Are most young people predetermined to become the sort of people their parents are? Most times, as we grow older, we realize that we resemble our mom or dad a lot. It is because we see their actions and tend to follow them, most times even without being aware of it.
Luckily, 15-year-old boy named Christian decided to take a different path in life than that of his father. As it turned out, Christian’s parents went separate ways some time ago and he didn’t get to see a lot of his father who was in and out of jail most of his life.
Christian was aware his dad wasn’t a good man, but his recent action shocked him and left him totally disappointed.
As it turned out, an elderly woman named Tona Herdon who has recently lost her husband got robbed while visiting her late husband’s grave. Someone attacked her and stole her pursue along with $700 which were inside. She reported the attack and someone was soon able to identify the attacker as Christian’s father.
The boy learned of the incident when he saw his dad’s photo on the news. He felt embarrassed. He saw his father a few days before the incident when he gave Christian $250 for his band trip, something Christian was looking forward to. However, knowing what his father did, he couldn’t help but wonder whether that money was Tona’s.
He felt that the right thing to do was reach out to her and give her the money. The two met at a parking lot and Christian explained that his dad gave him the money and returned $250 to her.
78-year-old Tona was deeply touched by Christian’s action. She was aware he wasn’t to be blamed for his father’s crime. She then took the money back. However, realizing how genuine Christian’s apology was, she simply couldn’t allow him to miss the trip that meant so much to him.
Believe it or not, she then offered the money to him.
This story is so touching that it brought tears to our eyes. If you want to learn more go to the video below.
Starring in huge hit movies like Lost in Translation, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Hitchcock and the blockbuster The Avengers, speaks a lot of how great of an actress Scarlett Johansson truly is.
Talented, beautiful, and grounded, Scarlett is adored by many. However, despite her world-wide fame, she tends to live a quiet life, out of the spotlight. The fact is that she has never been considered a huge-tabloid actress. What we know of her private life is that she was married three times. Her union with fellow actor Ryan Reynolds lasted for less than three years. She then married Frenchman Roman Dauriac with whom she has daughter Rose Dorothy Dauriac. The girl got her middle name from Scarlett’s grandmother, Dorothy, who has always been a very important person in the actress’ life. In 2020, Scarlett married her current husband, Colin Jost, who is an actor, comedian, and a writer. The two are parents of 5-month-old son Cosmo Jost.
What many people aren’t aware of is that Scarlett Johansson has a twin brother, handsome Hunter Johansson. Besides Hunter, Scarlett has three more siblings, Vanessa, Christian, and Adrian, but being a twin, it’s natural that her relationship with Hunter is somewhat special.
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What these two have in common is their love and strong affection for family.
”Family is so important to me, it’s my guiding light. We were a really tight unit, it’s just a such important part of my life. People often ask me like ’so what do you do for fun?’. I hang out with my family,” Hunter said on the The Impossible Network podcast.
“We shared everything, and so I think I started my life, literally, from day one having to compromise, having to collaborate, having to listen, having to ignore that I’m not the only one around.
“I had kind of a different perspective and the perspective of my older siblings. I looked up to my older sister Vanessa a lot, she was a guiding force through life where parents didn’t have the most input on.”
After the divorce with Reynolds, Scarlett felt blue, but her brother and her grandma were there to help her overcome the dark period of her life. “I’ve got a few very close girlfriends who have been by my side for 15 years now, who I can talk to about everything and confide in,” the actress told Irish Central. “I’ve got a close relationship with my twin brother Hunter as well.”
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While she is a huge name in the world of film, Hunter chose a totally different career. The only time he appeared on the big screen was with the film Manny & Lo from 1996, but that was it.
Instead, he commits all his time and energy trying to protect the planet. He studied at the University of Vermont, majoring in environmental studies, but later switched to environmental economics. After graduation, environmental work wasn’t what he got involved into. He started working as a bartender in Miami. During that time, he went through what he described as a “dark period” in his life, but thanks to his family, especially his sister Vanessa, he got control over his life again.
He went on to grad school at NYU and got his master’s degree in public administration in late 2019.
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With the hurricanes that struck US, Hunter switched to community work entirely.
“When Sandy happened, it was seeing devastation first hand,” he explained. “I realized that, ’hey this is a trend, there’s a massive problem here. We’re not ready for this, were not responding correctly. People are loosing lives and they shouldn’t be’.
