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In Memoriam – 2009 – Part 4

As Michele mentioned in my last blog, the list of dead celebrities seems to get longer and longer each year. Here are more we lost in 2009: July 19 – Frank McCourt (78) McCourt, a Pulitzer Prize winner, was best known for his memoir Angela’s Ashes. He died of melanoma. July 23 – E. Lynn Harris (54) The African American author who specialized in writing about gay men had ten consecutive books on the New York Times Best Seller list. He died in Los Angeles while on a business meeting. The cause of death was listed as heart disease. August … Continue reading →

DJ AM Dead at 36

I came home from a night out with friends and read the headline that DJ AM (Adam Goldstein) was found dead in his Manhattan apartment. Friends reported not hearing from him for two days and police broke the door down to find his lifeless body. Great, Ted Kennedy, Dominick Dunne, and now DJ AM – the death in threes theory continues! Yes, the same guy that seemed lucky to survive the fiery plane crash in South Carolina last September is dead at the age of 36. He was found both unresponsive and unconscious in his apartment on Friday afternoon. The … Continue reading →

Celebrity Good Week/Bad Week News

It’s been a good week for…Lil Wayne This past Saturday, the New Orleans rapper Lil Wayne was named Lyricist of the Year, MVP of the Year, and Alltel Wireless People’s Champ at the BET Hip-Hop Awards. It’s been a bad week for…Robin Williams Funnyman Robin Williams is suing Frank and Beans Productions for breach of contract to the tune of $6 million dollars. It seems that Robin signed up to appear in a comedy titled A Couple of Dicks under the condition that he receive $6 million in “fixed compensation,” that is, whether the film was ever made or not. … Continue reading →

New and Old Couples: Jennifer Aniston, John Mayer, Shanna Moakler, and Gerard Butler

Apparently Jennifer Aniston thinks some men deserve a second chance. She and John Mayer, after months of secrecy, were seen together in public. But, the two split in August 2008. While Jen remained mum after the breakup, Mayer said there was “no lying, there’s no cheating, there’s no nothing,” adding that Aniston was the “smartest, most sophisticated person I think I have ever met.” (This photo is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License) Last weekend, the two were seen dining at Il Mulino in New York City after attending a Ray LaMontagne concert together in Boston. A source … Continue reading →

Update on DJ AM and Travis Barker

Both DJ AM and Travis Baker have been released from Doctors Hospital in Augusta, Georgia after their recent plane crash. That they even made it to the hospital seemed like a miracle in and of itself. In fact, on his Facebook page, DJ AM wrote “Adam Goldstein [real name] is the luckiest guy alive.” You can read more about the South Carolina plane crash in Michele’s blog, but DJ AM and Travis were the only two who survived – the pilot, co-pilot, and two other passengers died in the crash. Today, DJ AM (looking well for a guy who survived … Continue reading →

Tragedy and Relationships

By now you have probably seen the video showing the horrific plane crash that claimed the lives of former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker’s assistant, his bodyguard and the pilot and co-pilot on board the Learjet that exploded into a fireball in South Carolina late Friday night. Investigators announced yesterday that the pilot and co-pilot died from smoke inhalation and burns while Barker’s assistant, 29-year-old Chris Baker and bodyguard 25-year-old Charles Still were killed on impact when the plane they were in with the musician turned reality TV star and celebrity disc jockey DJ AM went skidding off a runway and … Continue reading →

Reality TV Star Critically Injured in Plane Crash

He shot to fame as Blink 182’s mega-tattooed drummer and continued to keep his name in the headlines when he allowed MTV to document his marriage to former Miss USA Shanna Moakler on “Meet the Barkers,” now Travis Barker is fighting for his life in a Georgia hospital. The musician along with popular disc jockey DJ AM (whose real name is Adam Goldstein) are in critical but stable condition after their private jet crashed upon take off from a South Carolina airport late last night. According to news reports, Barker and Goldstein were the only ones who survived the fiery … Continue reading →