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April 15, 2005
Topics hospital, porn, video, death, lawyers, lesbian, toronto, philadelphia, films, stars, stage, cover, film, murder, movie, kids, star, california, face, children, money and pornography
Slain porn star's agent wants to donate proceeds from her final movie to local Canadian children's hospital. Twenty-three-year-old, Natel King, stage name Taylor Sumers, made her final on-screen appearance in a porn film titled "Lesbian Lover. " After being stabbed to death last year, King's agent, Stephen Sirard, wants to donate proceeds made from the film's sales to Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children. Sirard said lawyers for his FCF agency in California had asked the hospital if they could highlight the promised gift on the cover of their video, using wording like "all proceeds from the sale of this video go to Sick Kid's Hospital in Toronto. " But hospital spokeswoman Carol Duncan said she has not heard anything about the issue, and she declined to say how the hospital might react to a donation of this kind. "We have to send the issue to the ethics committee and the board of directors for consideration," she said. King, described by Sirard as "a porn star with principles," says King raised money for the hospital before she was murdered. King was stabbed to death in February 2004 after a photography shoot near Philadelphia. The photographer has pleaded guilty to murder and could face 25 years in jail.
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April 15, 2005
Pint -sized Emmanuel Lewis, star of 80's sitcom, "Webster," was pulled over after being spotted doing 70 in a 45 mph zone in the rural Georgia town of Warwick. Lewis, 33, was hauling an SUV he'd purchased up State Route 300 when he was popped by Officer Ron Kirk, who immediately recognized the star and requested an autograph and photos. The actor posed with Kirk and the town's police chief, Randy Howard Jr. "Well, I grew up watching him and he was very nice and professional, so I just gave him a courtesy warning," Kirk told Albany television station WALB. Kirk says Lewis was probably unfamiliar with the area and had not realized the speed limit had dropped. At one point in the 80's, Lewis was one of Michael Jackson's best-known kid-star companions. He even recorded a musical single, "City Connection," which topped the charts in Japan.
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April 14, 2005
South African zoo workers are working to find a way for their star chimpanzee to quit smoking. Charlie, a grown male chimp at the Bloemfontein Zoo, has been picking up cigarettes thrown to him by visitors and smoking them. Zoo officials blame the habit on its visitors, stating the chimp probably picked up the habit after mimicking the humans he saw daily. "Baby chimps pick up habits by mimicking adults and we think he started mimicking smokers at his enclosure which probably led to smokers throwing him cigarettes," says zoo spokesman Daryl Barnes. Charlie is already showing the signs of a true nicotine addict. "He even acts like a naughty schoolboy by hiding the cigarette when staff approach the area," Barnes said, adding that the zoo was determined to help him quit.
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April 7, 2005
Idol fan auctions off American Idol, Kelly Clarkson's, water bottle after recovering it at a recent concert. Kelly Clarkson fans have two more days to bid on a one and only item being auctioned off on e-bay. The anonymous seller from Ames, Iowa is hoping to cash in on a used water bottle from Clarkson's concert in Omaha. "I am auctioning off (1) 16. 9 fluid ounce bottle of Dasani bottled water that Kelly Clarkson drank out of during her concert on April 2. . . . Do you want to own some Kelly Clarkson DNA, then this is your chance," says the seller. The prized water bottle was obtained by the unknown fan thanks to a seat in row 1 at Clarkson's show, giving him, or her, the perfect opportunity to snag the bottle. The best part - there's still water in it, so fans can share a drink with their favorite Idol star. Unfortunately, Idol-goers don't seem to see the value - with just two days left there's been only three bids, reaching a total of $20. 50.
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