A few interesting stories this week, alas no points to award.  

Look Who You Could Have Had:

• Scott Hastings, 61, Scottish rugby union player (Watsonians, Edinburgh, national team), non-Hodgkin lymphoma.  
• Tom Kane, 64, American voice actor (The Powerpuff Girls, Star Wars, The Wild Thornberrys), complications from a stroke. 
• Leroy Dean McGill, 63, American convicted murderer and arsonist, execution by lethal injection. 
• Matthew Biggs, 65, British radio personality (Gardeners’ Question Time), bowel cancer. 
• Judith Chalmers, 90, English television presenter (Wish You Were Here…?), complications from Alzheimer’s disease. 
• Peter Helm, 84, Canadian-American actor (Inside Daisy Clover, The Andromeda Strain, The Longest Day).   
• Grizz Chapman, 52, American actor (30 Rock). 
• Dick Parry, 83, English saxophonist (Pink Floyd). 
• Michael Keating, 79, English actor (Blake’s 7, EastEnders, Doctor Who). 

In Other News

A radio station has issued an apology after mistakenly announcing that King Charles has died. Radio Caroline, which broadcasts across the south of England and the Midlands made the announcement and played God Save the King. One online listener said that the usual broadcast abruptly stopped before the hosts said that normal programming had been suspended, before the broadcast ceased for 15 minutes. After the hosts apologised for the confusion, it emerged that the announcement had been made due following a “computer error”. The station manager Peter Moore wrote on Facebook: “Due to a computer error at our main studio the Death of a Monarch procedure, which all UK stations hold in readiness while hoping not to require, was accidentally activated on Tuesday afternoon, mistakenly announcing that HRH the King had passed away. Radio Caroline then fell silent as would be required, which alerted us to restore programming and issue an on-air apology. Caroline has been pleased to broadcast Her Majesty the Queen’s, and now the King’s, Christmas Message and we hope to do so for many years to come. We apologise to HM the King and to our listeners for any distress caused.” One person commented: “It was a shock, but after telling my wife and neighbours I realised it was a mistake – and perhaps it was the relief, but then the laughter set in.” While others referred to it as an “honest mistake”, another wrote: “I heard this while working in our garage. I dashed indoors shouting to the missus ‘He’s dead ! Charlie is bloody dead!’. She looked puzzled and said ‘Well he was just at the flower show yesterday’. After much perusal of news websites we concluded that perhaps I should lay off the sauce for a while.”   

Number 16 – the world’s longest-lived known spider – has died, likely killed by a wasp at the ripe old age of 43 years. She outlived the previous record holder, a 28-year-old tarantula found in Mexico. Previously, researchers believed trapdoor spiders lived for about 25 years. However, more important than setting a record, Number 16 offers a life-lesson on sustainability.  Number 16 built her burrow in the North Bungulla Reserve in southwestern Australia, when she was young. Like all female trapdoor spiders (mygalomorph spiders), she was a homebody, never leaving her burrow. She had to protect and maintain her burrow, because if it were damaged, mature trapdoor spiders cannot easily rebuild or relocate. Trapdoor spiders are hairy tropical spiders up to 4cm long that nest underground. Their bites can cause pain and swelling in humans. They cleverly camouflage their trapdoor and lay out trip lines so that when an insect triggers it, they leap out in surprise attack, dragging their prey into their burrow. In 1974, Australian arachnologist Barbara York Main included Number 16 in a study of how trapdoor spiders live in native bushland to learn about their sedentary nature and low metabolisms. As part of the study, all active burrows were checked every six months. Researchers discovered the lid of Number 16’s burrow had been pierced by a parasitic wasp and was in disrepair. Parasitic wasps implant eggs inside other insects, and when the eggs hatch the larvae feed on their host, in this case Number 16. All of her contemporaries were long gone by this time. Number 16 offers an example of a long life with low-level impact and frugal resource use, the study concluded. Moreover, she – and trapdoor spiders generally – cannot up and move if their home is destroyed or too badly damaged. This may offer humans a lesson in sustainable living, says lead author of the new study Leanda Mason from Curtin University in Perth.  

Russell Andrews, a veteran actor who appeared in major shows like Better Caul Saul and Grey’s Anatomy, has shared his diagnosis with ALS. The 64-year-old revealed the news live on The Story Is with Elex Michaelson Saturday alongside his fiancée, Justified actor Erica Tazel. ALS is the most common type of Motor Neurone Disease. It is a rare, degenerative disease that affects motor neuron’s in the brain and spinal cord, impacting movement, speech, and independence. The condition has been in the spotlight recently after another Grey’s Anatomy star, Eric Dane, announced his diagnosis in April 2025 and died in February this year. “I was diagnosed in the late fall of last year,” Andrews told Michaelson in the interview. “And it’s been humbling, but there’s… Elex, there’s also something in the fact that I walked into a family of very caring people I did not know a year ago — the cliché family, but they have not let us miss a step in terms of care, the attention, the awareness and the ability to get me here today.” Andrews said he initially feared he’d suffered a stroke during the Covid pandemic, before later recognising what may have been early signs of ALS. “It was a stressful time. We didn’t work for three years, about, and then we had the back-to-back strikes and so a lot was going on,” he said, referring to the 2023 actors’ strikes and writers’ strikes in Hollywood. There were twitches… I thought I was having pinched nerves in my neck and they were quite frequent,” he continued. “I was not able to do things that I normally do. I was dropping cups and glasses at night. It felt like things were running up and down my arm at different times and it was the nerves.” “It took him longer to clean the pool,” Tazel said of the early signs of ALS in her fiancé. “The way he walked, there was just the subtle little things like that and I had questions. I was like, ‘Something is definitely wrong.’”

On This Day

• 1930 – Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she left on May 5th for the 11,000 mile flight).
• 1956 – The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland.
• 2019 – Under pressure over her handling of Brexit, British Prime Minister Theresa May announces her resignation as Leader of the Conservative Party, effective as of June 7th.

Deaths

• 1543 – Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (born 1473).
• 1974 – Duke Ellington, American pianist and composer (born 1899). 
• 1995 – Harold Wilson, English politician, Prime Minister of the U.K. (born 1916). 
• 1997 – Edward Mulhare, Irish actor (born 1923). 
• 2015 – Tanith Lee, English author (born 1947).
• 2023 – Tina Turner, American-Swiss rock and pop singer, dancer, and actress (born 1939).

