Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Beyonce Dedicates "Halo" to Orlando Shooting Victims

Beyonce has become the latest celebrity to pay moving tribute to the victims of last weekend"s terrorist attack in Orlando.


Not by getting a tattoo on her head, but by singing an emotional version of one of her biggest hits.


The artist stopped by Detroit on Tuesday night as part of her Formation Tour, stopping for a moment prior to performing "Halo" in order to tell the crowd that this would be a special rendition.


"This next song is about love and I"d like to dedicate it to all of the family members that had family that lost their lives in Florida," she told attendees.



Beyonce, of course, was referencing the horrific actions taken on Saturday night and Sunday morning by a terrorist named Omar Mateen.


He entered a gay nightclub called Pure and used a semi-automatic weapon to kill 49 people, while wounding several others.


Prior to this performance, Beyonce shared a photo on Instagram of a floral peace sign with the caption, "Condolences and prayers to Orlando."



Over the past few days, many other stars have also sent their condolences to the victims in this tragedy via song or speech.


Lady Gaga, for example, broke down in tears as a candlelight vigil in Las Angeles:



Late night hosts such as John Oliver, Conan O"Brien and Jimmy Fallon also expressed powerful messages to their viewers:



Then there was Adele, who tried to fight back tears while talking about the incident prior to a concert overseas:



Will new gun regulations be passed across the country as a result of this despicable action?


Will anything actually change after the deadliest shooting massacre in U.S. history?


Or will we tragically be hearing similar sentiments from stars such as these at some point again in the near future?


Check out Beyonce"s tribute below:


Beyonce dedicates halo to orlando shooting victims

Ariel Winter Brings Giant Boobs to High School Graduation Party

Ariel Winter graduated high school this week.



As we reported earlier, she’ll be enrolling as a full-time student at UCLA, but she plans to continue acting on Modern Family until the conclusion of the series, which should take place some time after the sun engulfs the Earth, bringing the grand human experience to an end.


But even if she were to retire from public life altogether, we think Ariel might find it difficult to quietly blend into the background of campus life.


For one, even though she’s only 18, she’s been on a popular network television show since the time when the earliest ancestors of man first learned to tame the wilderness around them and bring in advertising revenue with bland, mockumentary-style sitcoms.


Also, there’s the fact that Ariel has huge boobs.



Fortunately, Ariel doesn’t seem to shy away from the attention her ginormous breasts bring her.


Unfortunately for her lower back, however, she’s already had breast reduction surgery and they’re still Christina Hendricks-like in proportion.


Anyway, the photo above is from a graduation party hosted by Ariel’s school.


Something tells us she’ll be sorely missed by at least half of her fellow classmates.


We’re surprised Schuyler and Hunter’s High School didn’t rename all its teams the Twins and make Ariel’s boobs the official mascots.


There’s still time to fix that error, of course.


You don’t want to be on the wrong side of history on this one, Schuyler and Hunter’s!


It’s bad enough you’re a high school that sounds like a pair of yuppie toddlers.


Body of Boy Dragged by Alligator Into Disney Lake Found; Victim Was 2

The body of a boy who was attacked by an alligator has been found dead.


At 3:30pm ET today, Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said that officials had retrieved the boy’s remains, after he was pulled into the man-made Seven Seas Lagoon around 9:00 p.m. ET Wednesday night, according to NBC News.


The boy’s mother and father were watching as he waded “along the lake’s edge at the time that the alligator attacked” (their four-year-old daughter was about “20 to 30” yards away from the water).


When the search first kicked off, Demings explained during a press conference how the series of events was hopeful.


The father had tried to pry the alligator’s mouth open to release his son, and the mother ran into the water to try and save him as the reptile dragged his prey away.


A lifeguard called 911 immediately after being alerted, and soon boats from Disney and law enforcement were combing the waters, looking for the victim.


Sonar devices were used, divers and alligator trappers did their best, but the outlook grew grim as the hours went by.


In a press conference earlier today, Demings warned that people had to prepare for the worst.


“The sad reality of it is it’s been several hours, and we’re not likely going to recover a live body,” he said.


Signs are posted all over resort beaches in Disney World, and no swimming is allowed in any of the lakes.


“They [alligators] were probably attracted to some motion on the bank,” executive director of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Nick Wiley explained, according to USA Today. “That’s the way they stalk their prey.”


Experts believe the alligator mistook the boy for a dog or a raccoon.


No other details about the victim or his parents are available as of press time.

Fred Caruso, Film and Play Producer, Dead of Suicide

Fred Caruso – a producer on the off-Broadway hit Newsical and the 2009 film Big Gay Musical – has been found dead of an apparent suicide.


He was 41 years old.




producer pic



Caruso himself confirmed this new via a message he schedule to go live on the Big Gay Musical Facebook page on Monday.


The chilling post was penned in seemingly high spirits by Caruso and it detailed his troubled state of mind.


“I have some good news – I will no longer be sending out BERNIE shit,” it opens.


“Its not because I support hiLIARy – its because I”m no longer alive. (yes I’ve been making bad jokes for 41 yrs and I intend to end things the way it began.)


“I have been forced to send this out through the BGM page – cause Facebook doesn’t allow you to delay posts on your personal page.”


It’s not too often something like this happens, is it?


Caruso goes on:


“For most of my life I have been absolutely miserable – except for when I was creating. I have nothing left in me to create.


“I don’t think I have any idea what love or happiness is. I have been incredibly lonely and at the same time – I hate being around people.”


The producer went on to say he first attempted suicide last week by taking 30 ambien pills.


It’s unclear at this time just how Caruso took his life, but he says he found a way that was not messy and that was “relatively painless,” adding:


“I have achieved more in my life than I ever should have been able to. I grew up on government cheese, food stamps, and public housing.


“I have produced great theatre, movies (two of which I wrote and directed) and I traveled all over the world. I regret nothing especially the choice that I am making now.”



Caruso said he wants to be clear: he still holds grudges against certain people. He tried as hard as he could to find happiness. And his last few days on Earth were “great.”


He ate steak. He stayed in “jacuzzi suites on the strip.”


In lieu of a memorial, Caruso asked friends and family members to donate to the Trevor Project, which provides suicide prevention services to LGBTQ+ youth.


He concluded as follows:


To all of you that have touched my life I thank you from the bottom of soul. I hope I have touched a few of yours (and I know I’ve touched a few of you)…


I have spent the last few days driving all over trying to find a different solution – I couldn’t.