One of my good friends, Renee Eaves, was chatting to me last night about her jungle ordeal when she agreed to be part of “I’m a celebrity get me out of here“. Hats off to you Renee, you wouldn’t get me doing any of that stuff. All will be revealed in future posts on this blog….from what I heard of the upcoming episodes it wasn’t pretty at all.
Here is Renee when she finished filming.
I asked Joshua Adams what inspired him to write the song “Everything Will Be Alright”?
He replied:
Joshua Adams @JoshuaAdamsRock
@voxyladyspeaker Everyone goes through bad times…sometimes all you can say is “Everything Will Be Alright” 
So true!
English: Adam Levine at the Comcast Center in Mansfield, MA. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Adam Levine the Maroon 5 front man has a few choice words to say about Honey Boo Boo about her upbringing.
This writer has watched all the Honey Boo Boo episodes and the cringe factor was certainly happening for me when I started watching. As I viewed the episodes I found one common denominator with this family, they actually love each other very much, warts and all, and they don’t care less what anyone thinks about them. I’m sort of a fan now, only because I’m fascinated that a family like this actually exists!
However, our star of this post, Adam Levine, is not a fan at all “Seriously, Honey Boo Boo is the decay of Western civilization. Just because so many people watch the show doesn’t mean it’s good. So many people witness atrocities and can’t take their eyes away from them, but that doesn’t mean they’re good. That show is literally The. Worst. Thing. That’s. Ever. Happened.” Levine revealed in the December issue of GQ Magazine.
Levine on Boo Boo’s parents: “It’s complete f**cking ignorance and the most despicable way to treat your kids. F**k those people. They’re just the worst. Sorry, I’m so sensitive to that – like, I don’t know, man, it’s upsetting.”
I doubt that Alana’s parents will actually care what the gorgeous Levine has to say about their parenting skills, I’d love to have your opinion though.
Twitter: @voxyladyspeaker
Merry Christmas… Have a Nice Life (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Rove McManus Merry Christmas to all the non-Grinch Scrooges out there. I hope your tide is properly yuled.
Snooki: Lorenzo just opened his gifts for his first Christmas!!…and he could care less lol! My best present is my amazing fiancé & gorgeous baby
Joe Nichols White Christmas here in Texas, y’all! Hope everyone has/had a Blessed day.
Jennifer Lopez: FELIZ NAVIDAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS to ALL!!!!!!!!!!! #LOVE #PEACE #JOY
Ellen DeGeneres: My Christmas wish this year is for everyone to love one another, and to be kind to one another. Be safe and be happy.
50 Cent: I just want to say MERRY CHRISTMAS to everyone on my time line.
Rickey Gervais: “Don’t wish for anythin’, ‘cos it’s never what you think.” – Karl Pilkington Haha. Merry Christmas everyone.
John Stamos: MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE i want 2 write more about the influence jack klugman had on me and “this whole world” – (too heartbroken right now)
Diem Brown Family Christmas day tradition of movie night! Just watched the 3 HOUR long/but great #LesMis Anne Hathaway & @RealHughJackmanKILLED it! 
Jennie Garth: So blessed to celebrate Christmas with my girls. I am so grateful for their love and spirit. Wishing everyone joy and love..Happy Holidays!
Shane Warne In bed with @ElizabethHurley who is reading, me watching the big test match at the MCG I can see EH has a sneaky eye on the TV though xxx
Lil Wayne: Merry Christmas to all
Alec Baldwin: Merry Christmas, y’all…
Joan Rivers: I hope that your trees are trimmed, your halls are decked, and you’re with those you love. Merry Christmas, everybody!!!.
Ivanka Trump: We took Arabella to the #opera Hansel & Gretal in #Vienna. She came dangerously close to chucking her bottle into the orchestra pit. #Xmas
Randy Jackson: Merry Christmas! And Happy Holidays! Love yah!
LL Cool J: Merry Christmas !!!
Lauren Conrad: Merry Christmas & happy holidays!
Joel Madden Merry Christmas
Chris Harrison: Merry Christmas & may god bless each and every one of you!
Jennifer Hudson: Happy Holidays! What a year it’s been!
Chad Johnson: Merry Christmas to all of u, u might not of gotten everything you wanted but HE’LL give you all need. Be content, blessings will follow
Ginnifer Goodwin: Merry Christmas! #HoHoHo
Jay Leno: Merry Christmas!
Pitbull: Merry christmas feliz navidad enjoy have fun difrutaaaaaaaaa con co jones daleeeee
Alex Boye recently released a Tribute song and video in regards to the tragic events of Sandy Hook Elementary. 100% proceeds from the song and video go to the Emilie Packer Family fund. You can see the video here for free however your purchase will go to a good cause.
