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  • Bella Thorne Gets Message from Deceased Dad During Interaction With Hollywood Medium

    Bella Thorne received a very unexpected message while a guest at a recent party. What the Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day star didn’t know was that Hollywood Medium Tyler Henry was at the party, too, and while there he received a very strong pull to deliver a message to her.

    “Even when Im trying to unwind, I still pick up on information and have to deliver it,” Tyler said. “There’s no such thing as being off the clock.”

    Tyler Henry didn’t know Bella Thorne. He started chatting to her about a “fatherly figure,” and the feeling that the person with the message had died very suddenly.

    Bella Thorne’s father died in a motorcycle crash in 2007. The 18-year-old has been very private about her dad’s passing. In fact, she spoke out about it for the first time publicly during an interview with Seventeen magazine in November. She told them she still doesn’t have a drivers license or even a learner’s permit.

    “My father died in a motorcycle accident,” she told the publication. “I’m not mature enough to accept the responsibility of perhaps taking someone else’s life.”

    Growing up was hard, she explained in her interview, sharing that her family was on food stamps.

    “I don’t think anybody really knew–it wasn’t a very obvious thing. I’ve never really talked about it. I wasn’t hiding it, and it wasn’t like, ‘Oh, I’m embarrassed because we don’t have money.’ It was, ‘Oh, we don’t have money, so we’re going to work that much harder.’ It was scary, though, because you really want those jobs. It’s a different hunger when you want your family to eat,” Bella Thorne said.

    The Hollywood Medium told Bella at the party that her dad was “perfectly fine,” and that he is very proud of her.

    It’s uncertain whether Bella Thorne believes in these messages conveyed by mediums, but she was likely touched that Tyler Henry sought her out and supposedly didn’t know who she was or anything about her.

    What’s your take on mediums? Do you think the one Bella Thorne met with is legitimate?

  • Bill Beckwith Suffers Untimely Death In Motorcycle Accident

    Bill Beckwith, co-host of HGTV’s ‘Curb Appeal’, is dead. Beckwith, who made regular appearances on HGTV’s ‘Curb Appeal’ died at the age of 38 in a motorcycle crash in San Francisco on Monday. The police have launched an investigation into the cause of the accident. Beckwith died when his motorcycle crashed into another vehicle in San Francisco’s Haight district. The driver of the car that hit Beckwith is reportedly assisting the police in the investigation.

    “The HGTV family is deeply saddened by Bill’s tragic death and we mourn his loss along with his many family and friends who will miss his creativity, adventurous spirit and general love of life,” ‘Curb Appeal’ said in a statement. “We send our deepest and most sincere condolences to Bill’s family.”

    Bill co-hosted ‘Curb Appeal’ with John Gidding, Kimberly Lacy and Chip Wade. The program is currently out of production. Bill appeared in the show as a carpenter on several occasions.

    As a child, Bill was fond of fixing stuff on his parent’s farm in Maine, according to his HGTV bio. Bill attended the University of Montana where he studied English and Martial arts. He started his construction company BB Design Build, in 2001 in Northern California soon after his graduation.

    Since his death, condolences have flooded his official Facebook page. “Bill was truly a beloved and respected member of our Curb Appeal family and this loss is devastating to us,” HGTV wrote on the page. “We send our deepest and most sincere condolences to Bill’s family.”

    A Facebook memorial page known as Billy J. Beckwith, Superstar has already been create and is already filled with memorial messages.  “My love: so kind, so bright, adventurous and strong,” wrote Yulia Korneeva, his girlfriend.

    (main pic via HGTV.com)

  • Japanese Motorcycle Rider Killed During Qualifier

    A Japanese motorcycle racer was killed this week during a qualifying race in the U.K.

    According to a statement from Isle of Man Tourist Trophy (TT) organizers, 43-year-old Yoshinari Matsushita died Monday during a qualifying race for this year’s Isle of Man TT Races. The accident occurred at the Ballacrye section of the TT Circuit in the northern part of the Isle of Man, which is located in the Irish Sea between England and Ireland.

    “Yoshi was a really popular competitor who had a large number of friends in the TT Races paddock,” said Gary Thoompson, Clerk of the Course for the Auto-Cycle Union (ACU). “He was a genuine and friendly character who always had time for everyone. He will be sorely missed.”

    The ACU stated that Matsushita regularly competed in Superstock and Superbike classes. He first competed in the TT Races in 2009, and placed 5th in the 2011 TT Zero for electric bikes. Matsushita was a member of the Tycho Suzuki (TAS) racing team

    “Everyone within our team is devastated about tonight’s terrible events,” said Phillip Neill, TAS team manager. “We were very much looking forward to working with Yoshinari during TT2013 and pass on our deepest condolences to his family and fellow team members.”

    (Image courtesy Isle of Man TT)

  • Bobby Petrino On Leave After Admitting Affair With 25-Year Old

    Arkansas Razorbacks coach Bobby Petrino was put on leave yesterday after disclosing an “inappropriate relationship” with co-worker Jessica Dorrell. The admission came after the coach was in a motorcycle accident with Dorrell as his passenger and lied to administrators about being alone on the bike. Athletic Director Jeff Long appeared in a press conference on Thursday night to announce the news.

    Petrino was briefly hospitalized for four broken ribs and a cracked vertabra after rolling his bike; no other vehicles were involved and Dorrell declined treatment at the hospital. When a police report was filed regarding the accident which included Dorrell’s name, Petrino admitted to school officials that he’d been having a relationship with her and said he had initially been untruthful because he wanted to protect his family; the 51-year old is married and has four children.

    25-year old Dorrell, who is the Student-Athlete Development Co-ordinator at the university, has not been disciplined yet, but Long said he will have to investigate the matter further to see if action needs to be taken against her. It is unclear how long Petrino will be on paid leave.

    “I’m at the beginning of the review. I don’t know what I’m going to find,” Long said. “I am disappointed that coach Petrino did not share with me, when he had the opportunity to, the full extent of the accident and who was involved.”

    In a statement released on Thursday, Petrino said he hopes to make amends for his decisions.

    “I will fully cooperate with the university throughout this process and my hope is to repair my relationships with my family, my athletic director, the Razorback Nation and remain the head coach of the Razorbacks,” he said.

    Petrino has been with Arkansas for four years and has improved the Razorback’s game every season. Some fear this scandal will injure–or perhaps ruin–his career.