From Cheers to The Good Place, actor Ted Danson, who turned 75 a few days ago, has enjoyed decades of success as one of television’s most beloved stars.
The acclaimed entertainer has been married three times, but has only found true love with his third wife, Mary Steenburgen.
This couple’s love story is a fascinating one. They tied the knot in 1995 and their love for one another grows stronger and stronger with each passing day.
“I’m madly in love with Mary Steenburgen. She’s a remarkable human being, so I’m just incredibly blessed,” Danson said.
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The two first met in 1983 on the set of film Cross Creek when Danson auditioned for the role of Steenburgen’s on-screen husband but failed to get the part. The actor wasn’t disappointed for not getting the role because as he later revealed, he wasn’t at the best place in his life at the time.
When they first laid eyes on one another, both Danson and Steenburgen were married to other people.
However, as fate would have it, they met again some 10 years later following their initial meeting and couldn’t ignore one another. At that point, they were both divorced and planned to stay single, but that’s not how things turned out. Although they wanted to be just friends at the beginning, a trip to Mendocino, California changed that and they fell madly in love. Fast forward to today, they are still head over hills for one another.
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Back in the day, Steenburgen introduced Danson to the practice of transcendental meditation and he claims that saved his life. Namely, the actor suffers from arthritis, an autoimmune disease for which there is no known cure, and this form of meditation helps him alleviate the pain.
“Life gets more complicated and stressful the older you are. I no longer find [meditation] fun and interesting — I find it a lifesaver.”
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We are glad Ted Danson found a way to facilitate his life despite his health struggles.
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From working as a milkman, a lorry driver and a coffin polisher in his young days, to being knighted in 2000, the first ever secret agent James Bond had an incredible life. Born to parents who were poor, he left school at the age of 13 to be able to work and help his family make ends meet.
Sean Connery, one of the most charming men on the planet, who was named the sexiest man alive twice by the People magazine, passed away at 90. He always won each battle on the screen, but lost the most important one in 2020 when he left the world mourning his loss.
Connery, the 007 agent who played in seven Bond films and won an Academy Award for The Untouchables, once said that his favorite movie was From Russia with Love.
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When he turned 17, Connery was drafted into the Royal Navy but returned home three years later due to a duodenal ulcer.
At the time, he still went by his birth name, Thomas, or Tom, as his friends called him.
“He wasn’t Sean Connery then – we all knew him as Tom,” his old colleague Tommy Wark told The Scotsman in 2005. “I was on the joinery side, and he worked with two women from Craigmillar who did the polishing of the caskets.
“He came there to start work about 1950 and had nowhere to stay. I know he spent a few nights sleeping in a coffin just after he started,” Wark added.
Taking part in the Mr. Universe contest opened the doors to a completely new world for Connery. Casting directors noticed him and offered him minor roles in different movies. Ten years needed to pass before he was cast for the role of the most famous agent the world has ever heard of, that of James Bond.
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James Bond came to life through the books of novelist Ian Fleming, with the first one, titled Casino Royale, being published in 1953. Ever since, the fascination with the agent has only grew bigger and bigger. The story behind the name of what would become a prestigious role came after Fleming read the ornithological book entitled Birds Of The West Indies whose author’s name was, well, guess what? James Bond.
“I wanted the simplest, dullest, plainest-sounding name I could think of. James Bond seemed perfect,” Flemming explained.
As the movie became a worldwide phenomenon, Connery turned into a sex symbol and a millionaire.
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Sean was married two times. In 1962, the actor married Diane Cilento with whom he had son Jason Connery, his only biological child. In 1975, he tied the knot with Micheline Roquebrune and stayed together with her until the rest of his life. Their relationship and marriage withstood time despite Sean’s well-documented love affair with Lynsey de Paul during the late ’80s.
When he and Roquebrune first met, she didn’t know he was a celebrity.
“I saw this man from the back, and of course, he had a fine physique, but that first day I didn’t know who he was or anything about him,” she told The Sun in 2011, recalling their first meeting. “Then I dreamed I saw this man. I was in his arms. And I thought, ‘At last, peace.’ The next day I went back to the tournament, and that was that!”
