I would have never expected Eminem to be so open about his battle with drug addiction. The normally severely private rapper seems to have found some sort of cathartic healing power in putting his struggle into his music and even talking about it in interviews.

“Showbiz Tonight’s” Brooke Anderson caught up with Em backstage at his concert kicking off the E3 video game convention.

Brooke met up with Eminem in a VIP lounge, and he talked about his new album, “Recovery” – which hits stores next Monday – and also really opened up about the trials he’s faced over the past several years

“Recovery feels better than ever,” the Detroit rapper said. “Feels like I’m me again.”

“It took me awhile to admit I actually did have a problem,” the musician said. “In the hip-hop world that I live in, it can be mistaken for weakness and the last thing you want to do in hip-hop is admit that you’re weak. But if I didn’t admit I was weak with this certain thing I was going to die.”

When asked how close he was to death, the artist responded that he “was certainly a couple of hours away from death,” adding that he “overdosed and almost died.”

Read more about Em’s battle and recovery and how Lindsay Lohan plays into this whole thing after the jump.

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The world is a crazy place. Would you ever think that a old queen from England would end up mentoring a hardcore, white rapper from Detroit? Stranger things have happened. Like some retarded judge not letting Elton John adopt a child, but I digress.

Elton John says he has been helping American rapper Eminen fight drug problems for more than a year. John says Eminem is succeeding in his well-publicized battle against substance abuse.

John told BBC Radio Saturday that as a recovered drug abuser he is happy to help people if they want the assistance but drugs make people so cocky and arrogant that they often reject help.

I have a feeling that Em probably didn’t want this information made public, but you know how old queens love to gossip.

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Eminem is taking his dark side that he usually reserves for his hardcore rap to the big screen. MTV has confirmed that Em will be starring and producing Shady Talez, a horror anthology cross between Creep Show and The Twilight Zone that will put a hip-hop spin to classic horror films.

Shady Talez will be Eminem’s first big-screen appearance since his role in the 2002 box office hit 8 Mile.

The film will be accompanied by a four-issue Shady Talez comic book series, due out in 2010.

Great. 3-D blood and guts, hateful hip hop and a comic book! Yeah us!

You’ve probably already seen it by now…but just in case you haven’t….check out Sacha Baron Cohen aka Bruno pissing off the eternally grouchy Eminem at last nights MTV Movie Awards.

It’s funny and all…but how many times can SBC put his balls in another mans face before it becomes blase?

Eminem’s long standing feud with Mariah Carey doesn’t seem to be coming to an end any time soon. He is still slamming her and her young husband every chance he gets. What the hell did Mariah do to him back in the day that would keep him holding a grudge against her all these years later? He is still slamming her on his new album.

In a new song Eminem raps, “Nick Cannon better back the f**k up. I’m not playing, I want her back, you punk. Nick Cannon, you pr**k, I wish you luck with that f**kin’ whore.”

Also, speaking on his own satellite channel Shade 45, Eminem once told listeners: “We’re taking callers right now from any woman who wants to be peed on.”  When someone on the show jokingly told him “I think Mariah Carey is on line 12, you wanna talk to her…she wants to get pissed on.” Eminem laughed and said, “I already did that.”

It’s Britney Bitch.

No really, it’s Marshall Mathers all photo shopped up to look like he’s about to rip someone’s skin off with his teeth. I mean, I get the whole “Punisher” thing..but good Lord…Do we need to live in a world where our recovering addict hip-hop artists look like this?

Speaking of his addiction and his three year hiatus from the spotlight…here’s what Em had to say about that:

“I wasn’t ready mentally. I wasn’t ready to give up the drugs. I didn’t really think I had a problem. Basically, I went in, and I came out. I relapsed, and I spent the next three years struggling with it. Also, at that time, I felt like I wanted to pull back, because my drug problem had got so bad. I felt like, Maybe if I take a break, maybe this will help. I started to get into the producer role more… I can still be out there with my music, like with the Re-Up album, but I don’t have to be in the spotlight the whole time.”

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Eminem Is Now 50% Larger – The Blemish

Bai Ling Nip Slip..That’s A Shocker – The Feeding Tube (NSFW Site)

We Don’t Buy Clay Aiken In Spamalot, Do You? – Girls Talkin Smack

Don’t Know Who Nina Moric Is But Her Body Is Slamming And We Hate Her – Drunken Stepfather (NSFW Site)

Here Are The Fake Nicole Richie Baby Pictures – Ninja Dude

Check Out Hillary Clinton Circa 1970 – Bumpshack

Reese Witherspoon Does Marie Claire – Gabby Babble

Britney Spears Can’t Keep Her Accents Straight – Derek Hail 

Does Lindsay Lohan Look Orange To You? – Jordan Is Your Homeboy

Johnny Depp Is Yummy – Celebrity Smack

Molly Ringwald Was Cute Back In The Day…Now? Not So Much – Seriously?OMG!WF!

OMG Bruce Willis Is Getting Old – Hollywood Headache

Rachel Bilson’s Sexy GQ Photos – Hollywood Sleazy (NSFW Site)

Mark Ronson Brings Some Coke To Amy Winehouse – Star Blogger 

Demi Moore Feels Sorry For Britney Spears – Celeb Parasite

Eminem was rushed to a Detroit hospital over the holidays for a ’serious heart condition and severe pneumonia’. Hospital sources say Marshall Mathers is not longer “Slim Shady” as his weight has ballooned up to 212 pounds and his health is suffering for it.

“Over the holidays, Marshall Mathers, aka Eminem, was under doctor’s care at a Detroit-area hospital for complications due to pneumonia. He has since been released and is doing well recovering at home.”

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