Prisoner Tyler Perry Jamie Foxx Skank Robbers
Man thousands HIV infected
Authorities in Grand Rapids say David Smith, 51, was arrested after he turned himself in to police and talked about infecting sexual partners with the human immunodeficiency virus, WOOD-TV, Grand Rapids, reported Wednesday.
Smith told police there are "thousands" of victims.
Police said they are currently aware of the identity of only one of the victims and have charged Smith with just one count so far.
Bull escapes meat plant
The bull escaped Thursday morning in Mount Airy, Md., about 50 miles north of Washington, as it was being led from a truck into the plant, said Brian Horton, a spokesman for the Carroll County Sheriff's Office.
According to the sheriff's incident report, the bull broke free, charged a bystander and ran off in the general direction of a day care center. Deputies followed him into a nearby field, where he then charged one of the deputies.
Panda women of the year
Pippa Middleton is named as the female face of April after she caught the nation's attention as maid of honour at the wedding of her sister Kate to Prince William.
Man burns house to keep wife out, police say
Tampa police said Perusse, 48, told officers at the fire that "I did it." He explained he didn't want a woman he was involved with to move into 5703 S MacDill Ave. so he set it on fire. Investigators found the single-story, wood frame house had been doused with an accelerant.
99 year old divorce affair
Court papers lodged in Rome revealed the Italian man, identified as Antonio C, was divorcing his wife, Rosa C, after finding letters that revealed she had an affair more than 60 years ago. The split will make Antonio the oldest divorcee ever recorded, according to the Telegraph.
He discovered the letters just days before Christmas when he was going through a chest of drawers.
Rosa confessed to her indiscretions and begged for forgiveness but her husband was adamant that he wanted a divorce.
Top Scandals 2011
The top 10 tech stories of 2011
When Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died on Oct. 5, at age 56, the loss resonated throughout the tech world in unprecedented ways. He was described as our generation's Thomas Edison and his legacy was celebrated accordingly. The Internet mourned the passing of the man with over 2.5 million tweets in the twelve hours following his death. People around the world sent over one million emails filled with wishes, memories and words of sympathy to an address set up by Apple.
Samsung and Google, some of the company's competitors, delayed the release of new products out of respect for the loss of the man who launched Apple.
As his eponymous biography by Walter Isaacson hit the shelves, we dissected everything about Jobs from minutia — such as his final words, eating habits, reading list, workaholic nature and old pranks — to grand concepts such as his life's work. It is worth noting that the Jobs biography became Amazon's best-selling book of 2011 and Sony Pictures is said to be working on a movie version.
Breastfeeding flash mobs
And, she followed up with a purposeful column in The Guardian.
"After being verbally attacked for not covering up while feeding my four-month-old, I decided it was time to make a statement to show that mothers will no longer tolerate being harassed for feeding our babies in public."
That day, 40 moms showed up at the Clock Tower and breastfed their babies in front of Christmas shoppers.
The event wasn't the first of its kind in the UK: "Women in both London and Manchester staged flash mobs for National Breastfeeding Awareness week in June. But it is part of a growing trend," Jones-Hughes wrote.
Titanic anniversary cruise 2012
Titanic.
Although the cruise will broadly follow Titanic’s itinerary, it will leave Southampton on April 8, two days earlier than the 1912 voyage, because the 20-knot, 617ft Balmoral is slower than the 23-knot, 882ft Titanic.
It will also have the same number of passengers on board as in the original voyage.
Lohan gets a new job
The 'Mean Girls' actress - who recently posed naked for Playboy magazine - recently shot a campaign for the denim brand and impressed bosses with her professionalism. A press release said:
Hidden gun goes off at Starbucks
According to the Cheyenne Police report about the incident, the girl, whose name is being withheld because she is a juvenile, dropped her purse around 6:45 a.m. Monday while she was at the cash register at Starbucks, 1112 Central Ave.
28 story escalator Colombia
28 story escalator Colombia- A 28-story outdoor escalator has opened in this large South American city Medellin, Colombia. The $6.7 million project is expected to cut the time it takes local residents to hoof it up a huge hill from 35 minutes to six minutes. Central-mid-levels escalators, Nathan ames escalator. The town's mayor hopes it will help improve the quality of life. The tiny shanty town is situated west of Bogota and north of Cali, Columbia. About 12,000 people call it home. Daily, they tackle the grueling quarter-mile hike up the steep hill to get around the aging town.
Yeti finger human mystery
The mummified remains have been held in the Royal College of Surgeons museum in London since the 1950s.
A DNA sample analysed by the zoo's genetic expert Dr Rob Ogden has finally revealed the finger's true origins.
Following DNA tests it has found to be human bone.
The yeti, also known as the Abominable Snowman, is a legendary giant ape-like creature said to inhabit the Himalayan region of Nepal and Tibet.
Woman fence pet elephant
Yesterday, an unidentified woman who was reportedly off her meds "went in to kind of check the elephants out," Branden Adams, a nice-mannered kid who witnessed the break-in, tells KTLA. "She comes out and she says, 'I'm going to go pet the elephants now.' And she goes and she started touching the elephants and seeing what they were doing." Adams' cellphone video shows the elephant-ite hopping the cord, ambling around the desert habitat for a spell -- then finally getting her pet on, albeit cautiously. KTLA reports that the particular beasts subjected to her strange love -- for five full minutes! -- were Jewel and Tina, the zoo's newest elephants.
