Toya Wright says she’s relieved that cops finally have a suspect in custody for the shooting deaths of her 2 brothers. Toya tells TMZ … “All we want is justice for my brothers .. We thank everyone for their prayers and support.” Antoine…
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Monday, March 13, 2017
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Allman Brothers Drummer Butch Trucks 911, "My Husband Just Shot Himself!" (AUDIO)
Allman Brothers drummer Butch Trucks pulled the trigger on a handgun and killed himself while his wife frantically dialed 911. The recording of the call was just released, and you can hear Melinda Trucks screaming immediately after what sounds like…
Allman Brothers Drummer Butch Trucks 911, "My Husband Just Shot Himself!" (AUDIO)
Allman Brothers drummer Butch Trucks pulled the trigger on a handgun and killed himself while his wife frantically dialed 911. The recording of the call was just released, and you can hear Melinda Trucks screaming immediately after what sounds like…
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Butch Trucks Dies; Allman Brothers Band Co-Founder Was 69
Butch Trucks, one of the co-founding members of beloved group the Allman Brother Band, was found dead on Tuesday.
He was 69 years old.
No cause of death has been determined or made public, but the sad passing was confirmed by Rolling Stone, who spoke with Trucks’ booking agent, Page Stallings.
Butch’s cousin, Lee, also confirmed the unfortunate news on Facebook, writing this morning:
“My cousin Butch Trucks died. Great drummer. Good person.”
Moreover, the Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival, where Trucks was scheduled to perform in May, left the following message on its Facebook account about an hour ago:
We are shocked and sad to report that Butch Trucks, one of the founding members of the Allman Brothers, has passed away at the age of 69.
We will repost the official press release when we get it. Sorry to be the bearer of such sad news.
A native of Florida, Trucks started the Allman Brothers alongside Duane and Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley and Jai Johanny Johanson.
The band struck it big in the early 1970s, gaining a large following as a result of an improvisational style that mixed multiple genres and instruments.
They played hundreds of live dates every year and finally gained a mainstream following in July of 1971 with the release of the live album “At Fillmore East.”
Recalling how it all came together with that album, Trucks said many years ago:
“That weekend in March of ‘71 when we recorded ‘At Fillmore East,’ most of the time it clicked. We were finally starting to catch up with what we were listening to.
“We had lived together…we got in trouble together; we all just moved as a unit. And then, when we got onstage to play, that’s what it was all about — and it just happened to all come together that weekend.”
This live album (which was recorded in New York City) went platinum and started a streak of popularity for the band, which included the following records:
- Eat a Peach (1972, released after Duane Allman’s death the prior year).
- Brothers and Sisters (1973, it went to number-one on the Billboard chart).
- Win, Lose or Draw (1975).
- Enlightened Rogues (1979, the band’s last Top 10 full-length).
The Allman Brother would go on to issue several more studio, live and archival LPs through the decades.
In the Allman Brothers biography, “One Way Out, guitarist Dicky Betts described Trains as a musician with “drive and strength.”
In an interview with Rolling Stone last year, Trucks thought back on the Allman Brothers Band’s unexpected status as concert headliners.
“We were in another universe,” he said at the time, expounding as follows:
“We were out spreading the gospel of this music we had discovered. We never thought that we would be more than an opening act.
“Atlantic Records was riding our ass constantly to get Gregg out from behind the organ, stick a salami down his pants and jump around the stage like Robert Plant. We told them to go fuck themselves. ‘We’re playing this for ourselves. We’ve tried it your way before.
“We didn’t make any money and we had a miserable time…’
“Little by little, people started understanding what we were doing. But it had to start with us.
“Once the crowd got in and we could feed on their energy, we’d feed it back to them.”
We send our condolences to the friends, family members and loved ones of Butch Trucks.
Sunday, November 20, 2016
Nine-Year-Old Boy Saves Baby Brother"s Life: Watch The Amazing Video!
This video is really, truly, sincerely amazing.
Seriously, get your tissues, because you"re about to feel all kinds of feelings.
This video shows footage from a nanny cam — the little camera was able to catch a little boy saving his baby brother"s life when he rolled off a changing table.
The mother of the family, Tila Levi, has five children, including 11-month-old twins Eitan and Eliana and nine-year-old Joseph.
She"s bound to be very busy with that many kids, and accidents are bound to happen, and so she found herself looking away from baby Eitan after placing him on a changing table.
The baby rolled over, as babies tend to do, and the results could have been devastating, if it weren"t for the quick reflexes of Joseph.
It"s terrifying to watch, and Tila says it"s "not my proudest moment as a mom," but she "wanted to create awareness and show that our lives can be changed when you"re doing something like grabbing the baby wipes."
She said that in the middle of changing the baby, she turned to speak to one of her other children, and that"s when little Eitan got feisty.
Luckily, Joseph was there to save the day.
"We tried to reward him for what happened," Tila says.
"We said "You can pick anything you want, we want to buy you a present." He said "For what? For saving my brother? I don"t need a present for that.""
