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George Steinbrenner, owner of the New York Yankees, died earlier this morning after taking a massive heart attack. He was 80-years-old.
Steinbrenner took a heart attack at his home in Tampa, FL, and was then rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead. His family released a statement…
“It is with profound sadness that the family of George M. Steinbrenner III announces his passing. He passed away this morning in Tampa, Fla., at age 80. Funeral arrangements will be private. There will be an additional public service with details to be announced at a later date.”
During his 37-year ownership of the Yankees, the team won 7 World Series titles and 11 pennants. His serious management gave him the nickname “The Boss”.
He is survived by his four children, Hank, Hal, Jennifer, Jessica and his wife of 54 years Elizabeth Joan Zieg.
source: NY Yankees Legend George Steinbrenner Dies [TMZ]
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With the end of the year and decade coming up you can expect every type of list imaginable popping up, but here is one that I thought was a bit fun and you better too because it took me forever to save all of these picutres! People have come up with what they think is the best photos of 2009. Take a look and tell us what you think.
SUPER HOOPER
She’s got moves! First Lady Michelle Obama displays her hula-hooping skills in Washington, D.C., during a Healthy Kids Fair on the White House lawn. More than 100 school children attended the October event, where Obama helped educate them about exercise and nutritious foods.
TOAST OF THE TOWN
Happy 2009! Reality-star sisters Khloe, Kim and Kourtney Kardashian party it up at LAX nightclub in Las Vegas, ringing in what would be one their biggest years with champagne, hundreds of revelers and near-matching sparkly party dresses.
TRAPEZE ARTIST
Amy Winehouse is flying high during a trapeze lesson while continuing her extended vacation in St. Lucia in January, where she’s hung with a new man and even performed for guests in her hotel.
WALK THIS WAY
Jessica Simpson struts her stuff onstage during Radio 99.9 Kiss Country’s annual Chili Cookoff in Pembroke Pines, Fla., in January. The singer – in her now-infamous jeans – performed a mix of pop and country tunes before dashing off to Dallas for a rendezvous with then-boyfriend Tony Romo
THREE’S COMPANY
Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift and Katy Perry prove that girls rule at February’s Grammy Salute to Industry Icons honoring Clive Davis at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
AYE AYE, SKIPPER
This is your captain speaking! John Mayer gets into the nautical spirit – and shows a lot of leg while doing it! – aboard the Mayercraft Carrier 2, his four-day spring music cruise to Mexico. The singer posted on Twitter about his plans to don his thong “mankini,” which he wore on last year’s voyage.
MAD FOR PLAID
Nice legs! Gossip Girl’s Ed Westwick struts his stuff on the runway in a traditional Scottish kilt during March’s Dressed to Kilt fashion show at New York City’s M2 Ultra Lounge. The event, which paid tribute to all things Scottish, was hosted by famous Scotsman Sir Sean Connery.
SEEING DOUBLE
She has her own mini-me! Katy Perry celebrates the launch of her new music video, “Waking Up in Vegas,” with a look-alike admirer – and now ex-boyfriend Travis McCoy (not pictured) – during a spring bash at Mr. West in New York.
SHINE ON
Twilight heartthrob Robert Pattinson gets pulses racing – in the daylight! – during a photo call at the Magestic Pier for the Cannes International Film Festival in May.
SPLISH SPLASH
Kate Gosselin shows off her summer tan in a black bikini in North Carolina, where she’d been vacationing with her eight children and filming scenes for her TLC reality show Jon & Kate Plus 8.
SEXY SPARKLERS
Dance queen Lady Gaga gets something off her chest – literally! – at June’s MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto. The edgy singer – who performed her hits “LoveGame” and “Poker Face” – was joined by Kelly Clarkson, the Black Eyed Peas and hosts the Jonas Brothers.
CAMEL LOT
Need a lift? Paris Hilton trades Cadillacs for camels, traveling in style during a summer visit to Dubai. The heiress traveled to the Persian Gulf to film a new installment of her reality series, Paris Hilton’s Dubai BFF.
ANIMAL INSTINCT
And the flamboyant stunts continue! Brüno, a.k.a. Sacha Baron Cohen, indulges his wild side in June, donning a furry bull costume at the Spanish premiere of his film at Madrid’a Las Ventas building.
