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‘GREEN MILE’ STAR MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN DIES

The Associated Press reports that actor Michael Clarke Duncan has died. He was 54 years old. The star who is best known for his Oscar nominated role in film ‘The Green Mile’ was hospitalised in July after having a heart attack. In a statement Michael’s publicist said that he suffered a myocardial infarction. Rest In Peace Michael Clarke Duncan.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: SINGER SEAL ADDRESSES THE DEMISE OF HIS MARRIAGE TO HEIDI KLUM

Whilst I didn’t expect anything better from him, I would have thought that Heidi would have shown a little more class and at least waited until we separated first before deciding to fornicate with the help. ‘But I guess you all now have the answer you have been looking for the last seven months.’ Several days ago British singer Seal revealed to website TMZ that his marriage to former model and Project Runaway host Heidi Klum ended because she was having an []

HIP HOP MANAGER CHRIS LIGHTY DIES

Violator Management founder and Hip Hop manager Chris Lighty (44) has died. The New York Daily News reports that Lighty died early this morning. Sources claim the music mogul shot himself after an argument with his estranged wife Veronica outside his Bronx apartment. Lighty had been a part of the Hip Hop scene for many years and worked with pioneers LL Cool J and KRS-One before going on to found Violator Management where he managed the careers of  Mariah Carey, 50 Cent []

GREEK TRIPLE JUMPER EXPELLED FROM 2012 GAMES AFTER RACIST TWEET ABOUT AFRICANS

Tell us how you really feel Voula. Via The Daily Mail A Greek triple jumper has been expelled from the Olympics after she posted a racist joke on Twitter. Voula Papachristou was kicked out of her national team for mocking African migrants and expressing support for a far-Right political party. Her offending message – which was referring to reports of mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus in her home country – read: ‘With so many Africans in Greece, at least the West []

STATESIDE NEWS: FATAL SHOOTING AT BATMAN SCREENING IN COLORADO

ITN News reports that fourteen people have been killed in Denvar, Colorado during a late night screening of the new Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises. Police have confirmed 14 people have been killed and up to 50 injured after a shooting at a screening of the new Batman film in Denver, Colorado. The suspect is now in custody. A news press conference held by the Chief of the Aurora PD, Dan Oates, said that the shooting occurred just after 12.30am at a late []

INTERVIEW OF THE DAY: TOMMIE SMITH (1968 OLYMPIC GOLD WINNER / SYMBOLIC SILENT PROTEST)

Former US sprinter and Olympic gold winner Tommie Smith has made it in to the history books but not for once being one of the fastest men on earth. Smith is famous for taking a historic stand for human rights at the 1968 Olympics alongside fellow US sprinter John Carlos. Both men later went on to pay a heavy price for throwing up the ‘Black Power salute’ in silent protest on the podium after accepting their Gold and Bronze medals. Check out excerpts from his interview with []

PUBLICITY MOVE OF THE DAY: KANYE WEST AND KIMMY CALL THE PAPS AND VISIT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian visited sick children in a Los Angeles children’s hospital and made sure the paparazzi were there to take photographs of their time spent with the kids. Click HERE to view more photographs. I am sure the children were happy to see Kanye (not sure about jancrow Kim). They are both attention seeking duppies so I can’t help but question their motives here especially Kim’s. Why couldn’t they visit these sick children in private? Why invite the paparazzi to tag along? You have really hit a all time []

QUOTE OF THE DAY: MARY J BLIGE

Earlier this year Burger King dropped their latest commercial online featuring singer Mary J Blige. Mary promoting their new Crispy Chicken Wraps through song proved to be a source of confusion, laughter and entertainment for days. Poor Mary. Now the singer has finally addressed the situation on the Angie “I love everyone” Martinez radio show. “It was just something I thought would have been a great branding opportunity. It never was a chicken commercial. It was about a sandwich and I was []

ITALIAN NEWSPAPER DEPICTS FOOTBALLER MARIO BALOTELLI AS KING KONG IN OFFENSIVE CARTOON

An Italian newspaper thought it would be HILARIOUS to depict footballer Mario Balotelli as the giant black menacing ape King Kong mounting Big Ben in the cartoon above. La Gazzetta dello Sport  decided to feature the cartoon in the run up to the Euro 2012 Italy v England game which took place on Sunday. Mario as you can imagine wasn’t very happy with the depiction so the rag later issued an insincere “apology” which said something along the lines of, We’ve done nothing wrong, []