The Guardian (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Research into song lyrics about sexual violence reveals that they both support and empower women Back in 1962, the Crystals released a song called He Hit Me (And it Felt like a Kiss) . "If he didn't care for me," warbled one of the most popular American "girl groups" of the day, "I could have never made him mad. But he hit me and I was glad." Deborah Finding, from the...
The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Former Nebraska RB Thunder Collins was sentenced to life imprisonment Tuesday following a guilty verdict on charges of first-degree murder and attempted murder in August. Collins, a previous junior college All-American, was arrested in September 2008 for killing Timothy Thomas and wounding Marshall Turner. Collins claimed that he acted in self defense, and that he [...]
PopEater Music Blog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Filed under: Movie News , Troublemakers , Celebrity Scandal Randy Quaid and his wife Evi don't have to worry about getting shackled and thrown in the back of a squad car any time soon. An arrest warrant has been dropped for the couple, who are accused of stiffing a posh hotel out of $10,000. The prosecutor ... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
The Kill Zone (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
John Ramsey Miller Recently I listened to, “Breaking Through The Wall Of Sound,” an audiobook about Phil Spector, and it was a very sad listen. I’m sure most people are familiar with Spector, if not for his unprecedented unbroken string of number one hits in the fifties that lasted through the eighties, then because he was convicted of murdering actress Lana Clarkson. Spector produced...
The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Dr. Phil McGraw has responded to the lawsuit filed against him by a former patient who claims she was physically and emotionally abused. The TV shrink denies ever subjecting Shirley Dieu to brainwashing. Dieu sued Dr. Phil, his show’s producers, and Paramount Pictures, for apparently brainwashing her and forcing her to be in a room with [...]
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
Phil Spector's wife Rachelle Short says that they never discussed the murder of Lana Clarkson.
Celebrity - Female First (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
Phil Spector has never discussed the night he murdered Lana Clarkson with his wife.Rachelle Short - who married the music producer in 2006, three years after Clarkson was killed - claims she has never asked her husband about the incident, even after he was convicted of second degree murder earlier this year. The 29-year-old aspiring actress told No...
Backseat Cuddler (Free subscription) | 21/09/2009
Poor Phil Spector. He’s not enjoying prison so well. He wrote a letter to a fan in which he gripes: “This 24/7 lockdown life is slowly driving me insane and killing (me).” He also doesn’t feel that he was given enough time to transition from being outside to being inside serving his minimum 19 year sentence for [...]
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 21/09/2009
Incarcerated PHIL SPECTOR fears for his life behind bars despite winning a bid to remain in a high-security prison, telling a fan that jail time is "killing"...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 18/09/2009
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Music producer and convicted murderer Phil Spector says life behind bars is driving him "insane".
Reuters (Free subscription) | 18/09/2009
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Music producer and convicted murderer Phil Spector says life behind bars is driving him "insane".
Gawker (Free subscription) | 18/09/2009
In a letter that Phil Spector — currently serving 19-years-to-life for murdering Lana Clarkson — wrote to a pen pal, and exclusively obtained by Gawker, the music legend is convinced that...
Defamer (Free subscription) | 17/09/2009
In a letter that Phil Spector — currently serving 19-years-to-life for murdering Lana Clarkson — wrote to a pen pal, and exclusively obtained by Gawker, the music legend is convinced that...
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 14/09/2009
Incarcerated PHIL SPECTOR's son has taken aim at the music mogul's wife over comments she made suggesting his testimony helped put the producer behind bars.Rachelle...
California Rumor (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
Phil Spector's young wife Rachelle Short will fight on for the imprisoned music producer. Spector, in the latest development to his conviction for the murder of Lana Clarkson, has put together an appeal to overturn the jury verdict that last year put him away in a California prison for 19 years to life. Short has been told the chances of success in the appeal are slim. But she said: "I believe...
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