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Post by artemis on Mar 9, 2009 7:24:07 GMT -5
From imdb.
South Korean Actress Found Dead
Korean actress and model Jang Ja Yun has been found dead in an apparent suicide.
The 27-year-old, best known for her role as Sunny in hit TV show Boys Before Flowers, hanged herself from a railing along the stairway in her home in Bundang, South Korea, according to local police.
She was reportedly discovered on Saturday evening by her sister. The actress was believed to be suffering from depression.
Yun is the latest in a long line of Korean celebrities who have committed suicide in recent years. Actress Choi Jin-shil was found dead in October, a month after Ahn Jae-hwan took his own life.
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Post by sherlok on Mar 9, 2009 11:16:13 GMT -5
... the latest in a long line of Korean celebrities who have committed suicide in recent years. I'm sure it's just a coincidence.
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Post by artemis on Mar 9, 2009 11:53:24 GMT -5
From XBiz:
"Gay adult performer Caleb Carter has died. The 24-year-old hanged himself in his apartment in San Diego. Industry sources tell XBIZ his death has been ruled an intentional suicide.
No note was left behind. However, promoter Jason Sechrest of JasonCurious.com blogged that Carter had been attempting to wean himself off the anti-anxiety drug Paxil.
Carter additionally was manic-depressive, and had been struggling with alcohol addiction. He had apparently stopped answering his cell phone for several days; performer Brent Summers drove over to Carter’s apartment and discovered the body.
A wake that was organized by several friends and relatives was held Monday night in San Diego. A memorial service and cremation burial was scheduled for February 25."
The guy does like a bit like NICK CARTER...
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Post by sherlok on Mar 14, 2009 16:25:37 GMT -5
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Post by beatlies on Mar 14, 2009 18:51:15 GMT -5
Letter to Jane[Fonda] 1972, directed by Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTjLmonnmWs&feature=related"The best parts of the film function as a withering critique of the iconography of Hollywood and the (fashionably unfashionable) Hollywood star system. "Sections of the film make use of stills from "The Magnificent Ambersons" (Orson Welles, 1942) and other movies including "Klute" (Alan J. Pakula, 1971 and starring Jane Fonda) and "The Grapes of Wrath" (John Ford, 1940 and starring Jane's father Henry Fonda), as well as publicity stills from "Tout va bien". But the main part of the film repeatedly scans the photo of Fonda (taken by photographer Joseph Kraft and subsequently published in "L'Express"). This image is repeatedly analysed, in its original form, or cropped, to enable examination and deconstruction of various elements of the images - such as the traditionally garbed Vietnamese. In spite of the sometimes elegant, sometimes plain bloody-minded commentaries and voiceover debates from Gorin and Godard, the film remains the purest example of minimalist political filmmaking at its most simplistic and as such resembles as much a piece of radical underground anti-film practice as anything in the history of cinema. "This was Godard and Gorin's final collaboration. Directed/Written/Narrated by Jean-Luc Godard & Jean-Pierre Gorin, 1972, 52 min. "
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Post by beatlies on Mar 14, 2009 18:55:00 GMT -5
Thuy Trang
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Thuy Trang
Born December 14, 1973(1973-12-14) Saigon, South Vietnam Died September 3, 2001 (aged 27) San Francisco, California
Thuy Trang (Vietnamese: Thùy Trang, December 14, 1973 - September 3, 2001) was a Vietnamese American actress.
Contents [hide] 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Acting career 1.3 Death 2 References 3 External links
[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Trang's father was a soldier in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and was defending the capital Saigon from the communist Vietnam People's Army during the fall of Saigon in 1975. The communist forces overcame his battalion, which was low on ammunition and air support, during a fierce battle. He decided to return home to retrieve his family, but the route was blocked by the North Vietnamese Army. Fearing for his life, he fled South Vietnam and was given political asylum by the United States. He vowed to bring his family to the United States and work hard to contact U.S. government officials to politically pressure the communist government of the unified Vietnam.
In 1975 the rest of the family (Thuy, her mother, two brothers and a sister) were forced to flee Saigon and in 1979 they secretly boarded a cargo ship along with hundreds of other persecuted Southern Vietnamese traveling to Hong Kong, with the ultimate aim of reaching the United States. Thuy herself was very ill at the time and almost did not survive.
