These earthquakes and tsunamis are terrifying.  Thank God that Chile isn’t Haiti.  The earthquake in Chile was a lot stronger than Haiti’s but the wealth Chile derives from being the world’s third-largest copper producer proved a significant barrier against mass destruction.

Central Chile was severely affected by the earthquake, which struck at 3.34am and was followed by violent aftershocks. Much of the country lost power, water supplies and communications.

The earthquake damaged 1.5m houses in Chile, one third of them seriously. Cars overturned, roads were split by fissures and the country suffered more than 100 aftershocks many of them stronger than five on the Richter scale.

On May 22, 1960, southern Chile was hit by the most powerful earthquake recorded, at a magnitude of 9.5. At least 1,600 people died. As a result, almost every large building constructed in Chile can withstand tremors.

[via Times Online]

Glad that the building codes in Chile are strict and that they have been prepared for years.  The roads and highways on the other hand there was no helping as you can see above.

My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone who was effected by this terrible catastrophe.  I feel like bad things happen in threes.  Hopefully, this time, that isn’t true and I am proved wrong.

The Oscars have hired Joel Madden to deejay this year to create more of a party atmosphere for the awards show.  The Academy Awards are usually super traditional but this year they are trying to loosen it up and make it more fun.  The producer Adam Shankman told People Magazine about Madden funking up the Oscars.  What a great idea!

“We’re friends and I asked him,” Shankman says. “I wanted there to be a party atmosphere and I wanted to make sure everyone in the room was having a great time. He’s one of the best, and knows most everyone there.”

Madden is savoring the opportunity, Tweeting, “Guess who is Dj’in the Oscars. Me. Yes i will put on a bow tie of some sort.”

[via People]

The 82nd Annual Academy Awards will be presented on Sunday, March 7, and televised live on ABC beginning at 5 p.m. PT/ 8 p.m. ET. I will definitely NOT be missing the awards show this year! Can’t wait to see all of the fashion on the red carpet and see what kind of party atmosphere that Joel Madden will create!

We talked about this a little earlier in the week when I wrote an article called “Boner is Missing.”  As many people suspected, 41 year old actor Andrew Koenig took his own life.  His body was found in a forest in Vancouver.

On his father’s website, Koenig’s parents posted a long description of their son, including the fact that he had been suffering from clinical depression when he disappeared.

Walter Koenig on Thursday pleaded with people who may be similarly depressed not to ignore the illness and to seek help.

Our thoughts go out to Koenig’s family. Sites like ours may poke fun at actors misfortunes on a daily basis but clearly when something like this happens it’s no laughing matter.

[Via Yahoo!]

Little Justin Bieber will be 16 on March 1st.  He is having a three day long birthday bash in which his guests have to sign waivers because “participation may involve risk of serious injury or death.”  The funny thing is, this kid is having a crazy party and if I were 16 I wish I were invited, but if you are caught with drugs or alcohol during the three day long party, you will be evicted from the premises.  Really?  I’m pretty sure drinking was normal at 16, right?

The festivities begin on Saturday, February 27th, with the arrival of guests and a birthday dinner. On sunday, February 28th, there is a private movie screening for “Book of Eli,” and on Monday, March 1st, Bieber’s birthday bash begins with a backyard pool BBQ, karaoke, sumo wrestling, night laser tag and a DJ and special guest appearance.

The invitation also says other activities will be available, such as paintball, Rockband, Wii, Xbox, Playstation, jacuzzi, basketball court, air hockey, pool table, on call chef, in house workout gym and tennis court.

[via Bitten and Bound]

This birthday bash sounds bad ass… minus the no drinking rule.  Too bad I wasn’t invited!

A man was killed in Central Park by a Snow covered tree branch falling and hitting him in the head.  The law should recognize this as an act of God just like if someone were to be struck by lightening.

A 56-year-old man was killed in Central Park when a snow-sodden tree limb fell on him just before 3:30 p.m. Thursday, the authorities said.

A witness who walked by as the man lay bleeding said that the branch, which came to rest beside his head, looked like it must have weighed 100 pounds. The American elm tree it fell from, the witness said, was massive, perhaps 80 feet high, and was bowed beneath the weight of several inches of wet snow.

“It was obviously a direct hit to his head,” said the witness, a man who lives on the Upper West Side but would not give his name. “There was this big pool of blood spreading through the snow. It was horrifying.”

[via NY Times]

Supposedly a lot of people called 911 but no one offered CPR to the man because he appeard to be dead already.  This is such a sad story. Who expects to be walking around Central Park and have a tree limb fall on you and kill you? No one… it is a freak accident.

I could say that I feel lucky living in Florida because something like this wouldn’t happen here, but at the same time we have hurricane season and have to deal with power outages and tornadoes and trees coming out of their roots and flying around.  We also have to deal with old people driving who don’t deserve to have a license.  What is more risky?  I think living in Florida is a little riskier than walking around Central Park, what do you think?

