Arts bites: Oct. 28, 2009

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Lily conquers addiction?

Twitter queen and always-hot topic in gossip blogs Lily Allen has given up 140 character life updates.

Signing off her last tweet with โ€œI am a neo-luddite, goodbye,โ€ on Sept. 28, Lily has now reportedly relinquished her BlackBerry and laptop at the request of her boyfriend.

No word yet on which relationship โ€“with social networking or boyfriend Sam Cooper โ€“ is worse.

-Sarah Murphy

Morrissey not โ€œStill Illโ€

50 year-old Steven Patrick Morrissey collapsed on stage at a show in United Kingdom city Swindon on Oct. 24.

The singer has been stabilized in a hospital, but doctors are still not sure what caused the sudden reaction.

It quite likely has something to do with an overly tight suit and excessive inhalation of hairspray fumes.

-Sarah Murphy

Metallica works with FBI

After a 20-year old student named Morgan Harrington went missing outside of a Metallica show over a week ago, the classic metal rockers have donated $50,000 to the efforts to find the missing girl.

Good on you Metallica. But the fact that Metallica is working with the FBI is probably a sign that the world is over.

-Rebecca Vasluianu

Globes

It was announced this week that British comedian and the Office star, Ricky Gervais, will be hosting this yearโ€™s Golden Globe ceremony.

This isnโ€™t odd in the sense that Gervais is hosting (heโ€™s made a number of memorable presenting appearances across the awards board the last few years) but rather in the sense that the Globes havenโ€™t had a host in almost 15 years.

-Wade Thompson


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