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Loving the alien

Author Michael Cunningham has revealed he worked with David Bowie on a scrapped musical involving aliens, mariachi, and “unreleased Bob Dylan songs”, to be penned by Bowie himself. No punch line here, just: wow.

Gold digger

A Minnesota court report has stated that Prince had only $110,000 in the bank, his money instead tied up in 67 10-ounce gold bars worth nearly $1.1 million.

Now why exactly did he cut the lines “Honey I don’t want your money” and “I want the heavy stuff” from “Purple Rain”?

Baby got back

French police have arrested 17 people in connection with the recent Paris home-invasion robbery of Kim Kardashian West.

The robbers made off with over $14.5 million in jewels and threatened to shoot her in the back, which, given the size of her rump, was the only target bigger than Kanye’s mouth.

Look at him now

Chris Brown’s former manager, Michael Guirguis, says that thanks to his out-of-control spending habits, the R&B star is on the verge of bankruptcy. To which we can only say it couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.