Mercedes-Benz is following the lead of fake news by its unspoken policy of “fake recalls” … so customers claim in a new lawsuit. The auto giant is being sued for allegedly issuing recall notices for the premature deployment of airbags, which by…
Showing posts with label Recalls. Show all posts
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Friday, March 9, 2018
O.J. Simpson Recalls First Meeting Nicole Brown
O.J. Simpson was still married when he first laid eyes on Nicole Brown Simpson, but that didn’t stop him from pursuing her and asking her out. TMZ has obtained an exclusive clip from O.J.’s upcoming two hour sit-down on FOX where he says he met…
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Billie Lourd Recalls Final Time She Saw Carrie Fisher
Billie Lourd has given her first interview since she suffered not one, but two unimaginable losses in the span of just over 24 hours last December.
First, the young actress said goodbye to her mother, beloved Star Wars icon Carrie Fisher.
Then, the very next day, Lourd’s grandmother (and Fisher’s mother), Debbie Reynolds, also passed away.
Lourd, best known in the entertainment world for her role on Scream Queens, has commented here and there about the tragic deaths via her Instagram page.
But she opens up in major detail for the first time in this Q&A with Town & Country.
Speaking to American Horror Story star Sarah Paulson for the latest issue’s cover story, Lourd contrasts life with her organized father against that of her famously chaotic mother.
“He gets home at the same time every day, and we eat dinner together, we do homework together, we watch Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and cry, and then go to sleep,” Lourd explained of living with her dad.
“At Mom’s it was like, ‘Let’s put Christmas lights in the palm trees at 2 a.m.’
“Do you remember when Sharper Image was 24 hours? We went there all the time, 1 a.m. or 3 a.m., just picking up little trinkets… as if that was what you do!”
Both Fisher and Reynolds became household names in the entertainment industry, but Lourd says neither wanted her to follow in their acting footsteps.
“I think in a normal family they would have looked at me and been like, ‘Hey, this kid’s a performer.’ But I was so scared. I was embarrassed, honestly,” she tells the publication, adding:
“Because they were like, ‘This is going to be a really s–tty lifestyle, and everyone’s going to be scrutinizing you deeply and constantly.’
“My mom wrote five books and a one-woman show; they didn’t want more things for people to be able to Google about me.”
Fisher was known for being outspoken. At absolutely all times.
Lourd says she was initially turned off by just how honest and raw her mother was – on stage, writing in books or when speaking to reporters – but she eventually came to admire it.
Now, Billie says she wants to emuluate Fisher.
“Looking back and watching her interviews, I try to model what I do after her. She was so good at it. She would get so annoyed with me if I ever did a fake interview.
“She’d say, ‘Tell the real story."”
Billie says she surprised everyone (including herself) with how comfortable she felt on the set of her first film, Star Wars: The Force Awakens – and her family quickly became supportive of her burgeoning career at this small role.
“Debbie was still encouraging me to put an act together. Literally three days before she died, she was like, ‘What numbers are you going to put in your act? Who are you going to impersonate?’
“I said, ‘I don’t think people do acts as much anymore,"”
“And she came back, ‘That’s why if you do one you’ll be more successful than anyone else. The act is a dying art, and someone needs to revive it.”
Elsewhere, Lourd says she’s keeping her mother’s compound (“It’s so magical.”) and that she relied on humor to get her through the hardest week of her life:
“If life’s not funny, then it’s just true – and that would be unacceptable,” she says, quoting her mom.
“Even when she died, that was what got me through that whole thing.
“When Debbie died the next day, I could just picture her saying, ‘Well, she’s upstaging me once again, of course – she had to.”
Billie, of course, would give anything to have her loved ones alive and back in her life.
But there’s an opportunity now for her to become more independent.
“I’ve always kind of lived in their shadows, and now is the first time in my life when I get to own my life and stand on my own,” she says.”
“I love being my mother’s daughter, and it’s something I always will be, but now I get to be just Billie.”
When was the last time she saw her mom alive? What does she think her mother would say to her now?
“The last time I saw her in person, this episode of Scream Queens was on, and it was a big episode for me.
“I had tons of scenes, and I was so hard on myself about it – I hated how I looked, hated my performance. I was really frustrated. She told me, ‘Come over right now. I want to watch this with you.’
“And she made me sit down and watch it, and she forced me to see the good parts. She was incredible like that.
“But she was really hard on me, saying, ‘Shut up. You’re great in this. Have faith in yourself. Be more confident."”
In conclusion, Lourd is in as much awe of her late mother’s honesty as any Star Wars fan out there.
“It’s good to be authentic, to help other people, but if it’s not helping other people, then don’t do it.
“There were a couple incidents I wish she could have kept to herself. But, you know, that was the beauty of her.”
Friday, March 24, 2017
Kendall Jenner Recalls Stalker Drama: He Looked Homeless!
The Kardashians have had their fair share of security concerns over the last few months, but Kendall Jenner"s stalker ordeal was eclipsed by Kim Kardashian being robbed at gunpoint.
In fact, we almost forgot all about it. In a sneak peek for Sunday"s episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Kendall opens up to Kris Jenner and Scott Disick about what went down.
"I had someone break into my house," the reality TV star said to the camera. "I used to be the one who was so independent. I was always kind of by myself, in a good way, but now it"s like, fully flipped."