Mythbusters cannonball shoots through house
People working on the Discovery Channel show Tuesday launched the cannonball from a bomb range in Dublin, about 35 miles east of San Francisco, expecting it to hit a target made of trash cans. Instead, the cannonball zipped through a house 700 yards away, leaving a 10-inch hole in the bedroom wall as the homeowners slept, then struck the roof of another house and bounced across four lanes of traffic before finally crashing through the window of a parked minivan, the Times said.
Silicone breast swallowed during pilates
A 59-year-old woman, whose breasts were removed after a double mastectomy to treat her breast cancer, had received breast implants after her surgery. Oddly, the woman was exercising recently when one of her implants was swallowed by her body after slipping through her rib cage.
The cancer survivor was performing a Pilates stretching exercise known as a Valsalva maneuver when she claims her "body swallowed one of the implants," according to the account published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Weirdest News Stories of 2011
Aerosmith Steven Tyler
TMZ reports that Tyler's family were unaware of the alleged engagement and are no fan of the 38-year-old Brady, who has been dating the 63-year-old "American Idol" judge since 2006.
Among the reasons cited are that Brady is "just not nice" and has been "mean to the family."
The alleged engagement would be the third marriage for the rocker, who recently told Oprah Winfrey on the OWN channel that he was "ashamed" of his womanizing past. Holding hands with Brady, Tyler appeared earnest about turning a new leaf and said it was possible for him to be monogamous.
"I don't want to hurt anybody again. For all the divorces I've had, I've hurt those girls deeply. There was some behavior that I'm ashamed of and I shouldn't have done," Tyler said.
American Idol
American Idol judge engaged
According to a new report from TMZ, Tyler was spotted out recently with Brady, and she was wearing what definitely appeared to be an engagement ring. However, no one from Tyler's camp has yet to confirm the news.
Drake on fan's forehead tat
In a brief interview with Los Angeles’ Power 106 on-air personality Mando Fresko, the Canadian superstar spoke on the infamous tattoo and voiced his disdain for the artist responsible for the artwork. “I want to meet her and understand what happened,” said a flabbergasted Drake. “That’s cool, though. I feel you a 100 percent. That, to me, is like
absolutely incredible.”
Drake continued with, “The guy who tatted is a f---ing –shole though, I will tell you that. I don’t f--- with that guy. F--- you to that tat artist by the way. And you should lose your job and should never do tattoos again and I don’t f--- with you. And if I ever see you, I’m
a f--- you up.”
Drake did calm down a bit and seemed humbled by the fact the woman saw fit to adorn herself with his name. “But real sh-- though, I really like…I want to talk to this girl and understand it all. It’s surreal.”
In his defense, the tattoo artist said that he tried to reason with the woman: She was really psyched about it. She had the sh---y font all picked out on her iPhone ready to go and was pretty adamant about putting it on her forehead. She didn't say a word about what it meant to her,” Campbell recalled. “…She acted as if she had planned it out for a while; though I'm not really sure how much extended coherent thought could actually go into getting such a stupid tattoo on your forehead.”
“In my opinion this whole world's going to sh--, and sh-- rolls downhill,” Campbell added. “So I might as well just jump in, hold my breath, and pray to God that there's a nice big soft puddle of diarrhea for me to land in once everything hits the fan.”
Jimmy Hoffa GM headquarters
General Motors began using the "RenCen" as its world headquarters in 1996.
The time line and Michigan location make the RenCen a more likely resting place for the Teamsters leader than other rumored locations like the Florida Everglades or Giants Stadium in New Jersey's Meadowlands.
New York, New York — A new book claims that the remains of Teamsters Union leader James R. "Jimmy" Hoffa were buried under the foundation of the then under-construction Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan after his disappearance and presumed assassination in 1975. That's right, GM's headquarters may be the tomb of Jimmy Hoffa.
The new book, entitled "The Weasel: A Double Life in the Mob" (Wiley; November 2011), is the story of Marvin Elkind who describes himself as a "chauffer and goon for mob bosses" and was written by Elkind and journalist Adrian Humphries. In a Christmas Day interview with The New York Post Elkind claims to have learned the whereabouts of Hoffa's body during a Teamsters conference held in Detroit in 1985 — a decade after the labor leader's notorious disappearance on July 30, 1975 from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox Restaurant in Bloomfield Township outside of Detroit.
Hoffa was reportedly at the restaurant waiting to meet Anthony "Tony Jack" Giacalone, who had ties to both the Teamsters and organized crime, and mobster Anthony "Tony Pro" Provenzano.
According to the new book, during the 1985 Teamster's conference Elkind and a group of other Teamsters were with Giacalone crossing a glass-walled walkway connecting the Omni International Hotel to the Renaissance Center when Giacalone nodded toward the complex and invited the group to "Say good morning to Jimmy Hoffa, boys." The Omni International Hotel was later remodeled and reopened as the Courtyard Downtown Detroit.
In the Post's interview, Elkind adds that once Hoffa's body was added to the RenCen's foundation "there was a mad rush to get the concrete poured."
