Archive - Aug 2010

* His cancer is a lot worse than we originally thought. Stage 4 is the worst kind.  Michael Douglas has 80% chance of survival.

On 31 August 2010 Douglas appeared on The David Letterman Show and confirmed that the cancer is at an advanced stage 4

It was announced on 16th of August 2010 that Douglas, a heavy smoker, was suffering from throat cancer and will undergo chemotherapy. Doctors expect him to make a full recovery.

Michael Douglas on Letterman

* Paris Hilton can face a serious jail time
(Probation at least - 4 yrs in prison at worst)

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Paris Hilton has been charged with felony drug possession following her Aug. 27 arrest in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police arrested Hilton last Friday after a motorcycle officer pulled over the heiress and her boyfriend, Cy Waits, on the Las Vegas Strip. The couple was stopped after the cop smelled marijuana smoke wafting from their SUV, which was being driven by Waits.

Gertrude Elizabeth Vachon (January 12, 1962 – August 27, 2010) was a Canadian professional wrestler better known by the ring name Luna Vachon

Career

• Early career (1985-1992)
• World Wrestling Federation (1993-1994)
  • Luna's first WWF appearance was in April 1993 at WrestleMania IX, 
  • In 1994, Luna was the first woman to appear in a WWF video game,
• Independents and Extreme Championship Wrestling (1994-1996)
• World Championship Wrestling (1997)
• World Wrestling Federation (1997-2000)
• Independent circuit (2000-2007)
  • her last match took place on December 7 for Great Lakes Championship Wrestling in Milwaukee. She successfully defended her GLCW Ladies Championship against Traci Brooks and then retired as champion.

Death of Luna Vachon
On the morning of August 27, 2010, Luna Vachon was found dead at her Florida home, when her mother called on her. According to the autopsy, she died of a drug overdose. Investigators found oxycodone  and multiple prescription drugs in her bedroom. The Medication was due to her many injuries suffered during her career as well as her bipolar disorder. Luna became addicted to the medication at some point and underwent rehabilition, paid for by WWE, which she completed in June 2009. She was buried in a ceremony open to immediate family only, at the ranch formerly owned by her close friend Andre the Giant.

Talk radio host Dr. Laura Schlessinger announced the end of her radio show (15 yrs national syndication) during an appearance on Larry King Live.

7 days earlier, on August 10, 2010, on a call with an African-American woman who was seeking advice concerning her own interracial marriage, Schlessinger used the "N" word eleven times, saying that mention of the term did not constitute racism. She told the caller that she had the right to say the word because black comedians and actors on HBO say it, and cited a previous race-related comment made by her that was "funny" (and was made to her bodyguard, a black man). She also claimed that black people voted for Barack Obama for President on the basis of skin color, as an example of blacks as well as whites making judgments based solely on skin color. She apologized for doing the "wrong thing" a day later

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Laura Catherine Schlessinger (born January 16, 1947) is an American talk radio host, socially conservative commentator  and author. Her call-in radio program occasionally features short monologues on social and political topics, but consists mainly of her responses to callers' requests for personal advice. Schlessinger's answers have been variously characterized as direct, wise, to-the-point, abrupt and cruel. Her website says that her show "preaches, teaches, and nags about morals, values and ethics."

Laura Schlessinger converted to Orthodox Judaism (Jewish) in 1998.  She has a black belt in Karate.

In 1998, Her nude photos from the 70's were released online.

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LOS ANGELES — Celebrity plastic surgeon Dr. Frank Ryan, who made headlines for performing multiple surgeries on reality TV star Heidi Montag, has died. He was 50 years old.

The California Highway Patrol says Ryan's 1995 Jeep Wrangler went off the side of Pacific Coast Highway near Malibu and landed on its roof Monday afternoon.

Besides Montag, Ryan's celebrity clientele included musician Vince Neil, actor Lorenzo Lamas, reality stars Lisa Gastineau and Adrianne Curry and several models and beauty queens.

Michael Douglas, a heavy smoker, is suffering from throat cancer and will undergo chemotherapy. Doctors expect him to make a full recovery.

Michael Kirk Douglas (September 25, 1944) is an American actor and producer, primarily in movies and television. He has won three Golden Globes and two Academy Awards, first as producer of 1975's Best Picture, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and as Best Actor in 1987 for his role in Wall Street. Douglas received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2009

1. Mel Gibson was uninjured after crashing his Maserati sports car into a hillside on Malibu Canyon Road.
2. A key witness in the Mel Gibson assault case (the babysitter) has died of cancer.

