Showing posts with label Veteran's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Veteran's. Show all posts

Thursday, June 23, 2016

Big Brother Recap: The Veterans Invade The Game!

Big Brother is finally back for what appears to be the most twisted season yet. 


Julie introduced the houseguests and two of them happened to be related to former competitors. 


Both Paulie and Tiffany were dead ringers for their siblings, so Paulie came clean about it, but Tiffany kept quiet. 




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Things took a turn when Nicole Franzel, Frank Eudy, Da’Vonne Rogers and James Huling appeared in the house. 


There was an immediate divide that put the former houseguests against the newbies. 


The newbies vowed to take the veterans out of the game. Nicole rallied the veterans together and told them that it is obvious they are huge targets and need to remain together. 


That’s when Julie revealed the twist that houseguests would be competing in teams this summer, with eachof them including a veteran. 


This sent shock waves through the new house before the first competition kicked off. 


All four groups had their own rocket they had to sit on to win the competition.


  • Team Big Sister (Da’vonne, Paul, Jozea and Zakiyah) were the first group out so they became have-nots. 

  • Team Category 4 (Frank, Michelle, Paulie and Bridgette) were next out and were given a mystery punishment. 

  • Team Freakazoid (Nicole, Corey, Tiffany and Glenn) were the third team to drop and won $ 10,000.

  • Team Unicorn (James, Natalie, Victor and Bronte) emerged victorious and are now safe from the first two eviction!

Both Nicole and Da’vonne were disappointed with their teams. Da’vonne felt there was a lack of communication and she felt she could benefit from a better team. 


Nicole was shocked that three of her team fell off at the start of the competition and left Corey to do all the work. 


Michelle managed to get Tiffany to reveal her relation to Vanessa, and they made a shock alliance with one another. 



In the diary room, Michelle noted that Vanessa was powerhouse last year, so she thinks keeping Tiffany in her good books is a good idea for her survival.


The next competition involved the unsafe groups fighting it out in a series of challenges.


  • Category 4 secured a win after the Freakazoids dropped their pyramid at the last second. 

  • Big Sister secured a victory in round two after the Freakazoids drop the ball again at the last second. 

This now means that the Freakazoids will have to compete on their own, with one of them being evicted tonight!


Nicole is upset that she’s only just back and is already in danger. Where is Hayden when she needs him? 


There’s also another big twist coming up tonight that will likely shake up the game again, but there is such a thing as too many twists so they will need to slow it down a little. Things are moving way too fast right now!


Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Kylie Jenner Thanks Troops, Gives Veterans Day Shoutout to Her Grandfather!

It’s Veterans Day, and many celebs are paying tribute to the men and women of the US armed forces by posting heartfelt messages of gratitude on social media.


Kylie Jenner’s Instagram page is usually devoted to bikini photos and product endorsements, but even the Selfie Queen herself took a break from her schedule of self-promotion to give a patriotic salute and share an interesting tidbit of Jenner history.



Moments ago, Kylie posted the pic on the left with a caption reading:


“Thanking all the amazing men and women who served and sacrificed for our freedom. My grandfather is on my mind today who fought in World War II and received 2 Purple Hearts. We miss u.”


Yes, it seems a member of Kylie’s family once boarded a non-private plane to a foreign country and didn’t take a single poolside selfie the whole time.


All kidding aside, Kylie has 40 million Instagram followers and since teens don’t exactly have the greatest reputation when it comes to acknowledging their indebtedness to others and appreciating the contributions of their elders, it’s cool that she’ setting this example.


And don’t worry, we’re sure the usual schedule of Kylie bikini selfies will resume tomorrow. She’s probably already working on her poses.


19 Stars Who Served in the Military: A Veterans Day Salute


We often salute celebrities for their work on screen or on stage.


But these are the celebrities who truly deserve our praise and admiration for something much more important. Something bigger than themselves.


These are the famous men and women who served in the armed forces prior to striking it big, and we"re here to offer them an online ovation.


Won"t you join in, on this day especially?




1. Drew Carey


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The Price is Right host Drew Carey spent six years (1980-1986) in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves. He still has the haircut!



2. Chuck Norris


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Not only did Chuck Norris serve in the Air Force, but he has served as spokesman for the VA and was named the Air Force’s Veteran of the Year in 2001. It’s unclear if he won any top-secret wars using only his unparalleled martial arts skills.



3. Nate Dogg


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Before becoming one of the men who took hip hop to the mainstream in the 1990s, Nate Dogg was a munitions specialist in the US Marines. The late rapper once said he joined the military to “see if I was a man.”



4. Elvis Presley


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Elvis Presley, seen here in a 1958 photo, is perhaps the most famous celebrity veteran of all.



5. Ice-T


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Law & Order: SVU star Ice-T (real name Tracy Marrow) has quite the resume over the years, but nothing is more surprising than his four-year stint in the U.S. Army from 1979-1983.



6. Bea Arthur


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The Golden Girls star listed bow and rifle hunting on her Corps qualification card, and served as a typist and truck driver from 1943-1945, when she was honorably discharged.


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Veterans Day 2015: A Salute to the Small Screen


These 17 television characters are all former military members. It doesn"t get any more patriotic or awe-inspiring than that, does it?


For all they have pretended to do on the small screen and for all the values they have pretended to hold, we salute the following vampires, FBI agents, doctors and more.


Won"t you join us in thanking them for their service?




1. Damon Salvatore (The Vampire Diaries)


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Damon Salvatore sure knows how to wear a uniform, doesn’t he? The character served his country in multiple wars. We thank him for his service.



2. LJ Gibbs (NCIS)


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This NCIS leader is a veteran of Desert Storm. He served as a gunnery sergeant in the Marines.



3. Bill Compton (True Blood)


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In the Civil War, Bill Compton served a soldier for the Louisiana division of the Confederate Army. On the way home, he met Lorena and was turned into a member of the undead.



4. Marcellus Gerard (The Originals)


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We don’t know his exact combat experience. But Marcel was seen in uniform via a 1919 flashback.



5. Jimbo Kern (South Park)


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Jimbo Kern flew helicopters in Vietnam. He actually made it all the way to sergeant.



6. John Watson (Sherlock)


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John Watson returned from Afghanistan with a form of PTSD. He was wounded while serving with the British military.


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