A rocket scientist doesn't always make headlines, at least not for the clothes he wears. Matt Taylor, a scientist for the Rosetta space probe project launched by the ESA to perform a detailed study of a comet, found himself in a bit of a controversy after having appeared on a web broadcast wearing a shirt "decorated with garish comic-book depictions of nubile, but not naked women". Really! Like geeky science guys have never done such things before.
Read more ...UPDATE: As originally reported in an update at the end of May 2015, Dustin Diamond had been found not guilty of a second-degree felony of recklessly endangering safety. He was however found guilty of carrying a concealed weapon and disorderly conduct. Now at the end of June (2015) Diamond has been sentenced to serve 4 months in jail. He was also sentenced to 15 months' probation.
Read more ...In January of 2015, A.J. Holloway, Mayor of Biloxi, Mississippi checked himself into an alcohol treatment program, aka rehab -- good for him!
Read more ...The all-time great comic actor and musician John Belushi was very well known for living an extreme life without any kind of moderation.
Read more ...Have you ever seen a photograph of Judy Garland at the end of her life? If you know her only as Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz, you might see that later photograph and think, "Hey, that's nice... a child star who had an impressive career and lived to a ripe old age." That is, If you consider 47 ripe and old.
Read more ...On December 29, 2014 Jermaine Cunningham, a New York Jets outside linebacker, was arrested on charges of spreading sexual images, gun offenses, and criminal mischief. Huh? Do those three things even go together?
Read more ...After having been found guilty on September 4, 2015 on charges of public corruption, former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell has finally been sentenced. On January 6, 2015 he was ordered to serve two years in federal prison.
Read more ...The young actor from Ireland, Jonathan Rhys Meyers was again taken to the rehabilitation center, when he was proven to consume many pills together and later found lying in a corner in his house. Moreover, when the paramedics came to his place, he did not allow them to take him to the hospital. Ultimately, finding no other option, the police had to be called in and he was forcefully taken to the hospital.
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