
Nick Hogan at Toast restaurant in L.A. (8/26)
Paparazzi to Nick Hogan yesterday: "Nick! Nick! If you could sum up your time in jail last year in one facial expression, what would it be?"




The "Hogan Knows Best" family again hit the spotlight again last year when the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office released audio tapes of Nick's jail phone conversation with his dad during his incarceration several months earlier. The conversation included Nick saying that crash victim Graziano was a "negative person" and he also asked Hulk to organize him a spin-off reality television show after his release.Imagine if there'd always been this kind of resistance to washed-up, no talent stars trying to get their own TV shows. We never would have been exposed to such classics as Being Bobby Brown, Flavor of Love, or The Tyra Banks Show. Pretty much the only way Nick Hogan is gonna find himself on TV again is if he's involved in a foot chase on Cops. "I'm in pursuit of a white male wearing baggy pants and three pounds of fake gold chains. Suspect keeps flipping his middle finger at me and shouting 'Do you know who I am'."
"I want to do where I’ll make the most money," Nick said, his father adding that he’ll produce the show and make his son the owner.
But so far Nick hasn’t any luck with that controversial show of his, with an insider telling Tarts that the production companies and hesitant to even touch it. A rep for VH1 (the network behind "Hogan Knows Best" and the spin-off "Brooke Knows Best") confirmed to Tarts that there was nothing in the works regarding Nick.


If you live in central Florida, watch out for a speeding yellow Supra -- Nick Hogan has just been allowed back behind the wheel. Nick was just granted a driving permit for business-related excursions -- meaning he can only drive from home to work and back again ... no exceptions. Last May, a judge ordered Hogan's license to be revoked for three years because of his 2007 crash that left his buddy, John Graziano, with serious brain damage. (Source)Giving Nick Hogan back his driver's license is about as safe as giving Jeffrey Dahmer a set of steak knives or William Hung a microphone. As it turns out though, the residents of Florida should consider themselves lucky. If Nick is only allowed to drive for work-related activities, it'll be years before he's on the road again.

That's just wrong
How much would it suck to get out of jail after five months and find out your mom is dating a guy you used to go to high school with? If Nick Hogan didn't know his mom Linda was dating 19-year-old Charlie Hill, he certainly found out yesterday. Nick, Charlie, and Linda were all seen at LAX together. Linda was even nice enough to carry Charlie's skateboard. Wow. The only way that picture could get creepier is if Linda was carrying his math homework.

Nick Hogan released from jail
After 166 days behind bars, Nick Hogan was released from jail shortly after midnight this morning. TMZ says:
We're told he arrived back at his mom Linda's house to a thumping party, replete with loud music and cops surveying the scene. (Source)
Before everyone starts with the Nick bashing, please take a look in the mirror. I mean, who among us has never thrown back a few beers and then killed their best friend in a car accident? Boy if I had a nickel . . . In all seriousness Nick, I wish you the best. And by "best," I mean "a slow, painful death in which your diseased rectum spontaneously combusts from within." I mean that in the nicest possible way.
NOTE: Nick's victim, John Graziano, was unavailable for comment because the part of his brain that controls speech is splattered against Nick's dashboard.

You're an idiot
Remember back in May when Nick Hogan was sentenced to eight months in jail for effectively killing his friend John Graziano in a car accident? Because of good behavior, Nick's set to be released tomorrow from the Pinellas County Jail. In other words, what better time for the latest edition of: Brooke Hogan is clearly fucking high! Brooke wrote on her MySpace blog:
[. . .] I know- like I know -like I know- John is gonna walk out of that hospital and things will be ok again. I know his strength and I know he can do it with our prayers...... To all the people who have been supportive- It has helped MORE than you will ever know. I can not thank you enough.....Please pray for my brothers safety too... this is a really tough time he has gone through and I know all he wants to do is show you, John and his family how much he cares and understands.ok. Back to the happy stuff! .......I just can't wait to see my Nicky! Im gonna make him every kind of food you can possibly think of! Hes been living on bread an potatoes so far and I know some mac'n'cheese is gonna hit the spot! LOL Thanks so much for listening and keep praying! Every day will be better and better and better. God bless you! Have a safe day!
Love you guys!
brooke
Brooke Brooke Brooke, I know I'm not a doctor, but trust me when I tell you this: John is in a "permanent vegetative state" -- he's not putting on his loafers and dancing out of that hospital anytime soon. Let me put it in terms you'll understand. Go to your kitchen. Get a banana. Throw it on the ground. That's John for the next 57 years. The end.
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Nick Hogan getting out early for good behavior
Nick Hogan is getting out early. Though he was sentenced in May to eight months in jail for leaving his friend John Graziano in a permanent vegetative state after a street-racing accident, Hogan will be released three months early on October 21 because of good behavior. His lawyer Morris Weinberg Jr. explained to MTV:
"That's not early, that's when he would normally be released, once you figure in good time and all that. When you calculate good time, which everybody that's there that doesn't get in trouble [is granted], they come up with a date, and we've known that date literally since the day that he went in. October 21 is the day that we expect he will be released, but that's because of good time and all that." (Source)
Of course he's been on his best behavior. It's kinda hard to act up when you spend the majority of your day curled up in a fetal position in the corner, sucking your thumb. A good day for Nick is being able to eat almost half of his dinner cookie before the other inmates steal it. He's not exactly the type to stir shit up.