'Jersey Shore' recap: The fight with no winner

On Sunday night before the MTV Video Music Awards, we learned the fight between Ronnie and Situation wasn't a real fight. It was merely a push and a tackle before off-camera big dudes jumped in. No clean punches. No bloody lips. Nothing but a ripped shirt. And what about Mike going to the hospital? To get

psyched up and to possibly freak Ron out,  Mike tried to put his head through a wall. He had done it before, but in Italy, the wall was concrete. Mike earned a mild contasion and a more serious ego contusion.

Those tricky, tricky MTV producers. They've perfected the art of the quick-edit sneak peak, making the viewers believe ... no, swear that something huge is about. to. happen. Sunday's "Jersey Shore" was just another episode, with more Sam and Ronnie fighting and more roommates complaining about it.

What else did we learn? Pauly is a true friend to Mike, as he was the only roommate to accompany Sitch to the hospital. Jenni is a major reactor and she cares greatly about the house running smoothly. Ron still has an anger problem, and his preferred form of self-reflection is staring at himself in a gym mirror. Sammi will always be the girlfriend you never want. Snooki has no shame when it comes to talking about her masturbation techniques.

It's a running "Jersey Shore" theme: the show desperately needs to refocus and remember many viewers hate the Ronnie/Sammi relationship. Give us Deena on a manhunt, or MVP trying out pick-up lines on the Italian women — just please give everyone a break from the most toxic relationship on reality TV, even if it's only for a moment.

Vinny Leaves 'Jersey Shore' House -- FOR GOOD

Vinny Guadagnino has bailed on the "Jersey Shore" house and the show once again -- but this time, we're told it's for good.
Sources directly connected to the cast tell TMZ ... Vinny bolted from the house late last night after getting into an argument with another cast member. We're told Vinny was feeling "burned out" and went back home to Staten Island. We have confirmed that he is at his house in Staten Island right now.

Vinny threatened to leave a few days ago, after he complained of "being homesick." We're told the cast was able to talk him into coming back, but that didn't last long.
Sources connected with the show say Vinny has been a pain in the ass and no one will be getting on their knees, begging him to come back.
TMZ spoke with executive producer Sally Ann Salsano, who tells us, "We do not comment on the production of the show."

Italian police suspended over Trevi Fountain scam

Throwing small change into the water that cascades down the marble monument is supposed to bring good luck and ensure a return to the Eternal City.

An estimated 14,000 euros (£12,000) is tossed into the fountain every week.

The money is supposed to be collected by authorities and given to a Roman Catholic charity, Caritas.

But an Italian television programme secretly filmed the coins being scooped up from the fountain's turquoise waters by a gang of five middle-aged men.

The sting took place early in the morning when the fountain, which at this time of year is normally thronged with crowds, was deserted.

The men were filmed wading into its thigh-deep waters and helping themselves to hundreds of coins with the help of brushes, scoops and nets, while three police officers stood idly by.

The officers were suspended as soon as the footage was broadcast on Italian television this week and will be sacked if found guilty.

One of the men was filmed handing over an item to an officer, prompting suspicion that the police were being bribed to allow the theft to take place on a regular basis.

When the men were challenged by a journalist from the television programme, they verbally abused him and shoved him headfirst into the fountain.

The alleged ringleader of the gang, Roberto Cercelletta, who calls himself "D'Artagnan", uttered a string of profanities towards the camera crew, all of which was captured on film.

Angelo Giuliani, the commander of the police unit, condemned the inaction of his officers and announced an investigation.

Gianni Alemanno, the mayor of Rome, accused the police of "intolerable laxness" and said he was "ashamed" that officers were apparently allowing money intended for the needy to be blatantly stolen.

"The inaction shown towards those who were collecting the coins, and over the assault of the journalist, is completely unacceptable," he said. "Those in uniform cannot be allowed to behave like this. We cannot permit this sort of thing to go on in the city."

Police were considering whether to press charges against the alleged thieves, who were filmed making off with buckets laden with coins.

The Trevi Fountain, described by one guide book as "a magnificent rococo extravaganza of rearing sea horses, conch-blowing tritons, craggy rocks and flimsy trees," was commissioned by Pope Clement V in 1732.

It provided the inspiration for the 1954 Hollywood film Three Coins in the Fountain, in which three young American women dream of finding romance in Rome.