Duck Dynasty’s Willie and Korie Robertson returned to Washington, D.C., on Saturday for this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
Willie and Korie Robertson were in attendance at last year’s dinner, with Willie sporting a black and white bandana. The Duck Commander CEO continued the tradition wearing a USO logo bandana on Saturday.
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The new interview with Dr. Phil McGraw will air Wednesday, May 7, a day after the release of Michelle Knight’s memoir, Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, A Life Reclaimed.
Dr. Phil airs at 5 p.m. on WKYC Channel 3.
Michelle Knight also is being interviewed by Savannah Guthrie for an episode of NBC’s Dateline. The program airs at 8 p.m. Sunday, May 4, on Channel 3. She will then be in studio Monday morning for NBC’s Today show.
During her November appearance on Dr. Phil, Michelle Knight spoke about the day she was kidnapped by Ariel Castro, how she endured 10 years in captivity, and how she finally escaped from Castro’s Seymour Avenue home.
In the follow-up interview with Dr. Phil McGraw, she discusses her first year of freedom and how she’s worked to build an independent life.
According to a statement released by the show: “Since her nightmare ended one year ago, Michelle is healthy and happy, and has created a productive and meaningful life for herself. Though she once was forced to live off of meager food scraps, she is now in culinary school pursuing a secure and stable career. She shows her strength as she joins Dr. Phil for her first interview in front of a live, studio audience.”
Michelle Knight was the first of three Cleveland women abducted by Castro. She disappeared in August 2002. She was 21 at the time.
Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight were held captive by Ariel Castro for more than 10 years. Amanda Berry was kidnapped in April 2003, the day before her 17th birthday. Gina DeJesus was 14 when she disappeared in April 2004. They escaped from the Seymour Avenue home on May 6, 2013.
“Having formed a deep bond with Dr. Phil during their first meeting last year, Michelle had shared some painful experiences with him privately that she wasn’t comfortable sharing publicly,” the production company’s description of the episode says.
“The experience of writing her book over the past year, though, has been therapeutic for Michelle and prepared her to discuss these experiences in front of the audience.”
Dr. Phil McGraw was granted a look inside the many journals Michelle Knight kept while in captivity, reading the poems and letters she wrote to her son.
“Amanda and Gina had families to go home to, but after Michelle was freed, no one thought she could care for herself or that she could live on her own,” Phil McGraw said in the statement released by the Dr. Phil show.
“Michelle has certainly proven everybody wrong.”
Michelle Knight recently reunited with her fellow captives, and she tells Phil McGraw about their relationship today, and where she sees it going in the future.
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Mick Jagger sang a version of Bob Dylan’s Just Like a Woman at the event.
L’Wren Scott, Mick Jagger’s long-term partner, took her own life in March.
Mick Jagger and actresses Ellen Barkin and Sarah Jessica Parker were among those who spoke at the memorial, according to Jagger’s publicist, Vicki Scarfone.
Martin Scorsese and Baz Luhrmann also attended.
L’Wren Scott’s brother, Randy Bambrough, paid his own tribute at the service, while poems were read by Scott’s niece, Hannah Bambrough, and Mick Jagger’s son James.
Two of Mick Jagger’s grandchildren, Mazie and Zak, read Psalm 23, while the star’s backing singer, Lisa Fischer, performed Amazing Grace.
Others in attendance included actresses Julianne Moore, Meg Ryan, Olivia Munn and Renee Zellweger, Vogue editor Anna Wintour, and tennis star John McEnroe.
L’Wren Scott’s funeral took place in Los Angeles in March.
The fashion designer had been in a relationship with Mick Jagger since 2001 and designed stage outfits for the Rolling Stones when they performed at Glastonbury Festival and Hyde Park last summer.
L’Wren Scott’s high-end fashion label was a favorite among Hollywood stars including Nicole Kidman, Tina Fey and Sarah Jessica Parker, and her designs have been worn by Michelle Obama.
