LINCOLN, CA - September 06: Bill Cosby performs in support of his Far From Finished tour at Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln, California on September 06, 2014
Back in 2014, a group of women came forward with allegations of sexual assault against actor Bill Cosby. Since then, the number of women who have claimed to be his victims rose to around 60. Cosby became one of the first celebrities to face legal consequences as a result of the #MeToo movement, which encouraged women to come forward with their stories of sexual assault, abuse, and rape.
Over the course of the recent years, Cosby’s legal team denied all the accusations against him.
In 2021, the sexual assault conviction he had for drugging and assaulting Andrea Constand was overturned by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Following his release from prison, his attorney Brian Perry issued a statement which read, “We’ve said from day one, we just didn’t think he was treated fairly. And that…the system has to be fair, and fortunately, the Supreme Court agreed with us. He’s happy, his wife is happy. The system only works if it’s fair to all sides. That’s the bottom line.”
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These days, however, another woman opened up about being sexually assaulted by Cosby back in 1969.
80-year-old former Playboy model and singer Victoria Valentino claims that she and a friend of hers were drugged by Cosby before he assaulted them. These accusations come shortly after California law suspended the statute of limitations on sexual abuse claims, known as the “look back law.”
According to Valentino, she met Cosby when he saw her crying at a cafe and approached her to ask her what was wrong. She told him that she had recently lost her 6-year-old son to drowning. He then invited her and a friend of hers to a spa treatment and dinner. During dinner, he handed her a pill, claiming it would help her and her friend feel better.
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The next thing she remembers is waking up on the couch of his home and seeing him assaulting her friend, after which he assaulted her but she was unable to defend herself because she was drugged.
Cosby’s spokesperson, Andrew Wyatt denied the claims completely via a statement which read that the allegations came “without any proof or facts.” He additionally lamented at the new law and said they “are a sheer violation of all American’s [sic] Constitutional Rights.”
The statement further read, “What graveyard can Mr. Cosby visit, in order to dig up potential witnesses to testify on his behalf? America is continuing to see that this a formula to make sure that no more Black Men in America accumulate the American Dream that was secured by Mr. Cosby.”
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These allegations come a year after Cosby was accused of sexual assault by Judy Huth who experienced the abuse as a 16-year-old girl at the Playboy mansion in 1975. After a few days of deliberation by the jury, the brought a verdict in favor of Huth who was then paid $500,000.
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A man of many talents and an incredible singer with iconic hits such as For the Good Times and Why Me Lord, it’s easy to say that Kris Kristofferson is one of the best in the world of music.
With a career spanning over five decades, this Texas-born Casanova influenced the music industry and gathered an army of fans from every corner of the Earth.
Not only that, but he also became a trendsetter, although it once happened by chance. As the singer shared himself, he was at the hospital back in the day where he had been treated for pneumonia so he didn’t have the chance to have his beard cut. “And when I came out, some magazine took a picture of me and called it ‘the new face of country music’. Ever since then Willie, too, has just looked as wild as heck,” he shared.
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Kristofferson graduated from Oxford in 1960 and then served in the military before landing a job at Louisiana’s Petroleum Helicopters International, where he worked as a commercial pilot. When he was off work, he would sit on an oil platform, penning future hits, like Help Me Make it Through the Night and Bobby McGee.
His singing career started after he met Johnny Cash while working as a janitor at a recording studio and wanted to get noticed. Speaking of this encounter, Cash said in an old interview. “I discovered him, and so did a lot of other people about the same time.
“That’s how I got many of Kris’s songs, but then he became so impatient one day he landed a helicopter in my yard and brought me a tape of “Sunday Morning Coming Down.” I thought, well, it’s time to really give this guy a listen, so I heard that song, and I did it on a network television show and talked about Kris, and he was on his way, then he went to Newport Folk Festival and stole my show, and he did great. I was proud of him.”
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Bob Dylan, Kristofferson’s idol, also recorded at the studio Kristofferson cleaned. Speaking of meeting him, Kristofferson recalled, “It was a real eye-opener to see the way he worked. I was pretty much in awe of him at the time. But I never talked to him or anything. I didn’t want to bother him. I just emptied the trash cans and watched him.”
Even today, Kristofferson performs many of Dylan’s songs while on stage.
