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Pretzel, Euclid Hall's stolen pig mascot, is on one very confusing journey

In the latest saga of Pretzel, Euclid Hall's pig mascot that was snatched from Sunday's Big Eat at Sustainability Park (you can read all about it on the next page), comes this from the pig herself. My Beloved Family! You gotta help me! My hijackers are taking good care of me (sort of), but I mis ... More >>

Scary Movie V is so un-funny it's scary

Photos: Top celebrity weddings in Colorado -- and how many couples are still together

Sometimes it seems like marriages involving stars last about as long as the average fruit fly. But we've got what looks like a way to help pairings of the famous beat the odds: They should get married in Colorado. Our evidence? HistoryOrb.com lists nine celebrity weddings to have taken place in Col ... More >>

Five reasons to bag buying groceries at Walmart

In case you haven't heard the collective war cries rising up from the citizens of Boulder, Colorado, they are about to get their first Walmart -- one of the new "neighborhood market" concepts. Walmart pisses off liberals everywhere, and it's not the big-box chain with the best ethics record -- bu ... More >>

Photo: Missy Franklin and Justin Bieber, together again for the first time

While homegrown Olympic heroine Missy Franklin won lotsa hardware in London, she may have landed her biggest prize last night, when she finally got to meet Justin Bieber, who killed her with a tweet last July. And even though he looks sorta stoned in their photo backstage at his sold-out Pepsi Cente ... More >>

James Holmes: Five questionable reports about weird behavior

Even before his bizarre first court appearance, reports have circulated about alleged weird behavior by suspected Aurora theater shooter James Holmes. One of the most vivid has already been debunked, not that it's stopped the story from zipping around the web. Hard to believe all of them (or perhaps ... More >>

Aurora theater shooting: Torrence Brown Jr. first to sue over attack

Only days after the Aurora theater shootings, and mere hours after the initial court appearance by accused gunman James Holmes, TMZ reports that the first lawsuit over the assault has been filed. The plaintiff: Torrence Brown Jr., who was not physically injured in the melee but was friends with vic ... More >>

James Holmes's red-hair photo, dating site claims: Legit or Internet hoaxes?

The shootings at the Aurora Century 16 theater continue to dominate the news of the nation. But amid the release of victim's names and more details about suspect James Holmes's booby-trapped apartment, most mainstream outlets are either ignoring or downplaying alleged photos of the suspect with dyed ... More >>

Photos: Take a tour of Peyton Manning's new house -- make that "mansion"

Back in March, we shared photos of mansions that could have been Peyton Manning's new Denver home. Instead of moving into one of them, he temporarily bunked in Mike Shanahan's old place. But now, TMZ reports that he's purchased a 16,000 square foot Cherry Hills Village pad for a bargain $4.575 milli ... More >>

The top ten posts of 2012 (so far....)

We're halfway through the last year of our lives. So what were all of us reading on the Latest Word? Out of the 1,804 or so posts published on Latest Word, here are the ten most popular of 2012. Those of you with a Latest Word elite membership will recognize many if not all of these headlines...

Dog the Bounty Hunter: Our ten most memorable posts

As Patricia Calhoun noted earlier today, Duane "Dog the Bounty Hunter" Chapman's A&E reality show has been canceled after eight seasons. We're confident Colorado's favorite Dog will bounce back, and soon. But in the meantime, we're marking the program's passing with our ten most memorable posts abou ... More >>

Brian Jonestown Massacre's Anton Newcombe on Beck, living in Germany and Bright Channel

The Brian Jonestown Massacre (due tonight at the Bluebird Theater) has been through ups and downs since 1990. But through it all, singer and primary songwriter Anton Newcombe, has steered the band through releasing more great albums per decade than most bands have across entire career. For the unini ... More >>

Photos: Oregon man follows Denver woman's lead, strips naked in airport

In the news business, three similar incidents are considered a trend -- and if that's true, stripping at airports is on the cusp of becoming a thing. Mere days after a woman took off her clothes at Denver International Airport, a man in Oregon has done the same. But while the woman still hasn't bee ... More >>

Colorado Rockies fans without underwear, round two!

As evidenced in our "7 best-dressed (and undressed) fans at Colorado Rockies home opener," the fans at Coors Field were far more entertaining than the shutout loss for the home team. And yesterday one local voyeur cameraman contacted us to say he could one-up our list's number-one spot with a pic of ... More >>

Reader: The naked truth about the naked woman at DIA

Overnight, the unnamed woman who stripped at Denver International Airport has become Colorado's biggest celebrity, responsible for the most-viewed item on TMZ. The would-be traveler, who was taken to Denver Health for evalution, allegedly stripped down in protest after being told to put out a cigare ... More >>

Photos: Naked woman at Denver International Airport becomes TMZ celeb

Today, we're aswim in a culture crowded with folks seeking fame. So how the hell did an unknown woman in Denver outstrip Khloe Kardashian and Beyonce to become the subject of the most viewed item on TMZ? By stripping at Denver International Airport. Yep, a woman reportedly gave DIA security an easy ... More >>

