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Post by artemis on Oct 28, 2011 13:30:19 GMT -5
"AnnaLynne McCord: ‘I’m an abuse victim. The innocence of my mind was stolen.’
AnnaLynne told OK! that she was an abuse victim. This was at a event for a charity raising awareness of human trafficking and sexual slavery. She didn’t get into details though, and just seemed to be explaining why the charity was meaningful to her. What little she did say was moving to me.
AnnaLynne McCord is so passionate in her support of the Somaly Mam Foundation, which fights human trafficking and sexual slavery around the world. “I’m a victim of abuse,” AnnaLynne, 24, told OK! exclusively, without going into further detail, at a foundation fund-raiser on Oct. 20. “We have a connection to these girls. The innocence of my mind was stolen as a child. I’m not sorry, because I wouldn’t speak with the fervor that I speak with about these girls had I not known what it feels like.”
It’s her story to tell, and if she wants to simply say that something happened to her as a child and not get into the details, that’s definitely her prerogative. It’s a powerful way to say it too, that “the innocence of her mind was stolen.”
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Post by artemis on Nov 1, 2011 4:48:29 GMT -5
"Sex, drugs and Goldie Hawn: Ex-husband to publish tell-all book that claims actress snorted cocaine
More than 30 years after they divorced acrimoniously, Goldie Hawn’s second husband is taking revenge.
Bill Hudson has written a tell-all book in which he claims that the actress snorted cocaine – and turned up for their initial date with her first husband.
The former pop star, a member of the successful Hudson Brothers group, says his first night out with Miss Hawn happened in 1975 at a Chinese restaurant when he complained to her that the man opposite him at their table of four was being rude.
She replied: ‘Oh, um, that’s my husband’.
Hudson, 61, says he was horrified to discover she was still married to director Gus Trikonis.
On the second date they went to a Rolling Stones concert where he claimed ‘a large plate of cocaine came by and she took a huge snort’.
Afterwards, he says, they had a 12-hour sex session, even though she was still married, and declared their love for one another.
The claims are in Hudson’s memoir, Two Versions: The Other Side of Fame and Family.
He married Miss Hawn in 1976 and they had a son, Oliver, and daughter, Kate, who are both actors.
The pair divorced after four turbulent years and Hudson has had little contact with any of the family since.
He writes about her habit of referring to herself in the third person with such phrases as: ‘Goldie will do whatever she wants, when she wants’.
And he claims that before their marriage, her father warned him: ‘Just watch yourself. I know she’s my daughter, but Goldie tends to want a different man for every mood she’s in.’
Hudson also alleges she mentioned her affairs with a number of European men and the actor Warren Beatty – and begged him for an open marriage
Following the divorce Miss Hawn, now 65, began a relationship with actor Kurt Russell, now 60, and the pair have been together ever since.
She went on to become one of the most successful stars of the 1980s and 90s and appeared in a string of hit films including Bird on a Wire and Death Becomes Her.
Hudson married American actress Cindy Williams and had two children with her but they divorced too.
His claims could reignite the war of words between himself and daughter Kate, who has made it clear she has no time for him.
Hudson says: ‘I love Kate, but she has done stuff which is just awful. She is a spoiled brat in my eyes.’ "
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Post by artemis on Nov 5, 2011 5:42:04 GMT -5
"Legendary GWAR Guitarist Found Dead on Tour
Cory Smoot -- a founding member of the legendary speed metal band GWAR -- was found dead today while the band was traveling on its current tour.
Cory played guitar and was best known by his stage name, Flattus Maximus. He was found dead as the band was traveling from Minneapolis to Edmonton, Canada for an upcoming show according to a rep for the band.
GWAR lead singer David Brockie says in a statement, "There is no word as to the cause of death and the members of GWAR are completely shocked and devastated that this has occurred."
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Post by artemis on Nov 13, 2011 7:18:58 GMT -5
"Sex, drugs and Goldie Hawn: Ex-husband to publish tell-all book that claims actress snorted cocaine
More than 30 years after they divorced acrimoniously, Goldie Hawn�s second husband is taking revenge.
Bill Hudson has written a tell-all book in which he claims that the actress snorted cocaine � and turned up for their initial date with her first husband.
The former pop star, a member of the successful Hudson Brothers group, says his first night out with Miss Hawn happened in 1975 at a Chinese restaurant when he complained to her that the man opposite him at their table of four was being rude.
She replied: �Oh, um, that�s my husband�.
Hudson, 61, says he was horrified to discover she was still married to director Gus Trikonis.
On the second date they went to a Rolling Stones concert where he claimed �a large plate of cocaine came by and she took a huge snort�.
Afterwards, he says, they had a 12-hour sex session, even though she was still married, and declared their love for one another.
The claims are in Hudson�s memoir, Two Versions: The Other Side of Fame and Family.
