That day was everything but ordinary for a Memphis KFC worker who received a note by a customer which probably helped save her life.
The worker noticed the pair at the restaurant, but nothing spoke trouble until the woman gathered courage to secretly slip the note to the worker. The woman wrote that the man she was with was abusive and held her against her will.
The worker then called the police and told them about the note. Luckily, the man, who was later identified as 23-year-old Diego Glay, was arrested. When police arrived at the scene and approached Glay and his girlfriend, he disobeyed the officers’ instructions and fled the place but was caught after a short chase.
After authorities interviewed the woman, she explained that her boyfriend was armed with a handgun and held her against her will by using verbal threats and beatings. She recalled that when she tried to leave him, he punched her in the face. He also took her phone and wouldn’t return it so that she couldn’t call her family and friends or the police.
According to the authorities and the affidavit, the couple had been living in “cheap random hotels around the city.”
The suspect, Glay, was taken to the Shelby County jail, where he remains in custody. The judge set his bail at $35,000.
He is expected to appear in front of a judge for a preliminary hearing on June 1, according to court records.
Had it not been for the KFC worker, this woman’s life could still be in danger.
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Robert Downey Sr., father of actor Robert Downey Jr., has died at the age of 85. The famous actor and director died in his sleep, his son said.
Actor Robert Downey Sr. died in his sleep at his home in New York. Both his wife and his famous son, Robert Downey Jr., announced his death. The director suffered from Parkinson’s disease, which he fought for 5 years.
Recently, his son posted an emotional message about the death of a well-known director. It seemed that she breathed her last peacefully and without pain.
“Last night my father passed away peacefully after years of enduring the devastating effects of Parkinson’s disease. A truly noncommittal filmmaker, he remained remarkably optimistic. By my stepmother’s calculations, they are married and happy for over 200 years,” wrote Robert Downey Jr. on his official Facebook page.
Robert Downey Jr supports his stepmother In the spot, the Iron Man protagonist wanted to express his support for his stepmother, who has been the director’s wife for 23 years.
“Rosemary Rogers-Downy, you are a saint and our thoughts and prayers are with you,” the actor told his stepmother.
Robert Downey Sr. is best known for his roles in films such as Boogie Nights, Magnolia and To Live and Die in LA.
The father of the famous Robert Downey Jr. and Alison Downey was also a celebrity. Robert Downey Sr. was a director, writer and producer, but he chose to be more conservative to protect his children. However, when the protagonist’s son was caught up in the scandal after being accused of using cocaine, he gave The Post an interview about it.
“Life is so easy when you’re a movie star. People will do what you want and give you what you want. Hollywood is a terrible place,” he told the newspaper in 2001.
Emeril Lagasse is one of the first names that comes to mind when we think of good food. This man, who is 62 years old, has enjoyed quite a career in the world of gastronomy.
He has dedicated his life on the art of preparing delicate and appetizing food, keeping touch with the traditional cooking along the way.
Being born to a mother of Portuguese origin and a father who was French-Canadian, it didn’t come as a surprise that he was introduced to great home-cooked food of mixed traditions from early age. “We always had the value of the family table and these cultural influences of growing up and what we did,” he said.
Even as a child, he developed strong passion for cooking and that’s something that stuck with him even today. What’s most, food became his life and he was able to share it with the millions of viewers who watched him create incredible dishes on his numerous cooking shows.
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In order to be able to further expand his knowledge on food, Lagasse turned down a scholarship at a music school an attended a cooking school instead.
After graduating high school, Lagasse enrolled at the Johnson & Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island from where he graduated with a degree in culinary arts and decided to head to the French capital of Paris and learn from the best.
Once back to the States, Lagasse landed a job at the famous Commander’s Palace restaurant. The owners, especially Ella, were hesitant whether to give him a chance, mainly because of his age – he was just 23 at the time.
“‘OK, I’ll bring him in, but I’m telling you right now I don’t think it’s going to work,’” Ella recalled.
“The airline had lost his luggage, so he looked a bit discombobulated when he emerged from the cab in front of Commander’s. I invited Emeril into the kitchen and asked him what he thought of all the aromas wafting about. ‘Well, it kind of smells like my mom’s kitchen.’”
This answer was all they were looking forward to hearing.
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After eight years as executive chef, Lagasse knew it was the time for him to embark on a new adventure, one where he would be his own boss. So, he opened a restaurant and then created an empire. He owned 21 restaurants all over America, and his cookbook, Emeril’s New Orleans Cooking, helped him get his own cooking shows on TV.
All of a sudden, everyone knew who he was as he turned into a television personality adored by millions. Some of the shows he worked on during the years are The Essence of Emeril, Emeril Live, and Emeril’s Florida. He also served as a judge on the cooking competition Top Chef for two seasons and appeared regularly on ABC’s Good Morning America.
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Despite his cooking skills and all the dishes he was able to produce, Lagasse also became known for some of the catchy phrases he used, and is still using today, such as “Kick it up a notch,” “Feel the love,” “Spice it up” – and of course, “Bam!”
His shows brought him numerous awards, including an Emmy for Outstanding Culinary Program.
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Besides his successful career, Emeril Lagasse always found time for love. He tied the knot three times and is currently still married to his third wife, Alden Lovelace, with whom he has two children, son Emeril John “EJ” Lagasse IV, and daughter Meril. He also has two other children, Jessica and Jillian, from his first marriage.
Lagasse’s son, EJ, followed into his father’s footsteps and is a great chef himself.
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Lagasse and his wife founded the Emeril Lagasse Foundation which aims to help children and youth access opportunities and “reach their full potential through culinary, nutrition and arts education.” In 2021 alone, the foundation donated over $300,000 to different causes.
Why we don’t hear of one of our favorite chefs recently is because Lagasse sold his brand to Martha Steward’s company for $50 million, except for the restaurants.
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Chef Lagasse has a net worth of $70 million.
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We should be so thankful that such special animals as dogs are part of our life. No other creature is as compassionate and as friendly as our four legged pals who would always go the extra mile for us humans.
This story is just another proof that dogs are the best.
A 10-year-old girl named Vika, from the island of Sakhalin, Russia, got lost on her way home from school. She simply couldn’t recall how to find her house and wondered off.
Her family got frantic when they realized their girl didn’t come home at the time she was supposed to. They started looking for her everywhere and alerted the police of her disappearance.
The search was an extensive one, but the night fell and Vika was still nowhere to be seen. Everyone got extremely worried because the temperatures fell to -11 degrees Celsius (about 12 degrees Fahrenheit) and the blizzard caused two feet of snow. It was very possible that the girl could freeze to death.
After 18 hours, Vika was finally found. To everyone’s surprise, she was spotted “hugging a fluffy dog for warmth.”
The dog was stray. When Vika noticed him sleeping on a mattress someone had left out for him, she approached closer and the dog accepted her. “She was hiding under a balcony with the dog,” said Olesya Voznyuk, an official with the Investigative Committee.
“She was taken straight to hospital, and found to have mild frostbite,” one of the volunteers who helped with the search sais, as reported by The Mirror.
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Vika’s parents weren’t surprised their daughter made friends with a stray dog in order to keep herself warm because as they said, Vika has always had a special connection with animals and wasn’t afraid of them. On the contrary, she has always been friendly and helpful when it comes to homeless fluffy creatures.
“The girl loves animals very much, she used to play with local dogs all the time,” Voznyuk said. “She went to feed these dogs after school and then got caught in the snow storm and strong winds.”
The dog deserved all the praise for saving Vika. The locals even wanted to make sure he finds a home, but sadly, he went missing.
If you are a fan of reality shows, chances are you enjoyed the Pawn Stars, which featured the life and the work of Richard “Old Man” Harrison and his family, who ran the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop on the outskirts of Las Vegas.
The show was a huge success, winning the ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards for Best Television Series in 2011, 2012 and 2013. It was also nominated for three Critics Choice Television Awards. Besides Richard and his three sons, Joe, Rick and Chris, the Old Man’s grandson Corey and his friend Austin “Chumlee” Russell were also part of it.
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Sadly, the Old Man, who became a Las Vegas celebrity, passed away at the age of 77 in 2018.
Richard was born in 1941 and was a troubled kid. When he was 17, he stole a car and the judge gave him two options, either go to jail or join the military. Richard chose the latter. He enlisted in the U.S Navy in 1958 and his career lasted for several years, or until it was already impossible for his wife Joanne Rhue to raise their three kids by herself.
