Remembering the man who sang the best love songs of all time: Rest in peace, Burt Bacharach

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Burt Bacharach, one of the most famous composers of 20th century pop music died at the age of 94.

The news of his passing had been shared by Bacharach’s publicist, who told Associated Press that the acclaimed composer died of natural causes due to old age.

Most of Bacharach’s songs marked entire eras, including the 50s’, 60s’, 70s’ and the 80s’. Not only he created some of the most iconic movie soundtrack songs, but he helped many music stars reach the top charts. Over the course of his career, he scored more than 50 chart hits in the US and UK, with artists such as Warwick, Frank Sinatra, The Beatles, Barbra Streisand, Tom Jones, Aretha Franklin and Elvis Costello, among the rest.

LOS ANGELES – 1987: Composer and producer Burt Bacharach poses for a portrait in 1987 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry Langdon/Getty Images)

Bacharach most often collaborated with lyricist Hal David and together they created enduring hits such as What The World Needs Now Is Love, I Say A Little Prayer, Walk on By, Alfie, What’s New Pussycat? and many more. The list is endless.

In 2008, when Bacharach received the lifetime achievement Grammy, he was hailed music’s “greatest living composer.” In addition to this award, he won three Oscars, two Golden Globes, and five more Grammy awards.

Bacharach was both an innovator and throwback who triumphed in many art forms; Truly one of a kind.

He was married four times, but the strongest bond he had ever formed was that with creation of music, something he was entirely devoted to and loved doing.

Bacharach was born in Kansas City, Missouri but grew up in Kew Gardens, New York. Even when he was still just a child, he showed interest in music, most specifically, jazz.

Many found his music as “easy listening,” and old-fashioned style. His buoyant pop songs and smooth, jazzy instrumentals marked the 1960s. His songs can be heard in both Mad Men and Austin Powers. Bacharach made a memorable appearance in the second Austin Powers film, performing I’ll Never Fall in Love Again on an open top bus with Elvis Costello and was loved for his cameos in the Austin Powers film franchise.

What’s most, the song The Look of Love influenced the idea of Austin Powers in Mike Myers as he was driving home from hockey practice, according to Entertainment Weekly.

“Did I arrive at that intellectually? No,” he told Rolling Stone in 1999.

“I arrived at it by hearing the song ‘The Look of Love,’ the national anthem of libido, and thinking, ‘Where have all the swingers gone?'”

Speaking of Bacharach, Costello said in a 2018 interview with The Associated Press, “The shorthand version of [Bacharach] is that he’s something to do with easy listening.

“It may be agreeable to listen to these songs, but there’s nothing easy about them. Try playing them. Try singing them.”

While writing some of his most unforgettable songs, Bacharach was going through a period of grief. After four failed marriages, he lost his 40-year-old autistic daughter to suicide. She could feel something was wrong with her when he was still young, but it took doctors thirty years to diagnose her with Asperger’s syndrome. Six years later, she took her own life.

These hardships touched Bacharach’s soul and that pain affected his music in the most profound ways possible.

Rest in peace Burt Bacharach, your songs will live forever.

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Sobbing Loudoun County teacher quits in protest over CRT lessons during school board meeting

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Loudoun County, Virginia, teacher Laura Morris resigned from the position of a teacher which she held for a majority of her career while she gave an emotional speech against the prevalence of critical race theory and other political objectives in public schools during a board meeting.

Morris, a fifth grade teacher at Lucketts Elementary School, told the board, “I’m a Christian woman, and they’ve said they don’t want us here. I’ve found employment elsewhere.”

Her speech and her resignation were a form of a protest against the policies of the school board.

Among the rest, she accused the school board of forcing her ‘to push highly-politicized agendas on our most vulnerable constituents – the children’ and explained that teachers were highly encouraged to report any colleagues who were speaking against the teaching programs they were forced to follow.