"So I came home one night, and there was a guy sitting on the side of my street, and I was like, "That"s so weird." He just looked like a homeless man," Kendall revealed to Jenner and Disick.
"I drove around and went into my house, and I watched the gate close. I turned my car off, getting my stuff together. I"m about to open my door and look in my rear-view mirror, and he was standing right there. In the gate, right behind my car."
"I need to talk to you," she said she heard the man say.
"I was like, "No, you need to leave,"" Kendall continued. "I called one of my friends immediately. I"m sobbing, crying. He was at my window, banging on my window, screaming at me."
The man was later named as Shavaughn McKenzie, and Jenner testified against the man on October 13. It must have been a horrible situation for her.
Kris and Scott were clearly concerned by what they were hearing. Kris must have been worried sick about her daughter because of what happened with Kim.
The family really need to ensure they get some good security to look over them at all times. Kim and Kendall being targeted means there is something their security is failing to do.
Have a look at the full scene below.
Thursday, December 29, 2016
Cody Garbrandt Recalls Time He Was Stabbed In Bar Fight (VIDEO)
UFC rising star Cody “No Love” Garbrandt says he’s lucky to be alive after being stabbed in a crazy bar fight before his UFC career … saying he was forced to fight after a guy pulled a knife on him. Garbrandt was telling Champions.co why…
Monday, August 22, 2016
Disney Gator Attack: Lane Graves" Dad Recalls What He Saw
Matt Graves lived through every parent’s worst nightmare on June 14th. After his two-year-old son, Lane was dragged into a lake by an alligator, Matt had to tell authorities what happened.
Officials have released a new report with Matt’s account, in which the father-of-two tried to reach into the alligator’s mouth and “grab its teeth” when it snatched his son, according to Time.
The family was watching a movie on the beach at the Grand Floridian resort at Walt Disney World in Orlando at around 8:30 p.m. that night. Lane was making sand castles by the park’s Seven Seas Lagoon, a man-made lake filled with wildlife.
As Lane, who reports confirm was 37 inches tall and weighed about 30 pounds, was filling a bucket of water for the sand castle, the alligator bit his head and dragged him into the water.
“I saw it come out to get him,” Matt told authorities, adding that he put his hands in the gator’s mouth in an attempt to rescue Lane, but the eight-foot animal only struggled briefly before going under water.
The alligator, according to Matt, “just took off.”
First responders and divers searched for Lane until an officer found his body under 6-7 feet of water, about 10 to 15 feet from where he was taken.
Authorities capture six alligators in the lake, one of which they believe is responsible for Lane’s death. They also noted that two of the alligators had empty stomachs, which would indicate that their “drive for food would be strong.”
The Orange County Medical Examiner’s officer determined death an accident, noting that Lane suffered injuries to “neck, scalp and skull.”
Disney had “No Swimming” signs on resort beaches prior to the accident. However, there were no warnings of alligators and snakes, since lounge chairs were available for guests to sit on. Since June 14th, Disney has updated their signs to include the dangerous wildlife in the lakes.
Monday, May 2, 2016
Michelle Duggar Recalls Rock-Bottom Moment, Credits God With Helping Her Raise Kids
This may come as a shock, but the Duggars are somewhat of a religious family.
And by that we mean if you watch Jill & Jessa: Counting On online for all of about four seconds, it’s a safe bet someone will talk about God.
But the Dugz don’t just preach when the cameras are rolling.
Some of their beliefs may be controversial, but there’s no denying these folks walk the walk when it comes to their beliefs.
Well, most of them, anyway. More on that later.
Anyway, on her blog this week, Michelle shared a story of her lowest point, which apparently took place at 1 am one morning about twelve years ago when she was feeling overwhelmed with the colossal load of housework that comes with raising a veritable army of kids:
“I cried aloud, ‘Lord, I need your help, I can’t do it all! I feel so inadequate! Diapers, dishes, laundry, meals, cleanup, school lessons, baths, hugs, kisses, correction,” Michelle wrote.
“Then it was as if a still small voice said, ‘Michelle, it’s easy to praise ME when things are going good, but are you willing to praise ME now?’ Immediately the scripture that says, ‘Offer up a sacrifice of praise,’ came to mind.”
“I said, “OK Lord, I will praise you even now! It really is a sacrifice!” So through the tears I began to sing, “The joy of the Lord is my strength”. In my heart there was a release as if a burden had been lifted. I finished the laundry at 2 AM and went to bed.”]
She goes on to say that the family’s piano teacher noticed her dozing off a few days later and asked if everything was okay.
Michelle confessed that she was exhausted, at which point the teacher revealed that she loves doing laundry (?!) and would be happy to help Michelle wash her kids’ clothes.
For 12 years now, our piano teacher, whom we consider a part of our family and loving call “NaNa” has faithfully come (now twice a week) to help us with laundry! GOD sent “An angel” in answer to my cry for help.
As we stated earlier, not all of the Duggars are firmly committed to the family ideals, and it’s a bit odd that Michelle didn’t cite the Josh Duggar sex scandals as her low point, but then again, we can see not wanting to get into that in what’s supposed to be an uplifting blog entry.
Some problems can’t be fixed by even the most devoted laundry angels.
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