Archive for ‘August 2010’

British jeweler Stuart Hughes has designed the world's most expensive iPhone, costing a staggering $8 million dollars.

Stuart is considered to be the pioneer of the world's most luxurious gadgets.

This particular gadget was designed for an Australian businessman.

Stuart told the Daily Mail that even he is surprised someone would spend so much on an iPhone.

"It is amazing that someone is prepared to spend $8 million on a phone, I doubt it will get used because it is worth so much money. It would be a disaster if it was ever lost," he said.

"The bezel is handmade from rose with approx 500 individual flawless diamonds which total over 100ct.The rear section is formed using rose gold with the added touch of its rose gold Apple logo and 53 diamonds. The main navigation is made from platinum which holds a single cut 7.4ct pink diamond. Also included (not shown in picture) is a rare 8ct single cut Flawless diamond which can replace the pink one. The chest which houses this unique handset is made from a single block of Granite , in Imperial Pink with the inner lined with Nubuck top grain leather , which weight is a massive 7kg.The handset is 32gb and limited edition of only 2 to be ever made."

Katy Perry is featured on the cover of the latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine. The ‘California Gurls’ singer’s new album, ‘Teenage Dream’, hits stores on August 24th.

Peep below for bonus shots from her RS shoot:

Young Buck's Tennessee home was just ransacked by several armed federal agents ... TMZ has learned -- and it was all over $300,000 in allegedly unpaid taxes.

According to Young's rep, IRS agents rolled up to the platinum-selling rapper's house in Nashville this morning to go on a repossession rampage over the alleged tax debt -- seizing assets like recording equipment, jewelry, furniture, his platinum wall plaques ... and even his kids' PlayStation.

The rep tells us, the feds in question were p****ng heat -- in the form of a shotgun -- and warned Buck not to interfere with the raid.

As for how he fell so far behind in debt, the former G-Unit member tells us, "This IRS situation came about because I trusted accountants, lawyers, and managers to handle my business for me while I focused on making music. From now on, I am going to stay on top of my own business."

 

Laurence Fishburne's 19 year old daughter has embarked on a career in adult films, but her famous pop isn't at all happy about it.

Montana Fishburne aka "Chippy D", has revealed that her father, is heated at her decision to become a porn star.

She told TMZ, "[My dad] is very upset. I heard that he's mad at me but I haven't spoken to him yet. I feel pretty confident that I can work things out with him."

Montana filmed her first skin flick for Vivid Entertainment, in a bid to eventually become as successful as her idol, Kim Kardashian who also has a sex tape out.

Regarding her dad she adds, "I think he wants to support me in everything I do, and though he sees this now as a negative, I believe in time he will view it as a positive."

I hate to be the one who breaks the news to "Chippy D", but no father is ever going to view their daughter getting her back blown out on film as a "positive".

Hopefully she can patch things up with her dad though. According to her, the two were on very good terms before this whole XXX tape thing popped up.

Omar Thornton, pictured with girlfriend, Kristi Hannah told his mom that he "killed all the racists" before killing himself yesterday (August 3).

A seething Connecticut warehouse driver who griped that he was the victim of workplace racism -- and who faced the ax for stealing beer -- calmly shot eight terrified co-workers to death yesterday before turning the gun on himself, authorities said.

"I killed the five racists that was there bothering me," Omar Thornton, 34, boasted to his stunned mother by phone after the massacre at Hartford Distributors in Manchester at around 7:30 a.m.

"I love you very much, I want you to take care of yourself. I want you to stop smoking," he then told his mom, Lillie.

CARNAGE: Police cars fill the streets yesterday as workers flee Hartford Distributors, where the rampager used a .223 rifle like this one.

Thornton, who apparently stashed weapons and ammo in his lunchbox to smuggle them into the beer warehouse, spent the next few minutes arguing with his mother over whether to kill himself.

The killer, described by relatives as a "mama's boy" teetotaler, then hurriedly told her, "The cops [are] knocking on the door, and I'm not going to jail -- I gotta go," said Thornton's uncle, Will Holliday. He then killed himself.

Officials said Thornton launched the bloodbath minutes after "being given an option to quit or be fired" because he had been caught on video swiping beer.

He calmly told his bosses that he would quit -- "then he went on this rampage," said survivor Steve Hollander, a co-owner who was grazed by bullets.

"He was cool and calm. He didn't yell. He was cold as ice," Hollander said. "He didn't protest when we were meeting with him to show him the video of him stealing. He didn't contest it. He didn't complain. He didn't argue. He didn't admit or deny anything. He just agreed to resign. And then he just unexplainably pulled out his gun and started blasting.

