Sky News — Five million gamblers in Australia are facing tighter controls to stop them getting into debt. more info

ContactMusic — Vanessa Hudgens has put her squeaky-clean good girl image to the test by revealing she likes drumming with drug users on the beach in Venice, California. The former High School Musical star, who has recently tested fans with a break-out role as a.... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Oh, poor Angelina Pivarnick. The former Jersey Shore star has a love for the spotlight and a tragic inability to hold onto it. The latest? She was negotiating for a spot on Dr. Drew's Celebrity Rehab show and over played her hand. Now she's been drop... more info

Mjsbigblog — Alexis Grace tweets that she’s singing the the Star Spangled Banner on Feb 17 for the Morgan Keegan tennis match With Andy Roddick. *** Idoloonies Premiere: Idol Addicts Talk Precocious Youngsters, New Judges; Plus, Matt Giraud Performs! Week one ... more info

VH1 Blog — Celebrity Rehab is back on air and Dr. Drew is back on this blog, giving us his expert commentary in our episode-specific interviews all season long. Below, Drew talks about key points of the sixth episode of the show’s fourth season: the idea that... more info

Pop Crunch — Drug addicted geniuses? Oh, it’s possible. In fact, upon researching the topic it seems more possible to find a genius who has struggled with a dependency at one point in their life than one who is above the influence. more info

Stereogum — When we premiered “Every Last Drop,” Addicts’s slow-burn melancholic 8-minute closer, I mentioned that the band was shooting a video for the full/unedited track with the assistance of HTC pal Seldon Hunt and Jimmy Hubbard, the guys who did the ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Interpol @ the Creators Project (more by Benjamin Lozovsky) today in NYC * Oran Etkin @ Barbes * Brothers Past @ Bowery Ballroom * Bill Carney's Jug Addicts @ Barbes * Antietam, Dump, Rattle @ Union Hall * The Harriet... more info

Sky News — Thirteen recovering addicts have been shot dead at a rehabilitation centre near Tijuana, according to Mexican police. more info

Sky News — Drug support groups have criticised a US charity for offering money to addicts in the UK to get sterilised so they cannot have children. more info