Rory Callum Sykes, a 32-year-old former child actor known for Kiddy Kapers, tragically died in the Los Angeles wildfires on January 8. The British-born actor, who was blind and had cerebral palsy, had recently moved to Malibu from Sydney. His mother, Shelley, confirmed his death and shared her heartbreak, recounting how she was unable to save him due to a broken arm. Sykes died from carbon monoxide poisoning caused by the fire. The wildfires, which started on January 7, have claimed at least 11 lives
Chrissy Teigen and John Legend’s 6-year-old son, Miles, has been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Teigen announced the news on Instagram after fans noticed his monitor in a photo from the 2024 Paris Olympics. She expressed gratitude for the supportive messa-ges and shared that. Miles was diagnosed after a camp illness. Type 1 diabetes is a chronic condition with no cure, and the family is learning to manage his health needs. Celebrities like Nick Jonas have reached out to offer encouragement. Teigen and Legend have three children: Luna, Wren, and Esti.
Despite the destruction caused by the Palisades fire, which ravaged over 20,000 acres in Los Angeles County, US businessman David Steiner’s $9 million Malibu villa remains intact. The fire, one of eight blazes in the area, reduced his neighbors’ properties to rubble but spared his. Steiner has shared his thoughts on why his home survived the flames. Firefighters have now extinguished three of the eight wildfires that devastated the region.
Alan Jackson, a country music legend, has released iconic albums like Don’t Rock the Jukebox (1991), A Lot About Livin’ (And a Little ‘bout Love) (1992), and Who I Am (1994), earning multiple chart-topping hits. With his authentic voice and heartfelt lyrics, he has received numerous accolades, including Grammy and CMA Awards. He was inducted into the Country Music and Nashville Songwriters Halls of Fame. Despite facing challenges due to Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, a degenerative nerve condition, Jackson remains committed to his fans. His Last Call: One More for the Road tour, possibly his final, is giving fans a chance to see him live one last time. Tickets are on sale for this unforgettable farewell tour.
Legendary actress Heather Locklear, known for her roles in television series like “Dynasty,” “T.J. Hooker,” “Melrose Place,” and “Spin City,” has recently re-emerged in the public eye. Fans are surprised by the 62-year-old actress’s changed appearance in recent paparazzi photos. Her struggles with addiction and personal issues have left their mark, as evidenced by the noticeable scar on her face.
Hardly recognizable, Heather Locklear was recently photographed in Los Angeles with her fiancé, Chris Heisser. Dressed simply in white and opting for a natural, makeup-free look, Locklear showcased her generosity by rolling down the car window and handing money to a homeless person they encountered after visiting friends.
Heather Locklear and Chris Heisser have experienced many ups and downs in their lives. Locklear’s struggles with alcohol and drug addiction have significantly affected her physical appearance and led to legal troubles. She has openly shared her journey to overcome addiction, seeking help through approximately 20 rehab visits over the years.
Locklear has also faced challenges in finding lasting love. She endured two unhappy marriages to rock stars Tommy Lee and Richie Sambora before rekindling her high school romance with Chris Heisser from their days at Newbury Park High School. They got engaged four years ago after reconnecting. Recently, Locklear’s daughter Ava, from her marriage to Sambora, became engaged to her partner Tyler Farrar. The love and support from her daughter and fiancé have undoubtedly been a source of strength for Locklear on her path to recovery and redemption.
Australia’s Ally Langdon couldn’t hide the sadness bubbling inside when she spoke with a mom and dad, who were forced into the painful decision of taking the life of the young girl whom they had given life to only 13 years before.
The young girl died after falling prey to a viral craze called chroming, and Langdon, also a mom, struggled to hold back her tears.
Appearing on A Current Affair with host Ally Langdon, Andrea and Paul Haynes shared their story of how their 13-year-old daughter Esra Haynes died after following a social media trend called chroming, that involves inhaling toxic chemicals through the mouth or nose to get high.
Referred to as “determined, fun, cheeky and talented” by the Montrose Football Netball Club that she co-captained, Esra was a young athlete who raced BMX bikes with her brothers, and led her team to a national aerobics’ championship in Queensland.
On March 31, Esra went to a friend’s home for a sleepover and, for what would be a fatal high, she sniffed a can of aerosol deodorant and went into cardiac arrest, sustaining irreparable brain damage.
“It was just the regular routine of going to hang out with her mates,” her mom Andrea, told Langdon in the interview. Her father Paul added, “We always knew where she was and we knew who she was with. It wasn’t anything out of the ordinary…To get this phone call at that time of night, (it) was one of the calls no parent ever wants to have to receive, and we unfortunately got that call: ‘Come and get your daughter.’”
Langdon explains that Esra’s friends thought she was having a panic attack, “but after inhaling deodorant, her body was actually starting to shut down, she was in cardiac arrest and no one at the sleepover used cardiac arrest.”
When Andrea arrived at Esra’s side, paramedics were trying to revive Esra and told mom that her daughter had been chroming, something she had never heard of until that moment.
Esra was taken to hospital held onto the hope that their baby girl would recover. After all, her heart and lungs were strong so maybe she would make it through.
After eight days on life support, Paul and Andrea were told that Esra’s brain was damaged “beyond repair and we had to have that decision to turn off the machine.”