"He shot at me twice and hit me a couple times," Hollander said. "By just the grace of God, I don't know how he missed [killing] me."

Thornton fatally shot the two people standing next to him point-blank in the head, Hollander said. One of them was Bryan Cirigliano, 51, the Teamsters shop steward who had repped Thornton at the 7 a.m. disciplinary hearing.

Hollander said he then "saw [Thornton] running outside of my office window, shooting his gun, carrying his lunchbox, which must have had his weapons in it."

The rampage lasted "simply a matter of minutes," said Manchester Police Chief Marc Montminy. "It was all the way from the front of the walkway to the back of the building. [Victims] were scattered throughout."

One employee screamed to alert co-workers that Thornton appeared to be systematically hunting down victims as he walked through the warehouse office armed with his .223-caliber semiautomatic rifle and a red satchel stuffed with bullets.

9 were killed in shooting at this Connecticut beer distributorship


A survivor is comforted by a loved one.

Your parents tell you over and over as a child, "don't play in traffic". Apparently, this dude never heard that cautionary warning.

This guy decides to start dancing in the middle of the street, moves right into oncoming traffic and damn near gets knocked back into his mom's womb by an ice cream truck.

I wouldn't normally make light of something like this, but # 1, the guy is ok, just suffered a couple of broken bones. And # 2, this is the dumbest sh*t I've seen somebody do in a minute.

What he was thinking, only he knows, glad he's alright though.

I think it's safe to say that the love affair Lebron James once had with the city of Cleveland is 100% over.

James bolted from the Cleveland Cavaliers in July to join the Miami Heat in the biggest free agent move the NBA has ever seen.

Since then, the fans in Cleveland, who once cheered his every move have turned on him with a vengeance. From burning his jerseys to making videos on youtube ripping his decision, the Cavalier faithful let it be known, they now despise King James.

Now, James has struck back with a not so subtle jab of his own.

According to Cleveland.com, Lebron took out an ad in his hometown newspaper, the Akron Beacon Journal, thanking the city for all of its support.

He talks about his love for the city of Akron, but doesn't once mention Cleveland, the city he spent spent seven years playing pro ball in.....OUCH!

Here is the full text from the ad:

"To My Family, Friends and Fans in Akron:

"For all my life, I have lived in Akron -- and for that, I am truly a lucky man.

"It was here where I first learned how to play basketball, and where I met the people who would become my lifelong friends and mentors. Their guidance, encouragement and support will always be with me.

"Akron is my home, and the central focus of my life. It's where I started, and it's where I will always come back to. You can be sure that I will continue to do everything I can for this city, which is so important to my family and me. Thank you for your love and support. You mean everything to me."

At least one former Cavalier, turned Heat did show the city of Cleveland some respect. Two days ago, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, who like James had played seven years for the Cavaliers, took out an ad in the Cleveland Plain Dealer thanking the fans for their support during his time there.

There's nothing like the perfect knockout punch. I don't care if it's in the boxing ring or in the street.

These rednecks start scrapping and one dude gets laid the F*ck out cold.

Dude is probably still dreaming, LOL!!!

If he takes No.1 it will be the 1st time since the Massacre - a hip hop album has been No.1 for 6 weeks.

Four suspects are still on the loose after an ATM armored vehicle was stolen early Monday morning.

St. Louis police tell News 4 that an ATM Solutions armored vehicle was stolen around 5:00 a.m. on Monday. The robbery happened in the 3700 block of Grandel in midtown St. Louis near the Fox Theatre.

Police are still looking for four men who allegedly took off in the vehicle. The men were wearing masks and were heavily armed.

St. Louis Police Captain Michael Caruso says that this heist was carefully planned.

Employees at the ATM Solutions building tell St. Louis police that a security officer reported to work around 5:00 a.m. and as he was entering the building, the four masked men forced their way inside. The men were armed with assault rifles and handguns.

Witnesses say the suspects disarmed the security officer and waited for a second security to arrive. Two people are needed to open the safe that stores the money.

The second security officer arrived around 5:30 a.m. and when he entered the building he was confronted by the suspects. The suspects took the second guard's weapon as well.

According to employees, the two guards were then forced to open the safe. The suspects then tied-up the guards.

Police say the suspects loaded an undetermined amount of cash into one of the company's armored vehicles and took off.

