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Vanity Fair reported the death of writer,  Dominik Dune. He was 83 and died of bladder cancer.

Dominik Dune was a regular writer for Vanity Fair and fictionalized several real-life events, such as the murders of Alfred Bloomingdale’s mistress Vicki Morgan and banking heir William Woodward, Jr., for best-selling books. He eventually hosted the TV series Dominick Dunne’s Power, Privilege, and Justice on CourtTV (later truTV), in which he discussed justice and injustice and their intersection with celebrities. Famous trials he covered include those of O.J. Simpson, Claus von Bulow, Michael Skakel, William Kennedy Smith, and the Menendez brothers.

His wrote the following novels
* The Winners (1982)
* The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (1985)
* People Like Us (1988)
* An Inconvenient Woman (1990)
* A Season in Purgatory (1993)
* Another City, Not My Own (1997)

And he was working on his final book, Too Much Money at the time of his death.

A few more hours to go and it’ll be the most awaited Miss Universe Beauty Pageant to be shown live simulcast from the Bahamas. This beauty pagaent will be aired through NBC and will also be shown in Star World. Here are the telecast details for those subscribed to Star World.

Telecast Details:

SEA
Mon, 24 Aug at 9am (LIVE), 8pm (Primetime Encore)
Encore: Tue at 11am;
Sun at 2am, 2pm

Philippines
Mon, 24 Aug at 9am (LIVE), 8pm (Primetime Encore)
Encore: Tue at 11am
Sat at 9am & Sun at 2pm

India
Mon, 24 Aug at 6.30am (LIVE), 9pm (Primetime Encore)
Encore: Tue at 10am
Sun at 6.30pm

Middle East
Mon, 24 Aug at 5am (LIVE), 8pm (Primetime Encore)
Encore: Tue at 11am, Fri at 9pm & Sun at 1am

You don’t have cable / satellite tv? You can still view the pageant through live stream through ABS CBN HERE.

Hundred of thousands more of the Simplicity cribs has been recalled this month due to it’s defect.

The Simplicity cribs’ hardware can break or deform, allowing the drop side to detach and create a gap between the mattress and the side of the crib where a small child could be trapped and suffocate.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said that the used of this product should be immediately stopped.

An eight-month-old baby in Houston, Texas, died when it got stuck between the mattress and a defective drop-down side of the crib.

Below is an illustration on how the simplicity crib defect can lead to suffocation.