Kurt Russel can brag with a career spanning 60 years. He had his acting debut back in 1963 when he landed a role in The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters, making him one of the lead actors of the 70s.
He and Goldie Hawn make one of the most adorable couples in Hollywood and prove the theory that celebrity relationships don’t last wrong.
They have been together for many years and both believe that the key to long lasting relationship is that they have never tied the knot.
“We have done just perfectly without marrying. I already feel devoted, and isn’t that what marriage is supposed to do?” Goldie told Woman’s Day in 2007. Kurt and Goldie first met on the set of The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band in 1966. Back then, however, it seemed there was no chemistry between them, probably because of the fact that Goldie was 21 and Kurt was still a teenager. From that movie on, both went on to have extremely successful careers.
Being in their 70s doesn’t stop Kurt and Goldie from leading pretty active lifestyle. In 2017 a source told Closer Weekly that Goldie had been super focused on her diet.
“She always says you’re as young as you feel, and she still feels like a 30-year-old. She’s healthy and vibrant and comfortable in her own skin,” the source said.
Another insider added: “[Goldie is] doubling down on working out. She’s never really just committing to one solid routine. Her big word is ‘diversity.’ Every day is different so she never gets bored of her workouts.”
Kurt is as active as she is, back some time ago, when he was to be inducted into the Oklahoma City-based Hall of Great Western Performers in October 2022, it was revealed he wouldn’t be able to attend due to “unforeseen medical issue.” In fact, he was planning on delaying the surgery, but doctors advised him otherwise.
As reported by the Oklahoman, the Christmas Chronicles’ star was going to have a hip surgery.
Around the same time, the actor experienced more health issues based on the photos of him showing him with cuts and sores under his lower lip that is said to be brought on by Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS), which has been linked to intestinal Cancer.
According to Cancer.Net, “the lifetime risk of Cancer in those with PJS may be as high as 93 percent.” The sores are dangerous and require proper treatment as soon as possible since it is a precancerous lesion.
Other photos of him with messy bandages covering some of the cuts on his face made fans worried as they believed he was suffering from something even serious, but it turned out that the cuts and bruises were movie makeup for his role in Deepwater Horizon.
Kurt is a happy man with a family that loves him unconditionally.
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When they landed the roles of Olivia and John Walton in the long-running series Waltons, actors Ralph Waite and Michael Learned became one of the most famous and most beloved TV couples.
The series featured the life of the family, who had several kids and grandparents, and their struggles to overcome what the Great Depression had brought to the country and its people.
The series was a big breakthrough for both Learned and Waite who rose to stardom almost overnight.
The two came from similar backgrounds. They were both part of large families and were the oldest children. Although Learned was born in Washington D.C., she spent most of her childhood on a farm in Connecticut with her five younger sisters. When she turned eleven, she left America for Austria and attended the Arts Educational School, Tring, which is now the Tring Park School for the Performing Arts in Tring, Hertfordshire.
When she was cast for the role which helped her make a name for herself, Learned was 33 years old.
Waite on the other hand spent his childhood in White Plains, New York. Following high school, he joined the Marines after which he attended college.
When it came to their personal lives, they were far from the lives they played on screen.
Learned was married three times in her life. She first tied the knot when she was just 17 and married Canadian-American actor Peter Donat, with whom she had three boys. She then moved on and married two more times before she finally found the love of her life, her current partner, John Doherty.
At the time they started filming Waltons, Learned experienced problems with alcohol addiction, but her on-screen husband helped her overcome her issues. “I was drinking heavily when the show started, and Ralph saved my life. Really,” she said.
During breaks while filming she used to go to the local restaurants where she would drink, arriving back on set inebriated. It was Waite who spoke to her about her issues openly and made her realize that she needed to break the habit of drinking. Learned spent some time at her ex-husband’s cottage on the California coast to become sober.
Waite, just like Learned, was married three times before he found his bliss. However, although they both found love, there were always rumors surrounding their relationship.
Following Waite’s passing in 2019, Learned opened up about what the fans always suspected and admitted that she and Waite were deeply in love but never gave it a try for the sake of the series which turned them into stars. They were aware that if their relationship failed, things could have turned messy.
“We had a deep love for each other that we would have ruined if we had taken that extra step, and we didn’t,” Learned said.
“We never did, we thought about it, but we didn’t. And I think that’s why we became a spiritual husband and wife if you will, and I miss him terribly. His wife is a very good friend. But what Ralph and I had was something that came across on screen.”
They chose the series which entertained millions of fans over the years over their love for one another.
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Besides being a famous musician who has spent his entire life giving his fans plenty of memorable moments with his music and performances, Donny Osmond is also a father and a grandfather of 12.
Donny and his wife of many years, Debra Glan, welcomed five sons together, Don, Jeremy, Brandon, Christopher, and Joshua.
Today, Don has four kids with his wife Jessica, Jeremy has three children with Melissa, Brandon and his wife Shelby also have four kids, and Christopher has one baby with his wife Alta. As of Donny’s youngest son, he and his wife tied the knot in 2020 but decided to spend some years on their own before becoming parents.
Donny and Debra became grandparents for the first time in 2005, when Jeremy and Melissa welcomed son Dylan. This was a joyous moment for the Osmond family who tend to spend as much time together as possible.
Donny, who is super busy performing and making music, still finds the time to spend with his grandchildren.
In 2012, Osmond appeared on “The Talk” for a ‘Father’s Day Special’, and his eldest son Don made a surprise appearance alongside him to deliver some wonderful news. He told Donny that he was about to become a father for the first time. Don said, “I wasn’t the first to make you a grandfather, but Jessica and I have your fifth grandbaby.” Donny received the news with plenty of emotions and started crying. Later on, he even revealed why he got so emotional. “They’ve been trying for a long, long, long time, I’m very happy for them and I’m pretty happy myself too!”
Further, Donny said that his son and daughter-in-law had been experiencing fertility issues, but they were able to overcome them, and today, they share four beautiful children together.
“We officially have a dozen! Debbie and I are so excited that our 12th grand baby was born two weeks ago. Don and Jessi welcomed Christian, their 4th son, on Tuesday, December 29, 2020 and we are already in love,” Donny wrote on Instagram.
His grandchildren are involved in plenty of activities, and that includes sports and arts, and Donny is always by their side to support their dreams. One time, he flew home just to see one of his grandchildren play a football match. After the win, he expressed his satisfaction and said how proud he was.
When his other grandson had a basketball match, Donny went to see him and went to LA to continue his residency right after that.
Donny once tweeted that another of his grandchildren was a talented artists whose work has been displayed at the National Museum of History in Washington, DC.
When his first granddaughter was born, Donny was over the moon. “She has the most lovable personality and always makes sure that everyone has a friend. I’m so lucky to have this little girl in my life. In fact, I often refer to her as my sweet little princess,” he later wrote.
A recent episode of one of the most popular quiz shows there are, Jeopardy!, made many question Americans and their faith after three contestants failed to give an answer to what seemed a rather easy question related to Christianity.
Namely, one of the questions during the episode which was on on June 13 in the category “dadjectives” was “Matthew 6:9 says, ‘Our Father Which Art In Heaven’, This ‘Be Thy Name.’” The contestants were supposed to answer “hallowed” or rather, “what is hallowed,” per the quiz’s regulations, but they didn’t. Allegedly, this enraged a huge number of fans.
“Not one contestant on Jeopardy last night knew the answer to this…Are you waking up yet?” one Twitter user wrote.
“The Lord’s Prayer growing up was like knowing The Pledge of Allegiance. You just did,” another added.
“While it may not be a sign of the end times, if DEFINITELY speaks volumes about Americans and their faith…or lack of,” a third wrote.
