Eric Wynalda — the former soccer star who was once the all-time leading scorer for the USMNT — says his home just burned down in the California wildfires … and he had to watch it on live TV. Flames have ravaged Southern California since…
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Wednesday, August 15, 2018
David Rothenberg: "Burn Boy," Considered a Son to Michael Jackson, Dies at 42
Michael Jackson was the closest thing to a father figure that Dave Dave, who was born David Rothenberg, ever had. Dave even spoke at MJ’s funeral.
Dave, who survived a horrific attack decades ago and was an inspiration to others, has passed away.
Once known as “burn boy” for the injuries that covered 90% of his body, Dave was 42 years old.
“Dave died of heat exhaustion on the 15th of July,” Dave’s friend Justin revealed on Instagram.
Justin, who goes by Lil’ Eric and has worked with celebrities like Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber, shared this grim news.
“Our friendship started with a hug,” Justin tells RadarOnline. “And that his how he started every friendship.”
“He got that from his father figure, Michael Jackson,” Justin explains.
“Michael taught him to love unconditionally,” Justin says. “And he did.”
Justin took to Instagram to explain how he made this tragic discovery.
“Last night, I called my good friend Dave,” Justin writes. “And his mother picked up the phone and we talked.”
There is no good way to find out that your friend has died.
“It wasn’t what I expected or who I expected,” Justin admits. “But she told me that Dave had passed away on July 15th.”
This is only now going public.
“I am going to be talking to her today,” Justin continued on Instagram. “She was very tired last night.”
“And there will be a funeral/memorial I will be attending sometime in the near future,” Justin wrote at the time.
“I know dave had a lot of people who loved him,” Justin says. “And knows of his story from the early 80s.”
In 1983, David’s father doused him in kerosene and set him on fire. The burns covered 90% of his body.
Michael Jackson was a friend and a father figure to Dave, who changed his name to Dave Dave after surviving the tragic ordeal.
Justin acknowledges that he and Dave were different people.
“The one thing that we had in common was we didn’t have many friends,” Justin says. “People that we could trust and he knew that and felt that about me and I knew that about him.”
“He talked to my mother several times on the phone,” Justin shares. “And was a very close friend of mine.”
This is just heartbreaking.
Justin writes: “He was helping me with promotion with my career and other things as we was preparing for his own music and working together.”
“I am deeply saddened today,” Justin writes. “And my friend will be missed by many I’m sure.”
To compound the tragedy, it’s been noted that Dave’s burn injuries make him extra vulnerable to heat exhaustion.
In other words, one might argue that he died from the injuries he received back in 1983.
“He was loved by many,” Justin writes to his followers before addressing his late friend. “And I thank you for being apart of my life and being my friend Dave !!!!”
“RIP brother,” Justin concludes.
Justin also shared a couple of photos from Dave Dave’s memorial.
“My amazing friend,” Justin writes on Instagram. “It was great getting together to meet everyone today.”
“Your memorial was beautiful,” Justin shares. “Your mother has given me many hugs.”
We are sure that he was a tremendous comfort to her.
“As I got to meet your other friends your ‘energy’ was beautiful,” Justin shares in reference to this image.
“I am posting this with your mother and your uncle and Marna in your mother’s house,” Justin shares.
He tagged the late Michael Jackson in the photo. Dave had spoken at Michael Jackson’s funeral.
“I thank everyone who loved my friend,” Justin writes. “He was amazing and touched so many lives!!!!! Including mine.”
“Thank you,” Justin concludes. “Always in my heart. My brother I love you”
Thursday, July 19, 2018
Mark Cuban Says Jimmy Garoppolo"s Porn Date Won"t Burn Bridges
Jimmy Garoppolo has nothing to fear about losing endorsements or pissing off his bosses just because he’s dating a porn star … so says none other than NBA team owner and “Shark Tank” star Mark Cuban. Mark says he’s had players on the Dallas…
Thursday, June 7, 2018
Newspaper Pulls Obituary That Implies Woman Will Burn in Hell
Rest in peace?
More like… peace out, you no good/horrible/terrible/irresponsible mother!
This is the basic message that has been sent by the children of Kathleen Dehmlow on the occasion of her death, as they sent an obituary to the Redwood Falls Gazette that is unlike any other obituary you have read.
(Okay, maybe it’s a little bit like this obituary.)
The obituary opens by stating a few simple facts:
Kathleen was born on March 19, 1938 and resided in Springfield, Minnesota. She married Dennis Dehmlow in 1957 and had two kids with him, Gina and Jay.
