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Showing posts with label Anorak. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anorak. Show all posts

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Michael Jackson's missing nose makes news one month after we revealed that its tip was absent from Jacko death photo


Rolling Stone magazine is getting lots of play today for a story that was broken by Tabloid Baby within hours of Michael Jackson's death:


We alone among the world's journalist noticed and reported that the photo showing Jackson's lifeless corpse on the way into the UCLA Medical Center revealed that the tip of Jackson's cosmetic surgery-damaged schnozzola was missing:

"A study of the photo reveals one detail that's yet to be commented on: Michael Jackson is missing the tip of his nose.

"With his many plastic surgeries, Jacko did much damage to the cartilege in his nose and was rumoured to use putty or a prosthetic to replace the destroyed end...

"It appears that the tip was lost as paramedics worked valiantly to get his heart started, perhaps in a kiss of life."



In a detailed report of Jacko's final days and the hours after his demise, Rolling Stone reports that further attempts to pump some life back into the star had rubbed away the rest of the false appendage, revealing the horrific results of one nose job too many. The once-essential mag quotes a witness who claims to have seen Jacko's corpse on an autopsy table said there was simply a small hole where the singer's nose should have been:

"The prosthesis he normally attached to his damaged nose was missing, revealing bits of cartilage surrounding a small dark hole."

The Daily Mail reports the story today, adding confirmation from a former Jacko housekeeper who adds:

"In his closet he had a jar of fake noses and stage glue, which he told me he used for disguises. But some were similar to his real nose, just without the hole."

Most of the mainstream and tabloid Internet media have attributed the story to the Daily Mail. Only the most perceptive and cutting edge tabloid news sites, like Hollywood's Rumor Rat and the UK's Anorak, cited out story-- on Day One.

A good excuse to follow us on Twitter and receive Tabloid Baby updates. We notice things that others do not. That's what we do.

Friday, August 29, 2008

Flying pig story flies across the world


We reported last week that noted Los Angeles-based performance artist Joaquin Blanco was claiming he'd spotted a flying pig while motorcycling through LA's rustic Topanga Canyon.

Although the accalimed artist provided what he called photographic "evidence," we'll admit we were wary.

Our skepticism was allayed somewhat by the real fears that Senor Blanco expressed after we ran the first story. He'd asked us to be "discreet"-- odd, since he knew we'd post this photos, yet in light of further correspondence, we've kept the pig on a back burner.

But now the story's been picked up internationally by the much-read UK website Anorak.

So all bets are off.