Français : Kylie Minogue at the Cannes Film Festival. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Each year, some 70,000 young adults between the ages of 15 and 39 are diagnosed with cancer. And cancer does not discriminate, it can choose anyone, even celebrities – and you or someone you love.
For those celebrities who go public with their very personal journey they help give hope to the thousands of cancer sufferers around the world.
In a recent article in the Huffington post, 10 Celebs open up about their journey, including my favourite fighter, Diem Brown.
Others who have survived this insidious disease are Christina Applegate, Anthony Ryan Auld, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Ethan Zohn, Giuliana Rancic, Will Reiser, Ryan Buell, Michael C. Hall, and our own Australian, Kylie Minogue.
Mick Jagger – The Rolling Stones live at San Siro Stadium, Milan, Italy – june 10th, 2003 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
In 1968 Mick Jagger has said to have spotted a Cigar Shaped object whilst camping in Glastonbury with his then girlfriend, Marianne Faithful. Jagger then claimed he spotted another UFO during a concert in Altamont one year later. Such an impact these sightings had on Mick he installed a “UFO Detector” (whatever that is) in his English estate.
When Victoria Beckham “Posh Spice” saw something that looked like a huge blazing soccer ball over her Los Angeles mansion she tweeted: “UFO hovering above Beckham’s house!!” To which her hairstylist tweeted back: “Grab the kids and run!” and may I personally add…”Don’t forget the Gucci Bag”…
In August 1974, John Lennon claimed to see a UFO when he was on the roof of his New York City apartment. John said he saw a disc-shaped UFO hovering just 100 feet away. His girlfriend at the time, May Pang, took some photos but they all came out blank. John was so taken by what happened he even wrote a lyric in one of his songs….”There’s UFO’s over New York, and I aint too surprised…” – Nobody Told Me, from the album Milk and Honey (1984). Maybe the two could have been in a drug-induced hallucination?
Boxing legend, Muhammad Ali saw a bright light appear over his head and start moving along with him when he was jogging in New York’s Central Park. Ali has claimed to have seen many UFOs in his lifetime. “If you look up in the sky in the early morning,” he once said, “you see them playing tag between the stars.” Well this reporter was going to say Mr Ali has had one too many knocks to the head, but having seen two UFO’s playing tag myself a number of years ago I better not!
Dan Aykroyd might own the most famous ET “non-sighting.” It happened back in the 80s when the actor woke up in the middle of the night and told his wife: “They are calling me. I want to go outside.” His wife suggested he go back to sleep. The next day people all over upstate New York reported having the same urge to go outside at three in the morning. Those that did go outside reported seeing a tremendously large pink spiral hovering in the sky. Hmmmm something in the water?
Elvis Presley claimed as a child to have met “beings of light from the Blue Planet who showed him future images of himself onstage as a famous performer.” Presley also claims on the night he was born a beautiful blue light hovered over his home.
Ozzy Osbourne (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Sharon Stone had an NDE when she suffered a brain hemorrhage: When interviewed by Katie Couric Sharon explained:
“When it hit me I felt like I’d been shot in the head. That’s the only way I can really describe it. It hit me so hard it knocked me over on the sofa. And Phil was out of town and I called him and said, “I think I had a stroke.” But in all fairness, I’m a person who’s always saying, “I think I’ve had a stroke, I think I’ve had a heart attack, I think I’ve had a brain hemorrhage … I had a real journey with this that took me to places both here and beyond that affected me so profoundly that my life will never be the same … I get to be not afraid of dying and I get to tell other people that it’s a fabulous thing and that death is a gift. And not that you should kill yourself, but that when death comes to you, as it will, that it’s a glorious and beautiful thing. This kind of giant vortex of white light was upon me and I kind of – poof! Sort of took off into this glorious, bright, bright, bright white light and I started to see and be met by some of my friends. But it was very fast – whoosh! Suddenly, I was back. I was in my body and I was in the room.”
The late, Larry Hagman underwent a liver transplant in 1995 as a result of heavy drinking and during this time had an NDE.
“I was able to look over the edge. I got a little glimpse of what was the next step. I didn’t see a light some people see, but I had a wonderful feeling of bliss and warmth. The bottom line is love, that sounds corny, but it was just lovely, uplifting.
Donald Sutherland had a NDE in 1979 as a result of Meningitis. “Suddenly the pain, fever and acute distress seemed to evaporate. I was floating above my body, surrounded by soft blue light. I began to glide down a long tunnel, away from the bed … but suddenly I found myself back in my body. The doctors told me later that I had actually died for a time.”
