Queen Elizabeth responds after photos of little girl dressed as her surface online

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Halloween! What’s not to love about this amazing holiday? It is that time of the year when you can dress up however you want without being judged and have lots of fun by the way.

Well, 2-year-old Jalayne from Ohio decided to be Her Majesty, The Queen. In fact, it was her mom Katelyn Sutherland who made that splendid decision and created the costume relying solely on her creativity.

The cute little queen wore a curled wig which her mom attached to the floral hat using glue, a powder-blue coat, and gloves. The fashionable brooch, and the tiny clutch bag only made the resemblance to Queen Elizabeth more striking. However, we all have to agree that this genuinely creative outfit was best topped off with Jalayne two corgis.

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The little lady also wore some beautiful pearls and was totally ready to go trick or treating. Needless to say, she attracted the attention of everyone around. Katelyn revealed that many people who found the outfit cute even greeted her daughter with “Your Majesty” as they passed by her.

Realizing just how much everyone enjoyed the costume, Katelyn shared photos of Jalayne on her Facebook. Little did she know the photos would go viral.

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After the numerous comments from a huge number of people, Katelyn decided to send one of the photos to Queen Elizabeth II. To her surprise, The Palace responded.

The reply letter they got from Windsor Castle said, “The Queen quite enjoyed the splendid outfit.” Wow, just imagine what it must feel like to receive such kind words from the Queen herself and put a smile on her face.

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Speaking to Inside Edition about the remarkable outfit which was dubbed “the best they have ever seen” by many, Katelyn said that it all started with the corgis which her daughter loves so very much. “The dogs are our daughter’s best friends,” she shared with The Sun and added, “We wanted to do something where they could all be included together. We are most definitely fans of the royal family and truly admire how the queen walks by faith.”

People couldn’t help but share their thoughts on Jalayne’s costume. “I adore Queen Elizabeth and that little girl is as sweet as she could be with her two corgis I’m sure that put a smile on Queen Elizabeth’s face,” one person wrote.

“Long live her royal cuteness…Best Halloween costume of the year by far,” another added.

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As this past Halloween all eyes were on this lovely girl, we can’t wait to see what her mom has in store for this year’s dress up.

To see more of the Queen’s “mini me” go to the video below.

Brendan Fraser says action movies took toll on him but he’s now rebuilding his career

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Hollywood is the place where dreams come true, but at the same time, it’s the place where many of those dreams get shattered like glass.

For Brendan Fraser, the actor who is probably best known for the trilogy Mummy and George of the Jungle, the world of entertainment wasn’t all about glamour. He experienced both fame and failure, and today, after everything he’s gone through, he’s regaining his popularity.

Fraser had his debut in the movie industry back in 1991 with the film Dogfight. He was 23 at the time.

Brendan Fraser during “Love Field” Los Angeles Premiere at Mann Plaza Theatre in Westwood, California, United States. (Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)

Starring in action movies, however, took its toll and he could feel like his body was falling apart. Sadly, that’s when everything started going south for Fraser who was once a celebrated actor.

In an interview with GQ in 2018, Fraser revealed, “By the time I did the third Mummy picture in China,” “I was put together with tape and ice—just, like, really nerdy and fetishy about ice packs. Screw-cap ice packs and downhill-mountain-biking pads, ’cause they’re small and light and they can fit under your clothes. I was building an exoskeleton for myself daily.”

Fraser opened up about his career and said, “I felt like the horse from Animal Farm, whose job it was to work and work and work. Orwell wrote a character who was, I think, the proletariat. He worked for the good of the whole, he didn’t ask questions, he didn’t make trouble until it killed him.… I don’t know if I’ve been sent to the glue factory, but I’ve felt like I’ve had to rebuild sh*t that I’ve built that got knocked down and do it again for the good of everyone. Whether it hurts you or not.”

Another event that affected his life drastically was the divorce from his wife and the mother of his three children, Afton Smith.

The actor claimed he was “blacklisted” by Hollywood after he opened up about an assault he suffered from a former president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, as per Celebrity Nine. Apparently, this incident had to do a lot with his decision to withdraw from Hollywood.

In recent, years, however, to everyone’s delight, 53-year-old Fraser is slowly but steadily rebuilding his career. In 2016, he appeared in the award-winning Showtime TV series The Affair in which he played menacing prison guard John Gunther, in season 3. This role was of great significance for him because it reminded everyone of how great of an actor Fraser truly is.

He’s also granted himself a role in the upcoming feature film Killers of the Flower Moon by Martin Scorsese in which he will stare alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro. Other upcoming films in what was described by TV Guide as a “Brennaisance” are Brothers, a remake of the famous film Twins starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito, Batgirl, and The Whale.

