Here’s our daily wrap for Wednesday September 4th:
Ariel Castro was found hanging in his cell in Correctional Reception Center in Ohio Tuesday night. Castro was kept away from other prisoners and was under protective custody. Guards do a routine check on prisoners in protective custody every thirty minutes. Castro was on suicide watch previously at Cuyahoga County Jail but was not on suicide watch at Correctional Reception Center. Medical staff attempted to revive Castro. He was then taken to Ohio State University Medical Center where he passed away. Officials are still reviewing the incident so they may provide more information on the situation.
True Blood fans are disappointed to hear that the final season of the show will be the upcoming seventh season in 2014. The show just finished its sixth season which brought in an average 10 million viewers. True Blood is based off the Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris. The seventh and final season will consist of ten episodes which will air in the summer.
One Direction’s Liam Payne’s balcony caught fire Monday night sending a friend to the hospital. Payne’s friend was on the balcony trying to fix the outside heater when the heater, as well as the balcony, caught fire. The friend, who has not been identified, is still in the hospital with second degree burns. Payne has yet to speak about the incident.
Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” continues to cause controversy. This time however, one of the parodies of the hit song is making the headlines. A video parody created by three female university students was removed from Youtube for containing sexual content. The video, entitiled “Defined Lines”, involved a gender swap where the topless models of Thicke's video were replaced with topless males and the three women filled the roles of Thicke, Pharrel and T.I. Less than 24 hours after having been removed from the site, the video was reinstated and views have doubled. One of the creators Olivia Lubbock has said, “It’s just funny that the response has been so negative when you flip it around and objectify males.”