Celtic Thunder stuns crowd with ‘The Sound of Silence’ cover

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Simon and Garfunkel, one of the most successful folk-rock duos of the 1960s were known as counterculture icons of the decade’s social revolution alongside other great names such as The Beatles and Bob Dylan. They left behind them a great number of hits that reached number one on the music charts, not only in America, but worldwide.

One of their best and most famous pieces is the hit “The Sound of Silence.”

It has been performed by many musicians ever since.

However, one duo stood out with their amazing rendition of this song and made us want more.

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Celtic Thunder is an Irish singing group known for their eclectic singing and the amazing shows they put on stage while performing. McGinty, the group vocalist once said how their group had really grown and turned into something that has its own life. Well, we couldn’t agree more.

They have been doing live shows that are outstanding and treat the audience with powerful emotions. Two of the members of the group, Colm Keegan and Keith Harkin, singing Simon and Garfunkel’s “The Sound of Silence” isn’t any different. Once they let their voices loose, everyone is left wondering how is it possible for them to sound so good. Many said it was like listening to the original duo.

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These two are the perfect match to be performing this particular song, as their vocals blend in a perfect harmony.

To be honest, they sound equally astounding as the original duo. The melody and the lyrics suit them perfectly, as though they were written for them. One person writes: “I think it’s interesting to see the difference in their personalities while they’re singing. Colm is quieter and more thoughtful/intense, while Keith is more energetic and ‘in the groove’, so to speak. Both very good singers who complement each other nicely.”

After this song was initially released as part of the first studio album of Simon and Garfunkel, it was a failure and it was the reason for the duo to split. After some time, however, people noticed it and it found its place on the top lists. But that didn’t happen before the song’s producer made a remix and added some electric elements.

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The mesmerizing video has been seen by more than 5 million people. Needless to say, they all agree that it’s the best cover of the song ever. Although Celtic Thunder added a pinch of their unique performing style, they still managed to keep the essence of the song.

This is something you don’t miss for anything. It touches the heart and fill us with some calmness that we get to love.

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Dog dies after eating common household item – Owner is warning others

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Samantha Carress lost her beloved Golden Retriever Luna and is now warning other dog owners of the hidden danger lurking in everyone’s home.

Every dog owner is aware that sweets and chocolate can affect their dog’s health a great deal. While sugar may affect their teeth, chocolate, which contains theobromine and caffeine, ingredients toxic to canines, may cause diarrhea, vomiting, seizures, and even death if taken in large amounts.

Although Samantha was aware of this, what she didn’t know was that another ingredient, that Luna ate by mistake, could cost her life.

Namely, the dog found a pack of lemon-flavored chewing gum and ate it.

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Unfortunately, most sugar-free gums contain Xylitol, sugar substitute deadly for dogs.

Mere hours after eating the gum, Luna’s liver started failing. Sadly, when Samantha finally realized what was wrong with her pet, it was already too late for anything to be done.

The heartbreak she experienced was immense because she knew that Luna’s death could have been prevented had she known of the dangers of the gum.

Samantha is warning dog owners to read labels and make sure their pets stay away from any products containing Xylitol.

Even small amounts of this sugar substitute can cause liver failure at dogs.

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Some of the most common household items containing it are sugar-free gums, peanut butter, and baked goods. Also, candies, drink powders, and ketchup and BBQ sauce.

As a matter of fact, Luna isn’t the first dog that dies after consuming Xylitol. Namely, over the past ten years, Xylitol poisoning cases have increased by 3,000%.

Some time after Luna ate the chewing-gum and started feeling unwell, Samantha and her husband took her to the vet’s. They were told that the only way to save her was an emergency transplant, which cost $20,000.

Heartbreakingly, Samantha was forced to say goodbye to her fur baby.

Samantha’s warning for dog owners is to be extra cautious.

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I adopted the oldest dog at the shelter, knowing she only had a month left to live

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The oldest frail dog that only had a month to live, but somehow stole my heart the moment I laid eyes on her, cost me my marriage which I wasn’t aware was over even before I stepped foot at the shelter.

Greg and I had been together for many years. But as we couldn’t have kids, our home turned too silent over time, so I suggested getting a dog.

Greg’s first comment was that he didn’t want “some yappy little thing.”

When we arrived at the shelter, Maggie caught my attention. Above her kennel it read: “Senior Dog – 12 Years Old – Health Issues – Hospice Adoption Only.”

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These words broke my heart. The connection I felt for that dog was insane.

“Greg, we should take this one,” I said, overly excited. But Greg didn’t feel the same.

