UP, UP, AND AWAY !!

With a deafening boom, the ashes of Hunter S. Thompson were blown into the sky from a 153-foot tower late Saturday as relatives and a star-studded crowd bid an irreverent farewell to the founder of Gonzo journalism.

As the ashes erupted from the tower's pinnacle, red, white, blue and green fireworks lit up the sky over Thompson's home for 30 seconds as the crowd cheered. . . . . .Full Story


(Hunter S. Thompson)

Madonna will ride again.

The singer said she was "grateful and overwhelmed by everyone's good wishes" since the accident on Tuesday.

"As soon as doctors give me the okay, I expect to be right back on a horse and riding again," the 47-year-old singer told The Sun newspaper. . . . . .Full Story

Scarlett Johansson in car crash when being chased by paparazzi.

According to eyewitnesses, Scarlett Johansson was driving near the tourist attraction's entrance with two pals, when she swerved to get away from pursuing photographers and hit another vehicle containing a woman and her two young daughters. . . . . .Full Story

What did you call me Paris?? You move bitch!! Don't tell me what to do bitch!! Skinny skank!!

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so you know what
I'm talking about. lol)

Pictures of Angelina Jolie and daughter Zahara on movie set for "The Good Shepard".

Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Marc Cohn interviewed last night on 20/20 after being shot in head after carjacking.

He added: "Please don't let me die," he thought. "I have children. I have a wife."

Cohn, who is married to ABC News anchor Elizabeth Vargas, had a bullet removed from the skin beneath his right temple. He was released from a Denver hospital a day after the attack. . . . . .Full Story

Paris Hilton's new dog Bambi.

Her other dog Tinkerbell got "too big", Paris says.

"American Pie" star Natasha Lyonne still in hospital.

The New York Post broke the story that the missing actress had been found. Natasha, 26, is struggling to survive in New York City's Beth Israel Hospital intensive care.

Reportedly, Natasha is suffering from hepatitis C, a heart infection, a collapsed lung and is covered in track marks. . . . . .Full Story

Former child star Skylar James Deleon and his wife Jennifer Henderson DeLeon now charged with another murder. New pictures.

Skylar James Deleon, 26, who once appeared in the "Power Rangers" TV series, was accused in the second case of luring a man to Mexico in December of 2003, slitting his throat and leaving the body by the side of a road.

His wife, Jennifer, and cousin Michael William Lewis, both 24, were charged with helping conceal the murder of 45-year-old John Jarvi. . . . . .Full Story


(suspect Alonso Machain)


(suspect Myron S. Gardner)

Would you allow your 16-year-old- daughter anywhere near Paris Hilton?

Hayden Panettiere has been in such films as "Remembers the Titans" and "Raising Helen".

Time running out for childhood home of Jimi Hendrix.

King County Superior Court Judge Palmer Robinson yesterday refused to extend a temporary restraining order prohibiting the city of Seattle from tearing down the modest house. . . . . .Full Story

Ready, set, FIRE !! Hunter S. Thompson to be shot out of a cannon today !!

(Benicio Del Toro, Hunter S. Thompson, Johnny Depp
"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" Premiere
New York
May 19, 1998)

''He wanted people to celebrate," she said. ''He envisioned it to be a beautiful party. The most amazing people would be there. His friends would celebrate his life. And he was even specific that there would be clinking of ice and whiskey.". . . . . .Full Story