People couldn’t help but wonder how could they all fail to recognize a fairly obvious indication.
“I’m an atheist and even I knew the answer to that lord’s prayer question,” one Twitter user said.
“My 4 year old niece got the answer on this Question on Jeopardy! Just wondering maybe the contestants never heard about The Lord’s Prayer?” another added.
“How can those Jeopardy! nerds not know this answer. Have they never listened to Iron Maiden?” someone joked, referencing the Iron Maiden song “Hallowed Be Thy Name.”
However, although the question was pretty simple, some viewers argued that the contestants likely refused to provide an answer due to their low scores at the time being. They may have chosen to play it safe rather than risk falling farther behind.
Other believe that the quiz includes too many questions related to Christianity having in mind that the contestants come from different religious backgrounds, which might be another reason they didn’t provide an answer to what seemed like an easy question.
Despite the fact that none of the three competitors knew the Lord’s Prayer, they did a bit better when it came to ’70s movies. “He starred in the 2 films whose soundtracks were the top 2 bestselling albums of 1978,” was the final question. As expected, they knew the right answer was Travolta, John while the soundtracks of Grease and Saturday Night Fever were on. The competitor who won, Suresh Krishnan, extended his winning streak to six games.
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Following Princess Diana’s tragic death, her two sons, William and Harry, were left in despair. The woman who meant the world to them was suddenly gone, and they were left in complete shock and experienced grief which is present until this very day.
Over the years, Harry accused the press for having part in his mother’s passing as they wouldn’t leave her alone. On the day she lost her life, she and her partner Dodi Fayed, the son of Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al-Fayed, her driver Henri Paul, and her bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones crashed the Mercedes in the Pont de I’Alma tunnel in Paris while trying to escape the paparazzi.
The surgeon who was working at the hospital in France the night Lady Di died, MonSef Dahman, has spoken of what had really happened and what led to losing the People’s Princess.
“The thought that you have lost an important person, for whom you cared personally, marks you for life,” he told Daily Mail.
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He recalled starting his shift at 8 a.m and being at the hospital the entire night. At approximately 2:06 a.m, around an hour and a half after Princess Diana’s accident, she was brought to the hospital. “I was resting in the duty room when I got a call from Bruno Riou, the senior duty anaesthetist, telling me to go to the emergency room,” Dahman told Daily Mail. “I wasn’t told it was Lady Diana, but [only] that there’d been a serious accident involving a young woman.”
The X-rays showed serious internal injuries, and Diana was given blood transfusion.
Sadly, she then suffered another cardiac arrest. Dahman performed a surgery but her heart couldn’t be restarted. “We tried electric shocks, several times and, as I had done in the emergency room, cardiac massage,” Dahman explained. “Professor Riou had administered adrenaline. But we could not get her heart beating again.”
“We fought hard, we tried a lot, really an awful lot,” he said. “Frankly, when you are working in those conditions, you don’t notice the passage of time. The only thing that is important is that we do everything possible for this young woman.”
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Harry recalled the moment he got word of his mother’s passing in his book, Spare. He described how his father sat beside his bed, telling him: “Darling boy, Mummy’s been in a car crash.
“There were complications. Mummy was quite badly injured and taken to hospital, darling boy,” Harry recalled his father saying. “He always called me ‘darling boy,’ but he was saying it quite a lot now. His voice was soft. He was in shock, it seemed.
“With a head injury. They tried, darling boy. I’m afraid she didn’t make it.”
The prince further claimed that Charles put his hand on his knee, saying: “It’s going to be OK,” but that he “didn’t hug” him.
“Everyone knows where they were and what they were doing the night my mother died,” Harry stated.
“I cried once, at the burial, and you know I go into detail about how strange it was and how actually there was some guilt that I felt and I think William felt as well, by walking around the outside of Kensington Palace.”
“There were 50,000 bouquets of flowers to our mother and there we were shaking people’s hands, smiling,” he continued. “I’ve seen the videos, right, I looked back over it all. And the wet hands that we were shaking, we couldn’t understand why their hands were wet, but it was all the tears that they were wiping away.”
Princes William and Harry walking behind her casket on the day of her funeral is an image many Britons could never forget.
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When then-Prince Charles and Lady Di got married, the pressure of having a baby shortly after the wedding was immense, so when William was born everyone was thrilled. However, the arrival of Prince Harry was a different story. According to Diana: Her True Story, Charles wasn’t happy that his second child was a son. “I knew Harry was going to be a boy because I saw on the scan,” she explained. “Charles always wanted a girl. He wanted two children, and he wanted a girl. I knew Harry was a boy, and I didn’t tell him.”
“First comment was: ‘Oh God, it’s a boy,’ second comment: ‘And he’s even got red hair,’” Diana added.
On the day of Harry’s christening, Charles allegedly told Queen Elizabeth, “We were so disappointed – we thought it would be a girl.”
“Mummy snapped his head off, saying: ‘You should realized how lucky you are to have a child that’s normal.’ Every since that day, the shutters have come down, and that’s what he does when he gets somebody answering back at him,” Diana said, adding that as Harry was born, their marriage “went down the drain.”
Among the rest, in his all-tell memoir Spare, Harry opened up about a joke his father made about him.
On the day Harry was born, Charles allegedly told Diana, “‘Wonderful! Now you’ve given me an heir and a spare — my work is done,’” Harry wrote of his dad’s words in Spare.
“On the other hand, minutes after delivering this bit of high comedy, Pa was said to have gone off to meet with his girlfriend,” Harry said, referring to now-Queen Camilla. “So, many a true word spoken in jest.”
Harry never truly overcame the grief and the pain that came with his mother’s passing.
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When Kate Middleton’s parents started their company, Party Pieces, the future Princess was just a five-year-old girl. As they were preparing for the celebration of her birthday, they realized that the market lacked elegant tablescapes, as per the Vanity Fair. This was how the idea for a business was born. Thanks to their company, the Middletons made millions and were able to provide great life for their three children, Kate, Pippa, and James, and that included boarding schools.
“Party Pieces was literally born at our kitchen table, so I suppose the ‘big break’ moment came when I realized there were lots of other parents looking for more affordable and imaginative partyware and that I had correctly identified a gap in the market for quality products that added something special,” Carole, Kate’s mother, told SheerLuxe.
“It was so exciting knowing I had a business idea that could work.”
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Not only Carole and her husband Michael were involved in the rise of the family company but their children too.
“Pippa wrote our ‘Party Times’ blog, James did the cakes when he first left school and Catherine developed our first birthday and baby category,” Carole revealed.
“My husband and I were young and a little inexperienced, but very enthusiastic, so we didn’t worry too much.”
It has been reported by a few magazines that nowadays the Middletons’ company is not doing well and that they are $3.3 million in debt.
However, back in the day, they were able to provide their children with quality education so Kate was sent to the all-girls boarding school Downe House for which her parents paid around £28,000 pounds in tuition. Sadly, that didn’t turn out to be the best decision as Kate experienced a very hard time there. According to her former classmates, she was often teased and bullied and she felt like she didn’t fit there.
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A friend at a later school, Gemma Williamson, previously told the Daily Mail, “Apparently, she had been bullied very badly, and she certainly looked thin and pale. She had very little confidence.” Kate’s former classmate Emma Sayle said the princess hated that her school was “cliquey.”
“It is a very cliquey school, and there was a lot of pressure,” she told RSVP Live, as quoted by Express.
“The girls were all high achievers, and there were lots of girls with eating disorders. Everyone wanted to be the best, the fittest, the prettiest. I think Kate was miserable from the start.”
“Being especially slender and a head taller than her peers, she stood out for the wrong reasons and was teased for being gangly and lanky,” royal expert Katie Nicholl added.