“Micheline is an amazing woman. She is the love of my life,” the actor added.
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The two were together for 45 years, until his passing.
Roquebrune opened up about Sir Connery’s last months of his life and admitted he was suffering from dementia. He died at the age of 90, in his sleep, and his wife says it was exactly how he wished to leave this world.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, Roquebrune said, “It was no life for him. He was not able to express himself latterly. At least he died in his sleep and it was just so peaceful. I was with him all the time and he just slipped away. It was what he wanted.
“He was gorgeous and we had a wonderful life together,” she added. “He was a model of a man. It is going to be very hard without him, I know that. But it could not last forever and he went peacefully.”
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After his death, Sir Connery’s wife told Scottish Mailon Sunday how her husband’s final wish was for his ashes to be scattered in Scotland and the Bahamas. “We are going to bring Sean back to Scotland – that was his final wish.”
Sir Sean Connery was truly one of a kind. May he rest in peace.
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Giving back is one of the most important attributes in a person. It is because of people who are lending a helping hand when someone needs it the most that this world is a better place.
One such person, who serves as an inspiration to many, is former professional NFL player Warrick Dunn.
His life wasn’t an easy one as he and his siblings lost their mother who was a single parent working two jobs in order to provide for her children.
Namely, Dunn’s mom, Betty Dunn Smothers, was a police officer in Louisiana. However, she worked as a security guard at the same time because she had always dreamed of owning a home and did all in her power to make that wish come true. Sadly, one night, as she and the store owner where she worked were headed to the bank to make a deposit when someone fired shots on them. While the store owner was injured, Smothers died at the scene, leaving her five children orphans.
“I never really had a childhood,” Dunn said in a 1994 interview with the Los Angeles Times. “I’ve never been able to go out and just go crazy, like most kids, because I grew up staying in the house a lot, baby-sitting.”
Dunn took all the care for his younger siblings and thanks to donations made by his mom’s colleagues, the family managed to raise a trust fund of over $200,000. That, and their mom’s life insurance helped the siblings stay together in a house in Baton Rouge with their grandmother.
“It’s something my mom always wanted, a house,” Dunn said at the time. “And it’s something we couldn’t afford.”
Following his mother’s passing, Dunn started playing football for the Florida State University and was chosen by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the first round of the 1997 NFL draft after graduation.
The football player was challenged by his coach Tony Dungy to give back to the Florida community during his stay at Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Dunn accepted the challenge. From that moment on, giving back became his thing, it became something he centered his life around, and today, his Homes for the Holidays program has provided homes for over 200 single families over the years.
“The more I learned, we wanted to get into the business of giving people the potential to break their cycle of poverty,” Dunn explained. “Over the last 21 years, I’ve just learned a lot about different issues people face.”
Dunn’s program partners with various other organizations, financial institutions, development groups, and Habitat for Humanity, which helps build homes for disadvantaged families. “We’ve come up with services that can really help give families tools so they can have some stability long term, and with that is financial literacy, health and wellness, education attainment and workforce development and entrepreneurship,” Dunn explained.
So far, the program expended with three more, Count on Your Future, Sculpt, and Hearts for Community Service. These programs provide financial support for higher education for youngsters who are active volunteers in their community.
Dunn’s dream is to improve the quality of life for unprivileged families.
“It’s not just about home ownership. And it’s not just about the parents, it’s really more about the kids and their futures and trying to create a better society long term,” Dunn said. “I just want to be able to continue to wrap my arms around the communities that we’re in and really support them and help them grow and keep that stability.”
In the past, Dunn sought help from counselors to help him overcome the grief and accept the fact that his mom is no longer around. He even visited one of his mother’s killers in prison and said he forgave them for what they did, and that speaks of the fact that Warrick Dunn is without a doubt one of the greatest men there are. He truly has a heart of gold and we are certain he’s mom would have been proud of everything he is doing for others.