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Friday’s clashes led to more than 40 deaths. Most victims were pro-Russian activists killed when the building they were in caught fire.
Ukraine’s interim PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk has accused police of failing to prevent the violence.
He was speaking as Ukrainian troops encircled Sloviansk in the east.
The army operation is trying to wrest control from separatists who have taken over a government buildings in a number of towns.
Hundreds of people descended on the police headquarters on Sunday afternoon in an initially peaceful protest calling for the released of those detained.
The gathering turned violent as protesters – some wearing masks and carrying improvised weapons – broke windows and forced the gates.
There were chants of “Russia, Russia” and “Russians won’t abandon their own”.
A number of detainees were then released by the police, apparently in an attempt to pacify the crowds. Reuters, quoting police sources, put the number freed at 30. The interior ministry, in a statement quoted by the Associated Press, said 67 people were released.
Odessa had been observing a day of mourning for those killed on Friday, when running street battles involving petrol bombs led to a fire breaking out on the third floor of a trade union building.
Dozens of pro-Russian activists had barricaded themselves inside. While some were rescued, 38 people either burned, suffocated or jumped to their deaths.
Moscow and Kiev have blamed each other’s supporters for the fire.
On Sunday, many visited the burned out trade union building, which now has a large Russian flag draped on one wall, to pay tribute.
Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who has travelled to Odessa, has ordered a full investigation into what happened, saying the authorities did “nothing to stop this crackdown”, and were “inefficient and they violated the law”.
He told a news conference that all the senior police in the city had been fired and would be replaced.
But he said the unrest was “part of a plan fomented by Russia to destroy Ukraine”.
Arseniy Yatsenyuk insisted Kiev had not lost control entirely, saying much would depend on whether local populations “support peace and stability or whether they support those who are sponsored by Russian”.
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Nine acrobats of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus have been seriously injured after falling from an aerial platform during a show in Rhode Island.
Eight female acrobats fell from a height of up to 40ft after scaffolding collapsed. One dancer on the ground was hurt.
A circus spokesman said the performers were in the middle of a hair-hanging and motorbike high-wire act.
Officials say they have launched an investigation into the accident.
The accident occurred on Sunday morning during the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus show in Providence.
Reports suggest as many as 20 people may have been injured in the incident, but only nine of them were in serious condition.
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The stone arch bridge was being constructed illegally at a village in Gaozhou City, Guangdong province, the officials said.
It collapsed on Saturday, killing five people instantly, while six died later in hospital.
Authorities are investigating the incident. The contractor has been arrested, state media report.
The bridge was being built in Liangkengkou village in Gaozhou.
Twenty-six people were trapped under the bridge when it collapsed, officials said.
Survivors were taken to hospital after being pulled from the rubble.
Government officials said the village had been ordered to stop building the bridge several times.
However, the village secretly restarted construction over the May Day holiday, which ran from Thursday to Saturday, they added.
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Meanwhile President Park Geun-hye met relatives of those on board.
Park Geun-hye told family members that those responsible for the ferry sinking on April 16 would be “punished severely”.
The Sewol ferry had 476 passengers on board when it sank – 174 were rescued, and 58 remain unaccounted for.
Prosecutors say the ferry owner ignored safety warnings and allowed the ship to be overloaded.
Park Geun-hye visited Jindo island, close to where the ship sank, on Sunday. It was her second meeting with the family members.
Speaking to relatives, the president said: “I feel a sense of unlimited responsibility… it is heart-rending to imagine how you must be feeling.”
“A thorough investigation will be conducted to find those who were responsible and criminally at fault… and they will be punished severely,” she added.
Authorities are investigating whether the ship sank from overloading and changes in the structure of the ship.
Anger has also been directed at the ship’s captain and crew members, who delayed giving evacuation orders.
Last week, South Korean PM Chung Hong-won resigned amid criticism of the government’s handling of the disaster.