Upon arrival in Hong Kong, Thuy's father was contacted, who petitioned the U.S. government for political asylum for his family. After about a year living in a Hong Kong detention camp, Thuy and her family were reunited in Little Saigon, California in 1980. The reunion would be short lived though as her father would die of cancer in 1982. Thuy began to study kung fu around the age of nine.
Thuy graduated from Banning High School and earned a scholarship to study civil engineering at the University of California, Irvine, planning to follow her father and older siblings. However, around 1992 she was approached by a talent scout which changed her plans.
[edit] Acting career Trang as the Yellow Ranger Trini Kwan in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.Through the talent scout she got small roles in a couple of TV commercials/advertisements before getting her first major role in 1993 when she landed the role of Trini Kwan, the Yellow Ranger, on the original cast of the TV series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. The character was written around Thuy herself - an honorable, caring young lady who adored her friends and family.
Trang was on the show for about one and a half seasons. She left the show along with Austin St. John and Walter Emanuel Jones (it is rumored they left because of pay reasons), with whom she became very good friends, and was replaced by Karan Ashley. She went on to play Kali, one of the lead villains in the 1996 movie The Crow: City of Angels.
Earlier the same year, she also appeared in Spy Hard as a manicurist. However, she was incorrectly credited as a masseuse, her credit being somehow switched with Tara Leon who played a masseuse in the same short scene.
She was set to appear in Cyberstrike, which never entered production. Trang also appeared in a video documentary called the The Encyclopedia of Martial Arts in 1995 as an interviewee.
[edit] Death Trang died at the age of 27 in a car accident on September 3, 2001 near San Francisco, California. She and former actress/model Angela Rockwood-Nguyen, to whom Trang was to be a bridesmaid later that year, were passengers in a car traveling on Interstate 5 between San Francisco and Los Angeles. They were returning from visiting Angela's planned maid of honor when the driver (another of Angela's bridesmaids) of the vehicle she was riding in lost control. The car swerved violently across the road before hitting the roadside rock face and flipping several times before hitting the safety rail and plunging over the bank.
Rockwood-Nguyen, who has claimed both that she was[1] and was not[2] wearing a seat belt in different interviews, survived despite being thrown out of the vehicle through a window before its final impact; as a result, however, she is now quadriplegic. Trang, who was believed not to have worn a seat belt, died from the injuries she sustained. The driver did not suffer any lasting injuries but it has not been confirmed whether she was wearing a seatbelt or not.
The episode "Circuit Unsure" of Power Rangers: Time Force was dedicated to her memory.
Trang was cremated a week later on September 10, 2001; her ashes are interred at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, California.
[edit] References ^ Interview with Dustin and Angela Nguyen on LA18 TV[1] ^ CNN LARRY KING LIVE Interview with Angela Nguyen on 29th June 2005[2]
[edit] External links Thuy Trang Tribute Thuy Trang Memorial Honorary Asian Actresses: Thuy Trang Thuy Trang Homage Studio Photos of Thuy Trang Thuy Trang Journey Thuy Trang's Funeral Thuy Trang at the Internet Movie Database Thuy Trang at Find A Grave Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuy_Trang" Categories: 1973 births | 2001 deaths | American Buddhists | American film actors | American television actors | Buddhist women | People from Orange County, California | Road accident deaths in California | Vietnamese immigrants to the United States Hidden categories: Articles lacking in-text citations | Articles needing additional references from March 2009 | Articles containing Vietnamese language text
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Post by beatlies on Mar 19, 2009 19:04:24 GMT -5
