Sunday, July 15, 2012

Natalie Wood :The Death Certificate Of Legendary Hollywood Actress Natalie Wood Changed From ‘Accidental Death’ To ‘Undetermined’.

Officers from the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office have filed to make the change official six months after reopening the case of the West Side Story star whose body was found floating in the Pacific Ocean in November 1981.
A police source said last night: ‘There were bruises on the body that cannot be explained by drowning. The investigation is ongoing into determining the cause of Miss Wood’s death.’
The source described Wood’s husband, Hart To Hart star Robert  Wagner, now 81, as a ‘person of interest’ in the case, which has become one of Hollywood’s greatest mysteries. It was reopened last November after new witnesses said they had heard the actress scream in terror on the last night of her life.
Wood, 43, was on the yacht Splendour with Wagner and her alleged lover, actor Christopher Walken, now 69, when she vanished overboard on November 29.
Her husband has always insisted she drowned accidentally after falling overboard as she tried to secure a dinghy banging against the boat’s side.
But Wood’s sister Lana told The Mail on Sunday last year that she always suspected foul play:
‘Natalie would never have gone out in the middle of the night to secure a dinghy. She was terrified of water. Her death was no accident. I’ve always believed she was murdered.’
Last year, new witness Marilyn Wayne, who was on a nearby boat, said she heard Wood ‘screaming in terror’ on the night of her death.
 

In a sworn statement, she said: ‘My cabin window was open. A woman’s voice, crying for help, awakened me. “Help me, someone please help me, I’m drowning,” I heard.’ Wayne said she called the harbour patrol officer but her calls went unanswered.
Changed: TMZ says that Los Angeles detectives have changed Natalie Wood's death certificate status from 'accident' to undetermined'; she is pictured with then-husband Robert Wagner
Changed: TMZ says that Los Angeles detectives have changed Natalie Wood's death certificate status from 'accident' to undetermined'; she is pictured with then-husband Robert Wagner

Natalie Wood (DEAD 11/1981) at Avoriaz in the French Alps . REXSCANPIX.
Robert Wagner and his wife Natalie Wood (DEAD 11/1978)
Beauty: Natalie Wood, seen skiing in the French Alps c.1980, and right, with her husband at AFI
Famous actress: Wood starred opposite James Dean in the 1956 classic Rebel Without A Cause
Famous actress: Wood starred opposite James Dean in the 1956 classic Rebel Without A Cause
Funeral:
Funeral: Robert Wagner bends over to kiss the flower-covered casket of his wife during graveside ceremonies for her at Westwood Memorial Park Cemetery in December 1981
Wagner and Walken said the death was accidental after a night of heavy drinking. A jealous Wagner had rowed with Walken when he allegedly flirted with his wife. Wagner has always maintained he had nothing to do with his wife’s death, describing it as ‘a tragic accident’.
But the Splendour’s captain, Dennis Davern, allegedly told Lana that Wagner did nothing to save his wife.
‘Dennis said everyone was drunk and a fight broke out and Natalie was in the water and he and RJ [Wagner] did nothing to pull her out,’ said Lana. ‘Dennis said RJ told him to “leave her there, teach her a lesson”.’
Coming out: Former captain Dennis Davern is blaming Robert Wagner for Natalie Woods' death saying he did not let them do anything to find her
Coming out: Former captain Dennis Davern is blaming Robert Wagner for Natalie Woods' death saying he did not let them do anything to find her
Mystery:
Mystery: The yacht 'Splendour' was pictured today moored in a harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii after investigators reopened the case into the mysterious death of Natalie Wood


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2170039/Natalie-Wood-cause-death-Certificate-changed-accident-undetermined.html#ixzz20jTD7C40

Monday, July 2, 2012

Saturday, June 16, 2012

April Ashley : Britain's first Transsexual, her lovers included Omar Sharif and Peter O'Toole

