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Hayley Atwell Recalls Tom Cruise Taking Her Grandmother on Helicopter Tour of London: “Totally Disarmed Her Fear” – Yahoo Entertainment
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Dolores Hughes, beloved Hollywood Hillbillies grandmother also known as Mema, dies at age 76
Dolores Hughes, beloved Hollywood Hillbillies grandmother also known as Mema, dies at age 76
Dolores Hughes of the reality TV show Hollywood Hillbillies died at the age of 76 on Wednesday.
Known as Mema on the series, which first aired in 2014, Hughes became the unexpected breakout star of program.
TMZ, which broke the news of her death, said her manager David Weintraub confirmed she died of heart failure at a hospital in Grayson, Georgia.
Rest in peace: Dolores Hughes of the reality TV show Hollywood Hillbillies died on Wednesday
Hollywood Hillbillies became popular on the cable network Reelz when it aired for three seasons.
It was inspired by Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie’s The Simple Life and the ’60s sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies.
The matriarch appeared on the television show with her family, including her YouTube star grandson Michael Kittrell, 30.
Led by Weintraub and singer/actor Ray-J, the family was followed by cameras as they moved from Georgia to Los Angeles.
Star: Known as Mema on the series, which first aired in 2014, Hughes became the unexpected breakout star of program
The show lasted three seasons and was eventually cancelled, with the last episode airing in June 2015.
Weintraub told TMZ, ‘Mema was the greatest, most outspoken tell-it-like-it-is personalities the world had ever seen on TV. I know that she will still be bossing all of us around from heaven.’
In addition to her grandson Mema is survived by husband Paul Conlon, daughter Dee Dee Peters, and son John Cox.
Confirmation: The outlet said her manager, David Weintraub, confirmed she died of heart failure at a hospital in Grayson, Georgia at the age of 76
Herschel Walker’s Mom Rebuts His Claim His Grandmother Was ‘Full-Blood Cherokee’
In January, at a campaign event at the University of Georgia, Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker boldly announced that he had just found out through his mother that he is “40 percent Native American.”
In the following months, the former NFL star would repeat the claim several times, with slightly different twists, though each time he said he had just learned the news.
HuffPost’s Jennifer Bendery reported that Walker said he had just learned his mom is “a big part Native American” at one campaign event in May, described himself as “other” and said he found out “a year and a half ago” at another May event, and at a south Georgia meet-and-greet the same month claimed he is “proud to be Black but… I may not be Black” because he had just learned “my mother is part Native American.” At a June 20 campaign event in College Park, he made similar claims but added that he made the discovery using a 23andMe ancestry test. “I don’t care what color you are,” Walker said after stating he wanted to “acknowledge all of my family.”
His latest, boldest announcement came at a campaign event last month, but this time he claimed his grandmother was “full-blood Cherokee.”
“My mom just told me… so I’m Native American. I was like, ‘Oh, hello,’” he said, describing himself as a “super mutt.” Speaking on stage to his supporters at the Sept. 28 event in Forsyth, he said: “I don’t know what I am, but this was so funny. This was so funny. I said, ‘Mom, why you never said anything to us?’ She said, ‘Back in my days, a lot of the Native Americans were treated worse than Blacks.’”
Walker and his campaign have provided no evidence for his claims, and some digging by Bendery has shown no links to Walker and the Native American community so far.
Cherokee Nation, the largest of three recognized tribes in the U.S., told HuffPost it had no record of Walker in its database. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians did not respond to HuffPost’s request for comment.
Walker’s mother, Christine, spoke to the site and said “she has no idea if an immediate ancestor was full-blooded Cherokee.”
She said she grew up hearing stories about her father’s mother being “kin” to the tribe, clarifying that “her grandmother was believed to be related to Cherokee peoples in some way, but she didn’t know how.” She told HuffPost that “I don’t know how far back” the family’s Cherokee heritage went. “See, my grandmother, she passed when I was quite young. I don’t know too much about how she was connected.”
Walker’s campaign did not respond when contacted with a follow-up request for comment.
Sherry Noppe found: Missing Katy grandmother discovered in George Bush Park after dog Max heard barking
KATY, Texas (KTRK) — Sherry Noppe, the 63-year-old grandmother who has been at the center of an intense search since earlier this week, was found safe on Friday morning, Harris County Precinct 5 said.
According to officials, she was found at about 3 a.m. “by a group of tireless volunteers and deputies who were alerted by the sound of her dog, Max, barking in the woods.”