“When Maria happened [in 2017], I just had to be down there. I couldn’t let my fellow Americans struggle and be in this utter despair. It was this urge to see what was going on there. People were desperate.”
When Maria struck, it turned out that firstresponders were unable to provide enough help because the power was cut. Ever since, Hunter is working on placing solar panels on police and fire stations. His organization Solar Responders has helped install them on Puerto Rico’s 200 fire and police stations. The cost was estimated at $11.5 million. He did that with the help of Scarlett who was generous enough to support her brother’s dream and passion.
“Thanks to writer Colin Jost, actress Scarlett Johansson and all of our supporters for your generous donations,” the organization’s websites states. “During the first 5 months after Hurricane Maria, firefighters in Rincon relied on a dirty diesel generator and bi-weekly oil deliveries to power their station. Now, when the power-grid fails, reliable and renewable solar power will ensure firefighters can serve the 15,000+ residents, hundreds of businesses and thousands of tourists that support the local economy.”
Scarlett even visited Puerto Rico with her husband to see his brother’s work.
“If there is a truly altruistic person I know in my life, it’s my brother,” she told People. “He reminds me to be a better person all the time. I’m incredibly proud of him.”
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We wish all siblings were as close and as supportive of one another as these two. What a beautiful bond they share.
It feels like 2022 started out rough for the entertainment industry. After the passing of Betty White and Bob Saget, yet another celebrity icon left this world, musician and actor Meat Loaf. Although the cause of dead remains unclear, some magazines, including The Sun, have reported that the legendary musician battled COVID-19 after falling ill earlier this week.
Born Marvin Lee Aday on September 27, 1947, in Dallas, Texas, Meat Loaf was destined for great things. His raw talent and determination to succeed seemed to be the key to rising to stardom.
When his mother passed away, Meat Loaf moved to Los Angeles where he formed his first band, Meat Loaf Soul. In case you wonder how he came up with the name, it was taken from a nickname his football coach gave him. He was so good at what he did, that Meat Loaf got plenty of contract offers, but he turned them down and continued working as a musician who supported Janis Joplin, The Who, and The Stooges, among others.
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Although he’s best known for his music, it was film that helped him make a name for himself back in the day. In 1973, he landed a role in the original production of The Rocky Horror Show and later starred in the film.
In 1977, after signing with Cleveland International Records, Meat Loaf released the hit You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth. “I have the patience of a cat,” he told NME, as quoted by The Guardian. “I’ll sit tight and wait until everything is right.”
That same year, Meat Loaf’s first album was released, Bat Out of Hell, which remains until this very day one of the top-10 selling albums of all time.
One of the songs which became a huge hit and went platinum was the everlasting I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That).
After this debut album, Meat Loaf lost his singing voice. Speaking of it, author Mick Wall’s wrote in his book Like a Bat Out of Hell: The Larger than Life Story of Meat Loaf, “It began with a noise, an unholy noise, a noise that no one had heard before, it came out whenever he tried to sing. It began with the high notes, the ones he used to hit with the accuracy of an army sniper.”
Jim Steinman, whom Meat Loaf collaborated with, said in a BBC Radio interview, “I asked Meat Loaf to come up and start just rehearsing, just so I could hear what shape his voice was in. And he opened his mouth, and we both like just looked at each other in shock – because the sound that came out of his mouth didn’t even resemble a human voice … It was like this low, guttural sound – like a dragon trying to sing. It was a horrifying sound.”
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After he released his second album Dead Ringer in 1981, he turned to stand-up comedy. At the same time he faced some personal struggles.
“I went off the rails because I was fighting the record company, and I was fighting the mob because I was being ripped off,” he told The Guardian. “It was then I discovered what a tough motherfucker I was. In order to find out what I was, I had to lose my mind. That’s sometimes how it goes.”
For his third album, Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell, Meat Loaf received a Grammy for Best Rock Vocal Performance.
In 2016, during a concert, he collapsed on stage. The cause was severe dehydration. However, this wasn’t the first time for him to collapse while performing. The same thing happened back in 2003 and 2011, as well as in 2019 during an interview at Texas Frightmare horror convention.