www.newswire.ca/images/companies/opp.jpg [/img] www.newswire.ca/images/companies/opp.jpg From www.ctv.ca View larger image Vanessa Redgrave, centre, poses with her daughters actresses Natasha Richardson, left, and Joely Richardson as they arrive for the opening of the 'Typically British' exhibition at Pompidou Centre, Oct. 3, 2000. (AP / Michel Euler) View larger image Michael Richard Antonio Neeson, second from right and his brother Daniel Jack Neeson, left, sons of actress Natasha Richardson leave Lenox Hill Hospital in New York early Wednesday morning, March 18, 2009. Others are unidentified. (AP / David Karp) View larger image People walk the streets at the Mont Tremblant ski resort, north of Montreal, Tuesday, March 13, 2009. Richardson's injuries from a fall during a ski lesson at a Quebec resort were described as anywhere from minor to life-threatening. (Peter McCabe / THE CANADIAN PRESS) View larger image Liam Neeson and Julianne Moore recently on the Toronto set of Atom Egoyan's new film 'Chloe.' (etalk exclusive) Actress Natasha Richardson dead at 45 Updated Thu. Mar. 19 2009 2:28 PM ET Constance Droganes, entertainment writer, CTV.ca Actress Natasha Richardson has died, a family spokesperson announced Wednesday evening. The 45-year-old mother of two and wife of actor Liam Neeson, succumbed to a head injury sustained during a skiing accident at Mont Tremblant. "Liam Neeson, his sons, and the entire family are shocked and devastated by the tragic death of their beloved Natasha," a statement issued by the family Wednesday evening said. "They are profoundly grateful for the support, love and prayers of everyone, and ask for privacy during this very difficult time." The New York City medical examiner's office reported on Thursday that Richardson died of blunt impact to the head and that her death was ruled an accident. Hailing from one of Britain's most illustrious theatrical dynasties, Richardson was the elder daughter of Oscar-winning actress Vanessa Redgrave and the late director Tony Richardson. Her other famed relations included sister and "Nip/Tuck" star Joely Richardson, aunt Lynne Redgrave, uncle Corin Redgrave, and Richardson's maternal grandparents, Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson. Born on May 11, 1963 in London, England, the flaxen-haired beauty made her film debut at age four in 1968's "The Charge of the Light Brigade," a film directed by her father. Richardson played a flower girl to film's star, Vanessa Redgrave. Trained at London's Central School of Speech and Drama, the acclaimed stage actress launched her career in regional theatre in Leeds, England in 1983. Her first professional performance in London's West End followed in 1985 when the 22-year-old actress appeared in a revival of Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull." Starring as Nina - a role in which her mother first made her mark - Richardson was reportedly bruised by comments she overheard after Redgrave joined the cast. Most of the barbs blamed Richardson for copying her mother's magic, not delivering her own star power. From "Hamlet's" Ophelia to the faded, troubled beauty Blanche Dubois in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire," Richardson's regal demeanour and smoky voice channelled the essence of the stunning Redgrave as she was in her '60s heydays. That, however, is where the obvious comparisons ended. Determined to distinguish herself from other starlets saddled with a famous last name, Richardson appeared in winning stage productions of "High Society" (1987), "Fat Man and Little Boy" (1989) and "Anna Christie" (1993) - a role that earned her a Tony Award nomination. In 1998 Richardson won a Tony Award for her portrayal of Sally Bowles in the musical "Cabaret." According to critics, Richardson's superlative work blasted any memories of Liza Minnelli's film performance from their minds. Able to play the seductress as well as a cool terrorist, a caring scientist or a neurotic Southern belle, Richardson's film work was impressive. Launching her adult career in Ken Russell's "Gothic" (1986), Richardson later appeared in "A Month in the Country" (1987), the biopic "Patty Hearst" (1988) and "The Comfort of Strangers" (1990). But it was her performance opposite Robert Duvall and Faye Dunaway in "The Handmaid's Tale" (1990) that put Richardson on Hollywood's radar. In 1994 Richardson co-starred with Jodie Foster and future husband Neeson in "Nell," a story about a girl doctors try to civilize after spending years alone in the bush. Richardson and Neeson married in 1994. It was Richardson's second marriage. In 1990 she wed filmmaker Robert Fox. The couple divorced in 1992. Other successful film roles included the Disney's 1998 remake of "The Parent Trap," "Maid in Manhattan" (2002), "The White Countess" (2005) (in which "Richardson found "the story's grieving heart" according to Rolling Stone) and "Wild Child" (2008). A seemingly harmless accident turns fatal On Monday, March 16 Richardson took a tumble on a beginner's hill at Mont Tremblant ski resort in Quebec. The actress was not wearing a helmet at the time of accident. Feeling fine, Richardson joked about the fall with a ski instructor who immediately came to her rescue. [!!!!!!!] The Globe and Mail reported Wednesday that a potentially life-saving ambulance was originally turned away. Yves Coderre, director of operations at the company which sent the medics to Mont Tremblant, told the Globe an ambulance was first requested for Richardson after she fell.
