February 22nd, 2009 by Co-Worker

June 26th, 2009 by Co-Worker

June 25, 2009 — Former “Charlie’s Angel” Farrah Fawcett died today at age 62 after a long struggle with anal cancer, her spokesman told media organizations.

Fawcett’s movie and TV roles after Charlie’s Angels included The Cannonball Run, The Burning Bed, Small Sacrifices, Extremities, and The Apostle. Fawcett’s swimsuit poster made her an icon in the 1970s. She and Ryan O’Neal have a son, Redmond, born in 1985.

Fawcett was diagnosed with anal cancer in 2006.

At the time, Fawcett got radiation and chemotherapy to treat her cancer, but in May 2007, Fawcett learned that her cancer was back and that it had spread to her liver as stage IV cancer.

Fawcett had traveled to Germany six times seeking cancer treatment. That treatment included chemotherapy, surgery to remove the original anal cancer, laser treatments of the tumors in her liver, and other surgeries and procedures that were mentioned but not specified in Farrah’s Story, a documentary shown on NBC in May 2009.

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June 25th, 2009 by Co-Worker

Michael Jackson was rushed to the UCLA Medical Center this afternoon after suffering cardiac arrest, according to multiple reports.

The Los Angeles Fire Department was called to Jackson’s residence at 12:26 p.m. PT, according to the Los Angeles Times. The paper reported that paramedics performed CPR on the 50-year-old King of Pop, who was not breathing when they arrived at his home.

The fire department confirmed to ABCNews.com that it responded “to a medical call at 100 block of Carrolwood,” where Jackson lives, and that they took one person to the UCLA Medical Center.

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Currently unconfirmed. Michael Jackson didn’t survive.

April 27th, 2009 by Co-Worker

MEXICO CITY – A unique strain of swine flu is the suspected killer of dozens of people in Mexico, where authorities closed schools, museums, libraries and theaters in the capital on Friday to try to contain an outbreak that has spurred concerns of a global flu epidemic.

The worrisome new virus — which combines genetic material from pigs, birds and humans in a way researchers have not seen before — also sickened at least eight people in Texas and California, though there have been no deaths in the U.S.

“We are very, very concerned,” World Health Organization spokesman Thomas Abraham said. “We have what appears to be a novel virus and it has spread from human to human … It’s all hands on deck at the moment.”

The outbreak caused alarm in Mexico, where more than 1,000 people have been sickened. Residents of the capital donned surgical masks and authorities ordered the most sweeping shutdown of public gathering places in a quarter century. President Felipe Calderon met with his Cabinet Friday to coordinate Mexico’s response.

The WHO was convening an expert panel to consider whether to raise the pandemic alert level or issue travel advisories.

It might already be too late to contain the outbreak, a prominent U.S. pandemic flu expert said late Friday.

Given how quickly flu can spread around the globe, if these are the first signs of a pandemic, then there are probably cases incubating around the world already, said Dr. Michael Osterholm at the University of Minnesota.

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March 29th, 2009 by Co-Worker

The 50-year-old singer is considering the new addition to her family despite her recent divorce from husband Guy Ritchie.

“Many people – especially our Malawian friends – say that David should have a Malawian brother or sister,” she told the country’s Nation newspaper. “It’s something I have been considering but would only do if I had the support of the Malawian people and the government.”

Madonna was accused of circumventing the rules when she adopted David from an orphanage in 2006. Foreigners are barred from adopting children in Malawi unless they have been resident in the country for over a year.

The star said she was determined to teach David, three, about his homeland. His father still lives in Malawi, one of the world’s poorest nations.

“It is a big priority for me to educate my son about the world, but always to stay connected to his Malawian culture. He has a big map of Africa in his room with lots of arrows pointing to Malawi,” she said.

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March 11th, 2009 by Co-Worker

A GUNMAN who killed at least 10 people in southern Alabama began his murder spree by burning down his mother’s house where her body was later found.