America’s Scientists Are Disappearing, And Nobody Can Agree  On Why

It started, as all great conspiracy theories do, with a YouTuber.

In early 2026, a man named Daniel Liszt posted a video suggesting that a Portuguese nuclear physicist had been assassinated because of his work in advanced fusion research. The physicist in question was Nuno Loureiro, an MIT professor and director of the university’s Plasma Science and Fusion Centre, who was shot dead at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts in December 2025. The shooting has been attributed to a rivalry with another scientist. Dramatic, certainly. A secret government hit? Probably not. A jealous colleague with a gun? Apparently yes.

But then people started looking around. And the more they looked, the more names they found.

JPL space researcher Frank Maiwald died in July 2024; his cause of death was not publicly disclosed. Anthony Chavez, a retired engineer who had worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory in nuclear weapons research, disappeared from his New Mexico home in May 2025. An administrative assistant from the same lab named Melissa Casias went missing in June 2025, last seen walking along a highway a few miles from her home.

Then there’s Monica Reza, which is where things get properly eerie. The 60-year-old aerospace engineer and co-creator of a nickel-based alloy for rocket engines disappeared on June 22, 2025, while hiking with a friend in the Angeles National Forest. The friend was about 30 feet ahead, turned around to check on her, and she smiled and waved. He turned back to continue hiking, and when he looked again moments later, she was gone. No trace has ever been found. She simply ceased to exist on a well-travelled trail on a sunny morning in California. 

The story that really got Washington paying attention, though, was retired Air Force Major General William Neil McCasland. He went missing from his Albuquerque home on February 27, 2026. His phone, prescription glasses and wearable devices were all found at home. Missing: his hiking boots, his wallet, and a .38-calibre revolver. McCasland had commanded the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base — the facility famously rumoured to house debris from the Roswell UFO crash. This detail, naturally, sent the internet absolutely feral. 

Two Los Alamos employees vanished weeks apart in 2025 under nearly identical circumstances, each leaving behind their car, keys, wallet, and phone. A Novartis pharmaceutical researcher named Jason Thomas disappeared in December 2025 and was found dead in a Massachusetts lake three months later. Caltech astrophysicist Carl Grillmair — known for his work searching for water around exoplanets — was shot dead on his front porch in February 2026. A suspect was arrested, but there is no clear motive, and the two men didn’t appear to know each other.

By April, the White House was involved. Trump, when asked whether the cases were connected, said: “I hope it’s random, but we’re going to know in the next week and a half. I just left a meeting on that subject.” The House Oversight Committee launched an investigation. The FBI announced it was “spearheading the effort to look for connections.” NASA said nothing related to its work “indicates a national security threat,” which is exactly what NASA would say either way. 

So what’s actually going on? The sceptics have a point. Science writer Mick West noted that more than 700,000 people work in top-secret-cleared positions in the US aerospace and nuclear sectors — which would suggest around 250 would normally die from homicides and suicides across any given multi-year period, with thousands more from natural causes. In other words: when you go looking for dead scientists, you will find dead scientists. That’s just statistics. 

Michael Shermer, editor of Skeptic, explained that conspiracy theorists were “digging around to find anyone who died for any reason, then scraping through their bio to see if they have any connection whatsoever to UFOs, military, defence, space, aerospace, propulsion” — inevitably discovering “patterns in random noise.” 

And yet. A woman who vanishes mid-wave on a hiking trail. A general who walks out of his house with only a revolver. Two Los Alamos workers gone within weeks of each other, leaving everything behind. The rational explanation is almost certainly the correct one. Almost certainly.

Last Meals

An Arizona prisoner who killed a man by throwing gasoline at him and lighting him on fire has been executed by lethal injection, marking the first of three planned executions across the United States this week.

Leroy Dean McGill, 63, was pronounced dead at 10:26 a.m. PT Wednesday at the Arizona State Prison Complex in Florence. McGill had been sentenced to death for the murder of Charles Perez, who was attacked alongside his girlfriend in a north Phoenix apartment in 2002.

John Barcello, deputy director of the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, stated that McGill’s last meal consisted of onion rings, bread and butter, chocolate cake, and a green salad.

His final words were quoted as: “I just want to thank everyone for being so accommodating and nice.”

Media witness Josh Kelety from The Associated Press reported hearing McGill say at one point: “I’m going home soon.” 

McGill threw gasoline and a lit match at Perez and his girlfriend, Nova Banta, as they sat on a sofa on July 13th 2002. The attack followed an accusation by the couple that McGill had stolen a gun from their apartment.

At the time, McGill was reportedly using methamphetamine and had not slept for several days. While Banta survived the ordeal, Perez died from his injuries.

During the trial, Banta testified that McGill had told her and Perez not to talk behind people’s backs before igniting them. Perez died in hospital after suffering what prosecutors described as extreme pain while Banta sustained third-degree burns over three-quarters of her body.

Jurors deliberated for less than an hour in October 2004 before convicting McGill of murder in Perez’s death, as well as attempted murder for the attack on Banta, arson, and endangerment.

McGill’s legal team had sought leniency, presenting evidence of childhood abuse, mental impairment, and psychological immaturity, but the jury ultimately returned a death sentence. A last-ditch bid for resentencing this spring was rejected by a lower-court judge, and the Arizona Supreme Court also declined a request to postpone the execution. McGill, who declined an interview request, waived his right to seek clemency.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, whose office pursued the execution, said: “My  thoughts today are with the family and the loved ones of Charles Perez and Nova Banta.”

Media witness Sean Rice from Phoenix television station KPNX observed that the “process went swimmingly. I didn’t see any issue at all finding a vein on either arm,” noting a slight twitching on the right side of McGill’s head approximately four minutes before his death.

Twelve people have been executed in the United States so far this year, with Tennessee and Florida each scheduled to carry out further executions on Thursday.

The state of Arizona carried out several executions in 2025, including those of Richard Kenneth Djerf for the 1993 killings of four members of a Phoenix family and Aaron Gunches for the 2002 fatal shooting of his girlfriend’s ex-husband.