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Former Downe House student Georgina Rylance said how she believes Kate didn’t really fit in because she enrolled the school two years after her peers did. “It does make a difference going from eleven,” she told the Sunday Times, as per royal expert Katie Nicholl. “You have two years of bonding, your first time away all together. Even some of the most popular girls in my school had a hard time when they came in at thirteen.”
Further, Kate was really into hockey and the school only offered lacrosse, something that Kate hadn’t tried before. And even when she didn. she wasn’t good at it which made her disappointed.
When she told her parents how she felt, many said she was ‘too sensitive.’
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“Certainly, I have no knowledge of any serious bullying at all. But there’s what everyone calls bullying, and there’s actual, real, miserable bullying where someone had a dreadful time,” Susan Cameron, then headmistress the school, told The Mirror.
“That certainly didn’t happen. Yes, there would be teasing. It’s all a part of the normal competition of growing up, of establishing a pecking order,” she continued.
“Girls are cliquey by nature, and they can be rather cruel. If you’re attractive, too, that can be seen as rather a threat. They can sense those who are slightly weaker or who haven’t shown their strengths yet, and it’s those girls who are likely to end up being picked on or teased.
“I think it’s fair to say she was unsettled and not particularly happy. Maybe in Catherine’s case, she just kind of went quiet and didn’t say anything,” the former headmistress continued, adding that if Kate had been in deed badly bullied, she wouldn’t be the woman she is today.
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Eventually, Kate changed schools. She enrolled Marlborough College where she thrived and was loved by everyone. According to her former classmates, many boys were into her because she was s real beauty.
According to royal experts, Kate’s unpleasant experience has a lot to do with how she raises her children and that’s one of the reasons why she and William wish they have ordinary childhood.
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Being a royal means building bridges with other royals from different countries in the world, and as it looks like, the Prince and Princess of Wales are in fact very close friends with other people of their kind.
Among the rest, Prince William developed a bond with Crown Prince Hussein of Jordan who married wife Saudi Rajwa al-Seif this months. As expected, William and Kate were in attendance. The ceremony took place at the Zahran Palace in Amman, Jordan, and among the rest of the guests were Princess Eugene and members of the monarchies from Japan, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark.
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During William’s official tour in the middle east in 2018, he visited Jordan where he met the Crown Prince Hussein. The two developed a special bond and remained very good friends. As per The Mirror, William was welcomed with open arms and spent time with Hussein at his residence at King Abdullah’s palace, Beit al Urdun, watching a football match.
What’s most, Kate Middleton once resided in Jordan when she was just a child after her dad Michael, who was a flight dispatcher for British Airways, was sent to work there. Kate was enrolled at an English-language nursery, meeting new friends from all over the world, including Japan, America, India, and, of course, Jordan.
Recalling those times, Sahera al Nabulsi, the founder of the Assahera Nursery which Kate attended as a child, said in a 2011 interview for The National, “The morning routine was to have all the children sitting in a circle where they would all sing Incy Wincy Spider, both in English and Arabic.
“We would read one verse from the Quran to improve the children’s Arabic and tell stories about the Prophet’s companions, like Omar Bin Khattab. The idea was to reinforce concepts such as respect and love.”
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Hanna Hashweh, chief executive of the Hashweh Corporation travel agency in Amman, remembers spending time with the Middleton family and said Kate was a lovely child who was never late.
“They lived in a two-story rented villa, close to a park and the nursery where Kate went. I remember she was a very beautiful little girl,” she told The National. “Kate’s father used to pick her up sometimes in his work uniform and the kids used to get very excited and run to see him. But most of the time the mother picked her up. She was always on time.”
Their stay in Jordan wasn’t a long one as the family returned to Berkshire in September 1986.
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The British royal family visited Jordan in 2021 when they took the famous family Christmas portrait. They posed at the legendary city of Petra, Jordan, which is on UNESCO’s World Heritage list and named one of the “New Seven Wonders of the World.”
On the wedding day of the Prince of Jordan, Kate wore a beautiful pink dress by the Lebanese designer Elie Saab and the bride wore a wedding gown by the same designer. The newlyweds paid tribute to William’s grandmother, late Queen Elizabeth II when they left the wedding for the reception in a 1984 Range Rover, specially customized for the queen’s visit to Jordan in 1984.
The day seemed to be an impeccable one, but something happened that caught the attention of many who branded William ‘rude.’ Namely, he greeted the bride and when Kate did the same she took some time to chat to her, William urged her to be quick by saying, “chop, chop.”
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Body language expert Judy James said this wasn’t one of William’s “finest moments when it comes to ether body language or words.”
“While he has clearly moved on from the meet and greet with the bride and groom, Kate stands talking to the bride in an animated and very friendly way,” James said. “She is not causing a ‘log jam’ [by] holding up the queue and the next guests are still talking to the groom, so there appears to be no logical reason for William to hurry his wife along, especially as she only adds a few seconds to the conversation.”
James praised Kate for ignoring her husband’s rude words but added that “It has to be said that his behavior is overly dominant here, with his critical parent behavior putting her firmly in the implied role of naughty child.”
“He could have walked back to stand beside his wife and used a subtle tie sign, like a small pat of the waist or back,” she suggested. “Most couples have subtle rituals that they use to communicate silently in public that don’t entail any obvious impatience, and the Waleses are normally very adept at these techniques.”
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Expert Rachel Burchfield on the other hand said William wasn’t disrespectful at all.
“Husbands, do not do this, don’t do this. William told Kate to ‘chop chop’ as she spoke to the bride,” she said during an appearance on the Podcast Royal. “First of all William, you were talking to the bride forever, dude, and then Kate gets up there and she’s talking to her for like no time at all and then he/’s like chop, chop — no!”
“I know he wasn’t doing it to be disrespectful, I don’t think so,” she added. “But you can kind of sense Kate’s tension as they were walking off, or at least I could.”
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It’s safe to say that late Tina Turner was the greatest diva that have ever walked this Earth. Her powerful vocals placed her on the pedestal where she remained up until her death and even beyond.
Turner spent the last years of her life in Switzerland where she lived with her husband Erwin Bach who donated her a kidney.
Her first husband, musician Ike Turner was an abusive man. However, Turner didn’t speak of the abuse she suffered until later in life. Ike passed away in 2007 at the age of 76 following overdose on cocaine.
As a couple, they achieved great success and were even inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991. Phil Spector accepted the award on their behalf. But their private life was a different story.
Sadly, one of Turner’s children, Ike Turner Jr. followed into the footsteps of his father and turned to substances. Over the years, just like his dad, he had been involved in a number of incidents, including breaking the law and having trouble with law enforcement.
Tina Turner passed away on May 24, 2023, and it has now been revealed that her son Turner Jr. was arrested just 18 days prior to his mother’s passing for substance possession and tempering with evidence.
Turner Jr. was stopped at 12:09 a.m. while operating a 2013 Ford Fusion for what is known as an equipment failure, which is used when a car’s headlight or taillight is not functioning, according to police files.
He was in possession of less than a gram of methamphetamine and 1.7 grams of crack cocaine which he tried to consume at the spot after being apprehended in order to hide them from being discovered.
As reported by the Alvin Police Department, Turner Jr. “tried to eat the drugs before the officers could seize them from him.”
Jessica Salinas-Esquivel, who was a passenger in the car also facing charges for drug possession.
Reports are that Turner Jr. has been held at Brazoria County Jail for the past month and has not posted his bail, which has been set to the tune of $70,000.
Rumor has it that the relationship between Tina Turner and her children was strained, especially when she left the States for Switzerland.
