Hulk Hogan

One down, two to go. Hulk Hogan has settled his sex-tape lawsuit against former buddy Bubba the Love Sponge, though suits against the disc jockey's ex-wife and Gawker Media are still out there. The lawsuits, filed two weeks ago, revolve around a 6-year-old security-camera tape showing the former wrestler (real name Terry Bollea) having consensual sex with Heather Clem. She's since divorced Bubba (born Todd Clem) after marrying him in 2007, with Hogan as best man. One suit was filed in Florida state court against the Clems; the other was filed in U.S. District Court against Gawker Media.

Pro wrestling legend Hulk Hogan has sued the Laser Spine Institute in Florida, saying surgeries done there on his back were useless and cost him millions of dollars in revenue. Hogan went to the Institute in 2009 to get treatment for scoliosis and bulging discs but the operations he received left him feeling worse, according to the wrestler. Hogan claims he eventually had to undergo major back surgery with a different set of doctors to repair his back. The allegedly botched surgeries caused Hogan to miss several employment opportunities in wrestling and acting that would have earned him at least $50 million, according to the wrestler.

Pro wrestling legend Hulk Hogan has sued the Laser Spine Institute in Florida, saying surgeries done there on his back were useless and cost him millions of dollars in revenue. Hogan went to the Institute in 2009 to get treatment for scoliosis and bulging discs but the operations he received left him feeling worse, according to the wrestler. Hogan claims he eventually had to undergo major back surgery with a different set of doctors to repair his back. The allegedly botched surgeries caused Hogan to miss several employment opportunities in wrestling and acting that would have earned him at least $50 million, according to the wrestler.

Pro wrestling legend Hulk Hogan (real name Terry Bollea) has settled the civil lawsuit he filed against Florida radio host Bubba the Love Sponge (whose real name is, get this, Bubba the Love Sponge Clem after he legally changed it from Todd Alan Clem recently) in connection with the release of a sex tape starring Hogan and Clem's ex-wife. While terms of the settlement were confidential, apparently part of it included an apology from Clem, who said the following on his radio show Monday morning: "I am now convinced that Hulk Hogan was unaware of the presence of the recording device in my bedroom.

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. is suing comic-book company Marvel Enterprises Inc. to continue using the "Hulk Hogan" name. Hulk Hogan, played by Terry Bollea, has been one of World Wrestling's most popular wrestlers since the 1980s. In 1985, World Wrestling signed a 20-year contract after it was accused by Marvel of infringing on the "Incredible Hulk" comic-book character. The agreement covered the words "Hulk Hogan," "Hulkamania" and "Hulkster," according to the lawsuit.

Thank you, Hulk Hogan and Linda Hogan. It's not often we get a DUI arrest and a celebrity sex tape in the same post. First we have Linda, a.k.a. Linda Bollea, who was pulled over for speeding and then arrested on suspicion of DUI in the wee hours Thursday in Malibu. She was released shortly before 9 a.m. on $5,000 bail, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department records. "She regrets it. She's a mom, so she's embarrassed about it," her lawyer Raymond Rafool told the New York Daily News . Linda's rep told TMZ that the 53-year-old been drinking bubbly on an empty stomach at a jewelry event, and it reacted with antibiotics she'd been taking, magnifying the effects of the alcohol.

Aww. Hulk Hogan was so adorable on the "Today" show Tuesday, we kind of feel bad for watching that excerpt of his sex tape. 'Cause the dude's super bummed it was released. Bummed in a big, cuddly, former-wrestler-who's-gonna-tear-apart-whoever-did-it way. Turns out the tape, which surfaced in March and went public - at least a part of it - last week, was made six years ago at a time when Hogan said he was at a "very, very low point" in his life. He said he didn't know there was a camera in the room and that he's working with authorities to track down the person or people who made and released the tape.

The notion of wrestling's blond behemoth Hulk Hogan caring for a couple of poor little rich kids has sweetly comic possibilities, but they're flattened out in the needlessly crass and lethally heavy-handed "Mr. Nanny" (citywide). Hogan, who is 6 foot, 6 inches and weighs in at 293 pounds, comes across as a genial giant with a sense of humor and a pleasing personality, but he's no actor. Luckily, he's surrounded by reliable pros like Austin Pendleton and Sherman Hemsley.

