
…ail said that if the person owned a dog, and the dog died, they would not come to my funeral home,” Carolyn Whigham said. “I’m worried about my employees, worried about me. I’ve been in business since 1943. This is my name, my character. Honestly, this is my life’s work. We would never do something like this.” Whitney Houston’s mother Cissy and daughter Bobbi Kristina are said to be outraged…

A photo of dead Boston bombings suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev at the morgue emerged on the Internet via the popular social sharing site Reddit just hours after he passed away on April 19. The extremely graphic image was posted by user nfieldflyer on Friday, under the title “Suspect #1 … in the morgue. NSFW.” The user claims the photo was obtained by a “friend” who works downtown. Ty…
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A photograph collector from Ontario, Canada, claims he has found a picture of John Travolta from a previous incarnation in 1860. John Travolta is a member of the Church of Scientology, which believes in reincarnation and asks some members to sign one billion year contracts of service. The 150-year-old photo of a man who looks remarkably like John Travolta has been put up for sale on eBay. John T…

The Russian Orthodox Church has apologized for showing a photo of its leader Patriarch Kirill in which a luxury watch he was wearing was airbrushed. Patriarch Kirill’s gold Breguet watch is estimated to be worth more than $30,000 and was spotted by Russian bloggers. The watch’s reflection could be seen in the 2009 photo on the church’s website. The Patriarchate said the manipulation w…
A rare photo of Madonna posing naked on a bed while smoking a cigarette has sold for $23,750. The sum is three times the estimate placed on the image that was taken in 1990 during the period when the singer had bleach-blonde hair and dark eye make-up. It is a black and white photo and Madonna has her breasts exposed and just a white sheet covering her pudenda while she lies on a bed. Madonna is h…
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Following the fallout from the National Enquirer’s publication of Whitney Houston‘s open casket photo, there’s been quite a bit of speculation as to who leaked the shot. The most obvious culprit would be the Houstons themselves. There were reports that Whitney Houston was broke by the time she died, and they admitted to selling the footage to the Newark funeral, in part to help Whitney’s da…
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A bizarre never-seen-before photo shoot shows a naked, pregnant and painted in gold Anna Nicole Smith just before her tragic passing in 2007. The photo shoot was taken while Anna Nicole Smith was pregnant with her now five-year-old daughter Danielynn. In the pictures, Anna Nicole Smith’s modesty is merely covered by her arm and a thick veil of the metallic paint. The logo of the company is…

Andre Curry, a young father from Chicago, is now the subject of a police probe after a shocking photo of his daughter with her hands and feet bound was posted on Facebook. Andre Curry, 21, has generated intense internet backlash after he posted the photo in July. Last week, the shocking photo appeared on websites like TheDirty.com and The Smoking Gun. In the image, the tape holds the girl’s…
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…a model’s features, such as their shape or their skin tone. Each altered photograph was scored between one and five, with five representing a heavy retouching. Volunteers were each asked to score from 1 to 5 how similar each pair of pictures was. Prof. Hany Farid and his student, Eric Kee, found a close correlation between their computerized assessment and the human opinion, suggesting the techniq…

Australian Olympic swimmer Stephanie Rice has been criticized for posing in a bikini deemed “too revealing” – but has started a copycat craze of people wearing the outfit. Triple gold medalist Stephanie Rice posted the picture of her in a two-piece designer swimsuit on Twitter earlier this week. The bikini – known as the “tomb raider” – had been given to her as a birthday presen…
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…hich “was always on the lower level under lock and key”. She added that security personnel guarding Whitney Houston’s body, who slept in the building prior to her funeral on February 18, had not been hired by the home. Carolyn Whigham, the owner of Whitney Houston's funeral home has said that she knows who leaked the photo of the singer's body in open casket to the press…

Facebook has launched a new photo sharing smartphone app called Camera. The software allows users to take multiple pictures and share them at once rather than having to upload them one at a time. Camera also features a feed of friends’ photos. The launch is unexpected as the program offers users similar tools to Instagram which the social network is in the process of taking over. Both apps…