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Christmas is the time when we show our gratitude for everything we have. It is the time of love and forgiveness; the time when we reflect on everything we have achieved, and make new resolutions we hope will turn into a reality.
A huge number of people from every corner of the world celebrated Christmas this year. Many of them posted photos on the social media in order to share a glimpse of the magic their homes were filled with during the celebrations. Of course, celebrities were not exception.
They also shared plenty of photos of their Christmas trees, their families, and unwrapping gifts, but for one celeb, the most precious gift is yet to arrive.
Hilary Swank, the Million Dollar Baby star, who is a recipient of a number of awards, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, is getting ready for her biggest role yet, that of a mother.
Swank announced her pregnancy on Good Morning America in October, when she said that she and husband Philip Schneider would be on double duty. “This is something that I’ve been wanting for a long time and my next thing is I’m gonna be a mom,” she posted on Twitter. “And not just of one, but of two. I can’t believe it.”
A few days ago, Swank shared an adorable photo of herself posing next to her decorated Christmas tree while showing off her growing baby bump in red and white striped pajamas.
“We couldn’t wish for a more incredible miracle ✨ So grateful for these two gifts of a lifetime!! 🎁🎁 Merry Christmas Everyone!! Wishing you all miracles in your own lives in whatever forms they take. 🙌🏽#MerryChristmas #Miracles,” the mom-to-be wrote captioned the cute photo.
Speaking of her decision to become a mom later in life, the actress said that it was something she’s always dreamed of, but it was just a matter of timing.
“I was having a career and not having the right relationship until… four years ago, and all the elements needed to come together and be right,” she explained, and added, “It’s just something I thought about even as a young girl. It’s something that was on my mind, so it’s nice to be here and just be pregnant.”
The twins are due to arrive on a day that holds a special meaning for the actress.
During an appearance on Drew Barrymore’s talk show, Swank shared a touching coincidence.
“You just announced that your father passed away one year ago, and this miracle is happening,” Barrymore said at the time.
“Yeah, and they are due on his birthday,” Swank replied.
The actress received plenty of likes and comments on her adorable Christmas photo, with some of her fans saying, “Absolutely glowingly beautiful,” and “I love you!!! ❤️ So happy for you. You’ll be the best mom I can tell. Merry Christmas to you all and bless you!”
We are so glad Hilary Swank is having her greatest wish coming true.
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Rising actor Tyler Sanders, who received a Daytime Emmy nomination for Just Add Magic and starred in The Rookie, Fear the Walking Dead, and 9-1-1 Lone Star, was found dead inside his Los Angeles home on June 16. According to reports, some of his friends decided to call the police and ask them to check on Sanders after they hadn’t heard from him all morning and that’s when police officers found the child actor’s lifeless body.
The news of Sanders’ passing were confirmed by his agent Pedro Tapia at the time. Through a statement, Tapia expressed his sadness over the tragic incident.
Rumors were that young Sanders started using drugs, something his parents later confirmed. They claimed he turned substance abuse in order to fight depression.
Now, six months after Sanders died, the cause of death has finally been revealed.
According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, Sanders died of “fentanyl effects,” and his death was ruled accidental.
His parents opened up about their son’s sudden and tragic passing.
“I want others to understand that we are a family much like all other families who never thought this could happen to us,” Tyler’s mother, Ginger Sanders, said in a release obtained by Fox News Digital. “Tyler had a strong support system and still could not overcome his persistent depression. Perhaps because of his depression, Tyler sought out deep connections and to bring those around him joy.”
“Tyler was an ambitious, hard-working actor who was dealing with deep and persistent depression,” his father, David Sanders wrote in a statement released on December 29. “Although actively seeking treatment, Tyler struggled to find relief and chose to experiment with drugs. Tyler fell into drug use, not as a way to have fun socially, but rather as an attempt to overcome his profound mental health struggle.”
The devastated parents further said that they want their son’s story spread in hopes of hoping others who are battling depression quietly, without sharing their struggles with their loved ones.
“While Tyler quietly fought his inner battles, he was outwardly determined to make sure no one felt as he did. Tyler loved the Lord, loved people, and did his best every day. It is our sincere prayer that our story might save others.”