Kristofferson has been married three times and has eight children.
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During the late 90s, the singer’s health started to decline and he had heart bypass surgery. Then, in 2004, he experienced a range of debilitating symptoms and was soon diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and fibromyalgia.
The spasms he experienced were so severe that his nerve endings triggered painful contractions comparable to golf ball-sized knots. He tried many medications and therapies, but nothing seemed to work.
“He had painful knees and annual knee shots, a pacemaker for arrhythmias–which we now know could be from Lyme–so much Advil for headaches that he got anemic,” said Lisa Meyers, his wife of 40 years.
“After a year of iron supplements and seeing a hematologist, he just wasn’t healthy-looking.”
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Finally, in 2016, he received the right diagnosis. He had Lyme disease. “He was taking all these medications for things he doesn’t have, and they all have side effects,” Meyers said of the medication for Alzheimer’s and depression. She added that after three weeks of Lyme-disease treatment, Kristofferson rebounded. “All of a sudden he was back. Some days he’s perfectly normal and it’s easy to forget that he is even battling anything,” she said.
Today, Kris Kristofferson, who is 86, lives a pain free life, and he lives it to the fullest.
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Giselle Bundchen and Tom Brady attend the 2017 Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, NY on May 1st, 2017
They are both superstars in their own right, and they both have millions of fans and followers on the social media. Together, they were considered one of he most powerful and most influential celebrity couples and that is why their decision to split shocked many.
What Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen had resembled the perfect life, but after two children and 13 years of marriage they decided to call it quits.
Now, they both opened up how the split affected their lives and how they manage to co-parent their children, 13-year-old Benjamin and 10-year-old Vivian.
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“I think for me, when you decide to have children, that’s a big undertaking, and I don’t think you take it lightly. And I think these kids that come up under your roof, you want to provide them with values, so that when they move forward in their life, they have a real solid base and foundation,” the athlete said. “And I think myself and their mom have done an amazing job of providing that, and I think that we’re just gonna keep doing it.”
But Brady added, “We’re never a finished product. The kids aren’t finished products. At the end of the day, we’re learning along with them. And all you can do is the best you can do with the opportunities that you have, and the challenges you have, and we all have unique challenges to our life that we deal with.”
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Co-parenting isn’t something the multiple Super Bowl champion experienced for the first time. In fact, Brady and his ex-girlfriend, Bridget Moynahan, share a son together, 15-year-old Jack.
“There’s no guidebook to life. A lot of the things that happen in your life are the first time. You don’t know how to say always the appropriate thing or the right thing, but the only thing you can do for your kids is to try and say, ‘All right, guys, this is kinda the way that it’s worked for me, and the things that I’ve learned from, and now it’s up to you, you gotta take it,’” the former star quarterback told ET Online. “‘Now, you’ve got choices outside of the house … go out there and do well in the community, respect everyone, respect others. Go out there and make a contribution and find something you love to do. Bring a positive attitude.’”
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Brady is aware that being a parent is tough and that no matter how hard one tries, there are times when we fail.
“We’re all gonna fail. We’re all gonna have adversities in life, and I think you’re defined a lot by your adversities because those are the things in the end that challenge you to grow the most,” he added as to what he hopes his children will learn from him.
“I mean, life has its ups and downs, professionally, and there’s different things that happen in your life personally, and you just gotta continue to understand them emotionally, intellectually, and then as you move forward, try not to make the same mistakes. And just try to keep growing and become a better person by all your different actions.”
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Following his retirement, Brady expended his family with a pair of kittens.
“Well, I think it’s actually very cute, I never imagined myself having cats, but then I had a little daughter who fell in love with these baby kittens when we were in Tampa last year. We had an amazing bonding experience volunteering at the Humane Society of Tampa, and every week we would go and see the animals, and she fell in love with the little kittens, and by the end of the year, every time we’d leave, she’d say, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’ and I said, ‘When I’m done playing, OK?’ And since then, we’ve had these amazing little creatures come into our life.”
Going through divorce is hard enough, but when there are children involved, things get even harder. We are glad Brady and Bündchen managed to agree on co-parenting their children.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, sought a life away from the spotlight and the paparazzi so they stepped down from their royal duties and left Britain behind, thus settled in sunny California. However, following the split from the Firm, they have given plenty of interviews and have been in the limelight probably way more than when they were working royals. This confused many, as the Sussexes didn’t seem to have taken full advantage of the chance not to be bothered by the media.
