The pandemic forced most of us to stay at home and avoid going outside. Sadly, that means not meeting friends as often as we would love to, not attending parties, and avoiding physical contact with others as much as possible. Well, the social distancing that we are supposed to live by didn’t stop two people from staring an adorable friendship which melts our hearts.
Mary O’Neill is a 99-year-old lady who lives all by herself. On the other side of her backyard fence lives a sweet boy who has just turned two. Because of the pandemic, Mary started spending most of her days in her yard and that is when she and little Benjamin bonded.
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Mary uses a cane to help her move around and Benjamin has just learned how to walk, but that doesn’t stop the two from spending some quality time together.
When Benjamin throws his balls over the low fence, Mary “kicks” them using her cane and they call that fun game the “cane ball.”
Needless to say, Benjamin makes this elderly lady’s days a lot more fun. “Sometimes he’ll get up and grab a piece of sand or a rock and give it to me as a gift,” O’Neill shared with TODAY. “He makes me feel good.”
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Mary used to spend her days at home playing Yahtzee all by herself, but now, she plays with bubbles, water guns, and tiny toy trucks instead.
“She’s just Mary, or in the past couple of days, he’s been calling her ‘Mimi,’” Sarah Olson, Benjamin’s mom, told CBS. “We’ll be playing inside and he’ll go, ‘Mimi? Mimi?’ and we’ll go outside and look for Mimi.”
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Mary has children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren on her own, but among the photos of them that she keeps in her home, there are also those of Benjamin and his siblings. That is how much the boy and his family mean to her.
“Friendship can just happen so many different ways, I’m just really happy they were able to form this friendship – quarantine or not, pandemic or not,” Olson shared with CBS. “I’m happy they formed this friendship because it means a lot to her and it means a lot to him too.”
The good thing is that the restrictions are now eased and Benjamin gets to cross the fence and visit Mary as much as he loves.
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Isn’t this unique friendship just another proof that when two people get along age is just a number? You can take a look at the entire story in the video below.
Little children are painfully honest, but that’s not always a bad thing.
Holland is a little girl who loves spending time at her favorite place, the Waffle House in Fort Myers. In fact, her mother Mary Katherine started taking her there when Holland was just a baby, so all the employees know her and love her. One of them, Mrs. Cynthia, who brings the little girl raisin bread and apple juice the moment she sees her walking at the store, has become a family over the years.
One day, as Mrs. Cynthia was serving them, Holland said something that left Mary Katherine speechless. The little girl uttered a question which made her mother very nervous, but Mrs. Cynthia knew just the right answer. “Mrs. Cynthia, I want to have dark skin like you. Why is your skin so dark?” the girl asked. What Mrs. Cynthia responded seemed simple, but her words carried a lot of wisdom. “Because God made everyone different! Isn’t that wonderful?”
Holland nodded in agreement, but she seemed to have some more questions in mind. “But, Mrs. Cynthia — if I had your skin, we could both dress up like Tiana!” Holland said. Mrs. Cynthia smiled and told her that she can dress as Tiana, the Disney princess, whenever she wishes.
Mary Katherine felt relieved. Both she and her girl learned a valuable lesson that day and Mary Katherine, who is an author, decided to share it with the rest of us. This is what she wrote: “My three-year-old daughter sees the difference between a black woman and a white woman. Human beings aren’t born oblivious to our differences. And honestly, in so many ways, pretending these differences don’t exist is an insult. What we must do—intentionally—is teach our children to see and APPRECIATE the things that make God’s people so unique. Whether that be their race, nationality, or religious beliefs… We need to talk about these things. Because, spoiler alert: our kids ALREADY see them.”
She concluded her Love What Matters post adding: “…fear is a liar. And silence is a terrible teacher. Thank God for the wisdom and grace of Mrs. Cynthia. Moving forward, I won’t stop my children from asking questions about the world around them. I won’t shush them into silence and teach them that ‘difference’ is a dangerous or taboo topic. Instead, I will tell them this simple, honest-to-goodness truth, straight from the mouth of our dear friend, Mrs. Cynthia: ‘God made everybody different. And isn’t that wonderful?’”
We know that Holland will grow up knowing how to embrace differences, something we should all learn to do if we want to make this world a better place.
Most young children spend every minute of every day having fun. They tend to play with their friends outside, play video games, or watch TV. However, there are also those who spend their free time working, just like the McBrides brothers, who are 12, 10, and 9 years old.
Believe it or not, Marcus, Travell and Marcelino have started their own business, the 3 Amigos Lawncare Service, and they are very good at what they do. So far, around 40 families from their home town Saginaw, Michigan, use their services regularly.
