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Tom Petty Dies; Rock Legend Was 66 (UPDATED)

On a day already rocked by the tragic mass shooting in Las Vegas , this news is not exactly welcome. But it would have been grim news on any day: Music legend Tom Petty has passed away at 66. Just a short while ago, TMZ reported Tom Petty’s condition, which took a turn for the worse and never recovered. Apparently, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member had been found unconscious in full cardiac arrest Sunday. He was, of course, immediately rushed to the hospital. EMTs were able to get a pulse in his Malibu home, but having a pulse doesn’t mean a recovery is necessarily in order. It probably goes without saying that spending minutes without oxygen pumping to your brain is never good. Even a matter of crucial seconds in such a state can be the difference from making a recovery and not. Unfortunately, despite Petty regaining his pulse and being spirited with all due haste to UCLA Santa Monica Hospital, it just wasn’t enough. TMZ ‘s sources say that he was immediately placed on life support in an effort to stabilize his vital signs. From the moment that hew as found, the Heartbreakers’ frontman’s condition was considered “critical.” Petty’s close friends and loved ones were reportedly upset but unwilling to disclose details about his condition or what may have led to it. To make matters worse, new information about the singer-songwriter’s health came just an hour or so ago. Upon arrival at the hospital, medical professionals determined that Tom Petty had no signs of brain activity. That means brain death, which in all terms save the standard used to declare time of death, meant that he was no longer living. The decision was made at that time to remove Petty from life support, and thus, multiple news outlets are now reporting his passing. Tom is, as we said, a Rock legend. (Honestly, I’ve had his massive hit, “Breakdown,” playing in a loop on my head as I’ve written this – and I wouldn’t even consider Rock to be one of my music genres. That’s the kind of reach that Tom Petty has) A lot of networks are playing his other hits, like “Free Fallin,'” “Mary Jane’s Last Dance,” “I Won’t Back Down” and countless others. Tasteful references to his work seem like a perfect way to honor him, and we expect to hear plenty of them in the coming weeks. Petty rose to fame in the 1970s with his band, the Heartbreakers. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. Tom was also a successful solo artist and performed with Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison and George Harrison in the band The Traveling Wilburys. Though Petty and his band debuted their self-titled record in 1976, they continued to perform to packed arenas over the past four decades. He played his last show last Monday, performing three sold-out shows at the Hollywood Bowl to conclude their 40th anniversary tour. The Florida native will undoubtedly down as one of the most successful and beloved singer-songwriters of his or any generation. R.I.P. UPDATE: CBS News is retracting its original report that Petty has passed away. The singer has been removed from life support, but according to a hospital source, he’s currently “clinging to life.” We will continue to monitor the situation and bring you further updates as more information becomes available. View Slideshow: Celebrities Who Died in 2017: In Memoriam

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Stevie Wonder Kneels ‘For America’ At Global Citizen Festival

Stevie Wonder took both knees during his set at the 2017 Global Citizen Fest on September 23 to support Colin Kaepernick and pray ‘for our planet, our future, our leaders of the world, and our globe.’

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Luis Fonsi Tearfully Calls For Unity And Help For Puerto Rico

Luis Fonsi was overcome with emotion during a September 22 concert in Hollywood, Florida, and encouraged the audience to aid in Hurricane Irma relief efforts.

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Not So Fast Ladies, This Hot Cop Is Highly Problematic

