Allergies occur when the immune system reacts to a foreign substance such as pollen, bee venom or a food that doesn’t cause a reaction in most individuals.
If you thought humans are the only creatures who experience allergies, you can’t be more wrong. Animals do suffer from allergies too.
Dogs, for example, can be allergic to fleas, certain food, and environmental allergens.
According to the American Kennel Club, food allergies at dogs aren’t common but they do exist. The symptoms range from skin conditions such as hives, facial swelling, and itchiness to gastrointestinal signs such as vomiting and/or diarrhea. Sometimes, they occur as a combination of both.
A dog owner was shocked to see her four-legged pal’s face extremely swollen one day. She wasn’t certain what was going on, and the first thought that came to mind was that the naughty boy got stung by bees.
Just in case, she took him to the vet’s and was surprised to learn that her dog was in fact allergic to the food she recently purchased for him.
The vet administered medications in order to open the airways and bring down the swelling. Luckily, the dog was fine.
The owner now issues a warning to other people out there to be aware of dog allergies.
If you spot any of the symptoms mentioned above, rush your dog to the hospital right away.
Martha, who is the first female self-made billionaire, has tried herself in different careers before becoming a well-known TV personality, and she was very successful in each of them.
As a teenager, she signed with Ford Models and was featured in shows, magazines, and commercials. According to her, she was “the all American girl.”
Later, she attended Barnard College and pursued a career as a stockbroker at an all-male firm.
“I lasted in that business for about eight years, working in a firm of all men. Only one woman owned a seat on the New York Stock Exchange at that time. I’m not intimidated by men; I never was,” Martha Stewart told People. “But men actually welcomed me to their offices. We wore hot pants to work. I still have my pale, peachy-pink ones and my chocolate-brown ones. I wore them with either high heels, bare legs, or tights. Elegant but also crazy. Like, how can you go to work in short-shorts? But I didn’t think twice about it. I was totally respected.”
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Eventually, after years of working as a stockbroker, Martha felt she should spend more time with her family; her now ex-husband Andrew Steward and her only child, daughter Alexis.
While Alexis attended school in Westport, Connecticut, Martha came up with the idea of starting an at-home catering business. A decade later, she launched her company Martha Stewart Inc. which turned into a million dollar business.
In 1990, she and her husband divorced, and she had a hard time accepting the fact she and Andrew were no longer together.
“Getting divorced was a terrible thing for me because we were the first to divorce in my family,” she told the Daily Mail. “And that we haven’t spoken since the divorce is even more painful.”
In December 2001, things took a turn for the worse for Stewart. She decided to sell 4,000 shares of ImClone Systems, a biomedical firm owned by her family friend Samuel Waksal. Her decision was made only a day before information about ImClone came out publicly which made stock prices plummet. Her timely decision to sell stocks sparked rumors that this move was due to insider trading.
Due to the speculation, in 2003 she stepped down as the CEO of her company so she could focus on absolving herself from the accusations and to save her brand from her tainted image.
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She was sentenced to five months in prison and five months under house arrest in 2004. After her sentence, she was only given an editorial role at her company.
Later on when she was finally allowed to leave her home, she restarted her television career, and obtained a more active role in her company till she eventually became chairman again in 2012.
Besides being active on the screen, Stewart often shares photos of herself on the social media, and some of them, especially the most recent ones, are inappropriate for someone her age according to her fans.
During an appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show, the host asked Stewart, who was quite candid about her social media activities, where she gained the confidence to pose only with an apron on, to which the cookbook writer said, “I practiced the day before to see if I looked OK…and I looked good, so.”
Plenty of her photos show her wearing just her robe and pouting at the camera, which causes quite a stir.
“I think I look fine and I’m in good shape. I’m healthy, I’m vibrant, I’m energetic and I’m still the curious person I’ve always been. [Posing in only an apron] didn’t faze me one iota,” the media mogul said of the comments people make about her.
“I walk around in a bathing suit, so if I can walk around in a bathing suit or a strapless dress and feel good, I can walk around in an apron.”
