The sinuses play an essential role in keeping the body healthy and free of bacteria and invaders like dust, germs, and dirt by creating a thin layer of mucus that’s constantly draining through the nasal passages. They are systems of air-filled spaces in the skull located behind the forehead, nasal bones, cheekbones, and eyes.
Sinuses can also influence the quality of one’s voice and protect the skull from injury.
These are just some of the reasons why we should make sure our sinuses are healthy and free of infections at all times.
When they experience issues with the sinuses, most people turn to over-the-counter medicines not knowing there are other solutions consisting of natural ingredients.
Using natural remedies for treating health issues isn’t anything new. People have turned to the nature for centuries, and it is beautiful that some of those recipes and remedies have been passed down from generation to generation.
One cheap, easy, quick, and simple recipe for easing the issues with sinuses is apple cider vinegar.
Apple cider vinegar is simply fermented apples, which turns into apple cider vinegar over time and is rich in nutrients including a lot of B-vitamins, vitamin c, acetic acid, sodium, phosphorus, potassium, calicum, iron and magnesium.
This is how to use it for treating sinus infections.
To form a tonic for internal use, you can simply mix 1/8 to 1/4 a cup of apple cider vinegar into 16 ounces of water.
Sip on this tonic, and finish it sooner than later, then rinse with water after so the acid doesn’t sit on your teeth.
Alternatively, you can gulp up to 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar in 8 ounces of water all at once.
This is how to prepare nasal rinse for sinus infections.
Add 1/2 – 1 tsp teaspoon of organic, raw apple cider vinegar to a cup of warm filtered water. Stir this solution until thoroughly mixed.
Pour some of the mixture into your palm and snort it up one nostril at a time. Use your other hand to plug the free nostril. Do this on the other side also so that it’s evened out.
Steam apple cider vinegar for nasal congestion.
This is done by putting apple cider vinegar and water (50/50) into a pan of water. Then steam it with the lid on, get it almost to a boil then open the lid and let it steam over your face. You should inhale deeply while the steam evaporates over your face and make sure it isn’t too hot. While doing this procedure, keep your eyes closed so that the vinegar doesn’t get to the eyes.
If you suffer from sinus issues give apple cider vinegar a try.
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Michael J. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease over 30 years ago, when he was just 29.
He disclosed his condition with the public in 1998 and semi-retired from acting two years later as his health worsened. It took young Michael a lot of time to accept the reality, but he finally decided to make the best out of his life despite the struggles the disease forced him to face.
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At first, Michael J. Fox thought he had a sports injury after developing a tremor in his pinky finger. The neurologist recommended he visit a physical therapist. However, it was not a sports injury but Parkinson’s.
“I had made my way shellshocked back to the apartment and met Tracy and told her, admittedly somewhat tearfully, this had been pronounced. And she didn’t blink. I could tell right away she was with me, and she was with me through whatever happened,” Fox told NPR.
“And, you know, what was tough about it was, with Parkinson’s, you don’t know what to expect because it was a twitching pinkie and a sore shoulder that brought me in there, and that was the basis of the diagnosis,” he added.
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Along with his wife, Michael established the Michael J. Fox Foundation whose goal is finding cure for Parkinson’s disease through funded research. The organization is currently the largest non-profit funder of Parkinson’s disease research in the world. His dedication to helping patients with the disease he suffers from himself placed him on the 2007 Time Magazine’s list of 100 people “whose power, talent or moral example is transforming the world.”
Although he continued acting after the diagnosis, his work was mainly focused on lending his voice in films like Stuart Little and Disney’s Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
The actor has written four books, Lucky Man: A Memoir (2002), Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist (2009), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future: Twists and Turns and Lessons Learned (2010) and his fourth, No Time Like the Future, released on November 17, 2021.
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Recently, in an interview with comedian Mike Birbiglia, Michael opened up about never-before-shared aspects of his condition and explained that he had lost his sense of smell. Although this saddened him a great deal, he said he still remembers most of the smells, including that of pine, just before Christmas.
Although it is a common belief that tremor is the first symptom of Parkinson’s Disease, research reveals that most people diagnosed with it lose their sense of smell months, and even years before the diagnosis.
The Teen Wolf and Spin City star has been married to actress Tracy Pollan for 32 years and they have four children together. Despite his struggles, Michael says life is good because he’s surrounded by his loving family and people who are his biggest support.
When they first met on the set of Family Ties, Michael J.Fox and Tracy Pollan didn’t probably assume that their off-screen relationship would outlast that of 19-year-old teen Alex and the brainy dancer Ellen Reed, the characters they played on the show.
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Even so, Michael J. Fox already had a crush on Tracy while working on Family Ties.
“I developed a crush on her right away. When she left the show – the day she left the show, we were in the parking lot getting into our respective cars. She was getting into a rented Volkswagen, and I was getting into my Ferrari. And she called me over and said she wanted to play me a song. She played me a James Taylor song called That’s Why I’m Here, which was ostensibly about John Belushi. And one of the lines was, ‘John’s gone, found dead, died high. He’s brown bread, later said to have drowned in his bed. After the laughter, the wave of dread, it hits us like a ton of lead. That’s why we’re here,’” Fox recalled in an interview with NPR.
“And I instantly knew what she meant,” he added. “She had only known me for a short time, but I was partying too hard. And I was really on a crash course to something bad happening. And as I got back in my Ferrari and got on my cellphone, and turned on my quadraphonic stereo, I realized she was right. I was going down the wrong road. And I ran into her a year later. She auditioned for a film I made called Bright Lights, Big City. And I said, how’s so-and-so, your boyfriend? And she said, ‘We’re not going out anymore.’ And I said, ‘You want to have lunch?’ And within two years, we were married.”
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Tracy never left her husband’s side and is his biggest support. The two are doing their best to cope with Michael’s condition and are working hard on raising funds for finding cure for Parkinson’s disease.
Michael is no longer acting actively but he’s still in the business. He provides his voice for movie roles and takes part in important documentaries.
His fans, however, are always happy to hear from him and see him out in public.
Just days ago, the Back to the Future star stepped out with his wife Tracy for the Good+ Foundation’s “A Very Good+ Night of Comedy” at Carnegie Hall in New York City. The couple smiled for photos, looking very much in love, just like they have for the past 35 years.
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The A-list actor who is best knows for his roles in Pretty Woman and An Officer and a Gentleman fell in love with acting when he first interacted with the stage while at high school when he composed several amateur musical shows. However, it took quite some time before Richard Gere realized acting and being on stage was his thing.
After he dropped from university in order to pursue a career in acting, he experienced a few disastrous shows and decided to move “across the pond” to London, England where he got the role of Danny Zuko in the musical Grease in London.
When the musical was set up in New York, Gere made the decision to return to the States where he found work on Broadway.
He got his breakthrough role in the thriller Looking for Mr. Goodbar, starring alongside Diane Keaton, in the year 1977. A year later, Gere landed a starring role in Days of Heaven, and in 1980, he got the title role in American Gigolo.
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When he starred in one of the best romcoms ever filmed, Pretty Woman, Gere cemented his place in Hollywood. According to him, it was his co-star Julia Roberts who convinced him to take the role.
“To be honest, I didn’t know if I was doing this movie yet. She’s across the desk, we’re getting to know each other, we’re flirty-flirty, nice-nice,” Gere told Smooth Radio in 2015.
