The "Sultan of Sleaze" Gets it Right

HARVEY LEVIN OF TMZ.com KNOWS HE’S GOING TO HELL, and on most days I’d give him a swift kick in the pants and slam hell’s door shut. The way he and his Hollywood hit squad torment Britney Spears is unforgivable, and I wouldn’t blame her for habitually running over the feet of the site’s photog predators.

Yet even sinners have their goods sides, and for me Harvey’s good side was on display when gossip’s closest thing to gospel, TMZ, broke story after story on Dr. Jan Adams.

TMZ’s coverage of the tragic death of Hip-Hop’s first momma Donda West has been exceptionally well-done. TMZ was all over the story like blood at a crime scene. (And I mean that in a good way.) Once the news broke that Kanye West’s beloved momma died after a marathon session of plastic surgery, TMZ couldn’t be stopped and was breaking news all day long about Dr. Adam’s personal rap sheet. They dug up previous lawsuits again Mr. Suave for botched plastic surgeries. Pulled him over for his previous DUIS, and also reported that the doctor had a history of being accused of behaving badly in relationships.

Too bad Dr. Adams couldn’t "reconstruct" his own personal history. The always dark-humored Philadelphia Daily News said it best with its quip that Donda’s death had "gone from sad to creepy to a very special Halloween episode of "Nip/Tuck." How very true.