Such tragic news!

Yesterday we mentioned about the brutal shooting at the Ford Hood military base in Texas that's left 12 dead so far and 31 wounded.

Well now Orlando is dealing with a similar problem. A gunman opened fire in an engineering firm, hurting at least six people and killing two!!!

The gunman is 40-year-old Jason Rodriguez, who was let go from his job at Reynolds Smith & Hill, a transportation engineering consulting firm in the building, more than two years ago.

Rodriguez got away but, thankfully, police apprehended him after the shooting.

Let the healing begin.

And STOP the violence!

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More unnecessary violence.

After a brutal shooting at the Ford Hood military base in Texas at least 7 people have been found dead and 12 have been wounded. It is not known at this time if the victims are soldiers or civilians.

One gunman is reportedly in custody but the other is still running loose. It is also possible that there is a third gunman involved as a man was seen opening fire at the SWAT team on the base!

The base and all Fort Hood schools are now on lockdown.

These senseless acts of violence have to stop!

Sad, sad.

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In the aftermath of the unfathomable gang rape in Richmond, Gabrielle Union became outraged and disgusted by the lack of seriousness dedicated to the issue. As a result, she offered her own experience on the subject.

She said:

So as I'm on the way to shoot Chelsea Lately…I'm sad more than anything. After googling the gang rape story in Richmond and reading comments on blogs, it just leaves me sickened and really sad. The fact that race and socio-economics have been used to explain away a brutal gang rape…just sad…maybe I just have seen every kind of rapist and survivor….every race, color, religion, socio-economic status group…it's all the same…a lack of regard for violence against women. Tolerated, and in this case encouraged by the mob surrounding the perps…laughing, joking and taking pics.

When I was 19 years old, I was raped. I was working at a shoe store in California, and the store was robbed. The person robbing the store ended up putting a gun to my head and raping me. As he was raping me, I felt as though I was floating over myself, thinking, 'This isn't happening.' I blanked out and had an out-of-body experience, like I was hovering above seeing this ­horrible thing happen to someone else…not me. I was fortunate enough to go the UCLA rape crisis center after this horrific ordeal. It gave me my life back. My dignity and self-esteem were gone and they helped me find them again. That’s why I now lobby for state legislatures across the country and the federal government to help raise funds and awareness for rape crisis centers, and I speak to all different kinds of people across the country about what happened to me. My goal is to never hear the words ‘me too’ from someone after I say ‘I was raped.’

xo
Gabrielle

Amen!

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Wow.

Laverne & Shirley star turned famed producer Penny Marshall has been diagnosed with both brain and liver tumors, the National Enquirer is reporting.

So sad.

Marshall began to feel unwell after a flight from Los Angeles to New York to catch the Yankees in the World Series playoffs.

"After the flight, Penny felt so sick that she needed to see a doctor," says one source. "She was vomiting and thought it might be the flu."

While evaluating the A League of Their Own producer, doctors discovered tumors on Penny's brain and liver.

According to the insider, doctors informed Penny she would need to "schedule her for surgery and that they'd need to take a biopsy to determine if she had cancer."

Marshall reportedly underwent brain surgery in NY on October 30th.

1) We hope Enquirer is wrong!

and

2) If not, here's to a healthy and speedy recovery for Penny!!!!!

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We sure hope this is not true or just some exaggeration!

As Lady GaGa entered the ACE Awards Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street in NYC on Monday, the pop diva had no idea what her presence could incite.

In this case: DEATH!

In an unexpected turn, Gagita was mum with the line of print and TV reporters, but instead strutted and unleashed some fierce clawing poses. “She’s not talking to anyone,” said a handler. “They tried to tackle her outside.”

Yet, that was not enough for one photographer, whose anticipation of seeing GaGa reportedly led to his untimely demise.

According to Fame Pictures, “Gaga’s arrival made a photographer at the event pass out while standing on a ladder, causing him to fall to his death.”

While we have verified that an ambulance was called for the photog, we've been unable to confirm that he passed away.