“And [director Garry Marshall] calls up and it’s kind of like, ‘How’s it going?’ And I’m going, ‘Yeah, yeah,’ and she takes a piece of paper. She turns it around, and she pushes it to me. It said, ‘Please say yes.’ It was so sweet. And I was like [miming talking on the phone], ‘I just said yes.’”
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Before landing a prominent role, Gere felt like he had screwed up his career.
“Pretty Woman is something I never would have done. Neither is An Officer and a Gentleman. I had no interest in these scripts whatsoever,” Gere said in a 1993 interview with Movieline magazine. “It was the same person knocking my door down on both of them, Jeffrey Katzenberg, first at Paramount, then at Disney, who was one of my first friends out here and still is. At the point of Pretty Woman, I had been kind of out of things for a while. I consciously [had] just said, ‘Going off to do other things’ and I fucked up my career to the point where [people weren’t saying], ‘Well, let’s get Gere to do that.’”
He continued, “I had to crawl a little bit to get scripts. Doing Internal Affairs, for instance, was a very difficult decision for me to make because, potentially, that could have been such a piece of shit.
“One thing lead to another and I started to see something I could bring to this,” Richard Gere recalled about the time when he considered Pretty Woman. “But it was a fairly mercantile decision, not a soul decision. Made the movie, had a great time making the movie and, probably because of the lack of pressure to do something important, I was able to explore other things in myself and as a man, too. I think I found a much freer way of working in that film, which I’ve used ever since.”
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Although Pretty Woman helped shape Gere’s career, he later described it as a “silly” movie he had forgotten about.
He even believed that the character he played, Edward Lewis, glorified Wall Street financiers so much that it helped contribute to the global financial crisis.
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.
Being voted People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive in 1999, it doesn’t come as a surprise that handsome Gere dated many beautiful woman.
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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, 40, 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.
The prestigious actor has turned to Buddhism years ago, and even met Dalai Lama, the highest spiritual leader of Tibet, and spoke of the encounter as a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Today, the two are close friends, but Gere can never forget the first time he met His Holiness.
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“We started out with a little small talk, and then he said, ‘Oh, so you’re an actor?’” the Pretty Woman star recalled.
“He thought about that a second, and then he said, ‘So when you do this acting, and you’re angry, are you really angry? When you’re acting sad, are you really sad? When you cry, are you crying?’
“I gave him some kind of actor answer like it was more effective if you really believed in the emotion that you were portraying. He looked very deeply into my eyes and just started laughing. Hysterically. He was laughing at the idea that I would believe emotions are real, that I would work very hard to believe in anger and hatred and sadness and pain and suffering.”
His love for the “Roof of the World” affected Gere’s career a great deal and it all started when he decided not to follow his prepared speech during the Academy Awards ceremony in 1993 but used the occasion to protest against China’s occupation of Tibet and its “horrendous, horrendous human rights situation.”
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Gil Cates, the Academy Award’s producer, swore to ban the actor from any future Oscar broadcasts.
Gere, however, didn’t care. He believed speaking his mind was more important of all.
Knowing how huge of a market the Chinese TV industry is, Gere missed a huge number of roles in successful movies only because the Chinese banned every project he was part of.
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There is nothing a mother wouldn’t do for their children.
Phyllis Pena is a mom who showed incredible bravery, and even put her life in danger, in order to stop a man who was looking into her 15-year-old daughter’s window from running away.
The incident happened during broad daylight shortly after 7 a.m. on January 31 when Pena noticed 19-year-old Zane Hawkins peeking in his daughter’s window.
The suspect tried to escape, but the police were able to catch up with him. However, at that moment, Hawkins attempted another getaway, and that’s when Pena tackled him.
Her act was caught on one of the officer’s dash camera.
“It’s not very often that we have somebody that actually steps in, puts themself in harm’s way to assist in apprehending somebody,” Sgt. Roy Welch said.
She was aware she put herself in danger, but she doesn’t regret it and she says she would do that again if needed.
“My kids are my life and just making sure I protect them,” Pena said.
Hawkins was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance, evading arrest and resisting arrest.
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Finding the perfect place to live isn’t always easy. Many times, the high prices are the main obstacle towards fulfilling our dream of owning our own home.
In the pursuit of becoming home owners, some people opt to buy smaller apartments, their own peace of heaven that gives them the feeling of freedom.
Back in 2020, a man from Sweden decided to purchase a tiny apartment after he divorced his wife and left his spacious home to her and their daughters to live in.
His plan was to live in the apartment until he gets a loan for a bigger place.
He was able to pay off the loan for his studio-like apartment in the period of three to five years, but as time passed by, he realized that he loved his place and he didn’t even need a bigger one.
The place has everything needed for life, a living-room, a bedroom, a kitchen, and a working area.
Many were eager to see how people live in these tiny apartments, and this man was more than willing to show them by opening the doors to his place for them to see.
There is also a TV-set and a mini-bar, and each stair is used for storing things.
The dining area is cozy, and there are also separate shelves where the creative owner stores his shoes and clothes.
Knowing how small it is, people are stunned to see the inside of this man’s place.
What do you think of this place? Would you ever consider living in one?
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On the fourth anniversary of his wife Beth Chapman’s death, Duane Chapman, or better known as Dog the Bounty Hunter, made a head-turning announcement when he revealed he had a secret son named Jon.
The reality show star, 70, posted a photo of his Jon with his wife Jodi. The two are smiling for the camera.
“For the last four years, this day was a terrible reminder of one of the greatest losses of my life.
“But God redeemed this day when I discovered my son Jon, who I just met recently, was born on this day.”
He went on: “So now instead of sorrow, this day has a new meaning. This is my son Jon and his wife Jodi.”
The Dog’s Most Wanted star further added that he would reveal more details concerning Jon in his upcoming new book, Nine Lives and Counting.
As of Chapman’s daughters, half-siblings Bonnie and Cecily, their relationship with their father is sort of a rocky one, or at least it turned into one when they were excluded from their father’s union to Francie Frane. This caused a controversy and made people wonder why he made the decision not to invite his daughters to the special occasion.
Dog the Bounty Hunter’s late wife was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2017 and passed away from the condition in 2019 at the age of 51.
Two years later, he tied the knot to Frane, but his daughters weren’t invited to the wedding.
Bonnie spoke publicly of her devastation regarding her father’s decision. In an interview with TMZ she revealed details she had previously kept private because “I hoped to maintain a relationship with my father.”
The newlyweds got engaged in May 2020 — just 10 months after Beth’s death and a failed proposal to now-ex Moon Angell. Dog popped the question at their Colorado home.
“I wasn’t expecting it at all,” Frane told The Sun of the proposal. “I think I had gone to pick up some food and then when I came back, he had all the lights turned down with just a few lights on and a bunch of candles lit.”
“So when I came in I was like, ‘Wow, this is awesome.’ Then he said, ‘Come in, sit down because I need to talk to you.’ So I put all the food in the kitchen and I came in and he said, ‘I know that God brought you into my life and I don’t want to spend one moment of it without you.’”
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If you remember hearing the lines “five gozinta five one times, five gozinta ten two times,” you are definitely one of the millions of fans of Jethro Bodine and the Clampett family who moved to Beverly Hills, California, but never left their hillbilly lifestyle behind.
TheBeverlyHillbillies is one of those TV shows that never lose their popularity no matter how much time passes by. The first episode aired back in 1962 and the show lasted for nine years during which many enjoyed the adventures of the family that caused “a turmoil in their privileged society with their simple and unsophisticated way of living.”
