FBI file on Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.”

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It’s been 14 years since The Notorious B.I.G. (real name: Christopher Wallace) was killed in Los Angeles in a drive-by shooting.

Several probes and investigations have yet to bring the criminal(s) to justice, and fans of the legendary rhymer have been left wondering what has been accomplished by authorities handling the case.

Now, finally, the FBI has released its (heavily redacted) documents on the murder, and several facts were revealed—one being that the bullets that killed him were rare Gecko 9mm ammunition, made only in Germany and sold Stateside only in California and New Jersey.

Officials hoped they could link the bullets to other crimes to find the murderer, but none was discovered. They were also hoping to link Biggie’s killing to Tupac Shakur’s six months earlier—and did find individuals who were present at both scenes.

They report that a number of the officers on duty at the industry party Biggie was leaving at the time of his death were also employed by Suge Knight’s rival West Coast label Death Row Records as security officers, which violates LAPD policy.

The documents also include talk of Biggie’s connections with the Genovese crime family in New York, and posit that the family may have photo or video evidence of the persons involved in the shooting.

And on a quirkier note, the contents of Big’s pockets at the time of his death were listed: Biggie had a Georgia driver’s license, a pen, 0.91 grams of marijuana, an asthma inhaler, and three condoms. You can check out the files yourself at the Los Angeles Times.

Do you think they’ll ever find out who killed Wallace? Let us know what you thi

Dr. Drew Pinsky Denies He's Fame-Addicted; And Bears Don't Sleep In Woods

Image via WikipediaMedia vampire, Dr. Drew Pinsky, whose new show premiered just yesterday has made a startling statement. The ubiquitous buttinsky, whose "media empire includes his new HLN talk show to a radio call-in show "Loveline," the VH1 reality hit Celebrity Rehab and new daytime programmer Lifechangers," claims he is not addicted to fame.

Apparently the spotlight loving savior of celebrity drunks and junkies is actually indifferent to the whole concept of being a celebrity himself. Dr. Drew swears he can take fame or leave it alone. Sort of like alcoholics who can stop drinking any time they like or compulsive gamblers who plan to walk away as soon as they break even or right after they win the big jackpot. In fact, Dr. Drew was actually "very resistant to being on television…" because he feared that it would "interfere with (his) day job."

Sadly, his resistance didn't last.

“I realized that I've had these amazing opportunities and that maybe I should use TV to change the culture," continues the celebrity hound. "...I spent the next 10 years shrinking my medical practice and...I've spent the past two to three years really focusing on TV and radio."

Alas, his downsized patients' gain was our loss. Not only is this man a fame addict, he's a frighteningly egotistical, borderline megalomaniacal one. He intends to single handedly change the culture? It's not enough for the perhaps well meaning but misguided and utterly clueless Dr. Drew to bore us to tears with his cloying Pleasantville Weltanschauung and his almost unbearably annoying presence, he's determined to reshape the world in his own image. Perhaps we mere mortals should be afraid-- very afraid. Dr. Drew's ultimate goal is to mess with all our minds. Maybe he's really not addicted to fame after all. Perhaps he's addicted to power.

"That's the next stage of my career, if it involves a public life or fame, so be it," he declares. "I don't know any other way of doing it, frankly. I'm not addicted to it. It’s just my job now.”

It's Dr. Drew Pinsky's job. But alas, it's the world's burden to bear. Heaven help us.

Celebrity Apprentice," Donald Trump revealed that that was only the beginning

After Meatloaf had a widely-publicized blowup at Gary Busey on the last episode of "The Celebrity Apprentice," Donald Trump revealed that that was only the beginning.

"Well you had a Meatloaf meltdown and now you have something between Star Jones and NeNe [Leakes] that I've never seen anything like it," said Donald. "And that'll be coming up over the next coming weeks. I mean, they truly hate each other."

ET met up with the Donald and his wife Melania as they hosted the 2011 Skating with the Stars event at Wollman Rink in New York City on Monday. Ice skating greats such as Sasha Cohen, Evan Lysacek, Sarah Hughes and Johnny Weir showed up to skate and sign autographs with the students of the Figure Skating in Harlem program.
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"We may hit the ice," said Donald when asked if he and his wife would lace up their skates for the event. The billionaire businessman went on to joke, "We may hit the ice pretty hard."

"The Celebrity Apprentice" airs Sundays on NBC.

6th Season Of ‘Dexter’ Has Been Pushed Back To October

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Earlier this month we learned from Michael C. Hall that he will begin filming the 6th season of Dexter in May but today we learn that we will have to wait a bit longer to see the new eps. Dexter usually begins airing in September here in the US (except for Season 1 which premiered on October 1, 2006) but this season, we’ll have to wait a few more weeks because the show is now set to return in mid-October.

In an new interview about his new film Peep World (which co-stars comedienne Sarah Silverman), MCH briefly mentions this Dexter news:

I go back to Dexter in May, to start shooting Season 6. We’ll go until late October and the show will air in mid-October, or something like that.

Now, it’s unclear if the upcoming season of Dexter has really been pushed back or if MCH was just speaking generally but I know that I do NOT want to wait any longer than I’ll have to for new eps of Dexter. We still have not heard who will feature in Season 6 as a guest star nor have we really heard about any plot developments. I suspect we’ll be hearing more soon because May is just around the corner. Still, it doesn’t really matter if Dexter comes out in September (I hope) or is pushed back to October (boo!) because I know the new season will be well-received by fans who are DYING for new Dexter!

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John Cena -- 30x the 'Wish' Granting Power

Cover of John CenaWWE's John Cena is about to make a whole bunch of little wishes come true -- because TMZ has learned he's taking 30 kids from Make-A-Wish to WRESTLEMANIA!!!!!!
Reps from M.A.W. tell us 30 kids with "life-threatening medical conditions" from the U.S., Canada, and even Australia will attend Wrestlemania XVII this weekend in Atlanta.

But that's not all -- the kids will be going to a private autograph session with WWE Superstars and Divas ... and afterward, they'll hit a pizza party hosted by Cena!!!

We're told the M.A.W. Foundation also plans to honor John at the party for passing a huge milestone -- 200 wishes granted -- an honor shared by only three other celebs ... Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Hulk Hogan.