Divers have been navigating the sunken ship in an attempt to retrieve the remaining bodies. However, the search has been hampered by strong currents, debris, and poor visibility.
Several divers were suffering from decompression sickness, Yonhap news agency reported on Friday.
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And Prince Harry has wasted no time getting back to his single life.
A blue-blooded, blond, leggy former model, Cressida Bonas had all the makings of a princess. But it was not to be.
Born in February 1989, Cressy, as she is known to friends, is the daughter of Jeffrey Bonas and Lady Mary-Gaye Curzon. She has one sister and three half-siblings from her mother’s first marriage.
Cressida Bonas studied dance at the University of Leeds but is also known to have tried her hand at stage acting. She has been pictured frequenting music festivals and is said to love partying on the dance floor.
It’s believed that Princess Eugenie, who is a mutual and close friend to both, was the one to introduce Cressida Bonas and Prince Harry in June 2012.
Prince Harry and Cressida Bonas were first photographed together after the premiere of The Dark Knight Rises in 2012 before hitting clubs and theaters together later that year.
As a couple, Cressida Bonas and Prince Harry were low-key and rarely gave the press a chance to catch them together.
They had a bumpy and sometimes turbulent relationship: Prince Harry was pictured partying in Miami in 2012, which is said to have temporarily put the brakes on their romance. But the pair managed to patch things up and got more serious than ever.
Cressida Bonas is said to have been unhappy at the amount of attention given to her by the press and overwhelmed at the possibility of becoming a royal.
When it was announced, Prince Harry and Cressida Bonas split surprised even the most avid royal-watchers.
“Nobody had any idea that this was coming,” Ingrid Seward, editor in chief of Majesty magazine, told PEOPLE magazine.
“She was moving into her new flat and getting on with her life. I thought they were very happy together.”
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Cressida Bonas has reportedly been granted compassionate leave from her job after ending her two-year relationship with Prince Harry last week.
According to sources, Cressida Bonas, who is currently working for a marketing company in London’s Soho, has been given compassionate leave from work, while she gets over the break up.
Cressida Bonas was photographed earlier this week looking tired and drawn as she made her way to the office, and hasn’t been seen since then.
When Kate Middleton and Prince William broke up in 2007, she was granted the same thing.
Prince Harry does not seem to be suffering the same difficulties; he has been living it up at Miami pre-wedding celebrations for his friend, Guy Pelly.
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Despite a recent InTouch cover story that claimed Jennifer Aniston is expecting a baby girl with fiancé Justin Theroux, it appears the actress is not pregnant.
“She’s not pregnant,” one source told Us Weekly.
Jennifer Aniston, who recently returned to the West Coast following an NYC jaunt with Justin Theroux, complained to pals in March that she ate too much in Manhattan.
Following her NYC trip, Jennifer Aniston returned to work on the L.A. set of upcoming indie flick Cake, where she was photographed last month from a side angle – revealing a supposedly fuller tummy.
The InTouch story also claimed that Justin Theroux was a “changed man,” going from “commitment-phobe carouser to doting dad-to-be overnight” following Jennifer Aniston’s alleged pregnancy.
A source close to Justin Theroux says that while the couple is not yet expecting any little ones, they are open to having a family in the future.
Most of the victims were pro-Russian separatists who died in a fire after barricading themselves in a building.
Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s comments came as Ukrainian troops surrounded the pro-Russian stronghold of Sloviansk in the east.
He said of the Odessa violence: “I personally blame the security service and law enforcement office for doing nothing to stop this crackdown.”
Arseniy Yatsenyuk said: “These security forces are inefficient and they violated the law.”
He said the police chief of the Odessa region had been removed and that the prosecutor’s office had started an investigation.
“The prosecutor’s office is to investigate everyone – starting with the chief of police, his deputies and every single police officer.”
However, Arsniy Yatsenyuk also blamed pro-Russian groups for “provoking the unrest”.
He accused Russia and pro-Russian protesters of orchestrating “real war… to eliminate Ukraine and eliminate Ukrainian independence”.
