First off, again, I would just like to thank everyone for their incredible e-mails. While I don’t have time to respond to ones other than the few that appear here each week, believe me - they are all read and all appreciated. It seems readers were pretty split on whether Boy George deserves our sympathy for having to pick up New York City trash for a week. No shortage of love for Kari Wuhrer and her skintastic B-movie career, however. And ’’Pac Man Fever’’ composer Jerry Buckner is back for more!

I find it offensive that Boy George is being treated in such a degrading way. How many other people who live in New York and are caught with drugs receive this kind of punishment? Boy George and Culture Club provided me with a lot of entertainment back in the ’80s, and I just think this plain stinks. -William Eline

You’re preaching to the choir, William...in the church of the poison mind, I might add. (Sorry, couldn’t resist.)

I don’t agree with you feeling bad for Boy George. What he did was illegal! He should be punished for that, and having him pick up trash where people may recognize him is easy. So what if he’s humiliated? Tough; he shouldn’t have broken the law! -Lisa Brenner

Lisa, I’m not one of these people who feel celebrities are above the law. But I do still feel kinda sorry for the guy. I mean, first he has to spend years standing next to a guitarist with a cheesy mullet, and now this. The dude just seems cursed or something.

Stephen King going gangsta = recipe for a great new novel where there will take place a nauseating, beastly death of a shirtless senior editor from a popular entertainment magazine. Make sure there’s an actual floor in that elevator before stepping inside! -Nikki Metzger

Receiving an e-mail from the man was cool. Meeting him in person was cooler. Potentially being disembowled in one of his novels? Well, I would say I could die happy now, but I’m not quite sure how happy one can be while being gutted. Only one way to find out, I suppose.

What’s up with Stephen pulling a K-Fed on you a$$? Wisen up to the nastiest addiction on HBO since The Sopranos, the coolest of the cool, The Wire. Not only does it feature Entourage’s ousted Dom in his COOLEST role of all time, but Sheila from Rescue Me is another crazy beeyotch in it (she and Charisma Carpenter need to get new agents, I think). Why isn’t this show bigger than it is? Hmm, because only awesome people like Stephen King, the editors of EW, and myself watch it, I guess. Because obviously the ratings show that no one else does. Pimp this show. The Pop of King and his minions have spoken! -Brett Colbo

Brett, I’m already hip to that trip, my friend (and I’m not just saying that to stay on King’s good side). In fact, I have DVDs of the upcoming season 4 just sitting on my desk. The reason I haven’t started watching yet? Because I know that when I start, I won’t be able to stop and I’m just too damn busy now to give it the proper attention - and if there is one thing you need to do when watching The Wire, it is pay attention. (The first time I watched season 1, I had no idea what the hell was going on.) In any event, respect is due, and respect shall be paid.

Best Kari Wuhrer movie... Vivid (1997) About an artist who creates a new style of art by having sex on a canvas covered in paint. Kari is his main ’’subject.’’ -Rod Williamson

You know what they say: A litte Kari Wuhrer goes a long way, and a lot of Kari Wuhrer goes...even further! Apparently, this movie can also be found on DVD under the title of Luscious - as if changing the name would somehow make it even sexier.

Well now you’ve really gone and done it. It’s one thing to work me over in your column, but to insult Pac Man is taking things a little too far, my friend (but let’s be honest, Cujo can kick Pac Man’s ass any day of the week). Don’t be fooled by that smile on the little guy’s face, Dalton. He has a hot temper and can turn nasty very quickly. He was picked up in 1989 for slapping Ms Pac Man around after catching her with Mario. Another time he punched Frogger for giving him ’’a funny look.’’ So don’t blame me if in the middle of the night you hear the faint sound of wocka wocka and find a Donkey Kong head under your covers. You’ve been warned. -Jerry Buckner

You know what, Jerry? Tell him to bring it on! In fact, I keep a little fellow named Dig Dug on a security detail for just such occasions. The best part about Dig Dug: Once he whacks somebody, he can dig their grave and bury the body in, like, five seconds.