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  • Three 6 Mafia’s Gangsta Boo dies aged 43

    Three 6 Mafia’s Gangsta Boo dies aged 43

    Very sad news. Three 6 Mafia member Gangsta Boo has died at the age of 43. Lola Mitchell was found dead at approximately 4pm on Sunday (1 January) FOX13 reported, saying they had confirmed the Memphis rapper’s death with three independent sources. The cause of her death is still unknown at this time. pic.twitter.com/JvQaBTcQ0z — […]

    3 years ago

  • Jeremiah Green, Modest Mouse drummer, dies aged 45

    Jeremiah Green, Modest Mouse drummer, dies aged 45

    ‘He laid down to rest and simply faded out’ Jeremiah Green, the drummer and a founding member of indie rock band Modest Mouse, has died aged 45. Green passed away on Saturday night following a battle with cancer, the band announced, saying the performer “laid down to rest and simply faded out”. It is not […]

    3 years ago

  • Straight woman and gay man make marriage work with weekly sex feedback sessions

    Straight woman and gay man make marriage work with weekly sex feedback sessions

    The pair belong to the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter-Day Saints – a faith that doesn’t condone same-sex relationships A mum has told how she keeps her marriage to her gay husband on track through weekly sex feedback sessions. Brynn Embley, 35, describes herself as straight while her husband Matthew Nielson identifies as gay or […]

    3 years ago

  • Football legend Pele has died aged 82

    Football legend Pele has died aged 82

    RIP Pelé. Football legend Pelé has passed away. He was 82. Pelé passed away at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo on Thursday following a long battle with cancer. The Brazilian, whose full name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento, is regarded by many as the greatest footballer of all time and won the World Cup for […]

    3 years ago

  • It’s tradition to eat KFC on Christmas in Japan

    It’s tradition to eat KFC on Christmas in Japan

    A finger-licking good festive tradition. Christmas dinner in the UK usually only means one thing – turkey. In Japan, however, they clearly can’t be bothered waiting around three and a half hours for a bird to cook. Many in Japan tuck into KFC instead, a rather unlikely festive tradition that may have started from a […]

    3 years ago

  • Little-known ‘game changing’ Monopoly rule leaves people baffled

    Little-known ‘game changing’ Monopoly rule leaves people baffled

    This hack is a game-changer. Monopoly has been a family favourite since its inception in the 1930s, revered the world over for its ability to both elevate boredom and absolutely obliterate relationships. While many a family has dusted off the board game when there’s nothing left to watch on the telly, many have quickly regretted […]

    3 years ago

  • Faithless singer Maxi Jazz dies aged 65

    Faithless singer Maxi Jazz dies aged 65

    “We are heartbroken.” Maxi Jazz, the lead singer of Faithless, has died aged 65, the group has confirmed. Writing on Facebook, the dance group wrote: “We are heartbroken to say Maxi Jaxx died last night. He was a man who changed our lives in so many ways. “He gave proper meaning and message to our […]

    3 years ago

  • Johnny Depp to donate $1 million Amber Heard settlement to several charities

    Johnny Depp to donate $1 million Amber Heard settlement to several charities

    Heard earlier claimed she would give her divorce settlement to charities – but later admitted she hadn’t. Johnny Depp is set to donate the $1 million settlement from Amber Heard that concludes their long-running defamation proceedings to charity, his attorneys have said. According to a report by People, the 59-year-old will donate the payment to […]

    3 years ago

  • Amber Heard and Johnny Depp have finally settled the terms of their defamation lawsuit

    Amber Heard and Johnny Depp have finally settled the terms of their defamation lawsuit

    “I have made no admission. This is not an act of concession.” Amber Heard has agreed to pay her ex-husband Johnny Depp $1 million (€939,900), to bring their lengthy courtroom battle to an end – just weeks after she asked a court to reverse the “chilling” findings. The settlement will reportedly be paid by Heard’s […]

