Jersey Shore's Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino has a shaaaaaady past (well, sort of!)

On October 24, 2003, pre-"situation" Michael Sorrentino was arrested for pot possession in Manalapan, New Jersey. Then 22-year old Michael was pulled over for being an idiot having an expired registration, which escalated into a much worse SITUATION.

Sorrentino was driving with a suspended license, "unclear plates," a stash of pot, as well as a "glass pipe full of the burnt weed."

He plead not guilty four days later and the charges were dropped, but he was put on a one year probation with mandatory drug testing throughout that period, and he had to pay $810 in court costs.

Looks like you've come a long way since then, Michael. Let's just hope we don't see a repeat of October 24, 2003!

What Do U think of The Situation's somewhat shady past?

We guess it beats going to prison - but not by much!

This morning, Snooki stood before an uber snooty judge and received her punishment for being a sloppy, drunken mess on the syringe laced shores of Seaside Heights. The judge sentenced her to two days of community service, on top of forking over a $533 fine. She's lucky she wasn't in California. Arnie would have made sure there were at least two more zeros at the end of that! ( $19 billion budget deficit, remember?)

Anyway, turns out that Snooki Snickers has already fulfilled half of her requirement. Last Sunday, she volunteered at the Popcorn Park Zoo in New Jersey. Her job? Cleaning out animal cages.

In other words, scooping poopies!

Eww! Yucky!

And also, HA! That really sucks!

Thankfully, she doesn't have to go back as according to the judge, she'll spend her second day with animal control at the Shore.

Hope nothing shitty comes up that day!

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This could be a really rough turn of events for Jersey Shore lovers everywhere.

Over the summer, our beloved Snooki Snickers had a few too many helpings of Ron-Ron juice with her morning pickle one day and ended up wandering out into the Seaside Heights sun, terrorizing her fellow guidettes and landing in jail.

Today is her trial hearing and should the judge find her guilty of the charges of disorderly conduct, being a public nuisance and criminally annoying others, she could go to jail! Standard procedure is to charge $3,200 and 30 days in jail!

Oh no! Is that really necessary? It was all for the sake of entertaining television, after all!

To quote the majestic swamp princess: "I'm too pretty to be in jail!"

Agreed! How's about we call this charge a double-bagger and forget all about it?

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Everybody loves those crazy broads from New Jersey!

Monday night's Real Housewives of New Jersey reunion show pulled in 3.9 million viewers, making it Bravo's most watched telecast of the season.

Thanks to the record breaking viewers, the network has decided to renew the show for a 3rd season as well as Real Housewives of New York for a 4th.

Will U be watching next season's drama???

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Honestly, we bet tourism in Seaside Heights has gone up like 500%. Everyone should just stop their whining already! And that includes the governing bodies of both NJ and NY!

Quinnipiac University took a poll of Jersey residents to ask their stance on The Jersey Shore. The majority, at 51%, agreed the show is shit while only an alarming 11% said they were down with Snooki's antics. Everyone one else was too busy watching reruns of the Sopranos to care.

Then, the Jerseyians were surveyed again and one-third of them sided with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and his recent insinuation that the reason that the Shore kids pAArty hAArdy is because they are actually from New York.

On the flip side, only 19 percent of New Jersey residents agreed with New York Gov. David Patterson‘s comeback to Gov. Christie - he blames the glitz, glam and grossness of Seaside Heights for the New Yorker's behavior.

Are you seeing this? The governors of two major states are fighting over the Jersey Shore!!!

Say what you want about it, love it or hate it, but the show has influence!

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It was the moment fans of The Real Housewives of New Jersey have been waiting for ever since Bravo let the show loose for a second season: a showdown between Matriarch Caroline Manzo and Jafar's far eviler twin sister, Danielle Staub.

It was a magical. Caroline called in a favor from the "family" and set the stage for Godfather-esque meeting. She told Danielle a'sumthin about being a clown and a piece of garbage, while Danielle clutched at the armrests of her chair, waiting to take her suicide pill should Teresa come flying in to flip another table. At the end, it was too much talk, not enough name calling and in reflection, both Caroline and Danielle feel the incident is behind them.

