Chris “Birdman” Andersen: Age, height, net worth, career

By

-

Becoming a respected athlete doesn’t only take inner talent, but hard work, dedication, and motivation, too. That is the reason why only few succeed in making a name for themselves. I guess that not giving up even during the most desperate of times is the key to success. Of course, luck does its fair share.

The life story and the path to glory of one of the most memorable NBA players there are, Chris “Birdman” Andersen, go from rags to riches.

Born on July 7, 1978, in Long Beach, California, Andersen didn’t have much while growing up. His father left the family, and that event affected young Andersen’s life a great deal.

“We had a half a jar of peanut butter and a loaf of bread,” Andersen mother Linda told ESPN of that period of her family’s life. “We had nothing.”

Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Before his father left his mother, he first forced the family move to Texas, where the child support and alimony laws weren’t as strict as in California.

“How could you do that to your own kids?” Linda recalled to ESPN. “All they did was love you, and you walked away from them.”

One of the people who stepped up for the family during those tough times was Andersen’s uncle, who emptied all his savings and headed to Texas to help them build a home there. He even built a tree house for Andersen’s sister and placed a hoop on the tree. That is when young Andersen got hooked up to the game that would change his life forever.

As his mother had a hard time making ends meet, he ended up in a group home eventually.

“I had the opportunity to either live in a military school or at a children’s home,” Andersen told Heat Nation. “And I’m just thankful that I actually got the choice to pick one of the two. I picked the children’s home.”

When he attended high-school, Andersen’s varsity coach saw huge potential in the game he offered and convinced him to try basketball. However, not being a great student, Andersen, who is 2.08 tall, missed the chance to play for the University of Houston. Instead, he decided to go to junior college in Brenham, Texas, and play for Blinn College for one year.

All of a sudden, everyone was convinced that Andersen could do big in the pros, and he started to believe in himself more and more. However, in 1999, he failed to be drafted because he didn’t apply officially, apparently, because he had no idea he was supposed to do that in the first place.

“My head got so big I thought I could do anything,” he told ESPN back in 2008. “When I left Blinn, I really didn’t know what I was doing,” he added. “I didn’t have a plan.”

With a help of his high-school coach, Andersen ended up playing for the semi-pro Texas Ambassadors and that brought him to China where a scout noticed him during a game and offered him a deal. Andersen spent five months playing professionally in China before he moved back to the States.

Once home, he started playing for the so-called D-League where he spent two seasons before being called up to the NBA. His ever first season in the NBA, with the Denver Nuggets, was a huge success for Andersen. Overnight, he became a sensation and stole the hearts of a huge number of fans with his intense playing style, as well as with his looks. His dunks brough him the nickname Birdman.

Before retiring in 2017, Andersen spent 16 seasons at NBA and played for five different teams, Denver Nuggets, New Orleans Hornets, Miami Heat, Memphis Grizzlies, and Cleveland Cavaliers.

Over the years, the cute boy turn into a style icon. He is until this very day known for his distinguishing spike hairstyle and the many tattoos, including the one on his neck, which says “Free Bird”. According to Andersen himself, each of his tattoos has a meaning.

“I like all of them, man,” he said. “It ain’t something I regretted. It wasn’t like I got drunk and went and got a tattoo.”

“Some points in my life, I came across a barrier where I’d been,” Andersen told Fox in 2013. “So every tattoo has a meaning. I didn’t just go get a koi fish or something like that.”

His “Give me War” and “Forever Nightmare” tattoos symbolize his role on the court.

Chris ‘Birdman’ Andersen from when he first entered the NBA to today pic.twitter.com/vdlZzPHGtB

— NBA Retweet (@RTNBA) October 3, 2017

In the mid 2000’s, Andersen was suspended because he found himself in a middle of an investigation. Luckily, he managed to clear his name, and continued playing.

After he retired, he has signed for the famous BIG3-league.

Nowadays, Andersen tends to be out of the spotlight and we don’t hear much of him. In 2013, magazines reported that he was dating and later got engaged to his girlfriend Tina Wiseman.

The former NBA player revealed in an interview in 2018 that he has settled in Colorado, and from what we could see, he didn’t change much.

He is reported to have an estimated net worth of $14 million.