So far, so normal, right?
But then the tone quickly changes…
In 1962 she became pregnant by her husband’s brother Lyle Dehmlow and moved to California.
She abandoned her children, Gina and Jay who were raised by her parents in Clements, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schunk.
Oh… well, ouch. Okay then!
This is how the pieces concludes:
She passed away on May 31, 2018, in Springfield and will now face judgment.
She will not be missed by Gina and Jay, and they understand that this world is a better place without her
The newspaper removed the obituary from its pages/archives amidst reader outcry that it was in poor taste, which actually raises an interesting question:
Was it in poor taste?
Why must we honor the dead if the dead inflicted such pain on those close to them when they were alive?
Kathleen’s son, Jay Dehmalo, actually spoke to The Daily Mail and explained why he and his sibling wanted to out their late mother in this sort of fashion:
“We wanted to finally get the last word,” he said. “You could write it all down in a book or turn it into a movie and people wouldn’t believe what we went through.”
Jay Dehmalo, pictured here, has written the mother of all obituaries. Do you think it should have been removed from the newspaper?
Does he have any regrets about doing so? Nope.
“We knew there would be backlash but it really has helped us to finally get the last word,” Jay told The Daily Mail of himself and his sister, Gina.
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Terrell Owens Shoots His Shot With Iggy Azalea, You Can Burn My Clothes!
Terrell Owens ain’t even a little intimidated by Iggy Azalea’s pyromaniac past … saying he’d risk his entire wardrobe for a shot with the rap star. You probably heard — on Monday, Iggy admitted to torching ALL of Nick Young’s designer…
Terrell Owens Shoots His Shot With Iggy Azalea, You Can Burn My Clothes!
Terrell Owens ain’t even a little intimidated by Iggy Azalea’s pyromaniac past … saying he’d risk his entire wardrobe for a shot with the rap star. You probably heard — on Monday, Iggy admitted to torching ALL of Nick Young’s designer…
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
L.A. Wildfires Burn Dangerously Close to Famed Getty Center Museum
A raging wildfire in L.A. is creeping dangerously close to famous homes and BILLIONS of dollars worth of art housed at the famous Getty Center Museum. The hillside fully engulfed in flames Wednesday morning is just on the other side of the 405…
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Harvey Weinstein to Burn in 36-Foot-Tall Effigy
A 36-foot-tall effigy of Harvey Weinstein will go up in smoke, flames … and then down in ashes as part of a British tradition. The Edenbridge Bonfire Society unveiled the giant figure Wednesday in preparation for Saturday’s annual…
Thursday, October 19, 2017
Hazel-E Is Sorry for Saying All Gays Should Burn In Hell
“Love & Hip Hop Hollywood” star Hazel-E is eating her words, and asking her LGBT fans to forgive her for saying gays should burn in hell. We spoke to Hazel Thursday … the day after she went on a homophobic social media rant. Someone…
Sunday, September 3, 2017
Burning Man: Guy Runs Into Flames of Burning Statue, Airlifted to Burn Center
A man was airlifted to the hospital this weekend after he ran head-on into a sea of fire at the Burning Man festival … and it was all caught on camera. Here’s how it went down … a guy literally sprinted past fire crews Saturday night that…
Friday, June 9, 2017
Reality Winner Wanted to "Burn the White House Down," According to Prosecutors
Accused NSA leaker Reality Winner wrote about Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda and torching the White House … according to prosecutors. Winner entered a not guilty plea Thursday to one count of “willful retention and transmission of national defense…
Reality Winner Wanted to "Burn the White House Down," According to Prosecutors
Accused NSA leaker Reality Winner wrote about Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda and torching the White House … according to prosecutors. Winner entered a not guilty plea Thursday to one count of “willful retention and transmission of national defense…
Thursday, March 30, 2017
Dave Grohl -- Sick Burn, Bro (PHOTOS)
SPF is pretty. SPF is good. Dave Grohl soaked up a little too much sun this week during a paddleboard excursion in Hawaii. The silver lining? That necklace suntan outline is gonna be epic! Here’s a Foo Fighters video … Happy Thursday.
