Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 14, 2021 at 2:08pm
Norm Macdonald, known for his time on "Saturday Night Live," has died, Fox News can confirm. He was 61 years old.
According to Deadline, the comedian had been battling cancer for nine years.
Macdonald's longtime producing partner and friend Lori Jo Hoekstra was reportedly at his side when he passed.
"He was most proud of his comedy," Hoekstra told Deadline. "He never wanted the diagnosis to affect the way the audience or any of his loved ones saw him. Norm was a pure comic. He once wrote that ‘a joke should catch someone by surprise, it should never pander.’ He certainly never pandered. Norm will be missed terribly."
Macdonald was an "SNL" cast member from 1993 to 1999 and anchored the show's Weekend Update sketch for three seasons.
After leaving "SNL," Macdonald had his own comedy show, "The Norm Show," from 1999-2001, and later had his own talk show on Netflix for one season in 2018.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 10, 2021 at 3:53pm
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MELBOURNE, Fla.(ClickOrlando) – The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday released dash camera video showing two deputies who were attacked during a traffic stop on U.S. 192 in West Melbourne on Aug 30.
During the violent attack, the sheriff’s office said Deputy Brian Potters was shot in the leg. The shooter, Paris Wilder, was shot & killed by Deputy Tyler Thoman.
The beginning of the dashcam video shows Thoman & Potters talking to two people outside the vehicle that was pulled over.
Potters notices a 2-month-old baby & a dog in the backseat seated next to a man, later identified as Wilder.
The deputy asked the man to exit the vehicle & the next part of the video shows Wilder exit the vehicle & point an AR-15 style rifle at Potters.
Wilder opened fire on Potters & Wilder appears to get shot during the encounter. Potters yells at Thoman that he has been shot.
Thoman & Potters used the Brevard County patrol car as a barrier between themselves and the shooter.
The video shows Wilder come from behind & hit Potters in the head with the gun and the deputy falls to the ground.
The video shows the suspect repeatedly hit Potters in the head while they are on the ground.
Thoman then fires multiple rounds at the suspect killing him.
Sheriff Wayne Ivey said Thoman saved Potters’ life.
Potters is expected to make a full recovery.
Ivey said Wilder has a criminal history.
The two other people at the traffic stop returned to the scene & cooperated with the deputies after Wilder’s attack.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on February 27, 2017 at 10:33am
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(Reuters) American actor Bill Paxton, who rose to stardom in such Hollywood blockbusters as "Titanic" and inspired budding meteorologists as a tornado chaser in "Twister," has died at age 61, his family said on Sunday.
A family representative said Paxton died of complications after surgery. It was not immediately known what procedure the Fort Worth, Texas, native had undergone.
"Bill’s passion for the arts was felt by all who knew him, and his warmth and tireless energy were undeniable," the representative said in a statement.
Paxton, who appeared in more than 90 films or television shows over four decades, had recently starred in the HBO television series "Big Love" about a polygamous Mormon family, and acted alongside Tom Cruise in the 2014 film "Edge of Tomorrow."
For his role in "Apollo 13," Paxton won a Screen Actors Guild Award for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture in 1996.
The son of a Texas businessman, Paxton had a brush with history on Nov. 22, 1963, when as an 8-year-old he saw President John F. Kennedy speak outside a Fort Worth hotel hours before Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas.
A photo of Paxton held above the crowd to catch a glimpse of the president became famous, and 50 years later, Paxton narrated the documentary "JFK: The Final Hours."
Paxton started in movies as a set dresser for maverick director Roger Corman and made his film debut in "Crazy Mama" (1975).
He was a familiar face in movies directed by James Cameron, appearing as a knife-wielding punk in "Terminator" (1984) and a treasure hunter in "Titanic" (1997). Paxton also was a space marine in Cameron's "Aliens" (1986) who memorably yelps, "Game over, man!" when threatened by the title creatures.
His profile soared with "One False Move" (1992), a critically praised film noir in which he played a sheriff with a secret past.
In 2004, critic David Thomson called "One False Move" Paxton's finest work. He wrote of his performances, "Bill Paxton can vary his action hero by several degrees one way or another - towards introspection or loud-mouthed enthusiasm."
Paxton also gained an unlikely fan base - meteorologists - when he starred in "Twister" (1996) as tornado-chasing weatherman Bill "The Extreme" Harding.
On Sunday the National Weather Service said on Twitter, "'Twister' was an inspiration to many budding meteorologists over the last 20 years. Thank you, Bill Paxton."
Twister was an inspiration to many budding meteorologists over the last 20 years. Thank you, Bill Paxton, a.k.a. Bill "The Extreme" Harding. pic.twitter.com/OmsB7hkCYF
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Considered a radio pioneer by many, STAR has set precedents on the urban landscape and was recently inducted into News One's "Top 20 Black Radio Jockeys Of All Time."
STAR & BUC WILD made the national stage on MTV (1999) but it was their radio show on New York's Hot 97 and Power 105 (2000 - 2006) that secured their place in Hip-Hop history.
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