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Julian Lennon, the son of one of the greatest musicians and vocalists who have ever walked this Earth, John Lennon, had always said that he would never sing his father’s iconic song Imagine unless the world was coming to an end. However, the current situation with the war which has been going on in Ukraine since the end of February in which a huge number of people lost their lives and homes, Julian sang the piece of music whose lyrics are so profound they touch the heart to the core.
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Julian performed Imagine as part of Global Citizen’s Stand Up for Ukraine fundraiser and wrote that the unimaginable tragedy taking place in Ukraine prompted him to “respond in the most significant way [he] could.”
“The song reflects the light at the end of the tunnel, that we are all hoping for…” he wrote. “As a result of the ongoing murderous violence, millions of innocent families, have been forced to leave the comfort of their homes, to seek asylum elsewhere.”
The fundraiser Julian was part of helped raise around $10 billion, money which will be used to support Ukrainian refugees, as per Deadline. The number of people who fled the country is believed to be around 4.5 million so far.
Julian asked from the world to help the refugees and every other person who is dreaming of a better life.
“I’m calling on world leaders and everyone who believes in the sentiment of IMAGINE, to stand up for refugees everywhere! Please advocate and donate from the heart.”
His rendition, which he did together with guitarist Nuno Bettencourt, is as simple as it was beautifully touching. The most important of all is the message his performance helps spread.
We all hope and pray for peace everywhere in the world.
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Many times when we feel hopeless, God finds a way to remind us that not everything is lost.
For a Tulsa, Oklahoma couple, Sarah and Andy Justice, it was all about having children. It’s not that they weren’t enough for one another, but being parents was one of their biggest dreams. Sadly, they tried to conceive and failed many times, until they decided to adopt.
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The adoption agency connected the couple to a mother-to-be who couldn’t raise a child and wanted to give it to adoption once it was born. Sarah and Andy were by her side throughout the pregnancy and even accompanied her to the doctor’s appointments.
One day, during a regular check-up, they learned something which left them in complete shock. The mother wasn’t carrying a single baby, but three. Almost overnight, the Justices were about to become parents of three.
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However, there was a lot more coming for this family.
When Joel, Hannah, and Elizabeth were born, Sarah and Andy were over the moon. The triplets were born prematurely and needed to spend some time at the NICU, but they thrived and were soon brought home.
Mere weeks following the adoption, the couple learned Sarah was pregnant. She was carrying twins. So, from being unable to conceive, they were now welcoming two more babies into their lives.
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About 8 months later, twins Abigail and Andrew were born, leading to a very, very full house.
Well, the journey towards parenthood was far from over. A year later, Sarah fell pregnant again, this time with a single child, making her and her husband a mom and a dad of six.
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In 2014, the family was invited to share their story on Today Show. Speaking of the days their children were still babies, Andy shared that they used around 300 diapers in a single week.
”As soon as you get one diaper changed, it’s time to start all over again.” But despite the hardship, they regret nothing. “We just love having these children,” Sarah said.
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Aren’t they a beautiful family?
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Best known for his role of the superhero we all love dearly, Superman, actor, producer, and TV show host Dean Cain has had quite a career.
Once he made a name for himself in the film industry, roles came pouring in, and he cemented his place under the Hollywood sky.
However, there was a period in this actor’s life when he found himself at a crossroads when he felt like he needed to make a choice between his professional career or spending more time with his son Christopher, and he eventually chose the letter.
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Dean, who was born on July 31, 1966, in Michigan, has never been in contact with his biological father, who was Japanese. Namely, Dean was just 2 years old when his dad, Roger Tanaka, left the family and never looked back.
A year later, Dean’s mom remarried, and her new husband, director Christopher Cain, legally adopted Dean and his brother. Dean then changed his surname and took that of his adoptive father.
When Dean became a dad himself, when his then-girlfriend, Samantha Torres, a former model and Playboy mate, gave birth to their son, he swore he would never be the type of father his biological dad turned out to be. Instead, he promised himself that he would always be there for Christopher, whom he named after his adoptive father.
Unfortunately, Dean and Samantha split shortly after welcoming their boy and they fought over the custody. Eventually, Dean became a sole custodian.
Dean is a kind of dad who never misses any important events in their children’s life. He even cooks for Christopher. “I cook every meal for my child. If I don’t cook, he doesn’t eat. I cook a very mean steak. I’m also very good at taking the nine leftovers I have and turning it into something,” the actor revealed during an interview.
No matter what comes along the way, whether that is a tempting role or another professional engagement, Dean always puts his son’s needs on the top of the list of priorities.
It wasn’t until Christopher turned 18 that Dean started working on and off the screen again. “I’m there, I’m a very present father, and I would never do it otherwise. I’m blessed to be able to have the ability to do so many different things and yet still be a father first,” he said.
The two are spending plenty of quality time together and are taking a bunch of trips. Christopher has two half-siblings from his mother, Elijah and Isabelle, who often stop by the Chain household.
“I’d do anything for those two. It can be defined as a broken home, but if you hang out at our house, that’s the last thing you’ll think,” Dean said of his ex’s children. “My best day would be just to wake up, and me and my son have a great day at home,” he added.
Ohio father, Chad Doerman, who killed three sons point blank execution style has been arrested and charged with aggravated murder. The boys’ execution was a planned act of murder, according to prosecutors.
The arrest followed after two 911 calls, the first one from a woman screaming “her babies had been shot,” and the second one from a driver who noticed a girl running down the street, saying, “her father was killing everyone.”
When first responders arrived at the scene, the boys were unresponsive. They had reportedly died at the scene.
Doerman admitted the scheme and appeared in court on three charges of aggravated murder Friday. Doerman “confessed to planning and carrying out the deaths of victims involved for several months,” prosecutors said.
He lined his sons up in the yard and shot them execution-style with his rifle. One of the boys tried to escape, but Doerman chased him down and dragged him to the yard where he shut him too. The three victims were aged 7, 4 and 3.
The boys’ mother was found outside the home with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the hand.
When police arrested the killer who was seen sitting outside on a step. He was detained without incident and now bodycam footage from the Clermont County Sheriff’s Office emerged which shows him saying “Man, I ain’t trying to hurt nobody. I’m completely sober. Never done drugs in my life.” He then tells the deputies, “I’m not trying to hurt you.”
The boys’ mother, whose identity hasn’t been revealed, could be heard speaking in the background and saying, “They’re dead, aren’t they? What do I do?” She then wails, “He took my life from me, my life! They’re so little!”
When asked to roll over to answer their questions, he says “I ain’t gonna hurt you. I ain’t mad. I ain’t nothing,” and then warns them about his dog. He could then be heard asking whether he can stand up because he was “kind of uncomfortable.”
While escorted to the back of the Sheriff’s vehicle, Doerman explains that his step-daughter ran to the fire department and asks for his wallet to be removed from his back pocket to what a deputy answers: “Shut up. You have the right to remain silent, f—ing use it.”
David Gast, chief prosecutor in Clermont County, spoke during the hearing.
“The trauma that this man has inflicted on his family, community, law enforcement, first responders, and all the rest of us is unspeakable. There has been a full admission in this case, the case is still new we’re still discovering facts. But the evil horror of what we know is impossible to process,” Gast said in court. “In an act of incomprehensible cruelty the father that stands before you lined up his three young boys and executed them in his own home with a rifle. In an act of desperation the mother at some point grabbed the gun the father was wielding to attempt to protect them.”
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His bail was held on a $20 million bond, which is the highest amount ever set in the county.
This tragedy that claimed three innocent lives is senseless and heartbreaking. Our thoughts and prayers are with the boys’ mother and sister and the rest of their family.
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Relationships between celebrities don’t always last. However, there are exceptions, and Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell are the perfect proof of that.