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Jethro Bodine was one of the characters that marked the show. He was the son of Jed’s cousin, Pearl, and showed great math skills. The man behind the character, Max Baer Jr., became one of the most popular comedy icons in America and he entered into acting by accident, or call it luck if you want.
After graduating from the Santa Clara University where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration in 1959, he embarked on an adventure with his motorcycle and found himself standing at a parking lot in Los Angeles.
His charm and awesome looks attracted the attention of an executive who thought he resembled James Garner a lot and offered him to sign a contract and try himself in acting. Max gave it a go and the rest is history.
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Initially, Max only landed small parts in movies like 77 Sunset Strip, Maverick and Hawaiian Eye but he didn’t give up. Soon after, he found himself auditioning for the role of Jethro Bodine, which changed his life forever.
“When you play a role like Jethro it’s for other people to judge because it’s pretty hard to be subjective or objective about yourself,” Max told Medium.
“You just do the best you can with the material that you’re given, and then you try to add to it [with your performance] as much as you possibly can. But in the end, it’s the audience who has the final say. Well, we liked what you did’ or ‘We don’t like what you did.’ And you really don’t have any other way of evaluating it.”
It was never about the money for this earnest man whose only goal was to make people laugh. He only earned $800 per episode.
“You have to perform well. And, in my case, if I have made the people laugh and even if they can laugh at my expense, it’s okay. I don’t care,” the actor added. “They can laugh with me or at me. It doesn’t matter, just as long as they laugh. Because if I can make them laugh, then I believe that my performance was a successful one. I can’t evaluate it as to what degree of success it was. But I can say it did what it was supposed to do.”
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Not only the fans, but also the cast members loved Max Baer Jr. a lot. He was on good terms with each of the actors and they all praised both his acting and his personality. Among those who spoke of the importance of his character for the show was Donna Douglas who played the role of the mountain beauty Elly May Clampett.
“You believed Uncle Jed, Granny, and cousin Elly May was his family because they played it so well,” TV historian Jeffrey D. Dalrymple, a good friend of Baer Jr’s told Medium. “And Max had the ability to blend in with the other cast members, without overplaying or underplaying Jethro. He was a good actor and a good guy, and he still is.”
Although he’s mostly famous for his work on the screen, Max told The Times back in 1971, ”Acting, though, is really only a hobby with me. Golf is my occupation.” The actor was involved in most of the sports, including football, baseball and basketball, but it looked life golf was his calling. In 1968, Max Baer Jr. and professional golfer Charlie Sifford won the pro-am division of the Andy Williams Golf Classic in San Diego.
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After The Beverly Hillbillies was over, Max had a hard time getting a role because everyone saw him as Jethro.
But as we know already, Max has never been a man who quits easily, so he turned to producing and directing instead. His movie Macon County Line from 1974 was a huge hit and earned him millions.
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Max, who is now 85, had plans on using the show’s theme and characters for casinos, theme parks, restaurants and cosmetics but he and CBS went through a number of lawsuits and his plans failed.
When it comes to his love life, Max married Joanne Kathleen in 1996 and their marriage lasted for five years. In 2008, his girlfriend, Chere Rhodes, a 30-year-old model from California shot herself in the chest according to reports. He had other relationships as well.
The 85-year-old has led a quiet life in Tahoe for the past few years, and not much is known about his activities or his state of health.
We wish Max all the best and we thank him for all the laughs he has given us over the years.
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Every one of us honors our military men and women because we are aware that it is because of their service that we live in freedom.
Many find ways of paying tribute to those who lost their lives fighting for our country. Whether it is through memorial services, raising monuments, or simply by saying thank you, we can never truly thank them enough for their sacrifice.
Those are still alive, however, rarely get the help needed, so when we hear of people lending a helping hand to veterans, our faith in humanity gets restored.
Larry Robeson is just one of those veterans who have troubles making ends meet. He fought in Vietnam and when he returned to the States he wasn’t sure where to turn to and how to move on with his life.
Luckily, this man crossed paths with a Fox 5 Surprise Squad in a grocery store in Las Vegas.
Despite being unable to afford his own groceries, Larry was still willing to help a fellow veteran in need, his friend Stephanie, who is disabled. He took her to the store so that they could buy the most essential things they needed.
Speaking to the reported, Stephanie explained that she was down to her last $50 and wasn’t sure what to do after that.
Dave Hall, the reporter, heading up the Surprise Squad, told Stephanie that his team had her groceries covered.
Hall then noticed Larry standing behind Stephanie. Larry has in fact been Stephanie’s husband’s long-time friend. It turned out that Larry had set up the Bones for Blankets club many years ago. The goal of this club is to donate blankets to homeless veterans left on the streets after their service to their country.
The reason why he founded this club was that three veterans froze to death because of the freezing weather.
At the time, he was providing help for Stephanie, whose husband works as a truck driver and is away from home most of the time.
Speaking of her, Larry said, “No vet should be going through what she’s going through.”
Hearing all this, Hall made sure Larry doesn’t leave the store without his groceries being paid for as well.
Larry told the squad that he was at the store to purchase only a dish soap and a candy, but Hall made sure he got everything else he needed, including plenty of food.
“You served us. It’s our turn to serve you now,” Hall told Larry.
His total was $278, and Larry was left wiping tears from his eyes after the bill was settled by Dave and the others.
“This is just like overwhelming, I’ve been taking care of myself since I was 13,” Larry said.
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This jokes starts out funny, but it gets even better at the end, especially because the punchline isn’t that easy to see. It involves a wife, her lover, and her husband who suddenly gets home while she’s in bed with that other man.
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A wife was in bed with her lover when she heard her husband’s key in the door.
“Stay where you are,” she said.
“He’s so drunk he won’t even notice you’re in bed with me.”
The husband lurched into bed, but a few minutes later, through a drunken haze, he saw six feet sticking out at the end of the bed. He turned to his wife:
“Hey, there are six feet in this bed. There should only be four. What’s going on?”
“You’re so drunk you miscounted,” said the wife.
Get out of bed and try again. You can see better from over there.
If you are into good jokes, this one will definitely make your day.
It is difficult when you find yourself in a new community and you don’t understand the language. It might not even be that they are speaking a different language, it’s just something they are saying that is understood by most.
That was the experience of the new priest in the following joke. They ended up in the right place but they should have studied a little before they jumped right into the middle of it.
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There was this old priest who got sick of all the people in his parish who kept confessing to adultery.
One Sunday, in the pulpit, he said, “If I hear one more person confess to adultery, I’ll quit!”
Well, everyone liked him, so they came up with a code word. Someone who had committed adultery would say they had “fallen”.
This seemed to satisfy the old priest and things went well, until the priest died at a ripe old age.
About a week after the new priest arrived, he visited the mayor of the town and seemed very concerned.
The priest said, “You have to do something about the sidewalks in town. When people come into the confessional, they keep talking about having fallen.”
The mayor started to laugh, realizing that no one had told the new priest about the code word.
Before the mayor could explain, the priest shook an accusing finger at the mayor and said, “I don’t know what you’re laughing about. Your wife fell three times this week.”
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When the time for retirement comes, some people feel like they’ve lost their identity, while other find it as a way to pursue their hobbies and fulfill the dreams they weren’t able to because they were busy working.
The truth is that for most, this milestone is a scary one, but it doesn’t need to be like that.
