sad news
Patrick Swayze has passed.
Sep 15th
Patrick.
“Patrick Swayze passed away peacefully today with family at his side after facing the challenges of his illness for the last 20 months,” his publicist, Annett Wolf, said in a statement Monday evening. Swayze died in Los Angeles, Wolf said, but she declined to give further details.”
Billy Mays found dead at his home today
Jun 28th
The tv icon know for his loud and vibrant commercials as well as the hit tv show pitch men has died.
He was found at his home by his wife, Fire and rescue pronounced him dead at 7:45 am this morning
here is a link to the original jasonsun.com
David Carradine Actor Found Dead Aged 72
Jun 4th
The ‘KillBill’ and ‘Kung Fu’ star was found in his hotel room in Thailand, where he was filming a movie
Thai police say the 72-year-old was found dead in his hotel room with a rope around his neck.
The hardest-working actor in show business was found dead in his hotel room today in Bangkok where he was making a movie. The ageless Carradine, son of character actor John and half-brother of actors Keith and Bobby, was, incredibly, 72. From Caine to Cole Younger ( The Long Riders), he played many legendary figures. The quintessential Carradine? Felt him as Woody Guthrie.
British Soldiers Dodging Not Just Bullets Anymore…
May 1st
But Donkeys? Yes, you read it right folks. Donkeys!
No Shrek to save the day here!
Several British military personnel were bombed as their armored vehicle passed an explosive laden donkey in Southern Afghanistan. Showering all over the soldier and the vehicle’s turret, blood and entrails galore! This led the rest of his team to believe he was mortally wounded but he insisted he was quite fine.
Follow the rest of this story in the Times Online article here.
After reading this I can’t but help but think that nothing is sacred anymore. They send kids out with guns to fight an adult’s battle, now Donkey-Bombs. What next? Kamikaze Birds? Tortoise Landmines? Genetically altered Llamas and Camels that spit acid? (Okay, so it’s a stretch, but just imagine!)
I thought surely in the Middle East, they held regard for their animals almost higher than their populous. Maybe I was wrong but geez, we are proven again and again as to just HOW extreme the Taliban extremists actually are in the region.
Ah well, bacon anyone? Something tells me swine flu is gonna cause a drop in peoples’ purchases. I wonder if they actually make any products out of donkey.. Huh. Something to research next!
It seems as though the livestock trend in the news will live on for a period, how long that is for now, not sure. But we’ll be sure to fill you in with a ModTV perspective!
Miss Miah (CrimsonOoze@gmail.com) | Written: May 01, 2009
Stan Winston passes away june 16th 2008
Jun 17th
stan winston passes away…..we will miss you rest in peace.
here is a link to the original post http://www.aintitcool.com/node/37106
this is one legend i will miss
“The father of the dinosaurs in JURASSIC PARK, of THE TERMINATOR, of PUMPKINHEAD and PREDATOR and the Monsters in MONSTER SQUAD and, of course, ALIENS, has passed on.
The man is a legend and created legends. He himself a God in his own right, sculpting Icons that will be remembered as long as people with imagination deem it prudent to tell stories to an audience.
He was a leader in practical effects work, having given opportunity to all top effects leaders today. Winston idolized the people that came before him in the field, like Ray Harryhausen, and sought to make his own iconography, inspiring yet more to follow in his lead. ”
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