    3 years ago

  • Second journalist dies suddenly while covering the Qatar World Cup

    Second journalist dies suddenly while covering the Qatar World Cup

    The death comes after Grant Wahl collapsed and died on Friday. Another journalist has died “suddenly” while covering the World Cup in Qatar. The Gulf Times revealed over the weekend that Al Kass TV photojournalist Khalid al-Misslam died in the country while reporting on the tournament. His death comes after American journalist Grant Wahl died […]

    3 years ago

  • Police start digging for 70 bodies after daughter claims her dad is a serial killer

    Police start digging for 70 bodies after daughter claims her dad is a serial killer

    The sisters are somewhat divided on their father’s past. Police are using cadaver dogs and taking dirt samples at a property in the US to help establish if a woman’s claims that her dad murdered 70 women and dumped their bodies are true. Lucy Studey McKiddy has alleged that her late father, Donald Dean Studey, […]

    3 years ago

  • Jackass star Bam Margera reportedly hospitalised with pneumonia and put on ventilator

    Jackass star Bam Margera reportedly hospitalised with pneumonia and put on ventilator

    The star is said to have been admitted to hospital earlier this week. Bam Margera is reportedly on a ventilator in hospital battling a very serious case of pneumonia. According to TMZ, the Jackass star also tested positive for Covid-19 after he was admitted to a hospital in San Diego, California earlier this week. The publisher […]

    3 years ago

  • Jackie Chan confirms Rush Hour 4 is in the works

    Jackie Chan confirms Rush Hour 4 is in the works

    “We’re talking about Rush Hour 4 right now.” Jackie Chan has confirmed that he is in talks for Rush Hour 4. During an appearance at the Red Sea International Film Festival, the martial arts star confirmed that Rush Hour 4 is underway, Variety reported. “We’re talking about Rush Hour 4 right now,” the 68-year-old said […]

    3 years ago

  • Russia frees US basketball star in swap with ‘Merchant of Death’ arms dealer

    Russia frees US basketball star in swap with ‘Merchant of Death’ arms dealer

    Viktor Bout’s gun-running inspired the 2005 Hollywood film Lord of War. US basketball star Brittney Griner is to be exchanged for notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout in a prisoner swap agreement between the US and Russia. Griner was held at a Moscow airport in February for possessing cannabis oil and was last month sent to […]

    3 years ago

  • Céline Dion diagnosed with incurable neurological disease

    Céline Dion diagnosed with incurable neurological disease

    “I’ve always been an open book and I wasn’t ready to say anything before but I’m ready now.” Céline Dion has revealed that she has been diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS), which causes her muscles to tense uncontrollably – making it difficult for the popstar at times to walk and sing the way she […]

    3 years ago

  • Home Depot worker, 83, dies after being pushed over by shoplifter

    Home Depot worker, 83, dies after being pushed over by shoplifter

    ‘Beyond our comprehension that someone would do this for a couple of power washers.’ An 83-year-old Home Depot employee has died after being shoved over by a shoplifter in an incident that is now being treated as a homicide. On 18 October, Gary Rasor was working at the North Carolina branch of Home Depot when […]

    3 years ago

  • Lady Gaga’s dognapper sentenced to 21 years in jail

    Lady Gaga’s dognapper sentenced to 21 years in jail

    ‘I was beaten, strangled, shot and left to die, bleeding out on a sidewalk and gasping for my life.’ The man who shot Lady Gaga´s dog walker and stole her French bulldogs has been jailed for 21 years. James Howard Jackson, one of three men and two accomplices who participated in the violent robbery last […]

    3 years ago

  • Kirstie Alley: Cheers star dies aged 71

    Kirstie Alley: Cheers star dies aged 71

    John Travolta said Alley was ‘one of the most special relationships I’ve ever had’ Kirstie Alley, a two-time Emmy-winning actor who rose to fame in US sitcom Cheers, has died aged 71. Alley died on Monday of cancer, her family confirmed in a statement on social media. “We are sad to inform you that our incredible, […]

    3 years ago

  • Teens tried to steal judge’s motorbike from court despite guards, gates and CCTV

    Teens tried to steal judge’s motorbike from court despite guards, gates and CCTV

    The teens ended up leaving their own mopeds at the scene but the plan went terribly wrong. In a particularly “brazen and audacious” act, two teenagers tried to steal a  judge’s £15,000 motorbike from a court car park. Shay Hollis, 18, and Deon-Dre Rogers-Barrett, 19, came across the judge’s motorbike – along with an accomplice […]

