01of 11MAN GIVES BIRTHRegine Mahaux/GettyAfter making headlines in April as the Pregnant Man, Thomas Beatie – a female-to-male trans-gendered man from Oregon who had preserved his female reproductive organs – and his wife Nancy welcome a daughter, Susan Juliette, on June 29. After 40 hours of labor, “When Susan finally came out, it was like in slow motion,” Beatietold PEOPLE.“I was full of wonder.” And, the couple are now expecting their second child.
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MAN GIVES BIRTH
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After making headlines in April as the Pregnant Man, Thomas Beatie – a female-to-male trans-gendered man from Oregon who had preserved his female reproductive organs – and his wife Nancy welcome a daughter, Susan Juliette, on June 29. After 40 hours of labor, “When Susan finally came out, it was like in slow motion,” Beatietold PEOPLE.“I was full of wonder.” And, the couple are now expecting their second child.
02of 11BRITNEY HELD IN PSYCH WARDCousart-Ramirez-Rios/JFXAfter a custody standoff with police at her L.A. home Jan. 3, Britney Spears is taken out on a gurney and delivered to a hospital formental evaluation– only to be released within 24 hours. But the singer, who was stripped of visitation rights for her two sons, would later that month enter UCLA’s psych ward for a week. Now well on her way to recovery, she remains under the watch of her father Jamie, who was granted a court-ordered conservatorship.
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BRITNEY HELD IN PSYCH WARD
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After a custody standoff with police at her L.A. home Jan. 3, Britney Spears is taken out on a gurney and delivered to a hospital formental evaluation– only to be released within 24 hours. But the singer, who was stripped of visitation rights for her two sons, would later that month enter UCLA’s psych ward for a week. Now well on her way to recovery, she remains under the watch of her father Jamie, who was granted a court-ordered conservatorship.
03of 11HEATH FOUND DEADGary He/APBuzz was already growing around Heath Ledger’s portrayal of the Joker inThe Dark Nightwhen the 28-year-old Oscar nominee and dad isfound deadat his residence in Manhattan on Jan. 22. New York City’s chief medical examiner later finds that Ledger died from “acute intoxication,” after accidentally overdosing on a combination of prescription drugs.
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HEATH FOUND DEAD
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Buzz was already growing around Heath Ledger’s portrayal of the Joker inThe Dark Nightwhen the 28-year-old Oscar nominee and dad isfound deadat his residence in Manhattan on Jan. 22. New York City’s chief medical examiner later finds that Ledger died from “acute intoxication,” after accidentally overdosing on a combination of prescription drugs.
04of 11GOVERNOR’S CALL-GIRL SCANDALMike Groll/APSaying, “I sincerely apologize,” New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer announces his resignation on March 12, just 16 months after taking office, and two days after aNew York Timesreport linked him to a prostitution ring and a call girl named Ashley Alexandra Dupré. The 23-year-old,once a cheerleaderin a small town in New Jersey, would become infamous for entertaining “Client No. 9.”
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GOVERNOR’S CALL-GIRL SCANDAL
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Saying, “I sincerely apologize,” New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer announces his resignation on March 12, just 16 months after taking office, and two days after aNew York Timesreport linked him to a prostitution ring and a call girl named Ashley Alexandra Dupré. The 23-year-old,once a cheerleaderin a small town in New Jersey, would become infamous for entertaining “Client No. 9.”
05of 11PATRICK’S CANCER DIAGNOSISCRAIG SJODIN/ABCDirty Dancingstar Patrick Swayze, 55, reveals his struggle with pancreatic cancer in March. Fortunately, he responds well to chemotherapy, and manages to keep up his busy schedule, which includes filming the upcoming A&E showThe Beastin July. His take on his recovery: “I’m a miracle.”
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PATRICK’S CANCER DIAGNOSIS
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Dirty Dancingstar Patrick Swayze, 55, reveals his struggle with pancreatic cancer in March. Fortunately, he responds well to chemotherapy, and manages to keep up his busy schedule, which includes filming the upcoming A&E showThe Beastin July. His take on his recovery: “I’m a miracle.”