When you prepare for this event emotionally, just think of the opportunities of being able to spend more time around your loved ones, live a less stressful life, and even make new friends.
A couple from Australia stunned many when they revealed their retirement plan, 51 consecutive cruises. Yes, you’ve heard that right.
According to Marty and Jess Ansen, who retired recently, going on that many cruises would not only be fun and fulfilling, but it is also a cost-effective alternative to traditional retirement homes.
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This couple have always loved the idea of cruise holidays. However, with the coronavirus pandemic, their plans were put on hold until an opportunity rose in June 2022. This was when Marty and Jess made the decision to make up for the lost time. They embarked on the Coral Princess, a ship known for its indulgent buffets, entertainment options, and even table tennis matches.
That first cruise was the first of the many.
“Eventually, I said to my agent, ‘Look, whatever comes, book it,’ and that’s how it got to be such a long cruise,” Marty explained. The couple ended up booking 51 back-to-back cruises and stayed on board even longer that the captain.
The Ansens became a much loved members of the ship and developed strong bond with every staff member.
Ren van Rooyen, the hotel manager, shared, “We always make a joke that I go away and I come back, and it’s like coming to see my family – my mum and dad again – they’re like my second mum and dad on board.”
What they realized along the way was that cruising was more cost-effective than residing in a retirement home. With all of their needs taken care of on the ship, including all-inclusive meals and daily cleaning of their cabin, they found an affordable alternative which is far more fun than being in a retirement home.
The days on board are entertaining as each of them starts with Marty and Jess playing table tennis and doing fitness.
“We do it together, and we have a lot of fun.”
If they have the chance, these two would like to continue cruising until the rest of their lives. So far, they have been on board for over 450 days and their story is proof that retirement can be an opportunity for living your life to the fullest.
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Although they are royalty, the lives of George, Charlotte, and Louis are as normal as they could be all thanks to William and Kate who teach them how to be hard-working, hang out with friends, and appreciate the fact that whether they love it or not they are privileged.
At the moment, the three siblings attend the prestigious Lambrook school where they learn how to take care of animals, get involved in a number of sports, and attend lessons.
According to royal expert Jennie Bond, “[Prince William and Princess Kate] want George, Charlotte, and Louis to be very aware of the privileged way in which they are growing up. Have a proper sense of empathy, charity, and responsibility,” as per OK! Magazine.
“It’s very much the Diana style of parenting. They want them to know how lucky they are and not take any of it for granted.”
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Currently, all three of the children are on their autumn half-term holidays from school, which began on October 13 and will last until October 31. Kate will take a short break from her public royal engagements too. Instead, she will spend more time with her children.
Prince William is set to attend the Earthshot Prize Award, but Kate won’t be joining him because she wants to help George prepare for his exams.
“The Princess will not be attending. Prince George has exams that week, and the Princess wants to be at home to support him,” a source told The Mirror.
As the kids grow up, Kate and William need to make decisions regarding their future.
Recently, the young prince was spotted alongside his parents looking around Eton College, the college both his dad and uncle attended.
Eton’s tuition is around £46,000 ($59,000) a year. Though Prince George won’t join the school until he turns 13, children have to be registered for the school during the year that they turn 10, according to the school’s website.
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According to The Express‘ royal correspondent, Richard Palmer, if George indeed attends Eton College, that would say a lot about Kate.
“I find it fascinating because the Princess of Wales is spending so much of her life talking about giving children a better start in life, and part of that, she and her advisors have talked about reducing inequality,” he said.
“And there you have her children at a fee-paying independent school, almost certain to go to an expensive fee-paying boarding school later on.”
Former BBC royal expert, Jennie Bond, spoke on the matter and told OK!, “The choice of school for the children will tell us a lot about William and Catherine.
“So far, they’ve been such a hands-on parents and, personally, I think it would be sad to see them send their children away to boarding school. I would applaud a decision to keep them as day pupils at schools nearby their home. But I think both William and Catherine were happy at boarding school. I suppose it’s what they know, and perhaps they will want to pass this experience on to their children.”
Bond added, “I imagine it will be all or nothing – in other words, all three will go away to school, or none of them. I will be cheering loudly if they decide to keep their children close and nurture them through their adolescence as they have nurtured them through the young years.”
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Prince William started studying at Eton back in 1995, becoming the first senior royal to attend the school in history.
Three years after William enrolled at Eton, Prince Harry followed in his brother’s footsteps.
Speaking of his school days with Anderson Cooper, Harry revealed that back in the day he was “hurt” by William.
“Even when you were in the same school, in high school, your brother told you, ‘Pretend we don’t know each other?’” Anderson Cooper asked.
“Yeah, and at the time, it hurt,” Harry replied. “I couldn’t make sense of it. I was like, ‘What do you mean? We’re now at the same school’. Like ‘I haven’t seen you for ages, now we don’t get to hang out together.’ He’s like, ‘No, no, no, when we’re at school we don’t know each other’. And I took that personally.”
Harry added, “We had a very similar traumatic experience, and then we – we dealt with it two very different ways.”
In his book Spare, Harry revealed more details about Eton College.
William had told Harry that Eton was his “sanctuary,” which included “no kid brother tagging along, pestering him with questions, pushing up on his social circle.”
“I told him not to worry. I’ll forget I ever knew you,” Harry wrote in Spare.
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Kate seems to be the one who has mixed emotions regarding the choice of school but only because it’s a boarding school. This has to do with her experience of being bullied while attending one.
“But she’s still heartbroken. She was horribly bullied at her first boarding school and can’t bear the thought of George suffering through that.”
Although George would be able to visit his family on the weekends, according to In Touch Weekly, Kate is still worried that she will miss him dearly.
“But it still seems as if her family is being torn apart,” an insider added.
Whatever college George chooses, we hope he will have a lovely time there and he won’t experience anything like his mother had.
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When it comes to pets, most people opt for a dog or a cat, but little do they know of the joy parrots bring, especially those who speak.
Of course, what parrots say is just a repetition of what they listen to, but some of the words stick with them for a long time, and sometimes, they are taught to say bad words.
The following joke involves a woman, her two parrots, and a priest.
Read it below!
A lady goes to her parish priest one day and tells him, “Father, I have a problem. I have two female parrots but they only know how to say one thing.”
“What do they say?” the priest inquired.
“They say, ‘Hi, we’re prostitutes. Do you want to have some fun?’” the woman said embarrassingly.
“That’s obscene!” the priest exclaimed, “I can see why you are embarrassed.”
He thought a minute and then said, “You know, I may have a solution to this problem. I have two male parrots whom I have taught to pray and read the Bible. Bring your two parrots over to my house and we will put them in the cage with Francis and Job. My parrots can teach your parrots to praise and worship. I’m sure your parrots will stop saying that awful phrase in no time.”
“Thank you,” the lady responded, “This may very well be the solution.”
The next day, she brought her female parrots to the priest’s house.
As he ushered her in, she saw his two male parrots were inside their cage, holding their rosary beads and praying.
Impressed, she walked over and placed her parrots in with them.
After just a couple of seconds, the female parrots exclaimed in unison, “Hi, we’re prostitutes. Do you want to have some fun?”
There was a stunned silence.
Finally, one male parrot looked over at the other male parrot and said, “Put the beads away, Francis, our prayers have been answered!”
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Over the years, numerous studies have been done on what causes panic attacks, anxiety, and depression. These mental states are often times hard to control, and those suffering from them are provided with medicines.
