"Police Academy," George Gaynes, 'Punky Brewster' Actor, Dead At 98

Actor George Gaynes, known for his roles on "Punky Brewster" and "Police Academy," has died. He was 98 years old. 

The actor died at his daughter Iya Gaynes Falcone Brown's home in North Bend, Washington on Monday night. Falcone Brown, confirmed the news to The New York Times. 

Born in Finland in 1917, Gaynes had an distinguished career in entertainment. Hecame to New York after World War II and joined the New York City Opera, where he played Figaro and Leporello in "Don Giovanni." 

He appeared on many TV series in the '60s and '70s such as "Hawaii Five-O," "Bonanza," "Hogan's Heroes" and "Columbo." He also appeared on Broadway in Cole Porter's "Out of This World" and played Rosalind Russell's suitor in 1953's "Wonderful Town," a musical version of "My Sister Eileen."

Gaynes scored his first major role in 1982's "Tootsie," as a soap opera actor who pursues Dustin Hoffman's character. He followed that film up with two of his most iconic roles -- Commandant Eric Lassard in the "Police Academy" films, and Henry Warnimont, the foster father in "Punky Brewster." 

Mob Wives Star Angela 'Big Ang' Raiola loses battle with cancer at age 55 RIP

Angela 'Big Ang' Raiola

Angela Raiola best known as Big Ang star of the VH1 reality series, "Mob Wives" passed away on Feb. 18, 2016 after battling cancer. She was 55 years old. Her uncle, the late Salvatore "Sally Dogs" Lombardi, was a captain in the Genovese crime family.

Prostitute found dead in Britain hid her secret life as sex worker from her family

A prostitute found dead in Britain had hidden her life as a sex worker from her family.

Jessica McGraa, 37, was found dead in an apartment in Aberdeen, Scotland, after telling her husband she was travelling from her London home to sell hair extensions.

Her devastated husband Gareth had no idea of her secret double life, Mirror Online reported.

He said his Nigerian-born partner was a devout Christian and he was convinced she was making money by selling hair extensions.

“I honestly believed that she was making her money from hair extensions,” the 56-year-old said.

“She was a very pious girl — she dragged me to church even and that’s not easy.

Turkey is retaliating after 2 bombs targeting its military killed at least 34

The Turkish army started bombing Kurdish camps in northern Iraq overnight, hours after a car bomb attack in the capital Ankara killed at 28 people,Reuters reports.

Dozens were also wounded after the car laden with explosives detonated next to military buses near the armed forces' headquarters.

Six Turkish security force members were also killed on Thursday, as a bomb detonated by remote control hit a military convoy in southeast Turkey, according to Reuters. 

According to security sources, the convoy was hit on the highway linking Diyarbakir, the largest city in the mainly Kurdish southeast, to the district of Lice.

Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said in a speech on live television on Thursday that the perpetrator of the Ankara attack was a member of the Syria Kurdish YPG militia working with insurgents from the PKK. No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.

The leader of the Syrian Kurdish YPG has denied his group was behind the attacks in Turkey, and warned Ankara about a ground action in Syria, the Associated Press reports. 

FILIPINO WORKER SUES BELLAGIO HOTEL BOSS CALLED ME MONKEY! AND I HAVE CARPAL TUNNEL!

A former Bellagio Hotel employee from the Philippines claims she was humiliated by her boss, who told her people from her country were direct descendants from monkeys. 

Vilma Miel claims in a new lawsuit she worked as a cage cashier for nearly 20 years, but it went south in 2014 when her supervisor began harassing her. 

She claims the guy called her an "old woman" and said Filipinos "originated from monkeys."

Discrimination aside, she also claims she developed carpal tunnel syndrome during the 2015 Chinese New Year. She says she hopped on a flight to the Philippines to get treatment, and when she came back she was suspended and ultimately fired.

Miel is suing for discrimination based on national origin, age, and disability.

Audio of Kanye West's epic backstage rant at 'SNL' has reportedly surfaced

Reported audio of Kanye West angrily ranting backstage duringhis appearance on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" over the weekend has surfaced.

New York Post's Page Six reported that it has obtained audio of the rapper having a meltdown over part of his performance stage being ripped out.

“Look at that s--t they took my f--king stage off’a 'SNL' without asking me," the man reported to be West says in the audio. "I am bummed … If I am going to do this we are breaking the motherf--king Internet.”

He adds, "That and Taylor Swift fake a--." 

At the time, Swift and West had been feuding over his mention of her in his new song, "Famous."

He later goes on a rampage about being "50% more influential" than several well-known people, such as iconic filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, legendary artist Pablo Picasso, and Paul the Apostle.

what Google's CEO just said about Apple's battle with the FBI

Google CEO Sundar Pichai just weighed in on Apple's battle with the FBI, which has ordered Apple to help it unlock the phone of one of the shooters who killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California, last year in an apparent terrorist act.

In a series of tweets, Pichai wrote that although Google gives "law enforcement access to data based on valid legal orders," that is "wholly different than requiring companies to enable hacking of customer devices and data," which could set a "troubling precedent."

Apple is fighting the court order mandating that it help the FBI unlock an iPhone that belonged to one of the shooters by creating software that would allow the intelligence agency to have an unlimited number of attempts to enter the phone's passcode before it auto-wipes.

CEO Tim Cook of Apple responded on Wednesday by calling it a "chilling" demand that "would undermine the very freedoms and liberty our government is meant to protect." He's arguing that to help the FBI unlock the phone would basically be providing a dangerous "master key" and that the agency is essentially "asking Apple to hack our own users."

So Pichai's stance is, basically, we support Apple — we will give law enforcement data when we need to, but we will not put in a "backdoor" for the government.

Here's his full response: