Elton John has postponed three concerts while he recovers from a serious bout of E.Coli infection. He already canceled a string of shows in Ireland earlier this month when he came down with the flu. When his condition worsened, doctors discovered that he was also suffering from an infection of the nasty bacteria and sent him to a central London hospital for treatment.

I think any jokes about eating raw meat would be in poor taste, so I’m just going to wish the singer good health and hope that he gets well soon.

I found this incredible photo of Elton John playing the UGA coliseum in 1973 in the archives of one of the photo services and just had to share it. That sparkly silver jumpsuit and those glasses were setting the trends for 2009 hipster fashion 36 years before overprivileged WASPS with too much disposable cash could buy them at Urban Outfitters. Respect.

This is one of those times I want to give the finger the the general gossip blogosphere.

Jim Carrey is deliberately packing on the pounds to play Curly in the The Three Stooges, which begins filming later this year. He’s attempting to go from his usual weight of 170lbs all the way up to 300 lbs or more- which sounds absolutely insane, and can’t be good for his health.

But all gossip websites get out of this is “OMG. Jim Carrey is like, sooooo fat now.”

First of all, he hasn’t even gained that much weight yet. While he’s certainly chunkier in the current photo on the left, he’s nowhere near the bloated bag of pus some sites would have you think he’s turned into.

Secondly, he’s putting his health on the line for the sake of a role. While that’s questionable in terms of personal safety and well-being, it’s admirable in terms of dedication to his craft.

If you want to talk about something, talk about the questionable practice of actors and actresses hurriedly putting on tons of weight to play some roles and dropping down to anorexic levels for others. Don’t just focus on the fact that this famous person has gotten “like, soooo fat.’

The Hoff went into rehab earlier this month after two cases of alcohol poisoning and an incident where he tried to punch a doctor that was treating him. Recently, he spoke out about his alcoholism and compared himself to first aid practice mannekin Amy Winhouse.

“The problem that I’ve experienced in my own life and some of the stuff that’s been documented about Amy is a universal problem.
“It’s an illness. You don’t wake up in the morning and decide to have this problem.”

When I think of similarities between the Hoff and the House, I tend to think of creepy, inept fathers and fake breasts, but yeah, alcoholism too. Sure.

In what other ways are David Hasselhoff and Amy Winehouse similar?

Michael Jackson’s live concert movie ‘This is It’ was originally scheduled to run for two weeks only, but the box office has given its producers $101 million little reasons to run the show longer. (Gee, didn’t see that one coming.) The movie will now run through Thanksgiving and is the first in what is expected to be a long, looooong, looooooooong line of products and productions designed to make money off the MJ estate.

Two thirds of the gross came from world wide audiences, proving that even postmortem, Jackson is still a bigger draw overseas than he is here in the U.S.

Japan, the U.K.  and Germany led the list of countries who paid big bucks to see the flick.

I’ve poked a lot of fun at Nicolas Cage in the past, but this post isn’t going to do that. I can only kick a person when they’re down so many times, and Nicolas Cage is now so far down my foot couldn’t even reach him if I tried.

Cage’s father, August Coppola, has died at the age of 75 of a heart attack. Coppola is the brother of filmmaker Frances Ford Coppola and was Dean of Creative Arts at San Francisco State University.

My heart goes out to the family, particularly to Cage who has had more than his fair share of troubles in the past year. Condolences also to the faculty, staff and students of San Francisco State University where Coppola taught literature and served as Dean of Creative Arts. I’m sure he will be missed.

I hope you’re all getting into some debauchery tonight. Like I said earlier, it’s the one night of the year when you can dress like a slut, a freak, or a creep, and people won’t think you’re insane or hold you accountable. It’s just like living in Hollywood.

Celebs are taking advantage of the same opportunity. Katie Couric was spotted sporting this year’s ubiquitous Kate Gosselin costume while the hosts of the Today Show went the Luke & Leia route. Fashion designer Michael Kors dressed in a detailed hippie costume while designer Valentino (above) dressed up as an Oompah Loompah. Oh wait… that’s not a costume.

Would someone please tell me what the hell Martha Stewart and Mickey Rourke are supposed to be? I tried to figure out their costumes, but the best I could come up with was “tree trunk” and “Mickey Rourke.”

Paris Hilton hosted a Halloween party last night at her home in Mulholland Estates. Both she AND boyfriend Doug Reinhardt dressed up as Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, which I don’t get. Wouldn’t a Dorothy/Scarecrow, Dorothy/Toto, Dorothy/Tin Man combo have been better than two Dorothys? Or, if you’re trying to be creative, Dorothy/Toto (the band)? I think Reinhardt just wanted to finally wear those size 16 satin pink pumps of his out in public and used this as an excuse. (See more pics in the gallery.)

The party hit the skids when traffic backed up so badly that none of her guests could get into her driveway. That’s not a sexual euphemism. (Since we’re talking about Paris, I thought I should clarify.)