September 6, 2012
Actor Michael Clarke Duncan died of natural causes
Green Mile actor Michael Clarke Duncan died of natural causes, a US coroner has confirmed. The 54-year-old died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Monday. He had not recovered from a heart attack he suffered in July. Meanwhile,…
September 6, 2012
Patti LaBelle settles assault lawsuit, woman’s attorney says
Patti LaBelle has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a complaint that she verbally and physically assaulted a mother and her 18-month-old daughter in a Manhattan apartment lobby two years ago, the mother's lawyer said Wednesday. The agreement ends a…
September 6, 2012
Tom Cruise lawyer denies reports he ‘auditioned brides’
A lawyer for Tom Cruise has denied claims that the Church of Scientology embarked on a long-term "auditioning" process to find the actor a new partner, after his 2001 divorce from Nicole Kidman. Bert Fields called a Vanity Fair report, previewed on…
September 6, 2012
Seal, Heidi Klum Close to Settling Their Divorce
TMZ is reporting that Seal and Heidi Klum, who were married for seven years before they separated in January, are close to settling their divorce. Sources told the website that the singer is now ready to end their marriage and recognizes that the…
September 6, 2012
R Kelly to return to explicit music
R Kelly has been all about romance on his last two albums, but the self-proclaimed Pied Piper of R&B says he isn't going to abandon the explicit music that helped make him famous. "Absolutely not, and I tell people all the time man," Kelly said…
September 6, 2012
IMF’s listening ear
Barbados now has the opportunity to have its economic strategy clearly understood by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which has promised it will listen to local and regional views. This opportunity emerged yesterday at the start of the…
September 5, 2012
3 Brazil politicians charged with corruption
Four politicians were arrested and three others were being sought in an anti-corruption sting in a Rio de Janeiro town, officials said yesterday, describing it as an example of other operations that are under way. Among the seven arrested or…
September 5, 2012
Son of US judge charged with murder in Puerto Rico
The son of a U.S. federal court judge in Puerto Rico is charged with killing his wife in a case that has been subject of intense media coverage on the island all summer. Pablo Casellas Toro was taken into custody after surrendering in the company of…
September 5, 2012
Pressure on T&T Prime Minister to fire Jack Warner
Members of the Congress of the People (COP) has renewed pressure on Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to take action in relation to Minister of National Security Jack Warner from her Cabinet.Party officials confirmed the National Council of the…
September 5, 2012
Dominican-U.S. operation nets 1,525Ks cocaine at sea
The National Drug Control Agency, the Navy and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) seized 1,525 kilos of cocaine near the coast of Saona island Tuesday, one of the biggest drug busts so far this year. The DNCD said four people were…