Constable Ted Heap is relieved to report Sherry Noppe, missing since Tuesday, has been found in George Bush Park. She was located at approx. 3am Friday by a group of tireless volunteers and deputies who were alerted by the sound of her dog, Max, barking in the woods. #hounews pic.twitter.com/ZKOOjldJ94
— Harris County Pct 5 (@HCpct5) May 6, 2022
Noppe was last seen Tuesday afternoon while out walking the family’s black Labrador retriever, Max.
She was seen on security camera footage walking on Sparrows Ridge Drive near Pattison Elementary in Katy. Since then, no one had heard from her.
Her family believed she was likely walking to George Bush Park, where she was ultimately found several miles away from when she was last spotted north of park.
Her son said she has a mild form of dementia and left the house without her cellphone.
ORIGINAL REPORT: Search continues for missing Katy woman Sherry Noppe at George Bush Park
Texas EquuSearch launched an operation to find Noppe at George Bush Park on Wednesday, and the search continued Thursday until the afternoon when it was suspended due to weather.
Volunteers and search crews returned to the area Friday morning.
“It’s a small miracle that she’s alive after being missing for so long,” said Constable Ted Heap in a tweet. “Our concern now is getting her out of the woods and to a hospital for a medical evaluation. Thank you to Texas Equusearch along with the army of searchers who never gave up.”
According to friends, she was alert and talking, but cold and covered in mud.
She was lying in a marshy area, several feet from the main trail.
Given when she was found, that means Noppe was in the park as storms rolled through Thursday afternoon.
“Us and police had heard some dogs barking faintly here and there, and so we just kept listening for that,” said family friend Michael England. “We were happy to find her. Happy that she is alive, healthy. The dog was there. Everything was good. I mean, the dog saved her life.”
Noppe is recovering in a nearby hospital. Her dog, Max, is resting at home and safe.
“It’s a small miracle that she’s alive after being missing for so long,” said Constable Ted Heap. “Our concern now is getting her out of the woods and to a hospital for a medical evaluation. Thank you to @TexasEquuSearch along with the army of searchers who never gave up.”
— Harris County Pct 5 (@HCpct5) May 6, 2022
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Suspect kidnapped 3-month-old from SJ home while grandmother was unloading groceries, police say
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) — The suspect caught on video taking a baby boy from his San Jose apartment kidnapped the infant while his grandmother was unloading groceries, police said in a press conference Monday.
“The baby was wearing a white onesie with dinosaurs on it, long sleeves, that’s who we are looking for right now,” said Sgt. Christian Camarillo of the San Jose Police Department.
Family members shared photos of the baby with ABC7 News. Officers say Brandon’s grandmother had taken him grocery shopping with her and the two had just arrived back home.
“She took the baby into the apartment, went downstairs to unload some groceries, and in that short amount of time someone entered the apartment,” said Sgt. Camarillo.
Police say the boy’s grandmother who had been watching him while his mother was at work, called around 1 p.m to report the child had been taken. They say she took 3-month-old Brandon Cuellar inside a bedroom while she was unloading groceries from her car. Officers say the baby was taken in just a couple of minutes time period.
Officers say the grandmother did not see the suspect enter the apartment.
VIDEO: SJPD gives update on 3-month-old kidnapped from home
Officers say at this point the surveillance images are all they have to go on and tell us the family does not recognize the individual in the video. They say an Amber Alert has not been issued because there is no vehicle description to give out.
Neighbors we spoke with reacted to the video.
“If you saw the video, he was walking down, facemask hat tugged in the jacket, almost knew what he was looking for or knew what he wanted to do because he didn’t look around,” said Rachel Rosete who lives nearby.
“I don’t recognize ever seeing him around here before but like I said every now and then we’ll get somebody I haven’t seen. They’ll typically be riding through on a bicycle,” said Jerry Jaszkowski.
** Kidnapping Incident**
Officers are currently working this incident. The male you see in these images captured from a surveillance camera entered a residence in the 1000 block of Elm St.
He left with a 3 month old baby. The family does not recognize this suspect. pic.twitter.com/BJ0R44JOP2
— San José Police Media Relations (@SJPD_PIO) April 26, 2022
Police say Brandon’s mother was at work when he was kidnapped. They say Brandon’s dad is currently incarcerated but would not elaborate on that, only saying they will be talking with him.
Officers making a desperate plea to the public Monday night.
“Today someone is walking around with a 3-month-old baby that they did not have yesterday. If you have this baby, please give that baby back to it’s mother. We can deal with consequences after. Anybody who is a mother or father, you don’t love anything more than you love your child, this mother is going through a very very bad time, as well as grandma. Grandma was left in charge of the baby and baby is now gone,” said Sgt. Camarillo.
Anyone with information is asked call SJPD at 408-277-4166 or 911.