A new study, however, shows that one specific vitamin, or the deficiency of it, may trigger these conditions.
Vitamin B, which is in fact an umbrella term that includes eight vitamins: thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, B6, biotin, folate and B12, is a group of water-soluble vitamins that play a vital role in maintaining good health.
The link between Vitamin B and mental health isn’t anything new. It was during the early 1990s that it was discovered how low levels of Vitamin B can lead to anxiety and depression.
Most recent studies confirm this knowledge. A study published in the Journal of Affective Disorders in 2017 found that individuals with panic disorder had significantly lower levels of vitamin B6, vitamin B9, and vitamin B12 than those without panic disorder. Similar study, conducted in 2018 and published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research, shows that people with symptoms of major depressive disorder had significantly lower levels of vitamin B12 compared to those who don’t experience depression at any level.
Vitamin B, which cannot be stored in the body, play roles in many organs and bodily systems.
How the Vitamin B is related to the well-being of a person’s mental states has to do with this vitamin’s involvement in the production of neurotransmitters, chemicals that allow nerve cells to communicate with each other and that play a vital role in regulating mood. Having said that, it is understandable why the Vitamin B deficiency can lead to mood swings, and more severe mental disroders.
At the same time, B vitamins help convert food into energy that the body can use. Its deficiency can lead to lack of energy and fatigues.
Additionally, B vitamins help protect the brain from damage caused by free radicals, which are harmful molecules that can cause oxidative stress, linked to several mental health conditions, including anxiety and depression.
These essential vitamins can get to our body through diet rich with them.
B vitamins are found in abundance in meat, eggs, and dairy products. Sources for B vitamins also include spinach, legumes (pulses or beans), whole grains, asparagus, potatoes, bananas, chili peppers, breakfast cereals.
Liver – is particularly rich source of vitamin B12, which is important for brain function and the production of red blood cells.
Beef – is a good source of several B vitamins, including vitamin B12, thiamine, and riboflavin.
Chicken – contains several B vitamins, including niacin, vitamin B6, and vitamin B12.
Salmon – is a good source of vitamin B12 and vitamin B6, as well as omega-3 fatty acids, which have been linked to improved mental health.
Tuna – contains vitamin B12 and niacin, as well as omega-3 fatty acids.
Eggs – are a good source of several B vitamins, including vitamin B12, riboflavin, and folate.
Spinach – is rich with several B vitamins, including folate, riboflavin, and vitamin B6.
Broccoli – is a great source of many B-vitamins.
Almonds – are a great source of vitamin B2 and vitamin E. They are also high in healthy fats and fiber.
Avocado – is a good source of vitamin B6 and folate.
People who do not consume animal products may need to get vitamin B-12 from supplements or fortified foods such as breakfast cereals and nutritional yeast.
Treating and preventing B vitamin deficiencies can be achieved by increasing dietary intake of high-vitamin foods or taking vitamin supplements.
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Losing a parent is never easy. Those were the people who sacrificed a lot for our happiness and well-being and the truth is that no matter what we do, we can never repay them.
When Dylan Carter lost his mom, he was devastated. Before she passed away, she had a wish she wanted him to fulfill, and that was to sing I Look to You at her funeral.
Dylan made her a promise and did all in his power to make her final wish come true, but he was too fragile to be able to go through the entire song.
Almost a year later, he got the chance to make things right when he appeared on The Voice and sang the song.
This time, besides the emotions he experienced, he finished the song, and he sounded incredible.
His rendition was so moving that all of the four judges turned around for him. Dylan was overwhelmed, but that didn’t stop him from finishing the song in his mom’s honor.
“When I saw y’all turn around, I saw my Mom,” Dylan said. “… this was the best second chance — I just made her so proud.”
You can watch his powerful performance in the video below.
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The act of giving and receiving can have a powerful impact on relationships.
When the young man from the following joke decided to send his loved one a new pair of gloves along with a beautiful note, he didn’t expect the salesperson would make a mashup with the order.
This is hilarious, you are going to love it!
A young man wanted to buy a pair of expensive gloves for his sweetheart’s birthday.
He went to an expensive boutique, bought the finest gloves available, and asked the saleswoman to have them delivered along with a note he had written.
Unfortunately, the clerk mixed up the order while wrapping the merchandise. Instead of the expensive gloves, the clerk accidentally wrapped a pair of panties and sent them to the young man’s sweetheart along with the following note which he had written.
Darling: I have been trying desperately to come up with a special gift for your birthday. I chose these because I noticed that you are not in the habit of wearing any when we go out in the evening.
I would have chosen the long ones with buttons, but since your sister wears the short ones which are so easy to remove, I wanted to get the same style for you.
You may be concerned that these are a delicate shade, however, the saleslady showed me a pair that she had been wearing for three weeks and they were hardly soiled. She said that there are a couple of important care considerations that I should mention to you.
First, when you take them off, remember to blow in them before putting them away since they will naturally be a little damp from wearing. Second, be sure to keep them on while cleaning them so that they won’t shrink.
The saleslady made such an impression on me that I had her try them on for me. She really looked great in them and I can just imagine how great they are going to look on you.
I decided to mail these so that you would have them in time for your birthday. I really hesitated because I wanted so much to be there to watch you put them on for the first time.
There is little doubt in my mind that many other hands will have touched them before I see you again. I can hardly wait to run my own hands over them or do as the French do, and gently kiss them. I hope you really like them and will wear them for me on Friday night.
P.S. – The latest style is to wear them folded down with a little fur showing.
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College professors are expected to live by some standards because at the end of the day, they are the ones who shape future members of our society and teach them not only how to gain knowledge on certain subjects but how to become respected individuals.
Sadly, the reality is different at times and professors sometimes find it difficult to maintain the conduct they are supposed to have when facing certain situations, such as having contact with beautiful students.
Well, the professor from the following joke found himself in a certain situation and got called out for that. What happened next is likely to make you laugh.
A middle-aged college professor receives a knock on the door of his office on campus.
After fumbling about for a few moments, he opens the door to find an old man, who greets him with a big smile and says: “May I come in? I worked in this very room thirty years ago when I was a professor at this college.”
“Sure!” replied the professor. “Be my guest!”
The old man examined the room, fondly remembering everything.
He said, “The same old room, the same old wooden table, the ventilator and the same old window that opens to the garden. And the same old desk.”
When examining it, he noticed there was a young girl hiding under the desk.
The younger professor got alarmed and said, “Don’t mistake me. She’s my daughter. She dropped her earring and is searching for it.”
The old man grinned and said, “And the same old story.”
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There are times in life when we get disappointed because we couldn’t get that new phone, or because we couldn’t afford a nice vacation. Sadly, we don’t realize that there are people who live on the verge of poverty and would do anything to have the things we have, and that’s the reason we should never take things for granted and always be thankful for the life we have.
Angel David was about to turn eight years old. Up until then, he had never celebrated his birthday the way his peers did, with a cake or a party. It wasn’t that his mom didn’t want to do a proper celebration for her son, she just couldn’t afford it.
But this year was different. Angel’s class teacher and his classmates knew he had never had a party before, so they decided to step up and throw one for him.
They were all inside the classroom, waiting for Angel to arrive.
The moment he appeared at the door and heard everyone singing Happy Birthday, the sweet boy was in shock. He just couldn’t hide his happiness and burst in tears of joy.
