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Ruslana Korshunova dies in fall from New York apartment building
A European Vogue cover model fell to her death from her Manhattan apartment building Saturday in an apparent suicide, published reports said.
Ruslana Korshunova, 20, died around 2:30 p.m. in a fall from a building on Water Street, in Manhattan’s Financial District, The New York Post, the Daily News and Newsday reported. The newspapers cited unnamed officials and police.
Police said the fall was under investigation. Korushnova’s New York agency and a spokeswoman for medical examiners did not immediately return telephone messages.
Originally from the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan, the almond-eyed, flowing-haired Korshunova appeared in advertisements and on runways for such designers as Marc Jacobs, Nina Ricci and DKNY. British Vogue hailed her as “a face to be excited about” in 2005.
Her break came when modeling booker Debbie Jones noticed her while perusing an in-flight magazine article about Korushnova’s hometown of Almaty, according to the Vogue report.
“She looked like something out of a fairytale!” Jones told the magazine. “We had to find her and we searched high and low until we did!”
Teenager Decapitated by Rollercoaster
A teenager was killed by the Batman Roller coaster at Six Flags over Georgia on Saturday when he scaled two six foot tall fences to get get something he lost while previously on the ride. it must have been something pretty important. “We do not know why this person was intent on gaining access to this restricted area,” the statement said, noting that multiple signs are posted stating, “Danger Zone,” “Do Not Enter” and “Authorized Personnel Only.” Said the park spokeswoman Hela Sheth. Investigation is still underway.
Obama forced to flash ID
He may be running for the most powerful job in the world, but Sen. Barack Obama still has to flash his gym ID like the rest of us.
Wanting to get a quick treadmill session in before his first public event with Sen. Hillary Clinton Friday morning, the Illinois senator headed to the newly-opened Washing Sports Club in the Columbia Heights neighborhood.
But the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee did not get far when he and his entourage of Secret Service agents tried to walk past the front desk without stopping, according to the gym’s general manager, Gonzalo Perez-Tamayo.
Perez-Tamayo told CNN the club trains its employees to adopt a strict policy of asking every member for his or her gym ID upon entry, even if they happen to be seeking the Oval Office.
The employee manning the front desk at the time, Takehia Wheeler, immediately stopped Obama as he was breezing past.
“It’s always a rush in the morning, everyone’s trying to come in quickly,” Perez-Tamayo said. “She asked him for his last name and he said ‘Obama,’ then she asked him for his first name.”
“It was very funny, she then realized who he was and said, ‘Oh I am so sorry!” Perez-Tamayo added.
For the record, Obama is a member at the Washington Sports Club gym network.
The Illinois senator did not appear frustrated by the inconvenience, Perez-Tamayo also said, but he probably realized he needs to get a gym card if he wants to avoid the mix up in the future.
“If he doesn’t want to get stopped he needs a card,” Perez-Tamayo said. “It’s the same for everybody.”
Judge halts release of ‘Mini Me’ actor’s sex tape
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 25-second snippet of video showing Verne Troyer and a former girlfriend having sex that was available online over the past couple of days is all the world will see of the tape
Mary-Kate does not seem to like Spencey
Mary-Kate does not seem to like Spencey
Mary-Kate Olsen chatted with David Letterman on Thursday night, talking about kissing Ghandi (Ben Kingsley) in “The Wackness,” Hollywood’s bad girls, not wearing panties (she was!) and “wormy” Spencer Pratt’s bad temper.
She told Letterman that Pratt played soccer at her high school and “he does not have a good temper. He would walk off the field.”
“I don’t really get why she’d use my name to get press for her little indie film that no one’s going to see,” Pratt fired back to Usmagazine.com Friday. “She should probably focus more on not getting dressed in the dark than on me.”
But Pratt told Us that Olsen went to Campbell Hall in North Hollywood, and he attended Crossroads School in Santa Monica.
“I know I’ve made it in Hollywood when a famous troll is talking about me on Letterman,” Pratt said. Make that “Troll Doll,” you worm!
Oh, you’ve made it all right, Spencey. But for so, so many reasons other than Mary-Kate’s mention
“I forgive her, though,” Pratt said. “She’s had to go through life as the less cute twin, which must be tough.” Zing. Your turn, Mary-Kate.
Tatum Oneil Busted For Crack
Tatum O’Neil, the Academy Award winning actress, was busted buying crack cocaine on Sunday in New York according to police.
44 year old O’Neil, who has a long fight with addiction, was arrested around 7:30 p.m. on the Lower East Side of Manhattan after she was seen making a purchase from a drug dealer. She has been charged her with criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor.
R. Kelly acquitted of all child porn counts
CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) — A Chicago jury has acquitted R. Kelly on all counts at his child pornography trial.
The verdict came six years after the R&B superstar was first charged with videotaping himself having sex with a young girl. Prosecutors had said she was as young as 13 at the time. (more…)
‘Dark Knight’ credits pay tribute to Ledger
Heath Ledger is getting a fond tribute from his collaborators on “The Dark Knight” The end credits of the “Batman Begins” sequel include a farewell note to Ledger, who died in January from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs; and to special-effects technician Conway Wickliffe, who was killed last September in a stunt-car accident.
“In memory of our friends Heath Ledger & Conway Wickliffe,” reads the tribute included in the credits, which went up Thursday on the Warner Bros. publicity Web site.
Ledger plays the villainous Joker in “The Dark Knight,” who begins a reign of terror on Gotham City that pits him against conflicted hero Batman (Christian Bale).
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Arriving in theaters July 18, the movie reteams Bale with director Christopher Nolan and returning co-stars Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Gary Oldman. Joining the cast are Aaron Eckhart and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Beginning months before Ledger’s death, his frenetic performance and demented-clown makeup have been a cornerstone of the marketing campaign for the film.
“I needed a phenomenal actor, but he also had to be someone unafraid of taking on such an iconic role,” Nolan says in the production notes for “The Dark Knight.” “Heath created something entirely original. It’s stunning, it’s captivating. … It’s going to blow people away.”