He married Miss Hawn in 1976 and they had a son, Oliver, and daughter, Kate, who are both actors.
The pair divorced after four turbulent years and Hudson has had little contact with any of the family since.
He writes about her habit of referring to herself in the third person with such phrases as: �Goldie will do whatever she wants, when she wants�.
And he claims that before their marriage, her father warned him: �Just watch yourself. I know she�s my daughter, but Goldie tends to want a different man for every mood she�s in.�
Hudson also alleges she mentioned her affairs with a number of European men and the actor Warren Beatty � and begged him for an open marriage
Following the divorce Miss Hawn, now 65, began a relationship with actor Kurt Russell, now 60, and the pair have been together ever since.
She went on to become one of the most successful stars of the 1980s and 90s and appeared in a string of hit films including Bird on a Wire and Death Becomes Her.
Hudson married American actress Cindy Williams and had two children with her but they divorced too.
His claims could reignite the war of words between himself and daughter Kate, who has made it clear she has no time for him.
Hudson says: �I love Kate, but she has done stuff which is just awful. She is a spoiled brat in my eyes.� "
"'What Goldie wants, Goldie gets': The astonishing story of actress Kate Hudson's father about his marriage to her sex-crazed mother
For Bill Hudson, this was a wedding to dream about. His new bride was one of the most gorgeous, and famous, women on the planet – Goldie Hawn, Hollywood’s favourite ditzy blonde. And she was eight months pregnant with the child they both longed for.
‘I was consumed with love,’ he says, recalling a perfect day – and night. ‘I didn’t think life could get any better. I had just married the woman I loved and I felt like the luckiest guy on Earth.
‘Then Goldie turned to me and whispered, “Are you sure we did the right thing?â€
‘My heart froze. I asked her what she meant and she replied, “I want this to be an open marriage.â€â€‰â€™
Delivered on their wedding day in 1976, it was – as he would soon discover – the first of many Goldie Hawn bombshells, the result, he says, of ‘a series of devastating character flaws’.
Hudson is the father of Hawn’s eldest children, actress Kate Hudson – who has become a star in her own right thanks to films including Almost Famous – and Oliver Hudson, who is a successful television actor in America on the popular drama Rules Of Engagement.
Sitting in a beachside bar near his Malibu home, Hudson clearly feels a man abandoned, under siege, even.
‘For years I have been living with the hell of Goldie manipulating the story of our time together,’ he sighs. ‘She gives interviews every time she has a film out, and now Kate does too, and they present this story to the world about how I “abandoned†the family and how her partner [actor Kurt Russell] is the only “real†man in their lives.’
Now he has written a book with a title that speaks for itself: 2 Versions: The Other Side Of Fame & Family. But why now?
‘I have lived with it for long enough. I never wanted to get into a public slanging match but I have other children now and they deserve the right to get to know Kate and Oliver and I want the world to know the truth about Goldie.
‘I am sick and tired of her portraying this squeaky-clean image to the world when the reality of her life is so different. She is manipulative, cruel and selfish. I have done this book because I want to show the flip side of the Hollywood dream. I got caught up in Goldie’s world and I am still paying a painful price.’
Hudson is still ruggedly handsome at 62. His face is lined, but he retains the tanned good looks of a former teen idol. He first met Hawn in 1975 when he was in a band, the Hudson Brothers, with his real brothers Brett and Mark. The band toured with the Osmonds and David Cassidy and had their own TV show.
Goldie was already a huge star, earning more than $1 million a movie for comedies such as There’s A Girl In My Soup (alongside Peter Sellers), The Sugarland Express (Steven Spielberg’s first film) and Shampoo (co-starring Warren Beatty).
They met each other on a flight from New York to Los Angeles.
‘Goldie was up in first as I was, but the band were back in economy so I spent most of the flight back there, drinking with the guys. About 30 minutes out, I was told to go back to first to prepare for landing and my brother Brett said, “Hey, why don’t you go talk to Goldie? She’s hot!â€â€‰â€™
Hudson, already a young star, was no wallflower, enjoying high-profile affairs with some of the most beautiful women of the era including Ali MacGraw (‘she remains a great friend to this day’) and Candice Bergen.
‘I had a nice wine buzz on, so I went to chat to her. In the flesh she was luminous. Her skin was perfect and she had this mane of blonde hair and that wonderful throaty laugh that got you grinning the second you heard it. The attraction was instant for both of us. She agreed to see me for dinner that night.’
But Hudson says when he turned up at the restaurant on that first date, Hawn had barely sat down before she recognised a handsome man sitting nearby.