Donald Sutherland’s son, Kiefer, speaks of his father’s love affair with Jane Fonda

By

Monica Pop

-

The life stories of celebrities that we all admire and their path to fame always fascinated me because they show us that everyone, no matter how famous they are, were once doing all in their power to achieve their dreams and worked hard to make a name for themselves.

Donald Sutherland is a Canadian born actor whose impressive acting career spans almost six decades. He has been part of over 150 movies and series and played along some of the biggest stars in the world.

But his life wasn’t always all rainbows and unicorns. In fact, when he was young, he was often teased about his looks, especially his ears. He remembers one time when his friends started calling him Dumbo how he asked his mother whether he was good looking, according to 60 Seconds. “And my mother looked at me and went, ‘Your face has character, Donald.’ And I went and hid in my room for at least a day.”

Speaking of his beginnings in acting and the first audition he had, Sutherland recalled how he was told he did a terrific job, but still, they couldn’t cast him for the role. “I mean, we have to– the reason why we’re not casting you is because we’ve always thought of this fellow as a kind of — a guy next door sort of guy. And to be absolutely truthful, we don’t think you look like you ever lived next door to anybody.’ No. But it’s the story of my life, you know.”

Ironically, one of his biggest roles came thanks to his big ears he was mocked for when he was younger.

In the World War II Dirty Dozen, Sutherland was supposed to have a minor role, but when the lead actor refused to do a specific scene, director Bob Aldrich said, “You with the big ears, you do it.” And that changed young Sutherland’s life.

He starred in the movie M*A*S*H in 1970, and that was his major breakthrough.

In the years to come, Sutherland’s undeniable talent only shone brighter and brighter and he’s today one of the most famous names in Hollywood.

In 1971, he played alongside Jane Fonda in Klute. It was believed he had a love affair with her back in the day while he was still married to wife Shirley Douglas. “We’d already been cast but had not started shooting. And one day, [Fonda] made it very clear, via a somewhat provocative suggestion, that I should come home with her. And I just said, [pause] ‘OK,’” Sutherland told Rolling Stone.

When asked of his dad’s affair with Fonda, Sutherland’s famous actor son, Kiefer, said he didn’t know about it at and added, “No, but he’d probably say, ‘I fell in love’”

“I understand that. People do. And when they’re falling in love, they believe in everything so strongly and passionately, this kind of heightened experience, that it’s very hard to judge somebody for it.”

Although great Donald Sutherland had the chance to share the set with a number of prominent actors, it seems he’s very much fascinated by two of them. “I’ve worked with two women who, more than anyone else, have impressed me with their genius: Helen Mirren and Jennifer Lawrence,” he told Reader’s Digest. “The intelligence, wit and capability those two have is breathtaking. I love Helen in every respect, in how she conducts herself in a press conference or an interview. Everything about this business, Helen does to perfection.”

Among the number of awards that testify of his greatness in the field of acting is the “Honorary Award” by the Academy for his life-long contribution to film. Great Sutherland was also honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011.

The 85-year-old actor is not planning on leaving his job and we are glad to hear that because we know he still has a lot to give to us in the years to come.

Bog Saget’s daughter reveals the final text message her father sent her just hours before passing

By

Monica Pop

-

Bob Saget was an exceptionally beautiful person, inside and out. Described by everyone who has ever met him as a generous man who nurtured the relationships with his close friends and the cast of the show which marked his life forever, Full House.

While he played the role of a single dad and was surrounded with children on set, he was also a father of three beautiful daughters. Saget was the father everyone would ask for, although he believed that he somewhat “neglected” his girls because of his hectic schedule, working on the series and hosting America’s Funniest Home Videos.

Over the years, he and the kids from Full House, who grew up into famous individuals in their own right, remained very close.

Speaking of it, Saget told People in 2016, “It’s not just people who come into your life because you did some show together. I have a closeness with Candace [Cameron Bure] that’s incredibly strong, and with Jodie [Sweetin] and even Andrea [Barber]. We give each other crap!”

Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen paid tribute to their TV dad and expressed their sadness over his passing.

”Bob was the most loving, compassionate and generous man. We are deeply saddened that he is no longer with us but know that he will continue to be by our side to guide us as gracefully as he always has. We are thinking of his daughters, wife, and family and are sending our condolences,” they wrote in a statement.