Zsa Zsa Gabor asked for a priest to read her the last rites as she remained in an extremely serious condition in hospital.

After hip-replacement surgery Zsa Zsa Gabor was sent home from the UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center on August 11th. However, on Aug. 13, Gabor rushed back to the hospital due to bleeding and in a lot of pain.

Related Zsa Zsa Gabor Blogs

• 3 Weeks Later, Zsa Zsa Gabor's hospital release delayed - August 8, 2010
• Zsa Zsa Gabor in Critical Condition - July 23, 2010
• Zsa Zsa Gabor Hospitalized - July 18, 2010
  
• 92 Years old Zsa Zsa Gabor released from Hospital (Flu like symptom) - June 30, 2009

Fantasia Barrino was hospitalized Charlotte, N.C. for medication overdose.  Fantasia was overdosed on aspirin and sleep aid.  Her injuries are not life threatening.

'Idol' winner Fantasia is accused of affair with married man, and breaking the marriage.

Related Story

• 'Idol' winner Fantasia Barrino accused of affair with married man (August 8, 2010)
  

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Fantasia Monique Barrino (born June 30, 1984) commonly known as Fantasia, is an American R&B/soul singer, Broadway and television actress who rose to fame as the winner of the third season of the television series American Idol in 2004. She has been nominated for eight Grammy Awards. After playing the part of Celie in the Broadway musical The Color Purple, she is cast to be in the film adaptation of the musical.

Patricia Neal (January 20, 1926 – August 8, 2010) was an American actress of stage and screen. She won the Best Actress Oscar for her role in the drama Hud (1963).

During the filming of The Fountainhead (1949), Neal had an affair with her married co-star, Gary Cooper, whom she had met in 1947 when she was 21 and he was 46. By 1950, Cooper's wife, Veronica, had found out about the relationship and sent Neal a telegram demanding they end it. Neal became pregnant by Cooper, but he persuaded her to have an abortion.

Death of Patricia Neal
Patricia Neal died at her home in Edgartown, Massachusetts on Martha's Vineyard, August 8, 2010, of lung cancer.

Patricia Neal & Gary Cooper  - "The Fountainhead"

A North Carolina woman is alleging that "American Idol" winner Fantasia Barrino engaged in an affair with her husband, and says in court documents that the pair "recorded" their sexual encounters.

Barrino -- the 2004 winner of the popular Fox show and an eight-time Grammy nominee -- treated Cook to a lavish lifestyle over the course of their affair, flying him to Atlanta, Georgia; Miami, Florida; New York; Los Angeles, California; and Barbados, the documents allege.

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Doctors have decided to keep the 93-year-old actress at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, three weeks after she was admitted.

Related Zsa Zsa Gabor Blogs

• Zsa Zsa Gabor in Critical Condition - July 23, 2010
• Zsa Zsa Gabor Hospitalized - July 18, 2010
  
• 92 Years old Zsa Zsa Gabor released from Hospital (Flu like symptom) - June 30, 2009

Bobby Hebb (Robert Von Hebb, July 26, 1938 - August 3, 2010) was an African American singer and songwriter, best known for his writing and recording of "Sunny".

"Sunny" has been recorded by, among others, Cher, Boney M, Georgie Fame, Johnny Rivers, Stevie Wonder, Frank Sinatra with Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, the Electric Flag, The Four Seasons, two different versions from Frankie Valli, the Four Tops, James Brown, Wilson Pickett, Les McCann, Wes Montgomery, Dusty Springfield, and Classics IV.[1] One re-recording, a disco version called "Sunny '76" was a hit for Hebb in that year. In 2000, Musiq did an updated dance version retitled "Just Friends (Sunny)," which went to #31 on the U.S. Billboard charts.

Hebb also had hits with his "A Satisfied Mind" in 1966 and "Love Me" in 1967, and has written many other songs, including Lou Rawls' 1971 hit "A Natural Man." Six years prior to "Sunny", he reached the New York Top 50 with a remake of Roy Acuff's "Night Train To Memphis".

Death of Bobby Hebb
Bobby Hebb died of lung cancer.
Bobby Hebb was 72 years old at the time of his death

Bobby Hebb - Sunny

The grandson of Frank Sinatra Monday night has been hospitalized at Downey Regional Medical Center after a suicide attempt at his home.

His condition is unknown

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