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Remember the selfie of the Florida Hurricane Irma first responders who went viral because of their good looks? According to The Gainesville Sun , one of them has questionable thoughts when it comes to diversity and inclusion. Officer Michael Hamill, one of the viral ‘Hot Cops,’ is being dragged for allegedly making anti-Semitic posts, inc… https://t.co/QrbF09Agf7 — Luca Forzin (@Luca_Forzin) September 15, 2017 Officer Michael Hamill is now being outed for several Facebook posts where he made anti-semitic remarks and called for the “Hitler method” in dealing with people who take advantage of government resources. The Gainesville Police Department is reportedly reviewing a complaint against Hamill, but will not disclose details until the investigation is completed. The outlet also reports that they received screenshots of several troubling messages. Meet Officer Michael Hamill of the Gainesville PD. pic.twitter.com/rPGSWM8DSq — Julian® (@sixxis311) September 15, 2017 In one post from April 2013 Hamill wrote: “ Who knew that reading jewish jokes before I go to bed would not only make me feel better about myself but also help me to sleep better as well. Here is one for everybody, “What’s the difference between boy scouts and jews?” Anybody know? Well it is because “Boy scouts come back from their camps.” After a critic responded to Hill’s post calling it “messed up,” Hamill replied, “u don’t like it? don’t read it then.” A second post from 2011 says,  “so I find it funny that people will talk about how our government needs to do something about our economy and in reality it’s YOU who needs to stop taking advantage of our system and get a life and do something with your life. Gotta love reality when it hits you in the face. Stupid people annoy me. Put them in an oven and deal with them the Hitler way. Haha.” The Gainesville Police Department received thousands of likes and replies after the photo of Hamill and his colleagues was posted on social media earlier this week. Guess it’s true that all that glitters isn’t gold. SOURCE: The Gainesville Sun DON’T MISS: Ring The Alarm: These Fine A** First Responders Have Women Losing Their Minds 8 Florida Nursing Home Residents Found Dead After Hurricane Irma Power Outage Multiple Deaths Reported In The Aftermath Of Hurricane Irma [ione_media_gallery src=”https://hellobeautiful.com” id=”2958525″ overlay=”true”]

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Exclusive: Mary J. Blige & Kendu Owe $1.7 Million

R&B Diva And Estranged Husband Facing Money Trouble Mary J. Blige and her soon-to-be-ex husband Kendu Isaacs may be in the process of getting a divorce, but they are still joined at the hip when it comes to money matters. That’s because the exes have been accused of owing nearly $2 million. The Internal Revenue Service last week slapped the one time couple with a federal tax lien for $1.7 million in back taxes. In total, the feds said their couple – who are in the midst of a bitter divorce – are in the hole to the tune of $1,764,724, according to public records obtained by BOSSIP. The IRS doesn’t mess around when it comes to collecting debts, so Mary and Kendu could face seizure of their homes, cash or other assets in order to pay the bill. Mary has hit the road and is in the midst of a national tour to bring in money after a judge ordered her to pay Kendu some $30,000 a month in temporary child support so he can get back on his feet. Singer Mary J. Blige performing live in concert during her ‘Strength of a Woman Tour’ at The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater in Miami Beach, Florida. Featuring: Mary J Blige Where: Miami Beach, Florida, United States When: 22 Aug 2017 Credit: Johnny Louis/WENN.com Mary and Kendu were married for 12 years before she called it quits earlier this year. She said her husband – who was also her manager – cheated on her and misappropriated more than $400,000 of her money on dubious “business expenses.” However, this isn’t the first time that Mary has apparently single handedly pulled the pair out of a financial hole. Last year, the “Not Gon’ Cry” singer cleared a tax debt to the state of New Jersey for $166,292 as well as $30,915 to the state in 2013, according to public records. And in 2007, records show that Blige coughed up $1.9 million to settle another IRS tax debt.