Around 6:00 a.m., a supervisor arrived at work, found the two guards tied-up and contacted police.
The armored vehicle was found around 7:30 a.m. in the 4400 block of Evans.

MEMPHIS,TN – Homicide detectives spent their Sunday afternoon in Sherra Wright’s Collierville home collecting evidence. They spent an hour in the backyard which doesn’t come as a surprise to neighbors Tim Coleman and Ruth Ann Carnes who saw heavy smoke coming from the fire pit the day Lorenzen went missing. They say that’s because Sherra Wright started a fire in the backyard, and they thought it was unusual for Wright to light a fire on one of the hottest nights of the year.

Coleman says that’s not the only bizarre behavior he’s noticed over the weeks. While on the phone in her front yard he heard Sherra Wright on the phone. “I just heard her talking to somebody about needing her money. I don’t know anymore than that. I really try not to listen to it but when she’s screaming it’s hard not to hear stuff.”

Neighbors like Ruth Ann Coleman say former Grizzlies and Tigers Player Lorenzen Wright lived for his children. “He was a big tweeter and he talked about his kids all the time.”

It’s been four days since Lorenzen Wright’s body was discovered in a field. He was reported missing by his mother July 22, 2010. He was last seen by his ex-wife July 18, 2010. Sherra Wright has been questioned by Memphis Police, so far no one has been charged in connection with Lorenzen Wright’s death.

Drake gave the crowd in Toronto a once in a lifetime thrill when he brought out Eminem during his set at the 'October's Very Own' Festival last night (August 1).

The duo performed "Forever" as the crowd went bananas.

After the song ended, Drake told the crowd that Eminem was the "greatest of all time".

Just prior to Silm's appearance, Drizzy brought out Bun-B of UGK---AKA BUM B AKA TOO OLD AND TO FAT TO RAP!!!

So long, slammer.

After 13 days behind bars, Lindsay Lohan was released from the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, Calif., around 1:35 a.m. Monday.

Lohan, 24, now is in rehab. Though she was originally set to spend three months at high-end residential facility Morningside Recovery in Orange County, Calif., she will report to the UCLA Medical Center, according to TMZ.

After she completes treatment, the actress will be subject to random drug and alcohol testing until Aug. 2011, when her probation term ends. She is still allowed to take certain prescription medications.

Lohan had been behind bars since July 20 for violating probation in her DUI case. (She was originally sentenced to 90 days but was released early due to good behavior and overcrowding.)

Her time in the slammer was fraught with drama.

When she was first taken to her 12-by-8 cell, she was "crying," said Alexis Neiers (of E!'s Pretty Wild), who was in jail at the same time for burglarizing Orlando Bloom's home.

"She was talking to deputies and, you know just trying to — I couldn't really like make it out - but from what I saw the first day, I mean, she was lying in there and just trying to like calm down," she said.

Though some inmates claimed the actress was receiving special treatment, her attorney Shawn Chapman Holley told UsMagazine.com that was not the case and that Lohan had even "made some friends."

Her mother Dina was most outspoken about her daughter's time behind bars.

"She doesn't have cell phone privileges, that's absurd," she said. "She doesn't even have a pillow to sleep on. I talk to her through glass. There's a phone and we put her on speaker but I can't even hug my daughter ... She's treated like a common criminal."

Kind of hard to respect someone, male or female that tries to sneak an opponent to gain an advantage, but nothing like a good Cat Fight LOL!!!

ts been a wild week of weddings. We've seen T.I, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Supermodel Miranda Kerr, and even Bill Clinton's daughter Chelsea tie the knot...not all to each other of course lol.

According to news wire WENN: Parents-to-be ALICIA KEYS and rap producer SWIZZ BEATZ have married in a ceremony in Corsica, France.

The No One hitmaker, who is pregnant with the couple's first child, walked down the aisle on Saturday (31Jul10) in front of family, friends and A-list stars including U2 rocker Bono and Queen Latifah.

Keys looked radiant in a flowing white gown and headband, while the groom wore a white tuxedo jacket, pink shirt and bow tie for their big day.

The nuptials on the Mediterranean island proved to be a relaxed affair - Keys showed off her baby bump in a bikini while enjoying a dip in the pool before exchanging vows.

The singer announced her pregnancy and engagement to Beatz in May (10) and their first child is due later this year.

THIS WEDDING WAS OVERLOOKED OF COURSE BECAUSE OF CHELSEA CLINTON'S WEDDING!!! ALSO WHO CARES ABOUT ALICIA KEYS AND SWIZZ BEATS ANYWAYS??? LOL!!!