Justin Bieber may be up to crazy antics lately, but he’s doing some good in this world too. This weekend he set the record for the most wishes granted by a recording artist for the Make-a-Wish Foundation when he made a sick little girl’s dream come true by talking with her, and even asking her…
Thanks to friends, family, and a wedding planner with a big heart 35-year-old Jen Bulik was able to get the wedding of her dreams after being told she was terminally sick.
When she went to the doctor last December they originally thought she had pneumonia, but this June Jen fond out it was stage four lung cancer, and she only had four to six months to live. “When I heard that, I said, ‘Let’s get married’,” Jen told the local news. “Because I wanted to focus on life.”
When she went to the doctor this January, they originally thought she had pneumonia, but it turned out of to be stage four lung cancer. “When I heard that, I said, ‘Let’s get married’,” Jen told the local news. “Because I wanted to focus on life.”
Cleveland kidnapping victims Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight came together to create a video of gratitude just months after being rescued from where they were held in captivity for over 10 years.
Just days after nanny cam video footage of a violent Millburn, New Jersey home invasion went viral authorities have arrested 42-year-old Shawn Custis, who now faces charges of attempted murder, robbery, burglary and child endangerment. The arrest was made Friday in Manhattan by the prosecutor’s office and the FBI just hours after authorities released a mug shot photo of Custis from a previous burglary arrest.
Mothers who live in Finland get to take home everything in this photo when they bring home their new baby. In a government program that started in the 1930s, new moms receive maternity boxes to help them care for their new child. Finland had an extremely high newborn mortality rate in the 30s, which has plummeted over the years.
John Travolta crashed a Georgia wedding and even posed from some sweet photos with the wedding party! The actor was in town to get his pilot’s license renewal, and met the couple the night before the nuptials.
Georgia teen Chelesa Fearce was homeless for most of her high school career, living in shelters with her family of five and, at times, in her mother’s car. Despite her far-from-ideal circumstances, Chelesa remained focused on her education and has now graduated as the valedictorian of her class at Charles Drew High School with two years worth of college credit! Keep reading to watch a couple videos about Chelesa, including her
32-year-old Iram Leon suffers from brain cancer but it’s not this diagnosis that defines him. If someone were to categorize the Texan under any single mantle, it would have to be that of a truly great dad. Read on for the inspirational story of Iram and his daughter Kiana as the unassuming father reminds us all of just how precious our time really is.
This is Mimi, a vivacious 80-something-year-old woman who works at the Fox Coin Laundry in Santa Monica, anddidn’t have a place to live a few years ago. According to a Star Magazine report from February two years ago Zach Galifianakis, who frequented the laundry and lives in the neighborhood, befriended her and was distraught to find out she was homeless.
Playwright Peter Mercurio had some first-hand inspiration for his new screenplay Found.
13-year-old Latrell Higgins and his sister were adopted by professional photographer Kelli Higgins three years ago. Recently they were talking about newborn photographers over the dinner table and Latrell was kind of bummed that he didn’t have any newborn photos of himself. Latrell’s 12-year-old sister Alycia suggested, as a joke, that Kelli use Latrell as the subject of some very special “newborn” photography.
More than 150 years after dying from complications of childbirth, the body of Julia Pastrana is back in her native Mexico. Pastrana died in Europe, where she was exploited in traveling shows that deemed her the “Ape Woman.”
A few weeks ago a Walmart customer at a Logan, West Virginia store recorded their cashier singing just as beautifully as Dolly Parton. They uploaded the amazing video to Facebook, but then accidentally deleted it. Not content to just let it go, they went back to the Walmart to re-record the singing sensation.
On Jan. 27, Jenessa Simons, a 21-year-old Utah woman who was adopted more than two decades ago, posted a picture to Facebook asking for help in finding her birth parents. Two days and 124,000 shares later, an old classmate of Simons’ birth mother saw the post and put the two women in touch.
Matthew Ballestero shared this photo with reddit two weeks ago with this beautiful explanation:
High school can be hell and we certainly post up our fair share of the rampant bullying epidemic that haunts the hallways of our learning institutions. This time around, however, I’m showing that high school kids can have heart as represented by three would-be homecoming kings from Tennessee and a gracious idea that resulted in a standing ovation from the entire school.
J.J. Abrams’ latest Star Trek film “Into Darkness” isn’t set to be released until May, 2013, but the director allowed a special screening to take place
Recently Bo Obama did an excellent job of fulfilling his role as First Dog by hopping into the lap of Michelle Obama as she read Twas the Night Before Christmas to a group of children at the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington D.C.
Rihanna usually makes headlines for partying and posting pantsless pictures of herself on Twitter and Instagram, so it’s refreshing to see some of the more positive things she’s doing with her super-stardom.
She’s donating $1.75 million to a Barbados hospital in honor of her Gran Gran Dolly, who passed away from cancer this past June. At the time she tweeted: “Goodbye#grangranDOLLY get your beauty rest until I see you.”
Two-time Olympic gold medalist snow-boarder Shaun White is probably more a bit more famous for his signature long locks of red hair, but now he’s decided to cut it all off and give it to charity.
In case you needed a reminder of how loyal dogs can be and how cute a kid with a sense of wonder can be, check out this viral video of a little boy walking his dog when he passes a small mud puddle and is overcome by its allure. Joy, loyalty, and immeasurable awesomeness ensue.
A few weeks ago Charlie Sheen gave Lindsay Lohan $100,000 to help settle her tax bill, but says he still hasn’t received any thanks.
That lack of gratitude hasn’t dampened Charlie’s generous spirit though, he’s given $75,000 to a little girl suffering from cancer.
Lady Gaga she spent some quality time with children in the slums, known as favelas, of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the middle of her Born This Way Tour.
She dressed in a pink wig, and a pretty simple dress to sign autographs, play kick ball, and just hung out with the kids. Later she was so inspired by the city, she got a neck tattoo in it’s honor.
I’ve also found Lady GaGa to be extraordinarily loyal to and thankful for her fans, but this is really the best. While others opt to desert a throng of patient fans waiting for a signing, GaGa bought 80 pizzas for a group of her fans that were waiting all night at and L.A. Best Buy…
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