He recalls: ‘We went over and Goldie was chatting with him and the girl he was with and the guy was seriously rude to me. He had no interest in talking to me and I just thought he was a jerk. They got up to leave and Goldie told me they were called Gina and Gus and were siblings. I said, “Well, Gus is an a**h***.â€
‘Goldie didn’t change expression but said, “Um, that’s my husband.†That was how I learned she was still married to Gus Trikonis, a movie director. I should have taken that as a sign of things to come. Goldie liked to have many lovers in her life, even when she was married. She would always say to me, “I’m a free spirit.â€
‘I’ve always been a one-man woman. I wanted a family, a conventional life. I remember Goldie’s dad Rut telling me, “She needs a different man for each of her moods.â€â€‰â€™
Surely that is an odd thing for a father to say about his daughter? Hudson shrugs: ‘Yes, but it was the truth. The old man was trying to warn me. Goldie is a woman incapable of being faithful to one man.’
What about Kurt Russell?
He flinches: ‘I don’t want to go there, but let’s just say it was an open secret in Hollywood that, certainly in the early days, she was with other men. Kurt and Goldie have never married and maybe that openness has something to do with it. Goldie would tell me she couldn’t imagine only sleeping with one man for the rest of her life.’
However, Hudson says the romantic side of their relationship was ‘electric’.
He recalls: ‘The first time we kissed outside the restaurant everything seemed to stop. We stood apart and looked into each other’s eyes and we both knew something special had happened.
‘She is a highly physical woman; our relationship sizzled. We made love everywhere. The first two weeks we hardly got out of bed. That was the one thing that never failed between us, even when times got bad. The sex was always mind-blowing.
‘We would make love in fancy restaurants, backstage at concerts, on planes, trains and automobiles. The physical attraction between us was animalistic. In life when you find someone like that there is little you can do to help yourself. It was intense.
‘Goldie is a woman who loves pleasure. For a guy, that is an exciting thing. But I would come to realise that Goldie’s pleasure came before everything else. She would talk about herself in the third person: “What Goldie wants, Goldie gets†was one of her favourite sayings.
‘There would be times we would get into arguments and she would say, “Goldie isn’t happy!†or “Goldie is NOT pleased by this.†It was imperious. It is typical of Hollywood that when someone reaches a level of fame no one disagrees with them. Goldie was pandered to and became spoilt.’
The worst rows were about Hawn’s desire to see other men.
‘We spent three weeks in my bed and then she suddenly told me she had to go home [to Bel Air] because her boyfriend Bruno was coming.’
He was German actor Bruno Wintzell, Hawn’s co-star on the film The Girl From Patrovka.
‘She was literally with me one day, telling me I was the love of her life, then she was with Bruno the next.
‘We had our first blazing row. I yelled at her and said, “How can you say you love me more than anyone you’ve ever loved and now you’re heading off to Bruno?â€
‘She glared at me. I walked out. Two weeks later she had her assistant call me to say Bruno had gone. Like a fool I took her back. She fell sobbing into my arms and told me how much she loved and missed me. She said: “You are my soul mate. But I believe in an open relationship, in open marriage.â€â€‰â€™
He says she confessed to an affair with Warren Beatty. ‘Goldie told me she slept with Warren when she was doing the movie Dollars and was still married to Gus. I asked her how she managed to fit it in as Gus was making a documentary about the film. I said to her, “How did you sleep with Warren while your husband was on the set?â€
‘She looked at me, cool as you like, and said, “Oh, we managed it.â€â€‰â€™
Why did he stay with her when she admitted she could not be faithful?
He looks down: ‘It sounds dumb now but I truly believed I could change her. I thought things were so good between us that she would change.’
He was further encouraged when she became pregnant and describes that period – including their wedding when Hawn was eight months pregnant – as ‘the happiest time of my life’.
The young family moved to Europe shortly after Oliver’s birth and took a house near Regent’s Park in London. Hudson was working with the late Sir Bob Monkhouse on a variety show called Bonkers!, while Hawn made a string of films including The Duchess And The Dirtw*ter Fox.
Hudson says: ‘The first two years of Oliver’s life were blissful. We were such a family unit. We spent time together, we were a team.’
He remained in London while Hawn went to Italy to make a film called Viaggio Con Anita.
‘I was content to play the househusband. But when I went to Italy to visit I started hearing rumours that Goldie was having an affair with her co-star Giancarlo Giannini. I confronted her about it and she swore blind nothing had happened. I believed her. We were newlyweds with a new baby. I couldn’t believe she would cheat so early on.’
Rifts began to appear: ‘Goldie started getting up to tricks. She would disappear. She started becoming more distant. One day she called me when I was in London with baby Oliver. She was promoting her movie Foul Play.
She said, “Listen, I’m pregnant with your baby and I’ve always wanted two children so I’m having this one.†Then, in her baby-doll voice she said, “Gotta go.â€â€‰â€™
‘I was stunned. The first pregnancy had been so close, so romantic. Now she was telling me this in such a matter-of-fact way. We were drifting apart and we knew it. Goldie’s career was soaring. She had signed to do Private Benjamin and was the major bread-winner. I stayed home with Oliver and then, three years later, with Kate. I was happy to do so.
