Snoop Dogg

On December 4, 2007, months before Snoop Dogg planned to make appearances on MTV's TRL, The Late Show With David Letterman and for good measure, Late Night With Conan O'Brien to promote his newest album, Ego Trippin' (out today), he was on Ellen, introducing the world (and an audience of very, very excited 30-year-old women) to his new single, Sexual Eruption, or as it was sung on that day to appease the censors, Sensual Seduction. Yes, sung—not rapped. Crooned, to be exact, like he was channeling his inner-Curtis Mayfield. Considering the many twists and turns Snoop's career has taken since the release of Doggystyle 25 years ago, it was not surprising in and of itself to see him on a daytime talk show. What was of note was that he was singing about giving a woman an orgasm and the studio audience was ... eating ... it ... up. Next stop: The View!  read more »

Prepare to get sexually seducted by Snoop Dogg! Tickets for his Gramercy Theater show on March 11 are on pre-sale now and officially go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m. Don't "take your time" on this one!

Put on your Adidas and run—get it?—over to the Hammerstein Ballroom on November 29th for the first ever J.A.M. Awards, the first annual benefit concert for the Jam Master Jay Foundation. According to Pitchfork, Snopp Dogg, De La Soul, Mobb Deep, Kid Capri, Q-Tip, and some others, will be on hand to perform. The foundation, started by the Run DMC DJ's widow, Terri Corley, provides "funding and resources to free public school music and education programs."

"The line starts behind the rope," a cashier announced as lunch-hour bargain-seekers bombarded the registers at Midtown's soon-to-be-shuttered Coliseum Books on Friday afternoon.

Many shelves were already cleaned out, as the bankrupt bookstore's liquidation sale approached its final day. (The shop closes for good on Sunday.)

But some riveting titles are still available--at huge discounts--including two copies of Jayson Blair's anti-ethical Burning Down My Master's House, as well as rapper-cum-author Snoop Dogg's classic Love Don't Live Here No More.

Sorry, would-be Candice Bushnells: This reporter snagged the last copy of Will Write For Shoes: How To Write A Chick Lit Novel (um, a gift for said scribe's beloved wife). Just $12.44 with tax--a substantial savings off the sticker price: $22. 95.

Also still available: Bookshelves. Lots of bookshelves.

There's also tracklighting, illuminated window signs (perfect for announcing your own Chapter 11 fire sale), and one 10-inch table saw, just $100.

Still no word, though, on the purchaser of Coliseum's big-ticket item: its existing lease.