Back in 2015, a 17-year-old boy named Rudy Farias of northwest Houston, Texas, went outside to walk his two dogs and never returned home. He was reported missing shortly after and his family hasn’t heard of him until recently when he was found outside a church with cuts and bruises all over his body and blood in his hair.
Rudy was unresponsive and is currently recovering in a hospital.
He went missing on March 6, 2015, and authorities searched for him for several days before they suspended the search. After his dogs returned home without Rudy, the search continued bu only for a day.
At the time of his disappearance, the teenager was suffering from anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic disorder. His family was highly concerned because he wasn’t taking his medications after he went missing and assumed he was possibly disoriented because of that.
On Sunday, July 2, 2023 the Texas Center for the Missing revealed Rudy had been “located safe.”
“Please continue to keep his family in your prayers as Rudy recovers in the hospital,” the organization posted on Twitter.
Rudy’s recovery is expected to be a long one because he’s still in a very fragile health state and only stays curled in a fetal position. He’s only able to say a few words at a time.
His mother believes that now 25-year-old Rudy has been abused during the eight years he was missing.
However, just the thought that he’s home after so much time brings happiness to his family who are ready to do everything in their power to help their son no matter how much time and effort it takes.
We pray for Rudy’s speedy recovery and we truly believe he’d be able to start his life over after everything he’s gone through.
Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook.
Leandro De Niro Rodriguez, the 19-year-old grandson of actor Robert De Niro passed away last week and now his famous grandfather broke the silence over the family tragedy.
Leandro was found unresponsive in his New York City apartment on Sunday, July 2,but the exact cause of death has not been confirmed yet.
The news of his tragic passing was shared on the social media by his mother Drena, who is De Niro’s adopted daughter. She posted a heartfelt message as she paid tribute to her loving son.
“My beautiful sweet angel. I have loved you beyond words or description from the moment I felt you in my belly.”
The actress continued: “You have been my joy my heart and all that was ever pure and real in my life. I wish I was with you right now. I wish I was with you. I don’t know how to live without you but I’ll try to go on and spread the love and light that you so made me feel in getting to be your mama. You were so deeply loved and appreciated and I wish that love alone could have saved you.”
“I’m so sorry my baby,” Drena concluded, and tagged Leandro’s artist father, Carlos Rodriguez in the post. “Rest in Peace and Eternal Paradise my darling boy.”
Credir / Instagram – Drena De Niro
De Niro released a statement regarding the loss of his grandson with a representative telling Page Six: “I’m deeply distressed by the passing of my beloved grandson Leo. We’re greatly appreciative of the condolences from everyone. We ask that we please be given privacy to grieve our loss of Leo.”
Drena shared another post and wrote how she could ‘barely type through the tears,’ adding: “None of this is right or fair and my heart hurts in a way I never knew possible while still breathing and barely functioning.”
“The same man that picked us up from the hospital when you were born drove us to the funeral home where I touched and held you for the last time … I’m holding you every second of every moment I’m my heart and memories until I’m with you again,” she added.
Robert De Niro’s daughter Drena tragically lost her son on Sunday. Credit / Kevin Mazur / HFA2015 / WireImage / Getty.
According to a representative of New York Police Department’s Deputy Commissioner of Public Information, “an 18-year-old male was found unconscious, unresponsive and was pronounced deceased by EMS on scene” after police received a 911 at around 2:23 p.m. on Sunday, per People.
Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook.
New Zealand born actor Russell Crowe has become a fan favorite the moment he became part of the film industry. With films such as Gladiator and Beautiful Mind, he has made a name for himself and treated his fans with plenty of roles and impeccable acting skills over the years.
However, as he’s reaching his sixties, he has second thoughts of whether his place is still in Hollywood or he needs to pursue other things in life.
Recently, at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, the actor has given supporters cause for alarm when he openly pondered the prospect of an early retirement from the film industry. He added that there is a great chance that fading into obscurity may provide him with a better life.
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – JANUARY 28: Russell Crowe is seen at the Women’s Singles Final match between Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan during day 13 of the 2023 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 28, 2023 in Melbourne. (Photo by Andy Cheung/Getty Images)
“You are standing in front of the mirror, and go: Who the f— is that?’ I am in that period now,” he said, as per the Vanity Fair. “I will take Ridley Scott as my role model: he is still discovering new things in his work. Or I will just stop and you will never hear from me again. I haven’t decided what it’s going to be. These are two very valid choices.”
Ridley Scott is now 85 years old and according to his IMDb page he’s working on around 20 different projects. Scott and Crowe worked together on Gladiator. Crowe on the other hand is apparently working on eight projects at the time. Speaking of the films, Crowe said, “In order to release them, I have to make them legally comfortable. And to me, that destroys the point. So I just have to wait longer, wait for some people to die, and then I can put them out.”
We truly hope Russell Crowe will reconsider whatever he’s thinking about retiring from Hollywood.
Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook
TikTok video shared by user Luz Elena gathered thousands of views and as many comments for the sweetest reason ever.
Namely, she caught a glimpse of a father walking down the street holding his young son’s arm and carrying a gray Pit Bull in his arms. She captured the video “When your priority is your dog, not the child,” initiating a discussion of whether he was right or wrong for carrying the dog instead of the child.
The boy’s mom could be seen walking behind them and pulling a child’s three-wheeled stroller or bike that was carrying a large boxed item. Some of the users joked that the boy was ‘forced’ to walk because his mom ‘has stolen’ his bike.
“No one noted the mother pushing the tricycle in the rear. Mom put something in the trike, so the child is now walking. Perhaps the dog is ill?” one person wrote. Others gave other possible explanations of why the man was carrying his large dog in his arms. “This is actually super sweet. The pavement is probably way too hot for the dogs paws so he is carrying him.”
However, most, if not all, of the comments praised the father. Many wrote that he was very devoted, responsible, and caring.
“He is (showing) a lot of empathy and responsibility for his pet and his son because he takes him by the hand. a thousand blessings,” someone wrote while another person added: “Super dad. I would have done the same. Kid has shoes on and the doggy doesn’t. It looks hot too. Plus his mom was there maybe he wanted to walk.”
So far, the cute video has been seen nearly 5 million times.
It is refreshing to see how compassionate some people are when it comes to animals and their well-being.
Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook.
Being a parent is one of the best things a person can experience. But with the little bundles of joy come great responsibilities and most moms and dads find themselves torn between a bunch of commitments as they do their best to find ways of dealing with the tantrums of their children.
The truth is that those people who still don’t have children on their own are easy to judge others for their parenting although they are completely unaware of what moms and dads out there experience when it comes to their kids.
A video taken back in 2019 which emerged online recently has caused quite a stir on the social media. Namely, it shows a mom at an airport dragging her little son to the floor with a leash tightened on his chest.
TikTok / cacadoodledoo83
As expected, a huge number of people judged her for her action and accused her of being a bad parent, but there were also those who said they could understand her as children can be very difficult at times and this was the only way she knew of in order to get over of whatever situation the little one put her in.
The video was shared on TikTok by user @cacadoodledoo83 (Erica Shupe Hall) with the caption, “Leaving Cancun is tough…I feel ya, buddy.”
The clip gathered millions of views and thousands of comments.
