Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Lost Boys-acteur Brooke McCarter (52) overleden


Interview with Corey Feldman, Jamison Newlander, and Brooke McCarter!

De familie van McCarter deelde het nieuws op de Facebookpagina van de acteur en muzikant.

"De familie van McCarter is verdrietig om het nieuws te delen dat Brooke McCarter op 22 december is overleden aan een leverziekte."

McCarter gold vooral als cultheld vanwege de film The Lost Boys uit 1987, waarin hij de rol van vampier Paul vertolkte. In de jaren negentig verdween hij uit de filmindustrie om verder te werken aan zijn carrire als muzikant, maar hij keerde later nog even terug als acteur om te spelen in enkele horrorfilms.

Door: BuzzE

Source: http://www.nu.nl/film/4187471/lost-boys-acteur-brooke-mccarter-52-overleden.html

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MLB hot stove: Alex Gordon has new suitor; Mike Leake lands big dollars


Mike Leake traded to the Giants

We have more proof that you don"t have to be a great player anymore to be paid like one.

Merry Christmas, Mike Leake.

The 28-year-old starting pitcher has good but unspectacular career numbers and never has been an All-Star, but landed a six-year, $80-million contract on Tuesday from the St. Louis Cardinals.

Meantime, the Chicago White Sox might be the team that becomes the Grinch to the reigning World Series champs.

The Kansas City Royals are hoping that they"ll be able to re-sign free agent left fielder Alex Gordon, but the White Sox are "showing interest"and could price them out, Fox Sports" Ken Rosenthal reported.

Rosenthal tweeted that "Gordon appeals (to the White Sox) for several reasons: Knows division, (left handed-hitter), defense, makeup."

Gordon, 31, is a three-time All-Star and career .269 hitter who has played his entire nine-year career for KC. He hit .271 with 13 homers in 104 games last season plus .241 with two homers in 16 postseason games.

The Cardinals, after losing right fielder Jason Heyward to the Chicago Cubs, are among other clubs rumored to be in the running for Gordon.

Ritcher Mike Leake (right) holds up his new jersey alongside St. Louis Cardinals GM John Mozeliak during a news conference announcing his signing on Dec. 22, 2015 in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)Randy Miller | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

St. Louis, which has won three NL Central titles in a row, did make up for the loss of free agent starter John Lackey by signing Leake.

The 5-foot-10 righty was 11-10 with a 3.70 ERA in 2015 pitching for Cincinnati and San Francisco. For his career, he"s 64-52 with a 3.88 ERA since 2010 with a 14-win campaign as a Red in "13.

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The Orioles, while still keeping tabs on free agent first baseman Chris Davis,are expected to announce the signing of left handed-hitting South Korean outfielder Hyun-soo Kim to a two-year, $7-million deal before Christmas, the Baltimore Sun reported.

Kim, who hit .326 with 28 homers and 121 RBIs in 141 games last season in the Korean Baseball Organization, is expected to be the Orioles" starting left fielder next season.

As for Davis, it appears that the Orioles still are very interested in re-signing the lefty-swinging slugger even though they took their seven-year, $150-million offer off the table.

Davis, 29, averaged 40 homers in his four full seasons with Baltimore, including an MLB-best 53 in 2013 and 47 in 2015.

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Veteran outfielder Alejandro De Aza is on the move again after playing in the big leagues last season for three teams.

His new club is the Mets,who signed the 31-year-old Dominican on Tuesday to a one-year deal that Rothenthal reported is worth $5.75 million plus a possible $1.25 million in performance bonuses.

De Aza, 31, hit .261 with seven homers, 32 RBIs playing 90 games last season for Baltimore, Boston and San Francisco. The left-handed hitter is a career .267 hitter over an eight-year career in which he"s also played for the Marlins and White Sox.

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Free agent right-hander Mat Latos, a three-time 14-game winner who had a rough 2015 season, is drawing interest fromBaltimore, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh and Tampa Bay, ESPN.com"s Jerry Crasnick reported.

Latos, 28, was 4-10 with a 4.95 ERA last season in 24 games, 21 as a starter, pitching in 2015 for the two Los Angeles teams.

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Freddy Sanchez, a three-time All-Star second baseman and 2006 NL batting champ playing for Pittsburgh, celebrated his 38th birthday on Monday by filing his retirement papers, Crasnick reported.

Sanchez hasn"t played since suffering a season-ending shoulder injury in 2011, the last of his 2-plus seasons with San Francisco,. He had back surgery the following season, then "contemplated a comeback in recent years," Crasnick tweeted.