What’s most, Harry published a memoir in which he shared plenty of details involving his family, and the couple were featured in a Netflix documentary, revealing a lot about their new life.
Their life in the States seems picture perfect, but now experts reveal that not might be the case.
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While Harry is seen playing polo in Santa Barbara from time to time, his wife is spending more time in Los Angeles.
Hollywood insider, broadcaster, comedian, and actor Tim Dillon, who has criticized Harry and Meghan in the past, says Meghan is looking for a company among the celebrities to hang out with, but that doesn’t seem like an easy task as she has a hard time finding any.
“I know people in LA that know them, and all they want to do is hang out with celebrities. I was at a celebrity party the other night talking to somebody about this, and they go, ‘these people are just… it’s constant with them,’” Dillon said on the “They Come and Go” episode of his podcast, The Tim Dillon Show, as reported by the Daily Mail.
“She was texting the person I was with there – and, ‘no, you can’t come’. I shouldn’t have even been there. But the point is they just won’t stop, these two. They are just like moths to the flame trying to hang out… They’re like low-grade reality stars that are trying to attach to anything.”
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Further, he went into more details and claimed his friend showed him the message Meghan sent to them.
“She is trying to get places. It’s sad. A lot of it isn’t working, and they are rolling their eyes to me, and they’re going LOL, and we are all having a good laugh about this because they’re just a bunch of goons, and no one cares.”
The broadcaster and comedian added: “Now listen, at the end of the day, I respect the hustle, I get what she’s trying to do, I get what they are trying to do, but it didn’t work, right? A lot of people at this party were like, ‘Hey man, you know, we text her back, we tried to be nice, she’s the Duchess, but we’ve had enough, we’ve had enough of her.”
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Dillon’s podcast is quite popular and he has around half a million subscribers on his YouTube channel.
Back in September, Dillon tweeted about the Sussexes. “Harry and Meghan are such a gift to this county. Thank GOD for them. They make everything OK. Just because they’re here. They’re helping people by being on NETFLIX! This was such a happenstance thing, not at all a plan they had. I love when good things just happen. There IS hope!” he wrote.
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Regarding Harry and Meghan’s future plans, it has been reported by certain media that they would get involved in yet another Netflix project, but this time, they will be behind cameras.
On the other hand, certain royal experts, including Richard Fitzwilliams, believe the couple will most likely continue to create things similar to what we’ve seen over the past few years, including shows, interviews, and books because there has been plenty left unsaid and they still enjoy enormous popularity.
“His early life might make the third (book) and Meghan could write a memoir, as has been rumoured. There is obviously plenty left that they could say in print,” the royal expert concluded.
“‘The question is, would it benefit them and how would it help their brand and the causes they support?’”
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This Earth is home of various different creatures and plants, many of which we’ve never meet or seen.
Back in 2020, a woman named Regan Daniels of North Carolina was taking the usual walk at the park in her home town when she stumbled upon something creepy but fascinating at the same time.
Assuming that the members of the Facebook group Mushroomcore would love it, Daniels shared the photos of the strangely looking fungus there, not assuming that her post would attract the attention of thousands of people.
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What Daniels actually came across was what is known as Dead Man’s Fingers (Xylaria polymorpha), a type of fungus resembling toes or fingers of a dead person trying to break through the ground. “Saw this Dead Man’s Fingers (or toes in this case) fungus that I literally thought was a Halloween decoration!,” she wrote in her post which showed the swollen, blackened “fingers.”
Many of the people, who were totally stunned by the photos, didn’t know that this fungus is actually quite common and is prevalent in Britain, Ireland, mainland Europe, and various regions across North America, so if you are observant enough, you can see it yourself.
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These mushrooms are mostly found in areas of dead or dying wood and that’s why Dead Man’s Fingers are often seen poking up through moss and rotten leaves.
A lot of people were convinced that Daniels’ photos were too surreal to be genuine, but others who have also seen these mushrooms confirmed the photos were likely authentic. “I found the mushroom in Western North Carolina in the United States at a park that I frequent,” Daniels shared with Bored Panda and added, “The walk is nice [and] it’s next to the French Broad River so there’s a lot of good scenery.”
