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Maya Angelou Has Been Taken to Hospital

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This is just a quick update to mention that respected and much-loved author Maya Angelou has been hospitalised. The 81-year-old best-selling/ Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer was taken to hospital Saturday 3 October 2009. According to TMZ, she was scheduled to be honored at the Brave Heart Awards in Los Angeles. The awards were to celebrate women who made significant changes in their professional fields. Story developing and I’ll post more should more details be released. Get well soon Maya Angelou.

[UPDATE: TMZ have corrected their earlier reports, including, from what I hear an inaccurate statement that Angelou had died.]

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Celebrity Twitter Reactions as RHOA Star Killed

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Celebrities, including some of the main stars of The Real Housewives of Atlanta RHOA, have taken to their Twitter pages to spread prayers and messages of condolence to Kandi Burruss for her loss. As you may know by now, Kandi Burruss’ ex-fiance, from whom she had broken up so they could work on their relationship, Ashley A.J. Jewell also known as A.J. Jewell, was killed yesterday.

A.J. Jewell was involved in a brawl outside of a strip club and sources say he received severe head injuries. As an update to yesterday’s report, someone is finally in custody for the killing. An Atlanta police spokesman, James Polite, says a man named Fredrick Richardson has been arrested and charged with voluntary manslaughter of Jewell.

Below are the celebrity Twitter reactions to RHOA star A.J. Jewell being killed.

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A.J. Jewell Ex-Fiance of Kandi Burruss RHOA RIP

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This is such terrible and sad news. Those who have been glued to the current season of the Real Housewives of Atlanta will be all over this, but this is such sad news and a tragic loss of life that I have to acknowledge it here.

I’ve been watching the RHOA and had of course noted, during certain earlier episodes, the relationship between Kandi Burruss and her fiance at the time, A.J. Jewell. The pair and their relationship had been featured on-screen and so millions of people are going to be in shock at this news. In fact, when it broke a little earlier, many cried foul and assumed reports were false.

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Spencer Pratt & Heidi Montag Barely Have Sex

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This is a terribly urgent update on the sex life of Heidi Montag and her flesh-colour bearded husband, Spencer Pratt, that I must let you know right now.

I know that you worry so, whenever more than one week goes by where the sex-capades of these two idiots are not laid bare. Well, worry no more. None other than CNN is here to give you a short, sharp update as to how often Montag and Pratt are doing the nasty.

Why do CNN care, you ask? I know not. But I do know enough to assume that this coverage on CNN indicates a fair likelihood that the wars of the world are over, and the ills of the world are cured. Perhaps. You see, I was too scared to actually check their homepage to verify the aforementioned. But there’s just no other reason I can fathom, as to why else they would ever cover this.

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Tori Spelling Hospitalised Twice in Two Days

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Tori Spelling was in hospital twice, in two days, with severe abdominal pains.

That, for people without a fancy medical background, is sometimes referred to as the nasty stomach ouchies. The first time Spelling was admitted on Monday, she was later released within only a few hours. Spelling was taken to hospital again Tuesday afternoon. She has already been released.

  • Her husband, Dean McDermott, Twittered a message about the matter: “Just out of the hospital. After a battery of tests, no conclusive answers. She still feels terrible. Hope it passes soon. She’s in a lot of pain.” (via Dean McDermott’s Twitter)

Image credit to Juan Rico/Fame. Quote via Twitter & story via NY Post & People.

Bijou Phillips Twitter Response to Incest Claims

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“Exploiting the history of our family and the death of our father John Phillips for the release of a book is disgusting. Allegations of sexual abuse are not only hurtful, but malicious when he is not here to defend himself. When I was young my sister told me about this. It ruined my life and my relationship with my father.”

“Up till that point, I was a normal kid. I got good grades, loved my horse, was pretty innocent. I moved out to NYC, at 13. Started doing drugs, did not talk to my Dad anymore. I wrote that song, in response to what my sister had told me. I was deeply fucked up. I’m 29 now, I’ve talked to everyone who was around during that time, I’ve asked the hard questions. I do not believe my Sister. Our father is many things, This is not one of them.  My Dad and I made up when I was 20, a year before he died. I’m sad I lost those years with him, and I lost those years at home.”

Bijou Phillips used her Twitter (via ONTD) to release a second response to the incest allegations of half-sister Mackenzie Phillips against their father, the late John Phillips. This is after initially corroborating the allegations along with sister, Chynna.

Image credit to Juan Rico/Fame Pictures. Quote via ONTD.