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Former “America’s Next Top Model” contestant Jael Strauss dedicated her life to helping people struggling with addiction before she lost her battle with cancer earlier this week.
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"ANTM" Alum Jael Strauss Lived Like a Saint in Recovery Efforts ... Before Stage 4 Cancer
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Wednesday, December 5, 2018
"ANTM" Alum Jael Strauss Lived Like a Saint in Recovery Efforts ... Before Stage 4 Cancer
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Bella Hadid Donates $10k for Malibu Fire Recovery Efforts
For Bella Hadid, the California wildfire’s destructive path made things personal … and now she’s fighting to avert a looming threat triggered by the ravaging inferno — mudslides. The supermodel has donated $ 10k to the Malibu Disaster…
Monday, April 30, 2018
Jim Bob Duggar Outrages Neighbors With Efforts to Take Over Town
If you follow the Duggar family closely, then you’re probably aware that despite his frequent claims that he’s a humble man of God who seeks nothing more than to live a life of service, Jim Bob Duggar has quite a few worldly ambitions.
In fact, the 52-year-old’s incessant efforts toward obtaining greater wealth and power have reportedly alienated many his neighbors, friends, and even members of his famously close-knit family.
Those who know him best have complained about Jim Bob’s “high-class hoarding.”
His second eldest son, John David Duggar, has reportedly taken issue with Jim Bob’s greed and reckless spending.
Fans have complained that the Duggar patriarch’s unchecked ambition seems to fly in the face of the religious views that the reality star and aspiring real estate mogul claims to hold so dear.
And now, some of Jim Bob’s neighbors in the small community of Tontitown, Arkansas are hoping to take action that will bring a halt to one of his most ambitious projects to date.
According to KSFM News in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Jim Bob has applied to rezone 23 acres of land as the first step in transforming the property into an “upscale RV park.”
Neighbors have expressed concerns, with some declaring outright that they oppose the project and are fed up with Jim Bob’s constant side-stepping of local laws and ordinances.
Last week, a planning commission reportedly approved the rezoning, thus changing the land’s designation from Residential-Agriculture to Urban Thoroughfare, which makes it eligible for commercial development.
“I think that’s more important than swallowing it up with development that could be on the other side of the street for instance,” says local resident Renwick Hudson.
“Rezoning [the land]…” he added. “It’s tricky. We have to be really careful.”
Others, such as Fayetteville Planning Director Andrew Garner, believe that the development would be a net positive for the community:
“The addition that [the owners] are proposing, only to rezone the front part and kind of keep the back of it preserved, I think is in line with a lot of the city’s policies for tree preservation and environmental preservation,” Garner said.
Even if efforts to have Jim Bob’s provisional license revoked are not successful, the development still must be approved by planning officials.
“If they decide to build the RV park, they actually have to turn in construction plans and large-scale development plans,” Garner said.
“We have to look at all the development details, but the actual zoning decision has to be made to allow the RV park.”
And it seems the Duggars will continue to face opposition from the likes of Renwick Hudson:
“At this location, from my perspective, not ideal,” Hudson said. “It butts right up against some of the areas that are already vulnerable to future development.”
Watch Counting On online for more on reality TV’s most controversial family.
Thursday, February 1, 2018
French Montana Is Expanding His Global Citizen Efforts to Morocco
French Montana isn’t just limiting his Global Citizen efforts to Uganda … the rapper is spreading his wealth to his home country of Morocco too. TMZ broke the story … French was named a Global Citizen Ambassador by GC CEO Hugh Evans in a…
Saturday, December 16, 2017
KYLE"s Amazed by L.A. Wildfire Relief Efforts, But Pleads for More Help
KYLE’s deeply moved by his hometown of Ventura banding together amid raging wildfires … but says there’s still a lot to do to help victims out. We got the “iSpy” rapper at LAX Friday, and he tells us he’s been floored by the humanity people have…
Friday, September 1, 2017
Tyler Perry Gives to Houston Relief Efforts, is Wary of Scams
We"ve all witness the devastation of Hurricane Harvey. For millions who live in Houston and the surrounding areas of Texas to others along the gulf, this is a life-changing event. For the rest of us, we only need to check our phones or turn on the television to see the flooding and the suffering.
