Hospitalized with pulmonary embolism
Braxton is taken to the hospital during the dress rehearsal for Dancing with the Stars. Host Bergerson:
Tamar is not here. You’ve noticed that. She was taken to the hospital earlier today midday through dress rehearsal. Now, I underscored at the top, this is very much a live show. We don’t have all the information right now. She might return in time to dance live here. We’ll keep you posted as we learn more.
Braxton confirms she will be cutting her season short due to a pulmonary embolism. She also added that she also will not continue as a special guest on tour with musical artist KEM.
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Casts white actor as Martin Luther King
Kent State University’s production of The Mountaintop casts a white actor to play Martin Luther King Jr. Oatman, the production’s black producer:
I truly wanted to explore the issue of racial ownership and authenticity…I wanted to see how the words rang differently or indeed the same, coming from two different actors, with two different racial backgrounds.
Baby boy born
Benzino and Heart welcome their first-born son.
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Policeman kills U.S. trainers
A Jordanian policeman shoots and kills two of his American instructors in Jordan. The attacker is said to be a Captain with the Jordan police force is also said to have killed a South African along with injuring two others Americans and four Jordanian. An investigation had been launched. U.S. Embassy:
Our heartfelt condolences go out to the families of all of the victims. The investigation is ongoing and it is premature to speculate on motive at this point. We are working closely with the government of Jordan and local security services on a full and comprehensive investigation. We strongly condemn this incident and we deeply appreciate the co-operation and support received from our Jordanian partners.
De Laurentiis, Farley dating
De Laurentiis and Farley are in a relationship with each other. The two originally met in 2013 when he was supposed to executive produce her talk show with Bobby Flay. Sources”
[They are totally] in love.
Gives birth to boy
Duggar gives birth to a baby boy. This is the first child for Duggar and Seewald. The baby, who has not been named, weighs 9 lbs 11 ounces and is 21 and ¼ inches long. Seewald:
Our sweet baby boy was born last night…He’s precious and both he and Jessa are doing great.
Cast as Victoria’s Secret model
E! News reports Jenner will model nightwear in Victoria’s Secret annual fashion show set to air on CBS on Dec 8.
Carson ‘more authentically’ black than Obama
In a column titled, If You’re Black, Lead The Pack, Goldberg writes about the perception of Carson’s race:
Here’s something you may not know: Dr. Ben Carson is black. Of course, I’m being a little cute here…One could argue that he’s even more authentically African-American than Barack Obama, given that Obama’s mother was white and he was raised in part by his white grandparents. In his autobiography, Obama writes at length about how he grew up outside the traditional African-American experience — in Hawaii and Indonesia — and how he consciously chose to adopt a black identity when he was in college.
Fred Thompson dies age 73
Thompson dies from lymphoma, with his family at his side at his home in Nashville, age 73. Family statement:
It is with a heavy heart and a deep sense of grief that we share the passing of our brother, father and grandfather who died peacefully Nashville surrounded by his family. Fred once said that the experiences he had growing up in small-town Tennessee formed the prism through which he viewed the world and shaped the way he dealt with life. Fred stood on principle and common sense, and had a deep love for and connection with the people across Tennessee whom he had the privilege to serve in the United States Senate. He enjoyed a hearty laugh, a strong handshake, a good cigar, and a healthy dose of humility. Fred was the same man on the floor of the Senate, the movie studio, or the town square of Lawrenceburg, his home. Fred believed that the greatness of our nation was defined by the hard work, faith, and honesty of its people. He had an enduring belief in the exceptionalism of our country, and that America could provide the opportunity for any boy or girl, in any corner of our country, to succeed in life.
Assaulted by Italian reporters
When returning to his home in Lleida, after a day out dirt biking with his brother and father, Marquez is met by an Italian camera crew from Italian TV show Le Iene (The Hyenas). When Marquez refuses to be interviewed, they shout insults and make rude gestures at him. They follow him into his garage and scuffle with him, pulling his arm and scratching his neck. The family say they will file a police report, and release a statement:
A group of people appeared at the rider’s home and shouted a series of insults, made certain ridiculous and humiliating actions towards the rider himself and even pushed and assaulted his closest relatives. Given the seriousness of these actions, such acts have been condemned and the normal course of criminal proceedings will be followed against such persons.
The TV station also releases a statement:
Our Hyenas went to Spain this afternoon to try to deliver to the pilot of Motogp Marc Marquez the ‘Cup of Sh*t,’ A special prize designed to celebrate the ‘deeds’ of the Spanish rider. But things didn’t go as expected. We arrived in the vicinity of the dwelling of the parents of the pilot where we met Marc Marquez, his father, his brother and a friend. When we tried to deliver our cup we were attacked and in the struggle they broke the camera and took the video card. They must have wanted a bigger cup.
