Guns N' Roses Drummer Steven Adler Hospitalized for Stabbing Himself - TMZ

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Former Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler was rushed to the hospital after stabbing himself at his home ... TMZ has learned.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ someone at Adler's L.A. home called 911 shortly after 6:30 Thursday night to report someone had stabbed themselves. We're told when cops and paramedics arrived, they discovered it was Adler who had suffered a stab wound to his stomach.

Our sources say Adler was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. We're told no one else is suspected to have been involved in the incident. 

Adler has openly struggled with substance abuse for decades. He was kicked out of Guns N' Roses over his drug addiction in 1990 ... but was later inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with the group in 2012.

Adler has appeared on several TV shows about addiction ... he was a member of seasons 2 and 5 of "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew" and its spin-off 'Sober House.'

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2019-06-28 03:33:00Z
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Madonna's 'God Control' video slammed by Pulse Nightclub survivor: 'It's bringing up that pain' - Fox News

A survivor of the Pulse Nightclub shooting says Madonna’s new video tackling gun violence was deeply upsetting and triggering to her, arguing the singer's approach to the conversation was all wrong.

On Wednesday, the 60-year-old singer released a video for “God Control,” a play on “gun control.” The eight-minute clip begins with a graphic content warning to viewers and depicts a gunman storming a night club and opening fire on the crowd, killing many people.

Following the release of the video, Madonna took to Twitter to urge fans to act in advocacy of gun control.

"This is your wake up call," the 60-year-old singer wrote in part. "Gun violence disproportionately affects children, teenagers and the marginalized in our communities. Honor the victims and demand GUN CONTROL. NOW. Volunteer, stand up, donate, reach out."

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However, speaking to TMZ, Pulse Nightclub survivor, Patience Carter, explained that the video didn’t do all it could to avoid bringing victims of gun violence back to that horrible place, calling the depiction “grossly accurate.”

“As a survivor of gun violence, it w3as really hard to watch,“ she said in a video.

“I understood what she was trying to do with bringing awareness to the topic of gun control, but I definitely felt that wasn’t the right way to go about doing it,” she explained. “Because, for someone like me who actually saw those images, who actually lived those images, to see them again dramatized for views, dramatized for YouTube, I feel like it was really insensitive.”

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She continued: “You could not think about the person that was actually in those incidents, that actually lost someone, that actually had to experience that bloodshed firsthand. Think about how they would feel reliving, because that’s what it is, reliving this all over again. And it’s bringing up that pain, all that healing, all that growth can crumble with one video.”

Madonna previously told People that her reasoning behind the controversial video was simply to draw attention to what she considers the biggest problem facing the United States at the moment.

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“I made this video because I want to draw attention to a crisis that needs to be addressed. To me, this is the biggest problem in America right now,” she said. “I cannot take it anymore.”

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2019-06-27 14:00:59Z
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Madonna's 'God Control' video slammed by Pulse Nightclub survivor: 'It's bringing up that pain' - Fox News

A survivor of the Pulse Nightclub shooting says Madonna’s new video tackling gun violence was deeply upsetting and triggering to her, arguing the singer's approach to the conversation was all wrong.

On Wednesday, the 60-year-old singer released a video for “God Control,” a play on “gun control.” The eight-minute clip begins with a graphic content warning to viewers and depicts a gunman storming a night club and opening fire on the crowd, killing many people.

Following the release of the video, Madonna took to Twitter to urge fans to act in advocacy of gun control.

"This is your wake up call," the 60-year-old singer wrote in part. "Gun violence disproportionately affects children, teenagers and the marginalized in our communities. Honor the victims and demand GUN CONTROL. NOW. Volunteer, stand up, donate, reach out."

MADONNA FELT ‘RAPED’ BY NEW YORK TIMES PROFILE SHE CONSIDERS SEXIST

However, speaking to TMZ, Pulse Nightclub survivor, Patience Carter, explained that the video didn’t do all it could to avoid bringing victims of gun violence back to that horrible place, calling the depiction “grossly accurate.”

“As a survivor of gun violence, it w3as really hard to watch,“ she said in a video.

“I understood what she was trying to do with bringing awareness to the topic of gun control, but I definitely felt that wasn’t the right way to go about doing it,” she explained. “Because, for someone like me who actually saw those images, who actually lived those images, to see them again dramatized for views, dramatized for YouTube, I feel like it was really insensitive.”

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She continued: “You could not think about the person that was actually in those incidents, that actually lost someone, that actually had to experience that bloodshed firsthand. Think about how they would feel reliving, because that’s what it is, reliving this all over again. And it’s bringing up that pain, all that healing, all that growth can crumble with one video.”

Madonna previously told People that her reasoning behind the controversial video was simply to draw attention to what she considers the biggest problem facing the United States at the moment.

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

“I made this video because I want to draw attention to a crisis that needs to be addressed. To me, this is the biggest problem in America right now,” she said. “I cannot take it anymore.”