Honoured: April Ashley, now 77, was Britain's first Transsexual, her lovers included Omar Sharif and Peter O'Toole
Born plain George Jamieson, he became the first Briton to have a sex change and sparked countless lurid headlines.
But today actress and campaigner Miss April Ashley is appointed an MBE for services to transgender equality.
The award marks the latest chapter in the sensational life of the 77-year-old, a veteran of numerous sex scandals.
In her glamorous heyday she became a Vogue model, seduced actors Omar Sharif and Peter O’Toole and attracted the amorous attentions of Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso.
But her world came crashing down in the Sixties when a ‘friend’ sold her story to a newspaper and intimate details of how she had been turned from a man into a woman under a surgeon’s knife caused a sensation.
She bounced back, marrying an aristocrat but that only led to more astonishing revelations.
April was born into a seafaring Liverpudlian family in 1935 and says she knew from the age of three there was something ‘different’ about her.
Dark, slightly built and effeminate, the young George became the victim of daily beatings at school. At 15, in a vain attempt to become masculine, he signed up for the merchant navy but after two years at sea – once more a magnet for bullies – he resolved to commit suicide. A failed attempt saw him ‘dishonourably discharged’ and after two further attempts he was locked up in a mental institution.
Eventually allowed out, George headed for London – once sharing a boarding house with former deputy prime minister Lord Prescott – where he began cross-dressing.
 He moved to Paris in 1955, calling himself Toni and working as a hostess at Le Carousel, a drag club, where he mingled with a set that included Ernest Hemingway, Jean Paul Sartre and Bob Hope.
In 1960, at the age of 25 and having saved £3,000, he travelled to Casablanca and was introduced to Moroccan surgeon Doctor Burou, known as The Wizard of Casablanca, who had carried out eight previous sex change ops.
George Jamieson as a teenager
And as April Ashley
The procedure lasted seven hours, and afterwards she returned to London, where her striking looks soon led to a modelling assignment for Vogue, shot by David Bailey, and to a minor role in the Bob Hope and Bing Crosby film The Road To Hong Kong.
But success came abruptly to an end in 1961 when a friend sold her story to the Sunday People, published under the headline: The Extraordinary Case Of Top Model April Ashley – Her Secret Is Out.
She became a celebrity ‘freak’ but her notoriety didn’t stop her marrying into the aristocracy. In 1963 she wed Arthur Corbett, the Eton-educated son and heir of Lord Rowallan.
When they met Corbett was already married with four children and had a penchant for dressing up as a woman himself.
He eventually left his wife and April moved into the highest echelons of British society before the marriage collapsed.
Flashback: How the Sunday People reported the revelation that April Ashley was born a man, in 1961
Flashback: How the Sunday People reported the revelation that April Ashley was born a man, in 1961

Shock: The News of the World's spread on May 13, 1962
Shock: The News of the World's spread on May 13, 1962
She once again hit the headlines after Corbett petitioned for divorce in 1969.
It became one of the most talked about events of the decade with details of the case exploding over the newspapers. The couple faced each other in the courtroom, with Corbett claiming the union should be annulled on the grounds that because Ashley had been born a man, the marriage had never been legally sound.
The court agreed, setting a precedent which left transsexuals in gender limbo, until laws came into effect eight years ago that allowed them to be recognised legally as women.
Unfortunate: April Ashley's wedding to Arthur Corbett was delayed after intrusions into her life
Unfortunate: April Ashley's wedding to Arthur Corbett was delayed after intrusions into her life

In 1983, despite almost reaching 50, she had a one night stand with Michael Hutchence, who was just finding fame with INXS.
Following a hard fought campaign, April was finally able to legally call herself a woman in 2004, when the Government’s introduced the Gender Recognition Act.
It was not until 2005 that she was granted a new birth certificate, asserting that she was born female – with the help of old housemate John Prescott.
She says: ‘He was ever so supportive… he and his wife still send me Christmas cards.’
She now lives alone in Fulham, West London.



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2160090/Cabin-boy-Briton-sex-change-operation-awarded-MBE-services-transgender-equality.html#ixzz1xwfLn5Vw

Saturday, June 9, 2012

Jilly Johnson 58 : Airbrush Blitz That Jilly Adores.