In the past, Saget spoke how his real daughters were sometimes jealous. “My daughter would smell the other baby on me when I came home and think I was cheating on her,” he said when talking about filming with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.

Actors Mary-Kate Olsen, Bob Saget and Ashley Olsen attend the Los Angeles premiere of the Warner Brothers film “New York Minute” on May 1, 2004 at the Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Saget married his first wife and the mother of his children, Sherri Kramer, before he had his big breakthrough. Aubrey Saget, Lara Melanie Saget, and Jennifer Belle Saget became the center of his life.

When Aubrey was born, in 1987, Kramer went under cesarean section. Sadly, doctors put her epidural in the wrong place and the medicine ended up directly into her bloodstream. It looked like the consequences would be fatal as Saget was told that Kramer was brain dead, but she soon recovered and was able to leave the hospital with her daughter after 6 long, exhausting, and terrifying days.

Bob Saget and ex-wife Sherri Kramer attending the premiere of ‘Steal Big-Steal Little’ on September 19, 1995 at Mann National Theater in Westwood, California.
(Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)

The couple separated in 1997, after 15 years of marriage, but Saget and his daughters remained very close.

“They are the light of my life. I am a fortunate man in that all three of my daughters are exceptional. Very high beings, very smart people, very wonderful and very brilliant, very beautiful. They’re all artists,” he said.

Today, Aubrey, who holds a master’s degree from New York University, and her sister Lara, who has two bachelor’s degrees from Barnard College and Columbia University, are both renowned artists and run artist collective called Studio 200 together. The youngest of Saget’s daughters, Jennifer, tends to keep her life private so not much is known of her. She, however, used to accompanied her father on film premieres. They were seen together on the red carpet for the Hidalgo premiere in 2008.

LOS ANGELES – JUNE 15: Actor Bob Saget and his daughters Lara, Aubrey and Jennie arrive at the Golden Dads Awards ceremony at the Peterson Automotive Museum on June 15, 2005 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Amanda Edwards/Getty Images)

Saget always spoke of his daughters with much love and affection and considered them “the best people I know” and ”the greatest experience of his life.”

When he passed away, Saget was in the middle of a tour with his new stand-up show I Don’t Do Negative. The circumstances surrounding his death remain unclear.

Bob Saget and daughter Aubrey Saget attend Bob Saget’s Cool Comedy Hot Cuisine presented by the Scleroderma Research Foundation at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on April 25, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Michael Tullberg/Getty Images)

On Sunday, Aubrey posted a screenshot of the last message her father sent to her just hours before he was found unresponsive at the Ritz-Carlton in Orlando.

“Thank u. Love u. Showtime!” he texted his daughter.

Bob Saget loved his daughters more than words can say. They can proudly say he was their father. May he rest in peace.

Donny and Marie Osmond open up about the pressure their celeb status brought and their problems behind the scene

By

Monica Pop

-

The ’70s band that consisted of the siblings of the Osmond family, known as the Osmonds, quickly rose to fame after reaching the top charts and they all became teen idols that stole the hearts of millions of Americans. The screaming crowds who were anticipating each of the Osmonds’ new single, album, and performance, created a frenzy known as the Osmondmania.

When the only sister of the Osmond family started her music career herself, she and brother Donny became a duo and reached for the stars together. Their fame grew bigger and bigger and fans never had it enough of the celebrity brother and sister, so soon after, Marie and Donny Osmond had their own show, “Donny & Marie,” which was a huge success.

However, Marie’s success in front of the camera came with a price. She felt the constant pressure to look flawless at all times as producers knew many young girls and women were looking up to her.

“I had producers take me out into the parking lot when I was 103 pounds and tell me that I was obese, disgusting and a disgrace to my family,” Marie told Closer magazine in 2015, adding, “[They said] that I needed to keep food out of my fat face.”

Although things were tough for her, she didn’t quit the show because she knew it would mean a lot of people would lose their job as well. She pretended to be strong, but those harsh words always stayed with her and affected her self-confidence. “Food was becoming my enemy, and it should not be that way,” she told Closer during a 2017 interview.

Being 5ft 5in, Marie dropped to 97 pounds and became underweight. She felt hungry most of the time, and her busy schedule only made things worse for the young music and fashion icon.

