Ruslana Korshunova, a 20 year old supermodel, died as a result of a fall from the Manhattan apartment building she lived in. At the scene, police said it appeared the young beauty fell from a balcony.
Saturday evening, the details surrounding the shocking death of Korshunova were still unclear. Ara Chekmayan of Tactical News Service spoke to one of the witnesses on Water Street, in Manhattan's Financial District, where the building is located. The witness, Ahmad Sadd, was there at the moment of the tragic death of Ruslana.
Korshunova was the kind of beauty not easily forgotten. According to bellazon.com, this Russian model was discovered by a senior booker at a modeling agency who saw the photo of Ruslana in the pages of an in flight magazine. The booker was so taken by her classic beauty that she started a search to find her.
The long haired goddess has been praised by the creme de la creme in the modeling world, her beauty printed on the cover of Vogue Magazine, Elle and other prestigious publications. She campaigned for Marithé & François Girbaud, Blugirl, Dior, Vera Wang, DKNY and Diesel. She was currently a client of IMG in New York City. via
1. I heard that you got the role of Wesley because you were considered geekier than the average action hero. Do you see yourself as a geek?
I suppose I kind of do see myself as more geeky than your average action hero. Somewhere between geeky and not geeky, actually ... Before I was 15, I was just one of those guys who didn't rear his head. And then when I was 16, I started playing in a band, and getting a little bit more artsy fartsy and hanging out with people who talked about music and things like that, and so I probably became a bit more geeky -- but in my own eyes, a little bit more cool.
2.Did you ever have a dull, dead-end job like Wesley does in the movie?
I worked in a bakery for two years, when I was 16. I was a trainee convectioner. So I made all the really easy shitty cream cakes and iced the buns, and put the jam in the sponge, and all that kind of stuff. So that was my daily grind for two years. I have nightmares about creamy buns.
3. What were you more nervous about: kissing Angelina Jolie, or getting beaten up by Angelina Jolie?
I'm always nervous about doing the kissing scenes -- they're never comfortable, they're always kind of weird, they're not enjoyable, do you know what I mean? But the fight scenes, getting beaten up by her all the time is fine, that was fun. That's one of the reasons I did the job, is to do all those scenes.
4. What was your least favorite part of training?
I'd say wide-gripped, palm-forward pull-ups were really, really, really difficult, and I kind of feel like they were put on this planet to make me hot -- they're God's punishment for original sin, I think.
5. Have you ever Googled yourself, like Wesley does in the movie?
Four years ago I was Googling myself and I uncovered a very, very bad review for a film that I was in, and it targeted me, so I haven't Googled myself since. I was a proper victim of my own narcissism.
6. If you were an assassin or a superhero, what alias would you choose for yourself?
Empatho-man. I'd have empathy for everyone. That would be my superhero [power].
7. Wesley suffers from panic attacks. What would give you panic attacks in real life?
I don't know ... oh, I know -- car-test people. What do you call them? Driving instructors, those kinds of people. [The driving test] is not easy, it isn't a pleasant experience. I have trouble with anything to do with cars that doesn't involve them crashing. There was actually only one day [of filming] where I had to really drive a car, and that was really old Mustang, and the brakes were shot to shit, so that was kind of scary.
8. Did this movie remind you of 'Fight Club' at all?
It's nice that you're comparing it -- I think that's a good comparison. It's got the same kind of cynical and sarcastic and ironic sense of humor whilst coupled with severe, extreme violence.
9. Did you learn any Russian from director Timur Bekmambetov?
I learned the word "popul," which is "bulls-eye," and we used that quite a lot. When we liked something, we'd say "Popul!"
10. Were there any pranks on the set?
We kept trying to get this dildo on the screen in a shot, but we never managed to get it on. Me and the camera crew kept trying to put this dildo in the frame. But it never happened.
11. What do you think you'd be doing if you weren't an actor?
I'd like to be a park ranger or something like that. I love the outdoors, and I love being in big spaces, and I love not being with lots and lots of people. I mean wild, wild outdoors, somewhere like New Zealand or something like that, or maybe up in like the highlands of Scotland. I love the mountains.
12. I know you squashed the rumor that you'd play Bilbo Baggins in 'The Hobbit.' But if they did offer you the role, would you be interested?
Who knows, man. I mean, working with a director and producers like that would always be a fantastic thing, but you'd have to see if you were right for the part, see the script ... It's all hypothetical and while it's hypothetical it's completely impossible for me to give a positive or negative answer. That's my politician's way of answering, but it really is true.
13. What's become harder for you to do now that you're famous?
My personal life is still fairly unchanged. I actually go below the radar a lot of the time with the paparazzi and the press and all that kind of stuff. And people in the public sometimes recognize me, but they're generally nice, and I never get mobbed or swamped in the way that some people do. I'm actually fine. Nothing's changed for me.
14. Who was your celebrity crush when you were younger?
There was a girl band called Eternal in Britain, and I really fancied Vernie, who was the lead singer at the time. That's who I really had a crush on.
15. America wants to know -- boxers or briefs?
Neither. Commando! via
Britney Spears is welcome back at this year's Video Music Awards.
"Everyone deserves a second or third chance, right?" Van Toffler, president of MTV Networks Music Group, told the Associated Press Friday. When asked if he was just joking, Toffler said, "Sorta."
"Who knows?" he said.
A scantily clad Spears famously attempted a career comeback at the MTV Video Music Awards in Las Vegas in 2007.
Viewers weren't the only ones who were left disappointed by her lackluster performance of "Gimme More."
