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04/30/2008 (1:00 pm)

Glosslip Exclusive: His Highness Gets Close To Madonna, Material Girl To Play Free 6-Song Set At Roseland Ballroom Tonight

His Highness Ian Halperin has a knack for meeting the A-List crowd. Today, while attempting to get out of town, Halperin stopped into a shoe shop in Manhattan and ran into Madonna’s stylist who was having some final alterations made on her outfit for a special appearance at the Roseland Ballroom in NYC tonight.

According to Halperin, the stylist was having work done to a pair of tall, white Everlast boots with flat heels, which looked like boxing shoes. Sounds zexy!!!

The stylist stated Madonna was doing a 6 song set Roseland for free. They also stated Madonna’s been working 15-hour days, focused non-stop on promoting her new album Hard Candy, and doesn’t miss a beat. The only think Madonna had been missing is her hubby Guy Ritchie, who hasn’t been seen with the Material Girl in weeks.

His Highness said this about the the hardest working woman in showbusiness:

“One thing I guarantee is Madonna’s Hard Candy is going to turn into hard cash. What amazes me is she’s working as hard as on this album, as if it were the first record she’s ever made. That’s real dedication.”

From Halperin’s front, he was featured on the syndicated Bulldog radio show yesterday morning, and will be doing an appearance on the Jay Thomas show on Sirius’ Howard 101 channel this Friday. Jay’s show is the featured program on Friday when the Howard Stern show broadcast taped best-ofs. Be sure to tune in and congrats to His Highness.

I wonder though, when is Ian going to reappear on Howard’s show? Surely that would make some compelling radio!

Posted by D
Filed under: Howard Stern, Ian Halperin, Madonna

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04/10/2008 (9:40 pm)

Is Howard Stern Censoring The Artie Lange Resignation?

Not to beat a dead horse, but the whole Artie Lange flare-up this morning continues.

Today Sirius played the Howard Stern Show from April 7 all day, instead of this morning’s live show featuring co-host Artie Lange having a major meltdown, including a physical attack, after his assistant Teddy pissed him off. After listening to the audio of the fight I can see why Howard might censor this.

Artie is unhinged, Artie needs help. I still, after listening to this nasty, angry, filthy, dismissive and condescending diatribe, still like Artie. You know why? Because it’s not Artie attacking Teddy, it’s Artie’s addiction, depression, anxiety and self-loathing attacking Teddy. Teddy for his part is a mooch, a leech and exceptionally unqualified to handle a job dealing with creative types who have emotional problems. Few people are. But Teddy shouldn’t be borrowing money from his boss, seriously, that’s really low class and tacky. Artie may be difficult to work for, but he’s obviously a generous guy. Artie also seems to be having trouble distancing himself from his blue-collar beginnings and seems to think he has to surround himself by low-rent pieces of crap who are always hitting him up for dough. He’s like the Britney Spears of radio.

Artie shouldn’t have attacked Teddy physically, that was crossing a line, but Teddy is an ass for constantly sucking off of Artie.

Bottom line, Artie needs anger management, rehab, and to re-evaluate his priorities in this business. Howard needs to decide if having someone that volatile on his show is worth the risk. Robin needs to stop dropping the JC bombs, though I love her and she’s the only sane person on the show. Fred get’s major props for flying under the radar for years, YEARS I TELL YOU.

On some level, this is great radio because it’s REAL. And in this world of fake “reality” TV the reality of how we really interact with one another is refreshing. Ultimately, Howard pulled this show because he cares about Artie and while it goes against all he believes in, in the end, Howard does what Howard wants. This is why Howard for years stated he would never get married again, including never marrying Beth O., yet, what’s Howard doing? Marrying Beth. Why? Because he loves her and that means more to him than looking like a hypocrite. For this, Howard gets my respect.