“My OCD would not allow me to drag my child on that dirty floor. I’d rather pick him up, but I guess I’m different,” one person wrote. “Horrible parent. That’s child abuse,” another added. “I just carry mine at that point. I’m not dragging them in that dirty floor,” a third wrote. Another person who judged the mother wrote, “There is a difference, in my opinion, [between] using a harness for the safety of your child and dragging the child with it on the ground. I wouldn’t do that to my dog, and I sure as hell wouldn’t do it to my child.”
Those who stood by the mom’s side and agreed how they feel her pain of dealing with misbehaving children commented as well. “Lmao! Do what you gotta do momma,” a user that goes by the name Sophia wrote. “I’m not saying it’s right… I’m saying I understand! Show me a perfect parent who has never made an error in judgment or hasn’t done whatever they could to survive the day,” someone else added.
The rest of the comments were, “I don’t see any issue with this. Although she could’ve probably carried him, he seems okay to be pulled along. If the kid were [distressed], he would have been making a scene,” and “I had a harness and leash for my five kids. I never lost them. They never got hurt. They were safe and liked the independence of not having to hold my hand. I don’t recall ever having to drag them like this, but I understand how it could happen.”
TikTok / cacadoodledoo83
No matter what your thoughts on this situation are there is one thing we need to remember and that’s that we shouldn’t be quick to pass judgments because every family is facing their own struggles and battling their own battles.
Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook.
What was supposed to be a clean-up of the garden turned into an eventful day for a man named Craig Mcgettrick and his co-worker.
Under an old mattress they were planning to get rid of for some time, they found a litter of puppies. The little ones seemed to be abandoned as their mother was nowhere to be seen.
They waited for some time but to no avail.
It was then that Craig assumed someone who knew they would be moving the mattress left them there on purpose.
Unable to take care of five puppies, Craig and his friend decided it would be for the best if they took the little ones to the nearest shelter.
They bought a huge box and headed towards the shelter. However, before leaving the puppies, they took some photos of them that they later uploaded on their social media. The shelter did the same, praising Craig for saving the babies.
However, a week passed by and someone who knew animals all too well realized that the babies weren’t in fact puppies, and everything took a completely different turn.
“A very sweet lady found us on Facebook and sent us images of these puppies and asked us if there was any chance that they were, in fact, fox puppies,” the shelter wrote.
After further inspection it was determined that the puppies were in fact baby foxes.
The shelter staff then contacted Craig and explained that it would be for the best if he took the fox puppies back to where he found them. They assumed that the mother fox used the mattress as a den in order to raise her babies inside.
Once Craig agreed and took the box with the puppies back in his garden, a mature fox appeared and rushed towards the babies.
She quickly snatched each of them and disappeared into the nearby woods.
Everyone was happy and relieved because they knew the little ones would be better off with their mother into the wild than at any shelter out there.
We are so glad this family of foxes reunited.
Please SHARE this beautiful story with your family and friends on Facebook.
Robert De Niro’s 19-year-old hrandson Leandro passed away at the age of 19.
Leandro was the son of De Niro’s daughter, actress Drena De Niro. Sharing the devastating news of her son’s tragic loss, she posted a heartbreaking message on Instagram on Sunday night.
Shutterstock
“My beautiful sweet angel. I have loved you beyond words or description from the moment I felt you in my belly,” she started her post. “You have been my joy my heart and all that was ever pure and real in my life. I wish I was with you right now. I wish I was with you. I don’t know how to live without you but I’ll try to go on and spread the love and light that you so made me feel in getting to be your mama. You were so deeply loved and appreciated and I wish that love alone could have saved you.
“I’m so sorry my baby,” the actress further wrote. “Rest in Peace and Eternal Paradise my darling boy.”
She didn’t share anything regarding the reason of her son’s passing but tagged the boy’s father, artist Carlos Mare, in her post.
Drena is the daughter of Diahnne Abbott. De Niro adopted Drena when he married Abbott and gave her his last name. She’s he’s oldest daughter.
Robert De Niro said in a statement on Monday that he was “deeply distressed by the passing of my beloved grandson Leo. We’re greatly appreciative of the condolences from everyone. We ask that we please be given privacy to grieve our loss of Leo.”
We are so very sorry for the loss of such a young man. May he rest in peace.
Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook.
This year’s Trooping the Colour celebration marked King Charles’ public birthday for the first time ever since he became the head of the monarchy. This celebration is of great value to the British people because it represents a traditional event which has been celebrated for hundreds of years.
Trooping the Colour typically takes place every year on the second Saturday in June and has its origins on the battlefield.
“In order to ensure that every soldier would be able to recognise their colours, the flag would be marched or ‘trooped’ regularly round the ranks. A regiment’s colours came to have huge significance for serving soldiers, and the gain or loss of colours were seen as decisive moments in battle,” the Royal Museums Greenwich shares on its website.
“This military function gained royal significance during the reign of George II, the first monarch to tie his birthday celebrations into the summer ceremony – despite the fact that his actual birthday was in November.
“[King] Edward VII also had a November birthday, and it was during his reign that the summer ‘official’ birthday celebrations were standardized. It was also under [King] Edward VII that the inspection of the troops by the monarch became part of the celebration.”
Youtube/BBC
The event included over 1,400 soldiers, 400 horses, and 400 musicians who gave King Charles a royal salute.
With his son, Prince William, and sister, Princess Anne, King Charles arrived at the Palace on horseback, where they conducted a formal review of the British military. Meanwhile, Queen Camilla and Princess Kate – together with Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis – were taken to the ceremony in a carriage.
And pretty much as always, it was the youngest royal in attendance, Prince Louis, who stole the show. He was pictured either holding in a sneeze, trying not to openly laugh, or simply reacting to a bad smell.
Samir Hussein/WireImage
This wasn’t the first time that Prince Louis ‘misbehaved,’ which is a normal thing to do considering his age. “When Prince Louis misbehaved at the late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, for example, by sticking his tongue out at his mother, Kate’s reaction was praised by teams of expert commentators,” author Tom Quinn wrote in his book Gilded Youth: An Intimate History of Growing Up In The Royal Family.
“She apparently used a secret code to calm the children, as she does on occasions — she simply says, ‘Let’s take a break’. But as a former staffer explained, the children know these few words carry far more weight than we might imagine.”
Louis’ siblings on the other hand were spotted chatting to one another and according to lip reader Jeremy Freeman Princess Charlotte told her mom, “Mom, George wiped it on his trousers.”
Rob Pinney/Getty Images
Although the three of them are still young to be able to understand the real meaning of being royals, at least Louis, they are still expected to follow royal rules and traditions.
During the Trooping the Colour carriage ride, Kate tried calming her children down by an eight-word order: “Do not look behind whilst on the coach.” As William was on horseback, it was Kate who had to govern the children solo.
“She beamed with pride when Louis started miming drumming along with the band in the carriage,” body language expert Judy James said. “Talking to her children, there were a couple of gestures of what looked like guidance about when to wave.
“There was also a spreading gesture of both hands that would normally mean quite a severe message of when to stop or what not to do, too,” the body language expert added.
