat cow…you need to lose 2 inches off your hips." Says Bisutti, "I was being paid to strip down and pose provocatively to titillate men… I felt like a piece of meat." Now Bisutti is living in Montana with husband Mike and volunteering at her church, and hoping her book (out May 14) will spread her message that “beauty isn’t about what you look like, it’s about what’s in your heart.”

'Teen Mom' alum Farrah Abraham sells classily titled sex tape for big bucks

When sexy turns sad, desperate and pathetic ...

Looks like bringing her dad and her 3-year-old daughter to her sex tape negotiations paid off for Farrah Abraham. TMZ says the onetime "Teen Mom" star, 21, has inked a deal with Vivid Entertainment for close to a million bucks for the porno she filmed with professional boinker James Deen.

Not surprisingly, the flick's title reflects all the class and subtlety we expect from the 70-minute nookie-fest that she initially tried to pretend didn't exist/was leaked: "Farrah Superstar: Backdoor Teen Mom."

She also accused Deen of having a small, ahem, appendage when he talked openly about the planned-out shoot.

"If you're going to make a celebrity sex tape and try to pass it off as an amateur home video, you don't hire a well-known porn star!" shrugged Deen, who we're starting to like more and more, despite his participation in this mess. "You hire, like, some random dude."

Alas, the payday isn't quite what Farrah was hoping for.

"I will not be settling for anything less then a couple million," she declared to Us Weekly earlier this month. As for why she filmed it, "I'm a great woman, mother and entrepreneur. ... I wanted my own personal video made and photos taken for myself; when I am older I will have my best year to look back on."

Let's hope that's not true, but if it is, she has our deepest sympathies.

Why LA's adult film business is relocating

Unhappy about a new condom law, it's moving out of its usual haunts into neighboring -- and often unsuspecting -- residential areas.

Quick: What's one of the few global industries the U.S. still monopolizes? If you said "pornography," congratulations.

Nearly 90% of porn is American-made, and U.S. Internet porn sites generated $2.84 billion in revenue in 2006, according to Good magazine. Sex sells so much, in fact, that more than 260 new sex sites reportedly go online daily -- with about $89 spent every second on pornography.

For decades, Los Angeles County has been home to the U.S. porn industry. But that changed last November, when county voters approved a mandate requiring porn actors to wear condoms during filming. The new law was intended to combat the spread of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases -- but it's having an unexpected side effect.

Earlier this month, the Los Angeles Daily News noted that applications for filming permits from the adult film industry dropped dramatically in L.A. County -- from an average of about 500 permits annually to just two so far this year.

"Most production companies have ceased shooting in L.A. County," Diane Duke, the chief executive officer of the Free Speech Coalition, an adult film trade organization, told the newspaper. "They have other options in other states and communities."

Those "other options" appear to include the moving of skin-flick production out of L.A. County and down the road into residential communities in neighboring Ventura County.

The Los Angeles Times says that in an unincorporated part of Ventura County local residents were recently startled to discover a sex shoot happening at a home on their street.

"It's really disturbing," Tim Gray, a 56-year-old father of four, told the Times. "We were eating dinner, and we heard these loud sounds outside, like something really bad had happened. I went outside and heard, well, the typical sounds you'd hear in a porn movie. It was echoing all over the neighborhood. Later I asked my daughter if she heard it. She said, 'Yeah, I was doing my homework, and I just turned up the music to drown it out.'"

The Associated Press says the Ventura County Board of Supervisors is expected to consider its own condom ordinance for adult films next month. If adopted, the measure would apply to the country's unincorporated regions as well.

Back in L.A. County, the porn condom law is being contested in U.S. district court by Vivid Entertainment, one of the biggest producers of porn movies. Stay tuned.

Stripper posts pic of one night's tips, now we want to be strippers

We've already counted all of those bills, and they add up to $3,445. That's what Redditor Menagerii says she earned during one day as a stripper at an Atlanta club. That's not to say she just showed up and collected twenties in her waistband: She put in 15.5 hours, shaking her (literal) moneymaker from 11:30 a.m. until 3 a.m., doing 30 table dances and making five appearances onstage. She did admit that this stack of cash was "double an average night," but pulling in a grand every night isn't too bad, either. So how do we get this gig? "You have to be in good shape, quick witted, confident and have a pretty face," she wrote. What about one out of four? 