Last year, the star released a statement telling his fans he’ll be back in the studio, saying, “I’m not done.”
The news of his passing came as a shock to his family and friends. Tributes came pouring in, while the family released a statement on his official Facebook account.
“We know how much he meant to so many of you, and we truly appreciate all of the love and support as we move through this time of grief in losing such an inspiring artist and beautiful man,” they wrote. “From his heart to your souls … don’t ever stop rocking!”
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Performer Boy George wrote on Twitter, “RIP Meatloaf. Love and prayers to all his family and close friends. He once turned me upside down in a Chinese Restaurant in St Johns Wood.”
Stephen Fry, who performed alongside Meat Loaf on Saturday Night live, shared his condolences. “I hope paradise is as you remember it from the dashboard light, Meat Loaf. Had a fun time performing a sketch with him on Saturday Live way back in the last century,” he wrote. “He had the quality of being simultaneously frightening and cuddly, which is rare and rather wonderful.”
Cher wrote, “Had so much fun with Meatloaf when we did Dead Ringer. Am very sorry for his family, friends & fans. Am I imagining it, or are amazing [people] in the arts dying every other day.”
Another celebrity who has been deeply touched by Meat Loaf’s passing is broadcaster Pierce Morgan. He wrote,“RIP Meat Loaf, 74. One of rock music’s all-time great characters whose seminal iconic album Bat Out Of Hell is one of the biggest-selling records in history. A wondrously talented, flamboyant, funny, outrageous, and rebellious chameleon. Sad news.”
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Meat Loaf was married twice. He wed Leslie G. Edmonds a month after meeting her in 1978. The two eventually got divorced in 2001. In 2007, Meat Loaf married Deborah Gillespie with whom he stayed together until the rest of his life. Meat Loaf had two daughters, Pearl Aday, who is biological daughter of his first wife and a drummer in Janis Joplin’s group Full Tilt Boogie Band. However, Meat Loaf adopted her and raised her as his own. He had his second daughter, Amanda Aday, with Edmonds.
Known for his incredible music, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live shows, Meat Loaf remains one of the best musicians we know of. Rest in peace.
What is common for most Hollywood marriages is that they don’t last long. In fact, witnessing celebrities being devoted to that one person their whole life is pretty rare. This, however, isn’t true for the on-screen Casanova, Pierce Brosnan. He and his wife Keely have been happily married for over 20 years and are still very much in love and going strong.
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Brosnan loves showing his love for his wife. For their 25th anniversary, he publicly thanked her for all her love.
They say the secret to their marriage and everlasting love is that no matter how hectic his work schedule is or how much she’s busy, they always find the way to spend quality one-on-one time together.
“My wife and I took a short road trip up to Santa Barbara – we were going for a romantic weekend and to look at houses and drink great wine. We didn’t listen to any music, but we just listened to the sounds of each other’s voices and sorted out the world,” he said.
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Just recently, he shared a photo of him and his wife sharing a kiss at the beach during the celebration of his birthday. Along the cute photo, he wrote, “Thank you for the moon and sun and all the days of our lives together my darling heart Keely. I had a great 67th birthday. Thanks to one and all of you out there who wished me so. God bless, stay strong.”
Keely posted a photo herself and wished her love a very happy birthday. “Happy Happy Birthday to my tender hearted renaissance man @piercebrosnanofficial Wishing you love, joy, and many many more trips around the sun.”
Brosnan was first married to Australian actress Casandra Harris who tragically died of ovarian cancer back in 1991. Sadly, her daughter would lose her life due to the same illness. The Mrs. Doubtfire star had one child with her, but adopted her children from her previous marriage after the kids’ dad died. They took his surname. He has two sons with Keely, Dylan and Paris.
We can’t wait to see more from this actor. Good news is he’s working on a couple of films, one of which, Cinderella, is about to be released in 2021.
It’s awesome Brosnan never let his fame change the man he always was. “I’ve been a married man most of my life — that’s the way I like it,” the A-lister told Closer Weekly. “I’m one of those guys who believes you need a strong woman in your life. I found a great woman in Keely … Not if I searched a million times over would I find one as good.”
It’s the small things in life that make it whole and worth living, and as soon as we figure that out, we’ll learn true happiness.
