05/05/2012 21:27

By Natalie Finn

OVERCOME WITH GLEEMOTION: The red carpet rose up to meet Amber Riley, who fainted during a Glee-appreciation event at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in North Hollywood. The fan favorite later said that she was getting checked out as a precaution but thinks she just got dizzy from all the flash photography. A hazard of being a star, indeed.

RIP MCA: Adam Yauch, a third of the pioneering, genre-bending Beastie Boys, died at 47 after a long battle with throat cancer. He had declared himself disease-free a year ago, but missed this year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony due to an undisclosed illness. His role in the group that stayed on the soundtrack for our birthday parties, high school dances, college bashes, work commutes and the times when we just wanted to cut loose will be forever cherished.