Samir Hussein/WireImage
“She also put her hands below public view in the carriage to mime that ‘stop’ or ‘end’ sign to them as though warning them where the boundaries were, and on the way back she was doing small reward nods and smiles for their good behaviour, to ensure they were enjoying the event too.”
Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook.
One thing about Kate Middleton is that she always looks stunning no matter the occasion. Her wardrobe includes designer clothes as well as cheaper pieces of clothing.
Recently, she came under the fire for wearing a dress very similar to one she already has, thus royal commentators criticized her for spending a much of money on clothes while her husband is trying to fight homelessness in the country.
As per royal expert Daniela Elser, Kate spent staggering $337,000 on her wardrobe last year.
This year, as any other in the past, the royals were part of the Royal Ascot, the legendary racecourse that hosts a special week of horse racing annually. These races take place for 300 years and are an important part of the royal tradition with royals making appearances while wearing fabulous outfits and extravagant hats. Late Queen Elizabeth, who was a huge lover of horses, just like the rest of her family, including King Charles and Queen Camilla, only missed the Royal Ascot once throughout the years. It was the last year of her life when she didn’t feel well and was forced to watch the races from her home in Windsor.
Shutterstock
The Royal Ascot festival had become synonymous with the late Queen. In total, she had 24 Royal Ascot winners, and always presented the trophy to the winner of the Gold Cup at the Royal Ascot. The only time she didn’t present the award to the winner was in 2013, and the reason why was because she was the winner herself.
As expected, the Prince and Princess of Wales were in attendance.
What the guests wear during the races, or to be more precise during the four enclosures the races consist of, is determined beforehand. The dress code is different in each enclosure, and every year, Royal Ascot puts out an annual style guide to help explain the rules.
Shutterstock
“Dressing to impress. The Royal Enclosure is the gold standard here; offering modern men that oh-so rare opportunity to wear a top hat and morning suit,” Gentleman’s Journal describes the male dress code. “Elsewhere, the Queen Anne Enclosure dictates men wear their sharpest suits, complete with a shirt and tie (no cravats or bow ties). In all other enclosures, including the Windsor Enclosure, there is no must-follow dress code — but you must still avoid wearing anything branded, any replica sports clothing, fancy dress or anything novelty.”
When it comes to women, the dress code is more flexible. However, there are still expectations to be met. For example, in the Royal Enclosure, women must wear dresses or skirts which should fall just above the knee or longer, and lace and chiffon fabrics are permitted. Moreover, a hat must be worn, but a headpiece with a minimum of 4 inches is also acceptable.
For the Queen Anne Enclosure – named after the course founder – women must wear a dress or top and skirt with shoulder or halter neck straps (lace and chiffon fabrics are permitted, with no minimum length). Moreover, one must wear a hat, headpiece, or fascinator.
Shutterstock
As each day of the Royal Ascot starts with the Royal Procession, the members of the Firm arrive in carriages.
For the occasion, Kate Middleton wore a stunning Alexander McQueen dress and a hat designed by one of the Royal Family’s favorite milliners, Philip Treacy. Further, she wore a pair of Jennifer Chamandi Lorenzo 105 Red Suede Pumps, as well as a vintage Hermes Rio Red Leather Clutch.
Royal fashion expert Christine Ross spoke to Newsweek about Kate’s choice of outfit and said that the princess employed one of Queen Elizabeth’s tricks, and that’s the bold choice of color which would help her be instantly recognizable among the attendees.
“The Princess of Wales seems to be employing one of the late Queen Elizabeth II’s sartorial tricks, wearing head-to-toe bold colors in order to be seen more easily,” Ross said. “By wearing bright colors, even the furthest seats can say they caught a glimpse of the Princess of Wales. This was a powerful tool used by Queen Elizabeth II, and this shows that both women know the power of their fashion choices.”
ASCOT, ENGLAND – JUNE 23: Catherine, Princess of Wales attends day four of Royal Ascot 2023 at Ascot Racecourse on June 23, 2023 in Ascot, England. (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage)
Kate paid tribute to her late mother-in-law by wearing her custom-designed earrings.
Of course, the opinions regarding Kate’s overall look were divided. While some praised her for her choice of dress and hills, others criticised her choice of jewelry.
“Love the dress, hat and shoes. Kate looks stunning! I feel the earrings don’t work with the style of everything else. They look like cheap fun casual lunch earrings,” one person wrote.
“She is gorgeous in red! But…The clutch is pure Disappointment,” another added.
ASCOT, UNITED KINGDOM – JUNE 23: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 24 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) Prince William, Prince of Wales and Catherine, Princess of Wales attend day four of Royal Ascot 2023 at Ascot Racecourse on June 23, 2023 in Ascot, England. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)
“The earrings are awful! She has a lovely modern ruby set she wore in Poland that would have been perfect for this look. Hat and hair are fabulous! POW always looks beautiful,” a third commented.
What do you think of Kate’s look?
Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook.
Losing a loved one can be the most difficult thing a person can ever experience, but even during the darkest of times, God finds a way to remind us that things do turn better eventually.
Courtney Hill and her husband Bryan had a perfect marriage. They were parents to a daughter and were looking forward to their life together following Bryan’s deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Sadly, before they could see their daughter grow together, Bryan was killed in a car crash. This broke Courtney’s world into a million pieces, but she needed to stay strong for her daughter who lost her daddy.
As Courtney was preparing for the wake, she learned something that left her in complete shock. She was pregnant. Then, during the wake, she held Bryan’s hand and whispered in his ear, “Sweetheart, you’re going to be a dad again.”
She was now a single mother who expected a new child with the man of her life who was no longer there. But Courtney was determined to have the baby and be the best mother.
Following a doctor’s visit, Courtney learned something she never expected to. She wasn’t expecting one child, but three. “My jaw dropped. But I was excited to have three more smiles that remind me of him,” she told CBS Chicago.
Unfortunately, with multiple pregnancies there are always risks, and when Courtney had another ultrasound, she received some horrible news. One of the babies didn’t make it. Luckily, the other two, Miles and Harper, were born perfectly healthy.
Looking at her children, Courtney knew her husband would be proud of them, and she always found strength in the fact that he was looking over them from above.
When people asked her if her babies were twins, Courtney would always answer, “I call them surviving triplets.”
Thanks to the help of her family and friends, Courtney is going strong and raising her three children the best she can. She’s a proud mother who is looking forward to the future.
Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook.
For many years, Bruce Willis and Demi Moore were considered one of the most famous and most powerful Hollywood couples.
They first met on the premiere of Stakeout, which Moore attended with her then-fiancé Emilio Estevez. However, the connection they felt was instant, and soon after, they started dating. In her memoir, Inside Out, Moore wrote of that serendipitous encounter. “I’d never encountered treatment like this before,” she confessed. “Bruce was so gallant- in his own boisterous way, a real gentleman. When I said it was time for me to go home, he offered to walk me to my car. He was so eager about it- Like a little boy who didn’t want to miss the ice-cream truck. When he asked for my number, I felt a wave of schoolgirl flutters.”
The couple has three daughters together, Rumer, Scout, and Tallulah.
Moore and Willis weren’t meant to stay together for life, at least as a couple. In 1989, they announced they were splitting and their divorce was finalized in 2000.