Earlier this year, Stewart discussed her health. “I do take very, very good care of myself. I have my regular checkups; they’re on the calendar at least six months in advance, I eat extremely well. I’m not a vegetarian, but I do eat a lot of good fish and very little meat. I eat fantastic vegetables that I grow myself, and delicious eggs right out of my chicken coop. I live on a farm, which I think is one of the healthiest lifestyles there is because when I get up in the morning, I can go outside and breathe fresh air.”
Stewart added, “I can plant some flowers or pick some vegetables and make a green juice that is utterly delicious, which really helps with the maintenance of good skin, good hair and strong bones.”
At 81, Martha Stewart defies age and looks as fabulous as ever.
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Life can be unfair sometimes, but as time passes by, we realize that things do get better and we learn to live with everything that comes along the way.
The story of 7-year-old Deyvion from Missouri is both extremely sad and happy at the same time. When he was still a baby, this brave young boy suffered horrific injuries after a fire started in the apartment where he was sleeping.
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Sadly, he spent a very long time at a special burns unit where doctors struggled to save his life. The worst of all was that Deyvion had to go through the ordeal all by himself, with no one of his loved ones by his side. All he had was the doctors who were determined to give him a second chance.
After 2,545 days on his own, Deyvion finally became a part of a family that he could call his own. A single mom of two named Beth Plunkett fostered him for two years before she finally adopted him just recently.
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Sweet Deyvion loves his mom and his siblings so very much and is very happy around them.
Speaking of how special he is to her, his mom Beth told WGN9News: “I thought he was a beautiful little boy, and I fell in love with him very quickly. I feel everybody says, ‘Oh, he’s so lucky to have you and what you’re doing,’ but I’m, I’m just as equally lucky to have him.”
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The day when Deyvion became Beth’s legal son was a very special one because he got to share his joy with the firefighters from the South Metro Fire Department in Raymore who saved his life back in 2013. They even gave him a special jacket and a hat made just for him and drove him and his mom to the court in one of their firetrucks.
“I want him to be, most importantly, just happy,” Beth said. “And I want him to always feel loved and to just … to have goals and like, reach them and just do amazing, amazing things. And I know, I know he will … God definitely has an awesome plan for him.”
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We are very happy for Deyvion and his new life. He truly is a brave young man.
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The Busbys are one of our most beloved American families. We wait for each new episode of their show OutDaughtered to air in anticipation because we can never have enough of the busy, but fun life of this family of eight.
Currently, the show seems to be on hiatus, but we truly hope new episodes will be shot in the months to come.
Adam and Danielle are the parents of six daughters, five of which are the only all-girl quintuplets in the U.S. Being around so many girls has to be a bit difficult for the only guy in the family who always makes sure to make his girls’ days enjoyable.
However, no matter how hard it is to fulfill the needs and the wishes of their daughters, the members of this family are never bored. They won’t stay still but are always looking for new adventures.
Believe it or not, the quintuplets, Ava Lane, Olivia Marie, Hazel Grace, Riley Paige, and Parker Kate, are now six years old and they look as adorable as ever.
Not only we watch these famous TV personalities on screen, but their mom Danielle makes sure she keeps fans updated by posting plenty of photos on the social media.
When they celebrated their sixth birthday, the girls all had different cakes based on their references which speaks of their different personalities.
They always enjoy their 10-year-old sister’s company. Although she’s still young herself, she is a huge support to her five younger sisters and real salvation for her parents when they need a helping hand.
What a beautiful family.
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Being a woman in a male-dominated profession was pretty hard back in the day. Nowadays, things are changed, but it took us quite some time to get where we are today.
Judy Sheindlin, or as most of you know her as “Judge Judy,” was never afraid to pursue a career as a lawyer. In fact, she always knew she would become one, although people believed she didn’t belong in the profession. When she graduated from the American University in Washington DC 1963, she was the only woman in her class of 126 students.
She first worked as a lawyer before becoming a judge.
One day in 1966, she welcomed 60 Minutes inside her court room and that was the start of one of the best TV shows there are, “Judge Judy.” It was on air for over 25 years. The show was canceled in 2020.