For Caroline's part, she is taking the high road and showing regret for letting Danielle's crayzay get to her. She wrote on her Bravo blog:

"I’m not proud of the names I called her; my remarks were cruel and childish. But, that's my truth. Makes absolutely no sense but, it is what it is. I said what I said out of frustration and anger. I was speaking to someone who was looking me dead in the eye and lying to me. Not only that, there was absolutely no accountability on her part at all."

Meanwhile, Danielle jumped at the chance to take one more swing at Caroline from a safe distance, so she grabbed a bodyguard, picked up the phone, and softly, so as not to be heard by the neighbors, who could be Manzo spies, told sources:

"There is no resolve with a clown who calls anyone garbage. Remember to stand your ground ~ even if the ground seems to move ~ stay still ~ it'll move around you."

Wow. Deep. Are those lyrics to your next song?

Oh no! Please! Don't tell us those are lines from your next song?!?!

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You know, we're no accountant, but we're pretty sure yours is having an aneurism right about now, Teresa Giudice!

The Real Housewives of New Jersey star has been put through the ringer recently, with all kinds of reports of bankruptcy and foreclosure and what not. We've heard rumbles of yard sales and kerfufles of the family losing their house.

And yet, today we bring you a story about how Teresa spent $60,000 on shopping spree right after filing bankruptcy!

Italian princess say what now?! Let us break this down for you:

Teresa and her hubby Joe are in $11 million worth of debt. While the family claims to only make $79,000 a year, they to be able to afford a shopping trip to furnish their $1.8 million home in Towaco, NJ with all hangings, mirrors, frames, tables, and such worth $45,000, along with curtains that cost, wait for it, $8,800!

This is all going on while they have lost two of their real estate properties, defaulted on their payments on their Escalade, and all of their fancy junk is going up for auction in October.

Insanity!

We hope you really like those curtains, girl. In a few weeks, you're going to have to use them as blankets to keep you warm in the cardboard box you'll be living in along the NJ Turnpike!

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We'd like to say that maybe now she gets it that NO ONE likes her, but that's doubtful.

Over the weekend, Angelina from The Jersey Shore showed up at Beatstock in NJ as a special guest. The reaction she received from the crowd was just as you would expect - downright hateful!

Check out the video of Angie getting BOOed!!! (above)

This is despicable!

A Pennsylvania man auditioning in New Jersey for American Idol paid a woman with learning difficulties for sex!

21-year-old Joshua Heintzelman was at a Clifton motel when he offered the 19-year-old $13 in exchange for sex. She was in town supporting a family member who was also auditioning.

Her mother became suspicious when she saw that her daughter bought a sweater when she doesn't have any money. Her family says she has the mental capacities of a third grader.

So unbelievably shameful!!

Heintzelman is being held on $200,000 bail.

Lock the bastard up!

They're tired of being used by Bravo!

The Real Housewives are fed up with their paychecks, or lack thereof, from the network and they're reportedly fighting back!

A source reveals:

"They are pissed that they only get paid $3,000 to tape each episode and are furious that they get paid nothing to tape the reunion episode. It's two full days of their lives with no lunch breaks and no pay. Everyone on the set is getting a paycheck except the stars. How can that be right?"

Bravo also wanted them to make appearances on The Fashion Show with no pay! The source continues:

"None of the housewives wanted to be on The Fashion Show. However, the network insisted they film all week for hours and hours, and to add insult to injury, they got nothing in return. Not even a thank you."

The Real Housewives of Atlanta attempted to one up Bravo by saying that WOULDN'T fight with each other on the reunion show. It didn't work in terms of pay for them, but the show was a bore and Bravo changed its mind when it came time for The Real Housewives of New York City reunion.

An insider says:

"I don't think it's a coincidence that the New York ladies showed up to duke it out and then delivered. Tell me Bethenny dragged her ass to the filming days after giving birth for free. No way. Bravo got so much from them. They turned it into a three-episode special and got their highest ratings for the New York series ever. So paying those girls was well worth it."

You gotta pay the stars, Bravo — they're the ones bringing in the money!

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