Donny felt the pressure too. During the same interview with the Closer Magazine, he said how the show’s director was a “perfectionist,” and added, “There were so many wonderful outtakes that weren’t used because he wanted it to be perfect. What I’ve learned over the years is that imperfection is perfection. You can’t make it too perfect to a point where it’s not real.”

It looked like the famous siblings, who were just 16 and 17 at the time, had a lot on their plate for someone that young.

The producers of the show called it quits in 1978 despite it never lost the interes among the fans. Allegedly, the reason was that Donny started dating his future wife Debra Glenn, with whom he now has 5 sons and 10 grandchildren, and “lost” the title of most eligible bachelor.

The siblings moved on with their music careers. They first started singing and performing when they were very young, somewhere around 4 and 5, and are still very active on the music scene.

Both Donny and Marie have always been honest about how their careers affected their private lives. Being a celebrity with a tight schedule and being a great mother or a father isn’t really easy, but both the siblings show us that when you love something badly, nothing is impossible.

In her book, Marie wrote of the time she had her seventh child in 1999. Just after she gave birth, she left her home for three days and convinced herself that her kids would be better off without a mother. Speaking to the New York Post, she said, “I was absolutely physically exhausted…I went into absolute muscle spasms where I couldn’t get out of bed. I couldn’t move my arms.”

Thankfully, she came to her senses and was later diagnosed and treated for post-natal depression.

“My body was racked with hysterical crying, and I began to understand for the first time why a person would want to take their own life,” she told Daily Mail of that period of her life.

Marie confessed that being the only girl among eight brothers wasn’t easy. They have always been very supportive of her and her career, but she somehow felt the pressure which came from all sides.

“It hadn’t been easy growing up in the music industry in the ’70s – and for two reasons. Not only was I a girl, but I was [also] the only female Osmond. I felt a huge pressure on all sides,” she told the Daily Mail.

Today, just like her brother Donny, Marie has grandchildren who make her life complete. She is working with the non-profit organization Children’s Miracle Network whose goal is to raise funds for children’s hospitals in North America.

Donny and Marie dedicated their whole lives making music and it’s not a surprise their careers span over five decades. They experienced ups and downs, just like anyone else who’s been under the spotlight for so long, but Donny says, “I look back at my life as all these peaks and valleys, and “Donny & Marie”happens to be a peak. The bad times dissipate and you only remember the good. When I see those old clips, sometimes I cringe, but it still brings a nice big smile to my face.”

Everyone hopes school’s jock to invite them to prom – but he has a special girl in mind

By

Monica Pop

-

For some people, high school years are the best years in their life. For others, however, it’s the opposite.

This is the time when one learns what makes them laugh and what makes them cry. They learn new things and get to socialize with friends.

The culmination of these years is the prom, an event many prepare for a year in advance and hope they find the right person to be their date.

18-year-old Brendan Ritchie, a senior at the Fort Zumwalt West High School in O’Fallon, Missouri, has been the dream date of every girl at his school. A straight-A student involved in the school’s cross-country squad and an athlete with a generous heart, this young man is loved by everyone who has ever met him.

When it came to choosing his ideal prom date, Brendan let his heart opt for friendship. Namely, over the years, he made great friends with a girl named Ellie McCool.

When she was born, Ellie looked like any other child. She reached all the milestones just in time, but when she turned four, her parents realized something was wrong. Some of her body parts stopped functioning like before, and she was soon diagnosed with Rett syndrome, a rare genetic neurological brain disorder which affects girls mostly. Over time, Ellie experienced difficulties communicating verbally, but despite her condition, she was accepted by everyone at the school. She made lots of friends who included her in every social activity.

Knowing that Ellie loved Iron Man very much, Brendan asked her to be his date wearing the costume of this superhero in front of everyone at the school cafeteria. “Ellie, do you want to be my Iron Woman at the prom?” the sign Brendan carried read.

Ellie was over the moon, her answer to this question was a resounding yes.

“Every girl dreams of having a date to her senior prom,” Ellie’s friend Elizabeth Steiner said. “So the fact that Ellie was going to have one too was awesome.”

Everyone had the time of their life on their prom night. All of Ellie’s friends were there and made sure she felt like the princess she is.

“She’s just a really awesome girl and she deserves to go to prom with someone and I felt if it was going to be anybody, I’d like it to be me,” Brendan said.