Morris added that she felt like she could no longer be a part of an organization that convinced her ‘white, Christian, able-bodied females’ needed to be reined in.

“This summer I have struggled with the idea of returning to school, knowing that I’ll be working yet again with a school division that, despite its shiny tech and flashy salary, promotes political ideologies that do not square with who I am as a believer in Christ,” Morris said.

“I am very sad about some things that I am giving up and leaving behind, but regret is not the word … I don’t regret what I did,” she told Fox News after her speech went viral. “I don’t regret anything I said, and I don’t regret anything I did — because I … was happy to do this.”

Loudoun County has drawn national attention as parents and administrators spar over controversial teaching material and a recent transgender policy, which was approved by the board.

Morris’ speech was triggered by all this and by her disapproval of the excessive focus on “equity trainings” and the imposition of political views on the pupils.

Critical race theory and educational equity remain hotly debated topics across the country. The schools need to carefully consider how to handle these issues.

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Football players think pep rally is over until their moms line up for epic dance

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Moms would go to any length for their children, and if that involves getting part in a dance routine in front of the entire school, so be it.

The football team at Steele High School were heading to the playoffs so the school decided to throw a pep rally for them. Everyone was having a blast and then the announcer said there were special guests who would perform for the crowd.

In the next moment, a group of women with white masks on their faces took the ‘stage.’

As they hit the center court, all eyes were on them, and people started wondering who could they be.

The 11 women stood in formation and started their routine, which was an awesome one indeed.

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The crowd started cheering and applauding, still not knowing who’s behind those masks. Some time later, the dancers pulled their masks off and the players were flabbergasted to learn it was their moms who danced their hearts out in order to celebrate their success.

It was later revealed that they managed to learn the steps with the help of a student who came up with the choreography and by watching videos of Silentó’s “Watch Me” and of the iHeart Memphis’s “Hit The Quan.”

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Melissa Fields, one of the moms who was part of the dance routine, said she suffered from nervousness and stage-fright, but managed to overcome both because she knew she was doing all that to make her son happy. Also, she appreciated the opportunity “to come out of our comfort zone.”

“If I went to a club right now, I wouldn’t know what to do,” she added. “I went on YouTube and thought ‘Oh no, there is no way we would be able to pull this off.’”

But she did! And all the other moms did it.

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The moment the football players came down to hug their moms was worth all the time spent practicing.

You can take a look at the video below. We hope you’ll enjoy it as much as we did.

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Flight attendant gives hilarious response to an arrogant rich woman

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A very well dressed woman at this person’s flight refused to raise her tray when asked to do so by the gay flight attendant. Instead, she showed some pretty rude behavior, but how the flight attendant dealt with her cheekiness has everyone laughing.  

Make sure you read it till the end.

My flight was being served by an obviously gay flight attendant, who was camping it up outrageously. He seemed to put everyone in a good mood as he served us food and drinks.

As the plane prepared to descend, he came swishing down the aisle and told us:

”Captain Marvey has asked me to announce that he’ll be landing the big scary plane shortly, so lovely people, if you could just put your trays up, that would be super.”

On his trip back up the aisle, he noticed an extremely well-dressed and exotic young woman hadn’t moved a muscle.

“Perhaps you didn’t hear me over those big brute engines but I asked you to raise your tray, so the main man can pitty-pat us on the ground.”

She calmly turned her head and said, “In my country, I am called a Princess and I take orders from no one.”

To which the flight attendant replied, without missing a beat:

“Well, sweet-cheeks, in my country I’m called a Queen, so I outrank you. Tray up, Bitch.”

We didn’t see this coming, did you? 🙂


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From 1990s beauty to unrecognizable today

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If you were a fan of the long-running TV show Dynasty, then you remember the stunning actress behind the character of Sammy Jo Carrington.

This role helped Heather Locklear rise to stardom and become a fan-favorite. Today, she can brag with quite a career in the world of film.

Today, Locklear is 61 and although she looks stunning, she doesn’t resemble her old self.