This follows a nearly eight-year hiatus in Arizona’s use of capital punishment, prompted by difficulties in obtaining execution drugs and criticism surrounding a botched 2014 execution where Joseph Wood was injected 15 times over two hours, leading to repeated snorting and gasping before his death.

The state’s current execution protocol involves administering two syringes of the sedative pentobarbital. 

Last Week’s Birthdays

Kristin Scott Thomas (66), John C. Reilly (61), Alfred Molina (73), Doug Jones (66), Jim Broadbent (77), James Cosmo (78), Priscilla Presley (81), Bob Dylan (85), Richard Ayoade (49), Joan Collins (93), Bob Mortimer (67), Melissa McBride (61), Ginnifer Goodwin (48), Sara Pascoe (45), Graham Linehan (58), Fairuza Balk (52), Mr. T (74), Noel Fielding (53), Louis Theroux (56), Jack Gleeson (34), Cher (80), Grace Jones (78), Tina Fey (56), Chow Yun-Fat (71), and Miriam Margolyes (85).

Quite a few familiar faces from last week, sadly nobody scored. A few names even missed being called out in the Telegram Group, you lot are slipping!  

Look Who You Could Have Had:

• Dennis Rush, 74, American actor (The Andy Griffith Show, Wagon Train). 
• David Burke, 91, British actor (Sherlock Holmes, Reilly, Ace of Spies, The Love School). 
• Günther Maria Halmer, 83, German actor (Sophie’s Choice, Gandhi, Amen.). 
• Donald Gibb, 71, American actor (Revenge of the Nerds, Bloodsport, 1st & Ten), complications from throat cancer. 
• Michael Pennington, 82, English actor (Return of the Jedi, The Iron Lady), co-founder of the English Shakespeare Company and writer.
•  Jack Taylor, 99, American actor (Succubus, Conan the Barbarian, The Ninth Gate). 
• Raymond Eugene Johnson, 52, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
• Alan Rothwell, 89, English actor (Coronation Street, Brookside, Heartbeat). 
• Jill Curzon, 87, English actress (Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D., Hugh and I). 
• Albert Beckles, 95, Barbadian-born British bodybuilder. 
• Dennis Locorriere, 76, American singer and guitarist (Dr. Hook), kidney disease. 

In Other News

The Hoff is falling apart, but don’t count him out just yet. The man who once ran in slow motion across Baywatch’s beaches is now navigating parking lots with a walker, spotted shuffling through West Hills, Los Angeles with wife Hayley Roberts. His people were quick to reassure everyone that he’s “doing well and feeling good”, which is exactly what you say when you’re 73 and have just had both your knee AND hip replaced. This isn’t his first mobility-related media moment either. Back in May 2025, airport staff were wheeling him through LAX after a Cancun holiday, at which point he cheerfully informed waiting paparazzi that he had knee surgery booked for the following week. Ever the showman, he reportedly flashed a thumbs-up and a grin from the wheelchair. The Hoff does not do undignified. The tabloids, naturally, have been less charitable. Unnamed “insiders” are lining up to declare that decades of hard living are “finally catching up with him,” that he’s “living on borrowed time,” and that his body is basically held together with surgical staples and optimism. Apparently he even has a defibrillator fitted. To top it all off, 2025 was already a rough year before the joint replacements kicked in; his ex-wife Pamela Bach tragically passed away in March. He’s patched up, in physio, and apparently in good spirits. The Hoff has survived Knight Rider, Baywatch, a very public battle with alcohol, and whatever the German pop music scene did to him. A hip replacement isn’t taking him down anytime soon, probably… 

Ray J says his days are numbered — and the number he’s citing is 2027. “Just almost died!! I’m alive because of your prayers and support!!” the singer wrote in an Instagram caption posted Sunday. “I wanna thank everyone for praying for me. I was in the hospital,” he said in the accompanying video. “My heart is only beating like 25%, but as long as I stay focused and stay on the right path, then everything will be all right, so thank you for all your prayers.” It was a different story in another livestream, however, captured in clips on the @Livebitez Instagram page. “2027 is definitely a wrap for me,” the 45-year-old, real name William Ray Norwood Jr., said in one video posted Tuesday, making a “cut off” motion across his neck. “No, don’t say that, brother,” a friend says off camera. “That’s what the doctor says,” Ray J replied meekly, then seemingly grew frustrated as his friend talked loudly over him and insisted he was going to live long enough to see his children’s children. In the next clip, the singer says, “It don’t matter if my days are counted. But guess what — my baby mama gonna be straight. My kids are gonna be straight. If they want to spend all the money they can spend it, but I did my part here.” Then he looks up and tells his friend, “I shouldn’t have went this hard, bro. I shouldn’t have went hard. And then, when it’s all done, burn me, don’t bury me.” In clips assembled on the next Livebitez post, Ray J admits heavy alcohol and drug use and says that messed up his heart “on the right side, here, it’s like, black. It’s like done.” He said he might go to Haiti to “do some voodoo” because he thinks “they got the cure.” He also said he thought he was “bigger” and “had more weight” to put up against the onslaught of substances. “I thought I could handle all the alcohol, I could handle all the Adderall.” Cut to the next clip where he says he thought he “could handle all the drugs, but I couldn’t. … And it curbed my time here.” The R&B singer was hospitalised in early January in Las Vegas, sidelined by heart pain and pneumonia, according to the Flying Monkeys. Four years ago, he battled pneumonia as well.  

It was supposed to be a feel-good moment. A chance for long-time American Idol fans to see one of the show’s most beloved original judges back where he belonged. Instead, within hours of the episode airing, fan concern about Randy Jackson’s health had spread across social media. Jackson, 69, sat in a chair throughout the mentoring sessions, speaking with the remaining contestants as they prepared for their live performances. Viewers described him as frail and soft-spoken, moving more slowly than in previous appearances, with a voice some called hoarse. He did not stand up during the sessions. To be fair, Randy Jackson’s body has been through a lot. He was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 2002 and underwent gastric bypass surgery in 2003, losing more than 100 pounds. Then came spinal surgery in 2019 for a back injury. Decades of diabetes management, neuropathy, and the long-term effects of bariatric surgery. The man has been quietly fighting a whole series of battles while the rest of us were just watching him say “dawg” on television. His team has offered no statement. No new diagnosis has been announced. Jackson has not announced any new illness and says he remains focused on managing his health. One UCLA bariatric surgeon offered a more measured take: “Fifteen to twenty years post-bypass, muscle mass naturally declines with age. That can look like frailty.” In other words, this might just be a 69-year-old man who has had a lot of surgeries, sitting down because sitting down is comfortable, and the internet catastrophising accordingly. 