Ukrainian troops have encircled Sloviansk as the government seeks to wrest control from the separatists.
Several people were reported killed in clashes around Sloviansk on Saturday. The defense ministry said one checkpoint was removed overnight.
Gunfire was also reported overnight in Kostyantynivka and Mariupol as Ukrainian forces tried to reclaim government offices.
There was heavy fighting in the town of Kramatorsk on Saturday, with the interior ministry saying the army had retaken a television tower.
Kiev officials said at least two people were killed in the town, although Russian state television reported 10 deaths.
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Kelly Osbourne, 29, captioned: “Make up free and loving it!”
In the snapshot, Kelly Osbourne looks unrecognizable with her lavender locks swept back in an unkept mohawk.
Later that night, the star joked about her new look while attending an event with brother Jack Osbourne.
“#Twins?” she wrote, while showing off the pair’s similar haircuts.
Kelly Osbourne has been changing up her appearance since last month. She first revealed a half-shaved bob on April 6.
“Here is one pic of my new hair cut!!! What do you guys think?” she wrote at the time.
“I’m also sporting the #SpringTrend and have no bottom mascara on! It looks weird.”
Last November, Kelly Osbourne also began the process of removing most of her 15 tattoos.
Jenelle Evans and Courtland Rogers tied the knot in December 2012.
“Jenelle is only seeking a divorce from Mr. Rogers at this time,” Jenelle Evans’ attorney, Dustin R. T. Sullivan, told Us Weekly.
“She is not seeking any support of any kind. She is looking forward to a new chapter in her life.”
Jenelle Evans, 23, ended her relationship with Courtland Rogers two months after tying the knot in Brunswick County, North Carolina.
Back in April 2013, Jenelle Evans was then arrested for heroin possession and for assaulting Courtland Rogers.
According to TMZ, Courtland Rogers was also arrested for hitting Jenelle Evans “on the neck and striking her with a closed fist on her head”.
Meanwhile, the reality star is expecting a baby boy with boyfriend Nathan Griffith. She’s already mom to son Jace, 4, from a previous relationship.
Jenelle Evans’ mother, Barbara Evans, currently has full custody of Jace.
The new baby is expected to arrive in June.
Liam Payne and Sophia Smith dated for eight months, and first met while attending St. Peter’s Collegiate School in Wolverhampton, England.
A source told the publication: “They were spending too much time apart and it’s only going to get worse this year – the band going on a super long tour, her getting busier with university.”
“It was draining for the both of them and led to a lot of arguments. Liam was the one who chose to end it,” the source added.
Liam Payne, 20, is currently on tour with his bandmates for their Where We Are tour, which kicked off last month.
However, the singer has been vocal about his heartbreak, posting cryptic messages via Twitter on Friday.
“Can’t be without you,” he wrote.
“Worse thing I ever did was let you go.”
He added: “No all I got left is the thought of you.”
Liam Payne previously dated model and dancer Danielle Peazer on-and-off for three years before their split in May 2013.
Nathaniel Kangas, 19, is being held in connection with the deaths of Gabriel Rich and Patrick Johnson.
Gabriel Rich and Patrick Johnson had gone to the remote village of Tanana after reports someone was brandishing a firearm.
The troopers had featured on past episodes of the National Geographic Channel show Alaska State Troopers.
A man said to be Nathaniel Kangas’ father has also been arrested in connection with a separate incident on Wednesday.
Arvin Kangas, 58, was charged with assault involving a village public safety officer.
Gabriel Rich and Patrick Johnson were based in the troopers’ rural service unit in Fairbanks and had travelled to Tanana – a village of 238 people accessible mainly by aircraft – on Thursday to investigate the matter.
Officials have not yet released details related to the troopers’ shooting on Thursday.
National Geographic wrote in a statement it was “incredibly saddened” by Gabriel Rich and Patrick Johnson’s deaths.