Struggling with their words, and reliving their worst day, her parents explained the pain of ending their daughter’s life.
Asked to bring family and friends to the hospital for their final goodbyes, Esra’s dad said: “It was a very, very difficult thing to do to such a young soul. She was put onto a bed so we could lay with her. We cuddled her until the end.”
Overwhelmed by the parent’s heartache, and a mother of two young children, Langdon was unable to contain her emotions and teared up.
After Esra died in early April, Paul says the family is completely “broken,” and Esra’s siblings, Imogen, Seth and Charlie are “shattered.”
“It was really devastating, devastating for everyone involved, all her friends as well,” Paul said. “It’s been the most difficult, traumatic time any parent could go through. We haven’t been sleeping, we’ve hardly been eating, we haven’t been smiling–we’re not ourselves…But it’s not just affected us, it’s the community as well.”
Never having heard of chroming until it killed their daughter, Paul and his wife are on a crusade to bring awareness to the deadly viral craze–easily achieved with store-bought products like deodorant, paint, hairspray or even permanent markers–that’s increasingly popular among teens.
Speaking with a local news station, Paul said he wished he knew of chroming when Esra was still alive, so he could have warned her of the dangers: “If we were educated and the word had been put out there, we would have had the discussion around our kitchen table for sure.”
“We need to ramp it up and let these kids find out the information first-hand, and not through friends, and not through social media–then they’re given the right advice off the bat.”
Paul plans to educate parents, allowing them the opportunity of educating their children, and hopefully saving their lives. their children.
“(Parents) need to sit and have a chat to their children, and just open that conversation up gently with them. We certainly didn’t know what was going on.”
Since 2009, the alarming trend of chroming is responsible for the deaths of multiple children across Australia, and around the world.
Chroming–that can lead to seizures, heart attack, suffocation, sudden sniffing death, coma, and organ failure–is attractive to young people as a method to get an immediate short-term high.
“We’ve got the pictures in our mind which will never be erased, you know, of what we were confronted with,” Paul told Langdon. “Our gut was ripped out.”
We cannot imagine how painful it is for a family to make the decision of taking their young child off life support. Our hearts go out to the Haynes family and to all the loved ones that Esra left behind.
Share this story with everyone you know and help parents save the lives of their children by educating them on the dangers of this fatal trend.
Thousands of people are frantically seeking safety after the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, with elderly individuals being evacuated in nothing more than their socks and pajamas. Regrettably, it seems that this intense conflict is far from being resolved, as powerful winds compelled planes to land and the flames escalated beyond control.
Fierce winds fueled the flames and caused confusion in evacuation zones as the Palisades Fire exploded with such ferocity that inhabitants were forced to evacuate for their lives, some without shoes or basic needs.
More than 30,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes as the initially controllable fire rapidly grew out of control, leading authorities to warn that the worst was “yet to come.”
By early evening, approximately 3,000 acres had been burned by the fire, which started at 10:30 a.m. close to Piedra Morada Drive. As inhabitants frantically fled, it surged at an alarming rate, burning the equivalent of more than one football field every minute and hopping highways due to the unrelenting winds.
Born with albinism, Xueli Abbing was abandoned in China as a baby due to her appearance. Left in an orphanage, she was later adopted by a loving family in the Netherlands, giving her a chance at a brighter future.
At 11, her unique beauty caught the eye of a photographer, leading to a modeling campaign celebrating “perfect imperfections.” Now 16, Xueli has modeled for *Vogue*, turning rejection into triumph and proving that beauty lies in diversity and strength.
Elon Musk has had enough of Whoopi Goldberg’s nonsense. Ever since he decided to buy Twitter, she’s been on a crusade to turn him into a monster in the public eye.
“It’s very degrading,” Musk said, “I’m over here trying to reinstate free speech in America, singlehandedly, and there she is calling me names.”
Musk says he doesn’t have to endure that kind of abuse from Whoopi or anyone. “I have enough money to sue the entire planet. I’ll just focus my efforts and make them pay.”
ABC says “The View” is an editorial show and that the network clearly adds a disclaimer that the views therein are those of the hosts. “That doesn’t give them the right to lie,” says legal expert Alan Dershowitz, “and Musk is gonna clean up.”
Unfortunately, Dershowitz lost his reputation among normal people when he joined team “Lolita Express,” but that doesn’t mean he’s wrong. It simply means he may have things in his life he wishes to cover up for the time being.
The View hasn’t returned our request for comment, as usual, citing the outstanding protection order and demanding we remain outside the 500-foot perimeter.
Which begs the question: What are they hiding, patriots? What are they hiding indeed. God Bless America.
Savannah Phillips is a wife and mother. When she’s traveling by airplane, she also describes herself as “not the biggest person on the airplane, but I’m not the smallest.”
Phillips explained in a Facebook post that she tries “to sit in a row where I don’t have to sit next to anyone” because she doesn’t want “someone being uncomfortable because they have to sit next to me.”
In 2018, on a flight to Chicago, Phillips was not able to choose her seat. Instead, her seat was assigned when she got to the gate. She had a window seat, and when she boarded the plane, the person sitting next to her, a self-described comedian, stood up so that she could get to her seat. After he sat back down, he took out his phone and sent a text, a very rude text about Phillips, and she saw what he was typing.
