Showing posts with label 9Year. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 9Year. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

America Ferrera Details Sexual Assault as 9-Year Old

In light of the allegations surrounding Harvey Weinstein, more and more women are coming forward with their personal stories of sexual harassment and assault.


Take America Ferrera, for instance.


The veteran actress has opened up on Instagram about a horribly traumatic experience that befell her at the age of nine.



As part of the #MeToo movement – in which women across the Internet share their stories of sexual harassment or assault – the former Ugly Better star revealed that she was once attacked by a much older man.


She opened her social media entry by writing “Me Too,” acknowledging that can relate to the many other females who have been victimized in some way.


She then explained as follows:


“First time I can remember being sexually assaulted I was 9-years-old.


“I told no one and lived with the shame and guilt thinking all along that I, a 9-year-old child, was somehow responsible for the actions of a grown man.”


Making matters so much worse for the Superstore actress?


She had to then be around the perpetrator.


“I had to see this man on a daily basis for years to come,” the star continued.


“He would smile at me and wave, and I would hurry past him, my blood running cold, my guts carrying the burden of what only he & I knew — that he expected me to shut my mouth and smile back.”




america entry


Concluded Ferrera, sending a message to other members of her gender:


“Ladies, let’s break the silence to the next generation of girls won’t have to live with this bullsh-t.”


Also known for her role in Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Ferrera has long been outspoken when it comes women’s rights.


In January, she spoke at the Women’s March in Washington, D.C., telling People Magazine at the time that she planned to continue fighting for human rights after the march ended.


“I think it’s time for all of us to widen our perspective and widen our circle of what matters to us and what causes we take up,” she said.


“Really at the core of many causes is human dignity. And that is what we share in this fight to be seen and to be valued.”



Ferrera was inspired back then to speak out because Donald Trump was elected President.


This time, the unfortunate issue at play is the likely fact that Weinstein, the best known producer in Hollywood, harassed and raped multiple women over the years.


Stars such as Ashley Judd has spoken out against him of late and Weinstein has been fired from his studio, the Weinstein Company.


He’s also been kicked out of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences; and his wife, Marchesa designer Georgina Chapman, has announced she’s leaving him.


Weinstein has claimed he’ll seek treatment for a sex addiction and hopes to earn a second chance in Hollywood.


The guy is a monster. 



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Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Cutest 9-Year Old EVER Earns Golden Buzzer on AGT

Hold on to your jaws, dear readers.


Because we have a feeling they are about to drop to the floor. Hard.


On Tuesday night, a nine-year old named Celine Tam took to the America’s Got Talent stage, receiving a great deal of love from the crowd before even opening her mouth because attendees remembered her impressive first audition.


For that previous performance, Tam showed no fear, belting out a flawless rendition of Celine Dion"s iconic "My Heart Will Go On."



This time around, the young singer got a bit more personal with her selection.


"Tonight I"m going to be singing a song for my little sister," said Tam, whose younger sibling is named Dion because their parents are huge fans of the aforementioned Canadian artist.


"It"s about how we love each other. We"re sisters and we"re best friends," Tam added.


From there, Celine earned yet another standing ovation via her take on Michael Bolton"s "How Am I Supposed to Love Without You?"


“The crowd is going crazy for you!” exclaimed Heidi Klum in response, prior to asking guest judge Laverne Cox to weigh in.



"I just want to eat you up. You were so adorable and so cute and your voice is amazing," the Orange Is the New Black star raved, adding in admiration:


"You are so talented. Thank you so much. I am really blown away."


And, with that, Cox hit the coveted Golden Buzzer, shocking Celine, releasing a rain of gold confetti onto the stage and moving the nine-year old on to the live rounds.



Was this honor deserved? We sure think so.


Check out the following video to see if you agree:


Celine tam cutest 9 year old ever earns golden buzzer on america
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Friday, June 30, 2017

Internet Comes to Rescue of Bullied 9-Year Old: Read the Moving Birthday Tweets!


Twitter can be a wonderful place.


Unfortunately, there"s no place safe from bullies, and Twitter is just as full of vicious trolls as everywhere else. (And no, we don"t just mean the current President of the United States and his infamous tweets)


That"s why it is so, so nice to see Twitter used as a powerful force for good — even if the only person being directly helped is a British 9-year-old.


See, Ollie has one of those almost over-the-top bullies, as many 9-year-olds do, who wants to impress upon him that nothing that he does for his birthday could possibly measure up to the bully"s own celebrations.


We all know how that goes — some little kid wants to make another little kid feel like he can"t measure up. It"s the exact same motivation behind why adults are nasty to each other, basically.


So, Ollie"s dad Christopher took to Twitter to ask for people to ask any celebrities, major or minor, to send a pleasant birthday message in Ollie"s direction to give the 9-year-old a much-needed boost.


That"s not unreasonable — there are grown-ass adults who tweet at celebrities to ask for a birthday shout-out. This seems a great deal worthier, you know?


But Christopher and his wife Natalie clearly never expected the kind of response that they received. Take a look at these tweets, and know that we saved the best — or, at least, the most famous — for last.


 


 




1. Christopher’s tweets


Christophers tweet

These tweets by Ollie’s father, Christopher, are what started it all.



2. Stormzy’s tweet


Gsaps tweet

Rapper Stormzy tweeted this out. The guy whose first album is “Gang Signs and Prayer” might not sound like the person you imagine would fight childhood bullying, but you’d clearly be wrong.



3. Regina Looby’s tweet


Regina loobys tweet

Regina Looby is a radio and television producer.



4. England’s tweet


Englands tweet

To be clear, this is England the sportsball team, not England the entire country.



5. Chase Masterson’s tweet


Chase mastersons tweet

Chase Masterson is a fairly well-known actress whose credits include The Flash, Star Trek, and the UK’s favorite timey-wimey nonsense, Doctor Who. Also she’s worked to combat bullying, so this is really no surprise.



6. Tom Bosworth’s first tweet


Tom bosworths first tweet

Tom Bosworth is clearly humble, but he’s a British racewalker who holds records for a ridiculous number of different lengths of race. And, you know, he’s an Olympian.


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