Who ya gonna call? The answer is "all of your friends," because the Ghostbusters are putting the proton packs back on for a new case.
In an exclusive interview with franchise director Ivan Reitman, sources say that Bill Murray has finally agreed to reprise the character of Dr. Peter Venkman and team up with Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and Harold Ramis for not just one, but two 'Ghostbusters' adventures. They are set to be filmed concurrently and released back-to-back for Christmas 2012 and Christmas 2013. >> READ MORE
WELLINGTON, April 16, 2011 (AFP) - A depressed New Zealander cut off a finger, cooked it with vegetables and then ate it in a rare case of self-cannibalism, according to a report in the Australasian Psychiatry publication.
The 28-year-old man had not taken drugs or alcohol at the time, the report authors, forensic psychiatrist Erik Monasterio and clinical psychologist Craig Prince, said.
It was one of only eight documented cases of self-cannibalism recorded in the world, Monasterio and Prince said in their report which was published online Saturday. >> READ MORE
BUTTERWORTH: A 65-year-old man came back to life two-and-a-half hours after doctors at the Seberang Jaya Hospital pronounced him dead.
This rare phenomenon known as the Lazarus Syndrome has now become the talk of the town.
Upon learning of the self-employed man's death, his family began making funeral arrangements and had even put up a canopy in front of his house on Jalan Tok Elong, Tanah Liat in Bukit Mertajam.
His wife and his 26-year-old son, who were on their way to the Central Seberang Prai district police station to lodge a report, were stunned when a doctor called to inform them that the man was alive. >> READ MORE
A customer looks at paper replicas of computers and smart phones among other things, that will be burnt as offerings to the dead, in Hong Kong on April 6, 2011. -- PHOTO: AFP
Death is no barrier to Chinese ancestors receiving the latest gadgets, with paper iPads, laptops and LCD TVs burned at gravesides across Asia to mark the Ching Ming festival this week.
Paper money, clothes, luxury cars and handbags have long been standard items for the Chinese festival, also known as grave-sweeping day, when replica offerings are burnt for the dead to use in the afterlife. >> READ MORE
The cemetery staff: "100 grand for a grave!" The departed jumped out of the photo frame: "I am not gonna die."
April 5 is Chinese traditional Tomb-sweeping Day, or Qingming Festival (literally Clear and Bright Festival), when Chinese are supposed to go outside and enjoy the greenery of springtime and tend to the graves of the family members.
However, this year, some Chinese have been informed by cemeteries that the right of use of tombs where their families were buried is due to expire, and if they want to keep the deceased in place, they must pay management fees. >> READ MORE
A woman who insists that her house is haunted by a poltergeist has released a video clip of eerie happenings in her family home.
The petrified Manning family from Coventry started witnessing out-of-the-ordinary events two weeks after settling into the council-rented home last year.
Lisa Manning, a 34-year-old carer, goes as far as to claim that the resident ghost killed the family's pet dog Phoenix. A vetinary post-mortem suggested it had been shoved down the stairs.
She has since had to resort to exorcism to get rid of the ghostly problem after noticing lights switching on and off, pots moving, drawers opening and doors slamming shut. >> READ MORE
FOR more than 40 years, the grave remained undisturbed at the foot of a block of residential flats.
It was discovered on Monday when excavating works were carried out for HDB's lift upgrading programme. The tombstone indicated that the deceased, Madam Sim Seok Inn, died in 1971 at the age of 83.
Yishun's grave
Some clothes were found buried near the coffin. Some residents of Block 711, Yishun Avenue 5, were a little alarmed by the discovery of the tomb.
Mr Zali H M, 57, feels that while it was nothing to worry about, he would still try to avoid the area.
"I will walk away from the lift. Maybe walk around it," said the retiree. >> READ MORE
The moon will soon make its closest approach to the Earth in 18 years.
The upcoming lunar event has been called a "supermoon" by astronomers, who predict that the full moon will be only 356,577 kilometers away from earthlings on March 19.
The full moon would not be noticeably brighter if seen with the naked eye but would appear 7 percent larger when seen through a telescope, Thomas Djamaluddin, an astronomy and astrophysics researcher at the Indonesian National Aeronautics and Space Agency (LAPAN), said on Wednesday as reported by tempointeraktif.com. >> READ MORE
KUALA TERENGGANU: The Terengganu state museum is not haunted, said its director Mohd Yusof Abdullah.
"It is far from being a rumah hantu (haunted house) and there is nothing to be afraid of," he said, adding that the museum was rich with cultural artefacts.
The museum department had been organising events and activities for the public especially students, he said yesterday. >> READ MORE
A Thai man, who has an extreme fear of ghosts, wears about 1,000 amulets daily.
The amulets weigh about 30kg and is worth between 10 Bath ($0.40) and 200,000 Bath (S$8,340).
The 40-year-old supervisor of an electronic appliances company in Chiangmai said: "I have been very afraid of ghosts since I was young and have always dreamt that I'm possessed by spirits.
"I started wearing a few amulets 20 years ago and now, I have almost 1,000.
Although he is not so frightened of ghosts anymore, the man said he is now more worried about being robbed.
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