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She took everyone’s breath away when she was crowned Miss USA back in 1972 and got to represent the country on the greatest beauty contest, Miss World. This title opened many doors for gorgeous Lynda Carter, one of which, if not the most important of all, the role of Wonder Woman.
Carter became someone everyone admired. Not only men, but women from every part of the world celebrated her flawless beauty and incredible talent.
Speaking of the time she was named the most beautiful woman in America, Carter recalled, “I didn’t get any prizes. They smack a little banner on you, they stick a crown on your head and call you a beauty queen,” branding the experience as both “bad” and “painful” because of the “certain built-in cruelty” pageants come with.
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Before landing the legendary role of the hero woman, Carter struggled with her film career. She did land a couple of roles, but she nearly ran out of money trying so she decided to take a normal job. But then, she got a call from her manager who told her that Joanna Cassidy had been turned down and that Lynda had the part of Diana Prince and her crime-fighting alter ego, Wonder Woman.
Being one of the first female superheroes ever, Wonder Woman empowered many. Just years before the series aired, thousands of women paraded down Fifth Avenue in New York asking for equality.
In an episode, Wonder Woman warned that “Any civilization that does not recognize the female is doomed to destruction. Women are the wave of the future and sisterhood is…stronger than anything.”
Carter executed the role to perfection. Her influence was immense and her character influenced a number of female writers and producers.
When told that women would be jealous of her portraying the heroine, Carter told CBS News, “Well, I said, ‘Not a chance. They won’t be, because I am not playing her that way. I want women to want to be me, or be my best friend! There is something about the character where in your creative mind for that time in your life where you pretended to be her, or whatever the situation was, that it felt like you could fly.”
In 1978, Carter was voted ‘The Most Beautiful Woman in the World,’ and a poster of her wearing a crop top became the most selling that year, which didn’t make her particularly happy.
“It’s uncomfortable because I just simply took a photograph. That’s all my participation was in my poster that sold over a million copies, was that I took a photograph that I thought was a dumb photograph. My husband said, “Oh, try this thing tied up here, it’ll look beautiful”. And the photographer said ‘the back-lighting is really terrific.’ So dealing with someone having that picture up in their… bedroom or their… living room or whatever I think would be hard for anyone to deal with,” she said in an interview during NBC television special Women Who Rate a 10.
Besides doing films and series, among which Partners in Crime, starring opposite another Hollywood beauty, Loni Anderson, and the Dukes of Hazzard, she also tried herself in theatre, landing a role in the production of Chicago.
In 2016, Carter was in attendance when the United Nations celebrated the 75th anniversary of the first appearance of Wonder Woman, declaring the female superhero as its “Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Women and Girls”.
“The greatest honor and responsibility of playing Wonder Woman was serving as a role model for fans around the world, particularly girls,” Lynda said during the ceremony.
“I’ve seen first-hand how a powerful yet compassionate superhero can inspire women to believe in themselves and men to support equality.”
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Lynda Carter was married twice. She and husband Ron Samuels, an agent and promoter, met when he asked her to his office to discuss business. He was a prominent name in the field of film and worked with huge names like those of Jennifer O’Neill, Joyce DeWitt, Jaclyn Smith, and Barbara Carreras.
Back in the day, they were one of the most famous and most adored celebrity couples.
However, they went separate ways as there were cracks in their marriage such as the question of whether they should have children or not.
“I hope he forgives me and I have forgiven him because it was painful for both people. And I wish him – honestly and truly – wish him well,” Lynda stated when their divorce was finalized in 1982.
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Two years later, Carter married Robert A. Altman, an attorney from Washington D.C.
The two met during an event organized by Maybelline, the cosmetic brand Carter was the spokesperson of. Apparently, Robert only agreed to attend it because he had heard the Wonder Woman actress would be present.
“I know that she was a good-looking actress who modeled for Maybelline, but I couldn’t quite place her,” Robert said.
“I was intending to go back to the hotel and watch a football game and I thought the last thing I wanted was to go to dinner and get mixed up with some Hollywood actress.”
Once she tied the knot with whom she considered the love of her life, Carter stepped down from the limelight and dedicated her time raising their two children.