Jilly Johnson airbrushing

JILLY JOHNSON AS SHE REALLY IS: Here, I’ve had my hair blow-dried, and my make-up applied professionally,  but this is the real me. You can see the sun-damage on my decolletage, the crow’s feet round my eyes, and the beginnings of crepey skin around my neck
Jilly Johnson airbrushing

WITH A LITTLE RE-TOUCHING: HERE, the wrinkles around my eyes and neck have been smoothed. My jaw has also been subtly sculpted, the vein on my forehead removed and the blemishes on my chest erased. My skin tone has been evened out, too

FULL GLOSSY MAG MAKEOVER: This is my favourite of the three images - although it bears little resemblance to the real me

FULL GLOSSY MAG MAKEOVER: This is my favourite of the three images - although it bears little resemblance to the real me. I love how the airbrush has blitzed all my wrinkles and plumped up my lips. My eyes are now sparkling and my jaw-line more defined


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Friday, June 8, 2012

Robin Gibb :Video - Maurice Having Some Fun With His Twin Brother. Barry said Today During The Church Service 'They Are Now Together Again'.

Robin Gibb:Good-bye Robin - God Bless R.I. P. - Gibb's beloved Irish Wolfhounds Ollie and Missy also took part in the procession.

Robin Gibb's family and friends were joined by thousands of people in his hometown of Thame, Oxon today in bidding the singer a final farewell.
Hundreds of fans lined the streets as a glass horse-drawn carriage covered in red roses made its way down the town's high street on the way to the funeral.
Family members including Robin's wife Dwina, his sons Spencer and RJ, and brother Barry and Barry's son Stevie, were pictured leading the procession on foot from the gate house of their estate to St Mary's Church.
Final farewell: Robin Gibb's family, including brother Barry, sons Stevie, Spencer and RJ and wife Dwina are pictured leading the procession to St Mary's Church in Thame for his funeral today
Final farewell: Robin Gibb's family, including (front row left to right) Barry's son Stevie, brother Barry, sons Spencer and RJ and wife Dwina, are pictured leading the procession to St Mary's Church in Thame for his funeral today

In mourning: Thousands lined the streets for the procession from the late singer's home, down the high street to the church
In mourning: Hundreds lined the streets for the funeral cortege from the late singer's home, down the high street to the church

It had been Gibb's wish to 'say a final goodbye to fans and his home town of Thame', according to his family.
The 62-year-old singer died from kidney failure last month after fighting colon cancer and pneumonia.

The late star's beloved Irish Wolfhounds Ollie and Missy were included in the funeral, following directly behind the cortege and wearing sombre black bows tied around their necks.
Procession: A horse-drawn glass carriage is taken through Gibb's home town of Thame
Procession: A horse-drawn glass carriage is taken through Gibb's home town of Thame
Musical tribute: The four black horses wore cloths with golden treble clefs in tribute to the star's career, and were accompanied by a piper
Musical tribute: The four black horses wore cloths with golden treble clefs in tribute to the star's career, and were accompanied by a piper
Not left out: Gibb's beloved Irish Wolfhounds Ollie and Missy also took part in the procession
Not left out: Gibb's beloved Irish Wolfhounds Ollie and Missy also took part in the procession
Close to home: St Mary's church is opposite the home which the musician shared with wife Dwina for 19 years
Close to home: St Mary's church is opposite the home which the musician shared with wife Dwina for 19 years
Four black horses pulling the carriage wore cloths decorated with gold treble clefs in tribute to Gibb's career, and were accompanied by a piper.
The casket was draped with the flag of the Isle of Man, where the brothers were born.
Celebrity guests including Sir Tim Rice, Uri Geller, Peter Andre, Mike Reed and Leslie Phillips were also seen amongst the mourners.
St Mary's church is opposite the home which the musician had shared with wife Dwina for 19 years. He will later be buried in the churchyard.
The last Bee Gee: Barry Gibb is the only surviving Gibb brother now
The last Bee Gee: Barry Gibb is the only surviving Gibb brother now
The last Bee Gee: Barry Gibb is the only surviving Gibb brother now
Paying respects: Mike Reed and Peter Andre were pictured amongst the mourners
Paying respects: Mike Reed and Peter Andre were pictured amongst the mourners
Showbusiness friends: Sir Tim Rice and Leslie Phillips were also spotted in the crowd outside the church
Showbusiness friends: Sir Tim Rice and Leslie Phillips were also spotted in the crowd outside the church
Showbusiness friends: Sir Tim Rice and Leslie Phillips were also spotted in the crowd outside the church
Two candles flickered at the front of the church as some guests entered in tears, to take their places on wooden seats surrounded by pink and white flowers.
They were issued with an order of service printed with a black and white picture of Gibb on the front cover, and images of red roses throughout.
An image of the three members of the Bee Gees - Robin, Maurice and Barry - was on the back.
For the last time: Gibb's casket leaves his Oxfordshire estate in the glass carriage as fans assemble outside
For the last time: Gibb's casket leaves his Oxfordshire estate in the glass carriage as fans assemble outside
Hometown: A flag of the Isle of Man, where the singer was born, was draped on the coffin
Hometown: A flag of the Isle of Man, where the singer was born, was draped on the coffin
Time to say goodbye: Robin's sons were amongst the pallbearers
Time to say goodbye: Robin's sons were amongst the pallbearers
Banned: The mother of Gibb's love child, Claire Yang, was reportedly banned from the funeral by Dwina
Banned: The mother of Gibb's love child, Claire Yang, was reportedly banned from the funeral by Dwina
At the service Dwina will read a poem that she wrote especially for today, and children Spencer, Melissa and RJ will read tributes to their father.
A song written by Robin will also be debuted.
Don't Cry Alone is thought to be his final composition taken from his Titanic Requiem.
The touching song features the opening lines: 'If your heart is breaking, I'm yours whatever, I will not forsake you ever, don't cry alone.'
At the request of the late singer, Bee Gees hit How Deep Is Your Love will be the first song of the service, while guests are due to leave the church to the sound of I Started A Joke, which includes the line, 'I finally died, which started the whole world living.'
According to reports, Dwina has banned the mother of Robin's love child, Claire Yang from attending the funeral.
She has told friends that she would absolutely hate the former housekeeper to attend, but wouldn't turn her away if she did.
Barry Gibb is now the only surviving brother. Gibb's twin Maurice died in 2003 following complications from a twisted bowel, and their younger brother Andy - who also had a chart career - died in 1988.
In remembrance: The Order of Service featured a picture the chart-topping group
In remembrance: The Order of Service featured a picture the chart-topping group
How Deep Is Your Love: Bee Gees songs were included in the service, along with tributes from his children Spencer, Melissa and RJ
How Deep Is Your Love: Bee Gees songs were included in the service, along with tributes from his children Spencer, Melissa and RJ