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The healthcare policy has serious IT issues, prompting the joke: “In 2008 my slogan was: <<Yes we can>>. In 2013 my slogan was: <<Control-alt-delete>>.”
Barack Obama ridiculed media commentators for their apparent obsession with Vladimir Putin’s bare chest.
Dozens of celebrities, journalists and politicians were at the dinner.
The roll-out of healthcare.gov, Barack Obama’s main policy initiative of his second term, provided much of the humor.
The president made several references to computer malfunctions.
“Does anybody know how to fix this,” he asked, pretending that the overhead projector had failed to work.
Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who quit as a result of the IT issues, stepped up and said: “I got this. I see it all the time.”
The president used Vladimir Putin as a way of lampooning some conservative commentators and political opponents.
“Last year [conservative commentator] Pat Buchanan said Putin is headed straight for the Nobel Peace Prize… to be fair they give those to just about anybody these days. So it could happen,” he said.
Barack Obama was given the award in 2009 having been nominated for it after less than two weeks in office.
“[Republican] Mike Huckabee and [conservative commentator] Sean Hannity keep talking about his bare chest, which is kind of weird.”
The annual WHCA Dinner is traditionally used by presidents to ridicule their opponents, but also laugh at themselves.
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In a recent interview with Us Weekly, Duck Dynasty‘s Jase, Missy Robertson talk about their daughter Mia’s struggle with cleft lip and palate.
Jase and Missy Robertson reveal they endured the challenge of their lives when their daughter Mia, now 10, was born with a cleft lip and palate.
Mia Robertson is their youngest child – joining big brothers Reed, now 18, and Cole, 16 – faced more than just cosmetic problems, and has had five vital surgeries so far.
In an extensive interview for the new issue of Us Weekly, Jase Robertson, 44, and Missy Robertson, 43, reveal that raising a bright, gifted child with special needs has transformed and enriched their lives forever.
In the deadliest attack, a grenade was reportedly thrown in a bus that had just arrived from Nairobi.
The other blast happened at a bar near a hotel in the Nyali beach area. There are no reports of casualties there.
Kenya has been hit by a spate of attacks blamed by the government on Somali Islamist militants.
The al-Qaeda-linked group al-Shabab has carried out several attacks in Kenya since 2011, when Kenya sent troops into Somalia to battle it.
No-one has yet claimed responsibility for Saturday’s blasts.
The first blast is believed to have occurred after a grenade was thrown in a Nairobi-Mombasa bus that had just arrived in the busy Mwembe Tayari transport terminal, killing three people and wounding at least four others.
The second explosion took place at a beach bar near the Nayali Reef Hotel, after a device was left in a plastic bag in the washroom.
It is thought that a third attack was planned for a nearby cinema complex but was unsuccessful.
All three incidents happened within minutes of each other.
Tensions have been rising in Mombasa in recent months, with authorities accusing Islamists of radicalizing local youths.
Al-Shabab was blamed for an attack on a church in Mombasa in March that killed six people.
Shortly afterwards, a radical Muslim cleric alleged to have acted as a recruiter for al-Shabab was shot dead near Mombasa, prompting riots in the city.
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They have stopped digging through the earth and mud that swamped a whole village in the remote north-east province of Badakhshan on Friday.
Officials now say the site has become a mass grave for the village of Ab Barik.
Aid, including tents, food and water, has begun to arrive for the survivors.
They spent Friday night camped out in near freezing conditions on the open hillside.
Heavy rain is believed to have triggered Friday’s two landslides, the first of which buried hundreds of homes and the second then killed rescuers who had arrived at the scene to help reach survivors.
Attempts to dig through the thick mud to find survivors continued into Saturday, with people using shovels and even their bare hands.
But the last of the diggers had given up by later on in the day, realizing their efforts are futile, our correspondent reports.
“We cannot continue the search and rescue operation anymore, as the houses are under metres of mud,” provincial governor Shah Waliullah Adeeb said.
