Toasty, fruity aroma from Champagne provided by the bursts of tiny bubblesSeptember 30th, 2009 Champagne aroma comes from the bubblesWASHINGTON — Don Ho was right. It is the tiny bubbles.
Researchers say toasty, fruity aroma from Champagne provided by the bursts of tiny bubblesSeptember 30th, 2009 Researchers: Champagne's aroma comes from bubblesWASHINGTON — Don Ho was right. It is the tiny bubbles.
Ozzy Osbourne's chimp ad dropped from TV over ape abuseSeptember 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Brit singer Ozzy Osbourne's new Samsung smartphone ad has been dropped from TV screens in the US after allegations of ape abuse surfaced. Animal rights activists at People for The Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) lobbied to get the ad axed after spotting a performing chimpanzee in it.
Naked Katie Green wears bubbles in steamy tub shoot!September 9th, 2009 LONDON - Model Katie Green left little to imagination as she stripped off in a tub while posing for the camera. The British beauty dropped her layers with some strategically placed bubbles to cover up her modesty.
Affidavit shows Michael Jackson's last night alive was sleepless and medicatedAugust 25th, 2009 For Jackson, a long and medicated nightMichael Jackson was given a series of sedatives by Dr. Conrad Murray on June 25, the day the singer died, according to an affidavit released Monday in Houston:
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Late songwriter Cindy Walker leaves songs to Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame and MuseumAugust 13th, 2009 Late songwriter leaves songs to country museumNASHVILLE, Tenn. — The late Texas songwriter Cindy Walker has left an unusual and generous gift to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum: Her catalog of about 500 songs, many of them pop and country classics.
Bubbles the chimp to release memoir chronicling life with MJAugust 5th, 2009 LONDON - Michael Jackson's one-time associate, Bubbles the chimp, has penned a tell-all diary which chronicles his life with the recently deceased King of Pop. The tome, Bubbles: My Secret Diary, From Swaziland to Neverland, will be released by publisher John Blake, who says the spoof memoir was a "collection of very personal and honest entries from (Bubbles') diary," giving readers the "whole story" of the chimpanzee's life, reports The Telegraph.
Faux-memoir by Tarzan's chimp pal Cheeta among contenders for literature's prestigious BookerJuly 28th, 2009 Chimp's memoir among contenders for Booker PrizeLONDON — The purported autobiography of a movie-star chimpanzee is among the contenders for Britain's most prestigious literary award. "Me Cheeta" is one of 13 novels on the Booker Prize longlist.
Jackson's death certificate leaves cause unanswered; brain still being tested by coronersJuly 8th, 2009 Jackson's death certificate leaves cause unknown
LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson's death certificate has been released without a listed cause of death and a coroner said investigators are still testing the singer's brain. Public health officials issued the death certificate on Tuesday, the same day public and private memorials were held in Los Angeles.
Jacko's pal Bubbles the chimp not to attend his funeralJuly 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Late King of Pop Michael Jackson's old friend Bubbles the chimp will not be attending his funeral. The ape will be kept 3,000 miles away when Jackson is laid to rest in California, and it will spend the day listening to "calming flute music" at the animal sanctuary in Wauchula, Florida, where it presently lives.
Michael Jackson leaves behind a legend of music and art: Priya DuttJune 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Priya Dutt, Congress member of the Lok Sabha from Mumbai North Central, says she is a great fan of King of Pop Michael Jackson, who "leaves behind the legend of his music and his art". Describing him as "a modern day Elvis Presley", Dutt, daughter of yesteryears star Sunil Dutt, said: "Like Presley was the King of Rock and Roll he was the King of Pop."
"It was a very sad loss," said Dutt who was in Washington with a group of parliamentarians for the interactive leg of the third edition of India-Yale Parliamentary Leadership Programme at the Yale University campus in New Haven, Connecticut.
Michael Jackson's chimp pal Bubbles 'set to become film star'June 29th, 2009 LONDON - Michael Jackson's chimpanzee pal Bubbles is set to become the subject of a Hollywood movie and book, according to his owner. The ape was a constant companion to the singer but had to be given up in 2003 when he became too aggressive.
Stress didn't kill Michael, says dad Joe JacksonJune 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Michael Jackson's father does not think stress killed his son. While in an exclusive interview with FOX News' Geraldo Rivera, Joe said "we're going to miss the great superstar, the biggest known in the world."
When he was asked if he'll be better known in death than life, Joe Jackson said the attention "should have been done while he was alive so he could enjoy it."
A statement by Jackson's family released to People magazine said their "pain cannot be described in words."
The family said Jackson's death was "one of the darkest moments of our lives we find it hard to find the words appropriate to this sudden tragedy we all had to encounter."
"Our beloved son, brother and father of three children has gone so unexpectedly, in such a tragic way and much too soon.
What made Michael Jackson a legendJune 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Remembering the ebb and flow of late King of Pop Michael Jackson's career, the critics are busy jotting down facts that made the singer a legend. And, now, a report shedding light on such facts reveals that Jackson's Billie Jean made him the first black artist whose video to have his video broadcast on MTV.
Jackson family statement on death of pop superstarJune 28th, 2009 Jackson family statement on death of pop starTranscript of statement issued by the family of Michael Jackson through People magazine:
"In one of the darkest moments of our lives we find it hard to find the words appropriate to this sudden tragedy we all had to encounter. Our beloved son, brother and father of three children has gone so unexpectedly, in such a tragic way and much too soon.