Farrah Fawcett Has Died At The Age Of 62!

Farrah Fawcett has died this morning at the age of 62 after a very public battle with anal cancer.She was best known as one of "Charlie's Angels". But,Farrah Fawcett was much more than a beautiful television actress.This was a woman who had great depth to her.

She did two films that have shed light on some really serious issues."The Burning Bed" was an important movie that dealt with domestic violence.Farrah Fawcett's portrayal of an abused woman was so riveting that she was nominated for an Emmy.

The documentary that she recently did on anal cancer was the second issue that she helped to focus people's attention on.Her video diary was very personal & explicit.It detailed everything that she was going through in her fight against cancer.

I didn't watch it because the subject matter was far too depressing for me to bear.But,a lot of people say that they were inspired & touched by her struggle.Sadly,that story has now come to an end.


Here's more from EW.com:

"Actress Farrah Fawcett died on June 25 in Los Angeles at the age of 62. With her passing after a long battle with anal cancer, we lose one of the quintessential symbols of post-feminist Hollywood, a definitive pinup who somehow parlayed a delicate-flower demeanor and all-American beauty into a 30-year career.

“After a long and brave battle with cancer, our beloved Farrah has passed away," Fawcett's longtime companion Ryan O'Neal said via a statement. "Although this is an extremely difficult time for her family and friends, we take comfort in the beautiful times that we shared with Farrah over the years and the knowledge that her life brought joy to so many people around the world."

As it turned out, her bravest role of all was her final one: She shared every brutally unglamorous step of her cancer treatment with the world in the riveting NBC documentary Farrah's Story. Perhaps most touchingly, the film gave its 9 million viewers a glimpse of her extraordinary love affair with O’Neal, who has supported her throughout treatment -- and even told Barbara Walters on a recent 20/20 that he’d finally asked her to marry him after nearly 25 years together: “We will, just as soon as she can say yes.”

Craig J. Nevius, producer of Farrah’s Story and the 2005 reality show Chasing Farrah, said in a statement: "Farrah was and is the true definition of an ‘icon.’ She was of her time but transcended her time....Not many stars can be credited with inspiring both a hair style and changes in legislation (surrounding domestic violence and more recently patient privacy). And she did it without posturing or campaigning but by simply choosing her own path and making her own rules.”

The former University of Texas sorority girl became an instant star when she sashayed onto Charlie’s Angels in 1976. (Her trademark poster -- shot pre-Angels -- hit stores that same year, cementing her role as a sex symbol.) Fawcett left the show after only one season, and, after a string of big-screen flops, finally earned critical praise in the mid '80s with the off-Broadway play Extremities and the NBC movie The Burning Bed. (Her role, as an abused wife, earned the actress her first Emmy nomination.)"(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.

Mark Sanford Is The Latest Republican Who Has Cheated On His Wife!

OMG,both political parties in our two-party system have folks with morality issues!Is anyone really surprised by that? So,do not buy the Republican's assertion that they are the party of family values.Mark Sanford is the latest guy to prove that.And,boy,did he do that in a big way today!

The South Carolina governor had been missing for 5 days.And he lied to his staff about his whereabouts.Because he revealed at a press conference today that he was in Argentina cheating on his wife with another woman.

And the fact that Mark Sanford was with his paramour on Father's Day,instead of his family,really puts a damper on the Republican party's claim that they represent family values.

Here's more from MSNBC:

" During a Wednesday news conference at his office in Columbia, Gov. Mark Sanford admitted to having an extramarital affair — information that surfaced after his recent, secret trip to Argentina.

The married father of four emotionally apologized to his wife and staff, saying, "I've let down a lot of people."

Sanford said he met the woman almost eight years ago, but "about a year ago, it sparked into something more than that." The governor said his wife and family have known about it for the past five months.

He also announced that he was resigning as chairman of the Republican Governors' Association.

Earlier, the South Carolina governor told a newspaper he was in South America, not hiking the Appalachian Trail as his staff had told the public to explain his sudden absence. He said he "wanted to do something exotic" to unwind after losing a fight over federal stimulus money.

The State newspaper reported that Sanford arrived Wednesday morning at Atlanta's international airport on a flight from Buenos Aires, where he drove along the coast of what he called a "beautiful" city.

The Republican governor told the South Carolina newspaper he had considered hiking, but at the last minute changed his mind.

"But I said 'no' I wanted to do something exotic," Sanford told the newspaper.

'Why all the big cover-up?'
Critics slammed his administration for lying to the public.

"Lies. Lies. Lies. That's all we get from his staff. That's all we get from his people. That's all we get from him," said state Sen. Jake Knotts, R-West Columbia. "Why all the big cover-up?"(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.

Perez Hilton Gets Beat Up In A Confrontation With Will .i. Am!

Perez Hilton always dogs Fergie of The Black Eyed Peas on his site.That is probably why Hilton got beat up in Toronto.He is blaming Will.i.Am for the injuries that Hilton sustained to his eye.

You shouldn't talk bad if you can't back it up.

And I know that Perez Hilton can be a malicious little gossip,but damn guys!You should be above all of that.If I had your millions,Will.i.Am,I know I sure would be.Who cares what Perez Hilton thinks & says about other people? Here's more from MTV:

"In a series of late-night (or early-morning) Twitter posts, Perez Hilton claimed that he was assaulted by the Black Eyed Peas' Will.I.Am and his security guards at a hotel in Toronto.

At around 3:45 a.m. Monday (June 22), Hilton wrote on his Twitter account that he was "in shock. I need the police ASAP. Please come to the SoHo Metropolitan Hotel now. Please."

"I was assaulted by Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas and his security guards," a second Tweet read. "I am bleeding. Please, I need to file a police report. No joke."

In a series of subsequent posts, Hilton urged his readers to call the police, said he had spoken to his attorney, and finally wrote that "the Toronto police are here now ... [they] are investigating the assault now. I did the right thing by reporting it."

"I won't be talking about this any further," Hilton wrote. "It is in the hands of the authorities."

Of course, Hilton then spent the next five hours answering fans' Tweeted queries about the assault, assuring Miley Cyrus that he was "not kidding" and addressing Will.I.Am himself, writing that "there are multiple witnesses. You can deny all you want. The truth is the truth and I am telling the truth."

Hoping to tell his side of what happened, Will.I.Am posted a video on Dipdive, the site he helped create last year when he released his Barack Obama "Yes We Can" video. According to him, it was Hilton that was the aggressor, and while the two did have a rather spirited discussion, he had nothing to do with the gossip maven's alleged assault."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.