By Tara Overzat
Father Albert Cutie has renounced his Catholic faith, after a scandal that had tongues wagging in the Spanish-speaking world. The handsome Catholic priest, whom some refer to as “Father Oprah” for his numerous TV appearances dispensing spiritual advice, was caught embracing and kissing his girlfriend, Read more »
Another article that originally appeared on The Atlasphere. It is inadequate to say that it is depressing to hear of children in horrendous situations. The one ray of hope that we, and they, have is self-determination. A person’s past does not have to determine their future, and I have faith that these children will find the strength to overcome the situations that befell them through no fault of their own.
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What Will Happen to the Children?
By Tara Overzat
Twice in one week. A family in Lavonia, Georgia, (on the South Carolina-Georgia border) and one in Jackson, Alabama. Horrific stories of abuse and imprisonment of two families – one with four children, the other with eight.
Raymond Daniel Thurmond kept his wife and four children locked up in a filthy double-wide trailer for three years. The mother and children were never allowed outside and were so well-hidden that the neighbors were not even aware that Thurmond had a family. Read more »
by Tara Overzat
Increasingly, stories are cropping up about people who had gastric bypass surgery and other stomach changing surgeries (like lap bands) who have put most or all their lost weight back on. Some of these people are in quite visibly in the public eye like the “Today Show”‘s Al Roker and Star Jones, formerly of “The View” and truTV. Others have gone on extreme diets that ultimately failed, like Erik Chopin, one-time winner of “The Biggest Loser.” Read more »
Tags: al roker, alcohol, america, bob greene, convenience, dr. phil, drugs, erik chopin, failed diet, failed weight loss surgery, fatty food, food addict, gastric bypass, lap band, meth, morbidly obese, oprah winfrey, psychology, self-medicate, size ten, size zero, star jones, the biggest loser, the view, today show, trutv, weight gain
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by Tara Overzat
Recently, Oprah Winfrey gave $365,000 to the Ron Clark Academy, apparently out of the blue. Granted Clark, Disney 2000 American Teacher of the Year winner and currently the founder and head of the Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta, is previous guest of her show and received an award from her in the past. But this is a huge sum of money. Besides, Clark is not hurting for money Read more »
Tags: atlanta, barack obama, charlatan, disney, disney 2000 american teacher of the year, friends, matthew perry, mccain, oprah winfrey, politics, ron clark, ron clark academy, t.i., the essential 55, you can have whatever you like, you can vote however you like
Current Events - US, Entertainment, Politics - US | admin, 12 Jan 09 | Comments (1)
I stumbled up TexasDarlin‘s blog (http://texasdarlin.wordpress.com) this morning, and this (unfortunately) made me chuckle. Looks like it’s politics as usual…. Read more »
I came upon this article today, and usually I am happy to see Oprah succeed and win accolades. She is a strong woman who truly rose up from the ashes. However, the fact that she was named the most powerful female entertainer this year due to her possibly influencing one million people to vote for Barack Obama worries me. Can people really not make decisions without the help of entertainers? Read more »