But when it arrived, the emergency workers were told they weren't needed. "They never saw the patient," Coderre said, whose company, Ambulances Radisson, serves Mont Tremblant. "So they turned around." Coderre said that victims of head trauma can often make the potentially fatal mistake of thinking they are OK. "When you have a head trauma you can bleed. It can deteriorate in a few hours or a few days," he told the Globe. "People don't realize it can be very serious. We warn them they can die and sometimes they start to laugh. They don't take it seriously." One hour after her fall Richardson was rushed to the Centre Hospitalier Laurentien in Ste-Agathe, Que. after complaining of a headache. She was later transferred to Montreal's Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur. Neeson flew from the Toronto set of Atom Egoyan's new film "Chloe" to join his wife. Rumours swirled that Richardson was on life support and brain dead. Other reports suggested Richardson was suffering from swelling of the brain. On Tuesday, March 17 Neeson whisked his wife to a private jet waiting at Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport at approximately 12:30 p.m. Richardson was airlifted to the United States. Unconfirmed reports at the time suggested that the Irish actor was taking Richardson to New York to spend her last hours with her family. Richardson is survived by her two sons: Daniel Jack Neeson, 12, and Micheal Richard Antonio Neeson, 13. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Comments are now closed for this story EMac Tragic. My thoughts and prayers are with the family. Never take any fall and injury to the head for granted.
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Post by skepticall on Mar 19, 2009 19:49:13 GMT -5
This is such a strange story. It does not make sense. It is sad, tragic, etc., but it is sickening how they are bleeding this one out for every ounce of emotion they can garner. They really seem like psychic vampires, feeding off of it, and the quotes they are getting from family insiders....it all reads to me like someone somewhere like Tavistock is sitting in a room writing a soap opera script, with all due respect. What is all of this about, really?
They are calling this the "talk & die" syndrome. I have never heard of this "syndrome" before and they're dropping it like it's common.....I googled it yesterday, 22 references, all tied to Natasha, yahoo search, 100, same.
Is there some price to be paid with the eldest child? Some sacrifice? She seemed like such a lovely person. What sort of "pact" does somebody make and with whom to have such a horrible payback?
Sadly, I think this may be something along the lines of what's going on with Jade Goody. HPV Vaccine advertisement. Madeline McCann, "chipped." Natasha, "pulling the plug." It just all seems too strange to believe the "official" story.
What really happened there? I think she deserves that.
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Post by beatlies on Mar 20, 2009 17:47:46 GMT -5
This is such a strange story. It does not make sense. It is sad, tragic, etc., but it is sickening how they are bleeding this one out for every ounce of emotion they can garner. They really seem like psychic vampires, feeding off of it, and the quotes they are getting from family insiders....it all reads to me like someone somewhere like Tavistock is sitting in a room writing a soap opera script, with all due respect. What is all of this about, really? They are calling this the "talk & die" syndrome. I have never heard of this "syndrome" before and they're dropping it like it's common.....I googled it yesterday, 22 references, all tied to Natasha, yahoo search, 100, same. Is there some price to be paid with the eldest child? Some sacrifice? She seemed like such a lovely person. What sort of "pact" does somebody make and with whom to have such a horrible payback? Sadly, I think this may be something along the lines of what's going on with Jade Goody. HPV Vaccine advertisement. Madeline McCann, "chipped." Natasha, "pulling the plug." It just all seems too strange to believe the "official" story. What really happened there? I think she deserves that. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4LHyLlzp6o
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Post by sherlok on Mar 21, 2009 6:22:12 GMT -5
My take:
It's all about the head injury itself. It's the Christopher Reeve trick.
- Celebrity is injured/killed by some sort of circumstance.
- Media makes sure the public reacts with shock, sorrow, etc.
- A solution is then offered which the public now accepts (but wouldn't have without the staged celebrity tragedy).
With Reeve it was the stem cell "research", etc.