San Jose police have also opened up several other hotlines to submit tips:
- 408-537-1142
- 408-537-1916
- 408-537-1282
- 408-537-1522
- 408-537-9066
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Florida deputies rescue 1-year-old girl, mother and grandmother from Orlando apartment fire
The baby and her mother were struggling to escape after a fire broke out at the Isles at East Millenia complex, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
Deputies responded to the scene just before 4:15 a.m. and found the mother and baby on a third-floor balcony with flames coming from the apartment, the news release said.
Deputy William Puzynski climbed to the second-floor balcony, grabbed the baby from her mother and lowered her to other deputies on the ground, the video shows.
“Just before climbing up the building, Deputy Puzynski took off his heavy outer ballistic vest – which his camera is attached to – to make it easier for him to climb. It’s an amazing twist of fate that the camera was able to capture what happened next,” the release said.
“When I got here, we saw the building fully engulfed. It was chaos everywhere,” Puzynski told CNN affiliate WKMG. After handing the baby to his partners, Puzynsk was also helped down, he told the news outlet.
“Afterwards when the mom came and found me, she actually gave me a hug, so it was rewarding,” he said. “It’s a different feeling. Some nights you go home, and you don’t really know if you’ve made a difference, but in situations like this you feel it.”
The baby’s mother and grandmother were rescued using a ladder, the sheriff’s office said. No casualties were reported and no deputies were injured in the fire, officials said.
Dakota Johnson says Alfred Hitchcock ‘terrorized’ grandmother Tippi Hedren: He ‘ruined her career’
Dakota Johnson is opening up about her lineage in Hollywood – and how her grandmother, actress Tippi Hedren, has encouraged her to stand her ground.
Johnson, 32, recently appeared on The Hollywood Reporter’s “Awards Chatter” podcast where she shared what she’s learned from Hedren and recalled the claims of abuse the star of “The Birds” endured in her own acting career.
“She’s always been really honest and firm about standing up for yourself. That’s what she did,”said Johnson, who is the daughter of actress Melanie Griffith. “[Alfred] Hitchcock ruined her career because she didn’t want to sleep with him, and he terrorized her.”
The “Fifty Shades of Grey” actress went on to claim that Hitchcock was “never held accountable” and called it a “completely unacceptable” abuse of power.
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Alfred Hitchcock and Tippi Hedren with a bird on the hand in the Cannes film festival, on the occasion of the presentation of the movie “Birds.”
(Jean Claude PierdetINA)
“It’s completely unacceptable for people in a position of power to wield that power over someone in a weaker position, no matter the industry,” Johnson said. “It’s hard to talk about because she’s my grandmother. You don’t want to imagine somebody taking advantage of your grandmother.”
Johnson, who is currently dating Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, says the thing she and Griffith have learned from Hedren is “you do not put up with that s— from anybody.”
“She would say it in a far more eloquent way. She’s such a glamorous movie star, still,” Johnson continued.
Hedren has long been outspoken about her complicated experience working under Hitchcock. She previously claimed that the director once asked Hedren to “touch him” while she was filming “The Birds.”
In her memoir, she claimed Hitchcock also tried to force her to kiss him in a limo. In an interview with Fox News back in 2017, Hedren called it a “sad situation.”
“It was a wonderful, wonderful time. I’d never done a film before and I was — I guess he saw a commercial that I did — and … he found out who I was, where I was. He then quickly put me under contract. And then to discover that I was going to be in a major motion picture was incredible. He and his wife Alma were my drama coaches. It was absolutely fabulous. And then he pulls that … that card. I wasn’t a young woman who fell off the vegetable truck. I was saddened that he did this, you know, that he decided to pull that card. I said, ‘I’m not interested in this. I’m not going to fall for this.’”
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Dakota Johnson, Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith and Stella Banderas arrive at the 22nd Annual ELLE Women In Hollywood Awards at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on October 19, 2015, in Los Angeles.
(Steve Granitz/WireImage via Getty Images)
Hedren also claimed that Hitchock’s “pursuing” of her wouldn’t let up and her refusals led to him ruining her career.
“He kept pursuing it and then I said, ‘I want to get out of the contract.’ He said, ‘Well, you can’t. You have your daughter to take care of, your parents are getting older.’ And I said, ‘You know, they would not want me to be doing something I am not interested in. I want to get out of the contract.’ He said, ‘I’ll ruin your career.’ And he did. He kept me under contract and wouldn’t let me work. It was just one of those Hollywood nightmares … It was just so unnecessary. That’s what was so awful about this. It was just … just a sad situation. Just sad. But anyway — life goes on!”
Hedren concluded that she does feel there is more hope for actresses today.