MANNING UP
Dude looks like a lady – and it is! Mariah Carey plays dress-up, sporting two manly looks (one looking suspiciously similar to Eminem) while shooting her “Obsessed” music video in June outside New York’s Plaza Hotel
JUMP ON IT
Don’t mess with The Piven! The Entourage actor launches his assault against WWE star John Cena while guest-hosting Monday Night Raw at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. Piven was at the event to promote his upcoming film, The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, which hit theaters Aug. 14.
MAN HUNT
Look who’s on the prowl! Zac Efron gets ready to make his move – and bares his ripped abs! – while on the Burnaby, British Columbia, set of The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud in August.
TOTALLY ’80S
Are they headed to a Madonna concert? Costars Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall are the picture of ’80s chic in September while filming the sequel to Sex and the City in Manhattan.
GOT CRAVINGS?
All she needs is the ice cream! Kendra Wilkinson enjoys a Girls Next Door reunion – and a salty snack – during her September baby shower, thrown by pals Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt (not pictured) at a private residence outside of Los Angeles.
DOUBLED UP
Actress-designers Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen serve up some seriously stylish cocktails at Bergdorf Goodman during September’s Fashion’s Night Out in N.Y.C.
VISIONARY LOOK
Wanna pucker up to this look? A fashion-savvy Rihanna does as she rocks one stylish pair of shades at Intermix’s Fashion’s Night Out celebration in New York City. The bash was part of a worldwide initiative to celebrate fashion and restore consumer confidence.
IN THE BUFF
Think he’d win a wet T-shirt contest? Absolutely! New Moon hottie Taylor Lautner is soaked to the skin – and bares his buff biceps! – during an October photo shoot in Malibu.
PICTURE PERFECT
She’s got your smile! Doting dad Tom Cruise savors a sweet – and smiley! – moment with his 3-year-old daughter Suri, during a fall outing to the Charles River basin in Cambridge, Mass.
CHEERING SQUAD
Kate Hudson and her father Kurt Russell cheer for the New York Yankees in early November as her baseball player beau Alex Rodriguez helps his team win their 27th World Series title.
TASTY DELIGHT
Gerard Butler certainly has a taste for Katherine Heigl as the costars get cheeky at the Los Angeles premiere of The Ugly Truth. The romantic comedy about a love-challenged TV producer (Heigl) and a sexist correspondent (Butler) opened July 24.
FACE TIME
Who are those masked beachgoers? As the death toll from swine flu mounts in April, newlyweds Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt practice safety first, sporting protective masks for a trip to the beach while on a “pre-honeymoon” in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Thoughts? Do you agree with all of these photos or is there some that should have been on the list?
source: 25 Best Celeb Photos of 2009 [People]
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Me being from Europe means I don’t know a hell of a lot about baseball, but I do know that the New York Yankees won their 27th World Series last night.
The Yankees beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 during the game which seen some celebrities attending including Yankees slugger Alex Rodrigeuz‘s new girl Kate Hudson and her father Kurt Russell.
Also in attendance was Spike Lee who took it upon himself to play paparazzi by taking pictures with some big ass camera and then he tried to catch a ball.
Like I said, I don’t know much about the game so don’t put a hit out on me if you are a fan.
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Madonna and New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez took in a cozy dinner for two at Dos Caminos Third Avenue on Tuesday. They pair ate at an alcove-like table in the back.
Rodriguez, who has donated money to her charity Raising Malawi, has yet to discuss the extent of his relationship with Madonna.
Rodriguez and his wife Cynthia settled their divorce in September.
Cynthia’s attorney, Earle Lilly, stated that Rodriguez had an “affair of the heart” with Madonna.
In July – after more than four years of marriage – Cynthia filed for divorce, citing her husband’s alleged infidelity. The filing came shortly after Us Weekly broke the news that the slugger had been paying late-night visits to Madonna’s NYC apartment. (Madonna, who is married to Guy Richie, denied an affair, saying they were just friends.)
Their relationship came to light, a week after The Times of London reported that Madonna met with high-powered British divorce attorney Fiona Shackleton, who represented Paul McCartney in his split from Heather Mills.
According to The Times, Ritchie met with a lesser-known law firm, Forsters.
