Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Princess Lea; Carrie Fisher is dead

Carrie Fisher, Outspoken and Honest, Leaves Behind a Void in Mental Health Advocacy

Stacy Lambe
Entertainment Tonight
Carrie Fisher's death at 60 years old on Tuesday sent shockwaves through Hollywood, as fans and actors alike reacted to the news of her passing.
"We just lost a great ally for mental health and addiction," Margaret Cho wrote on Twitter on Tuesday. "Be strong, be as strong as she'd want you to be." Cho's tweet was one of many to recognize the void in mental health advocacy created in the wake of Fisher's death.
The longtime actress, famous for playing Princess Leia in the Star Wars franchise, was also a celebrated writer and advocate, who used her celebrity status to create awareness for mental health issues and addiction.
"I've been in therapy since I was 15 years old," Fisher frankly told ET, later revealing to The Guardian that therapy was "my only serious relationship."
In fact, Fisher's brutal honesty became a trademark of her interviews with the press, which often included discussions about her constant struggles. Over past 25 years, Fisher appeared on ABC's 20/20 and The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive with Stephen Fry to discuss her bipolar disorder diagnosis and opened up about electroshock therapy treatments on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
"I'm mentally ill," she told ABC's Diane Sawyer in 2000. "I have a chemical imbalance that in it's most extreme state will lead me to a mental hospital."
Even as recently as November 2016, in an advice column for The Guardian, Fisher openly wrote about her struggle with drugs and being bipolar, stressing the importance of finding a community of support.
"I was told that I was bipolar when I was 24 but was unable to accept that diagnosis until I was 28 when I overdosed and finally got sober," Fisher wrote. "Only then was I able to see nothing else could explain away my behavior."
In 1985, Fisher accidentally overdosed on a combination of medication and sleeping pills, sending her to the hospital. The incident would serve as inspiration for the semi-autobiographical novel, Postcards From the Edge, about an actress dealing with drug addiction and coming to terms with her relationship with her mother. Fisher also adapted the book for a Mike Nichols' film starring Meryl Streep and Shirley MacLaine.
In a 1993 interview with The Guardian, Fisher opened up about her relationship with drugs. "[Drugs] managed something in me that I was too lazy to manage on my own, this thundering emotion and verbal excitement that would roar out of me," she said, adding that she used to do cocaine on the set of The Empire Strikes Back. "It still can: I can still take a dinner party hostage but I try not to."
In fact, when it came to her career as a writer, Fisher regularly drew upon her own experiences. Fisher's relationship with her mother, Debbie Reynolds, and battle with drug addiction were two large themes of her ongoing working, including the revealing autobiography and one-woman show, Wishful Drinking.
Fisher was eventually recognized for her work as an advocate, honored with the Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism by Harvard College in 2016 for "her forthright activism and outspokenness about addiction, mental illness, and agnosticism have advanced public discourse on these issues with creativity and empathy."
On Tuesday, actor Sean Astin lamented that "another mental health pioneer [was] gone," referring to Fisher and his mother, Patty Duke, who died in March. "My late Mom & our family send all our love & affection 2 @CarrieFFisher and her loved ones," he wrote on Twitter.
"Carrie's Fisher's brutally honest humor made dealing with addiction just a little bit easier," 30 Rock writer Jack Burditt shared.
"Carrie Fisher talked openly and honestly about her mental health, and that was a huge gift she left us with," editor Rosemary Donahue added on Twitter.
"You don't have to like doing a lot of what you do, you just have to do it," Fisher wrote in her last column for The Guardian, offering to be an ever-supportive figure for her community. "As your bipolar sister, I'll be watching. Now get out there and show me and you what you can do."

Monday, December 26, 2016

George Michael - Fastlove;my soul brutha from an english mutha! RIP! 2016 Christmas

George Michael - Outsidel;dedicated to the LAPD; who have you shot and killed today?

Morrissey Lambasts kate middleton

Morrissey attacks Kate Middleton, Prince William for nurse death

The singer slams the "arrogance" of the British royal family.