‘Kate looked so much like Goldie. She was a princess from the start. I knew she would be an actress. She loved the mirror and, as she grew, she had an aloofness about her. Just like her mother.’
It was at this point that Hawn began discussing ‘Brand Goldie.’
‘She is a savvy businesswoman and money is very important to her. She was calculated about her career and her image in a way women in Hollywood hadn’t been. Goldie has this ditzy image, but she’s smart. She looked over contracts and would triple-check anything to do with money. She started demanding huge salaries. When I asked her why she was putting so much focus on her career rather than our kids, she would say, “I am building Brand Goldie. This is what will get our kids through college.â€
‘The great loves of Goldie’s life were herself and money, money, money. She loved money and loved being in control. I learned it was her way or the highway. I ended up taking the highway.’
Hudson says he walked out in the summer of 1980 when he learned Hawn had again cheated on him with dashing French actor Yves Renier, an extra on the set of Private Benjamin.
He explains: ‘I was at home looking after the kids and a brown envelope arrived. When I opened it there were pictures of Goldie acting overly familiar with this handsome guy. There was no note. Nothing. I tried calling her in France but her assistant kept making ever more crazy excuses. At 7am I would call her room and no one would pick up.
‘I confronted her when she came back. There was a showdown in the kitchen. I pulled out the photographs and put them on the table. I said, “Who is Yves Renier – and don’t you lie to me.†She burst into tears. I knew, I just knew. I left that night.’
A few days later Hudson returned to pick up some clothes: ‘I walked into the house and there was a man standing there. In the kitchen. He walked over, held out his hand and said, “Hi, I’m Yves.†She moved on that fast.’
At first, he says, the divorce arrangements were amicable. In 1983, however, Hawn met Kurt Russell and, according to Hudson, ‘our whole relationship took a nose dive’.
Hawn has lived with Russell ever since and they have a 25-year-old son, Wyatt.
Hudson says: ‘From the moment Kurt came on the scene my role as father to Kate and Oliver was usurped. Goldie told the kids to call him “Paâ€. She began to craft this happy family unit.
‘By this time she was a major star, America’s sweetheart. She needed a “narrative†and I became the big bad wolf.’
In a series of interviews promoting a string of hit films – Bird On A Wire, Death Becomes Her, The First Wives Club, The Out-Of-Towners – Hawn would talk about Hudson ‘walking out’ on the family.
It is at this point that his eyes fill with tears: ‘I get emotional and very angry,’ he says, pulling out a sheaf of legal letters that he says proves he fought for visitation rights to the children. (He reprints the legal letters over 27 pages in his book).
‘Goldie went out of her way to make things difficult. She was the big star jetting around. I’d arrange to pick the kids up and would get to the house and they wouldn’t be there.
‘I arranged a holiday in Hawaii and when the day came I arrived at Goldie’s house to find she’d taken the children off to her lodge in Colorado.
‘Goldie played havoc with my emotions. She blocked me seeing my children. First Kate, then Oliver became distant. I fought for custody of the kids. Why would I do that if I didn’t want to see them?
‘Kate is her mother’s child. She has a harshness about her. She has aligned herself with her mother and perpetuated this story about me abandoning the family. That simply isn’t true. I fought legally and I physically turned up to see them.
‘But Goldie and Kurt thwarted me at every turn. I feel they used their money to take the kids away from me.
‘Kate grew up a pampered Hollywood princess. She needed some drama in her back story and I became that drama.’
Hudson claims he never took a penny from Hawn. She was worth around £6 million at the time of the divorce: ‘I ended up giving her a cheque for $500,000 [about £350,000] for her share in our Malibu house. I didn’t want a dime from her and never took one.
‘She got the big house in Pacific Palisades. She is a canny businesswoman in all areas of her life.’
Hudson went on to marry another actress, Cindy Williams, and have two more children, Emily, 29, and Zachary, 25. The couple divorced in 2000. He has a five-year-old daughter Lalania from a long-term girlfriend. Today he describes himself as ‘resolutely single’.
He has not spoken to Kate, now 32, or Oliver, 35, for years. He begins to weep when discussing the fact that Kate has just had her second child, son Bing, with her British fiance Matt Bellamy, the singer and guitarist in the rock group Muse. (Her first son Ryder, seven, was with singer Chris Robinson.)
‘I’ve not met either of Kate’s kids. They are my grandchildren and that is bad enough, but my other kids are suffering.
‘Lalania talks about “my sister and brother†but she’s never met any of them. She deserves the right to know her relatives.
‘I just want the family to be together. My mum is 88 and dying. I have written to Goldie repeatedly, the last time just a couple of months ago. I asked her, “Can’t we just put all the drama behind us and start afresh?†She didn’t bother to respond.’
Later, walking on the beach – just ten minutes from Hawn’s £3.4 million home – Hudson says: ‘If I was to say one thing to Goldie it is that I wish she would remember the good times we had. There is still time to be friends.