Emma Watson tattoo
Franco shows off a fake neck tattoo that pays homage to Emma Watson, with her name written in cursive underneath it. Randall is known for faking tattoos in Photoshop.
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Fired
Fields is fired after department officials conduct an internal review that finds he used a maneuver that violates the agency’s training and procedural standards. Sheriff Lott also criticizes the student for “having started this whole incident with her actions”:
He picked a student up, and he threw the student across the room; that is not a proper technique. Deputy Ben Fields did wrong this past Monday, so we’re taking responsibility for that…He’s sorry that this whole thing occurred. It was not his intent…He tried to do his job, and that’s what he feels like he did. He tried to do his job, and it happened very quickly.
School district:
We know important work is ahead of us as we thoughtfully and carefully review the decision-making progress that may lead to a school resource officer taking the lead in handling a student disruption. Conversations that have already started will continue around how we work with the sheriff’s department on improvement and coordination of our work as educators and their work as law enforcement officers.
Scott Marshall dies age 41
Marshall dies at the age of 41. A preliminary autopsy shows the cause of death is related to unspecified heart issues. Police are trying to determine what happened between the time Marshall called his wife from the shop on Saturday night and told her he wasn’t feeling well enough to get home and when he was discovered hours later dead in a hotel room.
Phillips, Blackwell marry
Phillips marrys long-term girlfriend, Blackwell, in front of family and friends at Resora Plantation, Albany, GA. Blackell wears a gown by Hayley Paige, while Phillips wears a Billy Reid tuxedo.
Tour bus catches fire
While performing at a casino in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, Goldberg’s tour bus catches fire. Audience members say they smelled smoke near the end of Goldberg’s show, and started to make their way calmly to the exits.
BREAKING: Whoopi Goldberg's tour bus bursts into flames at Casino New Brunswick, auditorium evacuated @Casino_NB pic.twitter.com/tTHXzsY2gd
— Rob Anderson (@RobnHood9090) October 25, 2015
McGregor-Garbrandt fight
McGregor criticizes TJ Dillashaw (who is not present) on the show The Ultimate Fighters, telling Faber that he is only in it for himself. Garbrandt gets up and starts to push him. The two fighters are held back by the rest of the group. McGregor:
Loyalty’s a strong thing for me, and I respect loyalty a lot. But I absolutely despise people who are disloyal. People who bite the hand that feeds them. I cannot relate to that in any sway, shape or form. I certainly feel TJ is a little snake in the grass. Hes in here for his own benefit. I simply told that to him and I mean the truth can hurt.
Leaves hospital
After one week, Odom leaves Sunrise hospital in Las Vegas by helicopter for Los Angeles, where he will be treated in a rehabilitation clinic. He can now move his arms and legs, but cannot stand up, even with assistance. He is undergoing dialysis for kidney failure. Kardashian accompanies him on the trip. Source:
She goes everywhere with him. If Lamar leaves the room for testing, she follows.
Invests $43.2m in Weight Watchers
Winfrey pays $43.2m for 10% stake in Weight Watchers, and joins the company’s board. She also buys options to acquire an additional 5% of fully diluted shares. She also gives the company the right to use her name, image, likeness and endorsement for the company, its programs, products and services, subject to her approval.
Weight Watchers has given me the tools to begin to make the lasting shift that I and so many of us who are struggling with weight have longed for. I believe in the program so much I decided to invest in the company and partner in its evolution.
Joins Hoover Institution
After more than a decade of visiting as an adjunct senior fellow, Ferguson will leave Harvard University to work full time at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University from July 2016. He says he is attracted by Stanford’s prestige and its proximity to Silicon Valley.
I have always loved that it straddles what can sometimes seem like a chasm between academic research and policy debate…A key point is that there is nothing like the Hoover Institution at Harvard…Sometimes I wish there were Hoover Institutions in all the Ivy League schools…The notion that it is a conservative institution is misleading…It only looks conservative because it is a broad church located in a wider academic diocese that is, in some respects, rather narrow.
Gilligan:
[Ferguson is] a first-rate scholar of history and economic history, and a great fit for our mission.
Heart attack
Munoz suffers a heart attack and is taken to a Chicago hospital. United directors are waiting to hear back from Munoz’s family and his doctors about the severity of the attack, then decide whether the big airline needs an interim leader.