Friday, March 21, 2014

Fresh New Insight to the 1994 Suicide of Kurt Cobain

Seattle police have released two never-before-seen images taken at the scene of Kurt Cobain's death after they announced they were re-examining evidence in the two decade-old case. One of the tragic photographs, which comes from four rolls of undeveloped film stumbled upon last month, shows a small cigar box containing a spoon, possibly with heroin residue on it, needles and a lighter laying on the floor next to a cigarette butt and a pair of dark sunglasses. The second picture shows the box closed, next to cash, a woolly hat and an open wallet that appears to display Cobain's ID. Detective Renee Witt, a spokeswoman for the Seattle Police Department, revealed Thursday that detectives were taking a second look at the circumstances surrounding the Nirvana star's suicide after the new evidence was uncovered. The rolls of film were found in sealed bags by an officer who was going through Cobain's case file ahead of the approaching 20th anniversary of the singer's death. The images are said to detail the scene in sharper detail than the Polaroid pictures used in the original 1994 investigation causing police to review all evidence. However, authorities have stopped short of declaring a full re-opening of the case and police are reluctant to suggest much will come from the new photos. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2585567/Police-release-new-Kurt-Cobain-photo.html#ixzz2wccwfJiY

Monday, March 10, 2014

Chiptle Sues Frank Ocean

Chipotle Mexican Grill is serving Frank Ocean with a lawsuit after the “channel ORANGE” artist backed out of an ad campaign he agreed to do for the chain. The suit filed in LA county states that Ocean signed on to do a $425,000 deal with Chipotle in which Ocean would sing a remake of “Pure Imagination” for an animated ad, but the artist backed out after the company refused to remove their logo from the end of the ad. That artist’s team e-mailed the chain stating that Ocean was promised the final say over the recording and all promotional materials and accused the burrito bigwigs of being in breach of contract. Chipotle is now suing for the $212,500 advance paid to Ocean. We’re no entertainment attorneys, but at the end of the day Frank Ocean or not, Chipotle more than likely has a goal of advertising their product, so it’s no big surprise that they might want their logo on the tail end of their ad. We’re all for artistic freedom, but we aren’t exactly sure how much Ocean wants the ad to be about him and not burrito bowls. Well the courts may have to make some adjustments to Ocean’s official name in the documents. In an unrelated story, TMZ reports that Ocean filed documents to legally change his birth name to his stage name. Ocean, whose real name is Christopher Edwin Breaux, has to post his intentions in four separate newspapers once a week for four weeks in a row. This ensures that just in case he’s using the name to commit fraud, victims have the opportunity to come forward in court. Ocean may want to keep some suits on deck because between the lawsuit and changing his name he’s going to be spending a lot of time with the judge. - See more at: http://madamenoire.com/408236/chipotle-sues-frank-ocean/#sthash.50gDkM9X.dpuf