THE Hollywood news factory worked overtime this year. Not a day went by without us hearing about some celebrity doing something crazy which, of course, made the headlines the next day.

Ahh, celebrities … how mundane our lives would be without them.

While many interesting things happened last year ( weddings, untimely deaths, meltdowns), only some things are worth repeating.

Here are the awesome stories that made the cut for Sharm On The Scene’s Top 10 Celebrity News Of 2011.

Sheer madness

Charlie Sheen lost his marbles in 2011. The former Two And A Half Men actor had a meltdown, “adopted” porn stars to live with him, berated Chuck Lorre (producer of the sitcom) in interviews, lost his job and made #Winning and #Tigerblood two of the most pointless hashtags to trend on Twitter.

Sharm says: It’s good to note that there’s a semblance of normality in Charlie’s life now. #winning

Jailbird Lindsay

Just when we thought that the 2010 jailtime had scared Lindsay Lohan into being a good girl, she went and got herself a theft charge in February.

The actress was accused of stealing a necklace and sentenced to 120 days in jail and 360 hours of community service. She served the sentence under house arrest and was made to wear an ankle monitor.

However, she failed a random alcohol test, got her probation revoked and was sent to jail.

Lindsay was ordered to complete 400 hours of community service at the local morgue.

But in between all that she also found time to pose nude for Playboy magazine.

Sharm says: How do you solve a problem like Lindsay?

Dead at 27

We knew that singer Amy Winehouse’s drug and alcoholfuelled lifestyle was nothing short of suicidal but her untimely death came as a surprise nonetheless.

The singer was found dead on July 23 and became the latest celebrity to join the infamous “Forever 27” club, which Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and James Dean are also “members”.

Sharm says: This is not a club anyone should wish to be a part of…

He’s NOT sexy?

Ryan Gosling “pwned” 2011 with his awesome performances in movies like The Ides Of March and Drive, and looked super great while doing it.

So, when People magazine picked Bradley Cooper (pictured) as its 2011 Sexiest Man Alive, that decision didn’t sit well with some.

There was a protest (online, at least) and everyone demanded that the magazine revoke the title from Bradley, who on The Graham Norton Show, kind of agreed with the public.

“He (Ryan) literally looks like he’s in a photo shoot, like he just came off the runway … and I literally look like the neighbour that never comes out of his house.”

Sharm says: OMG, Ryan’s gorgeous eyes and crooked smile are to die for. Ryan Gosling FTW.

No love story

You know what was missing this year? The story of Taylor Swift hooking up with someone and breaking up almost immediately.

The self-confessed commitment-phobe’s last fling was with actor Jake Gyllenhaal which ended in December 2010.

Taylor has been single ever since, which is quite uncharacteristic for the singer who draws inspiration from her (often failed) relationships for her songs.

Sharm says: Don’t worry Taylor. If Jennifer Aniston can find a man for herself, so can you.

Cracked … just like an egg

Lady Gaga loves to push boundaries, in music and in fashion. So, when she showed up to the Grammy Awards in an egg, people didn’t even bat an eyelid.

Anyway, the singer was carried onto the red carpet in a huge eggshell-type incubator, which her stylist Nicola explained as Gaga being in “incubation”.

Gaga then “hatched” from the egg while on stage as she performed Born This Way.

Sharm says: Sometimes I wish I could throw eggs at Lady Gaga. I’m so over her antics.

Bootylicious and preggers

When Beyonce announced that she was pregnant, Twitterverse went crazy. Like, really crazy.

Right after the singer announced her pregnancy at the MTV Video Music Award, a record 8,868 tweets per second were posted that night!

Wow, who knew that many people cared about Jay-Z becoming a father?

Sharm says: Let’s hope that the baby inherits her looks from her mom.

The baby wears Prada

When news broke that David and Victoria Beckham’s fourth child was going to be a girl, everyone was overjoyed.

Now, Victoria will have someone to pass on all her Birkin handbags and super high heels to!

Harper Seven Beckham was born in July and she is perfect. No, she really is. The darkhaired chubby baby is already a fashionista – you won’t believe the kind of wardrobe the little tyke rocks.

Sharm says: This is my favourite celebrity family … right after the Brangelina-clan, of course.

Baby drama

Justin Bieber got himself into a little baby mama drama in November when Mariah Yeater accused him of fathering her child.

The 20-year-old woman claimed that she and the 17-year-old singer hooked up after one of his shows in Los Angeles, and that she immediately got pregnant after that.

Her son was born, and according to her, the baby looks “just like Justin”.

Justin challenged her case and even took several paternity tests to prove that the allegations were false. The case was withdrawn and Mariah’s lawyers dropped her as their client.

Sharm says: Well, there will be a case to settle when there is actually one.

Till death do us part…not!

Their wedding wasted four hours of people’s lives this year. When E! channel promoted Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries’ wedding as the fairytale event of the year, people dropped everything they were doing just to see the couple of six months walk down the aisle.

Little did they know that 72 days later, the couple would separate. The reality TV-star filed for divorce and stated “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for separation.

Sharm says: We knew the marriage wouldn’t last but seriously, 72 days?