Sanders’ Instagram was filled with photos of himself and those he loved, such as a white water rafting trip, a day at Coachella, skydiving and his fitness journey. His last Instagram post showed photos of him wearing suit captioned “Styling.”
Real beauty comes from within, they say, but it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t care about the way we look on the outside. In order to try to defy age, many people turn to cosmetic products, as well as fillers, Botox, and surgeries, which make us wonder how far one should go for the sake of looking good.
Andie MacDowell is one of the few celebs who have decided to embrace their natural looks, and with that, to remind many that aging is simply a life process that we should all accept with arms wide open.
“Aging is something that you either have to decide that you like or you don’t. It’s a choice,” Andie MacDowell told Harpers Bazaar.
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Andie made a name for herself in the modeling industry when she was recruited by a rep from Wilhelmina Models during a trip to Los Angeles.
In 1978, Andie signed for Elite Model Management in New York City and her face could be seen on billboards and commercials of huge names in the fashion and beauty industry such as Yves Saint Laurent, Armani perfume, Mink International, Anne Klein, and others. Andie has been featured in some of the most prominent magazines such as Vogue.
Her successful modeling career helped her land her role in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, after which she turned to acting almost entirely although she continued modeling and became brand ambassador for L’Oreal.
In 2016, the actress spoke that she wasn’t receiving leading roles as she used to due to the fact that directors opted for younger actresses.
“I take really good care of myself and I insist to not go away. I want to work because it brings me a sense of self worth and dignity, I like my job. I may not be the lead or I may not get the starring roles that I used to because so many movies revolve around youth, but I refuse to go away because I enjoy it. I always find a way to get work. It may not be the best parts I used to get or it may not be as easy, but I’m still here.”
Today, Andie is 64 years old and looks as stunningly beautiful as always. Back in the day, when she turned 40, a reported asked her quite an awkward question regarding growing older and losing her beauty, to what the actress had the perfect response.
“I just couldn’t believe it,” MacDowell said. “I told her I really don’t feel like I’m losing my beauty, it’s just a different kind of beauty.”
“We evolve and we age, and this is part of the process,” she said. “Aging is not about losing your beauty.”
Once her hair turned grey, Andie revealed that her daughters told her she looked cool that way, so she decided to embrace it.
“My hair started going silver during COVID, and my daughters were staying next door to me … so they saw me all the time and they would say to me, ‘You look badass and you’ve got to keep this,’” she said. “I have to say, I’ve never felt more beautiful. I’m not saying that everybody has to go do this … but it suits me,” she added.
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Andie wants to spread a message that we should love ourselves the way we are, although that’s not always easy regarding the many norms imposed by the societies we live in.
“It’s a journey, but you can’t go back in time. I don’t want to pretend to be what I’m not and have never been ashamed of my age, I want to be positive about right where I am at each stage of my life,” she told Vogue in 2018.
“I think aging is something that you either have to decide that you like it or you don’t. It’s a choice,” she said in the NPR interview. “I like that people are comfortable with me getting older. I think that’s an important message for all of us that we get older and we are beautiful.”
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Bruce Willis’s family announced that he stepped away from the acting career that meant so much to him following the aphasia diagnosis, a condition which affects one’s ability to communicate.
The statement, shared by his daughter Rumer, read, “To Bruce’s amazing supporters, as a family we wanted to share that our beloved Bruce has been experiencing some health issues and has recently been diagnosed with aphasia, which is impacting his cognitive abilities.”
People close to the family say that they all hope to get as much time with the Pulp Fiction star as they can as his health is deteriorating. Further, they claimed that “Bruce can’t say much, and it doesn’t appear like he understands much of what people say,” so Emma serves as his spokesperson and communicator.
Emma, his current wife, is taking care of the actor around-the-clock but says his condition has taken its toll on her own health as well.
“Someone told me not long ago that when you over-care for someone, you end up under-caring for yourself. That stopped me in my tracks and really resonated with me,” Emma revealed.