Actor Brendan Fraser attends the “No Sudden Move” premiere during the 2021 Tribeca Festival at The Battery on June 18, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Jim Spellman/WireImage,)

In 2021, Fraser appeared in No Sudden Move by Steven Spielberg, so it’s safe to say that a huge comeback by one of the actors who marked the 90’s and 00’s in on the way and we can’t wait.

From what we know of his private life is that Fraser is single and lives with his horse Pecas he saved from a movie set in Mexico.

He is aware people are cheering for him and he loves it!

Cindy Crawford’s daughter, model Kaia Gerber, is the spitting image of her mother

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Thanks to her enchanting beauty and her passion for modeling, model and fitness guru Cindy Crawford took the world by storm the moment she appeared on the runway. Even today, she’s considered by many the most beautiful woman who has ever walked this Earth.

What we all love about Crawford, I guess, is her boldness to speak up openly of the rigid rules the fashion industry imposes on the models. What we see on the outside is a world filled with luxury, but the truth is that modeling is quite a competitive industry that requires dedication and perseverance.

Knowing all this, Crawford was extremely cautious when her daughter, Kaia Gerber, decided to pursue a career as a model and follow in her famous mother’s footsteps.

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Crawford was born on February 20, 1966, in DeKalb, Illinois. She was an excellent student and was class valedictorian when graduating high school. After high school, she pursued a degree in chemical engineering at Northwestern University, but dropped out so that she could focus on her modeling career.

One thing that makes Crawford special, besides her beauty and intellect, is the mole above her lip. In the past, she hated it because her sisters would often say it was an ugly mark, but she eventually got to love it and it became her trademark. When she was first featured on the cover of Vogue without them retouching it off, she said to herself, “If it was good enough for Vogue, it’s fine.”

“I feel like for me, so many women have beauty marks and when they saw me on the cover of Vogue or in a magazine with my beauty mark it made them feel more comfortable about their own beauty marks,” she said in the Naomi Campbell interview.

“And it made them remember me. It became the thing that set me apart in a weird way. So often the thing that we see that sets us apart and we’re insecure about, it becomes the very thing that makes us stand out. And I think that was a big lesson for me.”

Cindy Crawford and her daughter Kaia (in her lap) joined childhood cancer survivors during Childrens Hospital Los Angeles’ 11th Annual “Celebrate Life” day at Griffith Park in Los Angeles, Saturday, June 11, 2005.

Over the years, Crawford taught many young models to learn to love themselves the way they are.

Crawford married actor Richard Gere in 1991, but they divorced four years later. In 1998, she married her current husband and the father of her two children, businessman Rande Gerber.

Being children to a celebrity and one of the best and most influential models, Crawford’s children, son Presley Walker Gerber, and daughter Kaia Gerber, have lived under the limelight from the moment they were born. The two appeared in a Pepsi commercial along with their mother and Kaia loved it so much that she decided to become a model herself.

What is special about Kaia is that she’s a spitting image of her mom, and just like her, she dived into the world of modeling from very young age.

“When Kaia started to model, she jumped right into it, loved it, and immediately wanted to do everything,” Cindy Crawford told Vogue. “I was very protective at first, and I traveled with her to fashion month. But Kaia has her head on straight.”

Speaking of the uncanny resemblance, Kaia told Vice, “As a child I never thought I looked like my mom, I never really imagined it was something I could do. My mom never pushed it on me. Then, as I started to get older, people began approaching me to start modeling and I was very skeptical.

“It’s hard enough growing up, as a woman, with all those changes you go through as a teenager… to do that in the public eye is really scary. You need to be really confident.”

Beautiful Kaia was featured in the Italian Vogue when she was just 13, and from that moment on, all eyes have been on her. She has done shows and runways for some of the most famous brands in the industry, including Chanel, Marc Jacobs, Alexander Wang, and Karl Lagerfeld.

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Being the daughter of Cindy Crawford, Kaia is expected to be as great as her mother, and so far, she proved she is, although she does have big shoes to fill.

“I’m very aware of the special circumstances I entered the industry under. I have so much respect for young women who come into fashion from less privileged positions: you know maybe they don’t speak English, maybe they’re sending money back home to support their families?,” Kaia told Vice. “They have this pressure that I could never speak on. There are girls who I started with, who I’ve seen grow and get stronger, and I admire all of them so much.”

During the last two years, with the ongoing pandemic, 20-year-old Kaia is spending most of her days with her family in their home in Malibu, California.“We have a sort of compound with a garden, and a big lawn, and the beach that we could go to every day,” she told Vogue. “I’m not blind to the fact that we’ve been incredibly blessed.”

When it comes to her personal life, Kaia dated Australian actor Jacob Elordi from August 2020 to November 2021, as per Harper’s Bazaar.

She won Model of The Year at the 2018 British Fashion Awards.

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

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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.”

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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.

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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.”

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.”

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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.

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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.”

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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.”

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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

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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!”

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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