Carter and Robert stayed together until his passing in 2021. He was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia and died at the age of 73.
The actress never truly went over the grief she felt. On what was supposed to be his 75th birthday, she shared a heartfelt message on her social media.
“Today would have been your 75th birthday. To me you cannot be gone, because the love you gave so freely endures. It lives on in me, our children, and the many people whose lives you touched. You gave so much of yourself while you were here, and today we honor your love, your life, and your legacy.
“If I were up on a mountain today, I would sing to you through the mountain’s canyons. Instead, I woke to the dawn, over the ocean and sang my heart and love to you.”
Speaking of her drinking addiction, the now 71-year-old actress explained, “I’ve been in recovery for 23 years. And I didn’t even start drinking till I was in my mid-20s. I would stop drinking for two or three years, then start again and it just felt terrible. That was a long time ago and now I’m very happy,” adding that her late husband helped her a lot and was her knight in shining armour.
Lynda Carter remains one of the most beautiful women of Hollywood. She defies age and is as gorgeous as she has ever been.
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33-year-old Alia Nasyrova is not an ordinary looking woman. On the contrary, her appearance is so staggering that she attracts the attention of many wherever she goes. Why you may wonder. Well, it is because of her incredibly long hair which reaches 90 inches.
Speaking of her stunning locks, Alia says, “I started to grow my hair because since childhood I liked long hair very much. And I was always attracted (to) long hair heroines from fairy tales.” The Latvian-born woman now works as “a very long hair model, and is also a Queen of super long hair!”
She earns her living from offering exclusive content of her hair to paying fans.
On her website, she writes, “I dream of traveling the world, looking for long-haired girls, telling about them and showing this beauty, which I treat as an art.”
Of course, having such long hair requires a lot of work. Among the rest, it takes an hour for Alia to wash it, and a full day to air dry it. The hair also requires its day bag, packed with 22 pounds of liquids that include shampoo, conditioner and other hair accessories.
Her husband, Ivan Balaban, adores his wife’s hair and loves the way she looks, but as he says, he stays away from Alia’s hair in order to avoid to damage it in any way. In a 2017 interview, he said, “I am always cuddling up the wall to give more space for hair, so there is no way I can damage it accidentally, mix them up or harm it any other way.
“I always talk to the braid respectfully. Sometimes I ask it to move a bit,” he added.
Of course, although it looks fascinating, having hair as long as that of Alia can be tricky at times. “Once in my childhood when I was in theatre someone left gum in my hair, it was a tragedy,” she said. “I had to cut out a clump of hair to get rid of this gum, because it was very difficult.”
Now if you think that Alia holds the world record of having the longest hair, you are wrong. This record is held by Xie Qiuping from China whose hair is measured at 18th 5 in long, which is the length of an adult male giraffe.
Who doesn’t enjoy eggs for breakfast? No matter if you like them scrambled, poached, or even sunny side up, eggs are the best way to start your day in a healthy way. They give us the energy we need and make perfect combo with cheese, tomatoes, and bacon.
Although it’s unusual, it may happen for some eggs to have two yolks. Do you recall coming across an egg like that? Even if you have, there is one Texas farmer who can brag with something way cooler than a two-yolk egg. And that’s a double egg. If you don’t know what we are talking about, take a look at this amazing story.
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Double-shelled eggs are so rare that even though there are videos of people cracking them open, many people are convinced they are not real.
The process occurs when “an egg that is nearly ready be laid reverses direction and gets a new layer of albumen covered by a second shell,” reports Poultry Help.
According to Countryside Network, the process that causes the egg to reverse is called a ‘counter-peristalsis contraction’.
However, there is this YouTube video of a man who describes himself as “just an old Texas farmer appreciating nature” discovering a huge egg laid by an average sized chicken. The video was uploaded in July 2015, and so far, it has been seen more than 3 million times.
The farmer starts tapping the egg and makes a small crack in the shell. He then peels off one small part and we can clearly see the yolk.
“Oh, I see another surprise!” he says with a chuckle.
“A double egger!”
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The farmer slowly pours the yolk out of the shell, until only the inner egg remains. He says, “No double yolks, that’s for wimps. We got double eggs!”
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The second egg which was inside the big one is with a regular size. He cracks that one too, and it’s just a plain egg, like those we buy at the grocery store.
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