Sports Blogger Chastises NBA Cheerleader for 'Pudginess'

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A CBS Houston sports blogger has come under fire for questioning whether an Oklahoma City Thunder Girl was "too chunky" to be an NBA cheerleader.

Blogger Claire Crawford targeted Oklahoma City Thunder cheerleader Kelsey Williams' looks on the court after the Houston Rockets faced off against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round of the NBA Playoffs.

"The Rockets looked terrible in Game 1, but some say they weren't the only bad-looking people on the court," Crawford wrote.

While she conceded Williams was a "pretty blonde," she wrote Oklahoma City fans had criticized her for "having 'pudginess' around her waistline."

"But if she's comfortable wearing that tiny outfit and dancing for NBA fans, then good for her," Crawford wrote. "Besides…not every man likes women to be toothpick skinny. I'd say most men prefer a little extra meat on her bones."
A poll asked attached to his column asked readers what their opinions were on Williams in the Oklahoma City Thunder cheerleader outfit.
Voters could choose from three options. Either they thought Williams had "the perfect look to be an NBA cheerleader," "she could use some tightening up in her midsection," or "she has no business wearing that outfit in front of people."
Williams politely fired back at the post on Twitter.
"To be womanly always, discouraged never," she wrote.
"We wouldn't know what blessings were if we didn't go through trials. Thank you to EVERYONE for the compassion and love today. I'm in awe," she tweeted on April 24.
CBS Houston has since removed the post from its website, but a cached version of the page is still available online.

The Houston Chronicle reported that Crawford was a pseudonym for Anna-Megan Raley, who once blogged for the paper and posted a video of her audition to be a Houston Dynamo soccer team cheerleader. Raley's Twitter accounts, under her name and her alias, Crawford, have been deleted.

This isn't the first time a professional sports team cheerleader has been criticized for her looks.
Former Green Bay Packers cheerleader Kaitlyn Collins took to YouTube to post a video in response to a cruel post where she was called "ugly" and "an eyesore" on an unofficial Chicago Bears Fan page in February. 

Rolling Stones rock small LA club ahead of tour

• Associated Press - FILE - This Dec. 15, 2012 file photo shows lead singer Mick Jagger, left, and Charlie Watts of The Rolling Stones during a performance at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Before they …more  kick off their “50 and Counting” tour, the Rolling Stones are playing a warm-up date in a small club in Los Angeles. The band is due to play the Echoplex on Saturday night before a crowd that will be miniscule compared to the thousands who are set to see them perform May 3 at the Staples Center. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)  less 

LOS ANGELES (AP) — For one night only, the Rolling Stones were an up-and-coming band again.

The legendary group rocked a small club in Los Angeles on Saturday night for a minuscule crowd compared to the thousands set to see them launch their "50 and Counting" anniversary tour a week later on May 3 at the Staples Center.
The band kicked off Saturday's hush-hush 90-minute concert at the Echoplex in the hip Echo Park neighborhood with "You Got Me Rocking" before catapulting into a mix of new and old material, as well as their bluesy covers of classics from Otis Redding ("That's How Strong My Love Is"), Chuck Berry ("Little Queenie") and The Temptations ("Just My Imagination").
"Welcome to Echo Park, a neighborhood that's always coming up — and I'm glad you're here to welcome an up-and-coming band," lead singer Mick Jagger joked after the second song of the evening, "Respectable."
Despite clocking in several decades as a band, Jagger, drummer Charlie Watts and guitarists Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood showed no signs of slowing down Saturday.
Jagger, who ditched a black-and-white track jacket emblazoned with the band's logo after the first few songs, worked the crowd into a singalong frenzy with "Miss You," complete with a harmonica solo from the strutting frontman.
Tickets to the Echoplex concert were sold earlier in the day for $20 each — a fraction of what tickets to the tour cost.
Hundreds of fans lined up outside the El Rey Theatre across town for a chance to attend the spontaneous show. Buyers were limited to one ticket, and they were required to pay with cash, show a government-issued ID, wear a wristband with their name on it and be photographed. Their names were verified at the venue, which has a capacity of about 700.
Cameras and smartphones weren't allowed inside the Echoplex, which usually plays host to hipster bands and mash-up dance parties. The lack of personal recording devices made the Stones' performance feel even more exclusive and old school, freeing concertgoers' hands of the gizmos that have become commonplace at concerts nowadays and further bonding the crowd, many of whom built up camaraderie during the confusing ticket lottery earlier in the day.
Toward the end of the show, the band was joined by former Stones guitarist Mick Taylor for their version of Robert Johnson's "Love in Vain," as well as "Midnight Rambler."
The band, which was backed by Darryll Jones on bass, Chuck Leavell on keys, Bobby Keys on sax and Bernard Fowler and Lisa Fischer as backup singers, encored with the hits "Brown Sugar" and "Jumpin' Jack Flash."
"(This is) the first show of the tour, probably the best one," Jagger said at the end of the set.
Bruce Willis, Gwen Stefani and Skrillex were among the famous faces in the sold-out crowd.
Rumors of the surprise show spread across social networks last week after the band teased the appearance on their Twitter accounts. The dance-pop band New Build, which was originally scheduled to play the Echoplex on Saturday, was first to leak details about the performance.
"Our gig got shifted b/c the Rolling Stones are playing Echoplex," the band tweeted Friday. They joked that they were looking forward to "having it out" with the Stones.
The Rolling Stones performed a few dates together in London, New York City and Newark, N.J., last winter but didn't announce a tour until this month. They will play 17 dates in the United States but may add more down the line. The lowest price for tickets to the show at the Staples Center, which has a capacity of about 20,000, is $250.

