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Zookeeper killed by Sumatran male tiger in New Zealand: officials

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  A zookeeper in Hamilton, New Zealand was killed Saturday when a Sumatran tiger lunged at her, police officials said. The Hamilton Zoo employee was attacked after opening a gate to allow the zoo’s three tigers to enter a public viewing area at about 11 a.m. local time Sunday, officials told the New Zealand Herald . “Sadly the staff member who was attacked by the tiger has died at the scene,” Senior Sgt. Juliet Burgess wrote of the "tragic incident" in a statement. The victim's name was not immediately released. City officials confirmed that a 10-year-old tiger named "Oz" was behind the mauling, a male tiger brought to Hamilton from Australia in 2013 for breeding. Investigators were trying to determine what may have turned a routine exercise into a deadly encounter. Moments after the attack, a “panicky” staff asked all patrons to leave the zoo, witnesses said.   Oz is one of five of rare Sumatran tigers housed at the zoo, two

Papa John's Confederate Flag Driver Forced To Remove Plates

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A Papa John's delivery guy who sported a Confederate Flag decal plate has been forced by the company to remove it or lose his job.  We're told the driver, who works at a location in North Carolina, is infamous around town for the plates and locals have been very upset. We're told customers have even taken to Yelp to voice their complaints. Things got so serious, we're told corporate got involved, and the employee was forced to remove the plates. A rep for Papa John's tells TMZ, "we do not condone these types of actions -- we have taken quick and decisive disciplinary action against the team member involved." At this point, the pizza joint says the guy still has his job. As for the pizza ... it's still delicious.

Cassie Shares Love for Her ‘Sister’ Naomi Campbell on Instagram [Photo]

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We don’t see/hear too much from Cassie outside of the occasional photo shoot but the singer/model shared this gorgeous photo of her and her ‘sister’ Naomi Campbell on Instagram. She captioned the stunning shot: Sister. Always in my ?? @iamnaomicampbell   @abraham_studio Can we say, ‘Melanin on fleek!’?

Yikes! ‘The View’ Loses More Sponsors After Controversial ‘Nurse’ Comments

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‘The View’ just came back for a brand new season and from the looks of things it’s off to an incredibly rocky start. On Friday, more advertisers pulled out from the show after the hosts’ controversial comments about Miss Colorado and her monologue about nurses during the Miss America pageant. via  Us Weekly : Snuggle, McCormick, and Party City are now also cutting ties with the daytime talk show — at least temporarily. They join the likes of big-brand advertisers like Johnson & Johnson and Eggland’s Best, who pulled the plug on their ads on Thursday. “Please join us in thanking and celebrating nurses for the critical role they play in our healthcare system,” Snuggle said in a statement. On Thursday, Sept. 17, Joy Behar looked contrite as she announced that she and her fellow View co-hosts  wanted to make amends  for their comments by inviting “dedicated professionals from NYU College of Nursing to share firsthand what these hard-working nurses do on a daily basis.” “

Heidi Fleiss Black Book Auction ... Dropping A Big Name a Day

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The eBay auction for Hollywood Madam  Heidi Fleiss ' infamous Black Book is about to gain some huge momentum because the sellers are about to start name dropping some serious names that grace the pages. We're told the plan the owner is going to release 10 A-list client names over the next 10 days to drum up some hype around the sale. As things sit now, the bidding is over $75k but we're told they won't take anything less than $100k.  TMZ broke the story, the long-feared  black book is up to the highest bidder  -- or someone who really wants to buy it and then use it as fire wood.

Best-selling novelist Jackie Collins dead at 77

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Best selling novelist Jackie Collins passed away Saturday, she was 77-years-old. Collins has sold more than 500 million novels globally and all 32 of her books appeared on The New York Times bestsellers list.  Collins' family posted a statement on their Facebook saying, "It is with tremendous sadness that we announce the death of our beautiful, dynamic and one of a kind mother, Jackie Collins, who died of breast cancer today." Jackie was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer six-and-a-half years ago.  

