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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Lo siento Taco Bell! Famed pitch chihuahua dies
Sometimes all a company needs is a good tagline.
Gidget the Chihuahua provided Taco Bell just that (sort of) with “Yo Quiero Taco Bell.”
The pint-size pouch went to doggie heaven Tuesday, July 21, after suffering a stroke, according to an article published on People Pets.
She was 15 and that’s pretty old for a dog.
“She made so many people happy,” Gidget’s trainer, Sue Chipperton, told the People Pets. When she’s on a set, she comes alive.”
Often dressed as a Mexican revolutionary in the Taco Bell ads, Gidget also helped make her breed a household name in this country.
Of course she didn’t do it all by herself.
Newsflash: dogs can’t really talk.
Gidget’s character was voiced by actor Carlos Alazraqui in the Taco Bell ads.
Although her big break came with fast food, Gidget had a career many human actors would kill to possess. She starred in “Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blond” with Reese Witherspoon.
Gidget played Bruiser’s mom.
“Viva Gorditas!”
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Baldwin brother bankrupt
Being a Baldwin Brother isn’t as bankable as you might guess.
Stephen Baldwin, the third most handsome Baldwin in my humble opinion, is millions of dollars in debt and has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to reports from the Associated Press.
He’s not the crazy one - most kooky goes to Daniel Baldwin - but Stephen is very odd indeed.
He did after all baptize Spencer Pratt in the jungles of Costa Rican.
A federal court filing Tuesday, July 21, shows that Baldwin and his wife owes $1.2 million in two mortgages on a property about 30 miles north of New York City valued at $1.1 million.
The document shows he also owes more than $1 million in taxes and has about $70,000 in credit card debt.
This maybe explains why he signed up to appear on “I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!”
What do you think?
Second Michael Jackson autopsy reveals needle marks lethal amount of drugs
The results of the second autopsy on Michael Jackson’s body do not reveal a smoking gun, according to E News.
The Jackson family ordered second autopsy came after the one performed by the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office.
The coroner’s office said last week that it will take up to two additional weeks before Jackson’s full autopsy report is complete, the Associated Press said.
But investigators have confirmed that Jackson was taking an assortment of prescription drugs when he died June 25.
E News says it has spoken with a source with knowledge of both autopsies.
The second autopsy results are similar to the findings from the first, it reports.
Jackson’s body had needle marks and a potentially lethal amount of propofol, a drug used to make patients semiconscious.
Police found that powerful anesthetic in Jackson’s home after his death June 25.
Joe Jackson and other Jackson family members have said they believe foul play was involved in his death.
La Toya Jackson told the UK’s Daily Mail that her brother was murdered.
She says Michael Jackson’s entourage cut him off from her family.
‘Less than a month ago, I said I thought Michael was going to die before the London shows because he was surrounded by people who didn’t have his best interests at heart,” she tells the newspaper. ‘Michael was worth more than a billion dollars. When anyone is worth that much money, there are always greedy people around them.”