Photos: Dougherty gang pleads guilty to lesser charges, could be free before they're old

Big photos below.​The Dougherty gang -- Lee Grace, Dylan and Ryan -- may have precipitated a nationwide manhunt prior to their car-flipping arrest in southern Colorado last August. But thanks to a series of plea deals, they may not spend the bulk of their lives in jail -- good news for those m ... More >>

Ten infamous 2011 crimes with Colorado connections

And you thought you had a crazy year. Getting jiggy with a student at a Baptist school, driving a scooter without a license in Miami, possessing four grams of cocaine in Aspen, threatening to shoot out a Best Buy in Aurora over a video game and literally getting shit on in Boulder -- these are all s ... More >>

Justin Biel lays into Justin Timberlake over 901 Tequila (video)

​Justin Timberlake has his hands in a lot of culinary pots these days. While his barbecue restaurant, Southern Hospitality BBQ, expands across the country -- including in Denver, with the help of One Republic frontman Ryan Tedder -- he's also trying to grow a spirits brand, 901 Tequila. And h ... More >>

Five celebrity chefs we'd love to see naked

Courtesy of TMZ​The week's top foodie fracas started when TMZ posted photos of Anthony Bourdain and his then-sous chef in a pool, nakie-nakie-eggs-and-bakey. Apparently the photos were twelve-year-old shots taken during a Caribbean vacation by Bourdain's now ex-wife, and Bourdain had no reser ... More >>

The old FPAPGASWTTBTAF phenomenon rears its head

Should we feel bad for liking Chris Brown's music and hating Chris Brown the person?

Dog the Bounty Hunter to Breckenridge bar patron: "Come on, white boy!"

Dog in Breck.​Update: TMZ has published a video of a melee at a Breckenridge restaurant in which Duane "Dog the Bounty Hunter" Chapman can be seen yelling "Come on, white boy!" at a man who threw a plant at him. It's quickly becoming a web sensation -- but a pro-Dog witness who was at the scen ... More >>

J.R. Smith for riding scooter without license -- but is minor bust reminder of major problems?

J.R. Smith.​TMZ's item about J.R. Smith's arrest in Miami over the weekend for driving a scooter without a license is punctuated with this exclamation: "THUG LIFE!!!!" Yes, the bust's minor. But is it also a reminder to the Nuggets that inking J.R. long-term means living with this kind of stu ... More >>

Charlie Sheen: Does hitting a homer with DU club team prove he's duh, winning? (VIDEO)

Winner? ​Charlie Sheen's recent visits to Colorado have involved more errors than hits. There was all that domestic drama in Aspen, and some critics view his Violent Torpedo of Truth tour as a crime in itself. But last week, Sheen showed he still has some of that Major League stuff left -- tak ... More >>

Mario Batali is a stone-cold soap killer?

​Severely pissing off a shload of soap-opera viewers is probably not the most strategic career move that chef Mario Batali has ever made, but then, again neither was his alleged Food Network blackmail attempt -- and he's still sitting on a fat pile of cash. But will his latest television move ... More >>

This just in: People in Hollywood do cocaine

Yup. This poster looks pretty coked up.​Okay, so more like a shitload of people in Hollywood do cocaine -- at least that's what Dennis Quaid shares in a recent Newsweek piece (that we, of course, got wind of via TMZ.com, where all good, abbreviated versions of real news stories come from). Anyway, ... More >>

Cole Sternberg's I was here for just a moment mashes Twitter, graffiti and conceptualism

Top five things Charlie Sheen needs to ingest in order to sober up and get his butt back to work

He may be getting the fat boot two and a half times.​ Charlie Sheen, our favorite "total friggin' rock star from Mars," has done lost his mind and is hitting the talk-show circuit harder than a bottle and a line of coke right now. His tirades are amusing, to be sure, because when was the las ... More >>

Sh*tty connection between Durango feces spitter Paul Kausalik and MTV bad boy Abram Boise

Big pics below.​It's as if the planets suddenly came into alignment -- but in a truly disgusting way. Yes, friends, we bring you two, count 'em, two thoroughly repulsive stories with Colorado connections involving jails and shit. Paul Kausalik and Abram Boise, come on down!

Bizarre battery talk flies around slap on The Bachelor

A real survivor.​If anyone is in need of further proof that we live in strange and litigious times, then they need look no further than the gossip that's arisen around the first episode of ABC's The Bachelor, which aired yesterday. A slap in the face delivered by contestant Chantal O'Brien to ... More >>

Charlie Sheen: Will porn star Capri Anderson fly to Aspen, ask Pitkin DA to revoke his probation?

Charlie Sheen.​Update: The Pitkin County District Attorney's Office reportedly has no interest in hauling Two and a Half Men star Charlie Sheen back to Aspen on a charge of violating his probation, even though there are plenty of indications he did so during a hotel-room-trashing NYC bender. B ... More >>

Blue Moon: Colorado's beer of presidents, flight attendants

Steve Slater's beer of choice?​Blue Moon, the Belgian-style wit beer that was created inside Coors Field in 1995, is apparently also highly valued for its calming qualities. First it was requested by James Crowley during President Obama's August 2009 beer summit on racial relations on the Whi ... More >>

Charlie Sheen: Will he finalize his plea deal... and get into a slap-fight with Gloria Allred?