Brendan made Ellie the happiest girl ever. She now has beautiful memories to cherish forever.

For more on this beautiful story go to the video below.

Orphaned baby of Florida deputies who took their own lives to be adopted by a “close family member”

By

Monica Pop

-

On New Year’s Eve, just before midnight, 24-year-old sheriff deputy Clayton Osteen from Florida attempted suicide. No one could possibly explain what made this young and successful man take his own life. He was a husband and a father to one-month-old baby.

Deputy Osteen died two days later, leaving his family behind.

As his family and friends mourned hiss loss and were trying to understand what triggered this tragedy, his girlfriend and the mother of his child, deputy colleague Victoria Pacheco, killed herself days after, leaving her son an orphan.

Everyone was in complete shock. The couple was described as a happy one. According to their family and friends, they were both very excited for welcoming their bundle of joy into the world, and until now, the circumstances surrounding both tragedies remain unclear.

“As sheriff, I saw these two deputies as young, ambitious, and a great compliment to my already amazing group of professionals. To the general public, and sometimes even myself, it’s easy to view law enforcement as superhuman… but let’s not forget that they’re human just like us,” St. Lucie County Sheriff Ken J. Mascara said.

Sadly, baby Jayce was left without parents. This unfortunate fact made many concerned for his life as an orphan.

One of Osteen’s friends, Kelly Ridle, created a GoFundMe page in order to reduce the uncertainty regarding Jayce’s future.

“Clayton and Victoria were joy-filled, first-time parents excited about their growing family, enamored with their baby Jayce, and so in love with each other. Tragically, for reasons completely unknown and totally out of character, Clayton took his own life December 31st, 2021. Reeling from the shock of loss, Victoria took her own life two days later,” she wrote in the description of the page.

A lot of people who were deeply touched by the loss of Osteen and Pacheco donated, and so far, $121,000 have been raised. Kelly thanked everyone for their generosity and compassion.

In the midst of the grieving for two young lives lost, Kelly shared that a close family member will adopt the baby boy.

Two young people who seemed to have everything they had ever wished for and whose lives were ahead of them decided to take their own lives, and these tragedies opened up a debate about mental health.

”While it is impossible for us to fully comprehend the private circumstances leading up to this devastating loss, we pray that this tragedy becomes a catalyst for change, a catalyst to help ease the stigma surrounding mental well-being and normalize the conversation about the challenges so many of us face on a regular basis,” Mascara said.

The remains of Osteen and Pacheco were laid to rest on January 8. May they rest in peace.

The career, net worth, and divorce settlement of Richard Gere, one of the most handsome Hollywood actors

By

Monica Pop

-

There is no person on the planet who hasn’t heard of Richard Gere. His role in the iconic American Gigolo placed him of the list of sexiest actors of Hollywood, and today, at the age of 72, this legendary actor hasn’t lost any of his charm that helped him make a name for himself as a heartthrob.

Gere knew he wanted to be involved in music or theater ever since he was a student.

“I went through a young-man-paranoid stage,” Gere said of the time he dropped college in order to pursue a career in acting. “I was dead middle class, and I felt I had to do something special. I didn’t want what I thought was that amorphous middle-class nowhere status. Even though my parents questioned what I was doing, they were loving, sweet and supportive.”

After playing the role of Julian Kaye, a male escort from L.A., the doors to Hollywood opened for talented and young Gere. When he took the role, which was initially offered to John Travolta, Gere had no idea the scenes would be that explicit. ”It was just in the natural process of making the movie. I certainly felt vulnerable, but I think it’s different for men than women,” he later told Advocate.

What followed after American Gigolo were iconic movies that marked the career of Gere forever, among which An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) and one of the most romantic movies in the history of film, Pretty Woman (1990). In the latter, then 41-year-old Gere played the role of wealthy businessman Edward Lewis, who falls in love with a Sunset Boulevard prostitute, played by Julia Roberts.

At the time, Gere was already a famous name and Roberts was a rising star, but both of them excelled their roles and became one of the most famous onscreen couples.

Speaking of this movie, which was a huge breakthrough for her, Roberts told Entertainment Weekly Radio of Gere who turned down the part several times, ”I just said ‘you have to do this movie, if you don’t do this movie and it falls apart and I lose this job it would just be terrible’. And I kinda pleaded with him in a very real way. And all three of us went out to dinner and um, I had a great time and he changed all our lives forever by agreeing to do this movie.”