“That dog’s halfway to the grave,” he said, and then gave me an ultimatum. “If you take her in, I’m leaving.”

Honestly, I though he was joking, but the moment Maggie entered the house, Greg started packing his belongings. I was sure he would come to his senses, but just a few weeks later, I was served with divorce papers.

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At that moment of shock, I started laughing, and then I started crying.

But that oldest dog was there to comfort me.

There were days when she wouldn’t touch her food, but I researched a lot and found ways to feed her soft food.

The dog that was given just a month to live was now thriving.

Some months later, her fur started growing back, and I heard her bark for the first time ever.

One day, as I felt Maggie was ready to take a walk outside, I stumbled upon Greg. But he wasn’t alone. He was with another woman. Strangely, I didn’t feel heart.

“Well, Claire,” he said, “as you can see I moved on. Our marriage was over anyways, and that dog of yours just made the exit smoother.”

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He noticed I was alone, so he said, “I knew that creature would die right away.”

I couldn’t believe his words. How could I be with someone so cruel, I asked myself.

At that moment, my close friend Mark appeared from around the corner. He had Maggie on a leash.

“What!? Is that dog still alive?” Greg asked, shocked.

“Yes, Greg, she is, ans she’s thriving. You leaving me meant a second chance for her, and I’ll never regret that decision.”

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Greg was quick to turn around and leave together with his new wife.

Some time later, Mark, Maggie, and I were at the park again. As we had fun at the sun, I noticed something on Maggie’s tag. It was a tiny box with the most beautiful ring.

Mark proposed me, and Maggie was part of our fairytale. That dog, whose life I though I was saving, actually saved mine.

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Elon Musk ruined JLO’s career so quickly people didn’t have time to understand what happened

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Talking on the podcast The Joe Rogan Experience, billionaire Elon Musk slammed singer/actress Jennifer Lopez.

Musk took aim at Lopez because of her appearance at Kamala Harris’ Las Vegas rally during the presidential campaign.

Musk, who’s close to Donald Trump, was quick to “fight back,” by mentioning JLO’s dating history with Sean “Diddy” Combs, who’s currently awaiting trial for s*x trafficking, and racketeering. Until then, he remains in federal custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York City. The ex-couple dated from 1999 to 2001.

The SpaceX owner questioned the singer’s credibility.

“J.Lo was like his ex-girlfriend and it’s like now deciding she’s like warning people against Trump,” Musk told Rogan. “How many people did she warn against Diddy, right? Oh zero, okay. Maybe we shouldn’t trust her opinion.”

He continued: “People in the music entertainment industry had to know that Diddy was like abusing, you know, kids basically and yet they still fed him kids. Like, where’s the accountability? They had to know.”

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Lopez supported Harris publicly, warning the public against voting for Donald Trump. She reacted after comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, a Trump supporter, made anti-Latino comments during a rally.

Among the rest, Hinchcliffe referred to Puerto Rico as to a “floating island of garbage.”

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“We should be emotional. We should be upset, Lopez said back in October, 2024.”

She added: “We should be scared and outraged. We should – our pain matters. We matter. You matter. Your voice and your vote matters.”

Lopez hadn’t made any comments regarding P Diddy’s arrest.

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Rogan, the host of the podcast, also spoke of the celebrities who had been close to P Diddy over the years, saying, “It’s peculiar that so many who frequented his gatherings are now outspoken supporters of Harris.

“Clearly, he was doing it for his own jollies too, there was something sick about it.”

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Susan Lucci shares health update after two grueling surgeries

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Dubbed ‘Daytime’s Leading Lady,’ actress Susan Lucci has had an astounding career as an actress and a TV host. Her role of Erica Kane in the ABC daytime drama All My Children is one of the most famous there are and the character is considered iconic.

In 1996, TV Guide ranked Lucci number 37 on its 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time list.

The Devious Made star was also named one of VH1’s 200 Top Icons of All Time and one of Barbara Walters’s Ten Most Fascinating People.

Unfortunately, Lucci has been experiencing health problems in recent years. Back in 2018, she underwent emergency heart surgery for a major blockage in her arteries that could have ended in a fatal heart attack.

The symptoms she had been experiencing, such as short breath, pain and pressure on her chest, raised a red flag. Lucci visited the hospital and underwent a CT scan. Sadly, the tests that doctors ran indicated she had 90% blockage in the heart’s main artery and 70% blockage in another branch.

Susan Lucci revealed during an interview that she had underwent a second emergency cardiac surgery.

This time her symptoms were less severe, but just as the first time, she noticed them on time.

