g, then confirmed what Robert Hodge had suspected for several months – that she had given birth to a child fathered by actor Hugh Grant. The news last week that famously dedicated bachelor Hugh Grant, 51, had become a father for the first time came with a backhanded dismissal when his publicists described his time with Tinglan Hong as “a fleeting affair”. For Robert Hodge, 55, a buyer…
…ence with mounted officers patrolling around, a police helicopter flying overhead and police cars by barricades. Whitney Houston’s fans were so desperate to be at the service that some journeyed 500 miles from Canada or slept in their cars overnight by the church to be there. With no single point of focus, they ended up grouping in bunches of 50-100 at various points around the perimeter of…
Influential Australian art critic and writer Robert Hughes has died in New York after a long illness aged 74. Robert Hughes made major contributions to the world of art and the telling of Australian history. In 1980, Robert Hughes presented the landmark BBC TV series The Shock of the New – an insight into the development of art since the Impressionists. The New York Times newspaper once des…
rity operation alone is set to cost £5 million ($8 million). Police across London have been ordered to cancel any leave they had planned for Operation True Blue on Wednesday. There could be more than 4,000 officers and 2,000 troops lining the route. Hundreds of specialist police will be working on counter-terrorism measures, with others carefully monitoring CCTV cameras for trouble spots. Every c…
…en another 10 to 12 additional shots”. A recently uncovered tape recording at the Ambassador Hotel’s pantry by freelance journalist Stanislaw Pruszynski also suggests there were 13 shots on June 5. Analysis has revealed five of the shots could have been fired from another direction to where Sirhan Sirhan’s weapon was positioned. RFK’s autopsy report also revealed his body and clo…
…rit told me that you would not be with me long,” Cissy Houston wrote her daughter in a letter published in the program. “And I thank God for the beautiful flower he allowed me to raise and cherish for 48 years.” “Rest, my baby girl in peace,” the letter ends, signed “mommie”. Whitney Houston’s flower-covered casket arrived this morning at the church where her powerful voice first wowed a congregat…
Whitney Houston’s flower-covered casket arrived at New Hope Baptist Church where her powerful voice first wowed a congregation as family made final preparations to remember the pop superstar in her hometown. Whitney Houston's casket arrived at New Hope Baptist Church in her hometown Newark, New Jersey ORDER OF SERVICE New Hope Mass Choir and The New Jersey Mass Choir sin…
Past and present Kansas City Chiefs players turned out Wednesday for a memorial service for teammate Jovan Belcher, who killed his girlfriend Kasandra Perkins and then himself over the weekend. The team moved up its practice schedule so that players could attend Wednesday afternoon’s service at the nearby Landmark International Deliverance and Worship Center, where Jovan Belcher and his gir…
in a barn at her estate on May 16. Before Mary Kennedy’s death, he had taken to appearing at public events with their four children, who he had full temporary custody of, and his new girlfriend, 46-year-old actress Cheryl Hines. Documents showed Mary Kennedy was facing a $32,000 lawsuit from American Express, though this was dropped following her death. Speaking after Mary Kennedy’s fu…
…ceedings will be streamed live on the Internet and roadblocks will be in place around the church to keep the public back and ensure those attending can get there on time. Just hours later Bobby Brown, 43, will apparently split from the rest of his grieving family and travel to Connecticut – where he will play a lucrative concert at a casino. The funeral comes one week after Whitney Houston w…
…d should not increase his part in Bobbi Kristina’s life. However, a friend of Bobby Brown’s is said to have told TMZ that Bobby is keen to “bury the hatchet for the sake of his daughter”. Bobby Brown, 43, was cheered by fans as he arrived to the church, but according to a mourner, at the service family became “frustrated” inside. The woman, who declined to give her name, said that Bobby Brown got…
friend is the prime suspect in her mother’s murder, attended Marion Graham’s funeral service in Northern Ireland this morning. Marion Graham and her best friend Kathy Dinsmore, both 53, were stabbed to death in a forest near city of Izmir, 75 miles north of the Turkish holiday resort of Kusadasi last Thursday. Marion Graham’s funeral service took place this morning at St M…
…After the service, there will be a private cremation service in Mortlake, south-west London. It is understood that Margaret Thatcher wished to be laid to rest alongside her husband, Denis, who died in 2003, in the cemetery of the Royal Hospital Chelsea….
ge in the atmosphere around the team building. “There definitely is more,<<How you doing? How you feeling? How you coping?>>” Ryan Lilja said. Jovan Belcher’s mother Cheryl Shepherd, 54, has temporary custody of the couple’s baby and relatives have said she will take responsibility for the infant….
