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*Poet Maya Angelou is said to be on the mend following a brief illness that forced her to cancel a planned speech in Texas. Angelou’s lecture agent David LaCamera said Tuesday the 83-year-old poet was scheduled to speak on Wednesday at Texas Women’s University in Denton, but came down with an illness that left her [...]
*Licensed therapist Dr. Tiffanie Davis Henry is bringing her expertise to ABC daytime as the co-host of “The Revolution,” a show in which a team of experts help one female viewer per week lose weight and transform all areas of their lives. Fans of the VH1 reality series “What Chilli Wants” are already familiar with [...]
*In the wake of Whitney Houston’s funeral, TMZ is reporting that the Houston family wants Bobbi Kristina to enter a live-in rehab facility as soon as possible. However, sources say the family held off from telling her until today. According to sources connected with the family, Bobbi has struggled with substance abuse issues for the [...]
*This is the craziest case of irony ever! It’s equivalent to being at the Heartbreak Hotel with your honey and he goes out to get ice and never comes back. What is the odds of that happening? Has it happened to you? Well, everyone that walks into a restaurant in Las Vegas called the Heart [...]
*Nick Cannon was hospitalized for the fourth time in three months last week after suffering pain in his chest and right arm, he told listeners of his New York radio show today. The entertainer was recently diagnosed with acute kidney failure after falling ill during a vacation with his wife Mariah Carey and twin children [...]
*Almost 50 years ago in August 1962 Marilyn Monroe was reportedly found dead by her housekeeper. Los Angeles County Coroner Dr. Thomas Noguchi ruled the cause of death to be “acute barbiturate poisoning,” and listed “probable suicide.” Over the years as details of her involvement with the Kennedy’s [remember ‘Happy birthday Mr. President’?] among other [...]
*The crisis is clear. Chronic diseases are crushing healthcare. As people live longer, chronic diseases have skyrocketed, accounting for nearly 75 percent of the nation’s annual $2 trillion health expenditures, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. 7 out of 10 deaths among Americans each year are from chronic diseases. Heart disease, cancer and stroke account [...]
*Tommy Chong – of the weed smoking comedy duo “Cheech & Chong” – says Whitney Houston would still be alive today if she had used a certain kind of natural plant. “Had she just stuck to pot, she’d be alive today,” the actor-comedian told Access Hollywood Tuesday night at “The Simpsons” 500th episode celebration. “It’s [...]
*(Via LA Times) – The focus of the Whitney Houston investigation is shifting to an examination of the prescription medicines found in her room and whether she had taken any drugs that might have contributed to her death. Police said detectives have ended their investigation at the hotel room where she died, but investigators continue [...]
*Wu-Tang Clan rapper Method Man is walking with crutches and due for surgery after sustaining a serious knee injury. The hip hop star hobbled onstage against his manager’s wishes to perform a short set with fellow Wu members Ghostface Killah and Raekwon at New York City’s Milk Studios on Thursday. He got excited and jumped [...]
*TMZ is reporting that Whitney Houston’s family was told by L.A. County Coroner officials that the singer did not die from drowning, but rather from what appears to be a combination of Xanax and other prescription drugs mixed with alcohol … this according to family sources. We’re told Coroner’s officials informed the family there was [...]
*Young actress Keke Palmer made incredible timing recently with her heartfelt Twitter message about teen suicide. After the world learned of Don Cornelius, the family and supporters of 17-year-old Ashley Duncan who may have killed herself, are reaching out to young people about the topic of suicide. The Texas teen’s death came shortly after several [...]
*On the heels of the death of Whitney Houston on Saturday, her daughter, 18-year-old Bobbi Kristina Brown, was rushed to Cedears-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, reports TMZ and People. According to sources … Bobbi was taken out of the Beverly Hilton, where Whitney died yesterday, on a stretcher. Bobbi Kristina was taken to Cedars Sinai [...]
*Two significant pieces of information have come to light regarding the death of Whitney Houston. Whitney Houston was found in the bathtub of a Beverly Hills hotel yesterday … with her face underwater … people close to Whitney tell TMZ. And the singer took Xanax before big shows. Reports now say she was scheduled to [...]
*Star Jones could be gaining her weight back, according to rumors. Allegedly the former talk show host is beginning to pack on the pounds after experiencing anxiety from a shift in her relationship with boyfriend, Herb Wilson. Sources tell the National Enquirer she’s on an eating binge since her man moved from New York to [...]
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