On This Day

• 1902 – Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
• 1990 – The General Assembly of the World Health Organisation (WHO) eliminates homosexuality from the list of psychiatric diseases. 
• 1995 – Shawn Nelson steals an M60 tank from the California Army National Guard Armoury in San Diego and proceeds to go on a rampage.

Deaths

• 1922 – Dorothy Levitt, English racing driver and journalist (born 1882).
• 2012 – Donna Summer, American singer-songwriter (born 1948). 
• 2022 – Vangelis, Greek musician, composer (born 1943).

Last Meals

Raymond Eugene Johnson was an American convicted murderer who killed his ex-girlfriend and her infant daughter in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 2007, shortly after being paroled from a previous manslaughter conviction in 1995. For the latter crimes, Johnson was sentenced to death. 

On September 11th 1995, the 21-year-old Johnson was in the company of 25-year-old Clarence Ray Oliver in Oklahoma City when the pair got into an argument. In the ensuing scuffle, Johnson pulled out a gun and threatened to shoot Oliver, who got into his car and attempted to drive away, and was then shot through the passenger side window. The car crashed into a nearby ditch, where it was found the following day.

About two weeks later, Johnson was questioned by detectives regarding the killing and was soon arrested for the murder. In the ensuing trial, he pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. 

After being paroled in 2005, Johnson moved to Tulsa, where he entered a relationship with a woman named Brooke Whitaker, a mother of four children. Their relationship quickly deteriorated as Johnson became physically abusive, stalked her, and even threatened to kill her on more than ten occasions. Due to this, she eventually filed a restraining order against him in April 2007, but the order was dropped the following month when neither party attended a court hearing scheduled for May 21st.

On June 23rd, Johnson went to Whitaker’s home, where he brutally beat her with a hammer, almost to the point of cracking her skull. He then doused her in gasoline, lit her on fire, and fled. Whitaker suffered severe burns, and her 7-month-old daughter, Kya, burned to death. Firefighters brought Whitaker to Hillcrest Medical Center, where she died of her injuries. Shortly after the discovery of the crime, an arrest warrant was issued for Johnson. He was arrested later that same day in Coweta and extradited to Tulsa, where he was charged with  two counts of first-degree murder and one count of arson. According to the arrest report submitted by the Tulsa Police Department, Johnson admitted to both slayings. 

Jury selection for Johnson’s trial took place in June 2009, with prosecutors announcing that they would seek the death penalty against him. Not long after, Johnson was found guilty on all counts and sentenced to death for each of the murder charges and to life imprisonment on the arson charge. He did not offer a statement after the verdict, and the verdict itself was welcomed by the victims’ family members.

Following his incarceration on death row, all of Johnson’s appeals were rejected by the respective courts. His final appeal was denied by the Supreme Court in November 2019, allowing for an execution date to be set. 

On May 14th 2026, Johnson was executed by lethal injection and was pronounced dead at 10:12 a.m. CDT. Johnson’s last meal consisted of chicken, a pint of gizzards, and fried pickles with hot sauce and ranch dressing. In his final statement, Johnson apologised to the victims family and asked for forgiveness stating he “hopes people can speak their names without his name attached to it”. 

Last Week’s Birthdays

Paul Whitehouse (68), Pierce Brosnan (73), Megan Fox (40), Thomas Brodie-Sangster (36), David Boreanaz (57), Danny Trejo (82), Debra Winger (71), Stephen Mangan (58), Tim Roth (65), Cate Blanchett (57), Francesca Annis (81), Danny Huston (64), George Lucas (82),  Siân Phillips (93), Greg Davies (58), Martine McCutcheon (50), Bonnie Blue (27), Robert Pattinson (40), Harvey Keitel (87), Samantha Morton (49), Stephen Colbert (62), Iwan Rheon (41), Zoë Wanamaker (78), Mark Heap (69), Rami Malek (45), Malin Akerman (48), Rhea Seehorn (54), Domhnall Gleeson (43), Emilio Estevez (64), Gabriel Byrne (76), Ving Rhames (67), Jason Biggs (48), Jeffrey Donovan (58), Coby Bell (51), Tim Blake Nelson (62),  and Holly Valance (43).

Woohoo! Points! Lets congratulate Mark W. For correctly guessing  that Ted Turner would pass away this year. 63 points awarded. I think we can award Jake Hall the stupidest death of the year as well. Head-butting hard things whilst off his head on drugs seems such a waste. 

Look Who You Could Have Had:

• Doris F. Fisher, 94, American businesswoman (Gap Inc.).   
• Claire Maurier, 97, French actress (La Cage aux Folles, Amélie, A Bad Son). 
• Jonathan Tiersten, 60, American actor (Sleepaway Camp, Return to Sleepaway Camp).  
• Jake Hall, 35, British model, reality television star (The Only Way Is Essex), head injury.  
• Ted Turner, 87, American media proprietor (CNN) and sports team owner (Atlanta Braves), founder of Turner Broadcasting System, complications from Lewy body dementia. 
• Betty Broderick, 78, American convicted murderer. 

In Other News

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been released from intensive care and continues recovering in the hospital after being admitted last Sunday with pneumonia. Giuliani, 81, was hospitalised after becoming ill while returning from a trip to Paris, according to his doctor, Maria Ryan. His condition reportedly worsened rapidly, leading doctors to place him on a ventilator. A priest also administered last rites, according to those close to the former mayor. By Tuesday Giuliani was breathing and speaking on his own and was transferred from the intensive care unit to a standard hospital room. Spokesman Ted Goodman said complications may have been linked to restrictive airway disease Giuliani developed years after his response to the September 11th terrorist attacks while serving as mayor of New York City. According to the CDC, restrictive lung disease limits the lungs’ ability to fully expand, reducing oxygen intake and causing shortness of breath. “This condition adds complications to any respiratory illness, and the virus quickly overwhelmed his body, requiring mechanical ventilation to maintain adequate oxygen and stabilise his condition,” Goodman said. “The mayor and his family appreciate the outpouring of love and prayers sent his way,” Goodman said in a social media update Wednesday. Sadly Giuliani is expected to make a full recovery. 

