Archive for September 19th, 2007
I juat watched the premiere of America’s Next Top Model
and am bummed that there are no Latinas this season , that said it looks like another season of cattiness. Personally I’m rooting for Lisa, the bikini dancer (which is so not the same thing as stripping, trust me I know). Speaking of Lisa, am I the only one who saw that she was listed as being from Jersey City, NY??? Since when is Jersey City in NY? I guess the CW is a victim of that map shortage that beauty queen was talking about.
Image Via / CW 11
Mexico City earthquake: 22 years later
6:51 pm By Maegan La Mala · history|Media|mexico|society · Comments Off
19 Sep 2007
It was 22 years ago today when, at 7:19 a.m. local time, Mexico City was shaken by an earthquake which is said to have released the energy of 1,114 20-kiloton atomic bombs. The Richter scale registered 8.1 that morning, and in only two minutes huge portions of the city were destroyed. The earthquake’s epicenter was situated off the coasts of Guerrero and Michoacan states, but affected the Valley of Mexico, the center of which is Mexico City, much more intensely.
The magnitude of the damage is illustrated by the official numbers:
- 2,831 buildings were structurally damaged; 31 percent in ruins (880)
- 13 hospitals were destroyed
- An estimated $9-12 billion dollars in damage
- 50,000 city residents were left homeless
- 10,000 people lost their lives
JLo is pregnant
1:47 pm By Maegan La Mala · Celebrities|Chismes · Comments Off
19 Sep 2007
Ladies and gentlemen, the moment we’ve all been waiting for: JLo and Skels are procreating. The deets from In Touch:
It looks like Jenny from the block will soon be playing with baby blocks. In Touch can exclusively reveal that Jennifer Lopez is going to be a mother. “She’s about twelve weeks pregnant,” an insider tells In Touch. “She’s due in the spring.” After years of trying to start a family with husband Marc Anthony, she was finally successful with in vitro fertilization — so successful, in fact, that there’s a possibility she’s having twins! Whether she has one baby or two, “becoming a mother is Jennifer’s dream,” a friend says. “She’s over the moon.”
Let’s just hope the baby looks like its mom!
Check out the “baby bump” here.
Via / InTouch
Don Omar Detained and Released in Bolivia
9:11 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Bolivia|Celebrities|Justice|Music · Comments Off
19 Sep 2007
A funny thing happened on the way to the reggaetpn concert. Rican reggaetonero and king of kings Don Omar was detained for 7 hours in Santa Cruz de Bolivia, accused of $70,000 worth of fraud. Upon his release Don Omar siad that he never wanted this to happen and that some people commit crimes using other people’s names. The fraud charges came via a La Paz business man and also implicated Don Omar’s rep and another business man. According to el Mercurio, Don Omar’s people received 70 grand for a show in La Paz scheduled for past August 20 that never happened.
Via / El Mercurio Online
Image Via / Merengue Mundo
First an Earthquake, Now a Meteor Hits Peru?
19 Sep 2007
The BBC reported this morning that hundreds of Peruanos are falling ill after an unknown object fell from the sky this weekend, leaving a huge gas emitting crater. Some speculate that the object that landed near the town of Carancas in the Andes, was a meteor or a fireball. People who visited the scene have been complaining of headaches, vomiting and nausea after inhaling gases. Scientists have been sent to the area to study the crash sight and what remains there.
Story and Image Via / BBC
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