This story from the New York subway makes us reconsider the way we treat all those people that we come across every single day, and ponder how our behavior towards someone can affect their day, or even life.
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A man was casually sitting on the subway, listening to some music, and playing on his phone, unaware that his deed will touch so many people.
Riding the subway can be tiring, and it’s usually very crowded, so the guy was just sitting there, playing a game on his phone, which is pretty much what most commuters do.
However, his game caught the eye of the little boy sitting right next to him. We know how kids these days are overly addicted to technology and won’t let their parents’ smartphones out of hand, and this kid wasn’t any different. He was really interested to see how the guy’s game was proceeding, even giving him some advice on the next moves.
At first, however, the guy was so into his game that he didn’t even notice those sparkling eyes staring at his phone’s screen. But once he did, something really touching happened.
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When the little boy realized he was caught staring at the stranger’s phone, he appeared a bit nervous.
He wasn’t really sure whether his “rude” behavior could get him into trouble, but he is just a kid and he simply couldn’t contain his innocent curiosity.
The guy continued playing as the boy continued looking at his device. Another passenger named Kia Tatiyana Davis, who was staying opposite these two, found the whole thing fun and sort of cute and decided to record it. But, she didn’t really expect the move the guy did next.
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The guy takes the earbuds off the phone and gives it to the boy so that he could play the game himself.
The boy is both happy and surprised. The video of the kind act had been shared online and viewed by a great number of people who praised the guy for his sweet act and agreed that it made their day.
One person wrote: “What a sweet kid! He’s so curious but look at his posture. So much self-control for just a little guy! D’awww 😊👏👏 And way to go to the man who gave him a chance to play too. Very cool!”
Others added: “What a sweet hearted man… And that child…my heartfelt something really good watching this. My day was a real bummer until I watched this.”
We are positive that this act meant the world for the boy. And while many people will consider young kids looking at their phones annoying, that didn’t bother this man at all.
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He didn’t do it because he wanted to impress anyone.
The guy had no idea someone was video-recording his interaction with his new pal.
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An act of kindness always goes a long way.
We are sure there are other people out there who’d do the same thing, but unfortunately not every good deed is caught on tape.
Luckily, those that are, serve good example to each of us about how things should be done.
At the end of the day, life is all about making others happy.
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We hope this video will inspire each of us to do good to others whenever possible.
The guy not only made the little boy’s ride in the subway more fun, but he taught him that humanity is still alive.
Clint Eastwood has been a macho man his entire life. Currently, the 91-year-old actor and director is dating his girlfriend Christina Sandera and it looks like he has finally settled down. Known for his turbulent love life as much as he’s known for his incredible roles and films, Eastwood is now head over heels for Sandera who is said to have won the hearts of all of his eight children.
Sandera is 34 years his junior, but as we all know, when it comes to true love, age is just a number.
Throughout his career, which spans 60 years, Eastwood has won a number of awards, including four Academy Awards. His western Unforgiven, which he directed and starred in, earned him Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director in 1992. Some 12 years later, Million Dollar Baby won four Academy Awards, with Eastwood getting two; for Best Picture and Best Director.
Among the movies he starred in during his career are the westerns A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and of course, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, which are widely known as “spaghetti westerns,” Dirty Harry, Flags of Our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima, Changeling, Gran Torino and American Sniper.
The good thing about Eastwood is that despite his age, he’s not planning on slowing down as he’s got to offer even more to the film industry, both on screen and behind the camera.
Speaking to Ellen DeGeneres about getting old, the legendary actor said: “I don’t think about it. I sometimes think, when I was a little kid, I used to hang out with my grandfather who was in his nineties. And I thought… who the hell would want to live this long?”
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People close to him say that he’s in perfect shape and his health is on point. The pandemic slowed his schedule down so he gets to spend even more time with his kids and his grand-kids as he’s known to be a devoted father and grandfather.
Speaking to Closer, an insider said that his health is Eastwood’s priority right now. “Clint’s brain is on point… he joked that it’s his body that lags behind.
“There’s only so much he could [do],” the insider added. “He’s very comfortable with his daily routine. He looks forward to a good meal, reading, getting scripts, golf. But he really looks forward to another directing project, possibly acting in it too. He’s always looking for good stories to tell. He’s a storyteller. That’s always been his thing.”
