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Earlier this week, St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica shut down one of their cafeteria’s kitchens due to a cockroach infestation. At least 10 live cockroaches were found in the kitchen for the cafeteria on the second floor of the hospital in the 2100 block of Santa Monica Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Read More »

Cee Lo Green is engaged to marry his longtime girlfriend Shani James. The former Voice US coach is lifting the lid on the romantic way he popped the question to James while recording new music in 2014. “It was just a typical night at the studio, but then again, not so typical cause I did something extra special, out of ... Read More »

Val Kilmer has dismissed reports suggesting he is at the centre of a frightening new health scare, assuring fans he was only admitted to hospital for a routine check-up. Val Kilmer maintained he has a clean bill of health. “There’s a rumor I’m unwell again and in hospital which is totally untrue,” he wrote. “I was in to verify I ... Read More »

James Holmes currently has a cell block to himself in Colorado’s highest-security state prison—but he was still assaulted by another inmate. James Holmes, 27, was not injured in the attacked launched by prisoner Mark Daniels. Read More »

Actress Maureen O’Hara, the Irish beauty who appeared in such classic films as “The Quiet Man” and “How Green Was My Valley,” has died. Her manager, Johnny Nicoletti, says Maureen O’Hara died in her sleep Saturday at her home in Boise, Idaho. She was 95. Born and raised in Dublin, she moved to Hollywood to star in “The Hunchback of ... Read More »

Joey Martin Feek of country duo Joey and Rory is stopping cancer treatment. Joey+Rory’s Rory Feek shared a post on his “This Life I Live” blog, breaking the sad news that his beautiful wife Joey’s tumors have returned and more smaller ones are aggressively spreading. After being diagnosed with cervical cancer, Joey underwent a radical hysterectomy in 2014 and has ... Read More »

A new study from the University of Regina suggests that teens are not texting and driving as frequently anymore. Research involving teenage drivers primarily in Ontario has found a decline in the frequency of texting and driving. “The good news is that we found a significant drop in the percentage of youth who reported “sometimes” to “almost always” texting and ... Read More »

Talk Talk said it had received a ransom demand from somebody claiming to be behind the cyber attack on the British broadband company on Wednesday, which involved the possible theft of the details of 4 million customers. The telecoms giant announced last night that it had been subject to a “significant and sustained” cyber attack on Wednesday morning. Millions of ... Read More »

Marty Ingels, a raspy-voiced comedian, actor and talent agent who was married to singer and actress Shirley Jones for nearly 40 years, died Wednesday in Los Angeles. He was 79. Marty Ingels died Wednesday in Los Angeles after suffering a stroke, Jones’ manager, Milt Suchin, told the Associated Press. “He often drove me crazy, but there’s not a day I ... Read More »

A statue of Bolshevik revolutionary Vladimir Lenin in Ukraine’s Odessa has been converted into a monument to Darth Vader — the city’s response to a law requiring the eradication of Communist Party symbols. The new Sith Lord statue — the first known of its kind — sits outside a factory in Odessa, which has been the site of clashes between ... Read More »

Maris, a beluga whale housed at the Georgia Aquarium since November 2005, died Thursday afternoon. Maris was one of the first beluga whales at the aquarium, along with Grayson and Qinu. She was born in 1994 and arrived at the aquarium in 2005. Aquarium officials aren’t sure what led to her death. Read More »