Archive for September, 2012
Johnny Lewis has been found dead. He was 28. The actor (who previously dated Katy Perry) is believed to have killed his 81-year-old landlady Catherine Davis before leaping to his death from his home in Los Angeles yesterday. The upstairs of the building had been ransacked and a cat had also been killed. “It’s a […]
September 28th, 2012 | Posted in Tragedy | Comments Off
Teen Sensation Miley Cyrus is putting her wedding plans on hold as she records her new album. The 19-year-old announced in June that she was heading down the aisle with Australian actor Liam Hemsworth. But Cyrus admits she is yet to begin organising the ceremony as she is too busy preparing her upcoming release, reports […]
September 8th, 2012 | Posted in Celebrities | Comments Off
Pop heartthrobs One Direction were the big winners at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards. The UK fivesome made their debut appearance at the awards (this time last year no one had even heard of them!) scooping up three coveted “Moonmen” for their hit “What Makes You Beautiful”. “Guys what the hell! You are incredible, […]
September 7th, 2012 | Posted in Celebrities | Comments Off
A powerful magnitude-7.6 earthquake shook Costa Rica and neighboring countries on Wednesday, sending panicked people into the streets and briefly triggering a tsunami alert, but causing little damage. Authorities reported one confirmed death. A wall at the University of Costa Rica’s school of electrical engineering is damaged after an earthquake in San Jose, Costa Rica, […]
September 6th, 2012 | Posted in Catastrophes | Comments Off
Griselda Blanco’s story was often told in numbers – she turned tricks at 14, and moved 300 kilos of cocaine a month in her 40′s. Known as the “Godmother” of the cocaine racket, she had up to 20 aliases, and unsubstantiated lore said she ordered some 250 murders. Police put it closer to 40. She […]
September 5th, 2012 | Posted in Criminal | Comments Off
Actor Michael Clarke Duncan (the miraculous mountain of muscle in the Oscar-nominated film “The Green Mile”) died Monday in Los Angeles after a massive heart attack in July. The hulking 6-foot-5, 325-pound movie star passed away early in the day at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center at age 54, his rep confirmed to the Daily News. “(He) […]
September 4th, 2012 | Posted in Tragedy | Comments Off
Maybe everything really is bigger in Texas. Alabama’s experienced offensive line opened Texas-sized holes for the team’s stable of running backs, AJ McCarron had a big day behind center and the defense had no problem filling the big shoes left by its pro-playing predecessors in a 41-14 blowout over Number 8 Michigan Saturday night. It […]
September 3rd, 2012 | Posted in Sports | Comments Off
Clint Eastwood’s bizarre chat to an empty chair at the Republican National Convention has sparked a new internet craze, dubbed “Eastwooding”. “The Dirty Harry” actor made a surprise appearance at the climax of the convention on Thursday to endorse presidential candidate Mitt Romney. But he made the internet’s day with a speech in which he […]
September 2nd, 2012 | Posted in Politics | Comments Off