The Hollywood, Calif., native was a .297 hitter over 10 seasons, the first two of which were cups of coffee with Boston in 2002 and "03.

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Source: http://www.nj.com/phillies/index.ssf/2015/12/mlb_hot_stove_alex_gordon_has_new_suitor_mike_leak.html

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Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Giants" Jason Pierre-Paul calls Sunday"s game against Patriots a "terrible loss"


Josh Norman Bodyslams Odell Beckham Jr.

Jason Pierre-Paul, the Giant with the freshest legs and fewest fingers, stood at his locker following the 27-26 loss to the Patriots Sunday night and minced no words as his team pivoted toward the bye week.

We had them, he said. Terrible loss.

He saw few silver linings in a golden opportunity lost, and mentioned that the upcoming off week was not a bonus in his eyes since he had just played his second game of the season while teammates have played 10. He planned to stay in New York this week, review film and continue finding the best way to attack.

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Im just getting started, he said.

Pierre-Paul collected his first sack of the season against the Patriots, only to see it erased from the stat sheets because of a hands-to-the-face penalty on the play. His whirling toward Patriots quarterback Tom Brady helped to unsettle the Patriot at times, providing the pass rush that needed improvement when Pierre-Paul was recovering from his Fourth of July injuries. He was also credited with a pass defensed, and felt most comfortable wearing a protective club instead of a glove. Together, the Giants forced the reigning Super Bowl MVP to fumble on one play and get picked off on what Brady called a terrible throw by the goal line. The turnovers were no consolation.

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We flustered them and had them on their heels, linebacker Jonathan Casillas said. Until the last play of the game.

There will be plenty for the defense to learn from regarding the finish. The Patriots ran the ball early behind tailback LeGarrette Blount, and tight end Rob Gronkowski scored on a 76-yard reception. The Giants did not have to deal with Patriots wideout Julian Edelman, New Englands leading receiver, because he was went off with a foot injury at the end of the first quarter.

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Despite it all, Brady completed 26 of 42 passes for 334 yards.

Pierre-Paul is still making up for lost time. He insisted that the Giants needed to start looking ahead to a Nov. 29 matchup with Washington.

Asked how he felt physically, he said, I think Im in good shape. I dont know, Im tired man.

Tags: jason pierre-paul , new york giants , new england patriots , nfl

Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/giants/giants-jpp-calls-game-patriots-terrible-loss-article-1.2436010

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Jason Pierre-Paul shows off mangled right hand as Giants star talks for first ...


HD: Odell Beckham Jr. vs Josh Norman Helmet to helmet hit after play scuffle

Jason Pierre-Paul rubbed the scarred skin that used to be his index finger, caressing it with his good hand throughout a 12-minute session with reporters. The mangled limb was out there in front of the cameras for the world to see, no longer the guarded injury that may have cost a 26-year-old his lifes work.

There was no such vulnerability from the Giants star. He was smiling, confident, dismissive and, above all, defiant.

Pierre-Paul offered no apologies and few words of regret in his first interview since blowing up his hand in a July 4 fireworks accident. He declared himself a better player with nothing to prove, and explained that his lack of communication with the Giants was simply the consequence of medication.

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You cant do nothing when youre on anesthesia, waking up, going in and out of conscious, he said. I had no reason not to let them in (the hospital). I just didnt know.

I dont know who was making my decisions. It couldve been the doctors.

Pierre-Paul, who signed a one-year deal with Big Blue on Tuesday, will not travel with the team to New Orleans for Sundays game against the Saints.

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The DE characterized that as his own decision following a conversation with Tom Coughlin, believing his presence would cause further distraction to his teammates. Its still unclear when, or if, Pierre-Paul will play real games and try to capitalize on an incentive-laden contract. But that was almost a moot point.

Im the same JPP that I was last year, he said, acknowledging h**l be wearing a special glove on his mangled right hand. Theres not going to be a major adjustment. As far as my hand goes, Ill get used to it. Im just fortunate to play football again.

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I dont have a desire to prove anybody wrong. The day I walked in here I already won. People said I was going to be out for the whole season. And I knew what kind of effort I put in the offseason way before this happened. Just coming back, I already won.

The fireworks disaster that cost Pierre-Paul at least a $15 million contract was a mistake and thing that happened. He said it occurred during an annual event with kids in South Florida, something hed done for the last six or seven years.