‘I want people to hear my side of the story. But I also want to hold out an olive branch to Goldie and tell her I still care deeply for her. You can’t have the sort of love we had and not still care. I wish she would just sit down with me, over a glass of wine like in the old days, and sort this mess out. If not for my sake, then for the sake of the kids and grandkids.’
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Post by lucy on Nov 14, 2011 15:18:40 GMT -5
I don't what was the big deal over her, she wasn't that great. Like alot of the stars, much ado about nothing....
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Post by artemis on Nov 19, 2011 6:51:50 GMT -5
True, she wasnt that much, instead, as many like her, she was overhyped. If Goldie still had a drop of talent, her daughter is a total zero in this department.
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Post by artemis on Nov 19, 2011 6:53:36 GMT -5
"Official says Wagner not a suspect in Wood death
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Robert Wagner is not a suspect in the 30-year-old drowning of his actress wife, Natalie Wood, and there is nothing to indicate a crime, even though the investigation has been re-opened, a sheriff's detective said Friday.
"Her death was an accident, an accidental drowning," said Sheriff's Lt. John Corina.
Officials would not say why they were taking another look at the case, although the captain of the boat where the couple had stayed blamed Wagner for Wood's death.
Natalie Wood's sister, Lana Wood, told CNN's Piers Morgan in an interview Friday that she doesn't believe her sister fell off the boat.
Lana Wood told Morgan that she has spoken several times with the boat's captain Dennis Davern and he has told her that Wagner was involved in her plunge into the sea on Nov. 29, 1981. But Lana Wood said she does not believe that whatever happened was deliberate.
"I don't think she fell, I don't know if she was pushed, I don't know whether there was an altercation and it happened accidentally but she shouldn't have died and that does stay with me and hurt," Lana Wood said.
"I would prefer to always believe that RJ (Wagner) would never do anything to hurt Natalie and that he loved her dearly, which he did, and I don't believe that whatever went on was deliberate. I've always cared about him. I always will care about him," she said.
Lana Wood wrote in a biography on her sister after her death, "What happened is that Natalie drank too much that night."
There have always been questions about Wood's death on Nov. 29, 1981, with renewed attention on the case as the anniversary neared. The case's re-opening and a public call for information are the first hint that the official account may need revision.
Within hours of the announcement, Corina said, several people emerged offering their recollections of what happened in the waters off Southern California's Santa Catalina Island.
But he quickly noted that nothing the agency has received so far has prompted it to change the view that there was no foul play.
Davern, said Friday on NBC's "Today" show that he lied to investigators about events on the yacht Splendour when he was interviewed after Wood's death.
Davern accused Wagner of having a fight with Wood before she went missing and delaying the search for her after she disappeared.
Wagner's family released a statement through a spokesman that said they trusted detectives to evaluate any new information and determine whether it came from "a credible source or sources other than those simply trying to profit from the 30-year anniversary of her tragic death."
It did not mention Davern by name, and noted that detectives hadn't contacted Wagner or his family.
On the show, Davern mentioned a book he co-wrote last year on Wood's death, but refused to say precisely why he blamed Wagner for the three-time Oscar nominee's death. Davern also denied that he was seeking to profit from interest in the case.
Vanity Fair and the television program "48 Hours Mystery" have teamed up and are including Wood's case for a television special airing this weekend.
Corina said his agency would talk to Davern at some point and other witnesses would likely be interviewed. He downplayed the role Davern's book or the anniversary would play on the investigation.
"We're not concerned with the anniversary date," Corina said. "It may have jarred some other people's memories."
Wood, who was 43 when she died, received three Academy Award nominations, for "Rebel Without a Cause," ''Splendor in the Grass" and "Love with the Proper Stranger." She appeared in numerous other Hollywood classics, including "West Side Story."
Wood and Wagner were married twice, first in 1957 before divorcing six years later. They remarried in 1972. Her death during the Thanksgiving weekend in 1981 has long sparked tabloid speculation that foul play was involved.
Wood, Wagner and actor Christopher Walken and Davern spent time on Thanksgiving weekend 1981 both on Catalina Island and drinking on the yacht.
Wagner has dismissed any suggestion that the actress' death was anything more than an accident. In a 2008 autobiography, he recounted drinking with Wood and Walken at a restaurant and on the boat.
Wood went to the master cabin during an argument between the two men, Wagner said. The last time Wagner saw his wife, she was fixing her hair at a bathroom vanity and she shut the door, he wrote.
Despite various theories about what led Wood to the water, which she feared, he said, it was impossible to know what happened.
"Nobody knows," he wrote. "There are only two possibilities; either she was trying to get away from the argument, or she was trying to tie the dinghy. But the bottom line is that nobody knows exactly what happened."
Coroner's officials said at the time that she was "possibly attempting to board the dinghy and had fallen into the water, striking her face."