Thursday, March 16, 2017
Donald Trump Drops a Hillary Burn at Nashville Rally (VIDEO)
President Trump played his greatest hit in Nashville — a Hillary Clinton slam that got the crowd fired up. Trump was discussing the block of his second travel order by a federal judge in Hawaii when he set himself up for a gender joke ……
Donald Trump Drops a Hillary Burn at Nashville Rally (VIDEO)
President Trump played his greatest hit in Nashville — a Hillary Clinton slam that got the crowd fired up. Trump was discussing the block of his second travel order by a federal judge in Hawaii when he set himself up for a gender joke ……
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Kim Burrell: I Love Gay People! They"ll Just Burn in Hell!
Kim Burrell is not sorry for saying she hates the gay lifestyle.
Mostly because Kim Burrell is trying to argue that she never said she hates the gay lifestyle.
This may seem hard to believe, however, for anyone who has watched the video posted above.
It features Burrell giving a sermon at Love & Liberty Fellowship Church. It’s unclear just when this sermon was given.
But it’s pretty darn clear how the gospel singer feels about homosexuals.
“That perverted homosexual spirit is a spirit of delusion and confusion and has deceived many men and women, and it has caused a strain on the body of Christ,” Burrell says in the footage, which has gone viral.
She adds:
“Anybody in this room who feels the homosexual spirit, beg God to free you.’
She also implies that gay people will die in 2017.
The artist, who has been making the media rounds of late due to a duet with Pharrell Williams that is included in the film Hidden Figures, received immediate backlash regarding the comments.
This is what Pharrell wrote in response on Twitter, for example:
Burrell was also scheduled to sing her song with Pharrell on Thursday’s episode of Ellen.
But that appearance has been canceled by the show.
In defense of her remarks and her overall viewpoint on homosexuality, Burrell has recorded a series of Facebook videos in which she aims to explain herself.
“I never said LGBT last night, I said S-I-N,” the singer says to open the non-apology, continuing as follows:
“Now what was posted was not all that I preached, too. Only that. Isn’t that something? That is designed of the enemy to make it look like I have a personal agenda against people…
“There’s a responsibility in the church to represent the almighty God, and it is wrong for us to gather, that as we rep God, that we take his place. Don’t think that. I’m not that shallow.”
She concluded:
“I know that people are going to be mad. … To every person that is dealing with the homosexual spirit, that has it, I love you because God loves you. But God hates the sin in you and me, anything that is against the nature of God.
“I’m called to do what God called me to do, and that’s it, and I do it with passion. … I make no excuses or apologies.
“I never said that all gays were going to hell. That never came out of my mouth. …
“I said people who operate with that spirit in the church with deception and attack themselves are going to have to face the master.”
Ah yes, the typical I-Don’t-Hate-People-I-Am-Just-Passing-Along-the-Word-of-God-and-You-Will-Burn-in-Hell defense.
Come on. At least own your opinion. At least come right out and admit you think all gay people are sinful creatures who will pay for their choices in the afterlife.
What do you think of Kim Burrell’s sermon and viewpoint?
Does she deserve to be ostracized in Hollywood?
Or is this an example of anti-Christianity? Should fans care about the religious views of a singer or just whether or not she can carry a tune?
Weigh in now on whether or not we ought to include Kim Burrell in the following photo gallery.
While producers on Ellen have nixed Burrell’s scheduled appearance, Ellen DeGeneres herself is yet to say anything about the situation.
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Trump Supporters Allegedly Burn Black Church in Mississippi
Obviously, the 2016 presidential election hasn’t exactly been a level-headed contest of ideas, as the Founding Fathers intended.
But despite the fact that one candidate has repeatedly encouraged his supporters to commit acts of violence, we hope that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton would both condemn what appears to be a politically and racially motivated hate crime perpetrated in Mississippi this week.
According to police in Greenville, MS, arsonists set fire to the Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church late Tuesday night after spray-painting the words “Vote Trump” on the side of the building.
Greenville mayor Errick Simmons says first responders found the church “heavily engulfed in flames” upon arriving on the scene.
They were able to save the 111-year-old structure, but not before it sustained significant damage.
Federal agencies, including the FBI and ATF, are reportedly investigating the incident as a hate crime.
“We’re very cautious in this climate, in this day and time, to make sure we’re very deliberate in investigating matters like this,” Simmons said.
He added that the fire was “a direct assault on people’s right to free worship,”
“I see this as an attack on the black church and the black community,” Simmons stated in a press conference held this morning.
Asked by reporters, Simmons said that he believes the majority of Greenville’s 34,000, predominantly black residents will be supporting Hillary Clinton in the upcoming election.
“It appears to be a race crime,” Simmons said.
