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The Duggars Distributed Photos Of Jubilee Shalom Duggar At Her Memorial Service
The Duggars distributed artistic photos of miscarried child Jubilee Shalom Duggar at her memorial service with the caption There is no foot too small that it cannot leave an imprint on this world. Creepy or genuinely grieving? More »
Dr. Conrad Murray Sentenced To Four Years In Prison For His Role In Michael Jackson’s Death
Less than a month after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson, Dr. Conrad Murray has been sentenced to four years in prison. More »
Former Weezer Bassist Mikey Welsh Has Died
Former Weezer bassist Mikey Welsh was found dead in a Chicago hotel room on Sunday. No official cause of death has been given, but the police suspect drugs may have been involved. Mikey, 40, was in town to see Weezer play a show at RiotFest.
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Spoiler Alert: 9 Movies with Shameless Last-Minute Deaths
One Day, the Anne Hathaway/Jim Sturgess will-they-or-won’t-they think piece, hit theaters this weekend. While it made a respectable showing at the box office, it bombed with the critics. Besides looking like found footage from Reality Bites, I think the movie’s surprise sad ending might have been the real nail in the coffin (spoiler alert: pun intended).
Movies pulling the old one-two emotional punch at the end is nothing new, but sometimes a character dies and you’re less “Boohoo” than “WTF?” Or at first you’re like “Boohoo,” but then later you’re like “Wait, seriously WTF?” Usually it’s because a character’s death seems not only sudden, but also totally unearned. In an instant, a movie becomes a sucker punch. Shame on you, Hollywood. You lazy sadists, you. Here are nine moves that pull the last-minute death trick: More »
‘Game of Thrones’ Aftermath: Why Characters You Love Need to Die
Game of Thrones, HBO’s fantastic television adaptation of the A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin, finished up its first season last Sunday, and boy, was it a doozy. The last couple of episodes were all doozies, come to think of it; if there’s one thing you don’t generally expect when it comes to television shows, it’s that so many main characters end up dying. Naturally, there were some pretty violent reactions to some of these deaths– one in particular– and yes, I see where you’re all coming from. Here’s the thing, though: Sometimes characters, even the ones you love, need to die. And here’s why.
[P.S: Here there be SPOILERS, in case you haven't already figured that out.] More »
10 Young Adult Books That Scarred Us For Life
Books for younger readers are supposed to be fun to read. Well, before Harry Potter made us have nightmares about Lord Voldemort, these classic young adult books made us too scared to ever try drugs, make out with boys, or not be sad enough about the Holocaust.
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Status Update: Jocelyn Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
What happens when a friend dies in her 20s – and you find out about it on Facebook. More »
The Best and Worst Elizabeth Taylor Obituaries
Elizabeth Taylor was one of the most famous actors of our time, her legendary beauty, style and of course talent was something that was always admired. She gave support to AIDS research by starting a foundation in memory of her close friend Rock Hudson (who died of the disease). She was glamorous, savvy and talented, winning two Oscars. Her nickname was “One Shot Liz” for being able to do a scene in one take, I had to do a double take when reading some of the obits all over the internet. Some are downright hateful, and others brazenly rude. I am appalled. The fact that so many people have forgotten what a star Liz Taylor was is just depressing.
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Video: Watch 36 Simultaneous Hitchcock Deaths
Oh, how morbidly cool. How many movies can you name from their tiny little deathy thumbnails? We only got eight and we took a Hitchcock class in college.
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Gallery: Famous Movie Death Scenes
Earlier this week, the posters at Reddit contemplated mortality in the fascinating discussion thread titled, “What famous movie death scene would you like your death to be like?” And while many of the answers were sheer ridiculousness, there were some choices that actually resonated with us. The scenes in this gallery are emotional, cathartic, and examples of damn fine acting and writing. Since we’re discussing pretty pivotal scenes, beware of spoilers! More »
‘Celebrity Rehab’ Wasn’t Able to Help Alice In Chains’ Mike Starr
As much as Celebrity Rehab gets headlines for the crazy behavior of its participants (cough cough Jeff Conaway), there are quite a few genuine, heartbreaking cases of people trying to work through addiction on each season. One of the stories that I found particularly touching was that of Mike Starr. The former bassist for Alice in Chains, Starr had done drugs alongside friend and bandmate Layne Staley and admitted on the show that he may have been the last person to have seen Staley alive (Staley died of a heroin overdose in 2002). In one of the few genuinely touching moments of that season of Celebrity Rehab, Staley’s mother Nancy came on the show and told Mike that she forgave him and urged him to turn his life around. More »
Morgan Freeman Is Not Dead, And 7 Other Stars ‘Killed’ By Twitter
Blink and you may have missed the death of Morgan Freeman yesterday: a Twitter handle named @originalcjizzle falsely accredited @CNN to a tweet claiming that the actor had died in his Burbank home. More »
Judd Apatow’s Poor Taste – Shelley Malil, who appeared alongside Steve Carell in The 40-Year-Old Virgin, was given a more than 40-year life sentance for stabbing his girlfriend to death. (Daily Mail)
Prosecutor Offers No Justice For Lizzy Seeberg At Notre Dame
The case of Lizzy Seeberg, the St. Mary’s student who killed herself after an alleged sexual assault from a Notre Dame football player, will not be going to court. County prosecutors have decided not to press charges with Seeberg’s September claim, despite the 19-year-old pointing out to police the perpetrator on Facebook. More »
Yeah, Heath Ledger Probably Not Coming Back In Next Batman Film – But thanks for playing, Internet! (Also, Chris Nolan, if this turns out to be true you will be the grossest person alive.) (E! Online!)
Notre Dame Student Dies Taping Football Practice
Declan Sullivan, a 20-year-old at Notre Dame college, fell to his death after 50 mph winds collapsed the hydraulic lift tower where he had been taping the school’s football practice, for which he was a student manager. At least, that’s what the story is so far: the government is investigating the details of the student’s death, as well as to why the Fighting Irish team had been outdoors that day to begin with, when similar weather conditions forced them to practice indoors the day before. More »
RIP: Dan Gordon-Levitt, Fire-Spinning Bro of Joseph
Really sad news today: Dan Gordon-Levitt, whose appearance on the celebrity scene earlier this summer spurned an entire wave of “hot celebrity siblings” trend, has passed away. His brother, Incepetion actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, wrote on his Twitter:
My super hero brother @burningdan 1974-2010. Celebrate his life here ~ http://bit.ly/dBTMQ8 because he’s fucking awesome. More »
R.I.P. Harvey Pekar – The American Splendor artist was found dead in his Ohio home late last night, cause of death unknown. We hope you are drawing weird, creepy comics of the angels in heaven now, Harvey. (via Variety)
Sex On The Wire: The Young And Horny
• A study is now showing that women get hornier earlier in life, with a spike after 26. Jeez, we thought we’d have to wait another decade until we caught up to the men-folk! (Lemondrop)
• Want to be popular on Twitter? Offer to give your entire country blow jobs. (Blisstree)
• Apparently there is too much of a good thing: A 30-year old British nanny OD’d on her vibrator after she had a heart attack from her excited state. (AVN)
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Twilight: Eclipse Is So Bad … (How Bad Is It?) – Some guy in New Zealand literally died during a screening. Sad, and not to make light of someone’s passing, but this is like the time a photographer keeled over from a heart attack after snapping a pic of Lady Gaga dressed like this. (via Guyism)