Check out the incredible footage below:
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Bella Thorne: Dating Brother"s Ex-Girlfriend Bella Pendergrast?
Earlier today, we learned that Bella Thorne is bisexual, when the actress responded to a fan’s question about whether she’s attracted to women as well as men with a simple “Yes.”
Not surprisingly, questions about whether Bella is currently hooking up with any fellow females immediately arose.
And they may have some very interesting answers.
We already knew that Bella had broken up with Gregg Sulkin after a year of dating.
Based on their joint statement, it sounded as though the split was mutual and amicable.
Of course, it always sounds that way in joint statements…
Anyway, whatever the case, Bella is newly single … or is she?
Social media sleuths have dug up evidence that we may be dealing with a tale of two Bellas, as Thorne may be hooking up with a young woman named Bella Pendergast.
What’s interesting about that (aside from the random name coincidence) is that until recently, Pendergast was dating Thorne’s brother, Remy Thorne.
That’s Bella and Bella lip-locked in a photo, and it’s possible that there’s more going on here than just a no-strings-attached fling.
Earlier this month, Thorne posted this video of herself and Pendergast jumping into a pool:
It doesn’t reveal much on its own, but she positively gushes about Pendergast in the caption:
“Happy birthday to my beautiful babygirl. I’m so proud of the person you have become.. you inspire me to work harder and be smarter,” Thorne wrote.
“I love you to the moon and back @bellapendergast the love you have for animals is the love I have for you so you can put it in perspective.”
So they’re just really, really good friends, right?
Well, friends who kiss and refer to each other as their soulmate on Twitter:
When you put it all together, it’s not hard to see why the Internet believes Bella and Bella are an item.
Ms. Thorne is pretty open about her personal life, but given the weirdness of the fact that Pendergast is her brother’s ex, it’s not hard to see why she might want to keep her new relationship under wraps.
Unfortunately for her, she has millions of social media followers who are sure to keep prying.
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Pretty Little Liars Season 7 Episode 7 Recap: Oh... Brothers?!?
SPOILER ALERT: No one died on Pretty Little Liars Season 7 Episode 7.
But that didn’t mean the latest installment of this Freeform* drama didn’t produce the most awkward family reunion in television history.
(*We will never get used to referring to this network as “Freeform.” Never, ever, ever.)
Within a mere two minutes of his return to Rosewood, Jason tried to execute a plan that would oust Mary Drake from Alison’s life.
This entailed an extended invite to Aria as his plus-one to dinner, which forced them to briefly confront their romantic past.
(Seriously, remember when #Jaria was kind of a thing? Kind of sort of? Almost? Yeah. We mostly forgot all about it, too.)
HOWEVER, Jason’s plan more or less fell apart in grand fashion when Mary served the main course… which ended up being a sob story over how Jessica kept her in the dark about Charles’ supposed death.
(We were just shocked no violins started to play for her in the background.)
In the end, though, the evening wasn’t a complete waste. Her tale led the gals to Jessica’s secret lair, where they discovered that Charlotte had … a biological sibling.
Wait. WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?
We may not even have included enough question marks and exclamation marks there. Let us try again:
WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Who the H-E-Double Hockey Sticks is mysterious sibling? Is it A.D.? Or is it someone A.D. is looking for?
Please take your best guess as to the identity of the über villain who was seen with Aria and Noel’s files at the conclusion of the episode.
We may need to go watch Pretty Little Liars online to even start coming up with a theory.
Other Pretty Little Notes from the intense hour:
Because Aria is always quite busy solving murders and what not, Ezra suggested a destination elopement.
Ad it almost happened!
The engaged twosome were about to hit the road … when they were interrupted by a knock at the door. Who was it?
A certain presumed girlfriend who we no longer need to presume is dead.
Spencer learned that Toby started building that house for her, which was only the second most difficult thing she had to hear.
She was also told that he and Yvonne are moving to Maine to start a family.
Hanna at last came clean to Caleb about her break-up with Jordan. This somehow didn’t lead to immediate intercourse, but we’re pretty sure it’s just a matter of time.
Finally, Emily’s mom continued to be totally and completely awesome.
Like, totally and completely. Can she please get a spinoff when Pretty Little Liars goes off the air?
Monday, August 1, 2016
Toya Wright Loses Brothers to Drive-By Shooting in New Orleans
Toya Wright is in mourning at the moment.
We can’t imagine that the reality star and her family are going through.
On Sunday morning, a little after midnight, police have reported that two young men were shot multiple times inside a car in the city’s 7th Ward.
The victims were pronounced dead at the scene.
Although authorities are yet to release their names, Wright’s family has confirmed that they were the reality star’s brothers, Rudy and Josh Johnson.
Wright, best known for an appearance on VH1’s Marriage Boot Camp and for her own 2011 series, Toya: A Family Affair, took to Instagram to send the following message.
“Help me Lord,” she wrote along with a photo of her siblings. “I will never understand this.”
She added the hashtags #stoptheviolence #ineverfeltpainlikethisbefore #riptomybrothers #icantbelievethis #prayformyfamily.