It all started when the oldest brother, Marcus, told his mother Terri Reed of his idea to set up a business and she loved it. “Marcus told me that he wanted to start his own business doing lawn care work,” Terri told Michigan Live. “So, the following day, I got up and I purchased all their equipment and their work clothes.”
The brothers gained the trust of their neighbors because they are hard-working and dedicated. What’s most, now that the summer comes to an end, they are planning on expanding the services they offer and tend to include clearing leaves and snow among the rest.
Mom Terri is extremely proud of her sons. She is an owner of a number of rental properties in the area and now that her boys saved enough money by working hard all summer, they put it into an investment property.
“They are enjoying it,” Terri said. “They have their weekly pay days and everything else goes into their business accounts.”
Great job, boys, we wish you a lot of success with your business in the future.
Pierce Brosnan has always been considered one of the most charming Hollywood celebrities. His acting talent along with his incredible looks helped him land roles in many outstanding movies, but that of special agent 007 is probably one of his most memorable.
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In 2001, Brosnan tied the knot for the second time. He married gorgeous journalist Keely Shaye Smith. Four years before that, they welcomed son Dilan who is now 23 years old and is as attractive as his famous dad, if not more. The year they married, the couple welcomed their second son, Paris. Brosnan has three other children from his previous marriage with Cassandra Harris. Sadly, their daughter Charlotte died of ovarian cancer in 2013.
Dylan has always admired his father and his work and said that growing up with a famous dad didn’t feel strange. “Yeah, of course. I don’t think it was something that we focused on growing up, but it was awesome and very exciting to grow up on film sets and travel with him. It was such a great opportunity,” Dylan told Enquirer.
One would assume that a child of such a celebrity like Brosnan would follow into their parent’s footsteps, and that’s almost always true. In the case of Dylan and his dad, the young and ambitious man did take parts in some movies, including Out of Reach and the short film Iconic. Dylan was a production assistant for his parents’ 2017 documentary Poisoning Paradise.
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Although he’s passionate about acting, it’s the fashion Dylan is mostly focused on. He’s a huge name in the world of modeling and has been working with brands like Saint Laurent, Dolce & Gabbana and H&M. In 2015, this handsome young man made his runaway debut during the Men’s Fashion Week in Paris. In 2017, Dylan was on the cover of GQ Style Magazine in Germany. This year, he walked the catwalk for the Spring/Summer Moschino show.
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In January 2020, both Dylan and his younger brother Paris made their dad extremely proud of them. The siblings were chosen to be Golden Globe Ambassadors for the Golden Globe Awards, which they both said was a huge honor.
“Dylan and Paris Brosnan have already achieved tremendous success in the fashion world and are following in their father’s footsteps in entertainment,” Lorenzo Soria, President of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, said.
“We’re proud to honor our dad’s legacy as we join the incredible roster of previous Golden Globe Ambassadors, many of whom have gone on to pursue their own dreams in the entertainment industry,” Dylan said.
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The two brothers used the opportunity to highlight the cause FEED, which provides nutritious meals to school-aged children around the world.
Despite being very successful in his chosen fields, Dylan graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts this year. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, he didn’t have a graduation ceremony, but that didn’t prevent him from celebrating with his family and the people he loves the most. His dad posted a photo of him wearing his graduation cap and wrote, “Congratulations Dylan on your graduation and academic achievements at USC School of Cinematic Arts. Go forth into this new world and make it your own. Be fearless, courageous and generous. Love, Dad.”
Dylan is a versatile man with many talents. Along his love for film and fashion, he is also the lead singer of the rock band “Raspberry Blond.” On top of that, young Dylan is an environment activist who does a lot for the nature. He was part of the 700 volunteers who planted 3,000 trees at the ranch.
Although he’s busy with his careers and causes, Dylan still finds the time for love.
He’s been dating girlfriend Avery Wheless for a few years. She could be seen on most of the family photos Brosnan and wife Kelly post on the social media. Speaking of how he sees love, Dylan says he learned it all from his parents and what the two have. “I think they have a lot of respect for each other and like what they do. They understand each other’s work ethics. If one of them needs space or time to figure something out that’s there.”
It’s safe to say that talent for a lot of things runs in the Brosnan family. With just 23, Dylan has already accomplished a lot in life and we are certain we will be hearing his name very often in the future because he has a lot to offer.
Do the movies from the 60’s and 70’s make you feel nostalgic for the good old times? If the answer is yes, then you definitely remember the onscreen love romance between Oliver Barrett and Jennifer “Jenny” Cavilleri. Barett, a heir of the family’s legacy, and Jenny, a girl from a working-class family, fell in love despite their differences and the many obstacles they faced. This movie was a huge hit and the American Film Institute ranked him 9th on the list of most romantic movies of all time. It is at the same time one of the highest-grossing films in the history of film.
