Howard Bragman, a well-known Hollywood public relations consultant, is said to have died at the age of 66 following a battle with cancer. In a diary note, his lover, Mike Maimone, verified his death:
“The magnitude of our collective loss cannot be emphasized – Howard was a constant in so many of our lives, and the brightest light in his vast constellation of friends and family.”
Another source close to Bragman’s family verified the news to The Hollywood Reporter in a statement. Read More...
After the university was created, the free-state stronghold of Lawrence was still full of Jayhawkers. The first mention of the Jayhawk being attributed to the university wasn’t until 1886 when chemistry professor E.H.S. Bailey wrote a school cheer in which the students would chant “Rah, Rah, Jayhawk” (via the University of Kansas). The university history continues to explain that eventually “in place of the Rahs, an English professor suggested ‘Rock Chalk,’ a transposition of chalk rock, the name for the limestone outcropping found on Mount Oread, the site of the Lawrence campus. Read More...
A heartbreaking tale of bullying has a happy ending for one Oklahoma boy and a stray cat.
Madden Humphreys is 7-years-old and was born with a cleft lip and two different coloured eyes. Madden used to come home from school crying because of bullies making fun of his appearance.
“It broke my heart,” Madden’s mother, Christina Humphreys stated. “At the end of last year, he made a book about how he had no friends and had to play by himself. Read More...