Graham Norton publicly jokes about Rolf Harris
Graham Norton managed to shock almost everyone, as he hosted the British Television Awards on Sunday as he joked about Rolf Harris and Jimmy Saville. Opening the star-studded ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall, the 50-year-old said he better hurry up and get on with things before any celebrities were detained following a string of … [Read the full story]
Jeff Hanneman died after years of body abuse
A coroner has confirmed that Slayer guitarist, Jeff Hanneman, died of alcohol-related cirrhosis. The guitarist, and founding member of Slayer, died at the age of 49 last week in a California hospital. “While he had his health struggles over the years, including the recent Necrotizing fasciitis infection that devastated his well-being, Jeff and those close … [Read the full story]
Tommy Taylors SRU
A Queen retires and a new King takes over the kingdom. Holland celebrated in style the first king to reign in nearly a century. In Afghanistan, a road side bomb kills UK troops. More than 400 dead in building collapse and protestors call for the death penalty. In India, the four year old child who … [Read the full story]
R.I.P. – Chi Cheng from the Deftones dies
Chi Cheng, the bassist with the Grammy award winning band the Deftones has died. The 42-year-old bass guitarist has spent the past four years struggling to recover from the injuries he suffered in a massive car accident in November 2008. Despite being in a coma since, he had recently displayed signs of improvement – however, … [Read the full story]
John Lydon WON’T be celebrating Thatcher’s death
Front-man of PIL, and former frontman of the Sex Pistols, John Lydon, has hit out at those celebrating the death of Margaret Thatcher. The firebrand singer, who is currently on tour in Australia and getting into trouble over some remarks he made on a chat show because the interviewers were talking too loudly, spoke on … [Read the full story]
Lady Thatcher died peacefully reading the papers
This is Baroness Thatcher’s deathbed, inside The Ritz, surrounded by the people who cared for her. The Iron Lady died ‘peacefully’ here following a stroke at 11.28am on Monday, as she sat up and quietly read. Lady Thatcher, who had suffered a series of mini-strokes over the past decade, recognised the symptoms as she fell … [Read the full story]
On this day…in 1979
To the New York City Police Department and Medical Examiner’s Office, he was John Simon Ritchie, a 22-year-old Englishman under indictment for murder but now dead of a heroin overdose in a Greenwich Village apartment. To the rest of the world, he was Sid Vicious, former bassist for the notorious Sex Pistols and the living … [Read the full story]
Tommy Taylor’s SRU
What a week for Australia. It’s not what happened here, but rather what we must learn from foreign news. The terrible execution of hostages in Algeria carried out by Muslims in support of Malians and terrorists held in western countries. The result in troops being sent into action will escalate action both in France and … [Read the full story]
Amy watched YouTube of herself when she died
It’s been revealed that Amy Winehouse spent her final hours drinking vodka alone in her bedroom and watching YouTube videos of herself, a court was told yesterday. A second inquest confirmed the 27-year-old died of alcohol poisoning at her north London home on July 23, 2011. Miss Winehouse drank so much that she stopped breathing … [Read the full story]
Photographer killed whilst snapping Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber has called for new laws for paparazzi following the ‘tragic’ death of a photographer who was run over and killed while taking pictures of the star’s sportscar. A 29-year-old freelance photographer, named as Chris Guerra, was struck by a vehicle on Tuesday night after taking pictures of the singer’s white $200,000 Ferrari in … [Read the full story]