Calling their marriage quits didn’t mean the two would go into war against each other. On the contrary, they remained very close not only for the sake of their daughters but for themselves too.
Even today, they spend plenty of time together as a family.
After the divorce, Willis spoke to Rolling Stones, and admitted he didn’t know what went wrong between him and Moore.
“I still love Demi. We’re very close,” he revealed. “We have three children whom we will continue to raise together, and we’re probably as close now as we ever were. We realize we have a lifelong commitment to our kids.
“Our friendship continues. The institution has been set aside … It’s difficult to live your life and marriage under a magnifying glass, which is what happens to movie star couples.”
In her book, Moore wrote, “It’s a funny thing to say, but I’m very proud of our divorce,” adding that Willis was afraid things would turn ugly because of her “anger and whatever baggage” she had from their time together. But that wasn’t the case, neither she nor he held a grudge against each other.
When Willis married his current wife, Emma Heming, with whom he has two daughters, he and Moore still remained very close.
In 2009, the Die Hard star made a comment on their blended family, explaining how they managed to preserve such a special bond. He said, “Demi and I made a choice to put the kids first, and we’re lucky that it turns out we all have fun together.”
When Rumers took part in Dancing with the Stars, both her parents were there to cheer for her and Moore even took part at Willis’ Comedy Central Roast in 2014.
In 2022, she thanked her ex-husband for their beautiful blended family. On his birthday, she posted a message saying, “Happy Birthday, Bruce! I’m appreciative of our blended family.”
Willis’s family announced that he stepped away from the acting career that meant so much to him following the aphasia diagnosis, a condition which affects one’s ability to communicate. Later, it was revealed that he suffers from frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
Rumer, who opened up about her parents’ sacrifice said she’s forever grateful her mom and dad kept her and her sister shielded from the public eye and managed to keep things between them civil.
“I don’t think I could have gotten luckier and couldn’t be more grateful for all the things that my parents have done to really make that happen,” she said in an interview with Sarah’s Backstage Pass.
“They put us first and I think that was one of the most important things that they did. I have friends whose parents can’t even be in the same room with each other and the only people that are really affected the most are the kids. It’s just sad. It’s really a bummer,” she added.
“I hope they can set an example for other families who may be going through that situation. I mean what could be better than having four parents? It’s an even bigger support system.”
Bruce and Moore have been such great parents to their kids. Their blended family is beautiful and we only wish them the best life brings.
Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook.
Being the son and the grandson of two acting legends, Michael Douglas and Kirk Douglas, has to feel special. This is the story of Dylan Douglas, who is now in his 20’s and is pursuing a completely different career than that of his famous mom, dad, and grandfather.
Dylan’ parents married in 2000. When they first started dating, the story of their romance was all over the magazines, mainly because of their age gap of 25 years. But neither Michael nor stunning Catherine Zeta-Jones cared of the opinion of the public as they knew they found their soulmate in one another. “I don’t take any of this for granted,” Zeta-Jones told People at her wedding. “When I look at Michael, I run around like a little girl. I can’t believe I came into his life and he came into mine.”
Months after they tied the knot, the pair welcomed Dylan into their life. Michael had another son from his previous marriage with Diandra Luker, Cameron. In 2003, they welcomed their daughter Carys Zeta-Douglas.
Both Michael and Catherine, who are devoted parents, wanted to raise their children away from the public eye. Being celebrities of their rank, they knew their kids would feel the pressure of having famous parents, so when Dylan was just a year old, the family moved to Bermuda. Michael’s mom was from this island and he spent his summers there when he was young so he believed it was just the place for them to be.
“Bermuda creates an environment for us away from the entertainment business, and gives our kids independence and freedom where showbiz isn’t on everybody’s lips,” Douglas said, according to the Bermuda Sun. “It’s a lovely, lovely place.”
Although they loved their life there, the family didn’t stay in Bermuda for many years. In fact, it was Dylan’s problem with dyslexia that made them return to New York. Dylan attended Windward School, which specializes in dyslexia.
Life wasn’t easy for young Dylan back then. His brother Cameron was sentenced to 5 years in prison and his father Michael was diagnosed with stage 4 tongue cancer.
As Dylan was doing his best to settle in his new school, his dad was battling the horrible disease. Thankfully, Michael ended up winner and Dylan overcame his dyslexia all thanks to his school.
In fact, during a Windward School fundraiser, sweet Dylan used the opportunity to speak of just how much the school has done for him. He also spoke of the impact his father’s battle had on his life.
His mom shared Dylan’s speech on Instagram, and everyone realized just how kind and thoughtful Dylan has grown up to be.
“At home, I was alone, but at school I was far from lonely. At Windward I was free. It was like the Mecca of dyslexics. In 2010 everything was normal again at home, I could finally see my mum again and my dad was cancer free,” Dylan said. “Everything was beautiful again.”
Instagram/dylandouglas
Back in 2010, Michael spoke of his kids and described them as “well-mannered, confident and worldly” young people. He said how dyslexia runs in the family and his brother has it as well, and added how he and Catherine are “old-fashioned parents who are proud of their kids.”
According to his Instagram page, Dylan is the founder of “Make Room Now” where he works as a Political & Outreach Director.
He is very interested in history, especially decolonization, freedom movements and first-time voting activism. He’s also into skydiving and other sports and similar activities.
“He just did a skydiving thing,” Michael said on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. “But I remember that age. It’s a hormonal thing, I think, for boys, testing yourself. I just think it — you know, what I did not like is he was the first one to jump. I said, ‘Don’t be the first one to jump!’” he continued. “Let a couple other people go off first to test it … So I said, ‘Okay, just don’t be first!’”
Dylan is a young man who is grounded, just like his parents and who loves his family. His sister, Carys is also attracting a lot of attention recently. In 2017, she had her highly anticipated debut at New York Fashion Week. Back then, she was just 15 and stayed out of the spotlight for some time until she took the stage together with her mother once again. At the New York Metropolitan Opera House, Carys and Catherine slayed the runway for Dolce & Gabbana Alta Moda women’s couture and it’s safe to say that all eyes were on them. This event made everyone realize that Carys is a spitting image of her famous mom.
Actress Meg Ryan, the star of the Hollywood classics Sleepless in Seattle and You’ve Got Mail, gained fame during the 80’s and 90’s. She was considered America’s sweetheart and was described as a “girl next door.” Her charm and charisma, along with her awesome looks and talent, helped her rise to stardom.
However, some years ago, she decided to take some break from acting and focus all her time on her family.
Ryan was born in 1961 and grew up in Fairfield, Connecticut. Her parents divorced when she was still a teenager and that affected her life a great deal.
Shutterstock
Ryan studied journalism at the University of Connecticut and later at the New York University. At the time, she started doing commercials in order to earn some money, but got attracted to acting and landed a role in As the World Turns.
She had her breakthrough with the film Top Gun where she played the role of Carole Bradshaw, the wife of Nick “Goose” Bradshaw played by Anthony Edwards. During the filming, Ryan fell for her onscreen husband and the two started dating for a while. Not long after, Ryan landed a role in Innerspace where she met her future husband Dennis Quaid.
“She had already been in “Top Gun” but in a small part. She also had the lead in a picture called “Armed and Dangerous” with John Candy that had come out recently. But this was a great step up for her and of course, she was introduced to Dennis and later they got married,” the director, Joe Dante, shared with Cinema Retro.