Grateful Dead Guitarist Bob Weir Collapses Onstage in New York 

Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead at TRI Studios in 2011. Photo: Noah Berger, Special To The Chronicle

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Grateful Dead singer-guitarist Bob Weir collapsed during his performance with Furthur at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York last night. The band, which also includes bassist Phil Lesh, was closing out a nine show residency at the historic venue when the 65-year-old Weir stumbled and fell to the floor about a minute into the song “Unbroken Chain.”
He was helped up by crew members and was able to complete the tune while seated in a chair before the band took a brief break. When they returned without him, Lesh told the crowd that Weir had strained his shoulder earlier in the day and would be unable to complete the set, but the music never stopped.
Furthur is scheduled to play Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall on Saturday and the BottleRock Napa music festival on May 9. No update on his condition was available Friday morning.

Beyonce writhes around in a bikini as she debuts new song, ad

And likely ended up with sand in very uncomfortable places ...

Beyoncé is all about corporate synergy. Her recent Pepsi commercial was not only an homage to all things Queen B, but it also premiered her song "Grown Woman." Now, she's using her deal with deal with H&M to tease more new music. On Thursday, Bey released a 90-second ad for the affordable clothing retailer set to "Standing on the Sun," a ditty off her forthcoming album.

The video itself is in keeping with the spirit of H&M: It's trendy yet economical. Beyoncé, sporting a variety of bikinis and other summer wear, cavorts on a beach in the Bahamas while flinging sand and surf, and whipping a variety of blond and black wigs back and forth. If you like to watch the chanteuse in slow motion, this is the video for you.

The clip concludes in what may or may not be a nod to the Ewok party scene from "Return of the Jedi." As fire blazes around her, the chanteuse smolders in a headdress with a post-spinal surgery feel to it.

And because we can't get enough of Beyoncé and her lovely armpits, here are more shots from her H&M campaign ...

Rihanna prepares for performance by posing topless in yellow underpants

She does, however, protect what's left of her modesty ...

Rihanna doesn't feel the need to live an undocumented life. Every thought, action and impulse becomes a shared experience with her fans, including this coif-molding moment with her hairstylist before a concert on Monday night in Atlanta. The chanteuse, who's back in the pink after missing a few dates on her Diamonds world tour due to an apparent throat infection, posted this titillating pic on Instagram. "Show time!" she enthused, adding, "#ATL is all miiiiiinnneee!!!! I want you on your WORST behavior!!! Tonight is all about you!!!"

Egyptian bride fined $7,500 for virginity surgery

Caveat emptor, people. An Egyptian bride will pay her ex-husband $7,500 — after an Abu Dhabi court determined that she had faked surgery on her ladyparts to make him think she was a virgin. The large fine was also meant to "help [the groom] overcome the stigma of what is considered in some parts of Arab society to be embarrassing," though we'd rewrite that to say that this trial would be embarrassing in pretty much all parts of all societies, for everyone involved. The court also found that the woman had lied in the couple's marriage contract, falsely stating she had never been previously married.

Budweiser tries putting same old beer in new cans

The bowtie-shaped 11.3-ounce container can't hide the fact that Bud sales have slid steeply in recent years.