My guess is that this time it will likely be some sort of brain treatment that the public would have objected to without the softening up by this "celebrity tragedy." Whenever someone bumps their head they'll have to get this treatment -- that sort of thing.
Note the recent news stories about "head injuries are more serious than we thought" type thing in the media.
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Post by beatlies on Mar 21, 2009 23:36:07 GMT -5
itskyline | New Details of Natash Richardson’s Tragic Ski Accident
New details about the ski accident that killed natasha richardson(1963-2009). Nearly 4 hours lapsed between accident and richardson’s admission to hospital. New details about tragic fall that killed her. New timeline of events surrounding natasha richardson’s deadly fall. Medics: we were at the base of the hill within minutes of her fall. Medics: we were turned away and never saw her. Richardson died two days after a minor fall on a ski slope. NYC medical examiner released Natasha richardson autopsy today. NYC medical examiner: Richardson died of blunt impact to her head. Her heath was ruled an accident. Richardson complained of a severe headache an hour after fall. Richardson’s autopsy suggests the fall tore an artery inside skull. Torn artery caused bleeding between her skull & brain.
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Sonny Bono was clubbed to death by hired hitmen, according to a stunning new tabloid expose. An investigator who has been researching Bono's 1998 fatal skiing accident for the past decade claims top officials linked to an international drug and weapons ring feared the singer-turned-politician was about to expose their criminal acts - and so they had him killed on the slopes.
Cher's ex-husband Bono's death was listed as a "skiing accident" with family and friends satisfied he died after colliding with a tree on the piste in Nevada in January 1998.
But former FBI agent Ted Gunderson tells America's Globe that there's more to the tragedy than meets the eye, after studying the autopsy reports and other evidence.
He says, "It's nonsense for anyone to now try to suggest that Bono died after crashing into a tree. There's zero evidence in this autopsy report... to show such an accident happened. Instead, there's powerful proof he (Bono) was assassinated. This was an evil plot that was carried out to almost perfection by ruthless assassins."
Gunderson tells the Globe that Bono, an experienced skiier, was ambushed on the slopes by hired hitmen, who beat him to death and then staged a tree collision.
The retired FBI agent is now calling for the authorities to exhume Bono's remains and open a homicide investigation.
Gunderson's efforts have been backed by top forensics experts, who fear Nevada authorities were too quick to mark the tragedy as a skiing accident, and investigator Bob Fletcher, who has confessed he sent evidence of a 10-year study that linked top U.S. government officials to arms and weapons dealers to Bono less than a month before his death.
Fletcher says, "He was going to make it his number one priority... There's no doubt in my mind Sonny was murdered by someone who needed him silenced."
(This news article provided by World Entertainment News Network)
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Post by sabrina on Mar 25, 2009 15:42:59 GMT -5
This is such a strange story. It does not make sense. It is sad, tragic, etc., but it is sickening how they are bleeding this one out for every ounce of emotion they can garner. They really seem like psychic vampires, feeding off of it, and the quotes they are getting from family insiders....it all reads to me like someone somewhere like Tavistock is sitting in a room writing a soap opera script, with all due respect. What is all of this about, really? They are calling this the "talk & die" syndrome. I have never heard of this "syndrome" before and they're dropping it like it's common.....I googled it yesterday, 22 references, all tied to Natasha, yahoo search, 100, same. Is there some price to be paid with the eldest child? Some sacrifice? She seemed like such a lovely person. What sort of "pact" does somebody make and with whom to have such a horrible payback? Sadly, I think this may be something along the lines of what's going on with Jade Goody. HPV Vaccine advertisement. Madeline McCann, "chipped." Natasha, "pulling the plug." It just all seems too strange to believe the "official" story. What really happened there? I think she deserves that. And is there any significance to the fact that " NATASHA" is one of the programming commands/triggers for certain monarch espionage operatives?? I know this both from my own research and personal experience. Pairing the word " NATASHA" with " Talk and Die -syndrome" would therefore serve as a warning to all the slaves with NATASHA programming.
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Post by artemis on Mar 26, 2009 6:20:04 GMT -5
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Post by beatlies on Mar 30, 2009 17:55:03 GMT -5
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Post by beatlies on Mar 30, 2009 18:55:46 GMT -5
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