Shutterstock
Ryan and Quaid tied the knot on Valentine’s Day 1991.
“It was like a thunderbolt,” Dennis said at the time. “Both of us felt, ‘This is it. We’re going to be together.’”
Their marriage lasted 10 years. At the time she and her husband announced they were splitting, rumors about her romance with her co-star Russell Crowe made headlines. Ryan and Crowe started dating while filming Proof of Life together. However, Ryan denied her romance with Crowe had anything to do with her marriage, which she claimed was already in shatters.
“It was a great story. But what wasn’t in the story was the reality of my marriage for nine years. Dennis was not faithful to me for a long time, and that was very painful. I found out more about that once I was divorced,” Meg Ryan told InStyle Magazine in 2008, eight years after her separation from Quaid.
“I think he took a big hit, but Russell didn’t break up the marriage. He was definitely there at the end, but it wasn’t his fault,” Ryan explained. “The public and the press tuned in way after. The reasons we broke up have nothing to do with another person,” she added.
Getty Images
Quaid wasn’t happy with his ex’s comments. “It was eight years ago, and I find it unbelievable that Meg continues publicly to rehash and rewrite the story of our relationship,” he told the New York Daily News.
While she spoke of their marriage as of “unhealthy” one, he perceived their union quite differently. “Sure, I still love her,” Quaid told Independent. “I’m very fond of her, and we have a lot of fun. We spent 13 good years together. We had a kid together, and we shared so much: she made my life.”
Ryan and Quaid have one son together. Jack Quaid followed into his famous parents’ footsteps and played in Hunger Games among the rest.
Marc Piasecki/FilmMagic
In 2006, as her career slowed down significantly, Ryan adopted daughter Daisy, a girl from China who was just 14 months old at the time.
“I just really wanted a baby; I was on a mission to connect with somebody, and Daisy and I got to meet each other this way at this time. We are so compatible. And also having the experience of having had Jack and now to have Daisy in a different way — there’s no difference in the love you feel,” Ryan shared with Redbook magazine in 2007.
Meg Ryan in 2021 / Getty Images
In recent years, Ryan who is 61, hasn’t appeared in public much. She also took some time off from the screen. However, according to her close friends, she is planning on conquering Hollywood again. Despite her age, she looks as stunning as always. We can’t wait to see her in new projects in the future.
Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook.
Among the rest, the members of the British royal family help plenty of different organizations with their work by getting involved and bringing publicity. However, as these requests are of great number, the royals limit the their patronages to a manageable number in order to give them quality time.
As well as the rest of the royals, Kate Middleton provides support to different charities. Some of them include Action for Children that helps with family support, foster care, adoption, child neglect, and disability respite therapy, and the children’s mental health charity Anna Freud National Centre For Children And Families. Further, the Princess of Wales is involved with the Evelina London Children’s Hospital and East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices.
Over the years, Kate has taken on around 20 patronages and counting.
Jordan Pettitt-WPA Pool/Getty Images
One of the issues she pays much attention to is the mental health of children, which led to Kate founding the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood and launching a new campaign for children’s mental health.
As expected, her husband does the same. One of the main concerns of Prince William has been the issue of homelessness which he tries to make “rare, brief and unrepeated” with his major five-year campaign to end homelessness he started in June.
“Everyone should have a safe and secure home,” Prince William said, adding that he wants to stop the “prejudice and stigma” around homelessness.
Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
However, as much as William does to accomplish this goal, there are always critics who doubt his intentions. One of them, among the rest, is the anti-monarchy group “Republic” member Graham Smith who believes the future King is “hypocritical.”
“The last thing we need is for William to get involved in this issue, a man who has three huge homes and a vast estate gifted to him by the state,” Smith says.
This criticism was then extended to Kate who wore a dress which cost around one thousand pounds when she attended the Order of the Garter ceremony. As everyone agreed she looked stunning in the dot polka dress, many argued that the price of it was ridiculous while many Britons struggle to make ends meet dubbing the choice of clothes a “mishap.” On top of it, she wore a very similar dress at the Royal Ascot last year.
Pool/Samir Hussein/WireImage
“This was a bit of a flop, not the outfit, the circumstances under it. It just didn’t sit well,” royal commentators Michelle Thole and Rachael Andrews said on their podcast Keeping Up With The Windsors, as reported by Express. “And this year, she had on shoes that looked very similar to ones that she’s previously worn before, but again, its a different designer, but they look almost the same.”
“She’s obviously got her favourite designers but why [is she] picking a dress that’s so similar? Why not bring out the dress you’ve previously worn? Last year the dots were a bit smaller or this year’s were, and that was about it, and the colour. Come on!” Andrews added.
According to royal expert Daniela Elser, Kate spent staggering $337,000 on her wardrobe last year.
“It’s not as if she worked that much more. In 2020 she undertook 108 engagements, in 2021, that figure was 123, and last year, 138. And yet, over the course of that same period of time, the number of new things she has worn has risen from 134 in 2020 to 204 in 2022,” she wrote. “So too has the average cost per item increased over those three years, from $1171 per item to $2007 per item.”
Princess Kate at the 2022 Royal Ascot. Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images for Ascot Racecourse
On her podcast, Andrews went further and said, “As she’s Princess of Wales now, it is like she has a certain uniform, and I think we are seeing that, but she had so many outfits that she could re-wear to an event like this.
“How many coat dresses has she got that she hasn’t worn more than once to a church service? Bring that out. Bring something out that you haven’t worn in eight, [or] nine years, and everyone would be like, ‘wow, she’s doing a re-wear, that’s so cool.’”
“We absolutely love Catherine and we’re normally all hot on what she wears but it just felt like a mishap this time and a lot of people felt the same.”
Samir Hussein/WireImage
These royal experts believe that since most of Kate’s outfits look pretty much the same as she’s following certain codes on how to dress, there’s no need for buying that many of them. Of course, they agree that spending that much money on clothes while her husbands is fighting homelessness is not reasonable and that it doesn’t look good for him either.
What are your thoughts on this? Do you think the royals should spend less on their wardrobe?
Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook.
A couple, in their seventies, didn’t show up on their 50th anniversary celebration and the reason why left their entire family shocked and heartbroken. Unfortunately, they were both found beaten and stabbed to death in their home in Newton, Massachusetts on Sunday morning. There was a third victim too, the wife’s mother who was in her nineties.
“Their 50th anniversary was to be celebrated in a blessing after communion at the 10 a.m. Mass. When they didn’t show up – I can’t go into the details about who discovered them – but we became notified, and myself and a number of the staff spent the day there,” the Rev. Dan Riley of Our Lady Help of Christians told WCVB.
The couple, Gilda D’Amore, 73, and Bruno D’Amore, 74, were about to attend their anniversary celebration, but when they failed to show up, one of their family members left the church, where guests were waiting for the couple, and went to check on them when he discovered their lifeless bodies.
“There were obvious signs of struggle in one of the bedrooms of the home, including broken furniture and a crystal paperweight covered in blood. We also found in the kitchen a knife with red, brown stains,” Middlesex District Attorney Marian T. Ryan revealed during a press conference.
