Archive for November, 2011
Rotund RAP legend Heavy D died Tuesday after collapsing in his California home. He was 44. The Westchester County-raised entertainer was taken by ambulance to Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles about 11:25 a.m. and died 90 minutes later – cops told the Daily News. Heavy D was conscious and talking when officers responded […]
November 9th, 2011 | Posted in Tragedy | Comments Off
Joe Frazier (the son of a South Carolina sharecropper who punched meat in a Philadelphia slaughterhouse before Rocky) won Olympic gold, and beat an undefeated Muhammad Ali to become one of the all-time heavyweight greats, died on Monday, his family said in a statement. He was 67. Frazier, whose liver cancer was diagnosed about a […]
November 8th, 2011 | Posted in Tragedy | Comments Off
Running the New York City Marathon on Sunday, former “Survivor” winner Ethan Zohn spotted his girlfriend of eight years, Jenna Morasca, cheering him on outside of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, where he has spent countless hours battling his Hodgkin’s lymphoma. “I jogged over to her and gave her a big giant hug. And there may […]
November 7th, 2011 | Posted in Festivals | Comments Off
Legendary CBS News commentator Andy Rooney (known to millions for his witty essays on mundane topics) died Friday night in New York. He was 92. He had been hospitalized after suffering complications following minor surgery last month. “It’s a sad day at ’60 Minutes’ and for everybody here at CBS News” – said Jeff Fager, […]
November 6th, 2011 | Posted in Tragedy | Comments Off
Three-time World Cup overall champion and Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn was too busy training and competing to go to school dances during her teen years. Now, she’s making up for lost time. Vonn, a Vail, Colo. native, was visiting her old stomping grounds at the Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy Thursday (November 3) when […]
November 5th, 2011 | Posted in Celebrities | Comments Off
The DASH diet recently received kudos from the US News & World Report expert panel as a balanced dietary plan for everyone in the family to improve their overall health. Pop diets come and go but it seems the DASH diet is here to stay. DASH stands for “Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension.” Beside lowering […]
November 4th, 2011 | Posted in Fitness | Comments Off
Is Justin Bieber a baby daddy? A girl by the name of Mariah Yeater claims to have taken the pop singer’s virginity during a backstage tryst last year at a Los Angeles concert. Now, she wants Justin Bieber to take a paternity test and pay child support. In fact – she’s filed a lawsuit. One […]
November 3rd, 2011 | Posted in Celebrities | Comments Off
Actress and singer Zooey Deschanel and Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard have ended their two-year marriage. A representative of Deschanel confirmed the split to US Weekly. “It was mutual and amicable” – a source added. “There was no third party involved.” The 31-year-old actress/singer and Death Cab for Cutie frontman, 35, were married […]
November 2nd, 2011 | Posted in Celebrities | Comments Off
Husband and wife for just weeks, Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries were already sounding like an old married couple. “How am I going to have my career and live in Minnesota?” Kardashian gripes to Humphries in a scene from a preview clip of her E! show Kourtney and Kim Take New York. “Baby” – Humphries […]
November 1st, 2011 | Posted in Celebrities | Comments Off