Since Hoffa disappeared in Michigan it makes some murderous logistical sense to kill him and dispose of his body there. At least more sense than transporting Hoffa to New Jersey to bury his body under the west end zone of Giants Stadium in the Meadowlands which was also then being built. Before Giants Stadium was demolished in 2010, the television show Mythbusters investigated the Hoffa burial legend there and couldn't find any evidence of such an entombment.
All this adds irony upon irony to the seven-building RenCen. Though it was originally conceived of by Henry Ford II, and originally contained my Ford Motor Company offices when it opened in 1977, it became General Motors' world headquarters after being sold to GM in 1996. And now that GM is largely owned by the United Auto Workers, it turns out the RenCen may be built upon a foundation that includes one of labor's most famous leaders.
Richard Nixon gay rumors
Fulsom, a veteran Washington reporter who covered the Nixon years, also insists that the 37th U.
S. President had a serious drink problem, beat his wife and by the time he was inaugurated in 1969 had links going back two decades to the Mafia, including with New Orleans godfather Carlos Marcello, then America’s most powerful mobster.
Bebe Rebozo was a short, swarthy, good-looking Cuban-American businessman with a history of failed relationships with women and close alliances with Miami’s Mafia chiefs, the Daily Mail reported.ulsom has used recently revealed documents and eyewitness interviews including with FBI agents to shed new light on long-standing doubts among White House insiders that Nixon may have been a more than just good pal with Rebozo.
He asserts that Nixon’s relationship with Pat, his wife of 53 years, was little more than a pretence. A heavy drinker whom his own staff dubbed ‘Our Drunk’, Nixon used to call his First Lady a ‘f***ing bitch’ and hit her before, during and after his presidency.
The couple had separate bedrooms at the White House and in Key Biscayne, the exclusive resort near Miami where Nixon holidayed. Mrs Nixon did not even used to sleep in the same building, however Rebozo, was in the house next door.
Fulsom also claims that one of Nixon’s former military aides had a covert job ‘to teach the President how to kiss his wife’ so that they would look like a convincing couple.
Fulsom has quoted a former Time magazine reporter who, at a Washington dinner, bent down to pick up a fork and saw the two holding hands under the table.
It was, the reporter judged, amply intimate to suggest ‘repressed homosexuality’.
Another journalist revealed how, loosened up by drink, Nixon once put his arm around Rebozo ‘the way you’d cuddle your senior prom date. Something was fishy there’.
Rebozo even became an ‘uncle figure’ to the Nixons’ two daughters, Tricia and Julie. The dapper Cuban-American selected Nixon’s clothes and even selected the films he watched at the White House.
On Nixon’s solo visits to Key Biscayne, they swam and sunbathed, indulging in their shared passions for discussing Broadway musicals and barbecuing steaks.
When Nixon became President, Rebozo was given his own office and bedroom at the White House, and a security clearance that permitted him to go in and out without being logged by the secret service.
Using a false name, says Fulsom, Rebozo even got into Nixon’s hotel suite during a trip to Europe.
The President’s closest colleagues criticized the way Rebozo monopolised Nixon’s time.
The book, Nixon’s Darkest Secrets: The Inside Story Of America’s Most Troubled President will be out on January 31, 2012.
Woman eats too much 911
Kids, let’s admit it we’ve all been there. A long over due family gathering, lots of wonderful company and of course lots of delicious food and after all you were keeping up with your diet until recently so how were you going to resist another helping? After all what’s an extra drumstick amongst friends? That said, let’s unzip a few buttons to help get the blood circulating and let’s all drop by Mary Ellen’s motel room where she literally stuffed her face with….well, let’s keep you in suspense for a moment.
theweeklyvice: Mary Ellen Lisee, a 45-year-old Fort Pierce woman was jailed Sunday after she allegedly called 911 because she “ate too much”.
According to the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office, officers was dispatched to the Traveler’s Inn motel in Fort Pierce on a report of a 911 hang-up.
When police arrived on the scene, a woman was yelling and jumping around in her room. The woman’s boyfriend was exiting the room, and told police he was leaving to get some peace and quiet because she “could not stop talking.
When officers entered the hotel room, the woman, identified as Lisee, stated that she had called 911 because she “ate too much food” that evening. Officers noted that she smelled of alcohol and appeared to be intoxicated.
Whiskey, drumstick? Who can really tell the difference when you’re having one whale of a good time. Not Mary Ellen that’s for sure…
But it gets better. It always gets better in a down and out motel room with the smell of Jim Bean wafting out into the corridor and your crazed boyfriend who’s doing hula loops in the car park pleading with Baby Jesus to just get out of this one alive…
When officers asked her to write a statement, she wrote: “My name is Mary Ellen Lisee. I have beaten, I believe in God, and He forgives me. I may joke, but I do not do crack. I will not for as long as I live.”
Hmm, that sounds a little convoluted to me. Shall we try this one more time:
‘My name is Mary Gypsy Lee. I have drunken, I believe in Baby Jesus, and he always applauds me. I may joke, but I do not do crack. I will never not for another 7 minutes. Do you mind passing me the pipe behind the chicken nugget on the floor?’
Now that does sound more reasonable doesn’t it?
When officers asked Lisee to swear the statement to be true, she refused and was apprehended. Her address is listed as the hotel.
Lisee was booked into the St. Lucie County Jail and charged with disorderly conduct.
Shouldn’t you watch how much of the good shit you smoke eat this Christmas too…?