The investigation showed forced entry along with bloody, bare footprints in the hallway. The footage of the surveillance cameras showed images of the suspect, Christopher Ferguson, 41, near the D’Amores’ home Sunday morning.
Another break-in happened near the D’Amores’ house that same morning, but there is no evidence if the two cases are related.
Ferguson was arrested Monday and charged with murder, two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and burglary. He will face additional charges following the results of the autopsies.
We are very sorry these innocent people died in such a horrific manner. May they rest in peace.
Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook.
The news about the Texas airport worker who was killed after being sucked into a jet engine of a Delta airlines on Friday was a shocking one and made national news headlines over the weekend.
The death sparked concerns about safety procedures but The National Transportation Safety Board said it would not open an investigation into the death. According to the information the medical examiner provided them with, “there were no operational safety issues with either the airplane or the airport,” and the ground worker at the San Antonio International Airport, David Renner, had jumped into the engine.
However, The Federal Aviation Administration indicated that they would be carrying out an investigation into the death.
Shutterstock
The cause of death is listed as blunt and sharp force injuries and the manner of death is listed as suicide as per the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office.
“This isn’t the first time David has tried something like this from my knowledge,” his brother Joshua Renner told the Daily Mail. “There were other times. This time I thought it was different.”
“The reason I say that is because he was almost five months clean and living every day to the fullest…there was zero indication this time,” he explained and recalled his older brother’s personality and tendency to try to make people laugh with “one joke a day.”
He added: “David had been clean for over eight months, was in therapy, [was] actively taking his prescribed medication and had finally became the David we all knew he could be.”
Shutterstock
Renner was employed by Unifi Aviation which Delta airlines contracts to do ground services for their fleet at San Antonio International Airport. A Unifi spokesperson said, “From our initial investigation, this incident was unrelated to Unifi’s operational processes, safety procedures and policies.”
The company shared their condolences and added they were “deeply saddened by the loss of our employee at San Antonio International Airport during a tragic incident.”
Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, they say. Well, we are all well aware that this is something better said than done, but the truth is that when we put our mind to something and work really hard for it, nothings is impossible.
Cara Brookins found herself in an abusive marriage. Being a mom of five, she knew she needed to save her children from the toxic environment they were forced to live in, so she left her husband, took her kids with her, and built herself a new home from scratch. How she did it? By drawing construction plans all by herself and watching YouTube videos that taught her how to lay a foundation, build a wall, run a gas line, and install plumbing, among other building techniques. This sounds incredible, doesn’t it?
When she thinks about it at this point, she realizes that it does seem impossible the whole way through.
At the time she started building her family’s new home in 2007, Cara, who worked as a computer programmer analyst, couldn’t afford to buy a home that would be comfortable enough for all of her children, and that’s when she came up with the idea to build it from the ground up.
“It felt like, ‘If anyone were in our situation, they would do this,’” Cara said. “No one else saw it like this, and in retrospect, I realize it sounds insane.”
She purchased a one-acre land for $20,000 and got a construction loan of roughly $150,000.
Her kids, with the oldest being 17 at the time and the youngest one just 2, got involved in the building of their 3,500-square-foot home.
Her son Drew helped her with the creation of the plans, while 11-year-old Jada used buckets to transport water from the neighbor’s pond, as there was no running water on-site. She then mixed it with 80-pound bags of concrete and formed the foundation mortar.
Every day after school, the kids would go to the site and help in the process. For the most demanding chores, this determined mother hired a part-time firefighter with building experience for $25 an hour. “In terms of knowledge, he was a step ahead of us,” she recalled.
It was on March 31, 2009 when the family finally moved to the Inkwell Manor, named in honor of Cara’s dream of becoming a writer.
“We were mortified that building our own shelter was our best alternative,” Cara said. “It wasn’t anything we were really proud of but it turned out to be the most beneficial thing I could have done for myself.”
“If I, a 110-pound computer programmer, can build an entire house,” she said, “you can do anything you set your mind to.”
She then proceeded saying, “Decide on a single aim and stick to it. Find that large thing you want to do, take tiny steps toward it, and bring along others who need to heal with you on the journey. There’s a lot of power in that.”
Isn’t this one of the most incredible stories you’ve heard in a while?
If you are as impressed by this family’s determination as we are, please SHARE their incredible story with your family and friends on Facebook!
The Earth is a place of wonders, each of which more breathtaking than the other. The truth is that we are still unaware of everything this world keeps hidden from the human eye.
It was 1991 when a farmer from Vietnam discovered a cave which seemed to be unexplored at that point. It was located in Vietnam’s Phon Nha-Ke Bang National Park. Sadly, he was as well unable to get inside because of the deafening roar of water which greeted him at the entrance.
It took some years before British explorers decided to get inside the cave and what they stumbled upon left them completely speechless.
The place has been described as heaven on Earth and it definitely resembles something divine.
Inside the cave there are lakes with crystal clear water, finest sand in the world, and even a river. Soon Dong, the cave, is considered largest in the world with measuring 5 kilometers in length and 150 meters in width.
What is most impressive of all is that inside this magnificent cave there are clouds and even plants and wildlife.
In order to get inside, you first need to descend 80 meters on a rope, but it’s more than worth it.
To see what this stunning place looks like, take a look at the photos below. Breathtaking indeed.
Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook.
The small submersible journeying to visit the wreckage of the Titanic with five passengers onboard which went missing and later imploded caught the attention of millions. The passengers suffered immediate death. Among them was a young man, the son of businessman Shahzada Dawood who only went on the journey to keep his dad company.
The search for the submarine was immense, but sadly, it ended with tragedy. The Titan‘s tail cone, which was found approximately 1,600 feet from the Titanic’s bow, was discovered by a remotely operated vehicle from Horizon Arctic, as reported by Rear Admiral John Mauger.
NBC News’ Armin Cate said about what happened next: “From my understanding, the submersible imploded. In other words, the force of the water was so strong that it blew the back and the front of the submersible off.
“When you crush that tube in the middle it’s like crushing a can of Coca-Cola you might say.”
Immediately after the submersible lost contact, a sound compatible with an implosion was heard, according to fresh confirmation from the US Navy. As per media reports, the OceanGate’s Titan may not have been operating in line with international laws.
There are now questions regarding the reasons which led to the implosion and how it actually looked like.
Independent 3D artists have shared bone-chilling videos on TikTok depicting what might have happened during the suspected implosion of the Titan sub.
One of the videos, posted by user @sincerelybootz, what resembles a military sub suddenly flattens out, curls into a taco-shaped piece of metal, and rips into a pieces, only air bubbles and shrapnel behind.
Another clip, posted by user @starfieldstudio, animation of the OceanGate Titan shows the sub careening toward the seafloor when it begins to crumble like a stomped tin can. The metal simply explodes, leaving nothing behind. “The hull would immediately heat the air in the sub to around the surface of the sun’s temperature, as a wall of metal and seawater smashed one end of the boat to the other, all in around 30 milliseconds,” the caption reads.
OceanGate’s CEO Stockton Rush, who was killed during the dive, allegedly dismissed warnings about the submersible’s safety in the past.
