USC running back Stafon Johnson was injured Monday morning in a weight lifting accident at the USC. Lifting weights under the supervision of an assistant athletic trainer, Johnson his right hand slipped as he was bench pressing. The bar landed on his throat. After coughing up blood, he was rushed to the emergency room where he underwent surgery.
USC's strength and conditioning coach Chris Carlisle said an accident of this nature was rare,"I've seen players have the bar slip and fall onto their chest, but never in my 25 years of coaching have I heard of someone dropping a bar on their throat."
ESPN.com initially reported that it was unlikely Johnson will be ready to play against Cal at Saturday. Head Coach Pete Carroll added "We don't have a lot of information at this point, and we'll keep everyone updated, but our thoughts and prayers are with Stafon." After practice Carroll addressed the media and reiterated that he didn't know much more than Johnson suffered a serious injury and that he wouldn't know anything until after surgery.
Johnson, a senior from Dorsey High, has 157 rushing yards and a team leading five touchdowns this season. The incident launched a frenzy of Twitter messages about the star running back as well-wishers and fans hoped for a quick recovery. Apparently Johnson is pretty popular, being the number one searched term recently, according to Fad.ly.
As we reported earlier today, actress and singer Mackenzie Phillips, has just revealed the shocking family secret that she had kept hidden for 31 years. And it turns out, that the secret she had been hiding was that she’d slept with her father.
This has obviously come as a shock to many, as Mackenzie’s father was John Phillips, better known as Papa John from the 1960’s band, The Mamas & The Papas. John Phillips is the father to Jeffrey, Mackenzie, Chynna, Tamerlane and Bijou.
John Phillips was born in South Carolina, to a retired United States Marine Corps officer and a Cherokee Indian, who his father apparently met in Oklahoma. In his autobiography, John Phillips described his father as a heavy drinker.
Phillips had been married four times, with his first wife being Susan Adams, who is the mother of Jeffrey and Mackenzie Phillips. His second wife was Michelle Gilliam, who was also a member of the group The Mamas & The Papas.
The Mamas & The Papas were formed in the 1960’s and included the members Cass Elliot, Michelle Phillips and Denny Doherty, as well as John Phillips, who was the primary songwriter for the group. They went on to have several top 10 hits.
They split up in 1968 and in1970, John Phillips released his first solo album. That is when John started using narcotics. In 1972, he married his third wife, Genevieve Waite. John then moved to London in 1973, where he worked with Mick Jagger.
Then in 1981, John was convicted of drug trafficking. Could this be where Mackenzie got her drug problems from? Mackenzie says that it started, with her father raping her when she was unconscious, but soon turned into a consensual relationship.
An NBA star and former area high school player was pulled over and arrested in Prince George's County on Thursday night after a police officer found he was carrying three loaded guns, authorities said.
Delonte West, a guard for the Cleveland Cavaliers, was driving a three-wheeled motorcycle north on Interstate 95 near Route 214 in the Largo area when he cut off a Prince George's County police officer, authorities said. The officer pulled him over, and West told the officer that he was carrying a handgun in his waistband.
That prompted the officer to call for backup, and investigators found that West was actually carrying three guns: a Beretta 9mm in his waistband, a Ruger .357 strapped to his leg and a shotgun in a guitar case slung over his back, said Maj. Andy Ellis, a spokesman for the Prince George's County Police Department.
West, who is 26 and lives in Brandywine, was arrested and charged with speeding and two counts of carrying a handgun, Ellis said. He was released today on personal recognizance, according to Ellis and online court records.
Ellis said it was unclear where West was going and why he was armed.
CaribWorldNews, KINGSTON, Jamaica, Mon. Sept. 14, 2009: The mother of Jamaican reggae singer, Beres Hammond, has passed away at the phenomenal age of 98.
Roslyn Patterson passed away on September 12th in Port Maria, St. Mary, West Indian Times reports indicate. Patterson was born in Portland, Jamaica but lived most of her life in Annatto Bay, St. Mary, the website reported. Mrs. Patterson was also the grandmother of Sharon Gordon of TSO Productions.
Hammond, born Hugh Beresford Hammond, in Annotto Bay, Saint Mary, Jamaica is known in particular for his romantic lovers rock. His career began in the 1970s but he reached his greatest success in the 1990s. His first album of the new millennium was 2001`s Music Is Life, which featured an appearance by Wyclef Jean.
The 2004 release Love Has No Boundaries, had guest spots by Buju Banton and Big Youth.
November, 2008 saw the release, by VP Records, of yet another album `A Moment In Time` featuring the single `I Feel Good`.
Kelly Rutherford opened up this week on Rachel Ray about her divorce drama. The actress has a lot on her plate–Kelly is potty-training her toddler and breastfeeding her three-month old while being putt through the painful and emotional legal wrangling of her divorce from Daniel Giersch.
Bonobos pants? Does your man hate to shop? Bonobos pants may be the solution for guys who need a good pair of pants but don’t like to shop. And, apparently the secret to Bonobos is an innovation that gives men a “nice looking butt.” Love it!