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Robin Gibb :The Bee Gee will have a service at St Mary's Church in Thame, Oxfordshire, today, but his widow has confirmed that Claire Yang is not invited.


Sad times: Dina, pictured with her late husband Robin Gibb, has said she would loathe it if the mother of his love child attended the funeral 
 
 
Gibb, 62, who died from liver and colon cancer on May 20, had a long-term affair with Claire but was asked to leave the Gibbs’ house by bisexual Dwina, 59, when she became pregnant.

Despite having an open relationship it is thought Dwina 'hit the roof' when she discovered Claire was pregnant.

It was revealed last week that Robin had paid out £4million to Claire and their three-year-old daughter Snow Robin.

Secret love: Claire Yang has a three-year-old daughter which Robin Gibb fathered 
 

Robin's fans will be able to pay their respects to the singer when his horse-drawn glass carriage is taken through his home town of Thame, Oxon.

The carriage will leave from his home before heading along the town's high street and then making its way to the church.

Star family: The Bee Gees, pictured in 1979, from left, Robin Gibb, Barry Gibb and Maurice Gibb 
 
At the service Dwina will read a poem that she wrote especially for today and a song written by Robin will also be debuted.
 

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2156293/Robin-Gibbs-widow-loathe-mother-love-child-Claire-Yang-attends-Bee-Gee-funeral.html#ixzz1xBn8DXZm

Fleetwood Mac: Bob Welch has been found dead after apparently committing suicide with a self-inflicted gunshot wound,Welch was 66


