Andrea Bocelli is the most popular world’s classical artist and his albums are sold in over 80 million copies worldwide. He has received countless awards during his career and his stunning vocal skills wow people from all over the world. Celine Dion once said, “if God would have a singing voice, he must sound a lot like Andrea Bocelli,” and honestly, we couldn’t agree more. He surprises his audience with amazing songs ever since he got into the world of music, and recently, he performed along some other famous names, like Ed Sheeran.
However, among those who had the honor to sing together with the great Bocelli is Veronica Berti, the love of his life.
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Their relationship started as purely professional, but they started having feelings for each other and things quickly heated up outside of the glare of the limelight. They were destined to be together.
The two were in a relationship for more than a decade before they made it official and got married in 2014. Their daughter was born two years prior to their marriage.
>”Naturally, when two people feel like we do, they want to make it a permanent arrangement. It will happen from the religious and spiritual point of view, but it is a legal matter.”
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Veronica and Andrea are a perfect couple, and a match made in musical Heaven. Their voices blend perfectly and create a harmony at those who listen to their duet.
Their performance of the song “Qualche Stupido,” triggers deep emotions and leaves the audience in awe. This piece of music means so much to Andrea, and performing it along with his wife makes it even more special.
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Listen to this perfect couple sing together and enjoy.
This isn’t the first time that we hear of a garbage collector going an extra mile while on the job.
Jake Bland has been working as a garbage man around the area of Kentucky for many years and knows the neighborhood and all the people living there all too well. So when he noticed that the resident of one of the houses hasn’t taken the trash out for several days, he assumed something was wrong.
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However, because of the pandemic and the social distancing, he hesitated whether to knock on the door of the elderly lady who was living there.
Days passed by and Bland started getting even more worried because there was no trash taken out for around two weeks, so he did what had to be done. He called his head office and asked from them to give the lady a call just to make sure she was doing fine.
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They immediately called her home, and to their relief, she answered the phone. They explained how the garbage collector got worried and asked her why she hadn’t taken her trash out for so long. The 90-year-old lady explained how she had little food in the house and didn’t really have much trash. She also explained how she was eating very little because she was afraid to go shopping because of the pandemic.
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This disturbed the company representative, Denise Arthur. He was sad the lady was skipping meals and made sure some of the employees bought groceries for her.
They left the bags in front of her house and wrote a note saying that their company, Hometown Hauling Company, will always be there to assist her.
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The lady was very happy and grateful. These people made her day and restored her faith in humanity. And it was all thanks to Bland who showed that he cared for the people he serves.
The story quickly spread around and people were thankful to Bland, Arthur, and the company for everything they did for the lady. They said they were happy to assist and hope other companies would take care of the members of the community in the same manner.
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Although the coronavirus pandemic made us socially distance from one another, this whole experience somehow brought humanity closer. We honestly hope this disease would soon be gone and we would be able to get back to the way we lived before it started.
In order for them to build their self-confidence and learn how to love themselves from early age, children need to be supported and praised for all their efforts and hard work.
A teacher named Amanda Cox is sharing an uplifting story that comes from her classroom. One day, she forgot to bring her pencils in class and asked from her students to lend her some. A boy, who had plenty of pencils, offered to give her some but asked from her to return them to him at the end of the day.
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Amanda thanked him and promised to give them back. But it wasn’t until she tried to sharpen one that she realized why those pencils were so important to her student.
Namely, she noticed something written on them with a red pen. When she took a closer look, Amanda realized those were personal messages. The one in her hand said, “You are so talented.” She then took another one and read another message. Some of those encouraging words were, “This will be a great year,” “You are creative” and “You are phenomenal.”
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Amanda approached the boy and asked if he could show her the rest of his pencils. And just as she assumed, each and every one of them had a different message written on it. This teacher’s heart melted. She was very happy to see how this student’s mother took the time to do something so special for her son. “Thanks to his mom, he was reminded of his self worth and wanted to share the same feeling with his classmates,” Amanda said.
It was obvious that his mother’s encouraging messages meant a lot to the boy because they reminded him how special he was and how great things would be for him in the future.
After Amanda shared the story along with the photos of the pencils on her Facebook page, it caught the attention of thousands of people who agreed the mother was doing parenting right.
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Over 451,000 positive comments spoke of just how much everyone loved the mom’s idea.
We should never forget that our little ones need a little push every now and then in order to achieve what they are truly capable of. If you loved this story make sure you share it with your friends.
A great number of celebrities tend to keep their children out of the spotlight and provide them with as much normal life as possible because they are aware of the influence media and newspapers can have on the kids. However, this was never the case with Kelly Osbourne, the daughter of rock ‘n’ roll icon Ozzy Osbourne.
According to Kelly herself, she was just three months old when her parents took her with them on tour so she got used to that life practically since the moment she was welcomed into the world. “So, there was no discovering Black Sabbath or rock ‘n’ roll music. That was my life! I didn’t know any different. It was when I started going to school that I realized that we were a little bit different.”
