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South Asian cartels muscle into the meth market, missing actor Nick Stahl turns up in rehab, and public punishment for author's daughter for Facebook vodka photo.
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Some of these dancing addicts used to beg outside the theaters they now perform in, their director tells The Fix.
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The tobacco giant won't self-congratulate too loudly for the profitable popularity of its "Crush" cigarettes among kids.
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Horse-racing's drunken spokesbeast is played by an actor who hasn't had a drink in 20 years.
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Actor Shah Rukh Khan, the "King of Bollywood," is banned from a stadium in Mumbai.
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