Actress Farrah Fawcett’s funeral was a private ceremony held at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles today (June 30). Ryan O’Nealwas among pallbearers who accompanied the casket, covered in yellow and orange flowers, into the Roman Catholic cathedral.
Farrah’s son, Redmond O’Neal, who had a judge’s permission to attend the funeral (photos here), reportedly read the service’s first reading. The actress’ longtime partner Ryan O’Neal was to read the 23rd Psalm and eulogies were to be given by Stewart and Dr. Lawrence Piro, Fawcett’s cancer specialist.
The most controversial of “The Real Housewives Of New Jersey”, Danielle Staub, is involved in another scandal. After her criminal past asBeverly Ann Merrill (she also had an alias:Angela Minelli) on “Cop Without a Badge” was revealed on the reality show, Danielle is now facing the possibility of having a sex tape being sold by her much younger ex-boyfriend Steve Zalewski.
Steve claims Danielle has a high sex drive and serious financial problems. The 27 year-old says, “Not only does she want to have sex all the time, but she loves the thrill of doing it in public places, where she might get caught. She wanted to make love in restaurant bathrooms basically every time we went out — she’d get all excited and say, ‘The people can hear you doing it outside!’”
“She tries to look affluent,” Steve reveals. “But sometimes she couldn’t pay the household bills or buy food. Even then, she’d want to borrow 20 grand from me to buy jewelry!” Now Steve wants to sell some of their most private moments caught on tape to recoup some of the money he lost in this relationship.
Danielle recently got a court order that prohibits the distribution of any tape or photograph but it’s only a temporarily restrain. Sooner or later, Danielle’s sex tape will hit the web.
Michael Jackson’s famous longtime dermatologist, Dr. Arnold Klein, is wanted for questioning by the LAPD regarding drugs he may have prescribed to the late singer. Michael was reportedly seen regularly at Dr. Klein’s Beverly Hills office in recent months.
According to US, Arnold Klein, who had a close relationship with Michael and was Debbie Rowe’s former boss, is the biological of his older children, Prince and Paris: “He is the dad,” says a Jackson insider. “He and Debbie signed an agreement saying they would never reveal the truth.”
A source told TMZ, Michael was not the biological father of any of his children and Debbie Rowe is not the biological mother either. Debbie was just a surrogate that was well paid for her services. This might turn into a complicated matter since Michael never filed legal papers to adopt any of his three children.
R&B singer Rockwell had a #1 single in 1983 with ‘Somebody’s Watching Me’ and then quickly faded away into oblivion. The biggest and perhaps only reason the song was a hit was because the legendary Michael Jackson sang the chorus and background vocals on the hit song.
But why did Jackson appear on the single? Sure he did duets with Paul McCartney and his sister Janet Jackson over the course of his career, but Rockwell would have been a musical nobody without Jacko’s vocal charity.
Well there was three reasons why Michael sang the chorus on ‘Somebody’s Watching Me’.
Rockwell’s real name is Kennedy William Gordy. Therefore his father is Berry Gordy, the founder of Motown Records. Gordy gave Michael and the Jackson 5 their big start with Motown in 1968. So Micheal likely felt like he was repaying a debt to Gordy.
Rockwell’s had an older sister Hazel Gordy. Hazel was married to Michael’s older brother Jermaine Jackson. Jermaine and Hazel were married from 1973-1987. Rockwell’s hit song was released during this time in 1983.
Michael might not have had much of a childhood, but having been around Motown USA recording as a young child he became friends with Kennedy ‘Rockwell’ Gordy.
The chorus for the song is almost so famous that many people over the years have mistaken the song to be one of Jackson’s own. It is more than safe to say, that without Jackson’s backing vocals, this song would have never landed on Billboard’s #1 spot.
If you look at the album cover above you will notice Rockwell is wearing a single black glove in an obvious tribute/copycat of Jackson.
Watch the video of Rockwell’s ‘Somebody’s Watching Me’ Below:
The remix of the song has also been featured in Geico commericals. Rockwell did break into the U.S. Top 100 again in 1984 with ‘Obscene Phone Caller’ that ended up at #35 on the chart.
Son of Farrah Fawcett, Redmond O’Neal, who is currently serving jail time for violating his probation on various drug charges, will be allowed to attend the late actress’ funeral, an invitation-only ceremony, which will be held at the Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels at 4 p.m. PST on Tuesday (June 30) in downtown Los Angeles.
The 62 year-old actress finally lost her battle with an aggressive type of anal cancer and died with partner Ryan O’Neal and friend Alana Stewart by her bedside on Thursday (June 25). Unfortunately, Redmond wasn’t released on time to see his mother alive for the last time.
Teens across the country have come out with a pretty creative and cheap idea to make their prom dresses fun, colorful and unforgettable. The best duct tape prom dress will offer the students a chance at a $3,000 scholarship.
The “Stuck at Prom” contest sponsored by the maker of Duck brand duct tape is down to 10 finalists (photos below). The winning couple and school will each receive $3,000 scholarships. Voting is open till July 2 at StuckAtProm.com and the winners will be announced on July 9.
Reality star Melissa Rycroft has just announced her engagement to a Dallas insurance agent named Tye Strickland. Melissa, better known for appearances on ‘The Bachelor’ and ‘Dancing With The Stars’, confessed Tye, her best friend, popped the question at White’s Chapel in Southlake, Texas. No wedding date has been set yet.
The lovebirds have been dating on and off for more than two years but only rekindled their romance after Melissa got dumped by The Bachelor, Jason Mesnick, on the infamous After The Final Rose special.
Actress Sarah Jessica Parker and her husband Matthew Broderick have just released the first family photo of their twin girls, Marion Loretta Elwell and Tabitha Hodge Broderick, who were born last Monday to a surrogate mother. The couple has a 6 year-old son James Wilkie Broderick who seems to be fascinated with one of his little sisters in the photo.
A Yemenia Airbus SAS A310 crashed in the Indian Ocean near the Comoros islands earlier today (June 30), with more than 150 people on board, 142 passengers (66 were French citizens) and a crew of 11 Yemenis. The plane was going from Yemen’s capital, San’a, to Moroni, on the main island of Grand Comore.
The passengers, most of them Comorians, began their journey from Paris to Sana’a on an Airbus A330 that had a stopover in Marseille. They were transferred to the A310 for the final leg of the flight from Sana’a to the Comoros, the airline said. The A310 that crashed had been barred from use in France after a 2007 inspection by French officials.
Yemeni officials said the plane crashed in stormy weather. Initial blame is being put on bad weather, with air officials in the Comoros Islands reporting strong winds of 38mph, gusting to 70mph.
When rescue and search teams arrived they found a number of bodies floating in the water and were able to rescue a toddler still alive. The little boy is the only survivor of this horrible plane crash, the second involving a Airbus in a month. An Air France Airbus A330-200 en route to Paris from Rio de Janeiro crashed into the Atlantic (June 1), killing all 228 people on board.
These photos of Michal Jackson rehearsing for his “This Is It” tour at Staples Center in LA were taken just two days before the singer’s tragic death on Thursday (June 25). Michael seemed to be pretty happy to be back on stage and practicing his famous moves…
Former ‘Girl Next Door’ Kendra Wilkinson and Hank Baskett finally tied the knot in a beautiful ceremony with 500 guests, including family, friends and Kendra’s ex Hugh Hefner, held at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles on Saturday (June 27).
The 24 year-old bride confessed, “I’m ready to marry the man of my dreams. He’s one in a million. I’m so lucky.” Kendra and Hank just recently announced they are expecting their first child together (baby bump photos here). Congratulations to the newlyweds!!
