Oh, well that explains everything.

Corey Haim, who died last night of a drug overdose, turned down the opportunity to be on VH1′s “Celebrity Rehab” when approached by a casting company earlier this mornth, according to TMZ.

Sources connected with Dr. Drew’s show tell us casting producers called Corey. They say he was “extremely defensive and insulted, saying, ‘It’s the last show I’d ever do.’”

Incorrect. That would be “The Two Coreys.”

Our sources say the 3-minute conversation ended with Corey saying, “I do not need help.”

To clarify, he hung up mid-sentence, just before he said, “…doing drugs.”

I don’t know what show this is, but I would watch it. I get the feeling that Mark the Chinese Lawyer might have an adversarial relationship with Business Dog. [Snuh]

Oh right, Corey Haim died. Thankfully, he was mostly in movies, which leaves Vince and Greasy Sax Man to eulogize while I look at cats. [FilmDrunk]

Dogs in raincoats! Dogs in raincoats! You have no idea how hard it was to not make this the banner image. I was like, “The only thing that can possibly bump dogs in raincoats is a cat in a business suit.” [Dogatar]

Two tickets, please. One for me, and… okay, just one ticket. “Juno Temple (Year One) and Olivia Thirlby (Juno) have been cast in Bradley Rust Gray’s teenage lesbian werewolf movie.” [Gamma Squad]

If the Golden Girls were Wu-Tang Clan Members. An appropriately off-the-wall but well-argued piece from FilmDrunk regular Chodin. [Uproxx]

Epic Beard Man lives on. “Amber Lamps” signs now appearing at college basketball games. Those kids and their Internet! [With Leather]

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