Thousands of Ethiopians are attending the state funeral in Addis Ababa of country’s long-serving Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who died last month. Meles Zenawi’s flag-draped coffin was carried in a procession from his palace to the city’s Meskel Square, where a solemn religious ceremony began. Dozens of foreign leaders and dignitaries, including at least 20 African presidents, w…
…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…
…ulation about his health mounted when he missed an African Union summit in Addis Ababa last month. Meles Zenawi took power as the leader of rebels that ousted communist leader Mengistu Haile Mariam in 1991. He had dominated Ethiopian public life since the 1990s, as president and then prime minister. He was austere and hardworking, with a discipline forged from years spent in the guerrilla movement…
…Zenawi’s life and achievements. Thousands of people, including dozens of foreign leaders and dignitaries, attended Sunday’s funeral. The ex-prime minister died last month in Brussels after 21 years in power. The cause of the 57-year-old’s death has not been announced. Meles Zenawi was praised for bringing development to Ethiopia, which has long been associated with hunger and fam…
mage even managed to break through and reach the front page of Reddit, but apparently was pushed off. For those who want details, but do not want to view the image, the picture shows the corpse of the 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev lying on what appears to be a morgue table. Multiple bullet wounds can be seen, as well as a large gash along the left side of his chest in the area of his rib cage. Acc…
ealer joked that he has a photo that is proof Nicolas Cage is more than just an A-list actor – he’s also a vampire who lived during the American Civil War. The eBay seller claims to have a 4” by 2.5” carte de visit photo from around 1870 of a man who looks exactly like Nicolas Cage. The seller, who has put the starting price at $1million, says the photo is 100% genuine and was taken of a man…
…wi’s last public appearance was at the G20 talks in Mexico last month. Meles Zenawi took power as the leader of a rebel movement which ousted the communist government of Mengistu Haile Mariam in 1991. He has won several elections since then, but his political opponents have accused him of using repression to retain power. …
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…
naked on a bed while smoking a cigarette has sold for $23,750 The photograph was taken by Steven Meisel and was signed and annotated “ed no.1”. It was snapped up by an anonymous collector. It measured 21.5 inches by 19 inches and was originally bought by the vendor from a New York gallery. The photograph, which was taken by the same photographer who did the work for Madonna’s 1992 book Sex,…
…Tina Brown was a mooch: “Hey, I was using and she was paying. It was free.” If Tina Brown did leak the photo, it wouldn’t be the first time. She was also behind the leaked photos in 2006 of Whitney Houston’s bathroom that were sent to The Sun, which showed clearly that the singer had been cooking freebase cocaine – a.k.a., crack – in her bathroom, which is some…
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…
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…
…. “Yes, we are preparing a special package of things to send (Rice) after the Olympics to say thank you,” she added. The controversy is the latest to hit the swimmer, who won three golds at Beijing in 2008 and is the world record holder for the women’s 400m individual medley. In 2008, Stephanie Rice sparked outrage when a picture of her posing in a skin-tight police costume appeared on her F…
…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…
…f attention, so I just figured I’m going to do everything nude from now on.” Ashton Kutcher naked on Ellen show The ninth season of “Two and a Half Men” premieres on September 19….
…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…
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…
…ut her famous derriere, Kim Kardashian’s curves look sublime in a sheer cream lace and silk set paired with leopard print stilettos, pearls and yet another fur accoutrement. Launched in February 2011, Factice Magazine is a French, fashion and online (every two months) magazine. It is just one of the many projects which Kim Kardashian has been working on of late. The always busy star has been…
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…
…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…
…ashian unveiled a photo promoting her new perfume True Reflection inspired by Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor She has made no secret of her love of Elizabeth Taylor, who died at the age of 79 in March 2011. At the end of the last year, Kim Kardashian spent $65,000 at a Christie’s auction to buy a set of three gold and jade Lorraine Schwartz bangles once owned by Elizabeth Taylor. Kim Kardash…
…he can’t say how much he got paid – it is reportedly the second most expensive photo license ever purchased. “I drove the same route between Napa and San Francisco a couple of times a week in 2002 or 2003 but this was January when the grass is the most brilliant green here so I jumped out and took a couple of shots and then carried on my way,” said Chuck O’Rear. …
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…
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…
mous when she was just 16 and married actor Doug Hutchison, who is 34 years her senior, in Nevada (one of the 39 U.S. states where it is legal to marry at 16 with full written parental consent) in May 2011. Courtney Stodden had never met the Lost star in person before he proposed as they had previously only communicated via the internet. …
Rome: Thousands rally to oppose Italy's austerity measuresThousands of protesters, led by trade unionists, have rallied in Rome against the policies of Italy’s new coalition government. Wielding red flags and placards, they urged…
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Pope Francis condemns money cult in his first major speech on financial crisisIn his first major speech on the financial crisis, Pope Francis has called on world leaders to end the "cult of money" and to do more for the poor. Free market economics had…
Milos Zeman: Czech president drunk at public display of crown jewelsA video footage shows the new Czech president, Milos Zeman, clearly worse for wear, propping himself up against a wall at a public event, struggling to negotiate a step and…
France enters its second recession in four years France has entered its second recession in four years after the economy shrank by 0.2% in the first quarter of 2013, according to official figures. The country’s economy…
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