Morrissey has slammed the British royal family following the death of nurse Jacintha Saldanha.
The singer labelled Prince William and Kate "arrogant" in the aftermath of the King Edward Hospital nurse's suspected suicide.
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Catherine Duchess of Cambridge leaving the King Edward VII Hospital, London, Britain - 06 Dec 2012
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Nurse Jacintha Saldanha was found dead last week after transferring a call in which Australian DJs Mel Greig and Michael Christian pretended to be Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles to gain medical details about the hospitalised Duchess of Cambridge.
The former Smiths frontman called for the royal couple to show remorse for the incident, and that the blame should not be solely placed on the DJs.
He told New Zealand's 3News: "Even with the recent story about the nurse killing herself in King Edward Hospital, there's no blame placed on Kate Middleton, who was in the hospital as far as I could see for absolutely no reason.
"She feels no shame about the death of this woman, she's saying nothing about the death of this poor woman. The arrogance of the British royals is staggering, absolutely staggering. And why it's allowed to be I really don't know."
Morrissey
He added that the duchess's reported morning sickness was not worth a hospital visit, saying: "Does she have a health condition...? What is the health condition?
"I mean morning sickness already? So much hoo haw and then suddenly as bright as a button as soon as this poor woman dies she's out of hospital? It doesn't ring true.
"And I'm sure the Palace and Clarence House put maximum pressure on this poor receptionist and nurse, and of course that's kept away from the press.
"I'm sure the British press hounded this poor woman to her death, that's kept away. And by this time next week she'll be forgotten. And that's how the British royals work."
Mel Greig and Michael Christian on air at 2DayFM
[Michael Christian and Mel Greig on air at 2DayFM]
Australian radio station 2Day FM have announced that they will donate ad revenue to the family of Jacintha Saldanha.
Morrissey has criticised the British royal family for many years, recently describing Prince Harry as "an idiot".
He caused controversy earlier this year by comparing the London 2012 Olympics to Nazi Germany.

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George Michael dead on Christmas Day!

NOw I am undone! First Prince now George Michael?!!? What the hell is going on?!!? Man, I'm really just undone. Here's the story. God  bless all.

I am still very hurt by the death of George Michael. Almost as much as Prince.



George Michael Was Found Dead in Bed by His Boyfriend Fadi Fawaz: ‘I Will Never Stop Missing You’

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George Michael with his boyfriend, Fadi Fawaz, in Zurich, Switzerland in April 2015. (Photo: Splash News)
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George Michael with his boyfriend, Fadi Fawaz, in Zurich, Switzerland in April 2015. (Photo: Splash News)
New details about George Michael‘s death are emerging.
Fadi Fawaz, a celebrity hairstylist with whom the late star was romantically involved in recent years, took to Twitter on Monday to say that he discovered the 53-year-old singer’s dead body in his home.

“ITs a xmas i will never forget finding your partner dead peacefully in bed first thing in the morning,” he wrote. “I will never stop missing you xx.”
Fawaz’s account is not verified but Michael does follow the account from his verified Twitter. Reps for Michael did not respond to requests for comment.
Michael was found dead in his home on Christmas Day.
“It is with great sadness that we can confirm our beloved son, brother and friend George passed away peacefully at home over the Christmas period,” his publicist confirmed to PEOPLE and Entertainment Weekly. “The family would ask that their privacy be respected at this difficult and emotional time.”
Michael’s U.S. publicist told PEOPLE that the musician had died of heart failure. Authorities have said there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death, according to the BBC.
Michael, who had several great loves throughout his life, was last spotted with Fawaz in September 2015. The two — who generally kept a fairly low profile together — were photographed together in Zurich, Switzerland.




Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Alan Thicke has passed

We are genuinely sorry to announce the passing of Alan Thicke, one of the most talented people in hollywood.  He was a wonderful talent and he will be missed. God bless Robin and his other siblings.

Alan Thicke had quite the career in front of the camera, most recently popping up on This Is Us and Fuller House, but the beloved sitcom dad also had a hand in things behind the camera, namely writing some of TV's most beloved theme songs.
In the 1980s, Thicke, who passed away from a heart attack at 69 on Tuesday, Dec. 13, helped create a number of iconic TV theme songs, most notably the opening numbers for The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes.
"It Takes Diff'rent Strokes," the theme song for Diff'rent Strokes, the 1980s comedy starring Gary Coleman, Dana Plato, Todd Bridges and Conrad Bain was composed by Thicke, his then-wife Gloria Loring and Al Burton. Thicke sang on the opening number.
The Facts of Life theme song was composed by Thicke, Loring and Burton. The lyrics to The Facts of Life theme changed over time, the original opening was sung by star Charlotte Rae and her younger costars. Loring would later sing a version.

Friday, December 2, 2016

Now this is incredible. I never heard about this incident until recently; and this happened back in 1988!! I did not hear anything about this until recently; that lets you know that the American press is really backwards! Now they report anything negative on someone Black but this true human tragedy got little to no press!

Child Actress Is Slain, Apparently by Father

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LOS ANGELES, July 29— A child actress who played a girl slain by her father, a Green Beret, in the television movie ''Fatal Vision,'' was shot to death with her mother in a murder and suicide in which the killer was the girl's real father, officials said.
The three bodies were found Wednesday in the family's burned home. The 11-year-old girl, Judith Barsi, also starred in the movie ''Jaws IV: The Revenge'' as well as numerous television shows and about 50 commercials.
Coroner's officials identified the dead man as Jozsef Barsi, 55, but withheld the names of the woman and child pending notification of relatives. But neighbors said the girl was Judith Barsi, who was an only child.
Mr. Barsi apparently shot and killed his 48-year-old wife, Maria, and his daughter, soaked the bodies with gasoline and set them afire before going to the garage and shooting himself in the head with a .32-caliber pistol, investigators said.

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