Two Ontario police officers have been credited with saving the life of Van Halen singer David Lee Roth - after he suffered a severe allergic reaction.
The rocker was pulled over on a stretch of highway in Oakland, Ontario on June 8 for speeding, and when cops approached the vehicle, they realized the star was in anaphylactic shock.
Roth has an allergy to nuts and was suffering a severe reaction after coming into contact with a contaminated substance.
The officers called an ambulance and kept Roth calm until paramedics arrived on the scene, according to CTV.ca.
Constable Chris Thompson admits he didn’t realize that he was dealing with a famous rock star when he attended to the crisis.
He says, “At the time I wasn’t star struck, I was just trying to help him. The guy stuck out like a sore thumb. He was wearing a little silk scarf and flashy clothing - it’s not something you see in Oakland too often.”
Ha! This reminds me of the time Gene Simmons went skiing and ended up planted on his back in the middle of nowhere. Funny story if you watched the episode of Family Jewels.
Those born with a thirst for fame as well as an unfortunate (or boring) moniker face a tougher road to the A-list. So it’s no wonder that many celebs choose to drop their given name for something a bit more… catchy.
Of course, the gawking public isn’t dumb. They know the odds are slim that Sting was born with such an evocative handle. Each week we see an avalanche of searches for celebrity “real names.” Folks look up the obvious stage names (Larry the Cable Guy) as well as some that are a tad more subtle (John Wayne). Some of the lookups are met with disappointment. Madonna’s real name is, in fact, Madonna. Same deal with Prince.
Below we list the 20 top “real name” searches from the past week. Madonna and Tiger top the list, but you’ll find all sorts of actors, athletes, and musicians in the mix. Most people stick with the name they’re given. Celebrities are not “most people.”
The Kiss Army fan club has an enthusiastic new recruit: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
In a departure from her normally staid diplomatic duties, Rice met the legendary glam rock quartet when they happened to share a hotel in the Swedish capital. Rice was in Stockholm on Thursday for an international conference on Iraq. Kiss had a sold-out gig to play on Friday.
“I was thrilled,” Rice said of her late-night encounter with frontman Gene Simmons and bandmates Paul Stanley, Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer in the executive lounge of the Sheraton Hotel where they signed autographs and handed out backstage passes and T-shirts to her staff. “It was really fun to meet Kiss and Gene Simmons,” she told reporters, noting they seemed well informed about current events. The band had asked if she could stop by after she finished dinner with the Swedish foreign minister and Rice readily agreed, she said.
Simmons and his crew, who are on a European tour, weren’t wearing their trademark stage makeup, but were recognizable as rock stars to even non-fans by their hair, according to State Department officials who were with Rice.
Rice, a classically trained pianist, said she has eclectic musical tastes ranging from Beethoven to Bruce Springsteen. Hard stadium rockers like Kiss are included in the mix and Rice said her favorite tune of theirs is “Rock and Roll All Nite.” But, she conceded she had never seen the group in concert.
In fact, although she frequently attends classical music performances, Rice claims to have been to only four rock concerts in her life. The first was in the early 1960s when she went as a 10-year-old to see Paul Revere and the Raiders in her home state of Alabama. After her family moved to Colorado, Rice went at the age of 16 went on her first date with an Air Force cadet to see Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. She later saw Earth, Wind and Fire in Denver and her last rock and roll show was a U2 concert in Washington, she said.
Office doors all over America were shutting yesterday, so music fans — or just the curious — could have some private time in order to look and see, if it was actually Gene Simmons in the sex tape which we were one of the first to report on Tuesday night.
Simmons, who claims to have been with Shannon Tweed exclusively for the last 25 years, is NOT the woman in the video, which has been released by GenesSecret.com.
A sex video allegedly featuring Gene Simmons was released Tuesday at GenesSecret.com.
The site’s video still show a man who appears to be Simmons - bassist for the rock band KISS and star of the reality TV show “Gene Simmons’ Family Jewels” - having sex with a woman identified as an Austrian babe named “Elsa,” a spokesmodel for Frank’s Energy Drink. Simmons reportedly endorses the drink.
Photos on the site promoting the sex video show the couple going at it in several positions, with Simmons keeping his shirt on and Elsa wearing lingerie.
The video is available for a $9.95 one-day trial; a monthly subscription costs $29.95.
Additional content on the site, none of which features Simmons, is provided exclusively by Webmaster Central . A Webmaster Central spokesperson said the company was not connected to the sex video and only provided additional content for the site.
GenesSecret.com is an offshore site operated in Panama. The site’s owner has not been identified.
Simmons made a name for himself in the flashy, makeup-covered band KISS, not only for his musical talents, but also for his long tongue and sexual conquests. Simmons claims to have slept with more than 4,600 women.
Simmons’ popularity soared again with the hit reality TV show “Gene Simmons’ Family Jewels,” which airs on the cable channel A&E and documents the rocker’s business exploits and interactions with his son Nick, daughter Sophie and longtime live-in girlfriend and former Playboy Playmate Shannon Tweed.
Gene is going to need a hospital again, once Shannon gets a hold of him!
What others said:
Dlisted, “She also looks asleep. I would have to be asleep or in a coma to let Gene Simmons’ hump on me, so I don’t blame her.”
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source: AVN Exclusive: Alleged Gene Simmons Sex Video Released [avn media network]
Michael Douglas is classing up NBC with a celebrity introduction for the newscasts. The idea is apparently paying off and CNN is looking to get a piece of the action. To cash in on the celebrity wagon the team behind Anderson Cooper 360 has been in search of an announcer with clout.
Instead of trying to outdo NBC with someone like Sean Connery they have waltzed in Ozzy Ozbourne and Gene Simmons. After Ozzy bitches to Anderson to hurry it up because he’s not getting in scratch for doing the audition it is beyond awkward. Cooper then asks him to do it again with clarity. That is like asking a one legged man to do a better job in an ass kicking contest. After that didn’t work out, the Anderson Cooper team wised up and brought out the big guns. Fran Drescher lends her shrill voice to the show to which Anderson practically cries with approval stating that “you were my first choice all along to be the announcer.”
She is like a huge gay icon so I am not surprised. It was probably a toss up between her and Cher singing “Do You Believe in Love” while Andy dances around with glow sticks.
Source: Anderson Cooper All Over Fran Drescher [Gawker]
This is actual footage from the operating room. It was filmed for the second season of his reality show, Gene Simmons Family Jewels. Please, don’t view if this sort of thing bothers you.
The Kiss Army fan club has an enthusiastic new recruit: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
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