They have been together for many years and both believe that the key to long lasting relationship is that they have never tied the knot.
“We have done just perfectly without marrying. I already feel devoted, and isn’t that what marriage is supposed to do?” Goldie told Woman’s Day in 2007.
Today, Goldie and Kurt are not only proud parents of their children they have from previous relationships, but proud grandparents too. They have six grandchildren and love spending time with them and spoiling them. In fact, the couple shares plenty of photos of the little ones and each of them shows just how much love these two have for their grandchildren.
Their grandchildren don’t call them grandma and grandpa but Gogo and Gogi, and we believe that’s very sweet and special.
Kurt and Goldie first met on the set of The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band in 1966. Back then, however, it seemed there was no chemistry between them, probably because of the fact that Goldie was 21 and Kurt was still a teenager. From that movie on, both went on to have extremely successful careers.
After their first film together, Kurt and Goldie both stared in Swing Shift in 1983 and that’s when they started dating. Four years later, they appeared in Overboard.
Fans have been eagerly waiting for the couple to appear in a movie together again but that didn’t happen until 2018 when they played Mr. and Mrs. Claus in The Christmas Chronicles and then reprised the roles again in The Christmas Chronicles 2.
On Valentine’s Day, the couple celebrated 40 years of being together.
“For people like us, the marriage certificate wasn’t going to create anything that otherwise we wouldn’t have,” Kurt told People.
“I don’t know – 40 years isn’t enough to finally say, ‘Well I guess…’”
Goldie added: “Our children got married … Oliver’s very happily married and Wyatt’s very happily married. Katie got married once and that didn’t work, and she’s with this most amazing human and I don’t know if she’ll marry again. The point is that we all tried marriage and sometimes marriage doesn’t work.
“It’s not about the marriage. It’s about the people and the relationship, and the will to stay together. And that’s a big one because if you want it, you can have it. You’ve got to give things up, but the joy and the excitement of being together and touching the toes of somebody at night is really a nice feeling.”
The case of the missing OceanGate Titan which caught the attention of the entire world ended with a tragedy as all of the passengers are presumed dead after it was revealed that the submersible they were in imploded.
Shortly after authorities reported that they had identified debris field near the Titanic, the owner and operator of the hired submersible that had been missing since Sunday, announced Thursday afternoon that the five passengers aboard had died.
“We now believe that our CEO Stockton Rush, Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding, and Paul-Henri Nargeolet, have sadly been lost,” the company said in a statement. “Our hearts are with these five souls and every member of their families during this tragic time. We grieve the loss of life and joy they brought to everyone they knew.”
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS – JUNE 21: Capt. Jamie Frederick of the U.S. Coast Guard, joined by others from the U.S. Navy, Royal Navy and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, gives an update on the search efforts for five people aboard a missing submersible approximately 900 miles off Cape Cod, on June 21, 2023 in Boston, Massachusetts. The Coast Guard is racing to find a submersible with five passengers that went missing during a dive to the wreck of the Titanic. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images)
It is assumed that the death of the five passengers was immediate following the failure of the pressure chamber in the submersible.
The passengers were British businessman Hamish Harding, OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, French explorer Paul-Henry Nargeolet, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his teenage son Sulaiman.
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.
NEW YORK, NY – JANUARY 05: Premier Exhibitions, Inc Director of Underwater Research, P.H. Nargeolet speaks at the Titanic Auction preview at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum on January 5, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
“These men were true explorers who shared a distinct spirit of adventure, and a deep passion for exploring and protecting the world’s oceans,” their statement reads, according to BBC. “Our hearts are with these five souls and every member of their families during this tragic time. We grieve the loss of life and joy they brought to everyone they knew.
“This is an extremely sad time for our dedicated employees who are exhausted and grieving deeply over this loss. The entire OceanGate family is deeply grateful for the countless men and women from multiple organizations of the international community who expedited wide-ranging resources and have worked so very hard on this mission.”
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The passengers paid around $250,000 each for what was supposed to be an eight-day expedition to the wreck of the RMS Titanic. The circumstances of its disappearance are still unclear.
For the victims’ families, the fight may not be over as they would probably sue OceanGate and others involved in the construction of the lost craft.
AT SEA – (—-EDITORIAL USE ONLY â” MANDATORY CREDIT – ” OCEANGATE/ HANDOUT” – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS—-) An undated photo shows tourist submersible belongs to OceanGate germi appears on the water surface at a sea. Search and rescue operations continue by US Coast Guard in Boston after a tourist submarine bound for the Titanic’s wreckage site went missing off the southeastern coast of Canada. (Photo by Ocean Gate / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Rest in peace to everyone on board the Titan.
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Matthew Boggs, 34, and his son, six-year-old Grayson, were walking hand in hand in their driveway in Valley Hills when suddenly a lighting strike hit both of them.
Matthew’s older son Elijah was with them while they walked from the bus stop to their home but Elijah separated from them shortly. He recalled the moment when he returned to his father and brother, but was unaware of what could have happened to them.
“I was really scared, I rolled Grayson over and he was kind of smiling a little bit,” 11-year-old Elijah said in an interview. “I thought they were just joking, but when I rolled my dad over the middle of his head was bleeding and his face was already purple.”
The entire incident was witnessed by the boy’s grandmother who rushed to help her son and grandson along with the neighbors.
Unfortunately, the father died on the spot while Grayson was rushed to Baylor Scott & White McLane Children’s Medical Center in Temple.
Once there, doctors didn’t give the family much hope, but they refused to give up and prayed for a miracle. Sadly, that miracle never came.
In order to provide the best fighting chance for sweet Grayson, the family stared a GoFundMe page. They hoped there will be some sort of improvement of his condition, but since that didn’t happen even weeks following the tragic incident which took place on May 15, doctors advised the family to remove life support on June 13.
On May 19, they made an update, “Grayson has sustained a major anoxic brain injury. The doctors said that Grayson may not walk, talk, eat, or possibly see again”. It continued, “What that means for the family, is that when Grayson gets to come home, he will be total care with frequent appointments and therapies.
“Today we had a care conference with Grayson’s healthcare team. The doctors told us, that the state Grayson is in, is how he will remain for the rest of his life,” the update read.
He did remain stable, but his condition didn’t improve. Three days after he was removed from life support, Grayson passed away.
The decision was made by his heartbroken mother Kayla who signed her son up to be an organ donor.
“Please just pray that we keep him comfortable at this time and pray for healing for the family. We may not know what God’s plan is, but we know he has his arms wrapped around Grayson at this time,” Stephanie Burris who launched the fundraising campaign and kept friends and family updated of Grayson’s condition wrote of the decision for him to be taken off life support.
Rest in peace, Matthew and Grayson.
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Indigo, the 2-year-old son of country star Morgan Wallen, was rushed to the hospital following a dog attack.
The dog in question was a rescue dog adopted by Indigo’s mother and Wallen’s ex-fiancée KT Smith who is a social media influencer based in Nashville.
In fact, it was Smith who posted of the attack on the social media along with a series of photos and videos updating fans of her son’s condition.
”Yesterday, he bit Indigo in the face and [Indigo] had to have stitches … we spent yesterday morning at the emergency room,” she began. The boy needed to be stitched up, sadly.
As she shared what happened, most of her followers agreed that the dog needed to be put down as that’s the only right thing to do. Smith, however, broke down in tears and explained that her dog was a rescue dog with a nasty past who suffered a lot of trauma from the previous owners which was the result of its aggressive behavior.
Smith refused to take her dog to a kill shelter.
She shared: ”Since then, we have been looking for options and I just couldn’t bring myself to do what everyone else says and what you’re supposed to do, apparently … what the world tells you to do is to put the dog down because they are aggressive.”
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Shortly after, she posted an update informing her fans that she had found a solution. ”We just dropped Legend off with the sweetest family where he will be living out his full potential and best life on a farm,” Smith shared. “I couldn’t have asked for a better family for him to be loved on by, and they’re East Tennesseans, so we can visit any time we need to.”
This didn’t make many happy and Smith shared how she faced criticism. One of the messages she received said, ”OK no you care more about the f—ing dog than your kid? What’s wrong with you?” to what she replied:
”To be a mom is to care about your child first and find the dog a home away from your kid before they come back into the home. To be a dog mom is to find the best possible home for the dog, knowing that they can thrive in an environment that is meant for them without children.”
Leaving Britain behind and turning to a civilian life seemed like the right decision for the Sussexes who decided toraise their two children out of the spotlight. However, now many accuse the couple of spending too much time giving interviews and publishing books for someone who wanted to be out of the reach of the media.
Besides being devoted parents, both Harry and Meghan are quite busy running their non-profit organization Archewell. “To do something of meaning, to do something that matters. Archewell is a name that combines an ancient word for strength and action, and another that evokes the deep resources we each must draw upon,” a statement by the couple read regarding the choice of name of their foundation.
Harry and Meghan landed contracts with Netflix and Spotify. It has been reported that they received $33.5 million from Spotify. As of Netflix, they will be getting between $1.85 and $3.7 million yearly.
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In January of this year, Harry published his much-anticipated all-tell memoir Spare which sold in a staggering 1.4 million copies on its first day in the UK, United States, and Canada. Spare has been released in 16 different languages worldwide and is expected to be the best-selling book in 2023.
“We always knew this book would fly, but it is exceeding even our most bullish expectations,” Larry Finlay, managing director of Transworld Penguin Random House, said.
“As far as we know, the only books to have sold more in their first day are those starring the other Harry (Potter).”
Spare, along with Meghan and Harry’s Netflix documentary series and the number of interviews they gave to the media, made their reputation among the British people to drop down to 24 percent compared to 80 percent a decade ago.
As Harry was cut-off financially when he left his royal family behind, he and Meghan have been forced to worked their way of making money and supporting their lavish lifestyle. With the deals they made, Meghan’s net worth of around $60 million and the $14 million princess Diana left Harry, one would say they have it more than enough for a lavish lifestyle. However, things aren’t really like that.
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On Thursday, the media group run by Harry and Meghan, Archewell Audio, and streaming giant Spotify announced that they had mutually agreed to end their multi-million dollar contract. Allegedly, Spotify expected more content from Archewell Studios.
Harry and Meghan on the other hand issued a statement saying they didn’t like the idea of distributing exclusively to Spotify. In their description, Archewell Audio’s company says its mission is “producing programming that uplifts and entertains audiences around the world,” as well as “spotlights diverse perspectives and voices. What’s most, they want to build “community through shared experience, narratives, and values.”
Bill Simmons, who founded Spotify and later sold it for around $200 million but now serves as the company’s head of podcast innovation and monetization, called the Sussexes “grifters.”
“I wish I had been involved in the ‘Meghan and Harry leave Spotify’ negotiation. The Fu**ing Grifters, that’s the podcast we should have launched with them,” Simmons said on the Bill Simmons podcast.
“I have got to get drunk one night and tell the story of the Zoom I had with Harry to try and help him with a podcast idea. It’s one of my best stories … Fu** them. The grifters.”
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Back in the day he also criticized the couple, saying, “You live in fu**ing Montecito, and you just sell documentaries and podcasts. Nobody cares what you have to say about anything unless you talk about the royal family, and you just complain about them.”
According to royal editor Angela Levin, the broken deal with Spotify might mean that the Sussexes’ empire is now “crumbling,” adding that any future projects of the couple would be a disaster. “People are fed up with them now,” Levin said.
Another expert, Richard Fitzwilliams, dubbed the end of their Spotify deal a “shocking failure.”
“The idea was that several series would be produced. Since only one was, there’s no doubt the contract could be considered a failure. Clearly this relationship hasn’t been as mutually beneficial,” he said.
“Losing Spotify is a huge blow. How hard we’ll have to wait and see,” Fitzwilliams added. “The collapse of the Spotify deal puts under the microscope the three deals they’ve got – Netflix and Random House. They’ve done remarkably little for Netflix.”
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 16: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex attend the Ms. Foundation Women of Vision Awards: Celebrating Generations of Progress & Power at Ziegfeld Ballroom on May 16, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images Ms. Foundation for Women)
Speaking of the idea of Harry and Meghan making more “fun” film projects, including romcoms for Netflix, Levin says it’s a “disastrous” idea.
“There was a statement from them that they were no longer going to talk about the Royal Family and now want to stay behind the camera, but that’s a disaster,” she said. No one’s interested in the producer or editor; they want the star. If they put themselves behind the camera, there’ll be less interest.”
“I also don’t think Meghan knows how to do that so she’ll need help, and people find her difficult to work for,” she added.
The Telegraph editor Camilla Tominey believes that now their deal with Spotify is ended, Harry and Meghan will likely turn to publishing another book, something like Spare but on steroids. She adds that if that happens it would pose a threat to the British monarchy.
“The Palace powers-that-be should perhaps be mindful that the more the Sussexes’ earning power recedes, the more dangerous they could become.
“While the Duke may have said all he wants to in his autobiography Spare and accompanying interviews (although he has claimed he has enough material for a second book), the Duchess is clearly still brimming with ‘content’ that is seemingly bursting to come out.”
Tominey continued: “And while a great deal of it can easily be dismissed as word salad, she’s never been afraid of adding a splash of vinegar dressing when discussing her royal relatives.”
“So the Palace’s supporters are celebrating a pyrrhic victory if they think the Sussexes’ de-Spotification is a good thing,” she concluded.
“The more desperate the duo are to land new deals, the more demanding their paymasters may be about the type of content they provide. Think Spare on steroids.”
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Princess Diana truly was a very special person who touched the hearts of many with her spontaneous behavior and the love she had for everyone around her, rich or poor, young and old. At the time of her death, her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, were still very young and the news of the tragic car accident in which their loving mother was killed shook their world.
The moment Princess Diana and Prince Charles got engaged back in 1981, they instantly became one of the most famous and most powerful couples. Many women wanted to be in Diana’s place, not knowing that the relationship and the marriage were doomed from the start, and the future King was to be blamed for that.
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People close to the late Princess, among which Diana’s astrologer, Penny Thornton, claim that the problems between Diana and Charles didn’t start when she learned he was having an affair with Camilla, who later became his wife, but way before that.
Shortly after they announced their engagement, Charles and Diana sat in front of the cameras. Charles said he was “delighted and frankly amazed” that Diana wanted a royal life with him and the then-soon-to-be princess noted that Charles was “pretty amazing.” But then, a question followed, and Charles’ answer to it traumatized young Diana. When the reported asked them in they were in love, Diana said yes, and Charles answered, “Whatever ‘in love’ means.”
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“We had this ghastly interview the day we announced our engagement,” Princess Diana said, as quoted in her authorized biography, Diana: In Her Own Words.
“And this ridiculous [reporter] said, ‘Are you in love?’ I thought, what a thick question. So I said, ‘Yes, of course, we are,’ and Charles turned round and said, ‘Whatever love means.’ And that threw me completely. I thought, what a strange answer. It traumatized me.”
While still married to Diana, Charles started an affair with Camilla Parker Bowles, his current wife and Queen Consort. The two fell in love even before he met Diana but after leaving to serve in the Navy, Camilla got engaged to another man.