George Bush and Dan Rather are no longer the only ones embroiled in a controversy about television ambushes. An even bigger American hero, Hulk Hogan (6 feet, 8 inches; 302 pounds) walked into what looked like a setup here Friday night in the first wrestling match on prime-time network television since Eisenhower was in the White House (1955).

Fooling around with a well-known brand-name product is always risky business--but Hulk Hogan isn't worried. Five-time world heavyweight champion of the World Wrestling Federation, the 40-year-old Hogan (real name: Terry Bollea) awaits Friday's opening of his third feature film--New Line Cinema's "Mr. Nanny," about a down-on-his-luck wrestler charged with taking care of a pair of motherless youngsters. For the first time, Hogan bills himself as "Terry 'Hulk' Hogan."

Hulk Hogan is getting down to business - legal business - with regard to his recently leaked sex tape. Call it Hulk versus Bubba. The reality TV star and former pro wrestler has filed lawsuits against onetime best friend Bubba "The Love Sponge" Clem and Clem's ex-wife Heather as well as Gawker Media, his attorney said Monday afternoon at a press conference in Florida. Bubba and his ex-wife are accused of illicitly taping Hogan having sex with Heather six years ago, violating his expectation of privacy.

Aww. Hulk Hogan was so adorable on the "Today" show Tuesday, we kind of feel bad for watching that excerpt of his sex tape. 'Cause the dude's super bummed it was released. Bummed in a big, cuddly, former-wrestler-who's-gonna-tear-apart-whoever-did-it way. Turns out the tape, which surfaced in March and went public - at least a part of it - last week, was made six years ago at a time when Hogan said he was at a "very, very low point" in his life. He said he didn't know there was a camera in the room and that he's working with authorities to track down the person or people who made and released the tape.

Thank you, Hulk Hogan and Linda Hogan. It's not often we get a DUI arrest and a celebrity sex tape in the same post. First we have Linda, a.k.a. Linda Bollea, who was pulled over for speeding and then arrested on suspicion of DUI in the wee hours Thursday in Malibu. She was released shortly before 9 a.m. on $5,000 bail, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department records. "She regrets it. She's a mom, so she's embarrassed about it," her lawyer Raymond Rafool told the New York Daily News . Linda's rep told TMZ that the 53-year-old been drinking bubbly on an empty stomach at a jewelry event, and it reacted with antibiotics she'd been taking, magnifying the effects of the alcohol.

Past the Strip, north up Las Vegas Boulevard amid a stretch of blocks populated by adult stores, tattoo parlors and the like sits the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop. The store stands out on a recent weekend afternoon, because in front there is a rope line of tourists waiting to get inside. These are the fans of "Pawn Stars," a reality show on the History Channel centered on the store that has become a surprising hit and began filming its third season this month. "The show impacted our lives immediately.

Captain Lou Albano, who became one of the most recognized professional wrestlers of the 1980s after appearing in Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" music video, died Wednesday. He was 76. Albano, whose real name was Louis Vincent Albano, died of natural causes in Westchester County in suburban New York, said Dawn Marie, founder of Wrestlers Rescue, an organization that helps raise money for the healthcare of retired wrestlers. World Wrestling Entertainment called him one of the company's "most popular and charismatic legends."

Jeremy Shapiro's love of the game has led him to ditch a real estate career to open &Still, a clothing store that celebrates sports of all kinds. But don't expect your standard selection of team logo gear. The majority of &Still's tees, hats, jerseys and jackets date back to the 1990s and are unworn, with the tags still on them. A '92 Dream Team basketball T-shirt ($92) hangs near an L.A. Rams Starter jacket in satiny blue ($225). A 1987 Mike Tyson Atlantic City fight is memorialized on the front of a black satin hat ($100)

All women will talk about: "Sex and the City: The Movie." Grab your girls and make a night of it. The ArcLight is hosting 21-and-over pre-parties for weekend screenings. Sixty bucks buys you a movie ticket and access to the bar, where you'll get two cocktails -- we see Cosmos in your future -- appetizers, a fedora and a martini glass. Mr. Big, sadly, not included. (Saturday and next Sunday) ...while some might talk about: "Chasing Harry Winston: A Novel." With the "Sex and the City" saga finally coming to a close, Lauren Weisberger, author of "The Devil Wears Prada," starts a new chapter about a trio of (younger)