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Was famously kidnapped by an Italian gang for five months at 16 in 1973.
The initial ransom of $17 million was refused by his miserly grandfather who agreed to pay $2.9 million only after his grandson's severed ear was sent by kidnappers - Getty lll was charged the cost of his ransom at 4% interest to repay his family. The trauma and rejection created a chasm and his life spiraled into drug abuse and familial estrangement. He was disinherited after marrying an older woman at 24, the union produced a son, Balthazar, who created his own Hollywood scandal when he temporarily abandoned his wife and children for a public affair with the actress Sienna Miller.
A cocaine and heroin abuser, Getty lll suffered a stroke at 25 after overdosing on a mix of methadone, alcohol and valium but his father refused to pay his crippling hospital bills declaring them a consequence of his son's own drug addled life style.
The stroke left JP in ill health, partially blind and paralysed - now 53, he is teetering on the brink of death and expected to die within days.
Sad tale. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Getty_III
Timesonline Archive. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/system/topicRoot/The_kidnap_of_J_Paul_Getty/
Getty III dies http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20464529,00.html
Friday, February 4, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Cedric, the houseguest now manny
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Hee Hee Cedric the con-artist from the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills makes a resurgence on the arms of Eddie Cibrian's ex Brandi Glanville whose husband was wrenched from her bed by LeAnn Rimes, a dimmer-shadow-of-a-version-of-sexy-lover one would imagine he would want in his bed!
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Hee Hee Cedric the con-artist from the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills makes a resurgence on the arms of Eddie Cibrian's ex Brandi Glanville whose husband was wrenched from her bed by LeAnn Rimes, a dimmer-shadow-of-a-version-of-sexy-lover one would imagine he would want in his bed!
Richards' Resonance
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Kyle and Kim Richards ... family secrets, rivalries, resentments ... it's all in the family!
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Kyle and Kim Richards ... family secrets, rivalries, resentments ... it's all in the family!
The Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 3 - Cynthia and Peter's Wedding Album - Photo Gallery - Bravo TV Official Site
The Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 3 - Cynthia and Peter's Wedding Album - Photo Gallery - Bravo TV Official Site
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Bella, Bella, Bella
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Bella, Bella, Bella
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Virtual Tour your faved Galleries
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Well this is very cool!
Google Earth known for enabling technology that zooms in on streets and private addresses will introduce the Google Art Project view that tours some of the most famous museums in the world.
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Well this is very cool!
Google Earth known for enabling technology that zooms in on streets and private addresses will introduce the Google Art Project view that tours some of the most famous museums in the world.
Decorated Cemeteries?
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I HAD NO IDEA that cemeteries anywhere in the world looked like this ... where parents particularly of deceased children have festooned grave sites with stuffed animals, wind chimes, wind wheels, wooden benches, toys, flowers and unimagined childhood wonder. A veritable wild burst of colour!
An edict has now been sent down for the removal of all ornaments, to return a sense of dignity and peace to the cemetary for the benefit of other mourners.
What do you think?
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I HAD NO IDEA that cemeteries anywhere in the world looked like this ... where parents particularly of deceased children have festooned grave sites with stuffed animals, wind chimes, wind wheels, wooden benches, toys, flowers and unimagined childhood wonder. A veritable wild burst of colour!
An edict has now been sent down for the removal of all ornaments, to return a sense of dignity and peace to the cemetary for the benefit of other mourners.
What do you think?
Monday, January 31, 2011
Alter Bergs
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Battle of the BERGS!
How Zuckerberg and Eisenberg finally came face to face on an SNL stage.
The Facebook founder and his actor-alter-ego, poked fun at their network connection made possible by way of Mark's internet sensation Facebook, chronicled by Jessie in the film The Social Network.
Andy Samberg, SNL's cast member for Zuckerberg parodies also shared the stage during Eisenberg's stint.