Kim K. gets 600K to party
But Kim Kardashian is still apparently very bankable, and is set to rake in the big bucks for hosting an upcoming New Year's Eve party.
The 31-year-old reality star is reportedly being paid $600,000 to help ring in the New Year at Tao nightclub in Las Vegas this weekend, according to RadarOnline.
But Kim will have to do a little more work than just one night, because the large wad of cash is part of a multi-event deal.
Kim is not the only one getting paid a pretty penny for their hosting duties.
Vegas regular and former Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie will earn a cool $100,000 for performing at new nightclub 1Oak at the Mirage Hotel and Casino, according to The New York Post.
But other celebrities aren't so lucky.
A whole slew of other stars were reportedly in talks for deals, but many of them fell through because the A-listers were demanding too much money for appearances.
According to a source that told the Post, Katy Perry failed to fetch the $250,000 price tag she demanded to play for one night.
P. Diddy was apparently close to signing a deal with Hyde nightclub in Miami, but after they didn't meet his expectations, he rejected their offer.
Meanwhile huge money sums have reportedly been thrown at Ashton Kutcher.
But the Two And A Half Men star, who recently split from his wife Demi Moore following allegations of cheating, has allegedly turned them all down.
She may be a new mother of twins, but Mariah Carey was said to be keen to perform on the big night.
But after her people search the globe for a $500,000 deal, they didn't find any takers.
'She’s not doing any New Year events. She’ll be in Aspen with her family,' he rep told The Post.
Kim's hefty deal comes after her popularity suffered a huge blow following her short-lived marriage to ex-husband Humphires.
Many accused the reality star of using the marriage as a publicity stunt and a way to cash in through TV rights and magazine deals.
And her popularity seemingly took another dip last week after animal rights group PETA launched a billboard campaign slating the star's love of fur coats.
The Keeping Up With The Kardashians favourite has regularly been spotted wearing such jackets this year, despite already being chastened by the group, who named her their worst dressed person of 2010.
And in the emotive ad the group has a cute picture of two fox cubs, with the statement: 'Kim These babies miss their mother. Is she on your back.'
In addition to the adverts, he animal rights organisation has also Kim on their website.
PETA Senior Vice President Lisa Lange said: 'Kim knows that animals on fur farms are beaten, electrocuted, and often skinned alive.
'We've explained it to her, and she's watched a video expose that was filmed inside fur farms.
'When Kim is ready to put an end to her relationship with fur, PETA will be happy to take her discards and donate them to the homeless.'
Ironically Kim turned out to support a PETA campaign poster AGAINST fur which featured her sister Khloe earlier this year.
She posed with her sister next to the 2008 Fur? I'd Rather Go Naked picture in 2008, after her younger sibling stripped off for the charity.
It is the second time in recent days the Kardashians have been involved in a fashion flare-up.
It was claimed the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights had criticised the family for using Chinese sweatshop labour to produce their fashion lines.
However the group's executive director Charles Kernaghan later spoke out to say the allegations could not be proved, that he had been speaking about conditions in the country in general, and that his words had been twisted.
He did speak out again last night to say: 'If Ms. Kardashian has found a way to overcome the iron-fisted repression under which the Chinese workers are forced to toil, then that would be huge news and worthy of tremendous applause.
'But unfortunately, based on our concrete experiences investigating factories in China and elsewhere, the chances are about one in a million that Ms. Kardashian has found a way to push back against the Chinese authorities and guarantee that her employees will be afforded their most basic, internationally recognized workers' rights.'
Rapper rumors spark mall melee
The mob sent frightened shoppers scrambling for safety as 10 fights broke out at the same time, forcing some stores to shut.
Brawls started after rumours swept the mall in Bloomington that rappers Lil’ Wayne and Drake were visiting.
Rapper rumors spark mall melee
Video captured police officers walking with their guns drawn, but they later said this was in response to reports of gun shots being fired.Several witnesses said the melee had elements of a 'smash and grab' flash mob, including heavy use of mobiles.
It took 30 police and mall security staff more than an hour to restore order - with 10 juveniles and young adults held on suspicion of disorderly conduct.
The violence erupted at about 4:20pm yesterday when a fight began involving a large group in the food court and quickly spread through the nation’s largest mall.
Bloomington police Commander Mark Stehlik confirmed that some groups were as large as 100 people and more than 200 may have been involved.
But there were no reports of any stolen goods.
Several stores, including Nordstrom, closed internal gates to the mall court, and a few stayed closed for the evening. For a few minutes the mall was inadvertently put in total lockdown.
Witness Makenzie Shofner, 15, of Maple Plain, told the Star Tribune: 'I saw a massive group of peopl. It looked like they were trying to pull people's stuff out of their bags. My heart was racing.'
Brianna Berg, 32, of Coon Rapids, was going down an escalator when a large group of young people rushed up behind her.
'I had to hold on tight. I was almost knocked down,' she said.
Some witnesses reported being evacuated from the mall, but police said shoppers were escorted toward the east exit to make room for the investigation.
A mall spokesman said: 'It is very unfortunate to see these incidents occurring, especially during the holiday shopping season when families are out spending time together.'