A source told Us that Spears was spotted "crying badly [backstage]."
This year's VMAs will air live from Paramount Pictures Studios in Los Angeles on September 7.
"I'm not sure how we top Britney opening the show," Toffler told the AP. "We are working on it every minute of every day." via
Jennie Garth and Tori Spelling are returning to the halls of West Beverly High School in the new “90210” spin-off, but one familiar face with no plans to make an appearance is Luke Perry.
Luke, who played teen heartthrob Dylan McKay, will not reprise his role in the new series, the actor told “The Billy Bush Show.”
“I can’t re-imagine it currently,” Luke told Billy during a recent phone call from Italy.
While his former on-screen classmate Ian Ziering has expressed an interest in appearing on the show, Luke has made no effort to chase down a role on The CW’s upcoming program.
“It’s just not something that I’ve thought about to be quite honest,” Luke said. “I don’t see it happening.”
Though he may not reunite on screen with Jennie, who played his sometime lover Kelly Taylor, or Tori, who played pal Donna Martin, he has nothing but fond feelings for the gang — new and old. via
It's good to have a musical boyfriend.
Benji Madden has already recorded a song about Paris Hilton, and now the Good Charlotte guitarist is helping her with her own music.
Hilton, 27, told E! News that she and Madden, 29, are hard at work on the theme song to her upcoming MTV reality show My New BFF.
"Benji and I have been working hard on it," she said. "He's helping me write the lyrics for the song and then I'll sing it, too."
The couple, who've been dating for four months, are laying down the track at a studio located, conveniently enough, in her Beverly Hills mansion.
Premiering later this year, My New BFF will follow the former Simple Life star as she chooses a new shopping buddy from 20 contestants.
Hilton also plans to start working on the follow-up to her 2006 debut CD Paris. "I'll have another album come out, for sure," she told E! News. "I just don't know when yet. I only have the summer off, then I'll be taping another season of BFF. But an album is something I'll do." via
Spencer Pratt is flattered that Mary Kate Olsen commented about his temper to David Letterman Thursday.
"I don't really get why she'd use my name to get press for her little indie film that no one's going to see," he told Usmagazine.com Friday. "She should probably focus more on not getting dressed in the dark than on me."
While promoting her indie film The Wackness, Olsen told Letterman that Pratt played soccer at her high school and "he does not have a good temper. He would walk off the field."
But Pratt told Us that Olsen went to Campbell Hall in North Hollywood while he attended Crossroads School in Santa Monica.
"I know I've made it in Hollywood when a famous troll is talking about me on Letterman," Pratt told Us.
"I forgive her, though," he added. "She's had to go through life as the less cute twin, which must be tough." via
Natalie Bassingthwaighte has parted ways with her electro pop band Rogue Traders for a solo career.
The 32-year-old actress-turned-singer moved to Los Angeles last month to pursue a movie career and work on a solo album.
Bandmate James Ash confirmed the official split, saying the band will carry on without their leading lady.
“As Nat’s career choices are taking her in new and exciting directions, she won’t be able to be a part of the Rogue Traders,” Courier Mail quoted Ash, as saying.
“We part company as best friends, with a deep love and respect for each other and what we have achieved over the last three and a half years,” he added. via
Miley Ray Cyrus is on the cover of the new issue of Billboard. Here's an exclusive preview of the article:
On Vanity Fair scandal: 'I was embarrassed.. but also it’s like, every career thing that I do can’t be perfect, and sometimes my decisions are wrong. I think that just makes me even more relatable. I don’t think people will look at me any differently because they’re like,’You know what, I’m going to do stupid stuff too, and I’m going to make mistakes, and that’s fine.’
It still hurts when I think about it.'
On her passion for songwriting: 'I wrote my first song when I was probably 7–it was called “Pink.” That shows what kind of song it was about—it’s about the color pink. But you know what, darn it, I wrote it and I’ve been writing since I was my little sister’s age.'
In regards to fans being shut out of her tour: 'In terms of the kids who couldn’t get in, I don’t know if I could do more–we did 76 shows last year and I don’t know that I could do more than that. Maybe I could do that and take a little break and go back into it? Also, the 3-D movie was awesome for the people that didn’t get to come see the show.'
On Hannah Montana: 'It will wrap up, eventually. I mean, I won’t be Hannah Montana by the time I’m 30. But we’ve only done two seasons, so we definitely want to work on that hopefully for another two years.'
On acting in an 'edgy, indie flick' not related to Disney: 'I’ve been talking to people about some cool movies, but right now I want to stay within my company and keep them happy and keep everything that we’re doing successful and focus on that. I like to do everything that I do 120% and unless I can focus hardcore on that, I don’t want to do it yet.'
On trying to be a role model: 'It’s something that I’ve been super blessed with, that I’ve had the opportunity and the ability to spread the light. That doesn’t mean that I’m not going to make mistakes and do things that everyone’s going to be happy with, because there¹s no such thing as perfection. I just like to be the role model that doesn’t say you have to be perfect all the time.'
On her show being good for young women in that it showcases a wide range of body types: 'I stress about that stuff like everyone else, but at the end of day, I’m a good ol’ Southern girl that likes her Cracker Barrel at 9 o’clock at night and if I want it, gosh darn, I’m going to eat it. I’m not going to make myself miserable. And for so many girls, you don’t want to be thin because you want the guy to think you’re gorgeous or whatever–you do it all for women, you do it all for a competition. That’s so silly, it’s such a game.' via
Lovely Jennifer Love Hewitt