Citizen Kane of the internet generation ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/reviews/article-1320630/The-Social-Network--story-Facebook-founder-Mark-Zuckerberg--Citizen-Kane-internet-generation.html
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| ZuckerBERG, EisenBERG and SamBERG |
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Battle of the BERGS!
How Zuckerberg and Eisenberg finally came face to face on an SNL stage.
The Facebook founder and his actor-alter-ego, poked fun at their network connection made possible by way of Mark's internet sensation Facebook, chronicled by Jessie in the film The Social Network.
Andy Samberg, SNL's cast member for Zuckerberg parodies also shared the stage during Eisenberg's stint.
Citizen Kane of the internet generation ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/reviews/article-1320630/The-Social-Network--story-Facebook-founder-Mark-Zuckerberg--Citizen-Kane-internet-generation.html
Perfect Partners tied to birth order
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Born first or last in your family?
Opposites attract ...
Birth order positions have specific charateristics. Before aged 7 the order of your birth position in your family was very influential to your outlook and character.
Read an article than explores the compatibility or not of partners as it refers to their birth order.
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Born first or last in your family?
Opposites attract ...
Birth order positions have specific charateristics. Before aged 7 the order of your birth position in your family was very influential to your outlook and character.
Read an article than explores the compatibility or not of partners as it refers to their birth order.
All hail the Soundtrack Guru .... JOHN BARRY
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A great musical candle stilled its light last evening. John Barry - great composer of several musical scores of the forever classic James Bond films as well as time honoured films Born Free, Out of Africa, The Lion in Winter and Dances with Wolves.
During the 1980s he collaborated with Duran Duran and Aha!
A fantastic contribution to pop culture history ~ a wonderful gift of creative intelligence. R.I.P.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1353931/My-crazy-days-John-Barry-naughtiest-boys-Sixties-Glenys-Roberts.html
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A great musical candle stilled its light last evening. John Barry - great composer of several musical scores of the forever classic James Bond films as well as time honoured films Born Free, Out of Africa, The Lion in Winter and Dances with Wolves.
During the 1980s he collaborated with Duran Duran and Aha!
A fantastic contribution to pop culture history ~ a wonderful gift of creative intelligence. R.I.P.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1353931/My-crazy-days-John-Barry-naughtiest-boys-Sixties-Glenys-Roberts.html
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Middleton coat of arms
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Kate's dad must petition for a Middleton Coat of Arms - as a member of the royal clan she will need one in her new role as Princess.
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Kate's dad must petition for a Middleton Coat of Arms - as a member of the royal clan she will need one in her new role as Princess.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Down & Out Of Their Minds In Beverly Hills.
Down & Out Of Their Minds In Beverly Hills.
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Kim and Kyle Richards
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Mubarak make tweets not war
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Real HouseWIVES?
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TV housewives who are NOT Real Housewives.
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TV housewives who are NOT Real Housewives.
Egyptian sadness
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I must admit I am saddened to hear some ancient Phaoronic mummies have been destroyed in the chaos in Egypt. Although I know the youth of Egypt have been pushed to this point I am sorry in these passionate days that they are blind to the priceless value of their Egyptian artifacts.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1351826/Egypt-protests-Looters-bid-steal-King-Tuts-treasures.html
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I must admit I am saddened to hear some ancient Phaoronic mummies have been destroyed in the chaos in Egypt. Although I know the youth of Egypt have been pushed to this point I am sorry in these passionate days that they are blind to the priceless value of their Egyptian artifacts.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1351826/Egypt-protests-Looters-bid-steal-King-Tuts-treasures.html
Boardwalk Empire
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Boardwalk Empire hailed as pre-eminent Mafia drama du jour. Lots of period pictures at the link. I love the twenties (1920s that is!).
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Boardwalk Empire hailed as pre-eminent Mafia drama du jour. Lots of period pictures at the link. I love the twenties (1920s that is!).