This devastating news comes just three days after Wright filed for divorce from her husband, Mickey “Memphitz” Wright, following five years of marriage.
She was previously married to rapper Lil Wayne from February 2004 to January 2006.
Wright and Lil Wayne she share a 17-year-old daughter named Reginae Carter.
Wright is a native of New Orleans and has also penned a book titled “Priceless Inspiration.”
She owns boutique called G.A.R.B. in this famous Louisiana city, along with GARB Shoetique in Smyrna, Georgia, and was in Baton Rouge at the timing of the killings for an appearance at Allure Night Club & Ultra Lounge.
Along with Wright’s above message, daughter Reginae wrote the following on Instagram in response to the stunning development:
“I lost two of my uncles last night I’m speechless . I’m hurt . I’m devastated . What in the world is going on in this world ?”
Hip hop star Trina also sent her love to Wright, Tweeting:
“I’m praying for @ToyaWright her mom and her family during this horrible tragedy. My heart is heavy. Life is so short.”
Just hours after Wright lost two family members, Jessica Alba and Ne-Yo led a tribute at the 2016 Teen Choice Awards to the victims of gun violence.
Toward the end, Ne-Yo asked attendees to take a photo of those on stage and to include with it one of the same hashtags that Wright used above:
#StoptheViolence.
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Kristin Cavallari: How She Coped With Brother"s Death
Your heart breaks a little for the reality star and budding author.
On March 14th, Kristin Cavallari attended the BELLA New York March/April 2016 Ladies Night Out cover launch party at Punto Space in New York City.
The event fell on the eve of her book release, Balancing In Heels: My Journey to Health, Happiness, and Making it all Work.
People Magazine asked how the reality star was doing in the months after her brother’s untimely death; Michael Cavallari’s body was found a few miles from his abandoned car in the Utah desert in December.
“I’m okay. I’m going to have good days and bad days, but I’ve really found a lot of strength in my kids, especially Saylor.
“I couldn’t just fall apart — I had a little baby to look after,” Cavallari admitted, referring to her infant daughter with husband Jay Cutler. Saylor James was born on November 23rd, just three weeks before authorities found Michael’s body.
“When you lose someone, it really makes you realize how precious life is, and so I’m just thankful that I have my babies and I’m thankful for everything in my life.”
After her brother’s passing, Cavallari sent out a touching Instagram dedicated to Saylor.
“My little angel, Saylor. She has been my light throughout this whole thing and has given me so much strength,” Cavallari wrote.
“Thank you baby girl for coming when u did.”
Monday, December 14, 2015
Kristin Cavallari: Thankful For Daughter Saylor James After Brother"s Death
Babies have a way of making things a bit bitter.
Today, Kristin Cavallari posted a photo of daughter Saylor James Cutler’s little feetsies with the caption, “My little angel, Saylor. She has been my light throughout this whole thing and has given me so much strength.
“Thank you baby girl for coming when u did.”
Kristin wrote days after her older brother, Michael was found dead in Utah.
Authorities found the 30-year-old’s remains in the desert in a “steep and very rocky” place, three miles from his abandoned Honda. The cause of death was determined to be exposure to the elements and hypothermia, since temperatures in that location dropped to the teens.
“My heart is in a million pieces Mikey, I could always count on you to make me laugh,” Kristin wrote on social media in memory of Michael.
“You had such a good heart and will be forever missed. I’m at a loss for words but I know u are in a better place and finally at peace. I love u so much RIP.”
Saylor James was born on November 23rd; her father is Chicago Bears quarterback, Jay Cutler.
The couple also have two sons – Camden, 2, and Jaxon, 19 months.
Friday, December 11, 2015
Josh Duggar"s Younger Brothers Speak Out: We Don"t Want to Be Like Him!
With the premiere of Jill & Jessa: Counting On right around the corner, many have wondered if the embattled Duggar clan will address the scandals that got them removed from TV the first time around.
While some clips have shown Jill and Jessa discussing pregnancy and bonding in the sort of family-friendly scenes that viewers once expected from the Duggars, much of the show"s marketing material has revealed that the Josh Duggar"s 18 siblings will be opening up about his egregious misconduct.
Yesterday, Jill Duggar went off on Josh for hiding scandalous secrets that eventually tore his family apart.
The full trailer for Counting On released earlier today shows that several family members will offer their (mostly unfavorable) opinions on Josh and his misdeeds as the series progresses.
Now, a new preview clip posted by TLC moments ago gives us a glimpse of how Josh"s younger brothers feel about his downfall.
"I always wanted to be like him. But one of the toughest things I had to tell my older brother was, I don"t want to be like you anymore," 25-year-old John David reveals.
"I don"t think there"s any way any of us would have known that my brother was living such a secret life," says 20-year-old Joseph Duggar.
"It broke my heart. Whenever somebody you respect the most is willing to get up and proclaim what we believe as Christians, about being true to your wife, you"d never think that that"s the person who"s involved in it."
Check out the clip below for more heartbreaking comments from Josh"s brothers.
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