Believe it or not, since Love Story was released, 50 years have passed.
The actors of the love story who put their hearts into depicting the emotions and the deep feelings between Oliver and Jenny are Ryan O’Neal and Ali MacGraw. After Love Story, they instantly became America’s sweethearts.
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O’Neal played in the soap opera Peyton Place before being part of one of the most memorable love movies, and his career went upwards after the role of Oliver for which he earned an Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations. Other movies he played in after Love Story are What’s Up, Doc?, Paper Moon, and the 1975 period drama film Barry Lyndon. His most recent TV appearance is that in Bones.
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When his co-star Ali MacGraw got the role of Jenny, she was pretty much a new face on TV, but that didn’t prevent her from gaining enormous popularity.
In fact, a year before the film that earned her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama and an Academy Award nomination, she won the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her role in the movie Goodbye, Columbus. Her beauty was, and still is, distinctive and mesmerizing. MacGraw appeared in a number of movies, including The Getaway, Convoy, Players, and the 1980 comedy Just Tell Me What You Want.
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After that, stunning MacGraw, who married three times, tried to get away of the spotlight and has dedicated her time to being an animal advocate.
It was in 2016 when the legendary actors reunited again for the tourting production of the play Love Letters. However, although audiences and fans saw they reunite as actors, the two said that they have been close throughout the years and remained good friends ever since Love Story.
Now, MacGraw is 81, and O’Neal is 79. We are happy both actors are doing great nowadays and we are forever grateful to them for giving us the iconic movie Love Story and the classic line, “Love means never having to say you’re sorry!”
Take a look at the movie’s trailer in the video below.
There are over 7 billion people living on Earth, all beautiful in their own way. In fact, it is the diversity that makes this world as lovely as it is and accepting the differences is something we should all live by.
Asel and Kamila from Kazakhstan are two sisters who are 12 years apart. Their distinctive appearance steals the hearts of many. Both of them have albinism and look so stunning that they are now part of commercials by numerous companies and many modeling agencies from the country are interested in working with them.
Albinism is a genetic disorder that causes a lack of pigmentation in the skin, eyes and hair. Despite the unique looks, people with albinism may suffer from certain medical conditions such as vision defects and a sensitivity to sunlight.
When Asel was born, her parents were surprised by her skin color. No one in their family had albinism before so her mom, Aiman Sarkitova, told Daily Mail, “When I gave birth to my eldest, genetics were not so developed with us, it is developing only now.”
What was more shocking for the family is that their second daughter, Kamila, shares her sister’s condition. They also have an 8-year-old son who is dark-skinned, a real Kazhan.
Asel, who is now 14, started her modeling career at the age of 10, and today, she and 2-year-old Kamila make the perfect modeling duo. They have over 33,000 followers on Instagram and their popularity grows bigger and bigger with each passing day.
Albinism is rare and people who have it may sometimes feel different and alone, but these two sisters are happy to have each other and share their joys and even downfalls in life. We say they are truly stunning.
One of the many reasons why we all love watching the Olympics is because it is “crowded” with people who have been waiting their entire life to show the world how great they are at what they do and how hard they worked to earn a spot in one of the greatest sports events there are.
This year, among the rest, one particular event made many viewers sad. A horse named Saint Boy was being punched repeatedly by Germany modern pentatholon coach Kim Raisner. What’s most, she urged the rider Annika Schleu to “really hit” the horse if it refused to jump.
The incident was caught on camera and made many animal lovers angry. The Modern Pentathlon Federation (UIPM) disqualified Raisner from the individual competition and the remainder of the Olympic games.
“Her actions were deemed to be in violation of the UIPM Competition Rules, which are applied to all recognized Modern Pentathlon competitions including the Olympic Games,” they wrote in a statement.
Germany’s Olympic team chief, Alfons Hoermann, also spoke of the incident. As per Reuters, he said: “We were all in agreement that the coach will not be at the competition on Saturday. We also consider that an urgent review of the incident is necessary, especially in terms of animal protection, and that the national and international federations draw their conclusions.”
Among those who decided to stand for Saint Boy is actress Kaley Cuoco. The Big Bang Theory star is a huge horse lover and she and her husband Karl Cook actually own some of these elegant animals. In an interview with Jimmy Kimmel, the actress said: “I have six horses, and they have been the biggest blessing in my life. Horseback riding is why I’m so centered, especially in this business. I wouldn’t have my career without it.”