The audience fell for Judge Judy’s no-nonsense, wisecracking approach from day one, and her show grew in popularity with each episode.
During one of her live performances, Judge Judy experienced a mini-stroke.
In an interview with Good Morning America, Judy reportedly claimed, “The folks that watched me for 15 years sensed something was wrong, and without asking – which was probably a very good thing, because I would have said, ‘Don’t go there’ – they called EMS.”
She could be noticed asking questions in a very slow motion, which was a sign something wasn’t right, so the producers called 911.
“I could have had a transient ischemia stroke, but the symptoms went away quickly,” she said.
Today, 80-year-old Judy Sheindlin is running a new show and is in good health.
Despite her age, she doesn’t plan to slow down. “I’m not tired. Tennis or golf are not my sports. I have no desire and no intention to learn how to play mahjong, checkers, or chess,” she said.
“I am aware of the things I like to do. Why would I want to try to learn something new at this stage in my life when I already know what I like?”
Judy and her husband Jerry Sheindlin once divorced, but their love for one another was so strong that they toed the knot once again and have never left each other’s side ever since.
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Animals never forget, and this doesn’t only apply on elephants but to every creature out there who has ever experienced love and a human touch.
A lioness named Kiara, after the character from Lion King, was rescued as a cub. The man who saved her, Alfonso, took care of her for some time until she needed to transferred to a sanctuary with other animals.
Years passed by and Kiara was again transferred to a new home, this time in New Mexico.
Little did she know that someone special was waiting for her there.
Alfonso was looking forward to the reunion with Kiara, but he wasn’t sure what to expect. However, Kiara’s reaction knocked him to the ground, literally. Realizing the man standing right in front of her eyes is the man who gave her a new lease on life when she was still just a baby made Kiara jump all over him in excitement.
Her reaction is something you definitely don’t want to miss.
Take a look at it in the video below.
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Alicia Silverstone, the Clueless star, has been causing quite a stir on the social media because of her parenting style.
Best know for the coming-of-age teen comedy Clueless, Alicia, who was born in 1976 in San Francisco, California, has earned herself a multi-million dollar deal with Columbia Pictures after landing the role of Cher Horowitz.
According to the actress herself, she dreamed of being part of the Hollywood glam even as a child. ”I just knew I always wanted to do it – I didn’t mean movies necessarily. I didn’t even watch movies when I was little, I just wanted to be the word ’actress’, whatever that meant, I think,” she said in 1995.
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However, being a teenage star did come with a price. Recalling the time she shot The Crush, which brought her two awards at the 1994 MTV Movie Awards, Alicia revealed she struggled on a personal level.
”Yes, I went to Canada by myself to do the film when I was 15, and I turned 16 on set. I was like, ‘I can do anything.’ But in my heart of hearts, I was lonely. So I trusted everyone, which was a mistake I learned from,” she told Interview Magazine in 2013.
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Besides making a name for herself in the film industry, Alicia became a household name thanks to her appearances in music videos, which were a huge thing back in the day when they first gained popularity.
”In the Aerosmith videos, when Marty [Callner], the director, and I talked about doing Crazy, the one with Liv Tyler, we plotted it out together. Right away I said: “I’m not going to strip. I’ll be the man,” Alica told The Guardian.
It was in the Aerosmith video that filmmaker Amy Heckerling spotted Alicia and wanted her in Clueless.
The language used in the movie, the slang and the jargon, as well as the outfits which were original and style-changing, triggered a new trend followed by a huge number of teenagers. Clueless is still considered a classic.
Alicia starred in Batman & Robin, which “definitely wasn’t [her] favourite film-making experience,” and took part in other movies over the years.
In the 2000s, Alicia stepped down from the limelight. “I stopped loving acting for a very long time,” she told The Guardian.
In 2005, she married rock musician Christopher Jarecki with whom she had son Bear Blu Jarecki.
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Recently, the actress, who is a vegan and promotes that kind of life, revealed that she still sleeps with her son, who is now 11 years old.