[WARNING: The video below contains graphic content.]

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2019-06-27 13:55:44Z
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Duane 'Dog' Chapman reveals Beth's final words - CNN

Chapman tearfully spoke to local reporters about the love of his life who lost her battle with cancer Wednesday at the age of 51.

Beth Chapman, 'Dog the Bounty Hunter' star, has died

"When she had an attack I didn't know anything to do but to say 'in Jesus' name' and hold her," he said. "And when I said 'in Jesus' name' she said, 'Say it again, say it more.' "

Chapman said she then told her family "'I love you' and 'Are you guys all okay? Don't worry,' but she never accepted it."

Beth Chapman had recently been placed in a medically induced coma and died Wednesday morning in a Honolulu hospital.

She and her husband were the stars of a hit reality show, which chronicled the adventures of their family-owned bounty-hunting business and aired from 2004 to 2012.

He had shared the news of her passing on social media.

"It's 5:32 in Hawaii, this is the time she would wake up to go hike Koko Head mountain," he tweeted. "Only today, she hiked the stairway to heaven. We all love you, Beth. See you on the other side."

The couple married in 2006 and raised 12 children together, two of whom they had together.

Daughter Bonnie Chapman tweeted that she never thought she would lose her mother at the age of 20.

"I'll never forget you, mama. You were such a strong woman, and you taught me to always be strong," she also tweeted. You were strong for everyone, and you taught me it's okay to let go.

Lyssa Chapman, who appeared on the reality show and is known to viewers as "Baby Lyssa," retweeted her father's announcement about the passing of her stepmother writing "Beth we love you."

She also shared a photo of a makeshift memorial to Beth Chapman which included some artwork of the late reality star.

"Feel free to bring flowers," Lyssa Chapman wrote.

According to Hawaii News Now she said the family was not expecting to lose Beth Chapman when they did.

"We thought we were bringing her home," Lyssa Chapman said.

Duane Chapman said that while they knew for the past few years that the day of his wife's death might come, when it happened, it happened quickly.

"The cancer gig, of course, we gotta find a cure," he said. "Because all we have now is some get lucky, but most pass away."

The family is planning memorials in both Hawaii and Colorado where they have homes.

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2019-06-27 13:05:00Z
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Spider-Man: Far From Home Review - IGN

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2019-06-27 13:00:05Z
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'Spider-Man: Far From Home' Review: Spidey's European Vacation - ScreenCrush

The following review contains no spoilers for Spider-Man: Far From Home. It does spoil the hell out of Avengers: Endgame, though, so be aware of that.

Spider-Man: Far From Home is best viewed as the dessert at the end of an elaborate and overindulgent tasting menu. You’ve already eaten six courses, you’re totally stuffed and in no mood for more food, and then they bring out the cookie sampler with eight different kinds of homemade sweets and of course you eat it and you’re even more full than before but it was worth it because the cookie sampler is amazing.

That’s Far From Home. Just two months after Avengers: Endgame — literally the biggest superhero movie ever created — I’m not sure anyone is dying for another Marvel movie already. But the one that Marvel (and Sony, who holds the big-screen rights to Spidey and co-produces his movies) have produced is light and frothy and sweet. It’s a lovely capper on the 23-course meal that has been the Marvel Cinematic Universe to date.

It’s also significantly smaller than Avengers: Endgame, with Spider-Man (Tom Holland) heading out of his friendly neighborhood with just a few sidekicks and friends. It may be called Far From Home, but metaphorically at least, the film doesn’t stray too far from the tried-and-true Spidey formula, with Peter Parker torn between the stuff he wants to do and the stuff he needs to do as a result of his great powers and responsibilities.

In the aftermath of Endgame and the death of Tony Stark and several other Avengers, Peter’s greatest responsibility is picking up the superhero slack around New York City. At the end of the last Spidey movie, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Peter rejected an offer to join the Avengers and instead decided to remain a small-time hero (and full-time teenager) for a little while longer). With Tony Stark gone, Peter may not have a choice in the matter, particularly when super-spy Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) needs help on a particularly dangerous mission.

Peter tries to duck Fury by taking a summer vacation to Europe with classmates Ned (Jacob Batalon), Betty (Angourie Rice), and MJ (Zendaya) — who he’s crushing on big time. But Fury follows Peter to Venice, and drags him into his quest to stop a bunch of monsters called “The Elementals” with the help of a hero from an alternate reality named Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal). Peter keeps trying to beg off so he can spend time with MJ.

Although a lot of the key supporting characters have all changed, Far From Home continues exploring the same ideas and themes as Spider-Man: Homecoming — namely a young man struggling to figure out the “right way” to become an adult, as laid out to him by a variety of male role models. In Homecoming, Peter was caught between Tony Stark and Michael Keaton’s Adrian Toomes, two different examples of what can happen to a man driven to succeed in business. In Far From Home, Peter gets bounced between Fury’s grow-the-eff-up attitude and Mysterio’s far more supportive approach. (He’s also got Tony’s best friend Happy Hogan (Jon Favreau) who’s still around to help Spidey and maybe spark a romance with Marisa Tomei’s Aunt May.) Director Jon Watts enjoys upending audience’s expectations; just because a character looks like the right role model doesn’t necessarily mean that they are. In the Spider-Verse, as in life, adults are so often disappoint us.