“We will offer prayers for the victims and make the area a mass grave.”
The landslide buried around 370 homes, which officials say housed in total some 2,500 people.
The UN says only 350 bodies have so far been recovered.
The landslides hit on Friday morning, a day of rest in Afghanistan, meaning whole families would have been at home at the time.
After the first landslide struck, residents from a neighboring village came to the rescue only to be caught by a second landslide that brought down the entire side of one hill and thousands of tonnes of mud and earth.
Continuing rain has raised fears of further landslides.
Badakhshan is in the most remote and mountainous part of the country, bordering Tajikistan, China and Pakistan.
It is one of the poorest regions in one of the poorest countries.
Another, smaller landslide was reported in Badakhshan on Thursday.
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The actor played Inspector Lewis Erskine in the show, which ran from 1965 until 1974.
Before that Efrem Zimbalist Jr. became a household name in the US playing private investigator Stu Bailey in 77 Sunset Strip, which ran from 1958 to 1964.
In later life he retired to his ranch in Solvang, California, where he died on Friday.
Efrem Zimbalist’s daughter Stephanie Zimbalist and son Efrem Zimbalist III said in a statement: “We are heartbroken to announce the passing into peace of our beloved father, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., at his Solvang ranch.
“He actively enjoyed his life to the last day, showering love on his extended family, playing golf and visiting with close friends.”
In addition to his leading TV roles, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. made numerous stage and film appearances. His stage debut was opposite Spencer Tracy in The Rugged Path.
His show The FBI was famous for posting real photos from the federal crime investigation agency’s most-wanted list at the end of each program.
The FBI honored Efrem Zimbalist Jr. by making him an honorary “G-man” in 2009.
Charles Ramsey sat down for an interview with Plain Dealer reporter Tom Feran.
Ariel Castro’s neighbor helped Gina DeJesus, Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry and Amanda’s daughter escape a nearly a decade of captivity and abuse in the house of horrors on Seymour Avenue in Cleveland.
“Their faith has been test for ten years,” said Charles Ramsey about Gina DeJesus’ mother and father during the interview with Plain Dealer.
“They didn’t give up one day of hope….Those are the heros, it’s not me.”
Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight were given 2014 Ohio Courage medals by Gov. John Kasich during his State of the State speech in February.
Ariel Castro, 53, died in prison last year when he was found hanging in his prison cell after being sentenced to life plus 1,000 years when he plead guilty to hundreds of counts of kidnapping and rape involving the three young women.
Charles Ramsey’s new book Dead Giveaway written with Randy Nyerges, has been released on May 1 by publisher Gray& Co.
Almost a year later, Charles Ramsey is the first person connected to the ordeal to release a book, Dead Giveaway, the title coming from a phrase Ramsey used in a local TV interview.
Written with Randy Nyerges of Berea and carrying the lengthy subtitle The Rescue, Hamburgers, White Folks and Instant Celebrity … What You Saw on TV Doesn’t Even Begin to Tell the Story …, the book covers a wide range of topics and much of his life.
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Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus will be at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children will honor them at its annual Hope Awards Dinner.
The center said in a news release Thursday that it is honoring Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus for “their courage and resilience and for giving hope to families still searching for their missing children”.
Amanda Berry was 16 and Gina DeJesus was 14 when they were abducted. Michelle Knight, who was held the longest, was 21 when she was reported missing. The center focuses on the exploitation of children and that is why only Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus are being recognized Tuesday, though the center has acknowledged Michelle Knight’s captivity in its news release.
The anniversary of their freedom has received wide attention. Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus have not yet talked publicly about their ordeal. They have been collaborating on a book with Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Mary Jordan of The Washington Post, who is from Cleveland.
Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus’ book is expected to be published next year.
Michelle Knight, who discussed her abduction at length on psychologist Phil McGraw’s talk show last year, is expected to release her own book in the coming week.
