WENN -- Whitney Houston has suffered another setback in her ongoing tour of Australia -- fans walked out of her show in Sydney on Wednesday night after the singer's voice began to fail.
The "I Will Always Love You" hitmaker was previously accused of putting on a lackluster performance in Brisbane on Monday, reportedly coughing through her set and taking breaks to catch her breath.
Promoters behind the concert defended Houston's performance, and brushed off fears the star is in poor health.
But concerns for the singer were raised again on Wednesday following her show at the Acer Arena.
Reporters at local newspaper the Sydney Daily Telegraph claim the first 50 minutes of the concert ran smoothly, but the show began to deteriorate after a 13 minute break halfway through, with fans allegedly storming out of the gig as Houston began to struggle with her set.
One fan, Shane Norquay, tells the paper, "Some of it's been beautiful and some it is just horrible. It feels like she's trying to be herself but it's not working."
Bernadette Latta, whose son bought her the tickets as a Christmas gift, adds, "It's terrible. I have never walked out before a concert finished but that was just terrible. I'll be suggesting my son tries to get a refund.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Can you be addicted to sex?
Can you be addicted to sex?
Nobody really knows for sure—though you can certainly get treated for sex addiction if you think you have it.
Last year, X-Files and Californication star David Duchovny checked into rehab for sexual addiction. After a string of women went public with claims they were mistresses of golfer Tiger Woods (the best-paid athlete on the planet and a married man), it took only days for talking heads to speculate that Woods might be an addict. Reports indicate that he may have attended and completed a rehab program.
The idea of sex as a drug is deeply seductive to journalists and reality TV producers. But the idea of being addicted to sex is actually quite controversial. No such diagnosis is even recognized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), psychiatry's bible. I don't buy it as a disease ... it is an excuse," says John J. Lucas, a forensic psychiatrist at Weill Cornell Medical College. In modern society, "we have an unfortunate practice of proliferating illnesses ... in response to various practices in terms of reducing the stigma of certain behaviors."
My question is how many of you believe that its an addiction or not?
Nobody really knows for sure—though you can certainly get treated for sex addiction if you think you have it.
Last year, X-Files and Californication star David Duchovny checked into rehab for sexual addiction. After a string of women went public with claims they were mistresses of golfer Tiger Woods (the best-paid athlete on the planet and a married man), it took only days for talking heads to speculate that Woods might be an addict. Reports indicate that he may have attended and completed a rehab program.
The idea of sex as a drug is deeply seductive to journalists and reality TV producers. But the idea of being addicted to sex is actually quite controversial. No such diagnosis is even recognized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), psychiatry's bible. I don't buy it as a disease ... it is an excuse," says John J. Lucas, a forensic psychiatrist at Weill Cornell Medical College. In modern society, "we have an unfortunate practice of proliferating illnesses ... in response to various practices in terms of reducing the stigma of certain behaviors."
My question is how many of you believe that its an addiction or not?
Thursday, February 11, 2010
H1N1 Vaccine
INTRANASAL H1N1 INFLUENZA (SWINE FLU) VACCINE (in truh NEY zuhl H1N1 in floo EN zuh (swahyn floo) vak SEEN) helps reduce the risk of getting the pandemic H1N1 flu also known as the swine flu. The vaccine only helps protect you against this one strain of the flu. This vaccine does not help to the reduce the risk of getting other types of flu. You may also need to get the seasonal influenza virus vaccine.
What do you think about the newly discovered vaccine H1N1? Do you think they take enough time to test it out? Do you feel it's an effective appproach?
What do you think about the newly discovered vaccine H1N1? Do you think they take enough time to test it out? Do you feel it's an effective appproach?
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