Charlie Sheen.​Expect another boost to the Aspen economy, as the celebrity press parachutes into town to see Two and a Half Men star Charlie Sheen's court appearance there this afternoon. At this writing, rumor has it that a plea deal is near, as is a possible run-in with spotlight-loving att ... More >>

Covering Charlie Sheen: Scrappy Aspen reporters key to the story, but often overlooked

Smile, you're in The Aspen Times.​As aggregated news and poorly sourced blogs permeate an industry once driven by a dying breed of scrappy local journalists, the little guys at the heart of the big story are often forgotten -- or worse, just plain robbed. But Rick Carroll, managing editor at ... More >>

Paula Deen creamed by maid

No need to steal -- Paula Deen will serve you.​Charity begins at home -- in the case of Paula Deen's maid, the butter queen's home. Mary Alice White was found in possession of over 10K in stolen merchandise reportedly taken from Deen's house. According to the police report filed by her husban ... More >>

Dog the Bounty Hunter and George Clooney: Together again for the first time

Talk about a love triangle.​Our friends at TMZ.com share a fresh Hawaiian shot of a very odd trio -- hometown hero Dog the Bounty Hunter (who did his best to keep crash-happy Jerrad Leonard off the streets) and his wife, Beth, snuggling up with none other than George Clooney. TMZ's comment: "S ... More >>

Kenyon Martin's hot-buttered profanity explosion: Listen to it here

"You can be damn sure I wasn't smiling then."​We've told you about Kenyon Martin's anger over an April Fools' Day prank at his expense: J.R. Smith's driver, Laquan Johnson, filled K-Mart's Range Rover with buttered popcorn, prompting a wig-out by Kenyon and an "LMAO" tweet from Smith. It's on ... More >>

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Brian Bonsall's latest mug shot gets a thumbs-down from TMZ

Brian in 2010, 2009 and 2007: What's your favorite?​ Former Family Ties cast member Brian Bonsall's latest arrest would have made news even if he hadn't claimed that the marijuana in his system during a positive drug test had been used for medicinal purposes (despite the fact that he doesn't h ... More >>

Charlie Sheen's greeting from paparazzi during court appearance in Aspen: "You're awesome, Charlie!"

Charlie Sheen, whose Christmas present was an arrest for allegedly threatening and assaulting wife Brooke Mueller, wanted to avoid cameras inside an Aspen courthouse during his appearance there yesterday -- and his lawyers prevailed on that matter. But there was nothing he could do to prev ... More >>

Pete Townshend does not want to see your children naked. Seriously.

Watchdog group Protect Our Children, in a PETA-like bid for publicity, sent the below flyer to homes in Miami Gardens, near the site of this week's Super Bowl. Hide your children in the attic, everyone: Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend will be at large in your city, possibly accompanied by his music ... More >>

Denver Blogs: You know the Nuggets kicked ass when Renaldo Balkman gets eleven minutes

"Don't you... forget about me."​These three worthy local blogs are just a click away. Denver Stiffs' Nate Timmons makes note of Renaldo Balkman sightings during the Nuggets' evisceration of the Raptors last night -- including some in the first half! What the hell? The folks at Coyote Gulch r ... More >>

Balloon Boy dad Richard Heene gives baby beer and cigar, makes Nancy Grace even crazier than usual

The Balloon Boy story is the gift that keeps on giving thanks to paterfamilias Richard Heene's proclivity for recording every stupid thing he did -- or at least enough of them to keep the tabloid press quivering with censorious excitement for the foreseeable future. The latest exhibit: Nancy Grace ... More >>

Things you see on the Fox 31 morning show

​For reasons that remain unclear, I worked this morning with Fox 31 morning show playing silently on the nearby TV. Just so you don't worry that you missed something while driving to work, here are some of the stories I caught: - An update on the Michael Jackson death investigation with a TMZ ... More >>

Michael Jackson's death helping Denver's economy, too

Next stop, Jacko. Although Denver billionaire Phil Anschutz may not be adding to his bankroll as a result of Michael Jackson's death, folks associated with Denver International Airport stand to make a few extra bucks. A report posted on the U.K.-based Cheapflights website notes that so many Brits a ... More >>

Social media -- getting the word out quickly and sometimes accurately!

"I'm not dead. I feel great, actually." As noted in a blog earlier today, new media, and social media in particular, played a huge part in disseminating the news of Michael Jackson's death yesterday. Chances are most of us heard about it directly or indirectly through Twitter, Facebook or MySpace. ... More >>

If this alleged photo of Tupac is A) authentic and B) current, dude's got some 'splaining to do, Lucy.

borrowed from TMZ.comAll right, so, yesterday, the always dependable, completely reliable, trustworthy sleuths over at TMZ posted a series of photos of some guy, who looks a helluva lot like Tupac, that were allegedly snapped in some bar in the Big Easy last weekend. Seems viable. I mean, everybody ... More >>

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