The late Elizabeth Taylor In an interview with America’s AIDS magazine, Liz described her NDE again: “I went to that tunnel, saw the white light, and Mike [Todd]. I said, Oh Mike, you’re where I want to be. And he said, ‘No, Baby. You have to turn around and go back because there is something very important for you to do. You cannot give up now.’ It was Mike’s strength and love that brought me back.”
Ozzy Osbourne had a brush with death after he hit a pothole while riding a bike. He was thrown over the handlebars and subsequently fell down a hill – the bike came down on top of him and crushed his chest. Luckily for Ozzy, his security guard rushed to his side and tried to revive him – Ozzy stopped breathing twice and spent 8 days in a coma. He described the accident: “If it wasn’t for Sam I probably wouldn’t be here. He had to bring me back to life twice. I didn’t know where I was or how long I’d been there. I would drift in and out of consciousness. Other times there would be a white light shining through the darkness, but no f—king angels, no one blowing trumpets and no man in a white beard.”
Ozzy credits the crash with helping him to quit drugs and straighten up his life: “You are bopping along through life and have your ups and downs, but it is amazing how two or three seconds can totally change your life.
Source: http://www.near-death.com
English: Photo of TV/Radio Host, Producer, Philanthropist Leeza Gibbons (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Here are Tweets from over 100 Celebrities today; https://twitter.com/voxyladyspeaker/celebrity-tweets
“Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.” – Buddha http://fb.me/1OVyx6mii
Paul Murray @PMOnAir RT @Radio2UE: @PMOnAir talks to Mel Leckie @leckiem who interrupted the PM’s disability speech today. #2UE #auspolhttp://www.2ue.com.au/blogs/2ue-blog/disability-campaigner-questions-pm/20121203-2aqjc.html …Aweee love my LA girls girls night watching #TheHoliday w/ wine & a fireplace RT @HairBySherri Cheers from #NYC Diempic.twitter.com/C4JMIYc4
The Top-5 Regrets of the Dying (as recorded by a nurse):http://bit.ly/TCdwXO
Been working outside in the rain for the past 2 days I’m chilled to the bone! I’m so excited for a hot bath!
I was inspired to write this post because of Diem Brown who is battling Ovarian Cancer for the second time. Diem founded www.medgift.com to help other patients who need help when undergoing treatment.
Wishing Diem a speedy recovery as she is currently undergoing chemotherapy. Visit Diem at www.diembrown.com
Other generous celebrities are noted below:
Here is the Forbes List of the 30 Most Generous Celebrities source http://www.forbes.com
1. Actress Jami Gertz and her husband Antony Ressler — $10,569,002 To the Ressler Gertz Foundation. Grants from the foundation include $1.7 million to the LA County Museum of Art, $400k to Cedar Sinai Medical Center.
2. Musician Herb Alpert –$9,104,829 To the Herb Alpert Foundation, which focuses on the arts, compassion, and well being.
3. Actor Mel Gibson — $6,853,020 To the A.P. Reilly Foundation, which he started to support Holy Family Church.
4. Director, Producer, Writer, George Lucas — $4,250,000 To Lucas Film Foundation then granted to The George Lucas Educational Foundation with a mission to inspire and empower young people to become responsible citizens, compassionate leaders, and to live their dream.
5. Writer Nora Roberts — $3,000,000 To the Nora Roberts Foundation, which support literacy. Additional areas of focus are: children’s programs, arts organizations, and humanitarian efforts, with local organizations being its priority.
6. NFL Player Ndamukong Suh — $2,600,000 $2 million to the Nebraska University athletic department and another $600,000 to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering to endow a scholarship. It is the largest single gift ever from a former football player.
7. MLB Player Lance Berkman and his wife Cara — $2,412,245 To The Lord’s Fund, a foundation they established. Grants include $400k to Josiah Venture, a Christian youth movement in Eastern Europe, and $113k to Children’s Cup, a Christian organization focusing on “forgotten children” in Swaziland, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, and efforts are also underway in Vietnam and the Philippines.. Most of their giving is to Christian-based organizations.
8. Actress Meryl Streep and her husband Donald Gummer — $2,000,000 To Silver Mountain Foundation for the Arts, a foundation they established. Grants include $100k each to Oxfam America and Partners in Health; $1,225,000 to Vassar College. Total grantmaking for the year was more than $2.1 million.
9. Television Producer Marcia Carsey and her husband John Carsey — $1,870,000 To Carsey Family Foundation they established. Grants include $250k to Media Matters for America, $100k to Institute for America’s Future, $50k to Progressive Talent Initiative.