Wood was found wearing a flannel nightgown, socks and a red down jacket, and Davern identified her body for authorities, according to an autopsy report. Her body had superficial bruises, according to the report, but those were considered consistent with drowning.
Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter said the agency hadn't been asked to do any additional investigation into Wood's case.
Wagner, star of the television series "Hart to Hart," wrote in his book that he blamed himself for his wife's death.
"Did I blame myself? If I had been there, I could have done something," he wrote. "But I wasn't there. I didn't see her."
Natalie will never get justice. She was murdered with cold blood. She hated water but was a good swimmer. She went on that boat only to please Wagner, not because she wanted to. But a fight broke between Nat and Wagner and she threatened him to expose the truth about his love affair with Walken (also on that boat too, as everyone knows). She was drugged with pills and alcohol and pushed from the boat. Noone will ever prosecute those both scums and anyway I think Wagner got replaced.
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Post by beatlies on Nov 19, 2011 15:55:02 GMT -5
"Official says Wagner not a suspect in Wood death
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Robert Wagner is not a suspect in the 30-year-old drowning of his actress wife, Natalie Wood, and there is nothing to indicate a crime, even though the investigation has been re-opened, a sheriff's detective said Friday.
"Her death was an accident, an accidental drowning," said Sheriff's Lt. John Corina.
Officials would not say why they were taking another look at the case, although the captain of the boat where the couple had stayed blamed Wagner for Wood's death.
Natalie Wood's sister, Lana Wood, told CNN's Piers Morgan in an interview Friday that she doesn't believe her sister fell off the boat.
Lana Wood told Morgan that she has spoken several times with the boat's captain Dennis Davern and he has told her that Wagner was involved in her plunge into the sea on Nov. 29, 1981. But Lana Wood said she does not believe that whatever happened was deliberate.
"I don't think she fell, I don't know if she was pushed, I don't know whether there was an altercation and it happened accidentally but she shouldn't have died and that does stay with me and hurt," Lana Wood said.
"I would prefer to always believe that RJ (Wagner) would never do anything to hurt Natalie and that he loved her dearly, which he did, and I don't believe that whatever went on was deliberate. I've always cared about him. I always will care about him," she said.
Lana Wood wrote in a biography on her sister after her death, "What happened is that Natalie drank too much that night."
There have always been questions about Wood's death on Nov. 29, 1981, with renewed attention on the case as the anniversary neared. The case's re-opening and a public call for information are the first hint that the official account may need revision.
Within hours of the announcement, Corina said, several people emerged offering their recollections of what happened in the waters off Southern California's Santa Catalina Island.
But he quickly noted that nothing the agency has received so far has prompted it to change the view that there was no foul play.
Davern, said Friday on NBC's "Today" show that he lied to investigators about events on the yacht Splendour when he was interviewed after Wood's death.
Davern accused Wagner of having a fight with Wood before she went missing and delaying the search for her after she disappeared.
Wagner's family released a statement through a spokesman that said they trusted detectives to evaluate any new information and determine whether it came from "a credible source or sources other than those simply trying to profit from the 30-year anniversary of her tragic death."
It did not mention Davern by name, and noted that detectives hadn't contacted Wagner or his family.
On the show, Davern mentioned a book he co-wrote last year on Wood's death, but refused to say precisely why he blamed Wagner for the three-time Oscar nominee's death. Davern also denied that he was seeking to profit from interest in the case.
Vanity Fair and the television program "48 Hours Mystery" have teamed up and are including Wood's case for a television special airing this weekend.
Corina said his agency would talk to Davern at some point and other witnesses would likely be interviewed. He downplayed the role Davern's book or the anniversary would play on the investigation.
"We're not concerned with the anniversary date," Corina said. "It may have jarred some other people's memories."
Wood, who was 43 when she died, received three Academy Award nominations, for "Rebel Without a Cause," ''Splendor in the Grass" and "Love with the Proper Stranger." She appeared in numerous other Hollywood classics, including "West Side Story."
Wood and Wagner were married twice, first in 1957 before divorcing six years later. They remarried in 1972. Her death during the Thanksgiving weekend in 1981 has long sparked tabloid speculation that foul play was involved.
Wood, Wagner and actor Christopher Walken and Davern spent time on Thanksgiving weekend 1981 both on Catalina Island and drinking on the yacht.
Wagner has dismissed any suggestion that the actress' death was anything more than an accident. In a 2008 autobiography, he recounted drinking with Wood and Walken at a restaurant and on the boat.
Wood went to the master cabin during an argument between the two men, Wagner said. The last time Wagner saw his wife, she was fixing her hair at a bathroom vanity and she shut the door, he wrote.
Despite various theories about what led Wood to the water, which she feared, he said, it was impossible to know what happened.