Hef, ex in puppy custody battle
See the latest example, which comes in the form of celebrities Hugh Hefner, the founder of the lucrative Playboy Enterprises, and his ex-fiance, former Playboy model Crystal Harris. According to a report by People, the two are engaged in a custody battle, but not the traditional one you might think of; these two are fighting over who should retain permanent ownership of their shared puppy Charlie, a King Charles Cavalier Spaniel.
Hefner, 85, and Harris, 25, broke off their engagement in early June 2011. Despite the time lapse between the broken engagement and present time, the two are still quarreling over who should have permanent ownership of the puppy.
Hefner jokingly made remarks that if "she wants to keep the ring and the Bentley, then maybe I can keep the puppy." Maybe he's right...or not.
Pictured above are Hugh Hefner and his ex-fiance, Crystal Harris. The two are currently engaged in a custody battle over who should retain permanent ownership over their shared King Charles Cavalier Spaniel puppy, Charlie.
What do you think about this high profile pet custody battle? Share your thoughts in a comment.
Crazy TSA stories of 2011
Bookstore sorry about Hitler gaffe
A British bookstore chain has apologized after promoting Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf as the Bookstore Hitler, “perfect present” for Christmas.
Waterstone’s issued an apology after several people spotted the anti-Semitic tome at a store in Huddersfield in West Yorkshire with a sales sticker saying the book is “the perfect present” and “essential gift for anyone seeking to understand one of history’s most despicable figures. A shocking read and vital warning for future generations.” Bookstore Hitler,
The online version of the U.K.’s Jewish Chronicle newspaper reports seeing copies of the book displayed in Manchester, Cheshire and Liverpool. Waterstone's,
Real-life Scrooge
Ice cream vendor assaulted?
Ashton Kutcher nightclub three women
Medieval knights PTSD
They were often sleep-deprived, exhausted and malnourished. They slept outside on hard ground, fully exposed to whatever weather befell them. And their lives were full of horror and carnage as they regularly killed other men and watched their friends die.
Faced with the trauma inherent in a life of combat, according to a new look at ancient texts, medieval knights sometimes struggled with despair, fear, powerlessness and delusions. Some may have even suffered from post-traumatic stress or related disorders, argues a Danish researcher, just as their modern-day counterparts do.
Wrong-way puffin
Wrong-way puffin, An Atlantic puffin got a little lost on the way to its nest. The seabird reportedly crash-landed in downtown Montreal about 1,000 kilometers from its likely home, and it was rescued by a veterinary technician. The puffin is being housed in a bathtub and getting two meals a day, before it goes back out into the wild.
Homeless get one-way tickets
New York City is buying one-way tickets for homeless families to leave the city, if they have relatives somewhere else to take them in. Under the initiative, hundreds of families have been given plane, rail, and bus tickets and even gas vouchers to leave the city.
Melted crayons Jesus
Jesus In Crayons: Tara Gomez, Missouri Woman, Says Christ's Image Appeared In Son's Melted Crayons (VIDEO)Christ has appeared in toast, Cheetos and on the side of a cliff, but one Missouri woman says she found Jesus in an unexpected place: her son's crayons.
Vatican xxx domain name
Vatican xxx domain name, Mystery buyer snags 'vatican.xxx' domain, A mystery buyer has purchased the domain name 'vatican.xxx,' though the Vatican itself wasn't the buyer, a spokesman said. The .xxx extension is brand new. Some groups have purchased .xxx domains to prevent others from using them arlier this year, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) had approved the use of the .xxx suffix for pornographic websites.
Later on, 4,000 celebrity names ranging from Angelina Jolie to Donald Trump had been blocked by the ICM Registry regarding their usage as it could tarnish a person’s or brands identity.Utah man smashes Lamborghini he won
HBO renews Enlightened
HBO renews Enlightened. HBO still 'Enlightened', HBO has renewed "Enlightened," a show about a self-destructive executive trying to rebuild her life. Other shows, including "Hung," "Bored to Death" and "How to Make It in America," weren't as fortunate.
American cable network HBO is renewing its Golden Globes-nominated freshman series Enlightened, but is axing three other series.
Hung and Bored to Death will not return for a fourth season, nor will How to Make it in America be back for a third cycle, the network said on Tuesday.
Enlightened, which ended its first season earlier this month, last week earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Comedy or Musical Series, as well as a nomination for its star, Laura Dern. On the show, Dern plays an unstable career woman who wants to be a social activist.
HBO will premiere six new series in 2012. They include Luck, an untitled drama series created by Aaron Sorkin, Veep, Girls, Life's Too Short and Angry Boys, which debuts on New Year's Day.
Cocaine on most changing tables
Many people are already aware that marijuana is now legal in some states in the US with a medical prescription.
Rachel Yoder was shot in the head Thursday night while traveling to her home in Wayne County, between Columbus and Akron. She had attended a Christmas party for employees, most of them under 18 years old, at an Amish produce farm and was riding home alone when she was shot, Wayne County sheriff's Capt. Douglas Hunter said.
Hunter said his department had traced a trail of blood along the road for about three-eighths of a mile into Holmes County in an area of farms and rolling hills.
Holmes County Sheriff Timothy Zimmerly said investigators figured out what happened after the gun-cleaner's family came forward and after his neighbors reported hearing a shot at about the time the girl was wounded.
The man had fired the gun in the air about 1.5 miles from where Yoder was shot, Zimmerly said. State investigators were checking the rifle for a ballistics match, he said.
