Seriously? OMG! WTF?

Singer Boy George will report for community service Aug. 14 – cleaning New York’s dirtiest streets under the steamy summer sun, the Daily News has learned. The androgynous British pop icon was sentenced to garbage cleanup duty after he pleaded guilty in March to falsely reporting a break-in at his Little Italy loft last fall.The crooner – who asked "Do you really want to make me cry?" in his 1982 hit "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" – will be issued a shovel, broom, plastic bags and gloves when he reports to the Sanitation Department’s District 3 headquarters for five days of street cleaning, department spokesman Vito Turso said.Culture Club fans interested in a Boy George sighting might consider heading to Chinatown – one of the most likely assignments for the singer, whose real name is George O’Dowd."A lot of tourist traffic means a lot of street litter," Turso said. "This is the epitome of community service. It’s not like he’s going to be working in an air-conditioned office."But O’Dowd also might wind up in Little Italy, Nolita or parts of the lower East Side, neighborhood areas also included in District 3. "They go where we could use the assistance most – high-traffic areas need a lot of street sweeping. We also send them to vacant lots and to sweep sidewalks," Turso said.

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I am so bummed I will not be in NY when he is cleaning up the city. 

Meet Sam, Boy George’s replacement in Culture Club? Sam is more androgynous than Boy George ever was or will be! Talk about a Karma Chameleon!

Eighties pop group CULTURE CLUB have recruited a singer to replace BOY GEORGE for their upcoming world tour. Reunited band members JON MOSS, PHIL PICKETT and MIKEY CRAIG will play a London gig next week (begs24JUL06) with their new frontman, known only as SAM. A spokeswoman says, "We can’t reveal any more about Sam – all will be revealed on the night – but when the band were advertising for a new member, they said they weren’t looking for a Boy George lookalike but someone with their own character." A television company wants to follow the reformed Culture Club, who might embark on a world tour in 2007, according to manager TONY GORDON.

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LATEST: British pop singer BOY GEORGE has criticised his community service punishment for falsely reporting a burglary, insisting a fundraising concert for an AIDS charity would have been a more worthwhile.The star, real name GEORGE O’DOWD was sentenced in Manhattan Criminal Court, New York City yesterday (26JUN06), for wasting police time when he called them to his Little Italy apartment in October 2005 claiming he had been robbed. Upon arrival, officers found a large quantity of cocaine in the singer’s home. In March (06), O’Dowd was given a conditional discharge plus a $1,000 (GBP550) fine and ordered to go on a drug rehabilitation programme. Following yesterday’s hearing, the former CULTURE CLUB frontman said, "It would have been more useful to make 30 grand ($30,000) with a concert, rather than be prancing around in a park. I could have raised some money, could have done something that would have helped. "I don’t care about doing cleaning up. My mum was a cleaner. I’ve always been a scrubber." O’Dowd has promised to dress up in "something loud" when he performs his community service in a New York park in August (06).

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A New York judge on Monday issued a stern warning – but no jail time – to Boy George over his failure to do the community service required by his sentence on a drug charge.

"I’m not going to give you another chance," Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Anthony Ferrara told the London-born Boy George (real name: George O’Dowd), 45, reports the Associated Press. "If you don’t do the community service, I’ll make you a promise: You’re going through that door," the jurist added, indicating the entrance to the jail cells.

Under his plea deal, Boy George was to enter a drug program in England and do five days of community service in Manhattan. He was also supposed to pay a $1,000 fine and a $160 surcharge, and avoid arrest for any reason during the next six months. But the community service didn’t happen.
After leaving the courtroom the singer headed straight to the probation offices for his assignment. "I never minded doing the community service," he said en route.

His lawyer, Louis Freeman, said Ferrara’s annoyance was "based on a misunderstanding" that his client was trying to avoid complying with the sentence.

As for what Boy George will be doing for his service, Freeman said, "He’ll probably be raking leaves in Central Park, or something like that."

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