“It was a charming movie. Julia hadn’t done much at all at that point. There weren’t high expectations for this thing,” Gere said.

The number of hit movies Gere was part of only grew bigger and bigger during the 90’s and everyone was looking forward to seeing the sex symbol in new projects.

In 2002, Gere got a Golden Globe for his portrayal of “Billy Flynn” in the smash-hit musical Chicago, which was the highest grossing musical with $306 million until 2008.

Although the movies he chooses to be part of are never about money, Gere earned millions of dollars throughout the years. It is estimated that he receives between $5 and $10 million for each of his films. According to Celebrity Net Worth, the actor is worth $120 million dollars.

When it comes to real estate, Gere was a proud owner of the Hamptons mansion known as Strongheart Manor for eight years before he sold it to TV Host Matt Lauer for $36.5 million. Gere still owns several properties in New York, including an impressive 50+ acre compound estate nearby Pound Ridge and the Bedford Post Inn which he co-owns with friend Russell Hernandez.

Being voted People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive in 1999, it doesn’t come as a surprise that handsome Gere dated many beautiful woman.

In 1991, he married model Cindy Crawford in an intimate ceremony. She was 17 years his junior and their marriage only lasted for four years. Then, in 2002, Gere married another model and actress, Carey Lowell. They had one son together, Homer James Jigme Gere, who is as handsome as his famous father. The couple, however, divorced in 2013 and went through a long and exhausting, both financially and emotionally, divorce. Details of their settlement have never been officially released publicly.

Today, Gere is married to Alejandra Silva, 37, with whom he has two sons. “He is the most humble, sensitive, affectionate, attentive, funny, generous man that I’ve ever met. What can I say? I’m so in love! How would you feel if each morning you were asked: ‘What would make you happy today?’ Not a day goes by that he doesn’t mention how important I am to him. I feel very lucky,” Alejandra told Hello! in April 2020.

Even at the age of 72, Gere looks as awesome as ever.

David Bowie’s daughter, Lexi, is one of the most beautiful women to have ever existed

By

Monica Pop

-

A true human chameleon and one of the most eccentric artists that have ever walked this Earth! Who else if not the man who reinvented himself so many times that we lost count, the one and only David Bowie.

His exceptional intellect, creativity, and talent impacted the world of music FOREVER! Today, six years after his passing, we go back to the incredible life of one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.

He was always ahead of the curve and influenced numerous trends, both in music and fashion.

Bowie died of cancer, a battle he was fighting away from the public eye. He only let the truth about his health state be revealed when doctors told him the cancer won. He passed away around the same time his final album, Blackstar, was released. Many of his fans were convinced that it was a way for him to say that final goodbye to those whose lives he touched with his music.

“I found out later that, the week we were shooting, it was when he was told it was over, they were ending treatments and that his illness had won,” Swedish video director Johan Renck, who was working with Bowie at the time, said in the BBC film David Bowie: The Last Five Years.

David Bowie was born David Robert Jones but he changed his name at the start of his career. It is believed that one of the people who influenced him to fall in love with music was his half-brother Terry. As a young child, Bowie felt he wasn’t given much attention from his parents. “It wasn’t a particularly happy childhood,” Bowie said in the film David Bowie: Finding Fame, as quoted by NME. “My parents were cold emotionally. There weren’t many hugs. I always craved affection because of that.”

He started his career with the band The King Bees, with whom he released the album Liza Jane. As the band didn’t seem to be attracting any particular attention at the beginning, Bowie considered quitting and becoming a monk.

“I wanted to become part of the order and go up to a Tibetan monastery in Scotland,” Bowie said according to Herald Scotland. “He [a young monk who became Bowie’s guru for several years] advised me not to even consider it. He said my purpose was in music.”

Although he didn’t do it, spirituality remained an important part of his being throughout his entire life.

His alter egos which came in the form of Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, the Thin White Duke, Halloween Jack, hooked the world to his music and helped him keep his demons at bay.

“I had enormous self-image problems and very low self-esteem,” he told GQ Magazine, as quoted by The Guardian. “I was driven to get through life very quickly, I really felt so utterly inadequate, I thought the work was the only thing of value.”