The Hawk Diandra Douglas
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The second swoop of the hawk Diandra Douglas has dumbfounded veteran divorce attorneys with her extremely tardy grab for Michael Douglas' money ten years after their divorce.
Diandra is a study in stange.
Read at the link for the history of the warring Douglases.
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The second swoop of the hawk Diandra Douglas has dumbfounded veteran divorce attorneys with her extremely tardy grab for Michael Douglas' money ten years after their divorce.
Diandra is a study in stange.
Read at the link for the history of the warring Douglases.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Hitler's last living bodyguard
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Hilter's last bodyguard is still alive more than 65 years after the war. Rochus Misch, Fuhrer bodyguard for five years was the last to flee the bunker after Hitler's suicide but was eventually captured by the Red Army, he was released in 1954.
The Reich bodyguard with the global fan club ~ you can't make this stuff up folks. Misch has been portrayed in several film roles, had books written on his life and been inundated with fan mail requests he can no longer respond to at age 93 but the requests keep coming.
The last survivor of the Fuhrerbunker is living out his life in a leafy neighbourhood in Berlin metres from the site of that notorious bunker.
And that's all folks!
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Hilter's last bodyguard is still alive more than 65 years after the war. Rochus Misch, Fuhrer bodyguard for five years was the last to flee the bunker after Hitler's suicide but was eventually captured by the Red Army, he was released in 1954.
The Reich bodyguard with the global fan club ~ you can't make this stuff up folks. Misch has been portrayed in several film roles, had books written on his life and been inundated with fan mail requests he can no longer respond to at age 93 but the requests keep coming.
The last survivor of the Fuhrerbunker is living out his life in a leafy neighbourhood in Berlin metres from the site of that notorious bunker.
And that's all folks!
Ted Haggard bi-sexuality
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After years of expulsion and soul searching Ted Haggard has decided he is probably a bi-sexual. Well I could have told him that years ago.
Bible thumpers again ~ confusing themselves.
"I used to think the church was the light of the world. But I've completely lost my faith in it .... People are, at their cores, hateful". Poor Ted, yeah true enough.
Well I can have empathy for him because I am not a pious, stick up my arse believer. My question to Haggard is this, in his day, at the top of his church, would he have forgiven a man for his foibles revealed as Ted's were about him? Would he have forgiven a man like him?
The only thing I charge Haggard with is rampant hypocrisy. Sexuality is as close to us as our breath and people who think not are boring, uptight types, ignorant about their sexuality. Move on ...
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After years of expulsion and soul searching Ted Haggard has decided he is probably a bi-sexual. Well I could have told him that years ago.
Bible thumpers again ~ confusing themselves.
"I used to think the church was the light of the world. But I've completely lost my faith in it .... People are, at their cores, hateful". Poor Ted, yeah true enough.
Well I can have empathy for him because I am not a pious, stick up my arse believer. My question to Haggard is this, in his day, at the top of his church, would he have forgiven a man for his foibles revealed as Ted's were about him? Would he have forgiven a man like him?
The only thing I charge Haggard with is rampant hypocrisy. Sexuality is as close to us as our breath and people who think not are boring, uptight types, ignorant about their sexuality. Move on ...
observing Kate Hudson
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I am not a mean girl and don't plan on having a mean girl blog, I love history but lately I've been posting on my observations ....
and I have been observing Kate Hudson.
Kate Hudson is a girl who publicly makes-out with her man-of-the-month and I often think, whoa girl, whoa, don't advertise your stuff so easily atleast wait for the man to be around for five minutes (I exaggerate) but she always seems too eager, too free, too willing to be photographed hanging off a new man.
She responded to criticism months ago by stating that those men were friends and what's wrong with kissing and hugging friends. That sounded like hollywood smokescreen mumbo jumbo to me cause those men were more than friends, they were also lovers.