"Nobody knows," he wrote. "There are only two possibilities; either she was trying to get away from the argument, or she was trying to tie the dinghy. But the bottom line is that nobody knows exactly what happened."
Coroner's officials said at the time that she was "possibly attempting to board the dinghy and had fallen into the water, striking her face."
Wood was found wearing a flannel nightgown, socks and a red down jacket, and Davern identified her body for authorities, according to an autopsy report. Her body had superficial bruises, according to the report, but those were considered consistent with drowning.
Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter said the agency hadn't been asked to do any additional investigation into Wood's case.
Wagner, star of the television series "Hart to Hart," wrote in his book that he blamed himself for his wife's death.
"Did I blame myself? If I had been there, I could have done something," he wrote. "But I wasn't there. I didn't see her."Natalie will never get justice. She was murdered with cold blood. She hated water but was a good swimmer. She went on that boat only to please Wagner, not because she wanted to. But a fight broke between Nat and Wagner and she threatened him to expose the truth about his love affair with Walken (also on that boat too, as everyone knows). She was drugged with pills and alcohol and pushed from the boat. Noone will ever prosecute those both scums and anyway I think Wagner got replaced. Robert Wagner was replaced, so was Christopher Walken (Wagner-"Walkerie" opera Crowleyian word play in effect here?); there been some posts in this forum about Walken being replaced, and I don't recall any on Robert Wagner although I may have mentioned him.... don't recall any posts about Natalie Wood being replaced although there may be some....
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Post by artemis on Nov 19, 2011 16:03:17 GMT -5
Walken I know he was replaced and he was discussed here at some point but not too much. Wagner has never been discussed, nor Natalie. Natalie wasnt replaced IMO.
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Post by The Mask on Nov 19, 2011 20:13:24 GMT -5
Walken was one of the more obvious replacements.
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Post by artemis on Nov 20, 2011 7:39:29 GMT -5
"Bee Gees star Robin Gibb rushed to hospital as he battles liver cancer
Bee Gees star Robin Gibb has been diagnosed with liver cancer.
The 61-year-old was told the sad news several months ago, and has since cancelled several public appearances.
He was rushed to hospital this week following a 999 call from his home.
He spent five hours in hospital on Tuesday before being allowed back home, where he was joined by his mother Barbara, 91, and his older brother Barry.
Barry has flown in from the US to be with his sibling.
It has been no secret that Robin has become frail over the last few months.
He was treated for inflammation of the colon in October after being taken by ambulance to John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.
He was discharged after four days, but said to be in severe pain.
Robin lives in an £8 million 12th Century home in Thame, Oxon,with his wife Dwina.
'Robin is not good and there is a lot of concern for him,' a friend has said, according to the Sunday Mirror.
'You can use your wealth to call in the best experts but sometimes no amount of fame, prestige and money can change things when it comes to cancer.'
'But Robin is a strong character, he is a fighter and has been encouraged by all the online messages from his fans,' they continued.
'Dwina is doing everything possible and hasn’t left his side.'
Dwina is reportedly trying to persuade Robin to visit a Native American medicine man.
'This incredible Indian tribe introduced Robin and I to something called Spider Medicine that apparently contains properties that can help you get well from certain untreatable illnesses,' said the druid priestess.
'There will be difficult times ahead but Robin will never give up and his loving family will make sure he has everything he needs. There is frustration because Robin has always looked after himself. He doesn’t drink, eats well and exercises daily,' the friend added.
Robin spoke in an interview with new Sky Arts show Living The Life, broadcast tonight, about his inability to accept the death of his twin brother Maurice.
He described Maurice's death at 53 as 'something I haven’t accepted', adding: 'I just imagine he is out there somewhere and I will bump into him one day.'
The Bee Gees disbanded after Maurice's death, having sold 200million records worldwide with hits such as Night Fever and Stayin’ Alive.
Robin's younger brother Andy died in 1988 aged 30 after struggling with a cocaine addiction.
'It is incredibly sad for Barbara. First she lost her son Andy, then Maurice and now she has to cope with seeing Robin like this,' said a friend, according to the Sunday Mirror.
'It is a lot for a mother, particular of her age, to deal with. Barry has also been there for his brother and a lot of friends have been rallying round.'
The star cancelled a US tour in April due to extreme stomach pain.
He had part of his intestine removed in an emergency procedure last year, after suffering blockage similar to that which killed his brother Maurice.
Robin was quick to squash claims last month that his condition was worsening, saying: 'I’m feeling great, absolutely great. I’m working on the Titanic Requiem at the moment and it’s going really well.' "
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Post by The Mask on Nov 20, 2011 19:50:10 GMT -5
No doubt Robin drinks too much as do most in the entertainment business.
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Post by beatlies on Nov 20, 2011 20:10:33 GMT -5
Now doubt Robin drinks too much as does most in the entertainment business. And about drugs too? Does existing in a giant, ultra-secretive and deceptive, dystopian house of replaCIAment horrors incline one to numb one's awareness and conscience via substance abuse on a daily, hourly basis? Enquiring minds wanna know!