Argh matey! Celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day! September 19th is the official Talk Like a Pirate Day, for those of you who don’t have this “holiday” on your calendar.
Strange how things become popular, or go viral, isn't it. According to the official Talk Like a Pirate Day was a goofy idea until Dave Barry mentioned it in his nationally syndicated newspaper column. Now it's an international event. Arrr!
Talk Like a Pirate Day 2009 is Saturday, Sept. 19th. You might ask, what is the point to the day? There is no point, according to the founders!
The whole idea is to have fun with it. Talk Like a Pirate Day 2009 is all about speaking crazily like a pirate. You'll hear the old familiar "Arrr," as well as "Avast," but the site has a lot of tips on how to say it and keep from walking the plant by saying the wrong thing.
After all, although Talk Like a Pirate Day 2009 is all about fun, and international fun at that, don't forget to not overdo the grog. Grog is an alcoholic beverage, by the way, which may get your mateys angry at you if you abuse them after getting drunk.
Additionally, if you do overdo the grog, and are at a bar trying to pick up some ladies on Talk Like a Pirate Day 2009, the site gives some example pickup lines, for both the males and females. Examples include the old familiar, "Well, blow me down," as well as the less familiar, "Avast, me proud beauty! Wanna know why my Roger is so Jolly?"
Examples for the fairer sex to use on Talk Like a Pirate Bay 2009 include the obvious "Is that a belayin' pin in yer britches, or are ye happy to see me?" and the less obvious "C'mon, lad, shiver me timbers!" So, on Saturday, talk like a pirate, have some fun, but lay off too much grog, OK?
When FX initially picked up six episodes of its first foray into animated comedy, the plan for Archer was to pair it with It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Since that greenlight, two things happened.
First, FX got trigger-happy and greenlit a whole bunch of other shows (from the likes of Louis CK and Don Cheadle). Second, and more importantly, according to FX it turns out that from start through post, it takes almost a whole month to complete one episode of Archer. With Always Sunny premiering this Thursday night at 10PM ET on FX, slotting in Archer's six eps suddenly became impossible. So the plan has changed. Instead of pairing Archer with Sunny mid-season, FX plans to launch its fantasy-football themed sitcom The League instead. However, if you were looking forward to seeing Archer, I've got some good news.
Since FX desperately wants to ensure that Archer is sampled by the very desirable Always Sunny demographic, they're going to air the pilot episode at 10:30PM ET immediately following the Sunny premiere Thursday night. The catch? Well, there isn't a catch... but they aren't telling anyone except for TV critics and other select news outlets. It won't show up in your program guides and there won't be any promos or marketing campaign indicating the date and time. This is a complete programming stunt set up purely for the numbers and aimed at seeing who sticks around to watch.
With that in mind, you should watch. The spy-themed show (which FX has now upped to a 10 ep order and plans to officially debut in January) features some stellar voice talent, including Jon Benjamin (recently seen as Master Shake in the live-action Aqua Teen finale), Aisha Tyler, Jessica Walter, Judy Greer, and Chris Parnell. I've seen a few clips from the show and the Adult Swim-ish feel might be a turn off to some. However, as the promo and clip below show, it still has enough broad comedy appeal to make a good first impression. Be sure to check back here on TV Squad on Thursday night for our review of the pilot.
Cast your iPhone in a lead box and step departed from it, people. Somebody is going to send you a text message with a square in it and then destroy your life a la that one movie with Will Smith in it when he comes in that warehouse and there’s some dude in there inside a Faraday cage and he asks “Can they really do that?” or some permutation thereof and the guy in the cage says “Yes they can” or whatever and then they take over his bank account and Will Smith has to run around and solve like a mystery or something and it turns out it was the GOVERNMENT. Seriously!
As you recall there’s an SMS bug in the iPhone that dismissed SUPER HACKERS TO STEAL YOUR TESTICLES! It will happen when they send you a message with a square in it. If you get this message, remove your pants and disinfect yourself because you've just been OWn3d!
You see, yesterday Forbes’ Andy Greenberg posted a breathless article about it and today – today! – the entire world is trying it out, ensuring that your iPhone will die. Quoth some site called Newser:
“Someone could pretty quickly take over every iPhone in the world with this,” says one of the experts. The bug could let the hacker control all the phone’s functions, including making phone calls and sending texts to other phones. Windows Mobile contains an analogous flaw, researchers say, and both Google’s Android phone and the iPhone had bugs that would allow hackers to disable their network connections—though Google has patched the problem.
Well fluff me with a Dyson Animal! Get out of the way, Martha! I’m throwing my iPhone into the
Spoilers for "The Office" season six premiere coming up just as soon as I stop being polite and start getting real...
"It's like the end of 'Spartacus.' I have seen that movie half a dozen times, and I still don't know who the real Spartacus is. And that is what makes that movie a classic whodunnit."(*) -Michael Scott
(*)For those unfamiliar with "Spartacus," Michael is talking about one of the most famous scenes in movie history.)
Coming off arguably the best season of its run so far(**), "The Office" returns with an uneven but ultimately satisfying episode. Leaving aside the unrelated parkour opening(***), "Gossip" started off slowly, but it built and built as Michael's invented gossip began hitting home, and it all came together in a very funny, and kinda sweet, climax in the conference room.
