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Gunnar Hansen, who played the iconic villain Leatherface in the original “Texas Chain Saw Massacre,” died Saturday of pancreatic cancer at his home in Maine, his agent said. He was 68. Gunnar Hansen moved to Maine from Reykjavik at the age of five with his family. They then re-located to Texas, where he attended high school and university. He secured ... Read More »

Burt Reynolds is still hurting over his split from Sally Field more than three decades ago, insisting she remains “the love of my life.” The pair dated in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but their five-year romance ended up resulting in a split which was so nasty, that they didn’t talk for two decades. Burt Reynolds has now said ... Read More »

Two Louisiana cops were arrested and charged for fatally shooting a six-year-old. The officers were also arrested, following a Louisiana State Police (LSP) review of body camera footage that captured the fatal encounter. Read More »

One person was killed and two others were injured during a shooting near Penn Station. An NYPD spokesman said the shooting occurred on in the subway station at Eighth Avenue and 35th Street at 6:14 a.m., following a dispute inside a nearby McDonald’s. The assailant followed the victims down the stairs and fired at least four shots, police said. Read More »

Jennifer Lawrence and Natalie Dormer accidentally kissed at the London premiere of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 on Thursday night. Jennifer Lawrence has a habit of sneaking up on her friends being interviewed on the red carpet, but her mischief took an unexpected turn this week when she did it to “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2” ... Read More »

A Texas state judge has been shot and wounded in the driveway of her home in Austin. Travis County District Judge Julie Kocurek was struck around 10:15 p.m. (11:15 p.m. ET) Friday near her house in the Texas capital’s Tarrytown neighborhood, said Austin police Lt. Lee Rogers. Read More »

Miley Cyrus, 22, shocked fans with a selfie she posted on Nov. 5. Wearing only a gray sports bra and leggings, Miley’s abs and muscled arm are on full display — but she’s looking skinnier than usual, and many of her fans don’t think she looks healthy. She sat on the passenger seat of a car and stuck her tongue ... Read More »

A Picasso portrait of a nightclub singer which features a second painting on the reverse has sold for $US67.45 million in New York, scoring a windfall for American billionaire Bill Koch. The image remained hidden under the lining of the main painting for a century until it was uncovered during conservation work in 2000. Read More »

Richmond Police Officer Daniel Ellis has died. Dozens of officer Daniel Ellis’ comrades are escorting his body to Frankfort on Nov.6 where an autopsy is scheduled. Officer Ellis was shot while investigating a robbery in Richmond on Wednesday. Read More »

In a prison interview with ABC’s 20/20 Angelika Graswald maintains she did not kill her fiancé during a kayak trip in upstate New York. Graswald, of Poughkeepsie, allegedly admitted to tampering with the kayak used by Viafore, during an April 19 trip to Bannerman Island, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. Read More »

A man died after developing tumours from cancer cells carried by a tapeworm in his body, according to a report published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The Colombian man had HIV, which weakened his immune system and is thought to have allowed the tapeworm to flourish. When doctors first examined the man in 2013, the malignant cells appeared ... Read More »