Archive for August 29, 2009

Senator Ted Kennedy Laid to Rest

Sen. Ted Kennedy was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA, on Saturday evening following his funeral service earlier that morning in Boston. Kennedy's final resting place is next to where his brothers President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy are buried. Colleagues and admirers lined the steps of the U.S. Capitol and memorialized Kennedy when his motorcade made a stop there en route to Arlington National Cemetery, known as the last resting place for heroes and notables of United States history. Read More »

DJ AM’s Autopsy Completed

ET can confirm that the New York Medical Examiner's office has completed the autopsy on Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein. Read on to find out how soon the results might become available. We've learned that it could take up to several weeks for the autopsy results to be determined. Goldstein was found dead at the age of 36 on Friday. Click here for his final Twitter message and star reactions to the sad news. Read More »

Ted Kennedy’s Funeral a Star-Studded Farewell

President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and a host of major public figures such as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jack Nicholson attended Sen. Ted Kennedy's funeral in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in Boston on Saturday morning. “Ted Kennedy’s life’s work was not to champion those with wealth or power or special connections,” President Obama said in his eulogy. “It was to give a voice to those who were not heard; to add a rung to the ladder of opportunity; to make real the dream of our founding. “He was given the gift of time that his brothers were not, and he used that gift to touch as many lives and right as many wrongs as the years would allow,” the president added. Read More »

Spike Lee Hosts Massive Michael Jackson B-Day Celebration

Dancing Michael Jackson fans reportedly numbering in the thousands filled up a New York park where director Spike Lee hosted a ceremonial birthday bash for the late King of Pop, who would have turned 51 on Saturday. The party-goers danced beneath a shower of rain in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park as a DJ spun Jackson's classic songs, says the Associated Press. “I was just like everyone else. I loved his talent," Lee said. Read More »