    3 years ago

  • Love Island 2023 details revealed ahead of January return

    Love Island 2023 details revealed ahead of January return

    The show only went off the air in August Love Island may have only just ended, but it is reportedly just weeks away from returning to our screens. The winter version of the show is due to begin on January 16, the Mirror reported on Monday and is set in South Africa. It is only […]

    3 years ago

  • Cruise ship passenger who fell overboard swam with sharks for 20 hours

    Cruise ship passenger who fell overboard swam with sharks for 20 hours

    ‘It scared me not knowing what it was or how big it was – all I could see was a fin’ A man’s trip to the toilet has turned into one hell of a story. James Michael Grimes ended up in the sea, treading water for 20 hours. His only company, jellyfish and sharks. And […]

    3 years ago

  • ‘America’s Unknown Child’ identified solving mystery after 65 years

    ‘America’s Unknown Child’ identified solving mystery after 65 years

    The boy was found discarded on a road in a bassinet box in February of 1957. Investigators have finally worked out who the boy at the centre of one of America’s most infamous unidentified person cases is, some 65 years after ‘The Boy in the Box’ case first came to light. A child was found […]

    3 years ago

  • Football legend Pelé reportedly begins end-of-life care in hospital

    Football legend Pelé reportedly begins end-of-life care in hospital

    Pelé is no longer responding to chemotherapy treatment, reports state. Brazilian football legend Pelé has reportedly “been moved to palliative care” in hospital and is “no longer responding to chemotherapy”, reports on Saturday suggested. Brazilian media have claimed that the 82-year-old, who went into hospital last week as he continues to battle bowel cancer, is receiving […]

    3 years ago

  • Peter Kay moved to tears on stage while opening his first stand-up tour in 12 years

    Peter Kay moved to tears on stage while opening his first stand-up tour in 12 years

    “How am I supposed to do bloody comedy now?” Peter Kay has had an emotional return to the stage. The comedian was moved to tears after receiving a standing ovation on Friday as he opened his first live tour in 12 years. Kay received rapturous applause from the audience that reportedly lasted several minutes as […]

    3 years ago

  • Boy, 1, eaten alive by 11-foot crocodile in front of dad on fishing trip

    Boy, 1, eaten alive by 11-foot crocodile in front of dad on fishing trip

    Awful news. A one-year-old boy was eaten alive by a crocodile in front of his dad after the reptile snatched him from a canoe while the pair were on a fishing trip. The man, a Palauh tribesman reported to be 45 years old, was fishing with his son off the coast of Lahad Datu in […]

    3 years ago

  • ‘Sopranos’ star Frank Vallelonga Jr found dead in the street

    ‘Sopranos’ star Frank Vallelonga Jr found dead in the street

    A man is now facing eight charges including concealment of a human corpse Green Book and The Sopranos actor Frank Vallelonga Jr has been found dead. The 60-year-old was found dumped in the street in the Bronx. According to Fox News, Vallelonga’s representative confirmed his death, saying: “It’s a terrible tragedy. He was an incredible […]

    3 years ago

  • Glastonbury 2023: Elton John will headline Pyramid Stage in final UK gig

    Glastonbury 2023: Elton John will headline Pyramid Stage in final UK gig

    Glastonbury will be the final UK show of Elton John’s last-ever tour Elton John is to headline the Glastonbury Festival next summer, playing what will be the last ever UK date of his farewell tour. The BBC reported that the singer will top the bill on the Pyramid Stage on Sunday, 25 June. In a statement […]

    3 years ago

  • Kanye West says ‘I love Hitler’ on Alex Jones’ show and explains why

    Kanye West says ‘I love Hitler’ on Alex Jones’ show and explains why

    “There’s a lot of things that I love about Hitler.” Kanye West has said he likes and “loves” Hitler while appearing on Alex Jones’ Infowars podcast in what is his most shocking interview yet. The disgraced rapper, now known as just Ye, also defended Nazis and denied the Holocaust on Thursday (1 December), weeks after […]