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Using a model reconstruction of the Cleveland horror house, Michelle Knight, who has changed her name to Lily Rose Lee, explained how Ariel Castro “would take speakers, a couch, chairs and block anyone from getting up the stairs at all”.
Michelle Knight, who spent more than a decade locked up, revealed that she has moved into her own apartment and started cooking classes as she dreams of becoming a chef.
The 33-year-old told Today Show: “Sometimes in life you have a dark past that makes you who you are but doesn’t define who you are.”
Michelle Knight is now known as Lily Rose Lee, a name she picked after her favorite flower. She explained her decision, saying: “I felt like every brand new start needs new beginnings.”
She escaped on May 6, 2013, along with Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Berry’s 6-year-old daughter from the Cleveland home.
Michelle Knight explained how at times during those long years in the house she contemplated suicide but that her friendship with fellow captor Gina DeJesus kept her strong.
She earlier revealed that she has cut ties with Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus.
Michelle Knight explained Today Show that the three survivors have put distance between each other as they all come to terms with the ordeal they suffered.
She said: “I love them and they love me. Hopefully we’ll all get back together again.”
Michelle Knight has written a memoir Finding Me which comes out on May 6, the one-year anniversary of the women’s escape.
In her book, she tells of the abuse she suffered at the hands of Ariel Castro, who killed himself in prison in September just weeks into his life sentence.
Michelle Knight had made a brave and defiant appearance at Ariel Castro’s sentencing in August in which she told him: “I spent 11 years in hell, your hell is just beginning.”
She also reveals in her book the close bond she developed with the other women, who were all snatched off the streets of Cleveland by Ariel Castro between 2002 and 2004.
Michelle Knight, who is 4’11, said that her hellish ordeal has taught her to enjoy every moment of her life.
Michelle Knight was the only one of Ariel Castro’s three victims to appear in person at his trial. Gina DeJesus and Amanda Berry’s victim impact statements were read by members of their family.
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The Robertsons are back, and bigger than ever.
Duck Dynasty Season 6 will premiere this June on A&E.
Rolling Stone magazine has confirmed the vehicle’s authenticity, with a spokesperson for the singer confirming that the bus belonged to Willie Nelson’s longtime drummer Paul English.
Tom O’Leary purchased the bus on eBay in 2010 “on a whim”.
“I’m not especially a Willie Nelson fan,” Tom O’Leary told Rolling Stone.
“I mainly just thought it looked cool. It needed quite a bit of work when I got it and I did it all myself: fuel systems, electrical, floors, plumbing.”
Tom O’Leary says he only uses it twice a year, “mainly for NASCAR races and hunting trips” and that “it’s just time for someone else to enjoy it for what it is”.
“Due to the extremely high demand and the amount of offers being thrown at us for this bus, we have decided to take offers all the way to 12:00 AM central 5/3/2014 for this bus,” reads the ad.
As of press time, the current offer is $65,000.
The bus features a drawing of a bald eagle with outstretched wings on the back with the text, “Looking back at myself”. On a sign on the front of the bus, where the intended destination would be, is a simple, “We love Willie”. The ornate vehicle also features stained glass windows, red velvet curtains, a framed portrait of Jimmie Rodgers and Native American artwork. As the ad notes, the 1983 bus gets seven miles per gallon and has “four air conditioning units on the roof with heat as well.”
The bus had three owners before Tom O’Leary bought it.
Johnny Temples, one of Willie Nelson’s bus drivers in the Eighties, told the Dallas Morning News that the bus was named The Scout and was one of four buses on the tour, “along with Willie Nelson’s iconic Honeysuckle Rose, the crew members’ Warrior and the band’s Red-Headed Stranger”.
The bus was later renamed Me & Paul after Willie Nelson’s 1985 album of the same name.
“Willie rode that bus when he played dominoes,” Johnny Temples told the Morning News.
“But that was not his personal bus.”
In 2011, Willie Nelson’s 1986 Eagle 1 tour bus sold for more than $43,000.