People from all over the country (and other countries) are volunteering their time, money, resources, and expertise to help in any way that they can. That includes a number of celebrities who have donated to Houston relief efforts.
Among these generous celebrity donors is Tyler Perry. We have his video below, and he"s pledging $ 1 million to help Houston.
Harvey has dumped a record-breaking amount of water on Houston.
Yes, Houston is designed to flood. The roads are absolutely designed to catch water.
But no city is designed for this much flooding. Especially not when it comes this quickly.
We"ve seen streets turn into rivers so deep that they cover the tops of cars and trucks.
Waves run across the surface of the water. That"s how much we"re talking about.
We"ve seen homes and neighborhoods consumed by floodwaters.
People have been swept away. People have drowned. People have been electrocuted.
Some people are doubtless still isolated, or waiting to hear from loved ones.
To say nothing of the countless heartbreaking stories of dogs who were separated from or abandoned by their humans.
(Some dogs were even tied to posts, which you shouldn"t do even when you"re not condemning your dog to drown to death)
This is a natural disaster but also a humanitarian crisis.
Tyler Perry, the actor, writer, director, and producer who honestly doesn"t need us or anyone else to explain who he is, took to Facebook yesterday to announce his pledge to help with the relief efforts.
In the video, he talks about how much he"s giving and how he"s choosing to share his money.
"This is about helping people, so if you want to give, I challenge you to find someone who has boots on the ground."
Note that he isn"t suggesting something easy, like donating to the Red Cross.
A number of people are leery of donating to the Red Cross after criticisms that Haiti still hasn"t seen much of the money donated after their devastating earquake back during Obama"s first term as President.
The Red Cross has also been unable to clarify how much of what"s donated to them right now will go directly to Houston.
"I"m sending $ 250,000 to Lakewood, to make sure they can get all the supplies that people need, and I know for sure that they will. Also, I"m working with Beyonce"s pastor [Rudy Rasmus], giving another $ 250,000 to Bread of Life to make sure that things are immediately getting to the people."
Tyler Perry also says that he is "saving $ 500,000 for other charities right now."
That is smart, because you don"t always know what is immediately necessary.
Some places have plenty of food, but need diapers or clothing.
Other places have plenty of supplies, but need people with medical training.
In addition to working hard to avoid charity scams (seriously, con artists will come out of the woodwork when there"s a disaster and people want to donate), you need to see where the chips fall before you can determine where your money will do the most good.
People physically on the ground (or in the water, in most cases) may be the best equipped to determine what needs to be done.
Some celebrities, like Miranda Lambert, are just running their own relief efforts. Miranda has been rescuing dogs by the truckload and taking them to the safety of dry shelters outside of Texas.
We"re not going to pretend that Tyler Perry isn"t problematic.
He has a history of, especially through his films, making some alarming suggestions about things like HIV (which seem to be a curse).
And though Tyler Perry himself is an abuse-survivor, he sometimes features abuse in his comedy.
(Different people process their traumas in different ways, to be fair, but by using it for "physical comedy" he sends mixed messages)
Even in this video, Tyler Perry defends Joel Osteen for not immediately opening the doors of his megachurch as a shelter.
That"s bound to be controversial.
But we"re going to give credit where credit is due, and Tyler Perry is putting a lot of money towards relief efforts and he"s doing it in a very smart way.
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Tortoise Rescued in Houston During Harvey Relief Efforts
Rescue efforts in Houston are in full swing … and, no, people aren’t forgetting the 4-legged victims. This tortoise was rescued Wednesday on a tugboat by Aaron Jayjack during historic flooding in the city. He looks a bit discombobulated … albeit…
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Kardashians Donate $500k to Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts in Houston
The Kardashains have stepped up to the plate in a huge way to help the victims of Hurricane Harvey. Sources with direct knowledge of the situation tell us Kim, Kris, Khloe, Kendall, Kylie and Kourtney gave $ 500,000 to The Red Cross and The Salvation…
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