Some would say that this gesture is a small one, but it meant the world to a boy who had never had a birthday celebration in his life.
To see Angel’s sweet reaction, go to the video below.
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One thing about former President and business mogul Donald Trump is that he’s a public figure who’s under the spotlight all the time. The same, however, can’t be said for his youngest son, Barron Trump.
The truth is that a lot about Barron’s life is a mystery to the public.
He doesn’t expose his private life and is rarely seen in public. What we know of him is that he’s currently attending the private school Oxbridge Academy and is part of the class 2024. He, along with his parents, lives at the family’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
Barron was born in 2006, the same year when Donald and Melania tied the knot. He grew up in the Trump Tower in Manhattan, where he is reported to have an entire floor for himself. Although he has lived surrounded by luxury, he never had a traditional nanny while growing up. Instead, Melania took all the care of him, and that included preparing him breakfast and lunch every day.
Back in the day when Barron was born, Donald Trump did something unconventional. Just 20 minutes into the world, the former president alerted the media that he became a father for the fifth time.
As reported by several newspapers, he called MSNBC’s long-running radio show “Imus in the Morning,” hosted by Don Imus, to reveal the great news.
“Everyone’s perfect,” Donald Trump, who was 59 at the time, told Imus.
“I continue to stay young, right? I produce children, I stay young,” while Melania’s website posted that the baby weighted in at 8 1/2 pounds and was 21 inches long.
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What many noticed is that Barron didn’t stop growing from the last time he was spotted out in public, including Ivana Trump’s funeral which he attended together with his parents.
Last year, Donald Trump, who stands at “only” 6 feet 3, actually spoke of his son’s height.
“Barron is 6-foot-7, can you believe it? And he’s 15,” Trump said.told NY Post.
“Eric is short — he’s only 6-foot-6.”
In one clip from Trump’s press conference, panning across an entire room of people, the president’s son could clearly be seen in the background, dwarfing all others.
Nowadays, however, it’s hard for the Trump family to be out of the spotlight having in mind that Donald Trump was indicted by a New York court in March.
Melania Trump has decided to stay quiet and has not been on the campaign trail or in the courtroom with her husband. She has also stayed silent when her husband’s mugshot went viral after he was booed and fingerprinted at a Georgia jailhouse for charges of election fraud.
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That, according to a People Magazine source, has to do with not only herself but also Barron Trump.
“Melania is good at taking care of business at hand, which includes her own life, the life of her son, and the lives of her close family members,” the source told People Magazine.
“She would not stand in a circle of people she knows and openly comment on the lawsuits or the mug shot. She will have her way of dealing with this and anything else publicly when she feels like it,” the source added. “Remember, Melania is a mom with a not-yet-adult son to protect. A mug shot that everyone is talking about is just one more issue to wade through.”
Melania is doing her best to keep herself and her son out of sight.
The reason for that is that in the middle of August, a Chicago social studies teacher was arrested over alleged threats to kill Donald Trump and Barron.
As per The Guardian, the death threat was sent in an email to the unidentified head of an educational institution in Palm Beach County, southern Florida, where Mar-a-Lago is located.
“I will state that I will shoot Donald Trump Sr AND Barron Trump straight in the face at any opportunity I get!” the woman wrote in an email in May.
A senior law enforcement official told CBS that the woman had been “on the U.S. Secret Service’s radar for several years.” Recently, the “nature of her threats escalated to become more specific.”
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“Her family has expressed concern to law enforcement about her potential for violence,” a senior law enforcement official said. “She has struggled chronically with her mental health and recently reported stopping taking her prescribed medication.”
The woman’s attorney said, “She would never actually get close to Barron Trump because she’s afraid of him.”
He then added: “This is all a little wacky, but it doesn’t say that she’s a danger.”
In a September interview, Donald Trump spoke of his son and described him as a great kid. He also spoke of his wife and said, “She’s doing very well. She’s very strong, very, very even-keeled. And she’s a very good woman,” adding that things between them are doing well.
“She’s a very calm person. It’s very interesting, and I think that’s what people like about her. Our dinners are nice dinners, our dinners are like people’s dinners… we actually get along very well,” he explained.
Trump then added that he and Melania are “looking into” the possibility of Barron attending the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
“He’s a good kid, he’s a good-looking kid. He’s a great student, very good student,” the former president added.
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Recently, the Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron found that Donald Trump, his family, his businesses, and the entire Trump Organization had committed fraud by overvaluing his wealth on business documents for years. This was to get better bank deals, which New York Attorney General Letitia James first claimed in her lawsuit.
With the ruling, Engoron revoked the Trump Organization’s New York “business certificates” and any other business based in New York City run by Trump or his family, which means that Donald Trump could be stripped of the control over some of his Trump properties, including his beloved Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan, where Barron grew up.
Trump spoke of the case on the social media, referring to it as to a “witch hunt.”
“The widespread attack against me, my family, and my supporters has devolved to new, un-American depths, at the hands of a DERANGED New York State Judge, doing the bidding of a completely biased and corrupt “Prosecutor,” Letitia James,” Donald Trump shouted on his Truth Social platform.
“Nothing like this has ever happened in our Country before. My Civil Rights have been violated, and some Appellate Court, whether Federal or State, must reverse this horrible, un-American decision. If they can do this to me, they can do this to YOU!” Trump added.
It’s not yet clear how this will affect Trump’s children, including Barron.
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Linda Hunt’s life story and her determination to get to Broadway and Hollywood and reach for the stars is truly impressive. The star of NCIS was born on April 2, 1945, in Morristown, New Jersey. When she turned six months of age, her parents realized something could be wrong with her so they sought medical help. Linda was diagnosed with a form of cretinism, a condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth due to untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones. In Linda’s case, that meant her motor skills weren’t properly developed.
Her parents, though, never lost hope of seeing their daughter grow up into a normal person. To everyone’s surprise, her motor skills were pretty much on par with the average child as she grew a bit older.
Later, she was diagnosed with hypopituitary dwarfism, she stands at 4 feet 9 inches tall, but not even that stood on her way to accomplish her dream of becoming an actress.
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Speaking to CBS, Linda recalled her school days were hard.
“I was totally alienated by school almost from the first day, I had a bad experience with a teacher and was made to feel stupid. I felt bad that I didn’t fit in,” she said.
“Everybody either wanted to take care of me or push me around, you know? I was teased a lot, sure I was, of course.
“Fourth grade, fifth grade, sixth grade, everybody was taking their spurts except me.”
But that didn’t break her spirit, she just knew she was different and that made her unique.
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After watching the Broadway musical Peter Pan, Linda fell in love with acting even further. The fire of the Broadway magic lit in her heart and never faded away. It was something that pushed her forward, until she finally found her place under the Hollywood sky.
“I’m lucky that I’ve always known what I wanted to do,” Linda told The Bulletin. “[Mary Martin, who played Peter] was astonishing in her belief in the world she was creating, and that was fascinating to me. She had the power to make others believe what was in her mind.”
“It was bigger than life. And that in some sense, I longed to be bigger than life because I wasn’t,” she told CBS.
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Back at school, she took some private acting lessons and later found herself in the Big Apple. Once there, she was totally confused. Not knowing what to do or where to turn to, she took some jobs working backstage at theaters off-Broadway, but that wasn’t how she imagined her life.
“I moved into a shoebox-sized apartment in the city when I was in my early 20s with my father’s help,” Linda recalled.