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Cuoco decided to share her feelings regarding the disgraceful incident involving Saint Boy.
“I feel it’s my duty and heart to comment on this disgrace…This is not Olympic show jumping, ” she wrote according to 7News. “This is a disgusting, classless, abusive representation of our sport in so many ways. This team should be ashamed of themselves.
“You and your team did not do your county proud, or this sport. You make us look bad. Shame on you and godspeed to any animal that comes in contact with you.”
Her next move made many fell in love with her even further. Cuoco offered to buy Saint Boy. “I’ll buy that horse outright and show it the life it should have. Name your price,” she ended her post.
We are so thankful to Cuoco for making such an offer. We know the animal would end in the right hands if she welcomes him in.
Speaking of sci-fi movies, the first thing that comes to mind is Back to the Future. It is a legendary trilogy which is still as popular and as loved as it was over 30 years ago when the third and final part aired.
Of course, the movie wouldn’t be what it is hadn’t been for Michael J Fox who played the role of Marty and Christopher Lloyd in the role of Doc Brown.
But did you know that when he was first handed the script, Lloyd threw it in the garbage? Luckily, a friend of his made him reconsider his decision and give it a go, and well, the rest is history.
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Christopher Lloyd’s first love what the theater. At the age of 19, he started taking classes in New York City’s Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theater under Actor Sanford Meisner. Speaking of those times, Lloyd told Irish Times: ”I had a wonderful teacher. I had really figured out how to use myself technically as an actor. It changed my life forever. [Meisner] was an extraordinary teacher. He made it clear to me how to work as an actor and how to prepare for a role. It was a big turning point for me.”
Lloyd’s first ever stage debut was in a production of And They Put Handcuffs on the Flowers. What followed was his first Broadway appearance in Red, White and Maddox.
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Many productions later, Lloyd decided to turn to the film industry and one particular movie helped kickstart his career; One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, where he played psychiatric patient Max Taber and starred alongside his idol Jack Nicholson.
“I did so many interviews and auditions for films and it was just zilch. Nothing I did impressed anybody! I could just feel it. It was always ‘Okay, thank you, Mr. Lloyd.’
“Then out of the blue Cuckoo’s Nest came to cast. A casting director who sent me up for different things over the years sent me up for that and it just clicked. I was blown away, just so excited,” Lloyd said.
“Nicholson was an idol of mine going back to Five Easy Pieces, Easy Rider, and The Last Detail,” he added. “It just blew my mind, suddenly to be on a set with his presence, and him there, it was wonderful.”
Speaking of the time he was offered the iconic role of Dr. Emmett Brown, Lloyd shared with Sydney Morning Herald: “At the same time I was doing a film in Mexico City and I decided I was going to go back to New York and go back to the theatre where my roots were.
“So when the Back to the Future script came to me I had pretty much made up my mind I was going back to New York and I cast it aside. A friend I was with at the time said that’s not like me, so I thought I’d better take it out of the waste paper basket and have another look. And I did and went back to LA and met Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future director) and that was that.”
Initially, Doc Brown was imagined as a calm and reserved person, but Lloyd decided to do things differently with the role that changed his life and career forever.
The movie was a huge success. It made millions and people fell in love with it so much that action figures, legos, and toys of Doc and Marty flooded the stores.
“I’m an animated [action figure], and yeah, I’m a LEGO. I don’t think I’m immortalized,” Lloyd said. “Well, there you are, a hundred years from now somebody will be rummaging around the attic [and say], ‘Oh, look what I got! Doc Brown!’”
Back to the Future went on to have two sequels which were as popular as the original. Asked which one he loves the most, Lloyd says the third.
“There was horseback riding, which was a lot of fun,” he wrote. “There was the steam engine, to be on, work on, which is quite an experience. And Doc had a romance!”
Despite Lloyd’s enormous popularity, he tends to keep his private life out of the spotlight and says he’s always in for another Back to the Future movie as long as his friend of many years, Michael J. Fox, is part of it. “I think regardless of the Parkinson’s, he’d probably jump on the role and he’d be great,” Lloyd said. “I can’t see doing another sequel without him, I would certainly want Bob Zemeckis directing it, Bob Gale writing it and the other principals being involved.”
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Over the years, Lloyd starred in a huge number of movies, including TheAddams Family, where he played Uncle Fester, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the comedy Clue, and a lot more.
At the age of 82, Lloyd doesn’t plan on quitting doing what he fulfills him; acting. “I don’t really mind as long as I’m working,” he said. “Whether it’s a lead or cameos, or supporting roles, I love to be doing it. I don’t wait around for the ideal role to come my way – I’ll take what’s given,” he said.