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Feeling This Get Up? Kim Kardashian Flashes Poon Under Sheer Pantyhose

  Kim Kardashian is seen with shear pants showing her underwear while out in New York City. Are You Feeling This Get Up? Kimmy Cakes Exposes Panties In Sheer Bottom Okay…this look was definitely (we are guessing) styled by Kanye. He must have wanted to showcase Kim’s greatest asset, her cooch. Kim rocked a scant handful of clothing under a large leather blazer. This get up included a bandeu top and sheer pants with her drawls exposed. Are you feeling it? Splash News Photos

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Science? I Don’t Know Her: Rush Limbaugh Calls Hurricane Irma A Liberal Conspiracy Then Evacuates Faster Than His Hairline Did

George Gojkovich/Getty Images Rush Limbaugh Rushes Out Of Florida For Hurricane “Conspiracy” Rush Limbaugh spent the first part of this week acting as if Hurricane Irma was all some conspiracy used to sell bottled water and batteries. Last year, his story was a little different but still just as idiotic, suspecting that the storms were somehow part of a liberal conspiracy to push a climate change agenda. While Hurricane Irma was being advertised as a category 5 natural disaster, Limbaugh said things like: “You can accomplish a lot just by creating fear and panic. You don’t need a hurricane to hit anywhere. All you need is to create the fear and panic accompanied by talk that climate change is causing hurricanes to become more frequent and bigger and more dangerous, and you create the panic, and it’s mission accomplished, agenda advanced.” How is it legal for Rush Limbaugh to undercut cat 5 hurricane warnings? If ppl don't evacuate & die because of him can't he be charged? — Adam McKay (@GhostPanther) September 6, 2017 “You don’t need a hurricane to hit anywhere”….BUT LIKE IT’S ABOUT TO, MY GUY. After dedicating his time to accusing the earth of pushing a liberal agenda, looks like Rush himself is evacuating Florida. He went on his broadcast on Thursday to announce that he could no longer record the next day’s program in the studio, but didn’t want “to get into details” and it’s “legally impossible for us to originate the program out of here.” Miraculously, science was right all along and hurricanes DO exist. Water actually does fall from the sky. And winds, they blow. Crazy how things work out.

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There Was A Tiger Running The Streets Of Atlanta And It Was Terrifying

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Source: Christian Augustin / Getty A Bengal tiger was found wandering around the metro Atlanta earlier this week and it terrified and entire community. ___ Officials say the tiger had escaped from its cage while it was being transported from Tampa, Florida, to Memphis, Tennessee. Frightened residents called the police after the tiger was seen roaming through area near Interstate 75 and Jodeco Road in the metro Atlanta county. The female tiger even attacked a dog before it was shot dead by police. ___    CLICK HERE TO READ MORE The Latest Music, Celebrities and Interviews: Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Close Thank you for subscribing! Please be sure to open and click your first newsletter so we can confirm your subscription. Email Submit

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Bobbi Kristina Brown Biopic: Watch the First Trailer!