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Before they had their sons, Richard and Joanne had a daughter, Sherry, who had Down Syndrome and passed away at the age of six. Richard described losing his little girl as the biggest heartbreak he had ever experienced.
In 1981, the family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, and that’s when the story with their pawn shop started.
If you wonder what was so special about this shop that made it different than the rest of the shops of its kind was that Old Man didn’t only accept silver and gold, but a number of collectibles like vintage cars, antiques, firearms and a lot more.
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When Old Man died, his son Rick, who now runs the pawn shop, paid a beautiful and touching tribute to his father on Instagram.
“He will be tremendously missed by our family, the team at Gold & Silver Pawn and his many fans the world over,” Rick wrote on Instagram. “He was my hero and I was fortunate to get a very cool ‘Old Man’ as my dad. That I got to share him with so many others and they got to see what a great family man he was is something I am grateful to have experienced with him.
“I think about him every day. I had a different relationship with him,” Rick said.
“Most people, when they turn 18, they go off to school, get a job and move out. I worked with my father from the time I was a kid. He stayed in the Navy for years because of me. Otherwise, it would have been really difficult with my medical expenses. But despite my epilepsy, he never treated me differently.”
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However, after Richard was gone, one thing left fans shocked and confused. The reality show’s final wish. Apparently, he cut his son Christopher out of his will, according to The Blast. “I would like to express my love and affection for [Christopher Harrison]; however for the purposes of this Will, I have intentionally and with full knowledge failed to provide for him and his issue.”
Richard Old Man Harrison showed a lot of people that dreams do come true. He was a loving man and will be missed by his family and many of his fans.
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“My heart breaks that I will have to postpone these next few shows.”
Pop singer Justin Bieber left his fans in shock following a recent video which shows that half of his face is left paralyzed due to a syndrome he has been diagnosed with. This comes shortly after he was forced to postpone three shows from his Justice World Tour.
He could be seen having a hard time blinking and smiling normally. Further, he shared that his condition is getting more severe as he has started experiencing a hard time eating, which leaves him frustrated. The singer asked his fans to pray for him. “Obviously, as you can probably see with my face,” Bieber spoke in the video about his condition. “I have this syndrome called Ramsay Hunt syndrome, and it is from this virus that attacks the nerves in my ear and my facial nerves and has caused my face to have paralysis.”
Before he opened up about his condition on Friday, he shared with his fans that “a non-Covid-related illness” had struck him.
“So there is full paralysis on this side of my face,” the singer continued, pointing to the right of his face. “So for those who are frustrated by my cancellations of the next shows, I’m just physically obviously not capable of doing them. This is pretty serious, as you can see,” the Canada-born singer said in the three-minute video.
Ramsay Hunt syndrome (RHS) is a rare neurological disorder characterized by paralysis of the facial nerve (facial palsy) and a rash affecting the ear or mouth caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox (VZV).
“Can’t believe I’m saying this. I’ve done everything to get better, but my sickness is getting worse,” he shared.
“I wish this wasn’t the case, but obviously, my body is telling me that I’ve got to slow down, and I hope you guys understand. I will be using this time to rest and relax and get back to 100 percent so that I can do what I was born to do.”
He added, “I love you guys. Thank you for being patient for me, and I am going to get better. I’m doing all of these facial exercises to get my face back to normal, and it will go back to normal.”
“It’s just time, we don’t know how much time it will be, but it’s going to be okay. I hope and I trust God, and I trust that this is all for a reason. I’m not sure what that is right now, but in the meantime, I’m going to rest, and I love you guys. Peace.”
This year hasn’t been an easy one for Bieber and wife Hailey who earlier in March was admitted to hospital after she experienced stroke-like symptoms. Luckily, she managed to recover in a short period of time.
We hope Bieber will be able to recover fully and continue with his tour to the delight of his many fans. As for now, he obviously needs to rest.
Dogs are man’s best friend and they have proven this over and over again over the years, but are we as great of friends to them as they are to us? According to this story, the answer to this question is a resounding yes.
