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JIMMY HENDRIX WAS POSSIBLY MURDERED!

The doctor who attempted to revive Jimi Hendrix on the night that the guitarist died believes that it is “plausible” that he was murdered.

John Bannister said that medical evidence was consistent with claims in a book that Hendrix was killed on the orders of his manager, Mike Jeffery.

James “Tappy” Wright, a former road manager who worked for Jeffery, writes in his new memoir, Rock Roadie, that in the early hours of September 18, 1970,… Continue

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HARRY POTTER CONJURES UP $159.7 MILLION IN 5 DAYS!

Harry Potter has returned with some princely returns at the box office.

The new big-screen adventure "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" took in $79.5 million domestically over opening weekend and $159.7 million since debuting last Wednesday.

That's the second-highest start ever for a movie premiering on Wednesday, trailing the $200 million five-day opening for last month's "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen."

The… Continue

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SONY BIDS $50 MILLION FOR THE MICHAEL JACKSON "THIS IS IT" REHEARSAL FOOTAGE!

LOS ANGELES — Sony Corp.'s movie studio has bid $50 million to acquire the worldwide distribution rights to a film based on rehearsal footage for Michael Jackson's "This Is It" comeback concert series.

That's according to a person familiar with the bid.

The person says the bid came after several studios, including Paramount, Universal, 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros., were shown footage starting early last week. The person spoke on… Continue

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LOL! TOO MUCH TACO MEAT!

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PEOPLE PANIC IN INDIA AS A SOLAR ELCLIPSE IS SET TO HAPPEN ON WEDNESDAY!

MUMBAI (AFP) – Indian astrologers are predicting violence and turmoil across the world as a result of this week's total solar eclipse, which the superstitious and religious view as a sign of potential doom.

But astronomers, scientists and secularists are trying to play down claims of evil portent in connection with Wednesday's natural spectacle, when the moon will come between the Earth and the sun, completely obscuring the sun.

In… Continue

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FROM THE BOTTOM UP! SONIA SOTOMAYOR FROM THE PROJECTS TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT! IF SHE CAN DO IT! WE CAN DO ANYTHING!

At home inside the same Bronx housing project where Sonia Sotomayor grew up, one of her biggest supporters was growing frustrated.

Sotomayor had just been asked another stinging question, prompting little Jheosafaf Ortega, 11, to wave her hands in disgust.

“They won't rattle her,” Jheosafaf said from the floor of her apartment inside the Bronxdale Houses, her gaze still fixed on the… Continue

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HEROIN IS BACK WITH A VENGEANCE!

Jeffrey Alba's Bronx heroin mills had air circulators because the odor was so strong and there was a white dust fog. The windows were sealed up and lists of orders to be filled were taped to the walls.

The workers used tiny spoons to allot a half a grain of heroin for each glassine envelope - that's nearly 30,000 times for every kilo - working in shifts around the clock.

When authorities raided a fancy Riverdale building over the… Continue

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WTF! SMOG CAN LOWER YA KIDS IQ!

Warning: Smog lowers kids' IQs, even before they're born.

The five-year-old children of city mothers who regularly breathed in car- and truck-polluted air when they were pregnant scored significantly lower on IQ tests than kids with less exposure, a study released Monday found.

The 249 moms tested -- all from the South Bronx and upper Manhattan -- wore backpack air monitors for 48 hours during the last few months of… Continue

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LOL! AND THIS VIRUS GOES OUT 2 ALL YOU HORNY F**KERS ON THE INTERNET!

Thousands of voyeurs got a lesson in karma over the weekend when they tried to download naked footage of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews - but got a computer virus instead.

Video of the pretty and popular sports reporter undressing in a hotel room hit the web last week. It was taken through the door's peephole and shows the 31-year-old stark naked.

Now hackers are taking advantage of the much-Googled download. Many links that claim to have… Continue

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WTF! LIL KIM SINGING?

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LMAO! IS RICKY ROSS A CO!

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WOMAN PAYS $4,000 FOR A 5 LEGGED PUPPY TO SAVE HIM FROM A FREAK SHOW!

A kind-hearted North Carolina woman outbid a Coney Island freak show operator to buy a five-legged puppy last week, paying $4,000 to save the 6-week-old dog from a life of humiliation.

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THE DREAM & CHRISTINA MILIAN GET ENGAGED!

Christina Milian has something to sing about!

The 27-year-old singer is engaged to music producer boyfriend The-Dream, Usmagazine.com reports.

"We don't have plans yet -- but it hasn't [already] happened, that I can confirm," Milian said of her upcoming nuptials. "We just want to have our closest friends and family there; it's not going to be too big."

The bride-to-be was reportedly proposed to with a six-carat engagement… Continue

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WTF! IT SHOULDNT BE CALLED THE MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS! WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW A FULL MUSIC VIDEO ON MTV?

MTV announced the plans for its 26th annual Video Music Awards last week, but with the news came the harsh reminder that the network has all but abandoned the videos that gave the event its name.

When was the last time anyone saw a full-length music video on the channel that didn't fill time during the credit roll of "Paris Hilton's My New BFF" or wasn't part of a Michael Jackson tribute?

While it is exciting that MTV will be bringing… Continue

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SHAQ WITH A PANDA IN CHINA! ONLY SHAQ CAN MAKE A PANDA LOOK SO SMALL!

NBA superstar Shaquille O'Neal holds a Giant Panda on his lap at the Panda Breeding Research Center in in China. Shaq had earlier visited China's famed Shaolin Temple, the birthplace of Chinese kung fu, and said he was hoping to improve his martial arts skills and bring them to the basketball court.

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THIS IS 4 ALL THE LADIES THAT DONT GET THAT WEAVE SEWN IN & THINK YOU CAN JUST ROCK A WIG!

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HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN YOU SUE FOR THE SAME SONG? FIRST COMMON NOW IT'S BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY, AKON & SWIZZ BEATZ!

The guys who sued Common this week for copyright infringement are now taking aim at Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and Akon -- accusing them of ripping off the exact same song! In a lawsuit filed the day after Common's, Songster, LLC -- which owns the rights to the song "When Will the Day Come" -- claims Bone, Akon and producer Swizz Beatz jacked their music for the collaboration "I… Continue

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50 DROPS THE PRICE OF HIS CONNECTICUT MANSION TO $10.9 MILLION!

FARMINGTON, Conn. — The price of the Connecticut mega-mansion owned by rapper 50 Cent has dropped again – to $10.9 million.

The 50,000-square-foot mansion is in the Hartford metropolitan area suburb Farmington. It was owned by boxer Mike Tyson.

It has 19 bedrooms and 37 bathrooms. It boasts a gym, billiards rooms, racquetball courts and a disco with stripper poles.

The New York City rapper bought it for $4.1 million. He said… Continue

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WTF! OWEN WILSON & WOODY HARRELSON! THAT SH!T JUST DON'T LOOK RIGHT!

With no ladies in sight, Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson got into it this weekend in Portofino, Italy -- taking their bromance to the next level by wrasslin' on a giant raft. From the looks of it, Wilson's fighting skills pale by comparison.