Kim Kardashian’s latest photo shoot for French magazine Factice could be one of her most daring yet. Kim Kardashian, 32, displays her world-famous curves in several boudoir-inspired ensembles First up Kim Kardashian raises temperatures in a racy lace bra and panty set complete with suspenders and cream silk stockings. The reality star’s ensemble is topped off with a luxurious-lookin…

The decision to publish a photograph of dead Whitney Houston in her coffin on National Enquirer cover has been widely criticized as a tasteless move by the sensationalist publication. The source of the picture of Whitney Houston in an open casket is still in question, with the owners of the Whigham Funeral Home in Newark saying that it was nothing to do with them. Whitney Houston ‘s funeral…

…ere’s some precedent for the National Enquirer’s ghoulish glimpse at Whitney Houston’s wake. The tabloid ran similar open casket shots of Elvis Presley after the King of Rock died in 1977. National Enquirer ran similar open casket shots of Elvis Presley after the King of Rock died in 1977 Just as it did with Elvis Presley, the headline loudly proclaims that it is “the last…
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Kim Kardashian took the Twitter and unveiled a photo promoting her new perfume and has made it clear that she was inspired by Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor. Kim Kardashian, 31, tells her fans that she is “channeling [sic] ElizabethTay [sic]” in her True Reflection ad campaign. The reality star has smokey-eye and wears a silver, sleeveless dress with a plunging neckline. It is the second photo t…

On another day of Dr. Conrad Murray trial, the court saw a second shocking photograph of Michael Jackson’s dead body taken before an autopsy was carried out the day after his death. Yesterday it was the second time the jury has seen a picture of dead Michael Jackson after a photograph was displayed on the opening day of the trial. Michael Jackson‘s mother, Katherine, who flew back to Los An…

The former National Geographic magazine photographer, Chuck O’Rear, was driving to visit his girlfriend when he was struck by the beauty of the Californian rolling vineyards in Napa Valley. Chuck O’Rear, now 69, was so entranced by the green of the grass and the white clouds in the perfectly blue California sky that he pulled over and got out his camera. Chuck O'Rear Never for a momen…

US engineers have unveiled AWARE2, a new camera capable of creating images with “unprecedented detail”. The prototype machine is capable of taking pictures with resolutions of up 50 gigapixels, equivalent to 50,000 megapixels, according to the team from Duke University in North Carolina. The new camera works by synchronizing 98 tiny cameras in a single device. The machine is likely to…

After she was inundated with requests from fans, Courtney Stodden decided to forgo the make-up. Courtney Stodden, 17, who is married to 51-year-old Doug Hutchison, stripped her face bare to pose for a make-up free photo shoot. And while she usually looks far older than her tender 17 years, the images show Courtney looking fresh-faced and youthful. Of course, Courtney Stodden also wanted put a sed…
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…neumonia. Over 400,000 have seen the picture in just two days and it has been shared thousands of times. In the image, Rachel is clutching a big fluffy heart that says “Lose 60% of her lung…wins 100% of my heart”. Rachel, 28, posted a photo of herself in hospital on the “Ask Me Anything” section of Reddit Rachel, who uses the tag WhosThatGirl_ItsRach, says she is flattered by all the attent…
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Raffles van Exel is the person who leaked the casket photo of Whitney Houston, personnel at Whigham Funeral Home claimed. Raffles van Exel isn’t anyone famous or important in the industry, he was just part of various celebrities entourages the UrbanDaily reports. According to reports on Forbes.com, Riffles van Exel was at two private casket viewings at the funeral home. Employees of Whigham Funer…
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A photo of man bearing a striking resemblance to Jay-Z has surfaced, and if it wasn’t for the fact that it was taken in 1939, you’d swear it was the rapper himself. The image, taken by Sid Grossman, is part of the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center’s collection. The 1939 photo was taken by Sid Grossman and is part of the New York Public Library’s Schomburg C…
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A complete set of rare vintage chromogenic prints from Marilyn Monroe’s last ever photo shoot – in which she posed topless – has emerged for sale. And they are set to fetch a pretty penny when they are auctioned next month. They were taken by photographer Bert Stern in 1962 just six weeks before Marilyn Monroe was found dead at the age of 36. Original shots taken from the session R…
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