Recently, she was photographed with her fiance Chris Heisser, and many agree that her appearance changed drastically, with some saying they haven’t even recognized her.

The couple was spotted shopping at an antique mall in Agoura Hills, California, not far from her $4.8 million home.

The Melrose Place actress was make-up free and wore Lauren Moshi’s “biting lips” skull logo t-shirt. She had a huge smile on her face, indicating she was having a nice time with her partner.

Locklear has a well-documented history of struggles with substance abuse and mental health issues. Luckily, it looks like she’s fighting her way back to health and is now more vibrant than ever.

A while go, she sparked concerns when she was spotted talking to herself while her fiance was waiting her inside the car. Fans, however, defended her and assumed her behavior was a result of some bad news she had probably received prior to when the photos were taken.

Locklear and Heisser got engaged in April 2020, and the actress says she’s not in a hurry to get married. Her fiance is her high-school sweetheart.

“I’m like, ‘You’re my man for the rest of my life, whether we get married or not,’ ” she shared with People in October 2020.

“[A wedding] is so not important. We’re together, and we love each other and support each other. And really that’s all that matters.”

Locklear is a mother to one daughter, Ava, whom she had with her second husband, Bon Jovi lead guitarist Richie Sambora.

Previously, she was married to Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee, whom she divorced in 1993.

Locklear and Richie tied the knot in 1994 in a private civil ceremony in New Jersey. Their formal wedding took place in Paris, and the Melrose Place star wore a candlelight white gown designed by Nolan Miller, who also designed the lavish costumes for Dynasty. 

The couple stayed together for 13 years before calling it quits. As of Ava, being a child of two celebs was quite a ride. When she was young, she could often be seen on stage during the Bon Jovi concerts. Sometimes, she would introduce them to the audience and she even danced with the members while they performed.

We are glad Heather Locklear was able to overcome the difficulties in her life and stay sober after battling substance and alcohol abuse.

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Prince William’s last ever words to Diana break our hearts

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When the ‘People’s Princess’ lost her life in a tragic car accident, her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, were still very young. The news of their mother’s passing changed their lives forever.

Lady Di rose to prominence upon her engagement to then-Prince Charles. She was a fascinating public figure who enchanted millions with her nurturing nature.

The media was obsessed with her and followed her every move, and according to many, pushed her to her death.

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She lost her life after she and her partner Dodi Fayed, the son of Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al-Fayed, her driver Henri Paul, and her bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones crashed the Mercedes in the Pont de I’Alma tunnel in Paris while trying to escape the paparazzi.

According to reports, Lady Di passed away as a result of massive internal injuries and a ruptured blood vessel which caused internal bleeding.

Her funeral was watched by 2.3 billion people from all over the world. Diana’s passing was a loss that crushed billions of hearts. There was no single Briton who didn’t mourn her death. She was laid to rest at her family’s estate of Althorp, on a small island in the middle of the Oval Lake.

Dodi Fayed’s father, Mohamed Al-Fayed, whose son died at the scene, was convinced that the crash was no incident at all.

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Prior to the car crash, Diana called her sons, who were spending time in the Scottish Highlands with their cousins. When she talked to Harry, he was eager to end up the phone call as soon as possible because he wanted to continue playing outside. He, however, wasn’t aware that would be the last time he spoke to his loving mother.

“I can’t really necessarily remember what I said but all I do remember is probably regretting for the rest of my life, how short that call was,” he said.

“If I’d known that that was the last time I was going to speak to my mother the things that I would – the things I would have said to her.”

Harry never truly got over the pain of losing his mother. He even confessed that he only cried twice to express his feeling of grief. The first time was in 1997 when he visited his mother’s grave.

“There’s not a day that William and I don’t wish that she was still around, and we wonder what kind of a mother she would be now, and what kind of a public role she would have, and what a difference she would be making.”