06of 11MARIAH SECRETLY WEDSKhalidSurprise, they’re married! Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon tie the knot on April 30 at the singer’s Bahamian estate, after a whirlwind romance that started when Cannon appeared in her “Bye, Bye” music video. “We really do feel we are soulmates,” Carey, who firstflashed a giant ringon her left hand in April, tells PEOPLE. “I never felt a love like this was in the cards for me.”
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MARIAH SECRETLY WEDS
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Surprise, they’re married! Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon tie the knot on April 30 at the singer’s Bahamian estate, after a whirlwind romance that started when Cannon appeared in her “Bye, Bye” music video. “We really do feel we are soulmates,” Carey, who firstflashed a giant ringon her left hand in April, tells PEOPLE. “I never felt a love like this was in the cards for me.”
07of 11JENNIFER’S FAMILY MURDEREDJust weeks after Jennifer Hudson released her self-titled, debut album, her mother and brother are found fatally shot in a Chicago home on Oct 25. Hudson’s 7-year-old nephew, Julian King, is also missing. An Amber Alert was issued and Hudson offered $100,000 for the safe return of the boy, but Julian’s bodywould be discovereddays later.
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JENNIFER’S FAMILY MURDERED
Just weeks after Jennifer Hudson released her self-titled, debut album, her mother and brother are found fatally shot in a Chicago home on Oct 25. Hudson’s 7-year-old nephew, Julian King, is also missing. An Amber Alert was issued and Hudson offered $100,000 for the safe return of the boy, but Julian’s bodywould be discovereddays later.
08of 11TRAVIS & DJ AM SURVIVE CRASHKwaku Alston; Brett Flashnick/APShortly after takeoff from an airport in Columbia, S.C., a Learjet crashes and bursts into flames, killing four of the six on board. Travis Barker and DJ AM (real name: Adam Goldstein) survive but suffer second- and third-degree burns. “I tried to cover my face as I jumped through a fireball,” DJ AMrecallsto PEOPLE. “As soon as I hit the ground, I remembered, ‘Stop, drop and roll.’ So I started rolling.”
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TRAVIS & DJ AM SURVIVE CRASH
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Shortly after takeoff from an airport in Columbia, S.C., a Learjet crashes and bursts into flames, killing four of the six on board. Travis Barker and DJ AM (real name: Adam Goldstein) survive but suffer second- and third-degree burns. “I tried to cover my face as I jumped through a fireball,” DJ AMrecallsto PEOPLE. “As soon as I hit the ground, I remembered, ‘Stop, drop and roll.’ So I started rolling.”
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GOLDEN GLOBES CANCELED
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10of 11EDDIE & TRACEY SUDDENLY SPLITGeorge Burns/la Storia fotoShe described her Polynesian wedding at sunset on New Year’s Day as “simply perfect.” He said, “I was crying, and I’m not a crier,” of seeing his beautiful bride. But just two weeks later, Eddie Murphy and Tracey Edmunds announce they aresplitting, telling PEOPLE, “While the recent symbolic union in Bora Bora was representative of our deep love, friendship and respect that we have for one another on a spiritual level, we have decided to remain friends.”
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EDDIE & TRACEY SUDDENLY SPLIT
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She described her Polynesian wedding at sunset on New Year’s Day as “simply perfect.” He said, “I was crying, and I’m not a crier,” of seeing his beautiful bride. But just two weeks later, Eddie Murphy and Tracey Edmunds announce they aresplitting, telling PEOPLE, “While the recent symbolic union in Bora Bora was representative of our deep love, friendship and respect that we have for one another on a spiritual level, we have decided to remain friends.”
11of 11CLAY: ‘I’M A GAY DAD’New dad Clay Aiken – his son Parker was born Aug. 8 –comes outas a gay man in September, telling PEOPLE, “I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things.” TheIdolrunner-up also acknowledges the news will be a shock to some of his fans. “Whether it be having a child out of wedlock, or whether it be simply being a homosexual, it’s going to be a lot.”
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CLAY: ‘I’M A GAY DAD’
New dad Clay Aiken – his son Parker was born Aug. 8 –comes outas a gay man in September, telling PEOPLE, “I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things.” TheIdolrunner-up also acknowledges the news will be a shock to some of his fans. “Whether it be having a child out of wedlock, or whether it be simply being a homosexual, it’s going to be a lot.”
source: people.com
