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1 The highly anticipated--and ultimately ambiguous-- finale of The Sopranos piqued so many fans that their furious commenting crashed HBO's website. But series creator David Chase told N.J.'s STAR-LEDGER that the ending was clear: "I have no interest in explaining, defending, reinterpreting or adding to what is there. Anybody who wants to watch it, it's all there." SCORE: 6,491

2 Isaiah-gate has come to an end. After slurring gay castmate T.R. Knight, going to rehab for the utterance, saying it again at the Golden Globes, then filming a PSA about his experience, Isaiah Washington has been fired from Grey's Anatomy. Mocks media blog JOSSIP: "Dr. Burke hangs up his scalpel; significantly lowers his chances of becoming next chief of surgery." SCORE: 523

3 Fearing she could end up like best friend Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie tells David Letterman that she is prepared to go to prison for her pending DUI charge. "I'm willing to face whatever consequences come my way," she said on the TONIGHT SHOW. Letterman wondered, "Is prison a likelihood?" She giggled and replied, "Um ... yes." SCORE: 472

4 Not "very nice" for Borat. The film faces another lawsuit, this one filed by the New York City businessman who says he faces public ridicule after he was filmed frantically running from Sacha Baron Cohen's character. "Have you noticed that people that file lawsuits like this act as though they have never been embarrassed in their lives?" asks blogsite HOLLYWOOD SNARK. SCORE: 312

5 In an emotional BBC radio interview, Yoko Ono reveals JOHN LENNON was headed to dinner the night he died but decided to return home, where he was shot. Ono says his last words were, "Let's go home, because I want to see [son] Sean before he goes to sleep." SCORE: 135

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The Police aren't the only return act touring this summer. Here's a look at the first tours of some dinosaurs of rock who still try to roar at the ticket office:

PUNK-POP PIONEERS: Without even an album to promote, the Police first toured the U.S. in the summer of '78. Fans approved, and when the album Outlandos d'Amour came out, it rose to No. 23 on U.S. charts. This year's reunion marks the band's 30th anniversary.

BIG IN JAPAN: Def Leppard, the ultimate power balladeers of the '80s, toured with wild success in Britain, the U.S. and Japan in the summers of '86, '87 and '88. This year the group has a lower-key itinerary: 50 gigs with Styx throughout the U.S. and Canada.

ROAD WARRIORS: Gen Xers could not get enough of Dave Matthews Band in the '90s, when the group released two major live albums from its summer tours. Its albums aren't chart-toppers now, but DMB still has a strong following. Its '07 tour kicks off in July.