When Budweiser sales slip, it's clearly not the beer's fault: It's the cans.

Parent company Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD -0.65%) has watched Budweiser's marketplace slide for a good, long while now. In 2011, MolsonCoors' (TAP -2.23%) flagship product Coors Light replaced Bud as the No. 2 beer in the country, breaking the grip A-B held on the Top 2 since 1993.

While Coors Light sales grew 9% in the five years prior, Bud sales tanked 29%. It has lost more than 60% of its sales since its 50 million-barrel peak in 1988, when it accounted for more than 25% of all beer sold in the U.S. For some perspective, Budweiser once held market share close to that now held by both Miller and Coors brands combined (27%).

To combat this, A-B has commissioned its canning facility in Newburgh, N.Y., to make Budweiser cans shaped like bowties to claw back some of its lost sales. The cans are crimped in the middle, sold in eight-packs and hold 11.3 ounces of beer compared to the 12 found in regular cans. Always looking on the bright side, A-B notes that the missing 0.7 ounces knocks 8.5 calories off the content.

Budweiser could use a bit more of that one-sided optimism. Until Beer Marketer's Insights reported an estimated 0.6% uptick in Anheuser-Busch InBev sales for 2012, the big brewer had seen sales drop each year since 2008.

It has thrown just about everything at the wall trying to stop the bleeding. It has introduced "premium" brands like Budweiser Select, Budweiser American Ale, Bud Light Platinum, Budweiser Black Crown and Bud Light Lime margarita flavors. It purchased Chicago-based small brewer Goose Island from the Craft Brew Alliance (BREW -1.04%) last year. It's hosting its "Made In America" music festival in Philadelphia this August with Beyonce and Nine Inch Nails, and it has been sponsoring pop culture site A.V. Club's A.V. Undercover performances in an attempt to get younger audiences to drink its declining brand.

Recently, it ran afoul of the Justice Department in a bid to take over Mexico-based Corona maker Modelo and was forced to redo the deal and give up U.S. distribution of Modelo products. The deal comes as imports and small American craft brewers take an increasing share of big brewers' market share and profits.

MolsonCoors' Miller brands have faced similar issues. According to AdAge, Vince Vaughn, "Hangover III" co-star Ken Jeong, former mixed martial arts star Chuck Lidell and drummer Questlove from The Roots are all slated to appear in a new round of Miller Lite ads. It's a step away from the Miller Lite "man up" campaign and a nod to the brand's "Miller Lite All-Stars" glory days of the mid-'70s and '80s.

Miller Lite's parent company also hopes a new bottle available only in bars and restaurants starting in May will help stop the slide.

As Boston Beer Co. (SAM -0.01%) joins other craft brewers like Oskar Blues, 21st Amendment, Sierra Nevada and New Belgium by putting Samuel Adams in cans this summer, those breweries and their growing consumer base will only add to the pressures that have pushed A-B to squeeze its cans in the middle.

Get an advanced degree in weed at Nevada's first 'pot college'

The Budtender School (ugh) at the Cannabis Career Institute in Nevada launched last weekend with a workshop for about 40 students. Institute founder Robert Calkin says the school is a primer for anyone who wants to get into the medical marijuana business, teaching students how to grow marijuana legally and bake it into brownies, cookies and cakes. Calkin says a successful dispensary can make $250,000 a year and up to $10,000 a day, which definitely justifies the $249 cost of the daylong seminar. It's the one college where getting high and eating junk food qualifies as "cramming." Well, here and UC Santa Cruz. 

Chief pornography identification officer job is available

Are you able to recognize pornography when you see it? Are you willing to relocate to Beijing? If you answered yes to these questions, then your dream job awaits. Anquan.org, a "neutral" Chinese site designed to establish "Internet safety," is searching for a Chief Pornography Identification Officer. According to the job description, you’ll need to be able to "research and study pornographic videos and images, formulate criteria for determining obscenity," as well as "manage and rate pornographic resources." The gig pays about $32,000, and is open to men and women between the ages of 20 and 35. Hang on, do we smell ageism? Either way, you’ll also have to possess "good teamwork skills." Have fun with that cover letter.