NYPD officer with blood alcohol level 5 times the legal limit charged with drunken driving: prosecutors

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An NYPD highway cop has been arrested after prosecutors found his blood alcohol content was more than five times the legal limit when he plowed his car into a guardrail, officials said Saturday. John Finley, 45, was charged with aggravated drunken driving on Friday for a booze-fueled crash on Staten Island, prosecutors said.The 25-year NYPD veteran had a mind-boggling BAC level of .430% — more than five times legal limit of .08%, officials said. Finley was alone in his 2009 GMC Envoy when he rammed it into a guardrail on the West Shore Expressway near Meredith Ave. about 10:15 a.m. on Aug. 8 — three days before his 45th birthday, police sources said. A bottle of Georgi Vodka was found inside the SUV, officials said. He was so pie-eyed drunk that he was "unintelligible in speech," according to court documents. The Staten Island D.A.'s office declined to prosecute at the time because they were waiting for results on an analysis of Finley's blood, which was

Safaree Samuels Thanks K. Michelle for Giving Him Credit for His Lyrics, Throws Swift Shade at Nicki Minaj in the Process

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Safaree Samuels took to Twitter to publicly thank K. Michelle for letting him be a part of her album AND for giving him credit for his lyrics — something he says he’s not used to. Did you catch that shade? For those of you who missed it, Safaree  has publicly claimed he wrote a significant amount of rhymes  for his ex, Nicki Minaj. Nicki  denies those claims. *sips tea*

Kendall Jenner Earns Spot on Forbes’ List of World’s Highest-Paid Models

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Everyone’s favorite working Jenner has earned big bucks this year! Kendall Jenner landed on the Forbes list of the world’s highest-paid models this year. The 19-year-old also happens to be the youngest on the list, coming in at no. 16 with estimated earnings of $4 million. It’s not a bad start — but to put it in perspective, Gisele Bundchen holds the top spot with an estimated $44 million earned this year. Wow. To see who else made the list, visit  Forbes .

Bobbi Kristina’s Aunt Leolah Brown Says Her Niece and Whitney Houston Were Murdered [Video]

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Leolah Brown is convinced that both her niece Bobbi Kristina and Whitney Houston were murdered. via  Inside Edition : “This was no accident,” she said. “I will never believe this was an accident… I believe that somebody killed my niece, just like they killed her mother. I don’t know who actually murdered Whitney.” “Nick murdered Bobbi Kristina,” she said. “When Nick gets arrested, I think everything will fall like dominoes.” Leolah continued: “I believe that several people wanted Bobbi Kristina dead… I think the purpose of her death was to gain full access to Whitney Houston’s estate.” Houston died of an accidental drowning in a Beverly Hills hotel room in February 2012, when she was 48. “I believe that Whitney was murdered,” Leolah added. “At some point we have to wake up and realize this is too close, too similar – mother, daughter, both in bathtubs… Something is very, very wrong with that picture.” Watch Leolah sound off below.

Bette Midler gets rejected from fashion exhibition opening

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Bette Midler  was turned away from Thursday’s opening of “Fashion Underground: The World of Susanne Bartsch” at the Museum at FIT. “It was ridiculous,” says a spy. “She walked away saying she didn’t care. But Dianne Brill waltzed right in.” Brill was an “It girl” of the ’80’s and ’90s. Another source claims that when Midler got there, they were “at capacity.” Or perhaps the door staff should be fired.  Calvin Klein ,  Simon Doonan  and  RuPaul  got in to see looks from Jean Paul Gaultier,  Alexander McQueen  and Vivienne Westwood.

That Drake x Future Mixtape IS Happening, Peep the Artwork & Release Date

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Social media has been abuzz this past week with rumors of Drake and Future collaboration mixtape. According to the rumors, the mixtape was set to drop a few days ago — but the rumored release date came and went without so much as a peep from either Drake or Future so many chalked the project up to be nothing more than Internet folklore. Until now. Drake took to Instagram to officially announced the project, which is called ‘What A Time to Be Alive’ and revealed that it’ll be released on Sunday at 8pm EST on Apple Music. Are you ready? WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE available at 8pm EST, Sunday on ITunes @future 💎 @applemusic A photo posted by champagnepapi (@champagnepapi) on Sep 19, 2015 at 9:17am PDT