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Eastwood has plenty of project on his mind and we hope he will be able to carry them all out once the pandemic is over.
The legendary actor’s net worth is reported to be around $375 million, as per Celebrity Net Worth. But for Eastwood, it was never about the money, he’s simply born to act and direct, and he’s definitely one of the best in the film industry.
We have so much to learn from children. They are always honest to the core and see the world through different eyes than us adults. Their hearts are pure and their love for those around them is profound.
The following story took place back in 2019, but it is so great that we couldn’t help but re-share it with you.
Twin day was just around the corner and a preschooler named Myles told his mother how there was a boy at the school who would be his twin for the day because apparently, the two looked exactly the same. The boy in question was Myles’ classmate Tanner. The two boys were really close. They were in fact best friends, and although Myles’ mom, Britney Tankersley, was aware of that fact, she had never met Tanner in person. So, when her son told her that Tanner looked exactly like him, she decided to trust his word and pictured a white boy with blonde hair and blue eyes, just like Myles.
What she didn’t know was that in fact, the boys weren’t alike at all, but her son didn’t see their differences.
Britney stopped by Walmart the previous day and bought matching outfits for the “twins.” The following day, when the teacher sent her a photo of Myles and Tanner, Britney was deeply touched.
“Their teacher sent me this picture today,” his mom, Britney wrote next to the photo she shared on her Facebook. “My heart melted. Obviously two very different children, but Myles didn’t see that. Wouldn’t the world be such a better place if we could all view it through the eyes of a couple 5yr olds♥️“
Needless to say, her post attracted the attention of thousands of people who wished for the same; us grown-ups to be able to see the world through the eyes of children.
I hope that when you’re reading this story you have some tissues to hand because you’re going to need them; I really cried real tears for this little boy and you will too!
This lovely little boy, called Leland Shoemake, wanted his mommy and daddy to have this lovely sweet message from him before his time came to leave this world.
At only the tender age of six-years-old this little boy died of his condition on September 25th, he was undergoing treatment for Balamuthia mandrillaris, a brain-eating amoeba.
His parents returned home without their son to find a note, it was special and it’s something that they will treasure and cherish for all their days!Source: The Leland Shoemake Foundation
His mom was in his room, she was organizing and preparing for the funeral, it was Tim who found the note, it was in their living room in a place that he liked to draw and do art.
Time burst into tears as soon as he set his eyes on the note, he ran towards his wife, keen to show her the note he had found…
The note simply ready this:
“Still with you. Thank you, mom and dad. Love mom and dad.”
Source: The Leland Shoemake FoundationAmber said:
“To say I lost it was an understatement …We cried together for the longest time.”
Their little boy frequently wrote notes to them, and pictures too, but this one was really so much more special than any of the others, they decided to frame it and have it on the wall in the living room.
Source: The Leland Shoemake FoundationMom says in her Facebook past that Leland was a clever and very curious little boy!Amber wrote about him:
“He knew his abc’s, numbers, colors, shapes and 20 sight words by the time he was a year old. He was our little nerd and we loved that about him. He loved school and loved to learn. He loved the history channel, the weather channel, documentaries and anything about history …He had a hunger for learning.”
Source: The Leland Shoemake FoundationLeland wasn’t just a clever little boy, he also was really sociable too and enjoyed talking with his parents and other people too, every single person who came into contact with him recognized his lovely kind personality, his parents even made new friends because of him. Source: The Leland Shoemake FoundationHe was just a really lovely child, but taken way too soon, before he flourished!
This note he left behind, it was simply beautiful, something that everyone should see, words are really not enough to describe what it means to any parent to find something like this in these circumstances.Amber said about Leland:
“He was our little nerd and we loved that about him. He loved school and loved to learn.”
“He loved the history channel, the weather channel, documentaries and anything about history.”
“He loved ships like the Titanic and learning about things like WWII. He was perfect. His favorite movie was jaws.”
“His favorite director was Steven Spielberg. And his favorite actor was Adam Sandler.”
“He loved his brother and his family so much. He was the life of every party. His smile could light up a city.”
“He was the smartest, most caring, loving little boy there ever was.”
This little boy will be sadly missed by all that knew him, his parents especially and we send our love and prayers to him!Please SHARE this touching story with your friends and family.
Peace and Love
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