Correspondence between Rush and an expert on the deep sea, Rob McCallum, was revealed. In it, a message sent from McCallum to Rush, he writes, “I think you are potentially placing yourself and your clients in a dangerous dynamic. In your race to [the] Titanic you are mirroring that famous catch cry: ‘She is unsinkable.’” He then adds: “I implore you to take every care in your testing and sea trials and to be very, very conservative.”
To what Rush responds, “We have heard the baseless cries of ‘you are going to kill someone’ way too often. I take this as a serious personal insult.”
According to the Guardian, “The vessel was not registered with international agencies, nor was it classified by a maritime industry group that sets basic engineering standards. Its operators OceanGate have said this is because they believed Titan’s design was so innovative it would take years for inspectors to understand it.”
Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook.
Madonna has experienced a health scare and will postpone at least some of her Celebration world tour that was to kick off next month. The tour aimed to celebrate the 40th anniversary of her breakout single, Holiday, and was expected to follow her experimental, theatre-based Madame X shows in 2019 and 2020.
“I am excited to explore as many songs as possible in hopes to give my fans the show they have been waiting for,” Madonna said in the tour’s announcement video.
Shutterstock
The diva’s longtime manager Guy Oseary revealed that the global popstar has been admitted to hospital because of infection that was “serious” and led to “a several day stay in the ICU” adding that a full recovery is expected. “At this time we need to pause all commitments, which includes the tour,” he added. “We will share more details with you as soon as we have them, including a new start date for the tour and for rescheduled shows.”
As per media reports, she had been receiving treatment at a hospital in New York City. As of now, Madonna has reportedly been discharged from hospital and transported back to her New York home via private ambulance.
A number of celebs and friends, as well as fans, wished the diva a speedy recovery.
Some of the tweets following the news of her hospital admission read: “Madonna is the blueprint whose influence continues to carry through EVERY cycle of pop stars,” and “Yes, even your fave. The literal definition of ‘icon.’ Yet she’s been ridiculed and minimised from the start of her career. Glad she’s expected to fully recover. Show some respect.”
Variety/Getty Images/ Christopher Polk
The 64-year-old hitmaker received message from the likes of The Weekend, who wrote “Sending our prayers [heart emoji, prayer-hand emoji] @madonna,” and Kathy Griffin, who posted, “I don’t know what’s going on with Madonna, I don’t know, but I love her and want to defend her. I don’t like how people are already piling on and making fun of her being obviously quite ill, or collapsed. She’ll be fine, we don’t know anything yet. But I’m going to be honest, I think a lot of it is ageism and misogyny.”
A week ago, Madonna shared a series of images of herself showing her in rehearsals in a post captioned “The Calm Before The Storm.”
We wish Madonna a complete recovery.
Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook.
Chagas is a tropical parasitic disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. It is spread mostly by insects in the subfamily Triatominae, known as “kissing bugs.” This disease is also known as a silent killer because symptoms may appear even years after a person gets infected.
The issue with it is that not much is done for either prevention or treatment of it because it is mainly the poor people from low-income housing in rural or suburban areas who get infected at night while sleeping.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in Mexico, Central America, and South America, approximately 8 million people–6 to 7 million worldwide as reported by the World Health Organization (WHO)– have Chagas disease, the majority unaware of their infection. About 12,000 people die of Chagas each year, killing “more people in Latin America than any other parasite disease, including malaria,” as reported by the Guardian.
Wikipedia Commons / Felipe Guhl
Emiliana Rodríguez, who is now a mother, remembers a horrific scene from her childhood when she witnessed a friend of hers dropping down dead on the field during a game. At the time, she had no idea what took her friend’s life, her family only told her it was a “monster” which comes out during the night.
“The fear usually came at night. Sometimes I didn’t sleep,” she said. “I was afraid of sleeping and not waking up.”
Ever since, she has been afraid of that monster and the disease it spread, Chagas. Some 27 years later, she escaped her home country of Bolivia and moved to Barcelona, but what she didn’t know was that she couldn’t escape the Chagas.
When she learned she was pregnant, doctors discovered she had the infection in her body and she wasn’t even aware of it. There was fear that it could affect her baby as well. “I was paralysed with shock and remembered all those stories my relatives told me about people suddenly dying,” she said, also recalling the death of her friend. “I thought, ‘What’s going to happen to my baby?’”
Luckily, Rodríguez underwent treatment to prevent the parasite from reaching her unborn child through vertical transmission. After her baby girl was born, she tested negative.
An acute Chagas disease infection with swelling of the right eye (Romaña’s sign) / Wikipedia Commons
Another case comes from Mexico and it involves Elvira Idalia Hernández Cuevas who had never heard of Chagas until her 18-year-old was diagnosed with the silent killer.
“I had never heard of Chagas so I started to research it on the internet,” Hernández said in an interview with the Guardian. “I was terrified when I saw it described as a silent killer. I didn’t know what to do or where to go.”
The issue is that just like Hernández, many other people are unaware of this disease and the blood-sucking bugs which cause it.
Chagas is named after Carlos Ribeiro Justiniano Chagas, a Brazilian physician and researcher who identified the human case in 1909. Over the past several decades, Chagas disease is known to be prevalent in Latin America, North America, Europe, Japan and Australia.
Wikipedia Commons / Bärbel Stock
Speaking of the disease and what doctors knew about it, Hernández said, “In Mexico, the authorities say that there aren’t many people affected by Chagas and that it’s under control, but that’s not the situation.
“Medical professionals don’t receive any training and mistake Chagas for other heart diseases. The majority don’t realize there is Chagas in Mexico.”
Unfortunately, it is neglected partly because “it’s a silent disease that stays hidden for so long in your body … because of the asymptomatic nature of the initial part of the infection,” as per Colin Forsyth, a research manager at the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi).
Referencing the poor populations, Forsyth continued, “The people affected just don’t have the power to influence healthcare policy. There’s this confluence of biological and social issues that keep it hidden.”
However, as there are more and more cases worldwide, things may change, but likely not in the near future.
Professor David Moore, a consultant at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in London, created the Chagas Hub, a UK-based facility with the primary goal of having “more people tested and treated, and to manage the risk of transmission, which in the UK is from mother to child,” he said.
This disease can only be treated with two medicines, benznidazole and nifurtimox, both of which have been on the market for half a decade but don’t seem to be much effective. Sadly, there are no funds for further research on which other drugs can be used to treat this silent killer.
At the moment, Rodríguez is doing all in her power to raise awareness about Chagas through a campaign by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health. “I’m fed up with so much silence,” Rodríguez says. “I want people to talk about Chagas, and to know about it. I want people to get tested and to get treatment.”
Shutterstock
The WHO established World Chagas Disease Day, which runs every year on April 14, the day in 1909 when Carlos discovered the first human case. WHO writes that “Global targets for 2030 and milestones are set out to prevent, control, eliminate and eradicate a diverse set of 20 diseases and disease groups.” This includes Chagas.
To prevent a possible infestation, the CDC recommends that you:
Seal cracks and gaps around windows, walls, roofs and doors
Remove wood, brush and rock piles near your house
Use screens on doors and windows and repair any holes or tears
Seal holes and cracks leading to the attic, to crawl spaces below the house and to the outside
Have pets sleep indoors, especially at night
Keep your house and any outdoor pet resting areas clean, in addition to periodically checking both areas for the presence of bugs.