    3 years ago

  • Orange is the New Black actor Brad William Henke dead aged 56

    Orange is the New Black actor Brad William Henke dead aged 56

    “Brad was an incredibly kind man of joyous energy.” Brad William Henke, a former pro football player who went on to star in Orange Is The New Black, had died aged 56. His manager, Matt DelPiano, confirmed to US publications that the actor died in his sleep on Tuesday (29 November). Details on the cause […]

    3 years ago

  • Katherine Ryan shares harrowing truth about media coverage of ‘famous TV predator’

    Katherine Ryan shares harrowing truth about media coverage of ‘famous TV predator’

    “They don’t want his name. That’s the thing people don’t seem to understand.” Katherine Ryan says she will never talk about her experience with a TV “predator” again after she ignited a fierce debate around not naming him during a BBC documentary. The Canadian comedian recently spoke to Louis Theroux and claimed that the man’s […]

    3 years ago

  • I’m A Celeb fans spot Ant and Dec’s relieved reaction as Matt Hancock comes third

    I’m A Celeb fans spot Ant and Dec’s relieved reaction as Matt Hancock comes third

    ‘You can tell how much Ant & Dec can’t stand him’. I’m A Celeb fans spotted what they thought was noticeable relief in hosts Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly when they announced that Matt Hancock had placed third. Footballer Jill Scott was crowned Queen of the Jungle on Sunday and Hollyoaks actor Owen Warner was […]

    3 years ago

  • Oscar-winning Fame and Flashdance singer Irene Cara dies aged 63

    Oscar-winning Fame and Flashdance singer Irene Cara dies aged 63

    “She was a beautifully gifted soul whose legacy will live forever through her music and films.” Irene Cara, the Oscar-winning singer of the title tracks to Fame and Flashdance, has died at age 63, her publicist announced. Judith A. Moose said the star passed away at her Florida home as she encouraged people to share […]

    3 years ago

  • Harry Kane wears £535,000 watch in show of defiance against FIFA

    Harry Kane wears £535,000 watch in show of defiance against FIFA

    Clearly, FIFA need to watch a little more closely. Harry Kane was pictured wearing a £535,000 rainbow Rolex as he arrived at a stadium in Doha in what some have suggested was a show of defiance against FIFA. The England captain’s gesture, ahead of England’s 6-2 opening match win over Iran, comes as FIFA is […]

    3 years ago

  • I’m A Celeb hit with Covid outbreak just days before the show’s finale

    I’m A Celeb hit with Covid outbreak just days before the show’s finale

    Show producers are said to be on “high alert” ahead of the final. I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! is dealing with a Covid-19 outbreak just days before the King or Queen of the Jungle is announced. ITV bosses are reported to have ramped up safety measures, including staff wearing masks around the […]

    3 years ago

  • Fox trashes family kitchen then rests on counter top and refuses to leave

    Fox trashes family kitchen then rests on counter top and refuses to leave

    It took three hours to clean up the mess. A woman was left shocked after a fox crept into her family home, trashed the kitchen, took a rest on the countertop and then refused to leave. Emma Slade had left the door open in the early hours to let her dog into the garden. The […]

    3 years ago

  • Fans want the loser of England versus USA to keep James Corden

    Fans want the loser of England versus USA to keep James Corden

    ‘Certainly would give England something to play for!’ Football fans have upped the stakes ahead of this Friday’s World Cup clash between England and USA, suggesting the losing team should have to keep James Corden. The English actor and Late Show host has hardly been out of the headlines in recent weeks, with incidents at a […]

    3 years ago

  • Megan Fox poses topless as she slams claims she ‘didn’t shave’ bikini line

    Megan Fox poses topless as she slams claims she ‘didn’t shave’ bikini line

    ‘I’m devastated to be off your list. Was hoping you’d wife me’ Megan Fox has brutally mocked a social media troll who said she hadn’t shaved her bikini line in a series of snaps she shared on social media of her and Machine Gun Kelly dressed up as elves. The Transformers actress  posted a carousel […]

    3 years ago