On The Ellen Fisher Podcast, Alicia said, “Bear and I still sleep together. If you were in any kind of wild setting where there are animals if you put your baby over there, your baby is going to get eaten, so it’s not ideal for your baby to be over there.”
Ellen responded that she felt the same when she also decided to co-sleep, saying ‘“Well, if I were sleeping outside in a tent, I wouldn’t put him in a separate tent.”
“I’m a loving mama. I believe in love, I believe in nature, and our society is scared of nature and love,” Alicia added, saying she doesn’t care what people think of her decision.
This isn’t the first time Alicia to cause a stir when it comes to her parenting choices. Back in the day, when Bear was still very young, she posted a photo which showed the boy eating food he took from her mouth.
“He literally crawls across the room to attack my mouth if I’m eating,” she wrote.
In 2011, the actress released her New York Times best-selling cookbook The Kind Diet in which she “shares the insights that encouraged her to swear off meat and dairy forever, and outlines the spectacular benefits of adopting a plant-based diet.”
In recent years, Alicia returned to acting picking small but meaningful roles. 2020 was the year she starred in the comedy thriller Bad Therapy and the movie she exclusively produced, Sister of the Groom.
Speaking to The Guardian, she said, “I think I do really love acting still. I mean…I know I do! I hope to be doing theatre until I’m dead.”
At 46, Alicia Silverstone looks as stunningly beautiful as ever.
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Phoebe Cates shot one of the most famous bikini scenes there are. Posing topless by the pool in 1982’s Fast Times at Ridgemont High made Cates an icon many fell for. Rolling Stone magazine depicted it as ”the most memorable bikini-drop in cinema history.”
Born into a family of actors and directors, acting seemed to run in Cates’ blood.
As a teenager, she was into dancing and even received scholarship to the School of American ballet but was forced to quit at 14 due to a knee injury.
At the time, she replaced her love for dancing with that for modeling. Cates became a teen sensation after she appeared in many teen-oriented magazines. Among the rest, she was featured on the cover of Seventeen magazine four times. Over time, however, she felt like she had it enough and turned to film instead.
”It was just the same thing, over and over. After a while, I did it solely for the money,” she said of her modeling career.
One night, at a party at the famous New York’s Studio 54, Cates met her film agent and then she trained with Robert Ravan, founder of The Actors’ Circle in New York.
”I just knew that I didn’t want to go to college. And that it would be a great way getting out of college if I could get a couple of movies or something. Seriously. It’s true,” she told The Daily Item in 1985.
Cates had her acting debut in 1982 as Sarah in Paradise, and other films, including Experienced and Fast Times at Ridgemont High, followed.
”In this business, if a girl wants a career, she has to be willing to strip. If you’ve got a good body, then why not show it?,” she said of the iconic scene.
Fast Times at Ridgemont High featured famous names in the making at the time it was released, including that of Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Eric Stoltz, and Forest Whitaker.
“Well, it was a funny thing because we were all so young when we made it. And then it came out and it was this big hit, you know, where you’d go to the theater and people would say the lines with it, and people had obviously seen the movie over and over again,” Jennifer Jason Leigh told The Daily News.
Cates’ career took off, but she eventually decided to leave acting behind.
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Becoming a mother had to do a lot with this decision as she and her husband Kevin Kline, a critically acclaimed theater actor who is 16 years her senior, agreed to alternate acting jobs so that the children would never be without a parent.
Cates and Kline have been married for 33 years. Back in 2017, on their 27th wedding anniversary, the couple spoke of the key to a long-lasting marriage to what Kline said it’s all about taking care of it.
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Today, the former teen model and actress is a shop owner. Her store Blue Tree is located at 1283 Madison Avenue in New York City, on Manhattan’s Upper East Side where she and her family reside.
She does a 9-to-5 job and sells fragrances, clothing, and gifts.
Phoebe Cates attends the 71st Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 11, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Jim Spellman/WireImage)
One thing that hasn’t changed about Phoebe Cates is her breathtaking beauty.
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