Speaking of her health state, Dr. Richard Shlofmitz, chairman of cardiology at St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn, New York, told Good Morning America, “This time, she wasn’t experiencing a heart attack and she wasn’t mentally disturbed. However, she displayed symptoms that made me worry that something could be amiss.”

If she hadn’t experienced the symptoms on time, she could have easily suffered severe heart attack.

Two months after her January 2022 procedure, Lucci’s husband Helmut Huber died at age 84.

“After that, nothing seemed important, my health or anything else,” she admitted. “I didn’t care about anything else.”

“I lost the love of my life and that’s been awful, but I have friends who make me laugh and keep me out and about, and I’m determined to keep putting one foot in front of the other.”

The truth is that not every cardiac condition has observable symptoms because not everyone feels it in the chest.

Lucci decided to open up about her health and the issues she had experienced because she wanted to encourage other women to be proactive about their health.

“Listen to your heart and act on it. Be your own best friend, be your own advocate. You’ll save your life,” Lucci said. “I feel so lucky to have the platform that I have. I just wanted to be able to do something other than entertain.”

In 2019, Susan Lucci walked down the runway at the 2019 American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women Red Dress Collection.

Lucci is thankful to her doctors for saving her life.

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My husband sent my rent money straight to himself and his mother – I taught them a lesson

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My relationship with Logan was based on love, respect, and trust – or at least I thought so until I learned he deceived me about the rent money that I paid for two years.

I remember the day Logan called me while I was at work. “Caroline, I found the perfect place. It’s an incredibly cozy apartment. I know you’ll love it,” he said in excitement. “The rent is only $2,000 a month, we’ll split it 50-50.”

Honestly, I liked that arrangement and I was happy, not only because we were starting our life together, but because I knew just how much finding the perfect place meant to him.

Things seemed perfect, just like the apartment we settled in.

However, one unassuming day, the perfect life I had envisioned crumbled into pieces.

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As I was taking the elevator, the elderly neighbor from downstairs started a conversation with me. “How are you today, young lady?” she asked. “I see you live in Mrs. Pierce and Logan’s apartment, right?”

I froze. Did I hear her right? Mr. Pierce was Logan’s mom. When I asked her what she meant, the neighbor continued speaking, unaware of the bomb she had just dropped.

“Yeah, Logan’s mom bought that apartment years ago! Rented it out for a while, then he moved in with his ex. And now, you guys!”

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I felt betrayed as never before. For two years, I’ve been paying rent to my husband and his mother. It was $24,000 that he took from me over the course of those two years we’ve lived together.

This wasn’t something I was couldn’t get over.

I was ripped off by my own husband.

When he got home that night, I asked him when the due date for the rent was so that I could give him the rent money.

“December 28,” he said casually, not assuming I knew the truth.

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Before I confronted him, I did a little research and went over public records, scrutinizing every document Logan had once proudly shown me.

That was it, the apartment really belonged to him and his mother.

On the day when I was to transfer rent money to my husband, I went to the bank and took $24,000 from our joint account. I felt like I was done injustice and that money belonged to me.

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In the evening, I finally gathered the courage to confront him. I asked for an explanation, but Logan couldn’t give me one. He just stared at me blankly and bagged me to stay. But I couldn’t.

Instead, I left the apartment and started my life over.

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Meghan Markle appears without makeup in new video

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Rumor has it that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are going on separate business ventures, with both Harry and Meghan Markle seen attending events solo.

The couple addressed the rumors admitting that they’re at a ‘crossroads’ when it comes to their professional endeavors.

Harry also explained why he and Meghan are attending separate events.

“I Google News-ed you, and there were people fascinated by everything you’re doing, all the time,” NYT journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin asked Harry during the New York Times’ 2024 DealBook Summit in New York City on Wednesday, December 4.

“They’re fascinated by Meghan, who is in California right now, and you’re here.

“And there’s articles left and right about, you know, ‘Why are you making independent events? Why aren’t you doing them together?’”

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Harry quipped: “Because you invited me, you should have known!”

“True,” Sorkin replied, “Is that normal for you?

“The second there’s an article — she’s in California, you’re in New York — they say, ‘Well, what is happening with these two, right?’ Is that a beneficial thing for you, in a way, that there’s so much interest in you?”

The Duke then admitted, “No, that’s definitely not a good thing.

“Apparently we’ve bought or moved house 10, 12 times.

“We’ve apparently divorced maybe 10, 12 times as well. So it’s just like, what?”

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Harry and Meghan were also said to have ended their cooperation with Netflix, but that turned out no to be true.

In fact, the Duchess is about to launch a new show, With Love, Meghan.

