Why Farrah Wore a One-Piece

Private service set for this afternoon

(NEWSER) - Redmond O’Neal was given permission to leave his California detention center for mother Farrah Fawcett’s funeral today. “That’s an absolute yes” for his attendance, his attorney tells People. The ceremony will be held in a downtown Los Angeles cathedral at 4pm, and will be closed to the public and the media, CBS adds. More»

Pair of generation's icons pass in a day

(NEWSER) - Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson were icons to many, but especially to the impressionable members of Generation X. “These people were on our lunchboxes,” notes one post-boomer. “This is the moment when Generation X realizes they're grown up." “Cynical” and “disaffected,” Gen X is an “oddity,” writes Ted Anthony of the AP. Now, in a single day, it’s lost “two of its defining figures.” More»

Internet pranksters capitalize on other celebrity deaths with new hoax

(NEWSER) - In the wake of Farrah Fawcett’s and Michael Jackson’s deaths yesterday, someone got carried away and reported the demise of Harrison Ford and Jeff Goldblum, too. Turns out those news bulletins were the work of Internet pranksters, reports the New York Daily News. “Reports that Jeff Goldblum has passed away are completely untrue,” said his publicist. “He is fine and in Los Angeles.” More»

Even superstars get the itch to pinch

(NEWSER) - Despite their fame and (sometimes) fortune, even celebrities occasionally turn to crime. The Frisky rounds up 11 (alleged!) celebrity thieves:

• Miranda July: The indie filmmaker admitted in the New Yorker that she stole some Neosporin as a college freshman—then peed her pants when apprehended. Even so, she says she kept on shoplifting, even from Goodwill.
• Farrah Fawcett: She took clothes from a boutique and was charged with shoplifting in 1970, but she called it "vigilante behavior"—citing the store's unfair return policy.

Family drama probably won't improve after this interview

(NEWSER) - Well, this probably won’t help their already fragile relationship : Ryan O’Neal thinks family drama, much of which revolved around his kids, may have caused partner Farrah Fawcett’s fatal cancer. "What bothers me the most is that there was turmoil during my love affair with Farrah. A lot of it caused by my family, by my kids. All of them, but particularly Tatum,” O’Neal said yesterday on Piers Morgan Tonight . “I just think that if she had never met us, would she still be alive today? Because nobody knows what causes cancer.” More»