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‘Last Lecture’ Professor Randy Pausch Dies at 47 of Pancreatic Cancer

Posted by: Entertainment, Lifestyle, News on: July 25, 2008

Randy Pausch, a popular college professor whose “last lecture” became an Internet sensation, died at age 47 on July 25 in Virginia following a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Pausch, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, was diagnosed with incurable pancreatic cancer in September 2006. In August 2007, the cancer had spread, and Pausch was [...]

Bruce Springsteen: ‘I Support Obama’

Posted by: Entertainment, Lifestyle, News on: April 17, 2008

Rocker Bruce Springsteen has endorsed Democratic Sen. Barack Obama for president Wednesday, saying Obama is the best candidate to undo “the terrible damage done over the past 8 years.” In a letter posted on his website, Springsteen wrote: Obama “has the depth, the reflectiveness, and the resilience to be our next President. He speaks to [...]

Death in ‘Sex and the City’

Posted by: Entertainment, Lifestyle, News on: April 17, 2008

Fans of Sex and the City will be dismayed to learn that someone dies in the upcoming film. Actress Cynthia Nixon, who plays Miranda Hobbes, revealed that “a character dies in the movie” at the Creation Nation comedy show in NYC Tuesday night. For more details, read on.

Dying Professor’s Last Lecture Becomes Book

Posted by: Entertainment, Lifestyle, News on: April 10, 2008

Randy Pausch, a 47-year-old college professor whose “last lecture” became an Internet sensation, will have a new platform to share his story: a book. The Last Lecture is now being published by Hyperion, after a bidding war that reportedly resulted in a $6.7 million deal. In Sept. 2006, Pausch, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, [...]

Ashley’s Brother Was Heroin Dealer

Posted by: Entertainment, Lifestyle, News on: March 16, 2008

Ashley Alexandra Dupre, the striking 22-year-old call girl at the center of ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s sex scandal, spoke of a dysfunctional family on her MySpace page. Well, some of her claims appear to be true. The day the Spitzer scandal broke, Ashley’s older brother, Kyle Youmans, pled guilty to dealing heroin, according to the Asbury [...]

Offers Pour in for Call Girl Ashley

Posted by: Entertainment, Lifestyle, News on: March 14, 2008

Thanks to the media’s ravenous appetite for hot young thangs, 22-year-old prostitute Ashley Alexandra Dupré may soon be able to cash in on her notoriety. The aspiring singer’s track What We Want was played on Z-100 yesterday (the most widely listened to radio station in the US), and she has already been approached by Penthouse [...]

Eliot Spitzer’s Call Girl: ‘I Was an Abused Child’

Posted by: Entertainment, Lifestyle, News on: March 12, 2008

The infamous Kristen, a favorite call girl of ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer, left a broken home in New Jersey at age 17 and came to NYC with dreams of making it as a blues singer, according to the NYTimes. Ashley Alexandra Dupré (born Ashley Youmans) is 22 years old and rents an apartment in downtown Manhattan. [...]

Stunning Fall from Grace

Posted by: Entertainment, Lifestyle, News on: March 12, 2008

NY State Gov. Eliot Spitzer has resigned this morning, 2 days after news broke of his longtime involvement in soliciting high-priced call girls. “The remorse I feel will always be with me,” Spitzer said during a press conference in Manhattan. Spitzer, 48, reportedly spent as much as $80,000 over the past decade as a client [...]


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