Hope it wasn't deadly!

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After being rushed to the hospital for dehydration earlier this month, it seems Dennis Hopper was given a more serious diagnosis - prostate cancer.

Sooooo sad!

According to his manager, Hopper has cancelled all travel plans and is committed to focusing on his treatment. The Easy Rider star is participating in a "special program" at the University of Southern California in hopes of battling the disease.

"We're hoping for the best," said his rep, Sam Maydew, who would not elaborate on his condition.

Hopper recently finished filming the second season of Crash and was forced to cancel his appearance at an exhibition of his photography and artwork in Melbourne.

Get well, Dennis!

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As we previously mentioned, Patrick Swayze's widow, Lisa Niemi, spoke at a roundtable discussion on Grief, Healing and Resilience at the Women's Conference in Long Beach on Tuesday.

Equipped with incredible strength, Lisa described loss as "an animal all of its own" and that her sadness could be felt "on a cellular level."

And considering they were married for 34 years, we are amazed and applaud her for being ready to talk only six weeks after his passing. It must have been cathartic for her!

"When the grief takes you, it's like your body is not your own," she said of her process. "I'm just going with the flow. I know I have to go through it."

But, it's her closest friends that have helped her in the most difficult times!

"I have a few girlfriends that are just amazing. They have made themselves available to me 24/7. They say, 'We don't care if it's 2 in the morning, call me'," said Niemi. "I was in the middle of a full-blown panic attack one evening … and I picked up the phone and called one, which is really hard for me to do because I'm used to being so self-sufficient and taking care of myself, but the very act of picking the phone up to call someone helped to calm me."

And she refuses to lose hope!

"I've spent two thirds of my life with him … My regret is that I didn't tell him that I loved him enough over that entire 34 years," she continued as her voice began to shake. "I am so grateful for what I had and my connection to him, and part of me believes that I will see him again and I'm just going to have to go on until then."

Heartbreaking!

Stay strong, bb!

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After a young fan and Virginia Tech student, Morgan Harrington, went missing during one of their concerts on October 17, Metallica is now adding $50,000 to the reward being offered for her safe return.

Harrington's parents have already announced a $100,000 reward for her return or information leading to the arrest of the party responsible for her disappearance.

In addition to the campaign website FindMorgan.com, Metallica also put a plea up on their official website asking fans to look at their video and photographic footage from the concert to see if she can be seen along with this description:

"Morgan has blond hair and blue eyes, is 5'6", 120 lbs., and was wearing a black 'Pantera' T-shirt, black skirt, and black boots. She was not carrying ID or a cell phone. Morgan was separated from her friends shortly before 9:00 pm at the venue."

Sad, sad.

We hope Morgan is found soon!

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Amidst all the controversy and chaos surrounding Michael Jackson's death, it seems that sometimes people forget he was a father to 3 young children who must miss him terribly.

Sister LaToya Jackson has revealed that Michael's kids, Prince, Paris and Blanket, are all in therapy to help them cope with their father's death.

LaToya says that Prince "just doesn't want to speak about it" while Paris "thinks and talks about her father all the time. She's doing very well, writes a lot and she wears his shirts every day. They still smell of him and it helps her feel close to him."

That makes our heart break!

And what about little Blanket?

"[He] is just a very sad, shy little boy. He cries — he really does cry. It's so painful for him. No one can bring his daddy back and it hurts so much."

The rest of the Jackson family are all helping to raise the kids as Michael would want them to be raised allowing only 2 hours of either the Disney Channel or Nickelodeon a day and planning a big traditional Christmas celebration like they ones shared with their father.

But LaToya speaks brightly about their future:

"Paris doesn't know it but she has all the makings of a star. If she wants to go into showbiz I can see that happening. The boys like the idea of directing, which is what Michael wanted to do. Kids are resilient. He gave them so much love and that is helping them.”

We hope the kiddies are just taking it one day at a time. Losing a parent is incredibly difficult to overcome, but it sounds like they have a great support system.

Just keep them away from Grandpa Joe!

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