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When Diana learned of the affair, she confronted Camilla. And then, in 1995, Diana stepped into the spotlight with the infamous BBC interview. “There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded,” Diana told interviewer, Martin Bashir, before admitting to having had her own affair.
“It was shocking because this was Diana in her own words and what she was saying was incredibly explosive,” royal expert and author of The New Royals Queen Elizabeth’s Legacy and the future of The Crown, Katie Nicholl, told History.
“It was Diana taking control of the narrative in front of the camera for the very first time.”
What was dubbed “the wedding of the century” ended in a painful separation which eventually led to divorce, after Queen Elizabeth urged her son and her daughter-in-law to officially call their relation quits.
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When she announced the separation back in 1992, Diana, who held the tiles Her Royal Highness and Princess of Wells, continued to perform her royal duties. However, the divorce wasn’t finalized until 1996, one year prior to Diana’s death, because they couldn’t reach an agreement regarding her titles. She wanted to keep HRH because losing it would mean having to follow strict royal protocols when around her sons, including curtseying to them.
Sadly, in 1997, Diana lost her life after she and her partner Dodi Fayed, the son of Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al-Fayed, her driver Henri Paul, and her bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones crashed the Mercedes in the Pont de I’Alma tunnel in Paris while trying to escape the paparazzi.
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Now, years after her passing, new letters showing the true devastation Diana experienced because of the divorce emerged.
As per The Mirror, 32 letter written by Diana to her friends, Susie and Tarek Kasseem reveal her true feelings.
In one of the letters written on April 28, 1996, she explains that she was forced to cancel a trip to Italy and apologize to her friends because of her mental state.
“I am having a very difficult time, and pressure is serious and coming from all sides. It’s too difficult sometimes to keep one’s head up, and today I am on my knees and just longing for this divorce to go through as the possible cost is tremendous,” Diana wrote.
In another letter written a week later, the late Princess wrote, “As I don’t have a mobile, it is difficult to discuss personal issues as my lines here are constantly recorded and passed on.”
“If I’d known a year ago what I’d experience going through this divorce I never would have consented. It’s desperate and ugly.”
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Diana also thanked the couple for letting her spend Christmas with them in 1995, while Harry and William stayed with Charles at Sandringham.
Mimi Connell-Lay, of Lay’s Auctioneers, said that the letters are “frankly astonishing.”
“Susie met Diana at the Royal Brompton Hospital, and it is obvious that they clicked straight away, Diana says as much in one of her letters,” she told the Mirror.
“They had a very strong connection, and what is clear is how much Diana valued their friendship and support and advice at a time of great emotional turmoil for her.
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Connell-Lay added, “She wrote a lot about what was going on in her life at the time, especially her divorce, and repeatedly referred to not having the support from the Royal family.”
The letters have now been sold at auction for $169,663.
We are so sorry for everything Princess Diana was forced to go through during her life.
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During the infamous all-tell interview with Oprah Winfrey, Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, revealed among the rest that she grew up as an only child.
“I grew up as an only child, which everyone who grew up around me knows, and I wished I had siblings. I would have loved to have had siblings,” Meghan said in March 2021, adding that she had not seen her half-sister in “at least 18, 19 years.”
Apparently, these words angered Meghan’s half-sister Samantha who accused the Duchess of making up stories about growing up in “virtual poverty.”
Further, when asked why Samantha changed her last name, Meghan said, “[She] changed her last name back to Markle in her early 50s … only when I started dating Harry. So, I think that says enough.”
Samantha then sued Meghan for alleged defamation and “injurious falsehood” seeking $75,000 (£62,000) in damages.
Florida judge, however, dismissed the case, claiming that Meghan was expressing an opinion, and opinions cannot be proved false. “Thus, the court finds that defendant’s statement is not objectively verifiable or subject to empirical proof…. plaintiff cannot plausibly disprove defendant’s opinion of her own childhood,” the judge said.
Samantha Markle brought the defamation case against Meghan in March 2022, alleging the duchess had defamed her by giving “false information” to an unauthorized biography called Finding Freedom: Harry, Meghan, and the Making of a Modern Royal Family.
Jason Knauf, Markle’s former communications assistant, said he had forgotten to bring up letters during the court case in which Meghan encourages him to contact the writers with details about Samantha and her brother Thomas Markle Jr.
However, Meghan was found not liable for the content of the book since she didn’t write it or publish it.
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A woman walking through the forest stumbled upon a tiny creature she believed was lost. As she had no idea what it could be, she decided to take it with her because she knew it wouldn’t survive on its own due to its size.
Little did she know was that the tiny creature was in fact a feathertail glider. As she didn’t know what to do, she took it to a sanctuary where it grew into a true cutie pie. The baby was named Boop and it was provided with a lot of love and care before it was resealed into the wild.
The feathertail glider is the smallest gliding marsupial in the world, named for its long feather-shaped tail.
According to Wildlife Queensland, these creatures have a mouse-sized body with grey-brown fur on the back and a white underside. The distinctive tail is quill-like and hairless except for a fringe of long stiff hairs down either side that resemble a feather. Between the front and back legs they have folds of skin which stretch out when they glide, and they typically glide for 14 meters.
Their tiny feet resemble those of a frog, with the difference that they have fur instead of scales, and the huge pads on the toes, which have serrated groves underneath, enable them to climb almost anything.
Feathertail gliders are omnivores that feed on pollen, seeds, honeydew, nectar, seeds and insects. Their tongue is long and brush-like to help grab their food. Pollen gets stuck on their fur and they eat it later, once they finish eating the rest of the food they find.
The native home of these cute-looking animals is Australia. They are mostly found along the east coast in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.
Feathertail gliders usually make their home in forests, rainforests, and woodlands, but it’s not unusual for them to live in parks and even people’s gardens. In the case of the latter, they usually settle inside phone boxes or the roofs of houses.
One thing is sure, these animals are truly unique.
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The Jones family have been going hiking for as long as they remember. The kids enjoy the peace and the feeling of relaxation nature brings, so they are frequent visitors of the forests surrounding them.
One day, they took a trip to a place over a hundred miles away from their city. The day was about to be a good one, but what they didn’t know was that a sudden discovery would make it the best they had in years.
Namely, as the family set the makeshift camp, young Justin decided to do some walking and look for mushrooms. All of a sudden, he spotted an abandoned vehicle in the middle of the forest. He started shouting “Mom! Dad!” but they couldn’t hear him.
As it was getting dark, Justin decided to enter the abandoned car and spend the night there, but at that moment he heard his father calling his name. Justin was relieved and happy to show his dad the old car.
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Once they inspected the vehicle, they spotted a box inside with carved instructions on it. “If you find this box, please take it to the address below. – 5/7/1995. Vincent Davis.”
Curious to learn what was inside, they took a quick peek and the discovery stunned them. Inside the box there were war medals, some jewels, and gold bars.
The father and his son realized that the address carved on the box was not far from where they were at the moment.
First, they took the box out and took it to where the rest of the family was. After some time, Justin’s mom and dad asked him what he wanted to do with the box. Without hesitating even for a second, Justin said he wanted to take it to the person whose address was on it. “Good job. We’re proud of you for choosing the right thing to do,” his mom said.
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The following day, Justin and his dad drove to the given address and knocked on the door. An elderly lady opened the door and asked if she could help them somehow. That is when the two showed her the box.
“Oh, dear…” she said, tears filling her eyes. “My husband found out that his grandfather had left him an inheritance about 25 years ago. His grandfather buried it in the forest so that my husband’s father wouldn’t steal it away from him,” she started to explain.