Bonnie Tyler is in a medically induced coma after being rushed to a hospital in Portugal. “Bonnie has been put into an induced coma by her Doctors to aid her recovery. We know that you all wish her well and ask for privacy at this difficult time please,” a statement from Tyler’s manager reads. “We will issue a further statement when we are able to.” On Wednesday, the singers official website and social media pages revealed her hospitalisation. “We are very sorry to announce that Bonnie has been admitted to hospital in Faro, Portugal, where she has a home, for emergency intestinal surgery,” the statement read. “The surgery went well, and she is now recuperating. We know that all of her family, friends, and fans will be concerned about this news and will be wishing her well for a full and swift recovery.” Tyler, whose real name is Gaynor Hopkins, achieved international fame in the 1980s with the release of her single Total Eclipse Of The Heart, which shot to the top of the charts in the UK and US. Recognisable for her husky voice, Tyler has released many hit songs over the years including Holding Out For A Hero, It’s A Heartache and If You Were A Woman (And I Was A Man). The Grammy-nominated star is due to tour Europe later this year to mark 50 years since the release of her 1976 breakthrough hit Lost In France, which entered the charts across Europe.  

The British wife of a death row inmate screamed “I love you” before her husband was executed for a fatal shooting he claimed he didn’t commit. James Broadnax, 37, was pronounced dead on Thursday after a dose of lethal injection in Huntsville, around 70 miles north of Houston, Texas. Broadnax had said prosecutors misused rap lyrics he wrote to secure his death sentence. His emotional British wife, named in various reports as Tiana Krasniqi, screamed “I love you” before Broadnax stopped breathing. During the execution, she leaned up to the death chamber window with arms spread and had to be helped out of the prison. Earlier in the day, the US Supreme Court had denied a request by Broadnax’s attorneys to stop his execution. He was convicted for the fatal 2008 shootings of two men outside a Dallas music studio. Prosecutors said he and his cousin, Demarius Cummings, had shot and robbed Stephen Swan and Matthew Butler in the parking lot of Butler’s recording studio in Garland. Cummings was sentenced to life without parole. In his final statement, Broadnax protested his innocence but asked for forgiveness from the victims’ relatives, some of whom, including the parents of each of the victims, were present. He said: “I prayed to God for your forgiveness. Despite what you think about me, I hope to God that prayer was answered. But no matter what you think about me, Texas got it wrong. I’m innocent. The facts of my case should speak for itself. Period.” As the lethal dose of the sedative, pentobarbital, began, Broadnax urged his supporters to keep fighting, saying “don’t give up”. He was stopped in the middle of another sentence by a gasp. He also shook his head briefly and all movement stopped, before he was pronounced dead 21 minutes later. Prosecutors said he had confessed to the shooting and told reporters during jailhouse interviews that “I pulled the trigger” and that he had no remorse. Broadnax was the tenth person put to death in the US this year, and the third in Texas, which has historically held more executions than any other state. Since Texas abolished the traditional last meal in 2011, Broadnax did not receive a special last meal.

On This Day

• 1849 – Astor Place Riot: A riot breaks out at the Astor Opera House in Manhattan, New York City over a dispute between actors Edwin Forrest and William Charles Macready, killing at least 22 and injuring over 120. 
• 1872 – Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States. 
• 1940 – Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain. On the same day, Germany invades France, The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. 
• 1962 – Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk. 
• 1975 – Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder.

Deaths

• 1977 – Joan Crawford, American actress (year of birth disputed).
• 1994 – John Wayne Gacy, American serial killer (born 1942).  
• 2010 – Frank Frazetta, American illustrator and painter (born 1928).

Last Week’s Birthdays

Meg Foster (78), Sally Phillips (56), Bono (66), Grace Gummer (40), Rosario Dawson (47), Stephen Amell (45), David Attenborough (100), Vicky McClure (43), Alexander Ludwig (34), MrBeast (28), Richard O’Sullivan (82), George Clooney (65), Adrianne Palicki (43), Gabourey Sidibe (43), Henry Cavill (43), John Rhys-Davies (82), Richard E. Grant (69), Lance Henriksen (86), Zach McGowan (46), Michael Palin (83), and Will Arnett (56),

Alas, no points to award this week, but plenty to read on this damp, sunny, rainy, hot and cold bank holiday weekend.  

Look Who You Could Have Had:

• Dion Anderson, 87, American actor (The Shawshank Redemption, Days of Our Lives, Townies). 
• Tony Wilson, 89, Trinidadian musician (Hot Chocolate) and songwriter (“Brother Louie“, “You Sexy Thing“).
• Gerry Conway, 73, American comic book writer (The Amazing Spider-Man, Punisher, Justice League), pancreatic cancer. 
• Nedra Talley, 80, American singer (The Ronettes). 
• Roger Sweet, 91, American toy designer (Mattel), creator of He-Man, complications from dementia. 
• J. Craig Venter, 79, American genomics researcher, founder of Celera Corporation and JCVI, complications from cancer 
• Gwen Farrell, 94, American actress (M*A*S*H) and boxing referee. 
• James Ernest Hitchcock, 70, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection. 
• Alex Zanardi, 59, Italian racing driver (CART, Formula One) and para-cyclist, four-time Paralympic champion.
• Gary Lydon, 61, Irish actor (The Banshees of Inisherin, The Clinic, Pure Mule).

In Other News

A notorious fraudster wanted by the Met has died after falling from a window in the capital. Swindler Karl Cronin was found fatally injured on the pavement along the King’s Road in Chelsea, west London. It is believed he fell out of a second-storey window, although police do not suspect third-party involvement. The Flying Monkeys have been told the victim was Cronin, who was wanted by police over his role in a large-scale multi-million-pound property scam. He was even the subject of a police appeal on BBC series Crimewatch in 2008, as detectives sought to question the elusive criminal. It is not known how the fraudster was able to return to London under the noses of the Met. One friend said: ‘He did a lot of bad things in his life and destroyed many, many lives. He lived through lies and deceit and he had a ruthless streak. All he cared about was money, dating young women, and having a good time. It did not matter who got hurt along the way. There have been a lot of people laughing that his life has ended this way. There’s the feeling that he got what he deserved.’ Another friend told us: ‘He was a loveable rogue, almost like an Arthur Daley figure. He was always good company, the life and soul of a party and someone who was living life to the full. But he caused a lot of damage, there is no doubt about that.’ Sources said Cronin had been living in the rented apartment since November last year, having flown into London Heathrow. He became wanted for defrauding landlords and property owners in the Chelsea and Fulham areas in the early 2000s. It is believed he made in excess of £5 million out of the scam. He was also implicated in a high-profile 2017 fraud trial which led to a model and her mother being jailed. Laylah de Cruz and her mother Dianne Moorcroft conned a 91 year-old heiress – who has since died – to raise cash against her home. Investigations are continuing into how Cronin met his death. One person who knew Cronin well said: ‘There is no way Karl killed himself. None of the people who knew him believe that is what happened. One thing is for sure – he had a lot of enemies.’  

All Elite Wrestling aired a tribute to wrestler Tanea “Rebel” Brooks following her announcement that she has been diagnosed with “terminal” amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). “You probably know by social media that one of our fine athletes has some very serious health problems,” announcer Tony Schiavone told viewers on the Saturday episode of AEW Collision. “We want Tanea to know you are big part of AEW and we are thinking about you right now and we are praying for you, that you will pull through.” Brooks shared with her social media followers on Friday that she was recently diagnosed with “terminal ALS,” a nervous system disease that impacts the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. ALS — which is alternatively known as Lou Gehrig’s disease or Motor Neurone Disease — causes a gradual loss of ability to control speech, breathing and eating. There is no known cure. The wrestler has been on a longterm health journey, having battled primary pulmonary lymphoma, a rare type of lung cancer, since 2024. In Friday’s vlog, Brooks explained that recent developments in her cancer fight led doctors to discover that she has ALS. “The thing is, sometimes we don’t want to hear that answer to our prayers. And so, while I was waiting to have lung surgery for the masses on my lung, the doctors at Mayo Clinic finally found what’s going on,” she told viewers. Brooks admitted that her medical team “does not know how long” she has to live since “there is not a lot of research behind ALS.” “It explains why I have trouble walking and talking and all my functions will soon decline. But now, we can prepare for the future and what is to come,” she acknowledged. The 12-year pro wrestling veteran personally thanked All Elite Wrestling owner Tony Khan for supporting her through her health problems. “I want to say thank you to Tony Khan and AEW for supporting me on this medical journey,” a tearful Brooks said. “It has been a blessing that is unheard of and, from the bottom of my heart, thank you and thank you to all of you for your prayers.” She asked fans to keep her in their thoughts, saying, “Please continue to pray for a peaceful journey and a peaceful passing. I love you.” B

Bryan Murray, best known for his role in Brookside, has been placed into “full-time care” following his Alzheimer’s diagnosis. Bryan’s wife, Una Crawford O’Brien, disclosed the  news at the Alzheimer’s Tea Day 2026 last month regarding her husband’s deteriorating condition. She said: “Over the past year, Bryan’s needs became far greater, and he has now moved into full time care. Up until now, I didn’t have time to think. My day was completely focused on Bryan and his needs. Now I have time to miss him. The 76-year-old former actor portrayed Trevor Jordache in 1993.  He was equally well recognised for his portrayal of Bob Charles in the soap opera, Fair City. Bryan continued to feature in the Irish soap until last year, when he stepped down after two decades of portraying Bob Charles. The Dublin-born actor was initially diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2019, though he kept his diagnosis private for several years. Bryan featured in just 24 episodes of Brookside, yet his character became one of the show’s most notorious, as a violent and abusive murderer. Throughout his career, he also made appearances in a host of popular British television programmes, including Casualty, Holby City, The Bill, Silent Witness, and The Tudors. 

On This Day

• 1978 – The first unsolicited bulk commercial email (which would later become known as “spam”) is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States.
• 1979 – Margaret Thatcher wins the United Kingdom general election.
• 2007 – The three-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappears in Praia da Luz, Portugal, starting “the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history”.

Deaths

• 1935 – Jessie Willcox Smith, American illustrator (born 1863).
• 1972 – Bruce Cabot, American actor (born 1904).
• 1986 – Robert Alda, American actor (born 1914).

Last Meals

James Ernest Hitchcock was an American convicted child murderer. On July 31st 1976, Hitchcock raped and murdered his 13-year-old step-niece, Cynthia Driggers, at her home in Winter Garden, Florida. Hitchcock was found guilty of Driggers’s murder and sentenced to death in 1977, although his death sentence was overturned thrice before it was reinstated after each re-sentencing trial. Hitchcock’s death sentence was ultimately upheld and finalised, and he was executed at the Florida State Prison on April 30th 2026, nearly 50 years after he had killed Driggers. 

James Ernest Hitchcock was born in Arkansas on April 5th 1956, and he grew up together with six siblings in Manila, Arkansas. During Hitchcock’s childhood, his family stayed in a shack and lived in poverty, and his parents made a living by picking cotton. When Hitchcock was six years old, his father contracted skin cancer and died. Hitchcock’s mother later remarried, but his stepfather was often abusive towards his mother. At the age of 13, Hitchcock ran away from home after he could no longer tolerate his stepfather’s abuse of his mother. Despite his difficult upbringing, Hitchcock was the first in his family to complete and receive a high school diploma. At one point in his life, Hitchcock was convicted of a burglary offence in Arkansas, but was released on parole by 1976. 

On August 5th 1976, James Hitchcock was charged with the rape and murder of his 13-year-old step-niece, which occurred five days earlier on July 31st 1976.

About two to three weeks before the murder, Hitchcock, who was then jobless and out on parole for his burglary conviction, moved to Orlando, Florida, where he stayed with his brother and his family, with one of the members being his brother’s 13-year-old stepdaughter, Cynthia Ann Driggers. On the eve of Driggers’s murder, Hitchcock watched television with his brother’s family until 11pm, before he went out drinking and smoking marijuana with his friends in Winter Garden. Hitchcock only returned home at about 2:30am, and he entered the house through the dining room window before he went back to his bedroom.

