​From TMZ, I have learned that self-described "trash-talking cheerleader" Erica Lynne is covering up her ex-boyfriend's initials from a tattoo on her arm. The 22-year-old thought she'd be with the male stripper she made a sex tape with forever but, alas, that ain't happening. If two crazy kids like that can't make it, what chance is there for the rest of us?

Fortunately, from a magazine presenting "hip-hop on a higher level," I have learned five more fascinating things from The Bad Girls Club season 5 cast member, who went by Erica Eggum when she called Yorba Linda home.
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Illustration by Bob Aul

​Oh, how the mighty and whitey have fallen off the Long Beach map.

Jesse James brought fame, a showroom and a burger joint to a little corner of town he ran his hot rod shop West Coast Choppers and filmed his old reality show Monster Garage.

In late 2009, the city returned the favor by re-naming Oregon Avenue, which was between Anaheim and 12th streets, West Coast Choppers Place. Like James' reputation as a family man, that could change.
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​Designer Matt De Lanoy has taken on the world of Arrested Development--in Lego form! Check out his Flickr set for some awesomely detailed pieces like, yes, the infamous Bluth house, the stair car, Gob Bluth on a Segway (...with Franklin) and even a hooked Buster Bluth alongside a drinky Lucille Bluth.

Bravo

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​Lowe's is suffering a backlash from politicians, civil rights advocates and celebrities from Mia Farrow to Kal Penn for bowing to pressure from the tiny Florida Family Association to pull the home improvement retail giant's commercials from TLC's All-American Muslim. But Lowe's was just the latest advertiser approached by the conservative Christian group that claims its campaigns have had varying success. After the jump are other targets of the FFA, including a biography on a Huntington Beach resident.
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​Kristen Johnston, who starred in NBC's Third Rock From the Sun, recently appeared on The Wendy Williams Show to promote her new sitcom, The Exes on TV Land. But besides talking about appearing on the new program with Seinfeld's Wayne Knight, Scrubs' Donald Faison and Three Sisters' David Alan Basche, Johnston dished about appearing in the tabloids in July with Octomom Nadya Suleman of La Habra.

Wonder of wonders, the actress says the rags got it wrong.
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​It was the late 80s, and a young girl battling anorexia had her face plastered on TV screens around the country. More >>

​My colleague Vickie Chang just posted an item with a photo that reminded me of something I'd meant to mention here earlier.

Has anyone else caught the irony in recent TV news reports on Occupy campers vs. Twilight or Black Friday campers?
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​Coming to television after the new year: The Annoying Orange.

No, it is not yet another reality series based in our lil' slice of heaven, although practically all of them that have or are airing from here could easily use that title.

The Annoying Orange is an Internet phenomenon crossing over to the Cartoon Network.
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​That Jimmy Kimmel, he's been on a roll lately. More >>