Boy George busted: Shiverpond Sitting Shiva

George O'Dowd, better known as the frumpy front man Boy George of Culture Club, was found guilty of beating an escort with a metal chain for attempting to flee his love nest in London. Norwegian Audun Carlsen, male escort (it is still unclear whether he is of Nordic descent ), said that his refusal to take a tumble with George lead him to a frightening evening of torture while being handcuffed to his bed. Boy states that he was merely detaining the sexual professional while he investigated the possibility of the "gentlemen of the night" hacking into his laptop computer.  Boy also stated that he had no issue with the Norwegian's request to use his computer to check his hotmail account .  It was only when he heard the voice of Pete Townsend on the line via a skype phone conversation that he knew the Norwegian had tapped into his small community of friends that he shares child pornography with on Sunday afternoons. Hence, the melee ensued.

Ballet afficianado, Bryson Shiverpond is torn to pieces over the arrest of his close personal friend, Boy George.  Shiverpond was expecting Mr. George to come to New York for a visit, and a possible collaboration on his latest project, "Dance til it hurts", which was supposed to premiere at P.S. 1 this spring.  The two were to begin brainstorming on the scenic design of the piece at the Galapagos Arts Space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, because George just really loves their Mai Thai's.  But that won't be happening any time soon, and the fate of the show is now blowin' in the wind.  So Shiverpond sits in his lower east side apartment with the colors of a very sad chameleon coming and going on his face.  He says he'll do whatever he can for his friend, but admits that he is mostly feeling sorry for himself.