Afterwards, Hitchcock entered the room of Driggers, where he raped her. After the rape, Driggers reportedly stated that she was hurt and she wanted to tell her mother about it. Hitchcock proceeded to grab her by the neck, brought her outside and tried to convince her to not tell anyone about the rape. However, Driggers resisted and yelled, and hence, Hitchcock choked and hit his step-niece before he strangled her. After the murder, Hitchcock left the body inside the bushes before he went back to the house to shower and go to bed. The body was later found, and Hitchcock was arrested as a suspect the day after the murder. 

Less than a year after he was arrested, James Hitchcock was put on trial and convicted of the first-degree murder of Cynthia Driggers. During the trial itself, Hitchcock recanted his confession and claimed that Driggers voluntarily had sex with him, and that this was discovered by his brother, who killed Driggers in a fit of rage, and Hitchcock claimed he only confessed in order to cover up for his brother. This defence was rejected by the jury that convicted him. Hitchcock was later sentenced to death by the electric chair after the jury recommended the death penalty based on a majority vote. 

On March 31st 2026, Governor Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant for Hitchcock, scheduling his execution date as April 30th 2026. 

Upon receiving the news of Hitchcock’s death warrant, Cynthia Driggers’s family reportedly felt a mixed sense of relief and recalling of the tragedy. Driggers’s younger sister stated that the decades of legal processes dragged on in her sister’s murder were an “inescapable loop”, and a female cousin of Driggers stated that the family had waited 50 years for justice to be served, and implied that two of their surviving family members hoped to live longer than Hitchcock. St. Lucie County Judge Robert Meadows, who was Driggers’s cousin, revealed that his background in the judiciary made him often hear questions about why there was a lengthy delay in Driggers’s case and he found it hard to give a reply. Driggers’s mother stated her wish for Hitchcock to be executed for murdering her daughter. 

Come April 30th, 70-year-old James Ernest Hitchcock was put to death by lethal injection at the Florida State Prison. He was pronounced dead at 6:12pm. Hitchcock was one of two offenders executed on the same date in the United States; the other was James Broadnax, who was convicted in 2008 of killing two music producers in Texas. Prior to his execution, Hitchcock received a final visit from a family member, and he also requested for a last meal of salad, chicken, ice cream, pie and soda.

Last Week’s Birthdays

Bobby Cannavale (56), Christina Hendricks (51), Rachel Zegler (25), Pom Klementieff (40), Rob Brydon (61), Frankie Valli (92), Sandi Toksvig (68), Dwayne Johnson (54), Mae Martin (39), Kumail Nanjiani (48), Ellie Kemper (46), Christine Baranski (74), Matt Berry (52), Lily Allen (41), David Beckham (51), Jamie Dornan (44), Julie Benz (54), Joanna Lumley (80), Ana de Armas (38), Kirsten Dunst (44), Gal Gadot (41), Sam Heughan (46), Michelle Pfeiffer (68), Daniel Day-Lewis (69), Uma Thurman (56), Kate Mulgrew (71), Willie Nelson (93), Mary McDonnell (74), Jessica Alba (45), Penélope Cruz (52), and Jenna Coleman (40).

Sorry, this one ran away with me, loads to read, but no points this week.  

Look Who You Could Have Had:

• Dave Mason, 79, English musician (Traffic) and songwriter (“Hole in My Shoe“, “Feelin’ Alright?“).  
• Lize van der Walt, 60, South African television personality (Gladiators – Gold), cancer. 
• Alan Osmond, 76, American musician (The Osmonds) and songwriter (“Down by the Lazy River“, “Crazy Horses“). 
• Elsie Kelly, 89, English actress (Benidorm, The Famous Five, Crossroads).  
• Darrell Sheets, 67, American reality television personality (Storage Wars), suicide by gunshot. 
• Rif Hutton, 73, American actor (Doogie Howser, M.D., JAG, General Hospital), brain cancer

In Other News

Trump has sadly survived another assassination attempt. Gunshots rang out inside the Washington Hilton shortly after 8:30pm Saturday evening, prompting scenes of panic as Secret Service agents rushed the president and other Cabinet officials out of the ballroom, while others took cover beneath tables. A male assailant shot and injured one law enforcement officer, before being detained near the hotel screening area, officials said. The man in custody has been identified as Cole Tomas Allen, a 31-year-old from Torrance, California. Following the incident, the annual black-tie dinner was canceled. Trump then hosted a press conference at the White House where he applauded law enforcement for their swift response. Still dressed in his tuxedo from the dinner, Trump called the assailant a “thug” and a “lone wolf,” while Justice Department officials said the suspect has been charged with firearms and assault charges. Apparently, those in charge are looking for a motive for the assassination attempt, as the rest of the world shakes their head in disbelief that the guy failed to pop one into the fascist. Trump has now survived THREE assassination attempts, including two high-profile incidents during his 2024 campaign. In July 2024, he was shot and wounded in the ear during a rally in Pennsylvania, an attack that shocked the nation. Just months later, another armed individual was intercepted near Trump’s golf course in Florida in what authorities confirmed as a planned assassination attempt.Security experts say the frequency of such incidents is unprecedented in modern U.S. history. While several American presidents have faced threats, the number of direct attempts targeting Trump places him among the most frequently targeted leaders in the country’s history. 

One of Spain’s top bullfighters has been left seriously injured after being gored in the arsehole. Jose Antonio Morante Camacho suffered the horrific injury after he collided with the raging animal at an event in Seville on Sunday. Dubbed the “king of the bullfighters”, Camacho sustained a “very serious” injury when the bull’s horn perforated his rectum. The 46-year-old was competing with the fourth bull of the afternoon at La Maestranza bullring as part of popular April celebrations. According to reports, Camacho was trying to control the bull which had positioned itself in a notoriously treacherous spot in the arena. Camacho attempted a daring manoeuvre but failed to raise his arms in time, leaving him exposed. The bull charged at him, catching him at hip level and driving its horn into his rusty sheriffs badge. Camacho instantly dropped to the floor as he reached for his arse in agony. Moments later, he was carried out of the ring by fellow giggling bullfighters. Camacho was then rushed to a nearby hospital and placed under general anaesthetic for an emergency two-hour surgery. Doctors confirmed he had suffered a devastating internal injury, with the bull’s horn penetrating his balloon knot. The medical report said: “It’s a bull horn wound on the posterior anal margin with a trajectory of about 10cm, partially damaging the anal sphincter muscles with a perforation of the posterior wall of the rectum of 1.5cm The intervention consisted of washing the wound, repairing the rectal wall and the sphincter apparatus, leaving a suction drain in the post-anal and retro-rectal space.” Camacho now remains under close observation while his condition has been described as “very serious”. This is not the first time tragedy has struck one of Spain‘s leading matadors. Earlier this month, a retired bullfighter was gored to death as he prepared for a sold-out show. Ricardo Ortiz, 51, was attacked as he helped handle several raging beasts inside their enclosures.  

