Karen Black lost her battle to cancer, and breathed her last here Thursday. She was 74. Her husband Stephen Eckelberry boke the sad news on his Facebook page via a post, reports femalefirst.co.uk. “It is with great sadness that I have to report that my wife and best friend, Karen Black has just passed away, only a few minutes ago. Thank you all for all your prayers and love, they meant so much to her as they did to me,” read his post on the social networking website. She was married three times before she exchanged vows with Eckelberry in 1987.
In November 2010, Black was diagnosed with ampullary cancer, a rare form of the disease which affects the bile duct, and she had one third of her pancreas removed. She went public with her health battle in 2012. In March 2013, she launched an appeal to help fund her treatment on crowdsourcing website kickstarter.com.
Black appeared in over 100 movies, but she is best known for her role as Rayette Dipesto in 1970 movie `Five Easy Pieces`, for which she even earned a best supporting actress Academy Award nomination. During a career spanning five decades, Black also starred in movies including `The Great Gatsby` (1974), for which she also won a Golden Globe award, `The Day of the Locust` and `Nashville`.
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David Beckham and his wife Victoria are considering the possibility of buying the Miami Beach mansion that belonged to slain Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace, the South Florida Business Journal said on its website. The 38-year-old former England international soccer star could be one of the bidders for Casa Casuarina in a Sep 17 auction.
Pop star Justin Bieberreportedly left a night club here with two waitresses by his side following a brawl. The 19-year-old’s visit to Southampton hotspot South Pointe ended in a fight Aug 6. He walked out with waitresses Diana Bhokasub, 24, and Sophia Rayo, 32, arm in arm, reports nydailynews.com. The “Baby” singer is currently being investigated by police after he got into a fight with a fellow reveller as he partied the night away. The fight is thought to have been triggered by a heated exchange between Bieber and a male club goer after a female friend attempted to hit on the singer in his VIP section. The singer’s friends and members of his security were involved in the fight after he was escorted out, and an eyewitness reported seeing blood.
Jennifer Love Hewitt, who is expecting her first child, is trying to work hard towards a fit post-pregnancy figure. She was spotted exercising with a workout ball in a park here. The 34-year-old, who is expecting the baby with her fiance, actor Brian Hallisay, hit the park with a giant workout ball, reports radaronline.com. The `If Only` actress wore a gray-coloured tank top, flaunting her growing belly. Her purple pants perfectly matched the bouncy ball. In a recent interview with US Weekly, Hewitt had said that she is working with a trainer to do cardio and weights so that her arms are strong enough to hold the baby.
Mark Wahlberg recently bumped into two girls, who mistook him for actor Matt Damon. The girls even got themselves clicked with Wahlberg, and after their chance meeting, they tried to boast about their encounter with the actor, whom they thought was Damon, reports aceshowbiz.com. They uploaded the photographs on a social networking site, with the caption: “We saw Matt Damon.” Wahlberg noticed it, but played it cool. He posted the photos on his Facebook page. “Close Enough,” he posted with a smiley-face emoticon, along with the pictures.
Hollywood actor Jason Sudeikis has revealed that his sense of smell is weak. Sudeikis, who is engaged to actress Olivia Wilde, admits he never really noticed his inability to enjoy good and bad scents as a kid, reports femalefirst.co.uk. “People start complaining about the smell of your feet and you’re like, ‘I can’t smell it’,” Sudeikis said. “I’d be around other 20 years old and we would go by places in the Mid-West that smelled like c**p and I couldn’t tell… I had no idea,” he added. To prove the point, Sudeikis agreed to take part in an experiment during his appearance on the US show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Wednesday. During the show, he had to guess the identity of objects he was holding while blindfolded. The actor touched to identify the objects, but said he couldn’t smell any of the items.
Singer John Mayer has teamed up with his pop star girlfriend Katy Perry to record a romantic duet for his new album “Paradise Valley”. Mayer and Perry recently rekindled their dwindling relationship. The duo sealed their latest reunion by collaborating on the track, a country-style number called “Who you love”, which will be their first musical pairing, reports contactmusic.com. “Paradise Valley”, which will also feature a track by singer Frank Ocean, is slated to release later this month.
Singer Demi Lovato is busy nursing a sprained foot. She was attempting to scale an indoor rock climbing wall without a safety harness — and suffered the sprain. The 20-year-old claims she forgot to go through the necessary safety checks before hitting the wall, reports femalefirst.co.uk. The `Skyscraper` singer shared the news via micro blogging website Twitter. “That one time I sprained my foot because I was the idiot that rock-climbed without strapping into a harness first. Not my brightest moment. Worst part is – I wasn`t trying to be ballsy. I just forgot… who does that?” read her tweet. Lovato is no stranger to clumsy injuries as she was fitted with a surgical boot and crutches in February after reportedly slipping on her polished hardwood floors at her mansion here.
Actor Liam Hemsworth and singer Miley Cyrus put an end to rumours of their split by walking together at the red carpet premiere of his new movie `Paranoia`.Cyrus, 20, who was there to support her fiance, proudly flashed her engagement ring, and she even put an arm firmly around her beau here Thursday, reports dailymail.co.uk. Hemsworth wore a black suit for the event, while the “We can`t stop” singer flaunted a red and black leather dress and completed the look with white heels and a satchel.
Kristen Bell says she and her actor-fiance Dax Shepard don’t feel it is important to have a wedding, which gives them a fixed date to celebrate their togetherness. The new parents have been engaged since 2010. But marriage is not on their mind, reports femalefirst.co.uk. “We’re not having a wedding. It’s not a desire of either of ours to have any sort of day of celebration for us. I feel like we get enough attention in our daily lives and we just want something sort of private that involves pen and paper,” Bell said.
Bell insists that even if they exchange vows, they would prefer it to be a casual affair as they feel it would be right to get all the legal formalities done as they have a daughter now. “It could be any day. Honestly, I could go home and we could do it today, there’s no forethought really going into it. We do want all of the legal opportunities that come with a binding marriage, especially now that we have a kid. “It’s very important, there are a lot of things that you need to make available and have in writing for your kid … Yeah, one of these days though,” said Bell. The couple welcomed a baby daughter in May.