Officials have not been able to enter the house outside Kinston, near the Alabama-Florida border, to determine if she was shot, the Associated Press reported.

After burning down the house, the gunman then headed east, into Geneva County, where he shot and killed five people – four adults and a child – at a home in the town of Samson.

Then he killed one person each in two other homes, a person at a Samson supply store and a woman at a service station.

Coffee County Coroner Robert Preachers said many of the victims included members of the shooter’s family.

“He started in his mother’s house,” Mr Preachers said.

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February 23rd, 2009 by Co-Worker

Perth-born Hollywood star Heath Ledger has been honoured with the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as the psychotic Joker in Batman.

Ledger was the clear favourite to win Academy Award, which comes just over a year after the 28-year-old died from an accidental prescription drug overdose.

He is only the second actor to win an Oscar posthumously.

His father Kim Ledger and mother Sally Bell and sister Kate accepted the award.

“First of all, I have to say this is so humbling,” Kim Ledger told the audience.

“This award tonight would have humbly validated Heath’s quiet determination to be truly accepted by you all here – his peers – within an industry he so loved. Thank you.”

Sally described her son as a “generous soul” and said the family would celebrate his life tonight.

Kate confirmed the Oscar would go to her brother’s daughter, three-year-old Matilda.

“We proudly accept this award on behalf of your beautiful Matilda,” Kate said.

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February 15th, 2009 by Co-Worker

Opening on Friday the thirteenth was good timing for the new ‘Friday the 13th’ movie remake where it pulled in $19.4 million. The weekend ended with $42.2 million. Released by the Warner Bros. banner New Line Cinema, “Friday the 13th” updates the grisly story of killer Jason Voorhees and his rampage among youths at a secluded summer camp.

“It’s a great title, and it was a great weekend to open. We had Friday the 13th and Valentine’s Day,” said Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner Bros. “I’ve seen it play a number of times, and the audience is with it the whole way. A lot of screams and a lot of laughs.”

The “Friday the 13th” series has been one of the most-enduring horror franchises, spawning 10 sequels, including the crossover grudge match “Freddy Vs. Jason,” pitting Voorhees against the boogeyman from “A Nightmare on Elm Street.”

The movie bumped off the previous weekend’s top earner, the Warner-New Line romance “He’s Just Not That Into You,” which fell to second-place but held up strongly over Valentine’s weekend with $19.6 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Among other new movies, Disney’s comedy “Confessions of a Shopaholic” landed in fourth-place with $15.4 million, while Sony’s thriller “The International” is No. 7 with $10 million.

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February 4th, 2009 by Co-Worker

Looks like Michelle is already the target of the “gossipers”

LONDON: US FIRST Lady Michelle Obama is believed to be pregnant and expecting her third child, a media report in Britain said on Friday. America is buzzing with hope that the 45-year-old wife of that country’s first black president Barack Obama will soon give birth to a “White House baby”, barely two weeks after his official inauguration, the Daily Star reported.

Michelle and her 47-year-old husband already have two daughters. Internet bloggers and journalists have in fact started the speculation as long ago as November. And, now Los Angeles’ celebrity blogger, Perez Hilton, has written: “This is completely unconfirmed and at this point just a ‘rumour’ but… we’re hearing the talk in DC is that Michelle Obama is pregnant.”

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February 2nd, 2009 by Co-Worker

I would have thought twins would be a handful, but 8 babies at once? It is believed the woman already has six children!

“BELLFLOWER, Calif. – Five of the octuplets born to a Southern California woman have begun bottle feeding on formula.

Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center spokeswoman Socorro Serrano says bottle feeding of the other three babies is expected to begin later Wednesday.

Serrano says the six boys and two girls born Monday are all breathing on their own and the mother is also doing well.

The spokeswoman says the mother, whose identity remains a secret, has begun pumping breast milk in anticipation of eight hungry babies.”

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