r. Dressed in white, Jenni Rivera’s family led the memorial service as images of the singer played on three large screens. “We’re not here to mourn the death,” her son Michael, 21, told more than 6,000 mourners who packed the theatre for the service lasting nearly two-and-a-half-hours. “We’re here to celebrate the life and graduation of a singer, an entertainer,…
Whitney Houston’s family members, including her mother Cissy and daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown, took the opportunity to pay their respects in private at Whigham Funeral Home, Newark, New Jersey, yesterday. Millions of viewers are expected to witness Whitney Houston’s funeral at noon today. Bobbi Kristina Brown, 18, who made her first appearance since being rushed to hospital after col…
Edinburgh, all 32 members of the current cabinet will attend the service, along with more than 30 members of Margaret Thatcher’s cabinets from her time as prime minister. There will be more than 50 guests associated with the Falkland Islands, including veterans from the 1982 conflict with Argentina, but Argentina’s ambassador to London, Alicia Castro, has declined an invitation to atte…
Thousands of well-wishers witnessed an honor guard of firefighters standing to attention to salute pallbearers carrying Boston Marathon attack victim Krystle Campbell’s casket into church today. The line outside St. Joseph Church on Monday for the 11 a.m. funeral of 29-year-old Krystle Campbell stretched down the block as 23 officers on motorbikes joined the procession. Krystle Campbell was…
The funeral of Jacintha Saldanha, the nurse who apparently killed herself following a royal hoax call in London, is taking place in her Indian hometown, Shirva. Jacintha Saldanha, 46, will be buried after the service at a church in Shirva, just outside Mangalore on the south-west Indian coast. Her family arrived at the church earlier with her coffin. Jacintha Saldanha had taken a prank call about…
Dan Wheldon’s funeral has taken place today in his adopted hometown of St. Petersburg, Florida. Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner funeral service began at 10:00 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church in St Petersburg, and well-wishers lined surrounding streets as the procession passed by, en route to a private burial. Order of Service wrote on the front page “Lionheart Forever”, underneath a picture of…
A private funeral service has been held for astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the Moon. Neil Armstrong died last Saturday aged 82. The funeral in Cincinnati, Ohio, was by invitation only, reflecting Neil Armstrong’s own intensely private nature. Hundreds of millions watched Neil Armstrong land on the Moon on 20 July 1969 and describe it as: “One small step for a man,…
Robyn Crawford, Whitney Houston’s former personal assistant, had been the singer’s secret lesbian lover for many years, claims gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell. Peter Tatchell claimed Whitney Houston attended an AIDS event in London, in 1991, with a gay partner. Though he declined to identify her, the organizer – respected gay rights and equality consultant Vernal Scott – said that Pete…
2003 funeral of her father. Carolyn Whigham, the funeral home’s owner, said the invitation-only funeral reflects the family’s desire to keep the memorial more personal. “They have shared her for 30 some years with the city, with the state, with the world. This is their time now for their farewell,” Carolyn Whigham said. “The family thanks all the fans, the friends and the media, but this tim…
rest” in the case. Robert Wagner – who was on his yacht Splendour with his wife and her alleged lover, Oscar-winner Christopher Walken, on the fateful night – has always maintained Natalie Wood, 43, accidentally slipped and drowned as she drunkenly tried to tie up a dinghy against the boat. According to a witness whose account has never been disclosed, Natalie Wood was screaming for help as…
Robert Bales, the soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians in Kandahar, including nine children, was trying to leave active service in response to financial problems, it emerged yesterday. Bypassed for a promotion and struggling to pay for his house, Robert Bales, 38, was eyeing a way out of his job at a Washington state military base months before he was deployed to Afghanistan. While Robe…
Keanu Reeves weight gain: Actor almost unrecognizable while boating in CannesWhen Keanu Reeves hit the Cannes scene on Sunday, it came as a shock to see the Hollywood hunk look anything less than handsome. Keanu Reeves, 48, stepped onto a yacht…
Angelina Jolie to play her mother Marcheline Bertrand in biopicAngelina Jolie will play her own mother in a biopic of the late actress Marcheline Bertrand, who died from ovarian cancer in 2007. Angelina Jolie, 37, who last week revealed…
Anna Wintour bans Kris Jenner from Met Gala 2013Anna Wintour may have accepted Kim Kardashian to the Met Gala last week, but she apparently banned Kris Jenner from attending as well. Kim Kardashian’s mother was…
John Lennon guitar sells for $408,000 at Julien's AuctionsA guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles has sold for $408,000 at auction. The custom-made instrument, built in 1966 by the VOX company, was bought…
Kim Kardashian finally puts her swollen feet in flatsAfter she raised eyebrows on Thursday as she crammed her swollen feet into Perspex heels, with painful looking results, Kim Kardashian finally seems to be giving her feet a…
Eva Longoria humiliating wardrobe malfunction at Cannes Film FestivalEva Longoria has suffered an extremely embarrassing wardrobe malfunction as she unfortunately revealed far more than she intended to upon screening of Jimmy P. (Psychotherapy…
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