Fred West suicide age 53
West is found hanged in his jail cell, having made a ligature from his clothing despite being under close supervision by prison staff. He had been designated a “vulnerable” prisoner after psychiatric assessment. Joan Owen, 52, of Port Tennant, Swansea, the mother of Alison Chambers, 17, one of the victims, says:
This is the best news I’ve heard for a long time. After all the evil things he did, this must be the only good thing he ever did.
Wins Grammy
OutKast wins the Grammy for Album of the Year and Best Rap Album for Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, and Best Urban/Alternative Performance for Hey Ya!
Eddie Guerrero dies at age 38
Guerrero dies from acute heart failure in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is found unconscious in his hotel room by nephew, Chavo. He is pronounced dead when paramedics arrive. Chavo recalls the event in sit down interview with Chris Jericho.
Wins Grammy
0 0 Jamie Jamie2014-09-09 21:21:542014-09-09 21:21:54Wins GrammyJustin.tv $8m Series A
0 CommentsThe web channel raises a reported $8 million in Series A funding.
18 Accents performance
Williams performs 18 accents in one minute on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, raising $1800 for Hurricane Katrina victims.
Justin.tv hires staff to add e-sports
0 CommentsThe site adds live streams of competitive gaming, and starts recruiting developers to take advantage of the growing buzz around games like Starcraft in the U.S. and South Korea.
Emmy nomination
Carell is nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards for portraying Michael Scott on The Office.
Set to close round above $5 billion
0 CommentsThe company is reported to have chosen the investors and is close to closing the round. Valuation is less than $6 billion, and it hasn’t selected the highest bidders.
Viva la Vida performance
Coldplay performs Viva la Vida at Capital FM’s Summertime Ball from their album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
Tempestt Bledsoe interview
Bledsoe talks about the premiere of her show Guys with Kids, and what goes into casting the children.
We have like 800 babies on the show.
Wins Oscar
Producers Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney win the Academy Award for Best Picture of 2012 for Argo. Jack Nicholson, and Michelle Obama, via satellite link from Washington, D.C., present the award. Affleck:
You can’t hold grudges. It’s hard but you can’t hold grudges. And it doesn’t matter how you get knocked down in life, because that’s gonna happen. All that matters is that you gotta get up. Violet, Sam and Sera, I love you; this is for you.
SpaceShipTwo first powered flight
0 CommentsSpaceShipTwo makes its first flight using rocket power. It takes off from the Movaje Space Port with the carrier vehicle, WhiteKnightTwo, and releases above 46,000 feet. Pilot Mark Stucky and co-pilot Mike Alsbury perform a 16-second test burn of the rocket engine to reach a maximum altitude of 56,000 feet and top speed of Mach 1.2 (the sound barrier is 761 mph at sea level). Virgin Galactic president:
The successful outcome of this test marks a pivotal point for our program. We will now embark on a handful of similar powered flight tests, and then make our first test flight to space.
Talk is Jericho interview
Shadows is a guest on Talk is Jericho to discuss Avenged Sevenfold’s new album and the death of Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan.
We’re kind of in that realm where we have a lot of complainers about stuff we put out. I don’t really know any other way to do it, though. We like to put out different records. The next one will be as different to Hail to the King as Hail to the King is so different from everything else we’ve ever put out.
Guetta Composes 60-minute Megamix
0 CommentsThrowing a party this weekend but have no idea what music to play? Stop stressing, David Guetta‘s got you! The French producer has kindly composed a 60-minute megamix featuring the biggest dance hits of 2014 (with a couple of golden oldies thrown into for good measure) especially for Labor Day parties. And it’s pretty hard to fault his selections.
Ruin Our Lives video
0 CommentsKrieg releases the official music video for the single Ruin Our Lives.
Protestors confront police
0 CommentsSeveral dozen protesters assemble near the Mobil gas station where Martin was shot, and shout at police officers guarding the station. They move onto Highway 170 nearby, at times closing the road. The crowd includes Martin’s mother and stepfather. The protest comes a night after Martin was fatally shot in an incident in which a man is suspected to have pulled a gun on an officer.
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Elliot Erwitt born in Paris
Erwitt is born as Elio Romano in Paris, France, from Russian parents of Jewish origin. His mother loves to draw and paint while his father is an architect by education. He enjoys a happy childhood in Milan, Italy, where he attends elementary school.
Patty Duke dies age 69
Patty Duke dies at age 69. Her agent confirms her death to the Associated Press, saying she died early in the morning of sepsis from a ruptured intestine. Son Sean:
She had “really, really suffered” with her illness, was a really, really, really hard process. It was hard for her, it was hard for the people who love her to help her….