“My husband went to find it, but he never came back. We found his body near the highway, frozen. We tried searching for the car, but no one has ever found it in nearby forests. It’s a miracle you found it,” Linda said, wiping her tears. “The authorities said it’s likely his car broke down and he went to find help. He never found help and died on the way. He likely got lost.”
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Looking at the old photos, the only thought that kept crossing the woman’s mind was: “Jack, I miss you so much.”
Once she was done going through the stuff, the woman said: “We never had any children, and I don’t have anything to spend on. I don’t need the gold, please keep it. I would just like his medals, the photographs, and the jewelry because this is my husband’s family heirloom.”
The Jones’ said they couldn’t possibly accept the gold, but as the lady insisted they eventually agreed.
However, once they said goodbye, Justin said to his dad, “Dad, Linda’s house looked very old, it almost looked abandoned. Can we fix it?”
The dad agreed and they both decided to spend the money on renovating Linda’s house and then give the rest to different charities.
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On that day, Linda got herself a new family as the Jones’ started visiting her and inviting her over.
The moral of this story is that no matter how tempted we are, we should always do the right thing because the kindness we offer and the good deeds we do always go a long way.
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Treat Williams, the star of White Collar, died in a motorcycle accident, his family confirmed Monday evening. He was 71.
“It is with great sadness that we report that our beloved Treat Williams has passed away tonight in Dorset, Vermont after a fatal motorcycle accident,” his family said in a statement. “As you can imagine, we are shocked and greatly bereaved at this time.”
According to the police, Williams had been riding his motorbike in Dorset, Vermont, when a a Honda SUV turned left into a car park and collided with him, allegedly not seeing him. “Williams was unable to avoid a collision and was thrown from his motorcycle,” a Vermont State Police spokesperson said. “He suffered critical injuries and was airlifted to Albany Medical Centre in Albany, New York, where he was pronounced dead.”
The person behind the wheel of the SUV only suffered minor injuries. At the moment, an investigation is still ongoing.
Williams was ‘an actor’s actor’ with over 120 on-screen credits under his belt. Among the rest, he played in Once Upon A Time In America and 127 Hours, as well as in the TV shows Blue Bloods, Chicago Fire, Everwood and Chesapeake Shores.
He was nominated for a Golden Globe for his performance in a TV adaptation of the play A Streetcar Named Desire in 1984.
Matt Bomer, 45, who played Treat’s son in White Collar also posted a heartfelt tribute to Williams. “This is a tough one, and I don’t like doing this on social media, but I want to share what an absolute treasure Treat Williams was – both as an actor and a person.”
Matt added Treat was “one of the few actors I’ve worked with who always checked in on me – even years after we worked together”, saying: “Treat – you were an amazing actor and an even better person and I will miss you. I count myself so blessed to have known you. My heart goes out to your wife and children. Rest in Peace my friend.”
Actor James Woods, 76, tweeted: “Treat and I spent months in Rome filming ‘Once Upon a Time in America’.
“It can be pretty lonely on the road during a long shoot, but his resilient good cheer and sense of humour was a Godsend. I really loved him and am devastated that he’s gone.”
Mere hours before his tragic passing, Williams shared two posts on his social media, and now that he’s gone, they are breaking his fans’ hearts.
In one of them, the actor shared a video of himself mowing the lawn and showing followers the farmland, thus offering up a look into his quiet life in the countryside. The second one was a photo of him sitting on the lawnmower with the caption: “There is no better smell than new mown hay.”
Williams was all about enjoying the simple pleasures in life, and his property in Vermont was one of them.
His passing left a void in the entertainment industry and in the hearts of his fans and those who loved him.
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Actor Treat Williams, who portrayed the recurring role of Lenny Ross on Blue Bloods, died in a tragic motorcycle crash which took place on June 12.
According to the police, he was taken by helicopter to the Albany Medical Center in New York, but later passed away. The accident took place after a 2008 Honda SUV crashed into the actor, reportedly because the driver of the vehicle didn’t see Williams as he was turning left into a parking lot.
“He was killed this afternoon. He was making a left or a right [and] a car cut him off,” Barry McPherson, Williams’ agent of 15 years, said in a statement to People. “I’m just devastated. He was the nicest guy. He was so talented.”
McPherson continued: “He was an actor’s actor. Filmmakers loved him. He’s been the heart of Hollywood since the late 1970s. He was really proud of his performance this year. He’s been so happy with the work that I got him. He’s had a balanced career.”
His co-workers paid their tribute and expressed their sadness over Williams’ sudden passing.
Williams appeared in a total of six episodes of Blue Bloods throughout the years where he played alongside Tom Selleck, who was his very close friend in real life, and Bridget Moynahan.
“It has been said that we are all just passing time and occupy our chair very briefly,” Selleck shared. “My friend Treat was aptly named and occupied his chair so well. I will miss him, but I will not forget him. Well done, my friend.”
Moynahan described her late colleague as an “absolute pleasure” and a “role model off screen. His love and devotion to his family was one for all to admire. We lost a good one, folks. RIP Treat.”
Throughout the years, Williams played in a number of films and series, including the cinematic adaptation of the Broadway hit Hair, Prince of the City, Smooth Talk, Mulholland Falls, and 127 Hours. He also appeared White Collar and Chicago Fire.
May he rest in peace.
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Geri Jewell has paved the way for people with disabilities who dreamed of pursuing careers in Hollywood when she landed the role of Geri Tyler in The Facts of Life. She played a recurring side role of someone who had cerebral palsy, just like Jewell had in real life.
When her mother was still pregnant with Jewell, she was involved in a car accident which resulted with Jewell being born three months prematurely. Shortly after, she was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. However, despite the diagnosis and the struggles, this woman never let anything stand on her way of achieving her dream.
Even as a young child, she was encouraged to do everything on her own. Her parents would tape a spoon on her hand in order to teach her how to eat by herself, and they would sandbag her arm to help with the shaking.
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In the sole interview her mother Olga gave during her daughter’s acting career, she said, ”It was very devastating. I knew a lot about cerebral palsy, so I knew what I was in for.” But she never stopped finding ways to ease her daughter’s life as much as she could.
Speaking of her parents, Jewell said in 1984, ”They thought if I didn’t learn to fight when I was young I wouldn’t when I was older.”
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In her autobiography, she talked about her fight and what it was all about.
”Your mind knows what your body is supposed to be doing, but the brain’s message aren’t getting through…. By learning the way your muscles would work if half your brains weren’t on vacation, we can minimize the visible aspects of our disability.”
Jewell, who was doing stand-up comedy, got her role in The Facts of Life when she was approached by showrunner Norman Lear before the show was on television. “I got a standing ovation, and I ran into Norman in the elevator. He said, ‘You’ll be hearing from me really soon, kid.’ Three months later, he called me with the ‘Cousin Geri’ episode [in season two],” Jewell explained.
After appearing in twelve episodes over four years, she got fired in 1984.
”I was broke. My manager got arrested for embezzlement and securities fraud. My life was in shambles, and I had to go on every major talk show, promoting a book that had little to do with what my life was really about. It was perpetuating the myth that I had succeeded, overcome cerebral palsy and blah blah blah. It was a hypocrisy to the truth of my life as I lived it,” she told Ability Magazine.
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Following the show, she landed other roles, including 21 Jump Street and The Young and the Restless. In the series Deadwood, she played a role of a woman with cerebral palsy.
Today, Jewell is a motivational speaker and an advocate for people with disabilities.
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”What’s different today is that I’m centered, not emotionally all over the place, and that allows me to relax more. But in the’80s, when I was struggling with my sexuality, had a crooked manager who stole all my money, a show that didn’t renew my contract and a book out that I hated, I couldn’t handle it. It amazes me that I even lived through those years. I’m lucky I’m still alive,” she says.
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