A millionaire big-game hunter was tragically trampled to death by a herd of five enraged elephants deep within the African jungle. Armed with a shotgun and tracking a rare species of antelope, Ernie Dosio, 75, was killed after stumbling across the animals in dense vegetation in Gabon. The carcass collector had been moving through thick undergrowth with a professional hunter when the pair unknowingly walked into the herd. The animals were said to be so well hidden that it was like they appeared “as if from nowhere”. The startled beasts then charged at the pair without warning. Dosio was horrifically trampled under the weight of the herd as his companion was hurled to the side. A retired game hunter who knew Dosio said: “Whilst in the forest Ernie and his PH (professional hunter) surprised five forest elephant cows with young and feeling under threat the elephants immediately attacked them. The professional hunter was attacked first and seriously injured losing his rifle which was knocked from him and lost in the undergrowth leaving Ernie with his shotgun. I would rather not go into details but it is safe to assume it would have been quick.” Safari company Collect Africa confirmed their client died after encountering the herd in central Gabon. Dosio’s body is now being repatriated to his home in California by the US embassy. Hopefully they’ll stuff him and put him on display.   

New Zealand Parkrunner Colin Thorne made international headlines when he became the oldest Parkrunner in history to join the 100 Club at the age of 98. Sadly he has just passed away at 102 years of age. Colin first joined the parkrun family in January 2017, already in his early nineties, quietly showing the world that it is never too late to begin something extraordinary. Over the next nine years, he completed an incredible 265 Parkruns across 21 locations and volunteered 16 times, proof not only of his commitment, but of his belief that Parkrun is about community as much as it is about movement. To see Colin at Parkrun was to be reminded of what really matters. He greeted everyone with that cheeky smile, a dry sense of humour, and a genuine warmth that made first-timers and regulars alike feel instantly welcome. He listened, he encouraged, and he inspired, often without needing to say very much at all. What made Colin truly special wasn’t just his age, remarkable though that was. It was his perseverance. Week after week, year after year, Colin kept showing up, determined to keep Parkrunning for as long as he possibly could. Even at 102, he embodied the very best of parkrun: turning up, doing what you can, and doing it with heart. Running had been part of Colin’s life long before parkrun. He took it up at 64, went on to complete numerous marathons and half marathons, and even ran the New York Marathon at the age of 89, a feat few of us could imagine at any age. Yet despite these astonishing achievements, Colin always wore his success lightly, choosing kindness and connection over accolades. Colin touched the lives of Parkrunners throughout New Zealand and far beyond. His story travelled, but his impact was deeply personal. He showed us that ageing does not have to mean slowing your spirit, that perseverance can be joyful, and that community is built one smile, one step, one Saturday morning at a time. 

Colombian professional cyclist Cristian Camilo Muñoz, a former teammate of Tadej Pogačar at UAE Team Emirates, has died in hospital, just six days after suffering a serious knee injury in a crash at the Tour du Jura. The 30-year-old, racing for the NU Colombia team, was treated in hospital after crashing out of the French one-day race on Saturday. According to the Flying Monkeys, Muñoz required 20 stitches to one of his knees, before leaving the hospital on Sunday night. He then joined up with his teammates in Spain for the Vuelta Asturias, which began in Oviedo on Thursday. However, the 30-year-old – a former winner of a stage at the U23 Giro d’Italia – began to feel unwell on Tuesday and was taken to another hospital in Valladolid, hours after posting a video birthday message to his wife on Instagram. There, his condition deteriorated and he underwent surgery, before being placed in an induced coma. Tragically, he failed to respond to treatment and he passed away on Friday, his team confirmed. According to reports in Spain, doctors at the hospital have indicated that the cause of Muñoz’s death was a hospital-acquired infection. His NU Colombia squad have withdrawn from the Vuelta Asturias as a mark of respect, while a minute’s silence was held before today’s second stage, where black ribbons were placed by officials on race vehicles.

On This Day

• 1865 – Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, in Virginia.
• 1986 – The Chernobyl disaster occurs in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.
• 1989 – The deadliest known tornado strikes Central Bangladesh, killing upwards of 1,300, injuring 12,000, and leaving as many as 80,000 homeless.

Deaths

• 1970 – Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress, striptease dancer, and writer (born 1911).
• 1976 – Sid James, South African-English actor (born 1913).
• 1989 – Lucille Ball, American model, actress, comedian, and producer (born 1911).
• 1999 – Jill Dando, English journalist and television personality (born 1961).
• 2017 – Jonathan Demme, American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter (born 1944).

Last Week’s Birthdays

Channing Tatum (46), Tom Welling (49), Pablo Schreiber (48), Stana Katic (48), Giancarlo Esposito (68), Kevin James (61), Jet Li (63), Karim Diane (24), Melania Trump (56), Joan Chen (65), Al Pacino (86), Gina Torres (58), Renée Zellweger (57), Hank Azaria (62), Jack Quaid (34), Aidan Gillen (58), Shirley MacLaine (92), Djimon Hounsou (62), Rory McCann (57), Barbra Streisand (84), John Cena (49), Dev Patel (36), John Hannah (64), Lee Majors (87), Gemma Whelan (45), John Oliver (49), Jack Nicholson (89), Jeffrey Dean Morgan (60), Amber Heard (40), Sheryl Lee (59), Michelle Ryan (42), James McAvoy (47), Andie MacDowell (68), Toby Stephens (57), Rob Riggle (56), Tony Danza (75), Iggy Pop (79), Andy Serkis (62), Veronica Cartwright (77), Jessica Lange (77), Clint Howard (67), Carmen Electra (54), George Takei (89), and Nicholas Lyndhurst (65).