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Actress and activist Tippi Hedren in the kitchen of her home in Acton, California in 1994. Tippi was on the phone as a tiger named Zoe jumped through the kitchen window. Hedren’s home is the Shambala Preserve, an 80-acre parcel of land that houses and maintains lions, tigers, leopards and any sort of big cat that needs a home.
(Eddie Sanderson)
“I think more of them are saying, ‘This is my life, this is how I want to live. You will either take me on my conditions or I’m not going to play the game.’ It’s become more of a business, and not just this incredible aura of, ‘Oh, she’s a movie star!’ It’s a business.”
Fox News’ Stephanie Nolasco contributed to this report.
An 87-year-old grandmother from Sri Lanka has become the oldest person to earn a master’s degree at this university in Canada
Varatha Shanmuganathan is 87, but her soul is as young and vibrant as ever. When she isn’t playing Scrabble or dancing and singing with her grandchildren, she’s busy chasing her many dreams.
“It has been interesting. On the first of November, I was just an ordinary lady going about my ordinary life. On the second of November, when I graduated, everything changed,” Shanmuganathan told CNN.
That’s the day she became the oldest master’s graduate at the university in Ontario, according to York University spokesperson Gloria Suhasini. Shanmugunathan’s degree focused on the civil war in Sri Lanka and efforts to reach peace.
“This has always been a dream of mine, to study politics and earn a higher degree in it, and I am happy to have finally achieved it,” she said.
Born in Sri Lanka, in a small village called Velanai, Shanmuganathan found herself searching for answers and explanations regarding her country’s 26-year civil war.
The Sri Lankan civil war ended in May 2009 with the government crushing the Tamil Tigers in their heartland in the north of the island nation in the Indian Ocean. Sri Lanka’s long and bloody conflict devastated nearly two-thirds of the population in its northern and eastern provinces. As many as 70,000 people were killed.
“I always, in my heart and soul, have cherished and nourished peace, justice, equality and democracy,” Shanmuganathan said. “I wanted to tell the story of my country loud and clear to every generation — we should all yearn for peace.”
This is not Shanmuganathan’s first master’s degree. After earning her bachelor’s degree at the University of Madras in India, she returned to Sri Lanka to teach Indian history and English.
In 1990, she moved to London to teach English as a second language and received her first master’s degree in applied linguistics from the University of London.
Shanmuganathan immigrated to Canada in 2004 to be with her daughter, who had earned an MBA from York University’s Schulich School of Business.
When she found out the university offered free tuition to senior citizens, Shanmuganathan said, she immediately knew it was finally her chance to make her dream of studying political science come true. She began her studies in 2019 and continued throughout the coronavirus pandemic before graduating with 4,000 other students on November 2.
Shanmuganathan “represents the best of what York University stands for — access to education, a commitment to creating an inclusive environment for all, and an unshakable determination to create a better future,” York University President Rhonda Lenton said in a statement to CNN.
“She will no doubt inspire others to pursue higher education and act as a powerful role model for women of all ages.”
Despite achieving a lifelong goal, Shanmuganathan said she is not quite done yet. Her next planned endeavor is writing a book about post-war Sri Lanka and prospects for peace, she said, adding she hopes her story inspires others to look inside themselves to discover their passions.
“You should always have a goal in life,” Shanmuganathan said. “Find out what dream you want to follow and pursue it until the end. Think of something that interests you, but is also beneficial to others. Go on after it, get it, do it, achieve it.”
Dr. Dre Served with Divorce Docs at Cemetery as Grandmother Laid to Rest
Dr. Dre‘s divorce has been extremely contentious, and something happened Monday that punctuates the bitterness … a process server for his ex-wife attempted to serve him with legal docs at the cemetery where he buried his grandmother.
Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … Dre was at a Los Angeles cemetery Monday to put the woman who helped raise him in her final resting place.
There’s a dispute over where exactly Dre was confronted by the process server. Sources connected to Dre tell TMZ … a process server came up to him at the burial site as Dre was standing by his grandma’s casket and tried serving him. Sources connected to Nicole Young tell TMZ … Dre was served in the cemetery’s parking lot after the burial.
Either way … we’re told Dre recoiled in anger and wouldn’t take the documents in hand. Our Dre sources claim the process server dropped the documents by the gravesite. Our Nicole sources say they were dropped in the parking lot.
The papers involved payment of Nicole’s attorney’s fees. There’s a dispute over how much he was supposed to pay. The music mogul paid $325,433. The judge signed an order that he owed a total of $1,550,000. Dre believes that amount is in error and he paid the full fee. Nicole says the order is clear … Dre owes a balance of $1,224,567. The legal docs that were served included the judge’s final order of $1,550,000.
Either way … this divorce is about as acrimonious as it gets.