Being a child of someone famous as Ozzy Osbourne wasn’t easy. During her childhood, Kelly witnessed her dad struggling with drug and alcohol abuse. According to her brother, Jack, during one of their parents’ fights, Ozzy tried strangling his wife Sharon and was forced to spend a couple of months in a mental health center after that.
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“I’ve had a mad life. As a child [the heavy-metal band] Mötley Crüe used to babysit me,” Kelly told Daily Mail.
“My father taught us about music – we learned about everyone from the Beatles to Mariah Carey; I have fond memories of getting calls from her at Christmas singing Black Sabbath songs.”
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People learned more of Kelly during the show The Osbournes which aired back in 2002 and featured the domestic life of the family, excluding Kelly’s sister Aimee who refused to be involved.
“I didn’t like the judgment and criticism,” Kelly told Daily Mail some time ago. “I am so grateful that there wasn’t social media then. You’ve got to let people grow up, let them fall and pick themselves up again. I was a billion times worse than the kids that get a bad rap now. It really breaks my heart watching what some of the young people in Hollywood have to go through.”
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Kelly tried herself in acting, singing, modeling and fashion design over the years. Her cover of Madonna’s hit Papa Don’t Preach reached the music charts in the U.K. but her album Shut Up! wasn’t well-accepted by the fans, so she turned to fashion design instead.
In 2006, Kelly went to rehab to help herself with the drug and alcohol abuse. “What bugs me the most is that people think I was a party girl and I went around having a great time,” she writes in her page. “I did drugs because I hated myself and I was miserable, and I didn’t want to think about it anymore.”
Luckily, those days are far behind her. Not only she overcame her addictions, but she turned to a healthy lifestyle as well. The vegan diet helped her lose over 85 pounds and Kelly looks stunning today.
She makes sure she keeps her fans updated about her life, including her weight-loss journey. Kelly says that staying healthy isn’t easy sometimes, but she has some valuable advice. “For me, what it’s all about is finding that healthy moderation, which is easier said than done,” she told The Beet. “When you sat there in front of a plate of french fries, there is no moderation. So you have to realize if I’m going to eat this, I’m going to do an extra 15 minutes of working out … just balance everything out.”
A few weeks ago, beautiful Kelly shared this photo of her wearing black dress and wrote how she can’t believe that’s her.
“I still can’t believe that this is actually me in these pictures. Hard work, acceptance of who you really Deep down under all that insecurity/fat can turn into a beautiful thing,” she wrote. “In the past I lost weight for social acceptance. This time… I did not lose weight anyone but myself and it feels great!!! If you too are on a path transformation before you do anything… you have to learn to love yourself. I love you guys so much.”
We are so glad she finally found herself and decided to take control over her life. Kelly you are such an inspiration!
The definition of beauty has changed over the years, but the time when we would stop judging people based on their looks is yet to come.
Being different is not bad, in fact it gives you the chance to be unique and feel special as long as you learn how to accept yourself the way you are. A woman named Tessa Schiethart from The Netherlands is doing exactly that. She loves herself no matter what.
This incredibly brave young lady was born with a birthmark on her face, or a condition known as Sturge-Weber Syndrome.
Tessa’s parents were concerned because they know people can be judgmental and they didn’t want their girl to go through a hard time during her life, so they decided to take the doctor’s advice and take her to treatments that would make the birthmark lighter.
Unfortunately, wanting to offer the best to their little girl, they made things worse. The treatments weren’t successful and Tessa was left with scars on her face.
“When I was six we stopped laser treatment because my eyes became more important and there was high eye pressure and we needed to lower it in order to keep my left eye from becoming blind as well,” she told Barcroft TV.
All this didn’t make Tessa feel sorry for herself. Instead, she decided to embrace the fact that her face is different and now spreads her positivity to people who don’t feel confident because they are different themselves.
She works as a life coach and helps change the lives of many.
”My birthmark and my different look has never stopped me from pursuing my dreams. I have studied the studies I wanted to, I work, have many friends and have travelled the world extensively all by myself. I love the little things in life, and practice yoga every morning to set my intention for the day”, she says.
“I chose not to spent two hours of my morning in front of a mirror putting on a mask of chemical make-up to cover my stain so that ‘society’ would accept me and I would fit some ‘standard of normalcy.’”
She used to spend a lot of time covering her birthmark but seeing herself in the mirror without it was “such a weird distorted feeling.”
Tessa believes that the term normal is overrated and that we shouldn’t identify ourselves with our bodies.
We believe that what Tessa does is so inspirational that it becomes life changing. She truly is a very special young woman who looks absolutely stunning the way she is.
It’s not often that we hear of famous people staying together in marriage for many years, but when we do, we are glad they are sharing a positive example and assure us that not everything in the world of celebrities is about gathering attention and being in the spotlight.
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Faith Hill and Tim McGraw are one of the most beautiful celeb couples we know. They have been married for 24 years now and have three stunning daughters who are now all grown up and resemble their stunning mother a lot.
Gracie Katherine is 23, Maggie Elizabeth is 22, and Audrey Caroline is 18.