“It happened in the 50s, it happened in the 60s. It shouldn’t happen in 2016.”
Trump has yet to comment on the crime, but throughout his campaign, he has been criticized for inciting his supporters to violence.
Trump called for the assassination of Hillary Clinton back in August, and throughout his campaign, there have been dozens of reports of protestors being attacked at rallies, often after the real estate mogul encouraged the crowd to assault his detractors.
Politicians and prominent figures in the black community have called upon Trump to condemn this latest attack in order to help ensure that no copycat crimes will take place.
Thus far, the candidate has yet to do so.
His most recent tweets center around the topic of last week’s news regarding Hillary Clinton’s emails.
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Inspirational Burn Victim Would Love a Christmas Card from Katy Perry
The story of Safyre Terry is both heartbreaking and hopeful at the same time.
Terry is only eight years old. She has severe burn scars on over 75% of her body. She lives without a right hand and left foot.
In 2013, she lost her father, her mother and two brothers when her family’s apartment burned down as a result of arson.
She now lives with Liz Dodler, her aunt and legal guardian, in Rotterdam, New York.
That’s the heartbreaking part. But here’s the hopeful part to the story:
Earlier this month, Dodler gifted Terry with a Christmas card holder.
Shortly thereafter, a family friend shared a photo of Terry (above) standing alongside the holder and wrote the following message along with the picture:
I wonder how many of my friends would take the time to write and send Safyre a Merry Christmas card that she can hang on her card tree….
The message went viral and Safyre now has more Christmas cards in her possession than she ever dreamed possible.
“I really think I am dehydrated from crying so much … This is absolutely amazing, it takes my breath away,” Dolder wrote on Facebook yesterday in response to the outpouring of support.
“We, my family and I have been through so much darkness of this world. Then to see the most powerful BEAUTY of the world. The world coming together to make Safyre’s wish come true is unfathomable.
“All along we knew God saved her for a reason, never in ours wild dreams, did we think she would move the hearts of many worldwide.”
According to TMZ, meanwhile, Safyre is a huge Katy Perry fan. She even sang “Roar” as part of a school talent show.
And she would love nothing more than to receive a Christmas card from Perry to add to her growing collection, which includes cards from such celebrities as Hulk Hogan and Yolanda Foster.
“Safyre lost everything – her father, her mother, her brothers, her home, her favorite toy, her favorite outfit – everything that was familiar to her,” Dolder told Today.
“She even lost the one thing we all take for granted – her reflection. But she wakes every morning with a smile on her face. She is the true definition of hope, faith, and love.
Amazing.
Here is the address for anyone who wishes to send a card to Safyre Terry:
P.O. Box 6126
Schenectady NY 12306
Monday, October 5, 2015
Taylor Swift "Burn Book" Slams Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Rihanna?
Taylor Swift has mastered the art of presenting herself as the sweet and innocent girl next door, but rumors about the singer’s darker side have emerged from several different sources in the past few months.
While fans remain convinced that Taylor is the most selfless mega-star on the planet, Swift’s feud with Katy Perry showed the world that she can be relentlessly brutal when when asserting her dominance over a rival.
Now, insiders are claiming that Taylor’s wrath isn’t just reserved only for Katy, and when it comes to tearing down foes with her famous squad, Swift takes her queen bee cues from the most notorious Mean Girl of all, Regina George.
Yes, the beloved Tina Fey-Lindsay Lohan comedy is reportedly a favorite of Taylor’s, and sources tell the National Enquirer that Taylor slams her enemies in a “burn book” that’s every bit as savage as the one in the movie.
“Katy Perry Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, Justin Bieber – they’re all in there,” says one insider. “So are people from her school days, along with a teacher who told her she couldn’t sing, and a woman in a restaurant who was rude to her!
“She might change as she gets older, but for now she is the most malicious person you will ever meet, and she is constantly scheming over ways to have the final say.
“Ever since the success of ‘Bad Blood,’ Taylor has quit caring about trying to come across as sweet or sincere.”
This may not come as a huge surprise to some, as Taylor has been compared to Regina George in the past (most memorably in a passive-aggressive tweet fired off by Katy Perry).
Taylor’s squad rules are rumored to be as strict as Regina’s, and she’s repeatedly proven that she’ll do what it takes in order to come out on top in a feud.
It’s extremely unlikely that the contents of Taylor’s will ever come to light, but it’s not hard to believe that it really exists.
Clearly, when it comes to conflict resolution, Taylor’s behavior is often decidedly un-fetch.
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