10. Simpsons’ Co-Creator Sam Simon — $1,800,000 To The Sam Simon Foundation to “save the lives of dogs to enrich the lives of people.” The Foundation manages a number of programs including a mobile veterinary unit, dogs for veterans, and dogs for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
11. Comedian Jerry Seinfeld — $1,766,000 To the Seinfeld Family Foundation that supports education, children’s services, health associations, and Jewish organizations; funding also for the arts.
12. Actress Barbra Streisand — $1,555,500 To the Barbra Streisand Foundation. Grants are distributed to a variety of charities and causes including the Barbra Streisand Women’s Cardiovascular Research and Education Program at Cedars Sinai, City Year, and the Natural Resources Defense Council, respectively.
13. Actor Matthew McConaughey — $1,537,292 To the Just Keep Livin’ Foundation that he established. Grants distributed include $88,000 to Communities in School Los Angeles West and $38,000 Communities in School Central Texas.
14. Writers Dean and Gerda Koontz — $1,500,000 To the Dean and Gerda Koontz Foundation. Grants include $750,000 to Canine Companions for Independence and $500,000 to Saint Michael’s Abbey in Silverado, CA.
15. Model Gisele Bundchen — $1,500,000 To the Red Cross for Haiti Relief.
16. Writer Isabel Allende — $1,017,247 To the Isabel Allende Foundation to support charities that empower and protect women. Founded in honor of her daughter, Paula Frias who passed away at 28. Grants include $500,000 to Oritel, which provides human services for low income families and $30,500 to the Global Fund for Women
17. Actor Alec Baldwin — $1,005,131 To the Alec Baldwin Foundation. Grants include $50,000 to the NY Philharmonic, $42,500 to Waterkeeper Alliance, and $250,000 to the Carol M Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
18. Actress Sandra Bullock — $1,000,00o To Doctors Without Borders for Haiti Relief following the devastating earthquake.
19. NFL Player Eli Manning and his wife Abby — $1,000,000 To the University of Mississippi’s Ole Miss Opportunity Scholarship, which allows prospective students with an adjusted gross family income at or below $30,000 to attend the University of Mississippi.
20. Actors Will and Jada Smith — $900,000 To the Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation. Grants included $126,000 to the Lupus Foundation, $200,000 to the Baltimore School for the Arts, and $52,000 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
21. Playboy Founder Hugh Hefner — $900,000 To Trust for Public Land to save the iconic Hollywood sign from being plowed under in order to make room for four luxury homes.
22. NBA Player Carmelo Anthony — $837,200 To Carmelo Anthony Foundation. Grants include $500,000 to Syracuse University and $302,000 to The Living Classroom Foundation.
23. Cyclist and seven-time winner of the Tour de France, Lance Armstrong – $700,648 To The LiveStrong Foundation, which he founded to improve the lives of people with cancer.
24. Writers Jonathan and Faye Kellerman — $627,700 To Jonathan and Faye Kellerman Foundation. Grants include $175,000 for Children’s Hospital of LA, $150,000 to USC/Kellerman Endowment, $25,000 to Boston Institute of Music.
25. MLB Player Mariano Rivera — $627,500 To the Mariano Rivera Foundation. Grants distributed included $150,000 to the Church of God Prophecy and $50,000 to the Brooklyn Tabernacle.
26. Singer/Songwriter Taylor Swift — $625,000 $500k to Hands on Nashville the Community Foundation of Middle Tennesee for Nashville’s flood relief efforts (Nashville Rising); $25,000 to the Wyomissing, PA school district for educational $100,000 check to rebuild Kids Kingdom, a playground in Hendersonville, Tennesee where she attended high school.
27. Daniel and Cara Whitney (Larry the Cable Guy) — $550,020 To Git-R-Done Foundation. Grants include $500,000 to the Child Advocacy Center and $525,000 to the Madonna Foundation.
28. Artist Jasper Johns — $500,000 To Low Road Foundation he established. Grants distributed include $50,000 to the Foundation for Contemporary Arts.
29. Golfer Davis Love — $424,379 To the Davis Love III Foundation, which he established. Grants distributed include $479,000 to the St. Presbyterian Church, $100,000 to Frederica Academy, $75,000 to Special Olympics, and $75,000 to Boys and Girls Club of Southeast GA.
30. Actress Victoria Principal — $342,665 To Victoria Principal Foundation. Grants distributed include $25,000 to Greenpeace Fund, $125,000 to Natural Resource Defense Council, $100,000 to Oceana.
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