"In all probability, it looks like an accidental shooting," Zimmerly said.
In a print ad for the CoverGirl NatureLuxe Mousse Mascara, she appears milky-skinned, eyes aflutter. "2X more volume" promises the copy beside her lustrous lashes. And in much finer print, "lashes enhanced in post production."
An unidentified 76-year-old woman had a pen stuck inside her stomach for the past 25 years, according to a report in the British Medical Journal. Doctors at a hospital in Exeter found the pen on a CT scan when the patient came to the hospital complaining of weight loss and diarrhea.
The patient told her doctors that 25 years ago, she was using the pen to inspect a spot on her tonsils when she slipped, fell and accidentally swallowed the pen. Her physician husband didn’t believe her story but took an x-ray of her stomach, which showed nothing inside of her.
So the pen remained in her stomach for over two decades, causing the woman no symptoms at all.
“The stomach does not have an extensive sensory innervation and the felt tip pen was blunt,” Dr. Oliver Waters, a gastroenterologist who treated the woman, told ABC News. “So if the pen was not damaging the stomach this would explain the patient’s lack of symptoms.”
When Waters and his colleagues fished the pen out of its gastrointestinal hiding place, they found that it still wrote clearly.
“Normally the stomach acid will disintegrate things like the inside of a pen,” Dr. Steven Moss, a gastroenterologist at Rhode Island Hospital, told ABC News. “For the tip to be still intact with ink after 25 years is amazing.”
Doctors say the patient is probably lucky she chose a felt-tip pen to probe her tonsils. Something sharper, such as a ballpoint pen, could have cut into the lining of her stomach and allowed the gut’s bacteria to seep into the rest of her body. On the other hand, a ballpoint pen might have been easier for doctors to detect from the start.
Jason, a childhood friend of Britney’s from Louisiana, was once married to the pop star for 55 hours. Their marriage was later annulled, but it sounds like Jason’s still waiting for Britney to email him his heart back, to paraphrase her 1999 single.
"If you look at all the pictures between them there is no connection," says Jason No. 1. "It seems like an answer to the court thing." Jason Trawick used to be Britney’s manager, post-breakdown and head-shaving. Brit has been under Daddy’s thumb (read: conservatorship) since 2008. According to E!, Jason No. 2 was legally bound to ask Jamie Spears for permission. (Spoiler alert: We think he said yes!)
Jason says it’s only fitting that she married her former manager. "That way she always has someone controlling her. It's sort of sad." Sounds like Jason’s watched Britney’s “Lucky” music video one too many times. “She’s so lucky, she’s a star…”
Sources: Us Magazine, E!
Mayan 'Year of Doom' begin
Mayan 'Year of Doom' begins. Maya astronomers knew long ago that there would be intense solar activity in the year the world now calls 2012. Mayan 'Year of Doom' begins , suggests that December 21, 2011 would begin a year of horrors that would culminate in the Earth’s destruction on December 21, 2012.
There is more to the story, Perhaps in their revulsion toward the high-jacking of Maya culture by profit making ventures and psuedo-religious sects, archaeologists are not telling the public the full story. Maya astronomers DID know that the early 21st century would be time of violent weather, which would peak in 2012. Such dangerous periods have happened like clockwork through the ages.
In either case, there is proof of the sun’s impact on weather, and human history. The last period of maximum solar activity was in the late 1500s and early 1600s, with the peak at 1595. Most of the towns visited by Hernando de Soto in 1540-42 disappeared during a period of extreme drought in the Southeast during the last 20 years of the 16th century. The Roanoke Island Colony probably disappeared because of this drought, while the Jamestown Colony almost failed because of this drought.
During the previous period of maximum solar intensity (mid-12th century) the Toltec Empire collapsed, the enormous town on the Ocmulgee River in Georgia was abandoned, all the Native towns around Lake Okeechobee, FL were abandoned and horrific droughts devastated the Anasazi culture in the Southwest. However, the warmth was beneficial to northern European farmers. English farmers were able to grow grapes and make commercial quality wines in the 12th century.
The late 20th century and early 21st century saw several record-breaking storms and earthquakes, while the American Southwest is experiencing an ever worsening drought. This is exactly what Maya astronomers and priests expected each 416 years. On the peak year of solar activity, 2012, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has predicted very dangerous solar flares.
A solar flare blast can knock out satellites, land-based communication systems, regional power grids, mainframe computers, cable TV networks and even the computers that operate modern automobiles. In truth, there is potential for major damage being done to the world’s economy in 2012 because of natural catastrophes, but it is not likely to be hurricanes the size of nations or asteroids simultaneously striking several locations on earth as portrayed in the movies.
Of course, as soon as such statements as above are published, one can expect 20 inches of snow at Miami Beach on Christmas morning. Mother Nature is ultimately, a very unpredictable lady.
There is more to the story, Perhaps in their revulsion toward the high-jacking of Maya culture by profit making ventures and psuedo-religious sects, archaeologists are not telling the public the full story. Maya astronomers DID know that the early 21st century would be time of violent weather, which would peak in 2012. Such dangerous periods have happened like clockwork through the ages.
The indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere were clever folks. Although the ubiquitous 52 year century they used was based on the period required for the solar and lunar calendars to complete their mutual cycles, it also marks 1/8th of the 416 year cycle of the sun. The sun’s peak production of heat energy occurs every 416 years. Alternatively, one could say that the periods when the earth receives the least warmth from the sun occur every 416 years.
In either case, there is proof of the sun’s impact on weather, and human history. The last period of maximum solar activity was in the late 1500s and early 1600s, with the peak at 1595. Most of the towns visited by Hernando de Soto in 1540-42 disappeared during a period of extreme drought in the Southeast during the last 20 years of the 16th century. The Roanoke Island Colony probably disappeared because of this drought, while the Jamestown Colony almost failed because of this drought.
During the previous period of maximum solar intensity (mid-12th century) the Toltec Empire collapsed, the enormous town on the Ocmulgee River in Georgia was abandoned, all the Native towns around Lake Okeechobee, FL were abandoned and horrific droughts devastated the Anasazi culture in the Southwest. However, the warmth was beneficial to northern European farmers. English farmers were able to grow grapes and make commercial quality wines in the 12th century.
The late 20th century and early 21st century saw several record-breaking storms and earthquakes, while the American Southwest is experiencing an ever worsening drought. This is exactly what Maya astronomers and priests expected each 416 years. On the peak year of solar activity, 2012, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has predicted very dangerous solar flares.
A solar flare blast can knock out satellites, land-based communication systems, regional power grids, mainframe computers, cable TV networks and even the computers that operate modern automobiles. In truth, there is potential for major damage being done to the world’s economy in 2012 because of natural catastrophes, but it is not likely to be hurricanes the size of nations or asteroids simultaneously striking several locations on earth as portrayed in the movies.
Of course, as soon as such statements as above are published, one can expect 20 inches of snow at Miami Beach on Christmas morning. Mother Nature is ultimately, a very unpredictable lady.
An elderly man drove for 225 miles with the body of his dead wife beside him in the passenger seat.
The Canadian couple were returning home early from a holiday in Oregon after the 75-year-old woman had begun experiencing health problems.
But she died during the journey close to the town of Pasco, Washington.
Her 71-year-old husband told police that he had carried on driving because he simply didn't know what to do.
About 20 miles south of Canada he pulled over to call authorities to find out whether he could cross the border with her.
The motorists' emergency system OnStar put him in touch with dispatchers in Okanogan County who persuaded him to stop in the town of Tonasket.
Local Police Chief Robert Burks said: 'He wasn't sure what to do, so he kept driving.
'I believe that different permits have to get done to get a body across. I think that’s all they’re waiting for'
The woman was taken to the North Valley Hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Police said they are not treating her death as suspicious but taking a body across the border requires certain paperwork.
The woman's body will remain in the U.S. until it can be legally transported across the border.
Messing, husband split
"Debra Messing and Daniel Zelman privately separated earlier this year after a 10 year marriage," Messing's rep tells Us. Messing and actor/TV producer Zelman, 44, met years ago as students at New York University, married in 2000, and share a 7-year-old son, Roman.
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Explains the rep of the separation: "The decision was mutual, and they remain supportive of one another and committed to raising their son as a family."
Messing (who next stars in buzzed-about NBC series Smash, out in February), Zelman and their little boy recently relocated to NYC -- and remain living under one roof, according to a source close to the pair.
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"They have been separated the better part of the year but continue to live together in New York for Roman," explains the source. "It's very amicable."
(The couple was photographed out and about together as recently as Halloween weekend, when they dressed up in complementary ghoulish costumes at Bette Midler's annual, star-packed Hulaween bash in NYC.)
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Just last month, Messing told LilSugar about her holiday plans in the Big Apple. "We just moved back to New York but have always had family here," the Emmy winner said. "We love to go skating at Wolman rink, and go see plays -- musicals specifically. Waiting for the snow to come. Looking forward to putting on the snowsuit and stomping through Central Park."
Selena Gomez mom miscarries
Santa sacked in bed race
Andrew Mondia was just three days into his role as Father Christmas in the Grotto at Selfridges when he was fired after the grandmother complained that he had offended her.
Canadian-born actor Mr Mondia, 32, said that hadn’t been his intention and he treated all visitors the same.
He said: 'I can understand how that may have been seen as disrespectful but Christmas is for everyone.
'I’ve had all ages sit on my lap, from elderly ladies, younger women in their twenties and thirties and even some men, so I ask everyone. If they say no, then I don’t pursue it.'
Actor James Franco a D
Jose Angel Santana, Franco's professor in his "Directing the Actor II" class, gave the thespian the low grade for skipping 12 of his 14 classes. Santana was later fired by the university. Franco was at NYU pursing his master's in fine arts.
"The school has bent over backwards to create a Franco-friendly environment, that's for sure," Santana tells the New York Post. "The university has done everything in its power to curry favor with James Franco."
NYU Calls Claims 'Ridiculous'
Dr. Jose Angel Santana said Franco deserved the poor grade in "Directing the Actor II" because he missed 12 out of 14 classes in 2010, according to the complaint. Documents say the professor was then publicly ridiculed by the "Planet of the Apes" star and later fired from his department.
"The school has bent over backwards to create a Franco-friendly environment, that's for sure," the 58-year-old professor told the New York Post. "The university has done everything in its power to curry favor with James Franco."
