Well, Crunchers, it looks like we’re kicking Memorial Day Weekend into high gear with a serious case of “The Sads.” Jeff Conaway has died. The ’70s star best remembered for his appearances on TV’s Taxi and in the big screen musical-comedy Grease passed away Friday after being removed from life support, his manager Phil Brock tells E! News.

“We know his struggles against addiction are finally over,” Brock said in a statement this afternoon. “Jeff had legions of fans who loved him. Sometimes I wish he had known that.”

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Love can be a terrible thing — especially when it’s directed at someone you don’t know personally and who certainly doesn’t know you. Celebrities often inspire a kind of impersonal, fantastically overblown adoration in an overwhelming percentage of the American population. However, it only takes one emotionally imbalanced fan for things to elevate into the stratosphere of crazy. Here are some examples of love gone wrong, stories of mayhem and heartbreak of the tabloid variety.
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Lady Gaga made a surprise entrance on Good Morning America Friday; the “Born This Way” hitmaker ziplined onstage at Central Park this morning, kicking off the breakfast show’s 2011 Summer Concert Series. Wearing a long, bright red wig and a red and white costume, the outlandish songstress wowed a record-setting number of screaming “Little Monsters” with a sizzling live set that included numbers like “Bad Romance,” “Hair,” and “Born This Way,” the title track from her titanic new album.

Born This Way has sold nearly 800,000 copies and topped iTunes and Billboard music charts since its release on May 23.

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Happy Friday! Here’s to hoping you’re getting an early start on Memorial Day Weekend partying. Let’s get to our links…

-The NYC subway is filled with characters. This half-naked man (in heels) dancing on the poles on the L train is just another one. You betta werk…

-With the recent death of “Macho Man” Randy Savage, over 25 percent of the performers from Wrestlemania VII have crossed over to the giant wrestling ring in the sky…

-The artsy are happiest…

-Here’s a teaser for the new season of Dexter, which will feature actor Edward Jams Olmos…

-Mark Kerrigan sentenced to maximum in father’s death…

-Meet the woman accused of trying to sell her daughter’s virginity…

-Racial profiling hits the UK. Asians are an overwhelming target of police in Britain, according to a new report…

-Another Muppets teaser has surfaced…

-The Dave Matthews Band covers classic Neil Diamond on the new DVD A MusiCares Tribute to Neil Young. The May 31 release that will raise funds for artists in times of financial, medical and personal need.

-Twilight star Bryce Dallas Howard is expecting her second child…

-We’ve got a clip from the upcoming Oxygen reality series The World According to Paris…

-Rob Lowe will direct a spoof film produced by the makers of Butterfinger…

-Sarah Palin announced Thursday a “One Nation” bus tour of the United States, fueling speculation that she will make a run for the US presidency in 2012 elections…

-Poledancing on the train isn’t the only new trend-cropping up in New York City. “Nude Gaming Parties” are apparently all the rage in The Big Apple this summer. Thanks to Chris W. for sending this in!

-National Pinball Museum closes its doors. Wait — there was a Pinball Machine Museum?

-Katy Perry and Russell Brand are selling their Los Feliz home…

-A Florida dentist brawls with an elderly patient in a dispute over dentures…

-Cameron Crowe has posted photos from set of his new movie We Bought a Zoo, featuring Matt Damon & Scarlett Johansson…

-Copper heiress Huguette Clark is dead at the age 104. The reclusive socialite hadn’t been photographed since the 1930s and was rarely seen. What will happen to her $500 million fortune?

-Deadline Hollywood reports Zach Braff is close to joining Oz: The Great And Powerful…

- Shania Twain will receive star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday, June 2…

-TV Line reports Jon Hamm will direct the season premiere of Mad Men Season 5…

-The Hangover 2 made $10 million in midnight screenings and is expected to break the $120 million mark this Memorial Day Weekend…

-Martin Short and Aidan Quinn will guest star on Weeds this season…

-Hair extensions are big business for thieves…

-Just in time for Memorial Day: 10 Best Beaches in America…

-Kevin Costner is heading to The History Channel; producing and starring in a new miniseries about famous family feuders The Hatfields and McCoys…

-Elizabeth Taylor’s California home is now for sale…

-McDonald’s is changing the recipe for its signature chicken sandwich…

-Speaking of weirdos with an affinity for dance…Have you seen this guy’s rendition of Beyonce’s “Run the World (Girls)” video?

In the end, it was only “Oprah & ‘The Ugly Cry…’”

Oprah Winfrey hung up her microphone as the undisputed Queen of Talk on Wednesday, wrapping up her nationally-syndicated Oprah Winfrey Show after 25 seasons. And what a send-off it was. Preliminary figures show yesterday’s finale scored O her biggest audience in 17 years. The episode delivered a 13.3 household rating in the nation’s metered markets, The Nielsen Co. said Thursday. Oprah hasn’t seen an audience that big since Feb. 1994. That’s when an episode called “People Shed Their Disguises” got a 13.4 rating.

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