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It was tough being Arab American when Sami Bishara Mashney immigrated to the United States at age 23, during the height of the Iran-hostage crisis. He actually had to go Greek for awhile for his own safety. Of course, it's no picnic being Arab American now, which is why Mashney holds so much respect for …
Another blonde is set to join the cast of The Real Housewives of Orange County, and this one already has had camera time on Bravo's reality show. Peggy Tanous, who will appear next season, is a friend of Alexis Bellino, the Real Housewife who really almost lost her twins to the Balboa Bay Club pool …
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Watch out for 3hree Things every Tuesday, where Riley Breckenridge, drummer of Orange County's favorite local alt-rock band Thrice, gives his take on life in Southern California, being an OC native and, of course, music. I moved from Irvine to back to Orange just over two months ago, and since I've spent a majority of those couple …
We told you here about a mystery man who went to a home in Garden Grove, identified himself as a city employee named Christopher for the resident and claimed he was there to perform tests because the city water supply had been contaminated. As the city then warned, there is no contamination, no such tests …
Continue reading “Water Scam Being Pulled in Garden Grove is Larger, Wider and Now Has a Face”
Now that both Ellen DeGeneres and Simon Cowell are leaving American Idol, rumors abound over who's going to be the next arbiter of taste on the Fox show. J Lo's supposedly signed a deal. Allegedly, Steven Tyler's been asked to join the show. P Diddy's thrown his hat into the ring. Elton John, Jessica Simpson, …
Continue reading “Five Rock Stars Who Should Be 'American Idol' Judges”
Editor's Note: As a staff writer for Phoenix New Times, award-winning journalist Terry Greene Sterling reported for years on the political brawls and human tragedies that have made Arizona the epicenter for the national immigration debate. Sterling is now a contributor for The Daily Beast, and Writer-in-Residence at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and …
This cropped photo has nothing to do with the stories cited after the jump, but guarantees that a few more suckers people will stop by and read.I make no apologies. In slow news weeks–when artists don't check their emails and make me miss my deadline or I simply haven't adequately prepared a piece and still …
Continue reading “Slow News Day: From the Press Release to Your Computer (NSFW photo inside)”
When we received a tweet that included this link: http://www.newspaperintegrity.com/paper.php?id=513 . . . we here at the Weekly World HQ nearly flipped our Che berets. Who was this “Committee for Newspaper and Media Integrity” and where did they get off scoring us with a combined 57.1 for integrity, quality and objectivity? Then we looked closer …
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SECOND UPDATE: Benny Hinn, End-Times Cultist? Click here for the details. UPDATE: Hinn's new message to followers: I am not having an affair and send me $2 million. (details at end of post) . . . Televangelist Benny Hinn, who resides behind gates in Dana Point and has a church and television studio in Aliso …
Continue reading “[UPDATED:] Benny Hinn and Paula White Deny Affair”
Watch out for 3hree Things every Tuesday, where Riley Breckenridge, drummer of Orange County's favorite local alt-rock band Thrice, gives his take on life in Southern California, being an OC native and, of course, music. I'm lucky (and eternally grateful) to be able to travel as much as I do for work, but to be …
Meant to get this up yesterday, but a group that protects the legal rights of Asians and Pacific Islanders sent word that it has joined 14 other civil rights organizations and professional bar associations from across the nation in condemning the recommended suspension of UC Irvine's Muslim Student Union. ] A bunch of Weekly coverage …
Continue reading “Groups Step Up Opposition to Punishment for UC Irvine's Muslim Student Union”
As part of a massive request for data under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California today asked the FBI to turn over records related to the agency's collection and use of race and ethnicity data in Southern California communities. The ACLU fears that under FBI guidelines …
Continue reading “ACLU Seeks FBI Records on “Muslim Mapping””