May 24, 2013

Man Loses Life Savings On Carnival Game (Video)

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*There is some truth to the saying attributed to the circus man, P.T. Barnum, “There’s a sucker born every minute.” Someone proves it to you every single day. Today’s “sucker” is Henry Gribbohm of Derby, New Hampshire. He went to the carnival to have some fun with the kiddies and ended up losing his life savings [...]




Frank Ocean Lawsuit Shows Singer May Not Have Created ‘Lost’ on His Own

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*According to a lawsuit filed by a producer who claims he was deprived of credit for his work on Frank Ocean‘s hit single, “Lost,” Frank Ocean is a thief. Micah Otano writes in court docs obtained by E! News that he co-created the song upon which Lost is based (a track called “DayLight” with producers [...]




Terrell Owens Tells NY Jets: ‘I’m Available!’

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*The NFL hasn’t been the same since Terrell Owens affectionately known as T.O., was let go from the Seattle Seahawks in late August. There hasn’t been any bickering on teams, no one bad mouthing the coach or starting a back and forth with the quarterback. Yeah! The NFL has not been the same. But, the [...]




DirecTV Customers Abruptly Lose Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, and Others in Bad Deal

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*If you’re a fan of South Park, Key and Peele, and/or Mob Wives AND you’re a DirecTV subscriber our hearts go out to you. It must have been a total shock to you when you no longer had access to your favorite shows last night. MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, and Nickelodeon were all lost Tuesday [...]




Vanessa Williams Moves into ABC’s ‘666 Park’

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*Vanessa Williams just secured herself a post “Desperate Wives” gig. According to TV Guide, she’ll move from Wisteria Lane to ABC’s upcoming pilot “666 Park,” about a young couple who agree to manage a historic apartment building in New York City. However, they soon begin to experience dangerous supernatural occurrences that risk the lives of [...]




Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Abandoned Law Degree for Hollywood

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*Before the modeling, the big Hollywood career and the iconic turns on “Oz” and “Lost,” Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje was on the verge of becoming a lawyer in his native UK. Born in London to Nigerian parents in 1967, the actor received a Master of Law from University of London’s King’s College. But the profession, as it [...]




Netflix Loses 800,000 Customers Over Price Changes

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*A lot of companies are under the impression that their customers will keep taking the bullcrap from them in terms of providing lousy service and hiking up prices, but that is not the case these days. People are struggling to get by and Occupy protesters as well as Netflix customers are showing us the way [...]




Some ‘Thing’ Different for Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

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*No matter the variety of roles taken on by Nigerian-British actor and former model Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, fans of HBO’s “Oz” will forever see him as Simon Adebisi – the inmate with the gravity-defying knit hat that sat on the side of his bald head. Agbaje’s fan base may have expanded with such intense roles as [...]




Girl Loses Sight After Falling Asleep in Colored Contacts (Video)

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*Adults as well as teenagers like to wear colored contacts. It’s fun to be a different person when you’re at the club and other places, but when the change in yourself is not the one you had intended things get serious quickly. The one side effect of wearing illegal colored contacts is happening to a young [...]




Harold Perrineau Joins TBS Pilot ‘The Wedding Band’

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*Actor Harold Perrineau, last seen in the ABC series “Lost,” has signed on to star in “The Wedding Band,” a pilot for cable network TBS. “Band” is an hourlong comedy that centers on a group of guys who try to escape the stress and chaos of their lives by performing in a wedding band, according [...]




Lance Reddick (‘The Wire’) Talks of Jazz Offering

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*Lance Reddick has been making a niche for himself as a character actor for well over 10 years. Fans of his were wowed by his performance in such great television programs as “The Wire” and “Lost.” He’s currently garnering additional props on the Fox sci-fi thriller “Fringe.”  Be that as it may, the former Baltimore [...]




Akinnuoye-Agbaje Has That ‘Thing’

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*He may have been missing from the heavenly reunion scene on “Lost” Sunday, but Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje has turned up as the latest cast member to join Universal’s upcoming prequel to “The Thing.” According to ShockTillYouDrop.com, the actor will play the role of Derek in the film, which is already shooting in Canada. Mary Elizabeth Winstead, [...]




Shots Fired as Thief Hits ‘Lost’s’ Malcolm David Kelly

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*TMZ is reporting that shots were fired at the home of “Lost” star Malcolm David Kelly this morning as police moved in on someone breaking into his Los Angeles-area home. The actor, who plays Walt on the ABC series, called the L.A. County Sheriff’s Dept. at 9:28 a.m. Friday to report a burglary in progress [...]




Networks Make Room For Jan. 27 State of the Union

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After public outcry from “Lost” fans caused President Obama to shy away from Feb. 2 as the possible date of his State of the Union address, the White House on Monday announced that the speech would take place on Wednesday, Jan. 27, at 9 p.m. As previously reported, a Feb. 2 address would have caused [...]




Harold Perrineau Returning to ‘Lost’ for Final Season

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*It’s official, Harold Perrineau will make an appearance at some point on the final season of ABC’s “Lost,” which has it’s two-hour premiere Feb. 2 at 9 p.m. When we last saw Perrineau’s character Michael Dawson, he appeared to have been blown to smithereens on a freighter. But as fans of the show know, episodes [...]