"I need an ambulance as soon as possible, sir," he said. "We have a gentleman here that needs help, he's not breathing. We're trying to pump him but he's not breathing."
Within hours the world would find out that the unconscious "gentleman" on the bed was 50-year-old pop superstar Michael Jackson.
The identity of the caller on the 911 tape released Friday by the Los… Continue
DALLAS (AP) -- A casket minus a cadaver yielded nearly 100 pounds of marijuana after a traffic stop in Dallas. William Dale Crock of Cave City, Ark., was in jail Friday on a marijuana possession charge, plus traffic and seat beat violations. Dallas police say Crock was arrested Wednesday when bundles of marijuana were discovered under the casket's cover and pillow.
Sr. Cpl. Kevin Janse (JAN'-see) told said the van turned up during… Continue
Chris Brown is under court orders not to go within 50 yards of Rihanna, but both he and his ex want to get rid of the strict no-contact clause.
"They think it's unnecessary and ridiculous," says a mutual pal of the protection order handed down at Tuesday's criminal proceeding, during which Brown pled guilty to one count of felony assault in the February attack that left Rihanna battered and bruised. "After [the proceeding], Ri and Chris… Continue
Armed bandits targeted a Brooklyn day care center where the owners ran a drug den in the basement, with a 10-pound marijuana stash and more than $100,000 in cash, police said Saturday.
Day care owner Donna Rogers, 37, andher husband, Sherwin, 36, were arrested for felony marijuana possession one day after kids at their East Flatbush business slept through a wild gun fight between cops and… Continue
Jeff Jordan has elected not to return to the Illinois basketball program, the school announced Wednesday. The son of Michael Jordan will continue his studies at the school.
"I loved playing for the Fighting Illini and appreciate the support I was given by my teammates, coaches and the great fans here," Jordan said. "But I have come to the point where I¹m ready to focus on life after basketball. I will concentrate on earning my degree from… Continue
Hot 97's Funk Master Flex's Hip Hop Legends 2 Show at BB Kings, New York City, Busta Rhymes is supposed to be introducing Raekwon onto the stage but gets booed off when he announces his love of new artists like Kid Cudi, Lil Wayne & Kanye… Continue
UPDATE:
We've just learned Michael Jackson has died. He was 50.
Michael suffered a cardiac arrest earlier this afternoon at his Holmby Hills home and paramedics were unable to revive him. We're told when paramedics arrived Jackson had no pulse and they never got a pulse back.
A source tells us Jackson was dead when paramedics arrived.
Once at the hospital, the staff tried to resuscitate him but he was completely… Continue
THE "True Blood: The Com plete First Season" DVD has sold an astonishing 1 million copies, proving that HBO really does have a hit show on its hands.
In the four weeks since its release, the five-disc box set has netted $35 million in total sales according to the-numbers.com.
This puts it in the No. 1 spot for TV DVD sales for the week of June 14. Coming in at a distant second is the fourth season DVD of "Weeds," with 334,000… Continue
IT didn't take long for Russell Simmons to find a new squeeze. The hip-hop mogul, who was dating grapefruit heiress Julie Henderson, is now with French actress/model Noemie Lenoir (above). At model Jessica White's 25th birthday party at The Gates, Simmons and Lenoir were "making out like teenagers," according to a spy. At an after-party at Mr. West, they even snuck off to the bathroom. "They had no shame and were kissing in front of the paparazzi,"… Continue
Kelis secretly threw a Hail Mary in her bitter divorce war with Nas, but the judge had no sympathy.
Kelis, who is about to pop with her first kid, has been begging the judge to make Nas pay for pre-natal expenses and baby stuff. So far Nas hasn't paid squat.
A hearing is set for July 21. Kelis is asking for $3,500 for a baby nurse, 20,000 for strollers, cribs and stuff, etc. But here's the snag. Kelis may be in labor during the… Continue
Why not let Hurricane Chris rap about Halle Berry inside the Louisiana House of Representatives -- it's not like they have anything more important to be doing there, right?
The rapper, a.k.a. Chris Dooley, Jr., was recently honored by his home state. But instead of giving him a key to the city or some random certificate of congratulations, they gave him the House floor -- and he brought his… Continue
LOS ANGELES – Farrah Fawcett, the "Charlie's Angels" star whose feathered blond hair and dazzling smile made her one of the biggest sex symbols of the 1970s, died Thursday after battling cancer. She was 62.
The pop icon, who in the 1980s set aside the fantasy girl image to tackle serious roles, died shortly before 9:30 a.m. in a Santa Monica hospital, spokesman Paul Bloch said.
Ryan O'Neal, the longtime companion who had reunited… Continue
Singer Chris Brown might have avoided jail time in his vicious attack on Rihanna, but domestic violence experts aren't letting him off the hook so easily.
Advocates fear Brown's plea deal, which gave him five years' probation and community labor, is so cushy that it sends the wrong message to young men and victims.
"It sets a very poor example," Roslyn Muraskin, director of the Long Island Women's Institute, said… Continue
The "Transformers" sequel pulled in a record-breaking $16 million with its midnight showings Wednesday, hinting at a big weekend for the critically maligned sci-fi actioner.
Although it came in just shy of "The Dark Knight"'s $18.5 million take with its own midnight showing last year, it was the biggest such showing on a Wednesday.
However, despite poor reviews, this big opening could prove that this particular event film is… Continue
The former Hole singer, visiting a midtown NYC bank Monday, shocked onlookers with a scary-skinny frame that suggests the star's yo-yo dieting may be out of hand once again.
Love, clad in tight grey pants and a sleeveless tunic, was a shadow of the curvaceous star who once walked the red carpet for movies like "The People vs. Larry Flynt."
She began dieting in 2006 to lose the weight she… Continue
New York rapper Tru Life, real name Roberto Guzman Rosado, Jr, reportedly turned himself into custody last night for a first degree murder charge.
Though details are still unknown, the charge may stem from an incident earlier this month involving his brother.
On June 16, five gang members, one of the men allegedly Tru Life's brother, jumped two men in a Manhattan apartment building as retaliation against an earlier shooting of a… Continue