Sean Avery was voted off “Dancing with the Stars” for pissing off the show’s producers.
Radar reported that “Viewers were shocked on March 24 when the hit ABC show eliminated two teams from the competition instead of one, but an insider exclusively tells RadarOnline.com that a blow-up between Avery (33) and one of the show’s executive producers contributed to his demise.”
Sean Avery and Karina Smirnoff.
Band, DJ…or 1980′s rock concert? Sara Gilbert and Linda Perry made sure their wedding this weekend was extra-memorable – turning their reception into a live show with performances from several bonafide ’80s rock stars.
Backed by 80′s cover group Flashback Heart Attack, singers from groups including Berlin, Bow Wow Wow, and Missing Persons took the stage to entertain guests at the couple’s nuptials. As reported by TMZ, there was also a performance by Tobey Maguire’s young daughter, Ruby, who belted out “Girls Just Want to Have Fun.” Annabella Lwin, of the English new wave band Bow Wow Wow, sang her group’s hit song “I Want Candy,” while The Motels’ frontwoman Martha Davis crooned their trademark track “Only the Lonely.”
Sara Gilbert and Linda Perry.
A mighty 8.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of northern Chile late Tuesday, triggering small landslides, cutting power and generating a tsunami.
Four men and one woman died – two who suffered heart attacks and three who were crushed – said Interior Minister Rodrigo Penailillo.
About 300 prisoners escaped from the northern port city of Iquique in the immediate aftermath – he said.
Earthquake strikes off Chile.
No inheritance for Anderson! CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, who comes from the Vanderbilts, one of the wealthiest families in American history, said Monday, March 31, that he will not be receiving any fortune from his mother Gloria Vanderbilt.
“My mom’s made clear to me that there’s no trust fund” – Cooper told Howard Stern on his radio show. “There’s none of that.”
Gloria Vanderbilt with her son, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper.
NBC dominated Monday’s ratings race in key demos, winning five of six half-hours among adults 18-49 behind “The Voice” and “The Blacklist” – the latter of which had its second best score since late fall despite a lower lead-in from the music competition.
Kicking off the night – CBS’ “How I Met Your Mother” prepped for next week’s series finale by edging out “The Voice” in young adults. ABC won in total viewers behind “Dancing With the Stars,” the night’s most-watched program overall.
“How I Met Your Mother”.
Dave Brockie, who as “Oderus Urungus” fronted the alien-costumed heavy metal band GWAR during graphic and fake-blood-soaked stage shows for more than three decades, has died. He was 50.
Officers were called to Brockie’s home Sunday evening and found the singer dead inside the home – Richmond police spokeswoman Dionne Waugh said Monday. Detectives don’t suspect foul play at this time, and the medical examiner’s office will determine cause of death, Waugh said.
The band founded in 1984 is known for its comically grotesque costumes, stage antics and vulgar lyrics. GWAR was nominated for a Grammy Award for best long-form music video in 1993 for “Phallus in Wonderland” but lost to “Diva” by Annie Lennox. It also was nominated for best metal performance for “S.F.W.” in 1996 but lost to “Happiness In Slavery” by Nine Inch Nails.
Dave Brockie.
Hole lead singer Courtney Love wrote yesterday that she thought she may have found the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in satellite images posted online, although the company behind the crowdsourced effort had already identified the image as a boat.
Love (the widow of Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain) posted her findings on Twitter and Facebook, marking the areas she thought significant with hand-written notes.
Courtney Love found the missing flight.
Jimmy Fallon (the new host of the “Tonight” show) introduced himself to viewers on Monday like a freshly licensed doctor taking over a retiring gerontologist’s practice.
Mister Fallon didn’t smirk or make sarcastic asides. He gently and earnestly explained that he is 39, lives in New York City, and has a wife and a new baby. He pointed out his parents in the studio audience and also how the monologue works. He choked up a little when talking about the “Tonight” show legacy. “I just want to do the best I can” – he said. “And take care of the show for a while.”
Jimmy Fallon’s “Tonight Show”.
Thursday’s Google Doodle is a not-so-subtle pre-Olympics shot at Russia’s less-than-stellar record on gay rights. The doodle (which is also featured on Google’s .ru Russia address) features a series of winter athletes set in rainbow colors, with a pointed quote from the Olympic Charter below Google’s search bar. Clicking the doodle itself also points users to the Olympic Charter.
Sochi Olympics.
Hall of Fame professional wrestler Mae Young has died, WWE confirmed Tuesday. She was 90.
Young was reportedly hospitalized on December 31, then moved to hospice care. Her death had been erroneously reported in the days after, and WWE did not give a cause of death.
Born Johnnie Mae Young in Oklahoma in 1923, Young began her professional wrestling career in the 1940′s and remained active into late last year, making her the only wrestler to believed to have competed in eight different decades. In a statement, WWE called Young the “oldest living squared circle personality.”
Mae Young.