Spike is a 14-year-old English springer spaniel who was lucky enough to become part of the Morris family from Yorkshire. In fact, this sweet pooch was adopted back in 2012 and he has been a very important part of the life of his human parents and siblings ever since.
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Catherine, Spike’s human sibling, says of this amazing dog: “The first time we had him, we closed the stair gate and went to bed. He whined for a couple of minutes before jumping up over the gate in the dark and trotting up into my parents’ room and straight up onto the bed. That’s where he slept from then on.”
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Sadly, Spike’s health started deteriorating after he had two stroke recently, and that meant he was no longer able to climb the stairs and reach his parents’ bedroom. On the other hand, they were afraid he would try to jump or go upstairs and hurt himself, so they came up with a brilliant idea. They moved their bedroom downstairs so that Spike could snuggle with them again each and every night.
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Everything he needs, his food, water, and toys is near the bed so that he won’t need to stand up a lot until he gets better.
This story is what we need more of during these tough times for the humanity. People who return the love to their pets are the best kind of people.
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Widely known for her role of Miss Patty on Gilmore Girls, Liz Torres’ rise to stardom as an actress started somewhat unexpectedly. Being raised in Bronx, New York City, by immigrant parents, her mom dreamed of her working as a bank teller.
“‘Be a bank teller,’” Torres recalled her mother instructing her in an interview with the Chicago Tribune. “She had a fantasy of me working in a bank. That was her immigrant dream, the ultimate goal.”
“People who knew me in high school thought I was: A strange bird. I didn’t speak English very well, and my mother was very strict,” the Puerto Rican-American added. “I always wanted to be like an American, and I never really felt like that until now, I always felt like an immigrant.”
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From early age, Torrez fell in love with the stage and performed in several productions in high school.
Following high-school, she attended Manhattan School of Music but dropped out in order to attend NYU instead. There, she found her passion in comedy, something she would pursue as a career.
“I was very serious about anything until an old Vaudeville-styled comic named Phil Foster, who was on the Tonight Show all the time, ran into me at a party. He said, ‘You’re very funny. You should do standup!’ I thought he was nuts. I said, ‘No, my English is not strong.’ He said, “You’re very funny. I’ll teach you how to write,” Torres told Starrymag.
“So, he taught me how to write comedy. I wrote a little nightclub act, and he worked on it with me and took me to Improvisation in New York, which was a little nightclub. I got up and had my first laugh, and I became a laugh [prostitute].”
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One thing led to another and Torres ended up on The Tonight Show after a producer saw her perform. Her appearance on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson proved to be a success. One thing that worked in her favor was that she was a New York native and could always jump in when a guest cancelled.
“They called me in if someone didn’t show up. Everyone wanted a secure date,” Torres explained.
“I was never like that, I kept my music at the door if I’d had to run out. I would replace people all the time. If an author got stuck in a snowstorm in Idaho, they’d call me, and I was there in five minutes.”
She became a familiar face and soon after, she started getting offers for movie roles. Eventually, she landed the role of Miss Patty on Gilmore Girls and starred alongside Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, and her longtime friend Sally Anne Struthers. Torres starred in a total of 79 episodes in a period of seven years.
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However, as career blossomed, there was one thing she wasn’t happy about, her weight. Torres struggled to lose weight for many years and wished she could stop gaining it.
“I’m heavy. This is the reality. I don’t kick myself about it, but I don’t think I look fabulous in my clothes. I know that in my suits I look like a box walking down the street,” Torres told the Los Angeles Times in 1997.
“That’s the thing that hurts me most. Thank God, there’s a product out there that you can wear that’s passable. It’s corrective dressing, but it’s not who I am and ultimately that’s very hard.”
Being Hispanic and overweight was limiting and she knew she needed to do something about the latter.
“I would go on the set and people would not look at me. They also tend not to hear you. You have to make them focus on you. If I really want to be heard, I have that command but a lot of heavy women don’t. When I see someone heavy working on television I say, “Oh, God, go, girl. You do it.” You know, it shouldn’t stop your life,” she shared with Los Angeles Times.
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But then, in 2010, Liz Torres appeared on the opening night of the Broadway show It Must Be Him and looked totally unrecognizable. She showed her impressive weight loss and people were stunned by her looks. Even today, she manages to keep the weight off and looks fabulous.
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