Rodriguez was smitten with Madonna six months before the scandal broke. “He [said] he was in love her,” a friend of A-Rod recalled to Us. By February, A-Rod had upped the ante. “”He said, ‘She’s my f–king soulmate, dude,’” the friend said.
source: Madonna and A-Rod Dine Together in NYC [us]
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Madonna made an appearance at a New York Yankee game on Saturday, July 12th — She was in the front row looking and cheering on New York Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez.
Rodriguez , who was photographed waiting to bat against the Toronto Blue Jays during the third inning of their MLB American League baseball game in Toronto, didn’t appear to be all that happy to see his “soul mate“.
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There’s been much speculation regarding Madonna‘s failing marriage to Guy Ritchie, now we may know why.
The singer has been hosting late-night visits from New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez at her Central Park West apartment in New York City.
A ringless and grim-faced Ritchie, 39, arrived in New York City from London yesterday after several weeks apart from his family. A source said that the $28-million-a-year Rodriguez, 32, has made numerous solo nighttime visits to Madonna, 49, at her spacious home and would sneak out “as late as midnight.” Says the source, “All the doormen are talking.”
Rodriguez attended Madonna’s April 30 NYC concert; the singer sat in his seats at a Yankees game on June 22 (it was the first time she ever was photographed at a Yankees game). Her son Rocco, 7, also sported Yankees gear on June 25 while playing in Central Park.
Rodriguez, married with two young daughters, has already faced speculation about cheating: In 2007, he and a stripper were reportedly spied in Toronto, Miami and Dallas.
Complicating matters: Former Yankee slugger Jose Canseco – who once dated Madonna – wrote in his book Vindicted that he “hates [A-Rod's] guts” because he once hit on his wife.
OOooh scandal! It’s always a story about cheating, isn’t it? Alex Rodriguez sounds like a real tool, you would think that Madonna would have better taste than that. Once a cheater, always a cheater.
What others said:
- Gawker says, “The New York Post must be devastated, for whom this would have been the most perfect story: a singer who made her name in New York with the city’s most hated sports celebrity.
- Dlisted says, “I don’t even watch to picture these two bumping muscley genitals. They probably get stuck all the time, because Vadge’s muscled-up chocha traps A-Rod’s rod.”
source: NY Yankee Making Late-Night Visits to Madonna’s Apartment [us]
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Billy Crystal will get to “look mahvelous” in pinstripes. The actor will sign a minor league contract with the New York Yankees and play in Thursday’s exhibition game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
USA Today reports,
 Crystal, an avid Yankees fan, will work out with the team on Wednesday and will wear uniform No. 60 for the game — to be played one day before his 60th birthday. The Yankees said Monday they have the approval of baseball commissioner Bud Selig.
“I’ve been waiting 50 years for this call,” Crystal said in a statement released by the team. “I’m overwhelmed by the generosity of the Yankees and commissioner Selig. I know this’ll be tougher than the Broadway Softball League, but I’m looking forward to helping the younger players, which by the way is all of them. Oops, I have to go, Scott Boras is on the phone.”
Crystal, according to the Yankees, hit .348 and was captain during his senior year at Long Beach High School in New York. He directed and produced *61, a move about Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle and the 1961 Yankees.
“The Yankees are excited to welcome the newest member of our team known for his humor and wit as well as his undying love for the Yankees,” chief operating officer Lonn Trost said.
They forgot to mention his BIG FAT wallet.
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Gilbert Gottfried has won a dubious honor, presented by a newspaper you’ve never heard of.
Comedian Gilbert Gottfried, the voice of the Aflac duck in television commercials for the insurer, was crowned “unsexiest man in the world” by an alternative newspaper Tuesday. “The parrot-voiced, pickle-faced comic is to sexy what Kryptonite is to Superman,” The Boston Phoenix wrote.
New York Yankees pitcher Randy Johnson came in second followed by film critic Roger Ebert, television psychologist Dr. Phil McGraw and Fox television co-host Alan Colmes. Even actor Brad Pitt made the list, as the newspaper’s 100th-least sexy man. Osama bin Laden clocked in at number eight.
George Steinbrenner, owner of the Yankees — arch-rivals to the Boston Red Sox — also made the list. “Come on, we live in Boston, you knew it was coming,” the Phoenix said.
Others included pop star Michael Jackson and nasal-voiced rapper Mike Diamond (Mike D) of the Beastie Boys.
I’ve never given much thought to Gottfried’s sexiness, although am not surprised that it is considered minimal. He is certainly among the world’s most annoying people, though.
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