What it’s like being the Kardashians’ BFFs

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Mixing business with friendship can be tricky for anyone, but for Malika Haqq and Khadijah Haqq McCray, there’s an added complication: The buds they’re doing business with are the Kardashians. Identical twins Malika and Khadijah star in the new E! reality show “Dash Dolls,” premiering Sunday at 9 p.m. It’s a spinoff of “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” and Kris, Kim, Kourtney and Khloé are all executive producers. "Eye Kandy" for life ❤️ A photo posted by Malika (@forevermalika) on Aug 14, 2015 at 9:06am PDT That's my best friend, Go best friend! 😍 A photo posted by Malika (@forevermalika) on Sep 2, 2015 at 10:05am PDT But the 32-year-olds, who have been friends with Khloé since they were 15 — “My boyfriend at the time was Khloé’s friend, so…we became very close,” says Malika — insist that working with their famous friends isn’t a problem. They just make a point of keeping things separate. “We do not discuss money; we leave that t

This Is How Kylie Jenner Apologized to Jessica Alba After Bodyguards ‘Body Checked’ Her During Fashion Week [Photo]

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It looks like everything is all good between Jessica Alba and Kylie Jenner after Jessica was ‘body checked’ by Kylie’s bodyguards at the Opening Ceremony show during New York Fashion Week. The 18-year-old sent Jessica ‘the most beautiful flower tree’ on Friday as an apology. “Wow! Came home to the most beautiful flower tree I’ve ever [seen]! Thank you @kyliejenner you are a sweetheart!! So thoughtful,”  Jessica wrote with the photo. Jessica opened up about the incident on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live. “I got like body checked,”  she told host Andy Cohen.  “Yeah, and it was like, by two of them. I was like, ‘Whoa, whoa! What’s happening?'” She continued:  “I thought there was like a fire. Like, I was like, ‘What’s going on?’ But I guess someone was just leaving the building.” It’s nice to see that Kylie took the mature approach and owned up to what happened as opposed to dismissing it as just ‘one of those things’.

Watch: Kylie Jenner Gets Her Hair Snatched by a Fan Outside Chris Brown Concert [Video]

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  Kylie Jenner’s security successfully pushed Jessica Alba out of her way during New York Fashion Week — but unfortunately they couldn’t prevent a fan from snatching a handful of Kylie’s hair while outside the Chris Brown show on Friday night. As you can tell from Kylie’s facial expression, it definitely caught her off guard. Her security did step in — however the damage had been done. Watch the moment below.

Coupled Up: Rihanna and Rumored Boo Travis Scott Hit the Club [Photos]

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   Rihanna stepped out in West Hollywood on Friday night and hit up popular nightspot Hooray Henry’s.    Interestingly enough, her rumored new boo Travis Scott wasn’t too far behind.

What Divorce? Will Smith Shares the Most Heartwarming Message to Celebrate Jada’s 44th Birthday [Photo]

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  Will Smith’s birthday message to his wife Jada is guaranteed to make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. The actor took to Facebook to celebrate Jada’s 44th birthday and shared a throwback photo (below) of the pair from 20 years ago along with some of the most romantic words we’ve ever read! He wrote: This was taken at your mom’s house 20 years ago. That’s a long time ago!!! So I decided to do some math… I have sung happy birthday to you 20 times and I have bought you 19 birthday presents (I was mad that one year). I have watched you blow out 693 candles (737 after tonite). I’ve told you “I love you” at least 8,285 times. And of the nearly 3.96 Billion women on the planet – there is only 1 that I want to spend the rest of my life with. Happy Birthday, my Love!

Ronda Rousey Hey, Mayweather ... Who's a Bigger Draw Now?

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Ronda Rousey says Floyd Mayweather Jr. 's finally getting what he deserves -- fans turning their backs on him in droves because he's just too damn boring in the ring. Ronda weighed in on the Berto-Mayweather fight drawing only about 500k PPV customers -- the lowest number Floyd's pulled in 10 years. The way Ronda sees it ... her archnemesis should've seen this coming. Watch, you gotta think Ronda -- who's been feuding with Floyd for months -- is gloating just a bit, even if it's only on the inside. In fact, after talking about Floyd slipping ... she also addressed her latest financial victory. Everything's coming up Ronda.