Franco professor fired over grade
Jose Angel Santana is suing the school for dismissing him after he handed the actor a “D” for missing 12 of his 14 “Directing the Actor II” classes as part of Franco’s course of study for a master’s in fine arts degree.
According to Santana, Franco blew off other classes, too, but was accommodated by other professors and given good grades because of his celebrity status.
Toddlers & Tiaras Eden Wood
Toddlers & Tiaras Eden Wood,Eden Wood, 6, a former star of "Toddlers & Tiaras" has a new job as a model. Eden who has retired from the show, also has her own reality show.
'Toddlers' star's new role
The children were making the sign with their hands to indicate a twinkling star as they sang along to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, when staff asked them to use a different gesture - prompting a furious response from one parent.
The disgruntled mother said: "It seems a little politically correct. These are innocent little children just making a sign to show a star. No-one would give it a second thought. Now every parent may worry their child may be making an offensive gesture when they're singing this song."
A spokeswoman for City of York Council, who are responsible for the Sure Start mother and toddler group in Acomb, York, denied it was a case of political correctness, insisting it was more "a sensible decision taken to prevent deaf children or deaf parents being offended by the use of the gesture".
Suri Cruise $130,000
In Touch Weekly got a hold of Suri's Christmas list and all the things she's asking for equal $130,000 worth of stuff and Tom and Katie want to buy her all of it.
Suri asked for a pony at the top of the Christmas wish list, because all little girls want ponies until they realize that they poop and kick and are basically just a midget horse. Apparently Tom Cruise has already found a stable for the new pet near their home in Beverly Hills. Hah, a horse in Beverly Hills, like that would ever happen.
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Blogger Natalie Karneef clothing
Salander, played by Hollywood actress Rooney Mara, is traumatised by a violent rape, yet transforms from victim to avenger in the hit Steig Larsson adaptation.
Tattoo clothing under fire
The clothing line that sold out in Los Angeles in ten minutes, according to the designer, is under fire by blogger Natalie Karneef who wrote a blog item titled "An Open Letter to H&M from a Rape Survivor": "…H&M, you have created a line of clothing based on her character: a woman who has suffered a lifetime of abuse, who is violently raped, and who is hunting down a man who violently rapes and kills other women."
"Lisbeth has been through hell, and her clothing is her armor. That's her choice, and it's an understandable choice. But you glamorize it, putting a glossy, trendy finish on the face of sexual violence and the rage and fear it leaves behind."
Lady Gaga Earned $90 Million & Voted AP Entertainer of the Year
Name Lady GaGa
Real name Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
Date of birth March 28, 1986
Place of birth Yonkers, New York, USA
Earnings May 2010-May 2011 $90 million
Lady Gaga's latest music video, for "Marry the Night," juxtaposes her desperate pre-fame years with high-concept, high priced art and fashion work, and it makes for a nice metaphor for her meteoric rise. Just a singer in a bar a few years back, Gaga has reached the top of the music industry, with Forbes announcing that she led all women musicians with $90 million in earnings from May 2010-May 2011.
Miss Universe Pageant
The reality star selected Gaga as the headlining act of his popular Miss Universe Pageant in 2008, and during the show the singer performed her breakout song Just Dance for the very first time on TV.
After making her international debut on the program, Gaga shot to fame - and Trump is certain he had a hand in giving the hitmaker her start.
Donald trump GOP debate
The rest of the GOP field bowed out, with Ron Paul and Jon Huntsman making clear they believe the debate would be a spectacle with Trump as moderator.
"I believe this would not only have been the most watched debate, but also the most substantive and interesting debate," Trump said in a statement.
Seniors in flash mob (VIDEO)
Elderly residents from Meadowlark Estates in Lawrence, Kansas, decided to spread some seasonal cheer by performing to ‘Last Christmas,’ recorded by the cast of the popular television show Glee.
The leading lady has a heart draped around her neck and was supported by several other happily rocking and swaying grannies.Several younger shoppers stood by watching, many of them recording the jolly spectacle for themselves and laughing throughout.
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Fliers to profile seatmates?
Flying alone is like playing seatmate lottery, with the certainty that you ae going to be sandwiched between two complete strangers.
But one airline is trying to change that, by putting travellers in control of finding seatmates who share common interests.
Dutch airline, KLM plans to pilot a “meet and seat” service next year that allows fliers to choose their seats based on the Facebook and Linkedin profiles of fellow travellers.
It aims to work by linking people’s profiles to their check-in information when they check-in online.
There will be an opt-out option for flyers who do not wish to share their profile information.
KLM says it is still working on the final details and has not revealed if it might charge for the service, which has been hailed by some as mile-high “match-making”.
Many travellers have taken to Twitter to share their views on the new travel buddy service, with some embracing the idea and others calling it “creepy.”
@declanjbarry tweeted: “this is just a terrible idea” and @morgonzola said: “the new Facebook ‘meet and seat’ booking option could be fun or a disaster”, while @oconnorcolleen called it “a new level of social stalking.”
KLM is not the only airline to engage with social media to help passengers find seatmates.
Malaysian Airlines Facebook service “MHBuddy” lets passengers see if they have friends on their flight or who are headed to the same destination.
Travellers can complete a full travel booking through Facebook from purchasing flights, checking-in and seat selection, to sharing flight itineraries with friends.
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