Storm Thorgerson, Pink Floyd album designer, dies

English graphic designer Storm Thorgerson stands next to his album cover artwork for Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon" on July 24, 2008. / Yui Mok/AP

The man behind one of the most classic album covers of all time has died.
The U.K.'s Telegraph reports that Storm Thorgerson, the English graphic designer who created Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" died Thursday, according to his manager. He was 69.
A statement released by Thorgerson's family said, "His ending was peaceful and he was surrounded by family and friends. He had been ill for some time with cancer though he had made a remarkable recovery from his stroke in 2003."
Pink Floyd's David Gilmour said in a statement: "The artworks that he created for Pink Floyd from 1968 to the present day have been an inseparable part of our work."
Gilmour continued, "We first met in our early teens. We would gather at Sheep's Green, a spot by the river in Cambridge and Storm would always be there holding forth, making the most noise, bursting with ideas and enthusiasm. Nothing has ever really changed. He has been a constant force in my life, both at work and in private, a shoulder to cry on and a great friend...I will miss him."
A statement on the Pink Floyd's website said: "We are saddened by the news that long-time Pink Floyd graphic genius, friend and collaborator, Storm Thorgerson, has died. Our thoughts are with his family and many friends."
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the release of Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon." In addition to being Floyd's longtime collaborator, Thorgerson also designed the covers for Led Zeppelin's 1976 "Presence" album and 1979's "In Through the Out Door." Through the years, he designed artwork for Phish, Styx, the Cranberries, Muse, Genesis, Black Sabbath and Peter Gabriel.
In 2010, he told BBC News, "People pay me for my thoughts and my dreams. I think in that sense I'm very fortunate."

UNICEF rates Canadian teens No. 1 at smoking weed

UNICEF’s findings are going to kick off a chain of parental high-fives across America: The U.S. doesn’t have the highest percentage of weed-smoking teens. That honor belongs to Canada, with 28 percent of 11-,13- and 15-year-olds having tried the wacky tobaccy. U-S-A! U-S-A! Although 22 percent of American youths have tried it, next to those stoners up North these kids are real Polly Pinklungs. Weirdly, UNICEF found that out of 29 countries surveyed, those with more liberal pot laws actually had lower usage among youths. Weed has been decriminalized in Portugal, for instance, and only 10.5 percent of the youths there have tried it, as opposed to the comparatively whopping stats for North America.

Watch out for drunken golf-cart drivers if you visit Peachtree, Ga.

Peachtree City, Ga., is the "Golf Cart Capital of the World," where 10,000 registered golf carts (one for every three of its 34,000 citizens) gently zoom about on 100 miles of dedicated golf cart paths. But the town is also beset by drunken golf-cart drivers: More than 15 percent of drunken driving charges in 2012 involved golf carts, and the police are making a serious effort to crack down. "Unfortunately, it's public perception to some that it's not a big deal to drive intoxicated in a golf cart," said Lt. Mark Brown. Peachtree City residents: Stop spiking your Arnold Palmers. 

A bit of booze might help women survive breast cancer, study finds

Alcohol can increase your chances of dying from cancer, but paradoxically, it might also help you survive a cancer diagnosis. According to a new study of 25,000 breast cancer patients conducted by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, women who drank moderately (that's three to six drinks a week) before developing the disease are 15 percent less likely to die from it. Those moderate drinkers are also 25 percent less likely to develop heart disease, which is recognized as a contributor to death among breast cancer survivors. "This is good news for women because it might help direct some of their choices after their diagnosis," said the study's lead author Polly Newcomb.

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Ever wonder what it's like inside a female locker room? Far more intense than anyone would imagine. Especially an LFL locker room. Seattle Mist head coach, Chris Michaelson, explodes on his defense after a tough 1st half of giving up big plays including a last-second touchdown.

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Ever wonder what it's like inside a female locker room? Far more intense than anyone would imagine. Especially an LFL locker room. Seattle Mist head coach, Chris Michaelson, explodes on his defense after a tough 1st half of giving up big plays including a last-second touchdown.

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Lingerie football coach goes on NSFW rant at his players

The ladies of the Legends (formerly Lingerie) Football League are undeniably tough, playing on with sprains, bruises and breaks. And that's just their eardrums. If your sensibilities aren't too delicate, check out the obscene halftime speech coach Chris Michaelson inflicted on his Seattle Mist players after they had the temerity to give up a touchdown by the Green Bay Chill just before halftime. At least he didn't go all Mike Rice and start chucking footballs at them. LFL officials are reviewing the incident, though their initial reaction was simply, "We don't condone the use of the word 'retarded.'" Maybe they're just impressed the tirade worked. The Mist dominated in the second half to win 55-36.