Dr. Evil’s son is engaged.  I only think of Seth Green from Can’t Hardly Wait and Austin Powers as Dr. Evil’s song.  Also when I watch Family Guy I laugh thinking that Chris Griffin is played by Seth Green.  A big fat blonde loser played by a ginger is just funny to me.  Green is also the executive producer and co-creator of Robot Chicken.  It is actually pretty funny and worth watching if you like that sort of thing.

Anyway, Green is engaged to model/actress Clare Grant.  She is pretty damn good looking for the gingy.  She’s funny too.  She does voice-overs on Robot Chicken as well.

Green, 36, and Grant, 30, attended the Tarina Tarantino Sephora launch party in Hollywood Wednesday and were seen cuddling at the valet stand, but were tightlipped about details of their upcoming nuptials, according to E! News. A source tells PEOPLE that despite reports, the couple did not get engaged on New Year’s Eve.

[via PEOPLE]

His next movie is a Disney movie, Mars Needs Moms, and her next gig is a show on MTV, $5 Cover.  Looks like we will be seeing more of the couple coming up.  Hopefully this engagement actually turns into a marriage, and hopefully this marriage actually lasts.

Robert Pattinson has a new movie coming out Remember Me and Kristen Stewart has one coming out as well where she is playing Joan Jett in The Runaways.  I have a hard time picturing either one of them in anything but the Twilight Saga.

She’s (Kristen Stewart) revealed a glamorous side recently during London Fashion Week, but PEOPLE.com has a first look at Kristen Stewart channeling her inner rocker – Joan Jett, to be precise – in her upcoming movie, The Runaways.

In the scene, Stewart rocks out in her bedroom after her band, the Runways, breaks up.

The movie, which arrives in theaters on March 19, is a coming of age story about the all-girl rock group. It also stars Dakota Fanning, who plays Cherie Currie.

I am really excited to see her play a completely different role. Maybe I will finally see her as a different person than Bella who is in love with Edward Cullen. I am glad that both of them are starring in different movies coming out around the same time. I think it will be really good for both of their careers showing their versatility.

Tony Perkins, an online dater asshole scumbag, slept with at least 26 women in the past 6 years and never told any of them that he has AIDS.  So far, none of the women have been diagnosed with HIV or AIDS.

Perkins pleaded guilty Wednesday in Johnson Superior Court to two felony counts of failing to warn a sexual partner that he had HIV or AIDS. Sentencing is set for April 21. He was arrested Friday after a former girlfriend reported him.

The case likely is the first conviction in Indiana under a 1993 law requiring people with HIV, AIDS and hepatitis B to inform their partners, said Steve Johnson, executive director of the Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council.

“It serves a valid purpose,” Johnson said of the law. “It lets people know that you are facing prison time if you know you have HIV and you have consensual sex with someone and don’t warn them.”

[via IndyStar]

Tony met women on the dating website Plenty Of Fish.  He would meet them in bars from Greenwood to Louisville, Kentucky.  He is a divorcee and has four daughters.  His oldest daughter who is 21 years old said that her father wasn’t looking for women to infect.  He has been ashamed of his disease since he was diagnosed in 2004 and every time that he told a date that he had AIDS they would disappear.  You can’t blame someone for disappearing after a bomb is dropped like that.

I would think if you have AIDS that you would try to find a companion who also has AIDS.  I know there are dating websites for that kind of stuff, right?  There has got to be.  This is a really sad and sick story.  He was just looking for a relationship, but the key to any relationship is trust.  How can you trust someone if they have kept a secret as big as AIDS from you?

Has anyone followed Kelly Osbourne at all since her showing on Dancing with the Stars?  Neither have I but wow!

Kelly Osbourne was already well on her way to a significant weight loss by the end of her highly successful third place showing on Dancing With The Stars. She has kept up her diet and exercise regimen and has lost an amazing 42 pounds.

The 25-year-old is 5′2″ and once tipped the scale at nearly 160 pounds. She is now a size 6 and is thrilled with her petite body.

Osbourne told Us Weekly, “I took more hell for being fat than I did for being an absolute raging drug addict. I will never understand that.”

A.  Boy is that typical of this country.  Getting scorned more for being overweight than destroying yourself with drugs.  Granted both can be fatal but it’s not like Kelly was 300 lbs and needed to go on Biggest Loser.

B.  Poor little Jack Osbourne isn’t getting attention.  I guarantee if you saw him in a lineup you wouldn’t recognize him.  His transformation might be more drastic than Kelly’s.

C.  Kelly is definitely still a weirdo.

But seriously, good for her.  I just hope she can keep up the good health and not be another in a long list of yo yo dieters.

[Via Bitten and Bound]

Andrew FINALLY got laid on The Real World D.C.  Not only once, but twice!  Two different sluts girls.  Callie was trying to figure Andrew out and asked him about relationships and Andrew said he has never had one.  She also told him to try and have sex with a girl twice instead of just once and he said that he doesn’t think he’s ever done that before.  I wonder why… who is going to take a guy seriously who wears panda hats and flipping glasses?

I don’t hate Andrew as much as I did in the beginning.  I just think he is a dorky guy who needs help feeling more comfortable and confident in his own skin.  He should have to wear stupid shirts, hats or glasses to get girl’s attention.

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