‘Big Al and Charlies Blog’

Yesterday, 61-year-old ROLLING STONES guitarist RON WOOD entered rehab . . . to fight his ongoing battle with alcoholism. (–There are no details on the treatment that he’ll be getting . . . or the particular clinic that he’s entered.)

–In a statement, his spokeswoman said, quote, “Following Ronnie’s continued battle with alcohol he has entered a period of rehab. His close family and friends say he is seeking help and looking forward to his recovery.”

–Ron’s last stint in rehab came in 2002 . . . when KEITH RICHARDS and MICK JAGGER talked him into getting help before they went out on tour. Also, in 1975, he had a plastic septum inserted into his nose, because he destroyed his own with cocaine.

–If you believe the British tabloids . . . and who DOESN’T these days . . . Ron hasn’t been acting like himself recently. Over the past week, there have been reports that he had an affair with an 18-year-old Russian cocktail waitress named Ekaterina Ivanova.

–This is supposedly threatening Ron’s marriage to his wife of 23 years, Jo. (–Here are some pictures of the cocktail waitress . . .)

–Right before news broke that Ron was going to rehab . . . a so-called “friend of the family” told “People” magazine, quote, “He’s drinking two bottles of vodka a day and is obviously on some kind of bender, hanging out with this girl.

–”He’s had a reputation as a hell-raiser and a drunk, but never a philanderer.”

Since the MANIA involving plastic guitar-related video games is still GRIPPING the nation . . . here’s the latest, official word on several rumored “Guitar Hero” games.

–The guys who run the gaming company Red Octane, which publishes the “Guitar Hero” games . . . (brothers) Kai and Charles Huang . . . talked to “Billboard”, and they say that NO games involving METALLICA or THE BEATLES are a done deal yet.

–Of the two, the Metallica one COULD still be happening . . . the Beatles one sounds like a long shot.

–Kai Huang says, quote, “We’re not ready to comment about Metallica yet, but what I will say is that we’d love to work with all of the top rock bands of all time, whether it’s AEROSMITH or Metallica or AC/DC or LED ZEPPELIN.

–”If we get an opportunity to work with those bands, we would love to do that.”

–As for the Beatles talk . . . Kai Huang says, quote, “Unfortunately, those are rumors right now and we don’t have any comments yet.”

(–By the way, you can forget about any Led Zeppelin songs appearing on one of these games any time soon.)

(–The “Wall Street Journal” reports that (Zep guitarist) JIMMY PAGE is, quote, “not comfortable” giving up the necessary access to the band’s master recordings.)

How many of these Celebrities can you name?

This is much more fun than that old picture where you tried to find the man’s face in coffee beans. Every so often a clever picture comes along that camouflages something for us to find. This is one such picture.

Hidden within this picture, I am told, are two lobsters. Go ahead and try to find them.

If you find the lobsters in 30 minutes, the left side of your brain is normal. I looked for 45 minutes and couldn’t find them. I guess my brain is “abnormal.” I am told Females find the lobsters within 1 second. It probably has something to do with the wiring in the brain.

Good luck!

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