Police say Welch was found dead by his wife after shooting himself in the chest at their Nashville home at around 12.15pm local time today.
The Californian musician had had health issues recently, according to police spokesman Don Aaron, who confirmed that Welch left a suicide note.
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Suicide: Former Fleetwood Mac member Bob Welch was found dead today after shooting himself in the chest
Suicide: Former Fleetwood Mac member Bob Welch was found dead today after shooting himself in the chest
The spokesman would not elaborate on specific details regarding Welch's health - but added that there was no evidence of foul play.
Welch, who also had a solo career, was a guitarist and vocalist for Fleetwood Mac from 1971 to 1974 and worked on albums such as Future Games and Bare Trees.
Ailing: Welch, pictured here in a 1995 BBC documentary, had apparently suffered health problems of late
Ailing: Welch, pictured here in a 1995 documentary, had apparently suffered from health problems of late
He formed the British rock group Paris in 1976, and had hits including Sentimental Lady in 1977 and Ebony Eyes in 1978.
Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie and Lindsey Buckingham did backing vocals on Sentimental Lady.
Fleetwood Mac's career took off in the mid-1970s after Welch left the band.
Dreams was a Number 1 hit in 1977, and Don't Stop hit the top of the charts the same year.
It later became the anthem for Bill Clinton's presidential campaign. Hold Me was a hit in 1982 and Little Lies in 1987.
Welch, a native of Los Angeles, scored his biggest hit with Sentimental Lady, which reached No. 8 on the Billboard chart.
His other singles included Precious Love in 1979 and Hot Love, Cold World in 1978.
Welch fell out with his former band mates after suing the group in 1994 for unpaid royalties, which led to his exclusion from the group's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction in 1998.   
'It basically comes down to the fact that they don't like me anymore,' he told The Plain Dealer of Cleveland at the time.
'I guess they can do what they want. I could understand it if I had been a sideman for a year. But I was an integral part of that band... I put more of myself into that band than anything else I've ever done.'
Devastated: Longtime Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks today told The Associated Press that Welch's death hit her hard
Devastated: Longtime Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks today told The Associated Press that Welch's death hit her hard

Longtime Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks today told The Associated Press that Welch's death hit her hard.
'The death of Bob Welch is devastating... I had many great times with him after Lindsey and I joined Fleetwood Mac. He was an amazing guitar player - he was funny, sweet - and he was smart. I am so very sorry for his family and for the family of Fleetwood Mac - so, so sad.'
As a songwriter, Welch had his songs recorded by Kenny Rogers, Sammy Hagar, the Pointer Sisters and others.
In 1999 he released a CD, Bob Welch Looks at Bop, a salute to bebop music in the 1940s.
Heyday: Welch, centre, was in the band between 1971 and 1974, and was a guitarist and vocalist. Pictured here in 1973 with, from left Bob Weston, Christine McVie, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood
Heyday: Welch, centre, was in the band between 1971 and 1974, and was a guitarist and vocalist. Pictured here in 1973 with (from left) Bob Weston, Christine McVie, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood
In an interview with The Tennessean in 2003, Welch said he never dreamed he'd be remembered for much.
'I just wanted to play guitar in a good band,' he said. 'I wanted to make the music I love. I wanted to travel the world and have adventures.'
Welch also said 'music is disposable now. It doesn't have the emotional impact anymore. That's sad.'
He had lived in Nashville since the 1990s.
Welch is the second member of Fleetwood Mac to die this year. In January, another former guitarist for the band, Bob Weston, died in London from a gastrointestinal haemorrhage, at age 64.       
Former bandmates: Fleetwood Mac circa 1972/1973, Welch is seen in the middle
Former bandmates: Fleetwood Mac circa 1972/1973, Welch is seen in the middle

Melanie Griffith The 54-year-old Working Girl - No Longer Looks Like Melanie Griffith - Cosmetic Surgery Has Removed Her Cute Pixie Features And Replaced Them With A 'Vacant' Beyond Recognition Look.

Melanie Griffith when she looked like...... Melanie Griffith
Working it Girl: Melanie Griffith looked great on the red carpet at the 40th AFI Life Achievement Award honoring Shirley MacLaine in Culver City tonight

Melanie Griffith on the red carpet at the 40th AFI Life Achievement Award honoring Shirley MacLaine in Culver City .
Cuddling up: Melanie teamed up with fellow movie veteran Marcia Gay Harden on the red carpet

Melanie with fellow movie veteran Marcia Gay Harden .
Tea-rific: Melanie and Meryl Streep shared some gossip over an old fashioned cuppa 

 Melanie and Meryl Streep
Friends: Melanie seemed to be getting on famously with her younger rival Jennifer Aniston 

 Melanie and Jennifer Aniston - Melanie or Jane Fonda ?
Giving a clap: The trio could not resist delivering a standing ovation when Shirley took to the stage