“I was very young and very lost, I didn’t even attempt to act professionally. That would of meant getting an agent and going to auditions. I wasn’t capable of doing any of that. It was truly emotionally beyond me.”
After taking everything into consideration, she decided to move back to her parents. There, she met with her acting teacher again, and she was reminded of her love for acting and of the fact that she wasn’t someone who gave up easily, so Linda turned to acting once again. This time, nothing could stand on her way. That was all, of course, thanks to her parents who supported her and encouraged her unconditionally her entire life.
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In 1975, Linda made her Broadway debut, starring in Ah, Wilderness. Shortly after, she starred alongside Mel Gibson in The Year of Living Dangerously where she portrayed a character from the opposite sex. Her acting was so impeccable that Linda received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
She was the first person ever to win an Academy Award for playing a cis-gender character of the opposite sex. And during the Oscars ceremony, many people probably won’t recognize her at all.
Producer Peter Weir already cast Mel Gibson but he had a hard time finding the right actor to portray photographer Billy Kwan. Initially, it was Australian dancer David Atkins who got the part, but Gibson didn’t feel like playing alongside him, so it was decided that Linda gets the role.
“The sets were being built in Manila and time was of the essence,” Weir told The New York Times in 2019. “The casting agent said he had a possible Billy Kwan called L. Hunt. Later it was revealed she was a woman. We were desperate, we gave her a shot and it was brilliant.”
At that point, Linda already had a career in theater, and when she was offered the role, she was both happy and confused.
“I didn’t quite understand what I was there for; I talked to the casting director about it and he just said, ‘This would be a part that you would play as a man,’” she told The Daily Beast. “I said, ‘Holy shit,’ and laughed.”
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She wanted the script to be changed and that she portrayed a woman’s character instead, but that was out of question.
“I said this would change the entire story and there was a silence,” Weir recalled. “‘Could you play a man?’ I asked her and there was a longer silence. ‘Only if you believe in me,’ she replied.”
She was told to wear a wig, pieces of rubber over her eyes to make her more “oriental,” and a mustache, but she looked herself in the mirror – and asked them to take all “this shit off.” The NCIS star wanted to do it her way if she was to do it at all.
“I didn’t try to pass myself off as a man; the movie wasn’t about that,” Hunt told the New Straits Times.
From that moment on, she never stopped getting roles and became a huge name in the industry.
For the past 10 years, she played the role of Operations Manager Henrietta “Hetty” Lange in NCIS and appeared in 280 episodes.
People got worried for her when she didn’t appear in season 12, but that was because she was extremely cautious with the COVID-19 and feared for her health. But not that she’s fully vaccinated, she continued filming and her fans are over the moon with that news.
When it comes to her love life, Linda has been married for ten years with Karen Kline, whom she has been dating for a lot more years.
They both tend to keep their private lives away from the public eye, so what we know of them is that they don’t have any children, but have three dogs and live in a beautiful Hollywood home built back in 1919. Recently, they opened the doors to their home for Los Angeles Times.
Linda Hunt’s net-worth is estimated at $12 million. She’s now 76 years old, and from what we can see, she’s not planning on slowing down when it comes to her successful career which spans many years.
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The lives of the British royals have always been of much interest to the public, and Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, who is a much-loved member of the family, is not an exception. What’s most, the media follows her every move, and that includes her parenting style, her choice of outfits, and her leisure time activities among the rest.
As much as being appreciated as a Princess, Kate is often praised for the way she raises her children.
Both she and William tend to teach George, Charlotte, and Louis to live by certain values and have normal childhood, as much as that is possible.
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When it comes to George, who is second in line of succession to the British throne, it is known that he is already well aware of the future that awaits him. His parents make sure he knows he would become a king one day and expect from him to act accordingly when the time comes for such a huge role.
William and Kate tend to impose a healthy lifestyle on the kids, and that includes plenty of physical activities.
At the same time, Kate and William are involved in a huge number of royal engagements which they execute to perfection and are the true representation of what the royal family stands for, and that’s tradition and loyalty.
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However, since the passing of late Queen Elizabeth, Kate has gotten involved in even more royal engagements and she seems to be carrying a lot of weight on her shoulders.
According to royal correspondent Jenny Bond, Kate and William’s workload was crazy following the queen’s death.
“It’s been a brutal [work] schedule for William and Catherine and they’ve got a very young family,” Bond told OK!, adding, “I think the work-life balance must have been difficult these past few weeks and, let’s face it, it’s not going to get any easier with their new responsibilities.”
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Royal expert Katie Nicholl, author of the new book The New Royals, said it hasn’t just had an effect on William and Kate’s work-life balance but on their personal lives as well as they both experienced stress and even anxiety.
“They’ve said that themselves… that this hasn’t been the settling period that they had hoped for,” Nicholl said on TalkTV’s show TheRoyal Tea.
“Of course, they made that big move just after the summer holidays to move to Windsor. A significant and pretty bold move leaving Kensington Palace, enrolling the children in new schools, and setting up a new life for themselves in Windsor,” she added.
“I think, really, so that they could be below the radar and have this normal family life which they are pretty successful in having. Of course, no one could have expected that the queen would have died just at the start of all of that. Very, very difficult times. I think behind the scenes there is a fair bit of stress and anxiety for all of the family.”
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A source speaking to OK! told the magazine that the Prince and Princess of Wales have to juggle royal responsibilities and raise their three children simultaneously, which isn’t easy at times.
“William and Kate have been put in a very difficult position of choosing between the right path for their family or the future of the monarchy. Both are very important to them, but they have decided to put their children first while they are so young.”
However, with the children being on their autumn half-term holidays from school, which began on October 13 and will last until October 31, Kate will take a short break from her public royal engagements too. Instead, she will spend more time with her children.
Prince William is set to attend the Earthshot Prize Award, but Kate won’t be joining him because she wants to help George prepare for his exams.
“The Princess will not be attending. Prince George has exams that week, and the Princess wants to be at home to support him,” a source told The Mirror.
We are glad our favorite Princess is getting the much-deserved holiday.
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Three’s Company actress Suzanne Somers died aged 76, a day before her 77th birthday.
Suzanne had been battling breast cancer for many years, and now her friends reveal that they tried to convince her to go through chemotherapy, but she opted to do alternative treatments instead.
Suzanne Somers was born Suzanne Marie Mahoney on October 16, 1946, in San Bruno, California.
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She was raised by her mother, and her abusive father. Suzanne attended catholic school but was soon expelled because she was caught exchanging love letters. She then attended Capuchino High School in San Bruno from where she eventually graduated.
Suzanne’s life changing moment came when she got a small role in George Lucas’ film American Graffiti. “This is a life-changing moment. Five seconds on film that will never be forgotten,” she said, adding that Lucas told her, “Everybody will always remember the mysterious blonde in the Thunderbird.”
She was offered the role in Three’s Company after she got a gig at The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, where she began reading poetry in front of a national audience every month.
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The role of Chrissy Snow helped Suzanne make a name for herself.
“I am really proud of creating that dumb blonde cause she had a moral code. She was lovable,” she said of the character she played.
At some point, when she reached a celebrity status, Suzanne caused a stir when she asked for a 500% raise. Instead of the $30,000 she made weekly, she asked for $150,000, the same amount of money her male co-star John Ritter earned at the time.
Instead of meeting her demands, Suzanne Somers was fired.
