Alec Baldwin, 63, US actor and director, deactivates his Twitter account. More than six weeks after the fatal shot on a film set, Baldwin’s verified account @alecbaldwin was no longer active on Monday. Previously, the branch journal The Hollywood Reporter reported. The actor’s Instagram account, however, remained active. While shooting the western “Rust” on October 21st, cameraman Halyna Hutchins, 42, was fatally injured. Leading actor Baldwin had used the weapon, which contained a real bullet, for a scene during the rehearsal. The police are looking into how this could happen.
Peter Altmaier, 63, outgoing Federal Minister of Economics, is pleased that the old jacket fits again. He lost weight, said the CDU politician image-Newspaper. “Exactly how much is not yet revealed. But the button on my suit jacket has never been so good.” Breakfast would now only be sugar-free muesli with blueberries and pineapple, and lean chicken for dinner. “This helps.”
Jürgen Drews, 76, pop singer, once lost a bag with thousands of euros in cash in a parking lot. That’s what Drews said on his “The King’s New Podcast” podcast, like that Colorful reported. Many years ago he arrived at the event far too early before appearing in a disco. So he used the time to clean his car in a parking lot in front of the disco and meanwhile put the bag with the money on a parked car next to it. Then the car suddenly drove off without his noticing. When he noticed, he called the police, who drove the route and actually found the bag. “There was a lot of money in there because I was always paid in cash. About ten, twenty, thirty thousand euros,” said Drews.
Scotty Thomas, 49, US lottery player, was twice as lucky thanks to his forgetfulness. As reported in the US media, the man from Fayetteville in the state of North Carolina was no longer sure in bed whether he had already filled out the ticket for the “Lucky for Life” lottery. So he sent off an online ticket. The next day he remembered that he had already participated, with the exact same numbers on the ticket. On November 27th, the numbers were drawn and Thomas won the second highest prize twice: $ 25,000 annually for a lifetime. “When I realized I had won, I had to lie down on the floor because I just couldn’t believe it,” he said, according to the North Carolina Education Lottery. Thomas opted for a full payout totaling $ 780,000, Fox News according to $ 550,000 after taxes.
Amelie Osborn-Smith, 18, British, lucky and brave friends. While on vacation in Zambia, she survived a crocodile attack. “When the incident happened, I had already accepted that I would lose my foot,” said Amelie Osborn-Smith in a video from the hospital in the Zambian capital Lusaka, as reported by British media. “Then I was told that my foot will be fine and that I will be walking again, it was a tremendous relief.” The crocodile snapped at her when she hung her foot over the edge of a boat not far from the famous Victoria Falls. The animal dragged the woman into the water of the Zambezi River. As a result, several people also jumped into the water, a friend had repeatedly hit the crocodile on the nose until the animal let go of Osborn-Smith. “I was just very, very lucky,” she said.