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Prince William also opened up about the grief and the pain for his late mother and revealed his final conversation with her.

“Slowly, you try and rebuild your life, and you try and understand what’s happened, and I kept saying to myself that, you know, my mother would not want me to be upset,” William said. “She’d not want me to be down. She’d not want me to be like this. I kept myself busy as well—which is good and bad sometimes—but allows you to kind of get through that initial shock phase.”

William will never forget the last few heartbreaking words he uttered to his mother.

“The very last memory I have is a phone call from Balmoral. At the time, Harry and I were running around, minding our own business, playing with our cousins, and having a very good time,” William said. “Harry and I were in a desperate rush to say, ‘Goodbye, see you later, can I go off?’ If I’d known what was going to happen, I wouldn’t have been quite so blasé about it. That phone call sticks in my mind quite heavily.”

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On what would have been Diana’s 60th birthday, William and Harry, despite their dispute, unveiled a bronze statue of their mother in the Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace on July 1, 2021.

“Today, on what would have been our Mother’s 60th birthday, we remember her love, strength and character – qualities that made her a force for good around the world, changing countless lives for the better,” the brothers said in a shared statement.

“Every day, we wish she were still with us, and our hope is that this statue will be seen forever as a symbol of her life and her legacy.”

Rest in peace, Lady Di, you are missed.

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King Charles’ new plan for reuniting with Prince Archie – he can’t wait to meet his grandson

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That the relationship between the King of England and his younger son is a rocky one is something everyone is very aware of.

It all started with the decision of the Sussexes to step down from their royal duties and then things turned even more heated when Harry and Meghan were hosted by Oprah and revealed a number of things about the Firm. They accused members of the royal family for racism among the rest.

Neither William nor Charles were happy with those accusations.

Further, Harry’s all-tell memoir Spare and the couple’s Netflix documentary didn’t help matters at all.

Now, it has been revealed, however, that peace talks are about to take place and rumors are that King Charles is willing to offer an olive branch but the reason behind it isn’t the attempt to reconcile with his son and daughter-in-law as it is for the opportunity to be able to spend more time around their children, Archie and Lilibet.

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Harry and Charles’ last meeting took place on May 6, the day of Charles’ coronation.

Harry’s visit, however, was a brief one. He did attended the ceremony, but wasn’t present at the lunch, and according to reports, many of the members of the royalty were relieved when they learned Harry won’t stay long in Britain.

The reason why the Prince left his homeland in such a hurry was that he wanted to attend his son’s birthday party, which was on the same day as the coronation.

In fact, if Harry stayed, it would probably be an awkward situation since he’s relationship with most of his closest relatives, including his father and brother, is still a rocky one.

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Media outlets report that the King will likely invite both Harry and Meghan, as well as their children, to the celebration of his 75th birthday, despite the fact that he’s still outraged at his son for the things he has said, especially for referring to Charles’ wife as to a “wicked stepmother” and accusing her of leaking stories to the press years ago.

As per the Daily Mail, Charles’ birthday celebration would be a low-key affair, a “minimal” and “family-oriented” one.

“His Majesty is not given to fuss over such things as it is, but he is [also] acutely conscious there have been many set-piece royal events of late, and his firm thinking is that events to mark his birthday will be minimal,” a source told the Daily Mail.

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In his new book OUR KING: Charles III: The Man and the Monarch, royal author Robert Jobson writes about King Charles’s anguish over his grandchildren, who are sixth and seventh in the line of succession.

Jobson claims that Archie and Lilbet are “always in Charles’ heart,” despite the fact that his relationship with Harry and Meghan made things quite challenging.

“Unfortunately, due to the poor relationship with his second son Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Charles has spent hardly any quality time with his other grandchildren, Archie and his sister, Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor,” Jobson wrote in his book, as quoted by the Mirror.

“But those close to him say they are always in his heart. It is one of the reasons he finds the estrangement from his second son so difficult to cope with.”

