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Bernie Mac didn't have to die—if only his dermatologist had done something about it.
That's the feeling of the late comedian's widow, Rhonda McCullough, who has filed a wrongful death suit against Mac's longtime doctor, accusing him of negligence in failing to properly treat the star in the weeks before he died.
The complaint, filed last week in Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago, claims Rene M. Earles "failed to recognize and act upon abnormal vital signs and signs of respiratory failure" during a July 17, 2007, visit the funnyman paid to the physician's office.
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McCullough alleges in her court docs that instead of diagnosing pneumonia, calling 911 and sending Mac to the hospital via ambulance, Earles negligently kept Mac at the clinic for nine more hours, setting off a chain reaction of complications culminating in the star's death from pneumonia on Aug. 9, 2008.
Earles, who considered Mac a friend and had for 20 years treated a lesional skin condition on his head, face and neck caused by sarcoidosis, an inflammatory lung disease, told the Chicago Sun-Times he thought the Emmy-nominated actor may have had an allergic reaction to an injection another doctor had given him.
In any case, the dermatologist said that after stabilizing Mac with oxygen and letting him sleep, he sent Mac to Northwestern Hospital, where he picked up another bug.
"He didn't die the next day, he didn't die in two days. He died in two weeks and he got over his original strain of pneumonia. He got another strain of pneumonia while he was in the hospital," Earles told the paper, noting he was heartsick over his pal's death.
The suit seeks at least $50,000 in damages.
Source: EOnline
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As previously reported on PaperChaserDotCom, Laurence Fishburne's daughter, Montana has embarked upon a career in porn.
The 19 year old believes she can achieve mainstream success eventually, by going this unconventional route.
Other Hollywood stars like Paris Hilton, Pamela Anderson, Kim Kardashian and most recently Kendra Wilkinson have all had sex tapes leak without it having an adverse affect on their careers.
In fact, you could argue that Paris and Montana's idol, Kim K. are even more famous because of their sex tapes.
So who's to say if this will work for Montana aka "Chippy D".
As previously reported on PaperChaserDotCom, Laurence Fishburne's daughter, Montana has embarked upon a career in porn.
The 19 year old believes she can achieve mainstream success eventually, by going this unconventional route.
Other Hollywood stars like Paris Hilton, Pamela Anderson, Kim Kardashian and most recently Kendra Wilkinson have all had sex tapes leak without it having an adverse affect on their careers.
In fact, you could argue that Paris and Montana's idol, Kim K. are even more famous because of their sex tapes.
So who's to say if this will work for Montana aka "Chippy D".
"I've watched how successful Kim Kardashian became and I think a lot of it was due to the release of her sex tape by Vivid," Fishburne said in a press release. "I'm hoping the same magic will work for me. I'm impatient about getting well-known and having more opportunities and this seemed like a great way to get started on it."
Vivid Entertainment is the same company that produced the XXX tapes of Kardashian and Wilkinson. They plan on releasing Fishburne's self titled tape August 18.
"Montana made up her mind to make this DVD before we met her," Vivid co-founder/chairman Steven Hirsch said. "She grew up in the entertainment business and was well aware of our company. In looking at the careers of many current leading female personalities, she saw a path to success and hopes to follow it."
Still though, you would think that with a father who has starred in movies like 'The Matrix', 'King Of New York', 'Deep Cover', 'Boyz In Da Hood' and so many other great films, Montana would have been able to get a break in Hollywood without taking off her clothes.
Oh well.......
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Four plus years, a whole lot of drama, and a lot of politics and ego’s later 10 songs from the last works of Detroit’s Mayor finally hits the internets. For those of you who haven’t been paying attention Proof and DJ Jewels Baby hooked up for a marathon recording session to write and record a full mixtape in 24 hours. The project has been plagued by drama since his death in 2006.
Tracklist:
01 Time A Tell Intro 1
02 Time A Tell Intro 2 f. Anna Doll
03 Friends Ain’t Really Friends
04 You Heard Of Us f. Killa Kaun & 1st Born
05 Whole New Beginning f. Supa MC
06 Shady
07 Yo Chick f. Big Dogg
08 Priceless
09 I Think Of You
10 Sincerely Proof
11 Block Boyz f. C4
12 Jus Fooling!
13 Iron Fist
14 Pill Pop
15 Time A Tell f. Ty Farris, Yung Famous & The Young Truth
16 Verbal Spar
17 Back Where We Started
18 Herman Keipher
19 Herman Keipher
20 Private Dance
21 Crew Deep
22 Detroit Luv
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Superstar singer/songwriter/actor, Ne-Yo is enjoying a tremendously successful career. His three solo albums, 'In My Own Words', 'Because Of You' and 'Year Of The Gentleman' are all certified platinum.
His private life seem to be going great at the moment as well. His girlfriend, Monyetta Shaw is expecting the couple's first child in January 2011.
There is one problem however, that just won't go away. For some reason Ne-yo has been dogged by rumors that he is gay. Despite the fact that there is no proof and the singer has had well publicized relationships with women, the rumor still persists.
Ne-Yo spoke with Fox All Access host Chris Leary recently and addressed the issue.
"There's one rumor that for whatever reason, will not die. I'm convinced that it's just because they really can't figure out anything else to say about me. Which kinda doesn't make any sense because if you really just wanted to talk bad about me you could," the singer says.
"But there's this whole gay thing that keeps following me around. [People think] Anybody that sings and has a penis is gay. So I'm part of that elite squad, according to multiple blog sites and whatnot. I guess it's because I've never shot a person, or talked about shooting a person or had a desire to shoot a person...that I'm gay."
He goes on to talk about rumors being something you just have to deal with as an entertainer.
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