Netflix Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria said she is “excited” for what’s next with the Duke and Duchess, stating that the streaming giant is standing by them.

“We have Meghan’s new show coming out, which is great. It is such a great take on a lifestyle show and showcase for California, Montecito and nature. It really has great takeaways. I was like ‘oh my God, I want to really do that pasta.’ There’s really easy great takeaways on life. I am really excited about that coming out,” Bajaria said.

The first episode of Meghan’s cooking show was expected to launch in February but was postponed due to the LA fires. According to Netflix, the release date was pushed back to sometime in March.

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It will play out at Harry and Megan’s multimillion-dollar mansion in Montecito, California and will feature the likes of chef Roy Choi, actress-producer Mindy Kalin, restauranteur Alice Waters, and Meghan’s former Suits co-star Abigail Spencer.

Ever since stepping down from their royal duties, Harry and Meghan haven’t been much active on the social media. However, Meghan took to Instagram in February to promote her show.

“I have been so excited to share this with you! I hope you love the show as much as I loved making it. Wishing you all a fantastic new year! Thanks to our amazing crew and the team [at Netflix]. Beyond grateful for the support — and fun!” Meghan wrote alongside a video of the trailer of her show.

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At the Golden Globes, Mindi Kaling, the former actress’s friend, spoke on the production.

“I was just in my maternity leave, and Meghan texted me and said, ‘Hey, do you want to come be in my show and come to Montecito and have me cook for you?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, that sounds perfect, I would love to do that,’” Kaling said.

“Wel,l I think of myself as kind of an okay cook, but she unsurprisingly blew me out of the water. The thing about her recipes and being there was that it was just really accessible. She has a garden from scratch, which I could never do, and chickens. They would probably all die if I tried to take care of chickens,” she continued, adding that Harry, too, “knows his way around a kitchen.”

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A few days ago, Meghan posted yet another video in which she showed the signed items singer Billie Eilish sent to her for a teenage girl who lost Eilish’s signed T-shirt during the LA fires.

The Duchess was seen jumping out of joy and thanking Eilish for the package, which included signed T-shirt and a lunchbox among the rest.

“Huge thank you, Billie Eilish, this is going to mean so much to her, and honestly, to Adam Levine and Bahati, you guys helped me get this over the line, and to everyone who is showing up for people in big and small ways to get through what’s happened in California, just thank you so much. I’m going to go and email her mom now, just wanted to share with you guys.”

 
 
 
 
 
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Meghan also thanked the heroes who do their best to help and support the community.

“Let’s keep supporting those affected by the California wildfires,” the Duchess wrote. “Thanks to everyone who made this possible, but most importantly, thank you to our first responders, who are the community’s real heroes.”

What her fans noticed was that Meghan appeared makeup free. As expected, she looked stunning and showed her glow.

We can’t wait to see Meghan’s show.

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Donald Trump reacts to Taylor Swift being booed at Super Bowl by crowd

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Donald Trump made history by becoming the first ever sitting president to attend the Super Bowl, and fans seemed to love his presence. The moment he was shown on the big screen, Trump received loud cheers by the crowd. However, the same couldn’t be said of singer Taylor Swift.

Swift who used to cheer for the Philadelphia Eagles was now booed by their fans. The reason why is that she’s now cheering for the Chiefs.

The singer attended the Super Bowl supporting her boyfriend, Chiefs’ tight end Travis Kelce.

Confused by the loud booing, she gave a slow side eye to the camera before asking her friend and rapper, Ice Spice, “What is going on?”

Taylor Swift was then seen smiling and telling something to the people seated next to her.

President Trump was quick to target Swift for the way the crowd reacted to her presence at the game.

In a late-night social media post on Truth Social, he wrote, “The only one that had a tougher night than the Kansas City Chiefs was Taylor Swift.”

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Also, Trump re-shared a post from Libs of TikTok, which read: “Trump gets massive cheers at the Super Bowl while Taylor Swift gets booed.—The world is healing!”

Last year, Trump publicly expressed his thoughts on Swift writing on the social media that he hates her. The reason why is that Swift publicly endorsed Kamala Harris during the presidential elections.

Of course, her fans were quick to stand for her.

“Everyone right now ‘the crowd boos Taylor Swift!!?’ Guys… the crowd is 80% eagles fans. Of course they booed Taylor.

“Don’t worry, our girl is loved deeply, and she knows it,” someone wrote.

“If it’s eagles fans booing, she’s from Philly area and was a life long eagles fan…,” another added.

Someone joked: “Congrats, @Eagles fans. Taylor Swift about to write a song about getting booed by you.”

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