“I’ve been playing what I think is one of the best dumb blondes that’s ever been done, but I never got any credit,” she told The New York Times the same year. “I did it so well that everyone thought I really was a dumb blonde.”
Suzanne had battled breast cancer for over two decades.
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It was back in 2001 that she revealed her diagnosis on Larry King Live, explaining that she had been diagnosed the year prior.
“In the last year I have been battling and surviving breast cancer, and I was in that clinic, and it all has to do with my breast cancer,” Somers told Larry King. “But it just, you know – I have had such an honest relationship with the American public. I mean, I have written books on alcoholism, and blending families, and they have been with me on my ups and downs and sides. And this was just one of those things – I think the most shocking words I ever thought, I never thought, I would ever in my life hear someone say to me that you have bIn reast cancer. And it was – it has been so…”
Suzanne continued, “I was in such shock. I’m very strong, and I was in such shock because I have always taken care of myself, and, I just thought, it would never happen to me, but I think that is what everybody thinks; it won’t happen to them. And, what’s interesting is what you learn about yourself when you are diagnosed with cancer. And cancer is not for sissies.”
She then spoke to a number of doctors who all advised that chemo is the way to approach her cancer, but she decided to turn to alternative medicine instead.
“As I’m hearing the common course of treatment, I – I don’t want to lose my hair, but that was the least of my worries was losing my hair. But I – I don’t like what that drug does to people. What I have seen… Chemotherapy. I have seen people under treatment, there is, you know, I know it helps people. I know it helps.
“It does [work for breast cancer], but I decided to find alternative things to do,” she continued. “Because I have done so much work in my books about hormones, and that hormonal balance is why people gain or lose weight, and, it was my belief that a balanced environment of hormones prevents disease. And the first thing they said to me, we are taking of off all hormones. I said no, I’m going to continue taking my hormones, which is the first thing against the common course…
“I didn’t want chemotherapy.”
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At some point, it was revealed that Suzanne was getting treatments for cancer while on Three’s Company. In fact, she was treated for cancer three times during that time.
“Even when I was Chrissy on Three’s Company, I had had cancer three times,” Suzanne told CBS News in 2020.
“They call it severe hyperplasia in your uterus. I didn’t make a big deal about it,” she continued, adding that she also had malignant melanoma in her back in her 30s.
Suzanne lived with cancer for many years, and around six months ago, it looked like she had been finally healed, as per husband Alan Hamel. Sadly, as he shared with Page Six, the cancer returned once again.
Speaking to CBS, Suzanne said in a separate statement, “As one of millions of cancer patients, we do our best not to let this insidious disease control us. I find bliss in each day.”
Her cancer free days, however, were short-lived.
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On October 15, her publicist shared the devastating news of her passing.
“Suzanne Somers passed away peacefully at home in the early morning hours of October 15th. She survived an aggressive form of breast cancer for over 23 years,” Somers’ longtime publicist R. Couri Hay wrote in a statement on behalf of the actress’ family.
“Suzanne was surrounded by her loving husband Alan, her son Bruce, and her immediate family,” the statement continued. “Her family was gathered to celebrate her 77th birthday on October 16th. Instead, they will celebrate her extraordinary life, and want to thank her millions of fans and followers who loved her dearly.”
Further, Hay told People, “There were all these plans, and she was always working and dreaming and had brought her family into the business, and the grandchildren and step-children were all part of the business,” adding that Suzanne was “very engaged right to the end.”
Months prior to her passing, Suzanne explained that they had “used the best alternative and conventional treatments to combat it.” Many of her family and friends, however, didn’t like her approach to fighting the disease.
As per Daily Mail, they were trying to convince her to ditch the alternative medicine and turn to chemo instead.
“She was advised by several people to consider the more conventional approach, but she did not listen,” a source close to Somers told the Daily Mail. “She really only found out that the cancer was back at the beginning of summer so she didn’t have that long to really do anything other than accept it.”
The source continued, “She has always rejected chemo, so it wasn’t even an option. Her friends and loved ones urged her to reconsider so many times during her cancer battles and at the end. She never regretted her decisions, and she was prepared to go. She believed that she lived a life beyond her wildest dreams and truly made a dent in the world.”
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The source added that the actress was aware her time to leave the world was nearing and that she had the time to say goodbye to her loved ones.
“The timing of her passing was a blessing because her loved ones were there. She was able to say her goodbyes to everyone she loved, which was so many people. She was accepting of her fate and went with dignity.”
Her husband of many years revealed the last moments of his late-wife’s life.
“We were in bed together, and her breathing was erratic, and I had been talking to her for hours,’ he said.
“There was no response except when I kissed her, she responded, and then around five o’clock in the morning, she was gone.”
Rest in peace, Suzanne Somers.
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Birthday celebrations attended by family and friends who have plenty of fun is a dream come true for every child. They not only look forward to the cake and the presents, but the attention they get on that special day.
Angel Craine, a mom of Queensland, Australia, was looking forward to her son’s 5th birthday party celebration. She spent plenty of time organizing the event and thought carefully about every tiny detail. Unfortunately, the worst thing a parent can ever experience took place. No kid was to attend the party, and the reason why is beyond devastating.
Mainly, the parents of Malachi’s friends refused to let their children attend the boy’s party because his mom was planning on serving them a vegan cake. Apparently, they didn’t approve of the family’s lifestyle.
Sadly, Malachi became a victim of bullying because of being vegan and because of his birthday cake.
Invites had been handed out two weeks prior to Malachi’s party, but his mom received no RSVPs at all.
Angel told 7News: “They’ve all bullied him and told him they aren’t coming unless he has cow in his cake.”
Further, she explained how she planned on baking a chocolate vegan cake, but her son’s friends hated the idea.
“I just can’t get over that kids his age already bully vegans. [Malachi] was pretty sad that no one wants to be his friend or come but he’s pretty resilient,” Angel added.
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Malachi has been vegan since January, and according to his mom, he loves it. He’s also a huge animal lover who enjoys spending time at the local farm.
Since she has received no replies to the party invites, Angel decided to seek help from the members of the Vegans of Australia Facebook community.
“My four-year-old son seems to get bullied a lot for being vegan,” she wrote.
“Apparently none of his friends want to come to his birthday if he has a vegan cake and are always being rude about him being vegan all the time.
“So I’m wondering if there are any people around northside of Brisbane with vegan children that would like to come to his fifth birthday.”
Luckily, the response to her post has been positive, and so far, 12 children of group members would attend Malachi’s birthday celebration. “He’s super excited to make friends with similar interests and ethics,” Angel said.
It’s sad how people are judged based on their beliefs and lifestyle.
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Long beard has become quite a popular trend during the last years and we can see more and more men opting not to shave their faces for the sake of being more attractive.
The following joke involves an old cowboy who decided to get a clean cut and get rid of his beard.
Eventually, he was quite satisfied with his new looks, but it was something from behind the scenes that he found difficult to handle.
We hope this will give you a good laugh. Read it below.
An old cowboy walks into a barbershop in Dillon, Montana for a shave and a haircut.
He tells the barber he can’t get all his whiskers off because his cheeks are wrinkled from age.
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The barber gets a little wooden ball from a cup on the shelf and tells the old cowboy to put it inside his cheek to spread out the skin.
When he’s finished, the old cowboy tells the barber that was the cleanest shave he’d had in years, but he wanted to know what would have happened if he had accidentally swallowed that little ball.
The barber replied, “Oh, you would just bring it back in a couple of days like everyone else does.”
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