However, it was just recently that Maggie’s beauty caught the eye of the wide public and people became interested to learn more about her and her life.
Her dad Tim posted a photo of her for her birthday and his followers couldn’t stop commenting about how gorgeous she is and how she inherited her mom’s smile.
“So hard to believe that this little thing turns 22 today! Life sure goes by fast. Soak it up Maggie May. We love you and are so proud of you, Dad,” Tim wrote.
Her mom also took to Instagram to congratulate on her daughter’s birthday by posting photos of the two. Faith wrote, “Happy Birthday to our Maggie !!!!!! 22 years old today. “A throwback photo from our cross country road trip 4 years ago. I love you my sweet.”
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Fans of the musicians say they are glad the stars installed in their daughter the life values they themselves live by, and that’s love, honesty, devotion, and helping others.
”As a parent, you do not want to stand in the way of their dreams,” Faith told AOL a few years ago. ”You want to protect them; you want to make sure they aren’t disappointed…Sometimes, it’s better to let your children go through things on their own and let them experience it instead of saying, ‘Don’t do it this way, or you must do it this way.’”
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Maggie graduated from the Stanford University in California this year and is planning on obtaining a master’s degree in sustainability science. Despite being an excellent student, Maggie is also part of a rock band called ”Sister Supply.” They are a new group, but they already performed at festivals. On top of that, Maggie is known as a girl with a heart of gold who is always there for those in need of help and support. The charity she is part of, Feed The Front Line Live, has helped many people from Nashville during the pandemics. Being devoted and working hard for the cause, she was named vice president of the organization recently.
“I think I grew up with a mentality that it’s kind of an obligation for you if you have more than other people, to give back,” Maggie said speaking to Us Weekly.
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It’s awesome that someone that young has their priorities straight and knows exactly what their goals in life are. Maggie and her sisters are happy to have parents who set good examples for the girls to follow. We can’t wait to see what Maggie will do in the years to come, and we hope she will be as famous as her mom and dad one day.
Actor John Travolta has suffered two major tragedies. He and wife Kelly lost their son Jett in 2009 while on holiday in the Bahamas. Jett suffered a seizure which lead to his passing. Both John and Kelly were heartbroken and went through a very long process of grieving. The actor told US Weekly, “It’s the worst thing that’s ever happened in my life. The truth is, I didn’t know if I was going to make it.”
John and Kelly first met on the set of The Experts in 1989 and were considered one of the best and most loved Hollywood couples.
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Sadly, Kelly was diagnosed with breast cancer and after battling with the disease for two years, she died in July 2020. John posted on the social media to inform friends and fans of the loss of his loving life, writing, “My family and I will forever be grateful to her doctors and nurses at MD Anderson Cancer Center, all the medical centers that have helped, as well as her many friends and loved ones who have been by her side. Kelly’s love and life will always be remembered.”
As though suffering the deaths of two people who meant the world to him wasn’t enough painful for the Pulp Fiction actor, a month ago, John lost his nephew Sam Travolta Jr., the son of his older brother Sam. The news of his death wasn’t revealed until now, however. Sam was 52 and was working as a screenwriter who had a hard time making ends meet at times.
He once said how his uncle John was giving him monthly allowance and told Esquire Magazine, “I’m a struggling screenwriter living in a tiny one-bedroom apartment, so John’s money helps.”
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It has been reported that Sam passed away in his home in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin.
One of his school friends, Nick Mavrostomos, told The Sun, “He will be greatly missed, but he will always be with us. I found out through high school friends, they reached out to me to let me know. We had a great time when we used to hang together in high school.”
Speaking of Sam’s relationship with the actor, Nick added, “Sam was definitely proud of being related to John Travolta. He was happy go lucky and a good friend, good-spirited.”
We are very sorry John had to go through such a hard time in his life. Our thoughts are with him.
Music has a healing power and everyone who has ever found comfort in the tune of their favorite song can tell you that.
Today, when the pandemic that changed the way we live is still ongoing, looking at some incredible gatherings between strangers that took place by pure chance remind us of the good times and teach us a lesson that we should never take things for granted.
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The video below which shows an elderly lady playing the piano in public was taken before the lockdown, but was now shared to remind us of the beauty of being together.
The lady plays like a real goddess and the passersby can’t help by stop and listen to the incredible music she produces. She plays the stride and ragtime and people take their phones out to take videos. Well, this isn’t something you come across every day.
Take a look at the incredible atmosphere this lady created. I really wish I was at the mall that day.
Andrea Bocelli is the most popular world’s classical artist and his albums are sold in over 80 million copies worldwide. He has received countless awards during his career and his stunning vocal skills wow people from all over the world. Celine Dion once said, “if God would have a singing voice, he must sound a lot like Andrea Bocelli,” and honestly, we couldn’t agree more. He surprises his audience with amazing songs ever since he got into the world of music, and recently, he performed along some other famous names, like Ed Sheeran.
However, among those who had the honor to sing together with the great Bocelli is Veronica Berti, the love of his life.