(**) Straw poll: Season two (climaxing with Jim kissing Pam) or season five (Michael and Holly, followed by The Michael Scott Paper Company)? And can anyone make an argument for why seasons one, three or four should be in the discussion?
(***) This gives me an excuse to do the obligatory parkour YouTube links, including the "Casino Royale" scene Jim refers to, a chase scene from the all-parkour French action movie "District 13," and a collection of amateur parkour highlights. If you only have time for one, go with the "District 13" clip.
Now, this episode features Michael at his most juvenile and insecure, and your mileage will obviously vary on that. But I don't mind this Michael on occasion, particularly when he's used in service to hilarious bits like the "Spartacus" reference quoted above, or his complete inability - despite Jim and Pam's warning - to keep the secret from Stanley's wife.
And the gossip plot turned into a nice showcase for the entire cast, whether it was the usual 10-second brilliance of Creed ("If I can't scuba, then what is this all about? What have I been working toward?") to Dwight's weird hang-ups ("You told people that I use store-bought manure... when I showed you where my manure comes from?") to the more elaborate subplot about Andy's gay panic. That one wins points not only for a reference to Broccoli Rob (my favorite Here Comes Treble nickname), but for Oscar's exasperation at having to comfort freaked-out heterosexual men. Ed Helms is so wonderful, and fits in so well, that's it's weird to think that the show existed for two seasons without him.
And, as with Jim and Pam dating in season four, and being engaged in season five, we see that Jim and Pam as expectant parents are not going to get in the way of the laughs. If anything, their horror at exposing their unborn child to these lunatics has even more comic potential than their fear of being outed as a couple, I think.
So, not an instant classic, but a solid start to the season.
Conflicting images of Raymond Clark III, accused of murdering Yale grad student Annie Le, are emerging since his arrest in her strangulation. Share Police hope to compare DNA from Ray Clark against pieces of evidence.
There is the Ray Clark his high school friends remember: competitive baseball player who respected authority, volunteered to help the homeless and raised money for cancer-stricken patients. He was also a member of the Asian Awareness Club.
Others, drawing mostly from memories of more recent days, saw a darker side of the 24-year-old Clark: withdrawn, officious at work, and very controlling of his fiance. There is even a police report suggesting that Clark once menaced his high school girlfriend enough for her to call the cops.
Ryan Santoro, who says he's known Clark since they were both 12 and played on a Little League baseball team together in Branford, Conn., said that he never thought of Clark as someone who would be involved in a murder case.
PHOTO! Here is a picture and bio of Doug Giles who reportedly is the father of Hannah Giles (of ACORN video fame). Doug Giles of Clash Church, Clash Radio, and the Bulldog Attitude, is reportedly the dad of those ACORN videos that LALATE has shown you over the past few weeks.
Hannah Giles personates in the hidden video as a working girl seeking ACORN guidance. Instead, ACORN got a Senate vote to end their HUD financing. Now the New York Post and Palm Beach Post report Doug Giles is Hannah Giles' father. Doug Giles' bio reads as follows:
Senior Pastor Doug Giles communicates in a sense that speaks to today's culture. Doug focuses on how to apply Christ's teachings to our lives so we each can experience God's incredible purpose each and day-after-day.
Besides his responsibilities as Senior Pastor of Clash Church in Aventura, Florida, Giles is also the creator and host of the multiple national and international award-winning radio show, ClashRadio.com.
Additionally, Giles writes a weekly column that is read worldwide on Townhall.com, among the nation's largest and most esteemed news sources. Subsequently, his articles have been taken up by several other print and online news sources, and he is an irregular guest on both major television news programs and syndicated talk radio shows.
As far as other obsessions are concerned, Doug is into hunting and fishing, oil painting, mountain biking and a bunch of other things that incorporate running, screaming, yelling and potentially breaking bones with his family and friends.
Giles has been married for 18 years to Mary Margaret Raia, and they've two teen-age daughters.
wow kate,ha g/f looking good it been great seeing you on the view,and they treated you great like a good woman should,love your new hair do,some thing different always nice to do that.,your kids well be so please about there mother
ate Gosselin's second day cohosting on The View debuted a new, softer, curlier hairstyle.
"Those girls you've got back there," Kate Gosselin told Barbara Walters as the duo shook hands to introduce themselves and Walters complimented Kate Gosselin's soft blond curls.
Until ABC posts the pics of Kate Gosselin's new hairstyle (doesn't look like a new hair cut, per se, just soft curls in her sharp cut) -- you'll have to look for the video of The View's full episodes here on ABC's site, but today's The View show -- Tuesday, September 15, 2009 -- probably won't be up till later that same day.
So check some of the most-recent videos here of Kate Gosselin on The View up here on Google Video and YouTube to see when the clips from September 15, 2009, and Kate's new hair-style go up. (But don't click on the videos that lead you to sites you don't trust.)
Hopefully Kate can replicate this same new hair style with her hairdressers once she leaves The View -- and maybe it'll soften her persona up more, too.