“I don’t mother myself perfectly but I know that I have some basic baseline needs that are a must… I think it’s important to find that one thing that makes you feel good and build from there.”
She then added, “I put my family’s needs above my own, which I found does not make me any kind of hero. That amount of care for everyone else within my household had taken a toll on my mental health and overall health. And it served no one in my family.”
Fox Baltimore, Dr. Duane Campbell, Chief of Neurology and Director of the Stroke Center at MedStar Health, explains aphasia as a feeling of being “trapped.”
“It’s extremely frustrating because people feel trapped. I mean so much of quality of life is the ability to express yourself and communicate,” he said.
“If you can imagine all your families around and you can feel what’s bothering you – you know, what’s going on – and they’re speaking to you and you can’t understand what they’re saying to you. It’s extremely frustrating. It’s very isolating that effectively, it’s like you speak your own language and no one else understands you. So that’s very debilitating.”
The Willis family celebrated Christmas together, and that included Demi Moore, Bruce’s ex-wife, and their daughters.
Demi posted a photo with the caption, “We are FAMILY!! Getting into the holiday spirit!”
Unfortunately, with Bruce’s health deteriorating, they fear this could be their last Christmas together, according to sources close to the family so they want to make the most out of it.
The family was reported to have taken a trip together ahead of the holidays.
Sadly, there is currently no cure for aphasia and most people affected by it need daily support with their everyday activities.
We wish Bruce Willis many more Christmases with his loving family.
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Being a celebrity means being under the spotlight, whether one likes that or not. People are always curious about the personal life of their idols, so famous people have a hard time hiding things from the public’s eye.
Dr Phil, one of our favorite TV show hosts, is married to the love of his life and wife of 44 years, Robin McGraw. They have two children together and their marriage is based on mutual trust and care for one another. On her husband podcast, “Phil in the Blanks,” Robin said that she “do believe in love at first sight, because I do believe, I do know, I fell in love with you the very first night.”
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However, not many people know that the famous psychologist, host, and author had been married to another woman before Robin entered his life.
In fact, from what Dr Phil’s ex-wife Debbie Higgins McCall had to say about their relationship, it looks like what the two experienced is a typical American teenage romance from the movies. Dr. Phil, who was born in North Texas and grew up among the oil fields, moved to Kansas with his family so that his dad could pursue his dream of becoming a psychologists after getting an internship.
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In his new school, Phil was very popular because he excelled at sports and became the favored line backer in the school team, while Debby was the blonde cheerleader every guy fell for. The two seemed to be a match made in Heaven.
In 1970, Phil and Debby tied the knot, and according to her, that’s when things started taking the wrong turn.
In several occasions, Debby spoke how Phil told her she should take care of the house and forced her to go to the gym and lift. Besides that, she accused him of infidelity and claimed he had numerous affairs.
”When I confronted him about his infidelities, he didn’t deny these girls and told me that it had nothing to do with his feelings toward me, to grow up, that’s the way it was in the world,” Debbie said in 2002.
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Dr Phil, on the other hand, only spoke of his first wife once, during an interview with Newsweek some 18 years ago. He, however, never revealed why the two divorced, and didn’t comment on Debby’s allegations, but said how he was somehow forced to get into the marriage. ”I was the big football player, and she was the cheerleader. This was just the next thing to do. It just didn’t work out,” he said.
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He and Robin met the year he divorced. It was reported the split with Debbie cost $1 million. “Phil may still have been married at that point although they were probably separated. But Robin was young, young, young and Phil had already been married and separated, started a health club business, fleeced a bunch of people out of money and filed for bankruptcy,” author Sophia Dembling wrote in her book ”The Making of Dr.Phil”.
He’s doing his best to keep the Debbie chapter of his life in the past, where he believes it belongs.
In 2014, Debbie lost her battle to cancer. Her brother Bill Higgins confirmed the tragic incident and said how he tried contacting Phil to inform him about his sister’s death but he didn’t answer the call.
Debbie had a daughter, Marci McCall, who was born a few years after she and the famous doctor divorced.
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