In case you see this bug, you shouldn’t smash it. Instead, you should carefully place the bug in a container and fill the container with rubbing alcohol or freeze it in water which you will then bring to your local health department or a university laboratory for identification.
Have you ever heard of Chagas yourself?
Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook.
Actress Miriam Margolyes, best known for her roles in the 1993 film The Age of Innocence and as Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter franchise, posed for the June issue of Vogue magazine as part of its Pride Month celebrations.
She has been one of the many UK’s most prominent LGBTQ+ actors, musicians, politicians and athletes who took part at Vogue’s most recent issues where they spoke openly about their sexuality.
Others, alongside Miriam, have been actress Janelle Monáe, singer Rina Sawayama, The Last of Us’s Bella Ramsey, Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa and House of the Dragon’s Emma D’Arcy. Among the interviews there were people who are not celebrities as well, among them the first gay couple to get married in the UK in 2014 to the oldestperson to undergo gender reassignment surgery at 81.
Among the rest, Miriam told the magazine that she “never had any shame about being gay” and “wouldn’t want to be straight for anything,” adding: “I think gay people are very lucky because we are not conventional, we are a group slightly apart. It gives us an edge. We’re good artists, we’re good musicians.”
Asked what she thinks about the future of LGBTQ rights in the UK, she was honest in that she has little hope. “It’s not so much the gay part of things. I’m worried about all of it,” she said. “I just think England has become a s***-hole. And the government is at the heart of the s***. There’s been a moral slide in England into the deep pit of iniquity.”
Miriam has been an advocate for the LGBTQ community ever since she came out of the closet and shared with the world that she is a lesbian. This happened back in 1966 when homosexuality was illegal in Britain, thus her move was considered bold and very brave by people from the community who felt the same. In the Vogue interview, she spoke of those times and said, “I never had any shame about being gay or anything really. I knew it wasn’t criminal because it was me. I couldn’t be criminal.”
In her book This Much Is True, the actress revealed that her mother passed away shortly after Miriam revealed she was gay. This loss caused immense pain at Miriam who harbored guilt for many years. “I always believed that my coming out in some way caused it,” she wrote. “I had caused the person I loved most in the world a pain she could not bear. It was a horrendous time and I was very unhappy. I knew I couldn’t change what I was; I should not have told them.”
The award-winning actress posed for a photo for which she wore her grey tresses styled in a bun and sported eye-catching make up adding a deep rouge lip.
Miriam making her British Vogue debut in July 2023 “Pride & Joy” issue!
Speaking about her body image, Miriam admitted that she has struggled with insecurities, but is determined to embrace her form regardless.
“I think my face is kind and warm and open and smiley,” she said. “But I hate my body. I hate big t**s [and I have] a drooping belly, little twisted legs. I’m not thrilled with that. But you just make the best of it. You have to. You do the best you can.”
She commented: “It’s a strong position if you’re not afraid to be who you are.
“We’re all so insecure. People are frightened such a lot of the time and what I’ve always tried to do… (is) make people feel good about themselves.”
Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook.
65-year-old actor Julian Sands who pivoted from the romantic lead in A Room With a View and played in films such as Warlock was confirmed dead Tuesday after being reported missing near after going on a hike at the snow-covered mountains of Southern California on Jan. 13.
Sands was an avid mountaineer. In a 2020 interview with The Guardian, when he was asked when he was happiest, he answered: “Close to a mountain summit on a glorious cold morning.” On the day he went missing, he had gone hiking alone in the Baldy Bowl area of the San Gabriel Mountains, about 50 miles northeast of Los Angeles, which is a popular location for hikers and mountain lovers.
Featureflash Photo Agency / Shutterstock.com
Following the report that he had gone missing, a search was conducted. Unfortunately, the search was concluded Saturday, after five months. He was searched for with helicopters and drones but the crews were severely hampered by wintry conditions that lasted through spring. He was only discovered when hikers stumbled upon remains of a human which then turned out to be Sands’.
The exact reason for his passing has not been determined yet. “The manner of death is still under investigation, pending further test results,” the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement, per BBC. “We would like to extend our gratitude to all the volunteers that worked tirelessly to try to locate Mr Sands.”
View of Mount Baldy in California (Shuttershock)
According to the BBC, the actor’s family had already accepted that Sands was deceased, though this news will no doubt give them closure.
“We continue to hold Julian in our hearts with bright memories of him as a wonderful father, husband, explorer, lover of the natural world and the arts, and as an original and collaborative performer,” the family said in a statement.
“I have come to terms with the fact he’s gone and for me that’s how I’ve dealt with it,” his brother Nick Sands said, saying he had already said his “goodbyes.”
In a statement shared with the Los Angeles Times, Sands’ manager, Sarah Jackson, said the actor “was a great friend and client.”
“He chose interesting projects that mattered to him and was adored by everyone who worked with him,” Jackson said. “He was a passionate climber, and we draw [consolation] from knowing that he passed in a place he loved, doing what he loved. We are filled with the most beautiful memories.”
Sands’ films include Arachnophobia, Naked Lunch, Warlock, Ocean’s 13, Warlock, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and Leaving Las Vegas. On TV, he had recurring roles on 24 and Smallville.
“I didn’t want to be a Hollywood actor,” he told The Guardian in 2018, saying he wanted to challenge himself as an actor. “I was looking for something exotic, things that took me out of myself…I think I found myself a little boring.”
Featureflash Photo Agency / Shutterstock.com
Although he wasn’t an A-list actor, he earned respect and appreciation both from his fans and the critics. “He was always good, always gallant and dignified,” said former New York Times film critic Janet Maslin. “I don’t remember a false move from him.”
We are so very sorry for this loss. May he rest in peace.
Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook.
Cathy Weed, a mom from Gwinnett County lost her life in a tragic manner after she stepped on an ant hill in her yard.
She was someone whom the entire community adored, a devoted mother who never missed any of her son’s baseball games, and an important pillar of the community, thus her loss left many heartbroken.
Tributes to Cathy were paid by those who knew her on the baseball field on which she cheered her son Gray who was a rising Sophomore and a member of the Mountain View High School Bears baseball team.
The tragedy happened after Cathy accidentally stepped on the ant hill. Sadly, she had had lethal allergy to fire ants and the reaction was so severe that she didn’t even have the time to get to her medication.
Her death was both sudden and immediate.
Shutterstock
Back in 2018, Cathy experienced something similar but managed to survive. She experienced allergic reaction to an ant bite but was rushed to the ER on time. Back then, she spoke of the importance of having EpiPen at hand in case some is allergic to something. It was during the time when there was shortage of EpiPens. Sadly, years later, the same allergic reaction ended up taking her life.
Cathy’s obituary highlighted how special of a person she was. It read that she was an “extraordinary individual who touched the lives of everyone she encountered. Her warm smile, kind heart, and unwavering compassion will forever be remembered.”
Jason Johnson, the coach of Cathy’s son’s team described her as a wonderful person who shared a very strong bond with her son. “His mom was everything to [Gary], and he was 100%, even more so to her.”
We are so very sorry for this tragic loss. Our thoughts and prayers go to the grieving family.
Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook.