Charles visited his grandson for the first time shortly after his birth when the Sussexes still resided in the UK.

“A week after Archie was born in May 2019, Charles had gone to see Harry and Meghan at Frogmore Cottage and was thrilled as he cradled the baby boy in his arms,” Jobson explains. “But even then, the Sussexes were planning their escape from the Firm.”

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Charles has never visited Archie and Lili in the United Stated, where they currently live.

They, however, visited Britain together with their parents on late Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee.

The meeting between the little ones and their father’s side of the family was an emotional one, BBC reported.

“It was fantastic to see them. It was wonderful to have them back in Britain,” the source said. “The prince and the duchess were absolutely thrilled to see them. He said it was also ‘very, very special’ for [then-Prince] Charles to spend time with his grandson, Archie, now aged three.”

Reports are that Harry will be in attendance for this year’s Invictus Games in Germany next month, on September 17, and that peace talks will reportedly be held there.

“King Charles is due to return to London from Balmoral in the middle of September, which ties with the end of Harry’s Invictus Games trip to Dusseldorf,” a royal source told OK!

“The King has a rescheduled official visit to France on September 20 so has a few days to spare in London to meet with his son. Staff are trying to fine-tune the details as we speak,” the source adds.

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The meeting will be first since the coronation.

“The King loves his son very much, but he has been mortally wounded by what he has done. He will always be there for him but draws the line at public slanging matches,” the source continued. “If the talks take place, the King will make it very clear that there will be absolutely no private family business discussed in public moving forward,” the source said.

“The King loves his son very much, but he has been mortally wounded by what he has done. He will always be there for him but draws the line at public slanging matches,” the insider said.

“If the talks take place, the King will make it very clear that there will be absolutely no private family business discussed in public moving forward.”

Another demand which Harry will have to hear before any peace talks take place involves the king being able to see his grandson, Archie.

We hope that the members of one of the most famous and most influential families in the world would be able to smooth things down and repair what is broken.

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Weird! This looks like a regular family photo until you see what’s underneath mom

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With the huge number of photos posted online on a daily basis, it’s totally expected many of them to go viral because of one reason or another.

The following photos will make you wonder what’s wrong with them, but once you see it, you can never unsee it.

Family portrait

Number one is this lovely family photos of a mom, a dad, and their four children. They are all smiles and it’s obvious they are having a blast while taking this photo. However, if you take a closer look, you will notice human’s eyes lurking from underneath the mother.

Who Let The Dog Out?

If this looks like a regular classroom to you, look twice. Among all these students who are paying attention to the lecture, taking notes, and minding their own business, there is a huge dog doing exactly the same.

What is interesting is that no one seems to be bothered by the presence of the canine. But who knows, maybe the class is on Paw-litical’ theory.

Till Death Do Us Part

The wedding day is the best day in many people’s lives. It is the day they commit to that one person they want to spend their eternity with.

The photo above shows the beauty of such a moment, but there is one ‘tiny’ detail that makes it even better, or at least hilarious. If you take a closer look at the bottoms of the groom’s shoes, you can read the word ‘HELP.’ This is quite a cry for help, don’t you agree? It’s great that it’s just done for making the guests laugh.

Face-Lift

These girls having a fun day at the beach decided to take a photo of themselves and cherish the memory forever, but the picture was photobombed by a man whose head popped up in the background.

Well, someone found this funny and decided to make it even more entertaining by photo shopping the man’s face on every girl’s face. Did you even notice?

Pose And Now Say- Cheese!

Another photo of a girls’ company having a blast at the beach. They decide to pose for a photo not realizing a man in the background joins them. He does make a nice addition to the photo, don’t you agree?

Just a Face In a Tree

Halloween is that time of the years when everyone tends to come up with a unique mask idea. Well, it seems like these four friends, yes, you’ve read that right, did an amazing job, especially the fourth one, who decided to mask himself into a tree, or just hide behind it.

Which photo confused you the most?

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