Post-rehab, John Stamos feels his best in 10 years

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John Stamos ’ DUI wasn’t just an embarrassment, it was a turning point. In an interview with Details , the 52-year-old star of the upcoming Fox sitcom “Grandfathered” talks about his June arrest and month-long stint in rehab. “You know, I’ve had a rough year with my mom dying, so it all came to a head, and it was a turning point,” the actor told the magazine. “You either continue on that path — and some of it’s fun, but a lot of it’s not — or there’s this other thing, this golden opportunity sitting there with all this work and all this goodwill that you have going for you. That’s the key.” In June, Stamos was arrested and cited with driving under the influence in Beverly Hills. The actor, who became famous for his role in as Uncle Jesse in the family sitcom “Full House,” said the decision to check himself into a residential rehab program  was a good one. “I feel better than I’ve felt in a decade,” he said. The actor also said that while he might be old enough to p

Mum's hilarious letter to rebellious teenage son telling him to behave or start paying bills goes viral

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A mum's letter to her tearaway 13-year-old son warning him to start behaving or face paying the bills has gone viral. The single mum , who goes by the name Estella Havisham, said her son Aaron seemed to have "forgotten" he was "only 13 and I'm the parent". She tallies up the costs that he needs to cover, from $430 for rent, $116 for electricity, $21 for internet and $150 for food. She also instructs Aaron to empty the rubbish, clean his bathroom, make his own meals and clean up around the house. Offering him a compromise, she says if he would rather be her "child again, instead of roommate, we can renegotiate terms". It has clearly struck a chord with parents after it gained more than 88,000 likes and 162,000 shares after it was posted on Facebook. 'Estella''s Twitter bio reads: "I am a 33-year-old single mom trying to raise a teenage son." She says she uses a pseudonym because she is a survivor of domestic

David Beckham reveals heartbreak over son's uncertainty about football future due to pressure

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David Beckham has revealed his upset over one of his young sons telling him they're not sure they want to follow in his footsteps because of the pressure. The 40-year-old, who has Harper, four, Brooklyn, 16, Romeo, 13, and Cruz, 10, with wife Victoria, said he hopes his children follow in his footsteps, but only if it makes them happy. "I'd love them to play soccer, but I want them to be happy doing it, you know. "One of my boys turned around to me the other day, he said, 'Daddy, you know, I'm not sure I want to play football all the time...' It broke my heart a little bit. "He said, 'Every time that I step onto the field, I know people are saying, you know, 'This is David Beckham's son,' and if I'm not as good as you, then it's not good enough.' I said, 'Okay, stop right there... You play because you want to play." David, who will appear in a short film alongside Harvey Keitel and Cathy Mor

Amy Winehouse didn’t see herself living past age 27

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Amy Winehouse didn’t think she’d live past 27 — the same age that Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain all died. “I’ve spoken to quite a few people who said that when she was getting to 27, she was saying to them, ‘I don’t think I’m gonna get past this age,’ ” Asif Kapadia, director of the documentary “Amy,” said on Friday. “Because it becomes a mental block for artists.” At a Lotos Club luncheon for the film, he added of the macabre-named “27 Club” of dead rockers, “It’s become like a marketing tool within the industry.” Promoter Ron Delsener recalled first meeting Winehouse at Joe’s Pub in 2007 with her then-husband Blake Fielder-Civil (who later admitted to using heroin with Winehouse). “[He was] holding on to her, not saying anything, his eyes closed,” Delsener said. When Delsener later called Amy’s agent Marc Geiger to book her, he was told that Fielder-Civil “said he knew you and you didn’t even acknowledge him or say hello.

So Sad!!! Tragic flight attendant fell to her death following split with businessman husband

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A British Airways flight attendant fell to her death from a motorway bridge after struggling to cope with the end of her marriage, an inquest heard. Debra Fox, 54, was found by a passer-by with serious head injuries near to her home in Salford, Manchester on April 15. A photograph of her and her husband was found at the scene of her death with her address on the back. Her family paid tribute to a ‘wonderful and vivacious’ woman after an inquest into her death recorded a verdict of suicide , reports the Manchester Evening News . Bolton Coroner’s Court was told Mrs Fox had been treated for depression after splitting with husband Ian, a business account manager, in September last year. The inquest heard she ‘couldn’t live without him’ and that the air hostess had died just five days before what would have been the couple’s 25th anniversary. Janet Yates, Mrs Fox’s sister, said: “Debra was always wearing the best designer label clothing. She was always so proud of h