Bam Margera: Brad Pitt Texted Me After Ryan Dunn's Death

Bam Margera isn't afraid to share his grief with the world.
In a searingly honest and emotional new interview, the Jackass star opens up about last week's drunk driving death of his friend Ryan Dunn -- and how superstars, including Brad Pitt, have reached out.

"I think it's rad that, you know, people I talk to rarely, you know, can take the time to text me," Margera told E! Newsof condolence wishes from Pitt, 47, and others. (Pitt played himself in a 2002 Jackass sketch.)
 

"He was my best f--king friend in the world. It's been five days now and I can't stop crying man," Margera said of Dunn, who was just 34 when he crashed his Porsche in rural Pennsylvania last Monday, instantly killing him and passenger.
Dunn's blood-alcohol level was a staggering .196, and he was driving over 140 miles an hour.
"I just don't think it should've been him," added Margera, who was in Arizona when his brother gave him the heartbreaking news over the phone.
"It was pretty much the worst news I've ever heard in my life."
Eerily, Margera and Dunn were involved in a non-fatal crash in the same area years ago, he says. "He flipped me in a car eight times at the same exact spot in 1996. Thank God I had my seat belt on, because Chris Raab put one on me, but my brother didn't have one on. He flew 40 feet. Thank God he's alive. But like, Dunn was always a maniac at driving."
The last text Margera got from his buddy? "Stopping for a beer, be there when I can.”

(Source: Us Weekly)

La Toya Jackson: Michael Was Murdered ... His Kids Have 'Nothing'

La Toya Jackson is convinced her brother Michael was murdered. From the bottom of her heart, murdered. And she knows who did it. The second half of Jackson's memoir, 'Starting Over,' deals with her gradual reconciliation with her famous family, specifically Michael. The outspoken singer-actress pulled no punches when discussing her controversial theories about the King of Pop's death and her belief that Dr. Conrad Murray was just a "fall guy" in an insidious conspiracy to kill. Why? To attain the bottomless pot of gold that is MJ's song catalog. And who told her this was going to happen? Michael. She tells us she's fighting this fight, even if it's unpopular within her family, because she wants what's best for Michael's three orphans. "Michael always used to say, 'La Toya I want to leave everything to my kids,' and here they have absolutely nothing," she said.

You think Michael was murdered.
Yes, I do. I believe that from the bottom of my heart. The people that he told me were going to murder him are behind his murder. They know that. They know who they are. They're controlling his estate now.

(Two people control Michael's estate, executors John Branca and John McClain.)
You believe it was over his publishing catalog.
That's what he told me. Within a week of his death people he had eradicated from his life completely, came in lurking, asking questions about the catalog, speaking to the attorney who controls the catalog. My brother Michael was clean (when he died), he had no drugs in his system, he was leading a good life. He was unhappy with the way people were treating him. The coroner said there was nothing in him except for the propofol which was pumped in his body and it was enough to kill an elephant.

Dr. Murray was simply the fall guy, there were people behind it. It was a conspiracy and they know that. I want to have a one-on-one with Dr. Murray. I would love to sit down and talk with him.
You say the English tour was fishy.
First of all he told me he never would do a tour again because he said they would assassinate him if he was on stage. He finally agreed to ten shows which he didn't want to do but he agreed and he wakes up overnight and there's 50 shows and they told him he had to do them. They knew he wasn't capable of them, they knew he wasn't healthy enough. He had a kidney problem, he was extremely thin, he was always freezing. They knew what they were doing. This isn't what I'm thinking, these are facts.
How does your family feel about you saying this?
When you lose a loved one, everybody is so hurt and there were some that said, 'Oh he's dead, let it be and move on,' but no, I need to find out what happened. My mother and father have always been for me and on my side and telling me they're so proud of me, to keep fighting. I love that, it gives me the tenacity to keep fighting and for his children. Michael always used to say, 'La Toya I want to leave everything to my kids,' and here they have absolutely nothing.
How are his children doing?
They're doing very well thank you. I'm very proud of them. It was my mother's decision to unmask them. She felt like she wanted them to be normal. However I understand why Michael did it. He wanted his kids to have the freedom to go out and not be recognized when they weren't with him.

(Source: Popeater)

R.I.P. To Jackass' Ryan Dunn

RIP Ryan Dunn. The Jackass Star was the driver in this mornings fatal car crash. According to police Dunn’s car was “fully engulfed in flames” when officials arrived to the scene. The West Goshen Township Police Department officers found Dunn’s 2007 Porsche 911 GT3 “off the road into the woods”

Both Dunn and the passenger died as a result to their injuries sustained in the accident. Cops have not yet released information on the passenger yet, but they will once they can positively identify the body. Cops believe that “speed may have been a contributing factor to the accident.” Hours before the crash Dunn did tweet a photo of himself drinking with friends hours before the accident.

Both cast-mates Johnny Knoxville and Steve-O tweeted expressing their feelings about heir loss. Steve-O tweeted saying “I don’t know what to say, except I love Ryan Dunn, I’m really going to Miss him.” Knoxville tweeted saying “Today I lost my brother Ryan Dunn. My heart goes out to his family and his beloved Angie. RIP Ryan, I love you buddy.”

After a few kind words Roger Ebert had harsh words to say about the incident, he tweeted “ Friends don’t let Jackasses drink and drive” as harsh as those words are...it is the sad truth, and not only did Ryan lose his life but he took somebody else’s as well.

Our Prayers are with the Dunn Family.