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Post by artemis on Nov 21, 2011 16:33:55 GMT -5
"Daddy's little girl: Lady Gaga gives half of her earnings to father Joe Germanotta
She is music's biggest star, but according to reports Lady Gaga is just daddy's little girl
The singer, real name Stefani Germanotta, gives her dad Joe 50 percent of her earnings under their LLCs, Team Love Child and Mermaid Music, The New York Post reports.
The 50/50 split between Gaga and her father is so unusual there is only one other of its kind in the history of the music industry, that between Elvis and Col. Tom Parker.
Gaga believes her father has earned his share of her fortune and her success has allowed him to realize a lifelong dream. He now works in the industry, managing aspiring artists.
In fact, this holiday weekend, Thanksgiving in the US, the most outrageous pop star in the world will go home to her parents' house on the wealthy Upper West Side of Manhattan and stay in her childhood bedroom.
'She still doesn’t have her own place in the city,' one longtime friend tells The Post. 'She and her family are very tight.'
The ABC special, “A Very Gaga Thanksgiving,” premieres Thursday night and shows the 25-year-old in the kitchen serving up dishes inspired by her Italian heritage.
For her feast, Gaga enlisted celebrity chef Art Smith to remake old family recipes.
Smith is also at the helm of of the restaurant Gaga bought for her Dad, his favourite in the neighbourhood, and named it Joanne's after his late sister.
Her adoration for her father is unconditional. She once told Elle magazine: 'I’m married to my dad.'
And after Father's day she told Vanity Fair magazine: 'I’m happier than I’ve ever been. I’ve been in my father’s arms for two weeks, wishing [him] a Happy Father’s Day.'
Though friends describe Gaga as equally close with her outgoing, elegant mom, her primary relationship seems to be with her dad.
Joe Germanotta made his fortune in hotel Wi-Fi, becoming wealthy enough to buy a duplex on the Upper West Side and send his daughters to the Convent of the Sacred Heart private school.
Joe has been Gaga's number one supporter throughout her career.
When she told her father of her plans for worldwide pop superstardom he used his money and connections to hire the best producers, to book studio time and to get Stefani in the room with record executives.
In 2005, when she decided to drop out of NYU in her freshman year, Joe agreed to bankroll her for 12 months, paying the rent on her tiny fifth-floor walk-up on the Lower East Side and hauling her furniture up the stairs.
'He is my hero,' she has said
Since 2008, Joe Germanotta has worked as a music manager, though none of the acts in his stable has yet made it to the big time.
His daughter still remains his most successful investment.
A Very Gaga Thanksgiving will air on Thanksgiving night, November 24 at 9:30 p.m., ET on ABC.
The broadcast, which was conceived and directed by Lady Gaga, offers an intimate look inside the private life of the award-winning artist as she performs eight songs in front of a small audience filled with her close friends and family.
The star was recently in the UK where she made appearances on The X-Factor and Children in Need.
While in London she made a secret visit to Amy Winehouse's former home in Camden, North London, 'to pay respect to a musical hero'.
A source told The Sun: 'She went in disguise and kept things low key.'
At the time of her death, Lady Gaga paid homage to Winehouse for paving the way for 'strange girls' like her in music."
Nice comparison between FADY FAFA and her dad and F/ELVIS and his handler...
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Post by artemis on Nov 21, 2011 16:35:39 GMT -5
"RIP Garrett Uekman: Arkansas tight end dead of unknown causes (Updated)
Terrible news out of Arkansas, where tight end Garrett Uekman was reportedly found dead in his dorm room Sunday morning of unknown causes. Though his death has been confirmed by multiple outlets in Arkansas, no other information has been made available by police or the university.
Uekman, a 19-year-old redshirt freshman from Little Rock, had seen the field in nine of the Razorbacks' first 11 games this season — including Saturday's 44-17 rout over Mississippi State — though he didn't record any statistics. His final game was played in his hometown, from which the team had returned to Fayetteville a few hours before his death.
His teammates were reportedly informed in an early Sunday afternoon meeting and were spotted embracing outside the football complex. Current and former players have also responded to the news on Twitter. Coach Bobby Petrino was expected to address the situation at some point Sunday.
Arkansas was promoted to No. 3 in both major polls Sunday morning, its highest standing since joining the SEC, and plays at LSU Friday in a game with major conference and national championship implications. Needless to say, the coming week will be a very emotional one for the program in the wake of its loss. Condolences to everyone affected by the worst possible news.
Update, 5:26 a.m., Monday: According to a university spokesman, Uekman was found unconscious and unresponsive in his room around 11:15 a.m. Sunday, about an hour after being seen by a teammate playing video games. He was pronounced dead at 12:10 a.m. His high school coach described him as "any parent or coach's dream."
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