Watts and screenwriters Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers keep most of this stuff subtextual as Peter and his buddies bounce around Europe — Venice to Prague to Berlin to London — getting into one scrape after another. There is a decided (and somewhat disappointing) lack of web-swinging; Spider-Man’s powers aren’t necessarily ideal, from a cinematic action perspective, for a place like Venice. But Far From Home might be the funniest Spider-Man film to date, and it builds nicely, culminating in a sustained, intense setpiece on and around London’s Tower Bridge — followed by what has to be the best post-credits scene in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since Thanos first popped his ugly purple mug out at the end of The Avengers.

I wouldn’t necessarily say Holland is the best Peter Parker, or Zendaya is the best MJ. But together they might be the best lead couple in the series. With wholesome, wide-eyed Holland and smirking, deadpan Zendaya, they make a perfect opposites-attract couple, and even though the Elementals and Mysterio takes up a lot of screentime, the movie never forgets Peter and MJ’s relationship. The two stars get several outstanding scenes together. (So do Favreau and Holland, who make another appealing onscreen combo. Marisa Tomei’s Aunt May needs more scenes in the next movie, though.)

Stan Lee and Steve Ditko’s Spider-Man comics often pitted their young, idealistic hero against cynical, greedy adults. Many of Spidey’s villains can be seen as cautionary tales for Peter Parker — like Spidey, most got their powers in science experiments gone wrong; like Peter, most were brilliant scientists. If Peter strayed down the wrong path, he could wind up like Doctor Octopus or the Green Goblin. These stories were thinly-veiled fables about coming of age, enlivened with plenty of action, romance, and gorgeous artwork.

Watts and his team faced a tough task with this movie, following two gigantic Avengers and the dimension-jumping Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Their smart solution was to tell a classical story in that Lee/Ditko mold. While no one says “with great power comes great responsibility,” this is about as faithful an adaptation of those old Amazing Spider-Man fables as has been brought to the screen so far. And it sets the stage perfectly, with a shocking cliffhanger, for whatever Marvel has in store for us next.

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2019-06-27 13:00:00Z
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Dog The Bounty Hunter Reveals Beth Chapman’s Final Words As He Fights Back Tears - Hollywood Life

In an interview conducted just hours after Beth Chapman’s tragic death, her husband, Dog The Bounty hunter, reveals the 51-year-old’s final words.

Dog The Bounty Hunter was by Beth Chapman’s side during the final moments of her life, and he opened up about their last conversation before she was placed in a medically-induced coma and eventual death. “When she had an attack, I didn’t know anything to do but to say, ‘In Jesus name,’ and hold her. And when I said, ‘In Jesus name,’ she said, ‘Say it again, say it again,” Dog explained to reporters, while fighting back tears. “And then she told the girls and everybody with her mouth — she came out of it a couple times — and said, ‘I love you. Are you guys alright? Don’t worry.’ But she never accepted [death].”

Seven months into her second bout with cancer, Beth was rushed to the hospital in Hawaii on June 22 after complaining of pain. She reportedly got extremely agitated once in the ICU, which is why doctors had to place her in the medically-induced coma. Four days later, she tragically passed away in the hospital on June 26. “Her way was to live,” Dog said. “She wanted to live so bad and she fought so long. She liked life, but she wanted to show people how to beat it and what to do when it got to her. It’s one of the last thing she said: ‘This is a test of faith.’ She had faith, and that was it. There’s things you go through when you’re doing, you go through all these steps. The last step when you’re dying is to accept it, and she said to me the other day, ‘That last step, I ain’t taking.'”

Beth first fought throat cancer in 2017, but after a successful operation and follow-up treatment, she achieved remission. One year later, though, in Nov. 2018, the cancer returned. Beth had another surgery, and tried chemotherapy, but did not like the effects of the drug. She made the conscious decision to stop chemo and use alternative treatments to help fight the disease. Unfortunately, she succumbed to the cancer months later.

“It’s just incredible when you walk alone in the bedroom and she was JUST there two days ago,” Dog recalled. “I hope to God there is a God. I have tried to be godly. I’ve trained myself [to think], ‘What would Jesus do?’ And I hope I’m not just talking to myself. I hope there is a God, and if there is, I’m gonna see my honey again.”

Even though Beth had been sick for months, and Dog admitted that they “knew this day would come,” he still said it was “very unexpected” because of how fast it happened. He also revealed that the family is planning services in Hawaii, where Beth spent the last several months of her life, as well as Colorado, where her family lives. He promised to keep the public updated on any further information regarding dates and times.

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2019-06-27 11:56:00Z
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