Low finance: Sexy shoe-shiners hit Wall Street

By building a brand around tank tops and short shorts, Star Shine NYC's owners are reveling in a revealing business trend.

Boy, has it been a busy month for mammary-minded American consumers.

First, Hooters started toning down its image to appeal to more women. Then the wings-and-tight-shirts restaurant chain slid away from that stance after being sued by a waitress who claims she was fired for not wearing a wig over a surgical scar.

Then, Texas-based Bikinis Sports Bar and Grill trademarked the term "breastaurant" after similarly themed establishments like the Tilted Kilt, Mugs N Jugs and Twin Peaks considered that descriptor too vulgar for their blushingly modest tastes.

Now, Star Shine NYC is bringing tank tops and tiny shorts to Manhattan's financial district in the shoe-polishing world's answer to a bikini car wash. According to DNAinfo, co-owner Kevin White Jr. and his father came up with the plan for an "upscale" shoe-shine spot run by attractive women while working in finance downtown and commuting home to Queens.

The small shop between Exchange Place and Beaver Street is furnished with leather chairs and flat-screen TVs, and White has plans to bring in beer and wine. A regular shine costs $7, but there's a $4 early-bird special before 11 a.m.

A few random observations: 1. There's a certain Lower Manhattan subculture that believes the more low-cut or nonexistent a woman's top is, the more "upscale" the establishment is. 2. Don't give White a hard time about sexism or objectification of women at his shoe-shine stand. After all, he says, "even my sister, a college student, is working there." 3. Yes, Star Shine does on-premises calls for groups of 10 or more.

So, how much is sex actually selling these days? While there's no point of comparison for scantily clad shoe-shiners, food industry research firm Technomic found that the top three "breastaurant" chains behind Hooters saw sales climb 30% in 2011. Hooters' sales, however, plateaued at $1 billion in 2007 before falling to $850 million last year.

Remove the slightly dressed ladies from that equation, though, and you basically have Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD +0.76%), which has expanded from 340 to more than 500 restaurants nationwide since 2008 and saw same-store sales jump 6.6% last year alone. In a casual-dining market that has been in steady decline since the recession, Buffalo Wild Wings has thrived because of what's on its plates, in its glasses and on its TVs -- not what's stuffed into its uniforms.

That doesn't mean breastploitation companies like this cropped-top shoe-shine stand won't find success, but the business of American ogling tends to be cyclical. Judging by the events of the past month, leering hasn't been this lucrative since lads' mags like Maxim and FHM peaked nearly a decade ago. 

Legally, you can't just fling the word 'breastaurant' around anymore

You can call Hooters a lot of things, but you may no longer call it a "breastaurant." That term has now been trademarked by a Texas-based, uh, breastaurant called Bikinis Sports Bar & Grill, which has locations throughout Texas, North Carolina and Oklahoma. And, yes, it is the same Bikinis that got a Texas town to rename itself in the eatery's honor. Company founder Doug Guller says Bikinis is "really excited" about snagging the federal trademark, adding, "It just further solidifies that Bikinis Sports Bar & Grill is America’s ONLY breastaurant®." A dubious distinction, but there it is.

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Producer/Engineer Andy Johns dead at 61

Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Van Halen among his many credits

Legendary producer and engineer Andy Johns died over the weekend at the age of 61. According to Billboard, Johns had been hospitalized since last week.

Few producers and engineers can ever hope to amass even a fraction of the resume Johns did over the course of his long career, and if you call yourself a fan of rock ‘n’ roll, you own many of his records. By the time he turned 21 he had already worked with The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Humble Pie, Jethro Tull, Free, Blind Faith, Traffic, and Mott the Hoople. Although he had engineered such classics albums as Led Zeppelin IV, Physical Graffiti, Houses of the Holy, Sticky Fingers, and Exile on Main St., he went on to make a name for himself as a producer in the late-‘70s, his most important work being Television’s seminal Marquee Moon in 1977.

From a metal and hard rock perspective, Johns became a go-to producer/engineer for many artists in the 1980s and 1990s, including Van Halen, Ozzy Osbourne, Cinderella, Gary Moore, and L.A. Guns. In recent years, some of his more successful collaborations were with Chickenfoot and Godsmack. 