Her most audacious display was while loving her friend A-Rod, the baseballer, her attention grabbing antics were too much, honestly she annoyed alot of us. All except her, knew she would be dumped the moment the series wrapped and she was! Minka Kelly, loving friend of Derek Jeter sat classily and quietly supporting her man eschewing all of crazy Kate's press craving.
While her latest baby daddy may have come after A-Rod, I'm hard pressed to say there was not atleast one (or more) 'friends' on her tour bus before British rocker Matt Bellamy climbed on but I will stand corrected if I'm wrong.
Kate Hudson is now pregnant after eight months with Ballamy which means she got speminated possibly five months in, with no plans to marry, her bohemian bus keeps trundling on.
The reason for my missive. Kate Hudson who is maddeningly public in all her acts now seems to be embracing subtlety, trying to hide her small 'bump', behaving like her fellow celebutantes who feign disgust at tabloid photogs while secretly loving the attention.
Well Miss Kate you can try on this new persona and start hiding and pleading for 'privacy.' Having courted attention for so long, I for one will be amused when you start begging for space to live your life.
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I am not a mean girl and don't plan on having a mean girl blog, I love history but lately I've been posting on my observations ....
and I have been observing Kate Hudson.
Kate Hudson is a girl who publicly makes-out with her man-of-the-month and I often think, whoa girl, whoa, don't advertise your stuff so easily atleast wait for the man to be around for five minutes (I exaggerate) but she always seems too eager, too free, too willing to be photographed hanging off a new man.
She responded to criticism months ago by stating that those men were friends and what's wrong with kissing and hugging friends. That sounded like hollywood smokescreen mumbo jumbo to me cause those men were more than friends, they were also lovers.
Her most audacious display was while loving her friend A-Rod, the baseballer, her attention grabbing antics were too much, honestly she annoyed alot of us. All except her, knew she would be dumped the moment the series wrapped and she was! Minka Kelly, loving friend of Derek Jeter sat classily and quietly supporting her man eschewing all of crazy Kate's press craving.
While her latest baby daddy may have come after A-Rod, I'm hard pressed to say there was not atleast one (or more) 'friends' on her tour bus before British rocker Matt Bellamy climbed on but I will stand corrected if I'm wrong.
Kate Hudson is now pregnant after eight months with Ballamy which means she got speminated possibly five months in, with no plans to marry, her bohemian bus keeps trundling on.
The reason for my missive. Kate Hudson who is maddeningly public in all her acts now seems to be embracing subtlety, trying to hide her small 'bump', behaving like her fellow celebutantes who feign disgust at tabloid photogs while secretly loving the attention.
Well Miss Kate you can try on this new persona and start hiding and pleading for 'privacy.' Having courted attention for so long, I for one will be amused when you start begging for space to live your life.
RHW of Bev Hills Reunion ... eve
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The Cranky Old Broad weighs in on the fight between the sisters, Richards, that plummetted Kyle Richards' meteoric popularity to depths below her reviled co-bitch-star Camille Grammar. So read away at the link to Old Broad's wise analysis of a fight that told more about the Richards' than they ever intended to spill.
And for an unexpected turn, as life is oft to do, Kim Richards rises as a bruised but largely redeemed phoenix despite her agressive bully of a sister.
A peep at further reading on other castmates - "... Camile and Taylor are nothing but common trash who married well ..." lol.
The reunion tonight may shed more light and so, until then!
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The Cranky Old Broad weighs in on the fight between the sisters, Richards, that plummetted Kyle Richards' meteoric popularity to depths below her reviled co-bitch-star Camille Grammar. So read away at the link to Old Broad's wise analysis of a fight that told more about the Richards' than they ever intended to spill.
And for an unexpected turn, as life is oft to do, Kim Richards rises as a bruised but largely redeemed phoenix despite her agressive bully of a sister.
A peep at further reading on other castmates - "... Camile and Taylor are nothing but common trash who married well ..." lol.
The reunion tonight may shed more light and so, until then!
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