
Television pitchman Billy Mays — who built his fame by appearing on commercials and infomercials promoting household products and gadgets — died Sunday.
Mays, 50, was found unresponsive by his wife inside his Tampa, Fla., home at 7:45 a.m. on Sunday, according to the Tampa Police Department.
Police said there were no signs of forced entry to Mays' residence and foul play is not suspected. Authorities said an autopsy should be complete by Monday afternoon.
"He was taking Xanax to keep him calm and pain medication but he was...
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In response to the recent controversy centered around photographs of Kate Gosselin publicly spanking her daughter Leah, the Jon & Kate Plus 8 star says exclusively through her reps:
"Whether the paparazzi are there or not, I am a mother first. I love my children and when they misbehave, I discipline them as I deem appropriate for the situation."

The nasty divorce between Miss California USA Carrie Prejean's parents may have exposed the beauty queen's abusive past!
he divorce papers of Francine and Wilbert Prejean reveal an ugly family secret. Documents have descriptions of Carrie being beaten by her father, bruised and scarred with a belt, even hit in the head by her mother and locked out of the house.
Carrie did not mention any of this during an appearance on the "Today" show this morning, but did say there might be more controversial pics on the way.
Yesterday, Donald Trump...
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Casey Aldridge, the father of Jamie Lynn-Spears' 8-month-old daughter, is in a Jackson, Mississippi hospital after a bad car wreck last night. Jamie Lynn is at his side, a source tells us.
Aldridge was driving home from a fishing trip in Amite County, MS when he wrecked his Ford F150 with two male pals in the car, one of whom broke his collar bone. The source adds that Casey has a hematoma and doctors fear he has a blood clot in his brain. He may be heading into surgery.
Aldridge, 20, is a Louisiana native and longtime boyfriend of...
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Brad Pitt is reportedly desperate to marry Angelina Jolie to get their relationship back on track.
The couple are said to be living apart at the moment - Angelina at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York and Brad with their six children at a house just outside the city - while Angelina works on her new movie Salt, and a source told OK magazine that the time apart is worrying the Curious Case of Benjamin Button star.
The source told the magazine: “Their relationship is so out of kilter, he believes marriage is the only thing that will...
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The person who triggered the fight that left Rihanna battered and bruised and Chris Brown an accused felon -- it's Brown's manager.
Sources tell us the woman who left the three-page text message on Brown's cell phone is Tina Davis. Davis -- who turns 40 this month -- was rumored to have had a relationship with Brown when he was 16. Brown and Davis have denied it.
Law enforcement tells us the text message to Brown talked about hooking up later -- and it totally pissed off Rihanna. She slapped and hit him and he then brutally fired...
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