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Playboy Bunny House Hits The Market

The Playboy Bunny house is going up for sale.
According to TMZ, the 6,000 square foot home in Holmy Hills, which was featured on the show The Girls Next Door, hit the market this week. The home is being listed for $11 million.

The Playboy bunny house, also known as the bunny hutch, sits on 1.3 acres of land and is just a few doors down from the famous Playboy mansion. It features 5 bedrooms, 6.5 baths, a waterfall and a pool.
The mansion may sound like a sexy piece of real estate but according to Real Estalker the bunny hutch is a little worn down.
The real estate website writes: “To be honest with y’all the property looks a bit on the scungy side for a house in this particular neck of hoity toity L.A. The neighbors probably hate it.”
The Playboy bunny house has had some famous and beautiful residents. Playboy playmate Jayde Nicole and Amazing Race contestant Jaime Edmondson both lived at the Holmy Hills mansion.

101-year-old woman says four drinks a day keep the doctor away

Our new hero is a Staten Island woman who just turned 101 and whose recipe for longevity includes booze, booze and more booze. Meet Nancy Lamperti, who was born in 1912 in Oppido Mamertina, Italy, and came to the U.S. in 1927. Her diet each day includes four alcoholic drinks: two glasses of Paisano wine with lunch, a glass of Southern Comfort before dinner and a can of Bud at 6 p.m. Lamperti also rises at 5 a.m. and goes to bed at the early hour of 10 p.m. But let's get back to that booze. Some studies show women who drink moderate alcohol throughout the week stay healthier as they age than nondrinking women. So if you'll excuse us, we're going to run to the liquor store for Grandma.

Smoking pot in a police parking lot is just as dumb as you think it is

On Tuesday, New Jersey state trooper Erik Tapia was in the parking lot of a police barracks in Totowa preparing for his overnight shift when he says he smelled the oh-so-distinctive smell of marijuana. Following the scent to a car parked two down from his own, Tapia looked inside and allegedly spotted three passengers blazing up. To quote Lt. Stephen Jones, "They didn't make the brightest decision on where to smoke their pot." The dumb trio were charged with possession of marijuana and ecstasy, which police say they also found in the car. A fourth man, who the other three were waiting for while he attempted to pick up an impounded car, was also charged.

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Rolling Stones announce nine-city tour

NEW YORK (AP) — Call it satisfaction: The Rolling Stones have announced a nine-city tour.
The veteran rockers said Wednesday their 50 and Counting tour will kick off in Los Angeles at the Staples Center. The date will be announced later.
The second show is in Oakland, Calif., on May 5. The tour will also visit San Jose, Calif.; Las Vegas; Anaheim, Calif.; Toronto; Chicago; and Boston. The tour wraps June 18 in Philadelphia.

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Tickets for Oakland, San Jose, Toronto and Chicago go on sale April 8. Ticket sales for the other cities will be announced later.
The band will also headline the Glastonbury Festival on June 29 and will perform at London's Hyde Park on July 6.

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Charlie Watts wanted to quit Rolling Stones before anniversary shows

April 5, 2013, 7:29 AM EST

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The Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts was on the verge of quitting the band before they reunited for their 50th anniversary shows last year.
The veteran rockers returned to the stage in 2012 for the first time in five years to play a handful of gigs in London and the U.S. to mark their 50th year in the music business. The group is heading back out on the road this year for a North American tour and several shows in the U.K., but Watts admits he was considering retirement from The Rolling Stones before they got back on stage at London's O2 Arena in November.

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In a new interview with Britain's The Guardian, Watts, 71, was asked whether he had ever wanted to quit, and he replied, "I thought that before the O2, but it was actually very comfortable to do. It was good fun, is what I meant to say... (Did I have) misgivings? Yeah, oh yeah, I always do. It's a young person's (game). "The thing I find difficult is that 50 per cent of it (the job) is image, not my side of it, but it is, and as you get a bit older you think, 'Oh gawd!' (sic) I don't like looking at the pictures. I think (David) Bowie looks all right... Some others haven't weathered so well... You do now seriously have to look at your age, because if this goes on for another two years, I'll be 73."
The drummer goes on to insist his bandmates Sir Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were the ones pushing the group towards a reunion, adding, "You wouldn't do it if Mick didn't want to do it. You've got to have Mick and Keith, but the driving force is Mick. If he's enthusiastic, he'll push everyone along. Keith's much more laidback about it."