Bobbi Kristina Brown tragically died on the 26th of July, 2015. That's only two years ago. Realistically, no matter what her death certificate says, Bobbi Kristina's life ended in that bathtub, about half a year earlier. There's already a made-for-television biopic coming out, though. And you can watch the very emotional trailer below. It's hard to imagine anything good coming from this. You can't talk about Bobbi Kristina without talking about her death. Many people believe that Bobbi Kristina Brown's death, which hauntingly mirrored Whitney Houston's, came at the hands of Nick Gordon. The prevailing theory is that Nick Gordon was Bobbi Kristina's long-time abuser before he went too far and ended her life. (Though, to be clear, any abuse is “too far”) Nick Gordon has already been found legally liable for Bobbi Kristina's death , to the tune of $36 million . Criminal liability is another thing, though investigators say that they are working to build a case and compile evidence. (Rushing to prosecute a wealthy man in a celebrity case is a recipe for disaster, and it's not uncommon for homicide cases to be years in the making) Though the biopic trailer shows some frightening moments between Bobbi Kristina and Nick Gordon, we have to wonder exactly how their relationship will be portrayed. Over the summer, Nick Gordon was arrested for kidnapping and domestic battery . This arrest, which took place in Florida, is based upon accusations and testimony (plus physical and medical evidence) by Gordon's ex-girlfriend, Laura Leal. Allegedly, after an extended period of gradually escalating physical abuse (followed by the usual empty apologies), Nick Gordon had pinned Leal to the bed and was punching her in the face so hard that she was losing consciousness and covered in her own blood. She says that it was only because she was able to grab a candlestick and strike back at Nick that she was able to escape and flee to wake up Nick's mother, asleep in a different room in the house, to receive sanctuary. She then went to police. Nick Gordon was arrested. Laura Leal sees frightening parallels in the beatings and abuse she accused Nick Gordon of inflicting upon her and everything that she's now heard about Bobbi Kristina Brown. She said that, until that day when she thought that he might kill her and everything that she heard afterwards, she had dismissed past accusations against Nick Gordon as “rumors.” That is no longer the case. Laura Leal acknowledges that she could have died the same way. Given the obvious parallels, investigators who are looking into Bobbi Kristina's death stated that they consider Nick Gordon's arrest as evidence in their own investigation. Nick Gordon pleads not guilty , for whatever that's worth to public opinion. What does all of this have to do with the biopic? Well, we wonder what they'll show. Will they portray Nick Gordon as a violent, abusive monster? Will they show Nick Gordon ending Bobbi Kristina's life? Or … will they avoid potential lawsuits from Nick Gordon and show no abuse, let alone murder? Maybe limiting themselves to some awkward or tense exchanges or some implications of abuse but never showing anything for sure. The former option would seem like a huge legal risk that, um, no network would want to take. The latter … would strike anyone who believes that Nick Gordon is the monster responsible for ending Bobbi Kristina's life as just plain irresponsible and a gross misrepresentation. Either way, why make this movie now until after Nick Gordon's conviction? We guess that they just wanted to rush it out and be the first to make a Bobbi Kristina biopic, but … the judgment here is questionable. On Sunday, October 8th, we guess that we'll all find out together how good (or bad) of a job they did with this biopic. For right now, watch the trailer for yourself and decide if this is something that you want to see at all.

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For The First Time In Florida’s History, A White Man Will Be Executed For Killing A Black Man

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Despite all of the racial tension happening in America these days — history is still being made, slowly but surely. For the first time in Florida’s modern history, a White person will be executed for killing a Black person. The Miami Herald reports that 53-year-old Mark James Asay is scheduled to die by lethal injection in Florida State Prison on Thursday night for the racially motivated killing of Robert Lee Booker, who was Black, and Robert “Renee” McDowell, who was Hispanic, in Jacksonville 30 years ago. In the 41 years since Florida reinstated the death penalty, 18 Black men have been executed for killing white victims. Adora Obi Nweze, president of the Florida NAACP, told reporters, “It does make the case [against the death penalty] even stronger that there’s this disparity gap that exists between Black and White — who gets the death penalty and who gets exonerated.” Mark James, a former White Supremacist, will also be the first person put to death with a drug called “etomidate”, leading some critics to accuse the state of using him as a guinea pig. Jen Moreno, a lethal injection expert at the University of California, told reporters, “There are outstanding questions about whether it’s going to do what it needs to do during an execution. The state hasn’t provided any information about why it has selected this drug.” The execution of Mark James Asay is scheduled for 6:00 tonight at the Florida State Prison @CBS12 pic.twitter.com/iYZNvimSFO — Maxine Bentzel (@MaxineBentzel) August 24, 2017 Asay, a prison gang member who used to sport a Swastika tattoo, was sentenced in 1988 for the murders of Booker and McDowell, after he claims he found them dressed in women’s clothes after agreeing to pay for sex. Witnesses added that Asay was searching for prostitutes when he found McDowell and shot him six times. However, Asay said he did not intend to kill McDowell, whom he described as a friend, and that he’d committed the murder in a drunken “meltdown.” Mark James Asay is set to die on Thursday night by lethal injection. [ione_media_gallery src=”https://globalgrind.cassiuslife.com” id=”1858686″ overlay=”true”]  

For The First Time In Florida’s History, A White Man Will Be Executed For Killing A Black Man