Besides his music, one thing that became Bowie’s trade mark were his eyes. He had a condition known as anisocoria which he got as a result of a punch in the face by his friend of many years, George Underwood.

Apparently, Bowie and Underwood both liked the same woman. As Underwood was trying to take her on a date, Bowie told him how she wasn’t interested and went on to date her himself. “He put me right in it, and I thought, ‘You bastard,’” Underwood told NME, laughing. “It wasn’t really my style, but I just walked up to him and hit him.”

Bowie wasn’t mad. In fact, he and Underwood remained great friends and Underwood once said, “He later said I did him a favor.”

Bowie was a father of two. He had his first child, son Duncan Jones, known as “Zowie Bowie” with his first wife, American model Angie Barnett. Later, in 1992, he married supermodel Iman Abdulmajid with whom he had daughter Alexandria “Lexi” Zahra Jones.

Unable to spend much time with his son because he was at the peak of his career during his upbringing, Bowie swore not to make the same mistake with Lexi.

Lexi was born on August 15, 2000. Both he and Iman made sure she was raised out of the public eye, and New York City allowed them to lead quite an anonymous life. “It’s so easy to be a person here, a regular guy,” David Bowie told Miami Herald in 2003. “The family and I have no problem going out and eating.”

Lexi showed interest in art early in life. At one point, just as she turned 18 and shared a photo of herself on Instagram, she received a bunch of offers from a number of modeling agencies who wanted to sign her.

‘”Every agency, every designer, called me to say: ‘If she wants to, we’d love for her to model for us.’” Iman told Porter. “I said: ‘No, she doesn’t.’ I know why they wanted to her to model – it’s because she is David Bowie’s daughter.”

“She [Lexi] says I am overprotective,” Iman told The Sun. “But I told her, this can all wait, it isn’t going anywhere. Have a life that is private while you can, because one day soon it is going to be public, so enjoy this.”

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Lexi Jones (@_p0odle_)

Lexi has a special Instagram account dedicated to her art. According to The Sun, Lexi moved to Los Angeles and is selling her artwork and customised clothing for up to $250.

“Lexi has been here for a while now, but she isn’t interested in the Hollywood scene and going to red carpet events,” a source told The Sun.

“She’s a great kid and very down-to-earth, most of her friends are also studying art and they spend their time vintage shopping, going to exhibitions and hanging out by the beach.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by David Bowie’s photos ⭑ (@davidbowiebnw)

“The world is Lexi’s oyster, there are a lot of opportunities for her being Bowie’s daughter, but she’s enjoying being a regular teenager for now and making it on her own.”

We are so glad Lexi found her passion. She’s a creative soul, just like her dad.

As his mother had a hard time making ends meet, he ended up in a group home eventually.

Ironically, one of his biggest roles came thanks to his big ears he was mocked for when he was younger.

In the years to come, Sutherland’s undeniable talent only shone brighter and brighter and he’s today one of the most famous names in Hollywood.

When asked of his dad’s affair with Fonda, Sutherland’s famous actor son, Kiefer, said he didn’t know about it at and added, “No, but he’d probably say, ‘I fell in love’”

Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen paid tribute to their TV dad and expressed their sadness over his passing.

The couple separated in 1997, after 15 years of marriage, but Saget and his daughters remained very close.

It looked like the famous siblings, who were just 16 and 17 at the time, had a lot on their plate for someone that young.

Thankfully, she came to her senses and was later diagnosed and treated for post-natal depression.

The culmination of these years is the prom, an event many prepare for a year in advance and hope they find the right person to be their date.

Ellie was over the moon, her answer to this question was a resounding yes.

In the midst of the grieving for two young lives lost, Kelly shared that a close family member will adopt the baby boy.

Gere knew he wanted to be involved in music or theater ever since he was a student.

At the time, Gere was already a famous name and Roberts was a rising star, but both of them excelled their roles and became one of the most famous onscreen couples.

The number of hit movies Gere was part of only grew bigger and bigger during the 90’s and everyone was looking forward to seeing the sex symbol in new projects.

Being voted People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive in 1999, it doesn’t come as a surprise that handsome Gere dated many beautiful woman.

He was always ahead of the curve and influenced numerous trends, both in music and fashion.

Popular posts

Latest Posts

Most Popular

Fast Access