The mistake, or my fault, he said, was buying the fireworks. I did it and it just went off. Things happen. Mistakes happen. I wasnt shocked at all. My fiance was going crazy. But I stayed calm.

I wasnt embarrassed at all, he added. At the end of the day, media is going to say what theyre going to say. People are going to have their opinions. But I didnt care about none of that. Because one way or another, I was going to return to football.

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Throughout the 12-minute interview, he interrupted answers to declare that theres an untold story to the accident one that hes holding back for another time. I got pictures and everything, he said. Pierre-Paul turned appreciative when asked about support from the Giants, and while recalling a sobering stay in the hospital.

Im just very fortunate Im alive, he said. I got wounds and I look up every day at my hand and say, Thank you, Lord. But Ive seen worse. There was probably 12 people in that hospital and mine was the best so Im just fortunate.

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Although defiant, Pierre-Paul acknowledged one very important lesson: no more firework shows.

Of course it is (my last time). You live and learn. People make mistakes. Were all human. Were all people.

Tags: jason pierre-paul , nydn video features , sports injuries

Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/giants/giants-jason-pierre-paul-shows-mangled-hand-article-1.2418034

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"Affluenza" Teen Timeline


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    Patriots acquire running back Steven Jackson


    A Week in the Life With Steven Jackson: The Director"s Cut
    FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (WHDH) -

    The New England Patriots have signed veteran running back Steven Jackson to the team.

    Jackson, 32, is a veteran of 11 NFL season with the St. Louis Rams and Atlanta Falcons.

    The six-foot, 240-pounder entered the NFL as a first-round draft pick by St. Louis out of Oregon State in 2004.

    He joins the Patriots with 158 games played with 146 starts, and 2,743 rushing attempts for 11,388 yards and 68 touchdowns.

    Jackson is the only active running back in the NFL to record at least 10,000 rushing yards ad 3,000 receiving yards.

    He has eightcareer 1,000-yard rushing seasons and has been named to three career Pro Bowls.

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    Mother Named a Missing Person in Hunt for "Affluenza" Teenager


    Rich Teen Kills 4, Avoids Prison Thanks To "Affluenza"
    Photo The authorities have intensified their search for Ethan Couch, releasing new details and offering a$5,000 reward. Credit U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE, via Agence France-Presse Getty Images

    The manhunt for Ethan Couch, a Texas teenager who was the topic of an intense debate about so-called affluenza after he was sentenced to probation for driving drunk and killing four people, intensified as the authorities released new details in the search for him and his mother.

    On Facebook, the Tarrant County Sheriffs Office posted photos of a black Ford F-150 pickup truck that belongs to Mr. Couchs 48-year-old mother, Tonya Couch. The truck, with the Texas license plate number BC50945, has some damage to the rear passenger panel.

    In the post, the authorities also included a photo of Ms. Couch, and said that she had been added to a national missing persons database.

    Photo Tonya Couch Credit Tarrant County Sheriff"s Office

    Then theyll get a hit on her name and on the missing person it says shes possibly accompanying a fugitive, Sheriff Dee Anderson told reporters on Monday. So hopefully everyone will understand that once they saw that hit on the computer that they need to investigate a little further.

    Mr. Couch, 18, and his mother have been missing since at least early December, about two weeks after a person shared a video to Twitter that appeared to show the teenager playing the drinking game beer pong with friends, which would violate his 10-year probation sentence.

    The Tarrant County Sheriffs Office said last week that the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Marshals Service had joined the search, and offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Mr. Couch. On Tuesday, Mr. Couchs lawyers, Reagan Wynn and Scott Brown, said in an email that they had received no new information about their client.

    Because of the obvious uncertainty surrounding this matter, it would not be appropriate for us to make any additional public statements at this time, they wrote in a statement.

    In June 2013, Mr. Couch and his friends stole beer from a Walmart. Later, he drove a pickup truck into four pedestrians, killing them and seriously injuring a friend who was traveling in the trucks bed. Mr. Couch was found to have a blood-alcohol level of 0.24, three times the legal limit. He was convicted of vehicular manslaughter.

    In court, the case made headlines when a psychologist called by the defense described Mr. Couch as suffering from affluenza, a term used to describe the psychological problems associated with children born to wealthy families.

    I wish I hadnt used that term, G. d**k Miller, the psychologist who offered that defense in court, told CNN at the time. We used to call these people spoiled brats.

    Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/23/us/affluenza-teenager-ethan-couch-mother-tonya-couch-missing-person-texas.html

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