Newton-John's Dead Ex Alive in Mexico

Arid climate, lack of moisture all helped

(NEWSER) - How did Yvette Vickers, former Playboy playmate and cult horror film star, turn into a real-life mummy ? After all, she didn't have anyone to wrap her in linen bandages. But mummification does not actually refer to the process undertaken by ancient Egyptians—it refers to the effect that process has on the body, writes Adam Martin in the Atlantic . Namely, preserving the skin, organs, and soft tissue and halting decay. More»

Yvette Vickers had apparently been dead for nearly a year

(NEWSER) - Yvette Vickers, a former Playboy playmate and B-movie star, was found dead in her Los Angeles home last week, the Times reports. A neighbor, concerned when she noticed yellowing letters and cobwebs collecting in Vickers' mailbox, found the 82-year-old woman's mummified body. Police say she could have been dead close to a year. "We've all been crying about this," says the neighbor. "Nobody should be left alone like that." More»

Unfortunately, New York is responsible for Mel Gibson

(NEWSER) - Mel Gibson is many things, few of them complimentary…but one thing he is not? Australian. Ben Widdicombe rounds up 9 celebrities commonly—and mistakenly—thought of as Aussies, on PopEater :

1. Mel Gibson: He was born in Peekskill, NY, and didn’t move to Sydney until he was 12. He moved back to the States 16 years later.
2. Nicole Kidman: This “Australian” beauty was actually born in Hawaii, and lived there until she was four.

Plus, Fergie and the Prince are together again, sorta

(NEWSER) - Murdered model Jasmine Fiore wanted to get back together with ex-boyfriend Robert Hasman, he said this morning on Today. When Hasman heard Fiore’s suspected murderer, Ryan Jenkins, had killed himself, “I was happy,” he said. Fiore’s mother, Lisa Lepore, said of Jenkins, “He wanted to be something that he wasn’t. He wanted to be and have what Jasmine had.” Elsewhere: More»

Madonna 'devastated' by news

(NEWSER) - The collapse of a stage where Madonna was to perform this weekend has claimed a second victim. A 32-year-old British citizen has died, CNN reports. The first casualty was a 53-year-old Frenchman who died yesterday; three more are in the hospital in Marseille, and seven were treated and released, says a hospital spokesperson. Madonna was “devastated” at the news, she said in a statement yesterday. More»