Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Only Snow White Can Make This Autistic Boy Smile

It’s easy to become a cynic when you work in the world of celebrity gossip.


So we"d just like to take a moment and give thanks to a two-year old boy named Jackson.



The son of photographer Amanda Coley, this infant has a form of Autism that causes him to be non-verbal and to be very shy around strangers.


Most strangers, that is. 


But not one stranger in particular.


Coley captured footage of Jackson meeting Snow White during a family trip to Walt Disney World in Florida and the video has gone viral due to the child"s amazing reaction to this iconic princess.


Unable to stop smiling while in the presence of this character, Jackson even rests his head on her lap at one point.


It"s enough to turn even the hardest cynic into a giant bowl of mush.


“If he thinks I am leaving him with those strangers he will get very upset and cry,” Coley told The Huffington Post of Jackson, adding of her son:


“Most times he just ignores them and runs away.”


Jackson had a similar reaction to other Disney characters at the park… but not to Snow White.


“He was so at ease. We had never witnessed this before … I missed several photos because my eyes were full of tears,” Coley says.


“It was so amazing to have him react in this way to somebody and to see him smile and gaze at her. I have never seen him do this to anyone outside of his brothers, his dad and myself.”


And you can see here how the woman portraying Snow White understood, at some level, just how special this experience actually was for the child.


“She has no idea how much that actually meant to us that she engaged in that way,” Amanda told the Orlando Sentinel.


“It was like she just had that sense that [Jackson] needed that.”


Amazing. Watch for yourself and prepare to cry in 3… 2… 1…


Autistic boy falls for snow white wins over entire internet

Miley Cyrus & Liam Hemsworth: Wedding Destination REVEALED!

One of these days, we’re going to wake up and Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth are just going to be married.



But they’re not going to tell anybody.


Apparently, the two are making wedding plans, despite Hemsworth insisting he’s not engaged.


He’s lying, according to Us Weekly, because the magazine claims a source gave them some dish on the couple’s wedding destination.


They shall exchange vows in Hemsworth’s native Australia, where the couple have been spending much time this year.


“They were discussing potential venues and looking around” during an April trip down under, according to the source.


Cyrus reportedly has designs on a summer wedding (although summer is winter in Australia, so we’re not sure what that means) and has met with a wedding planner.


The theme will be quintessentially Miley, who evidently derived her inspiration from a six-year-old’s birthday party.


“Miley’s mentioned she’s interested in having a bunch of bouncy houses,” a second source told the publication. “Like at a carnival!”


Whee.


Of course, if we are to believe the tabloids, the pair already had a secret beach wedding in Australia last winter.


But this secret wedding wasn’t super official.


They exchanged rings fashioned from palm fronds and it was just sort of for funsies.


Nevertheless, a source said the couple “have told close friends that they’re already married” and that “they both refer to each other as ‘my wife’ or ‘my husband.’”


During a recent interview with ET, Hemsworth remained tight-lipped on the subject of marriage, but he didn’t deny the rumors.


And in the gossip world, a non-denial is basically a confirmation.


Kim Kardashian to Receive Award For Nude Photos

Remember back in November of 2014 when Kim Kardashian “broke the Internet” with her nothing but her naked butt and about 40 gallons of lube?


Well, it looks like someone is finally getting around to honoring her for a feat that had previously only been performed by Time Warner.



Yes, in their ongoing effort to attract celebrities and thus become a thing that people actually care about, the organizers of the annual Webby Awards are honoring Kim with their first ever “Break the Internet Award.”


Producers released a statement this morning reading:


“In recognition of her unprecedented success online and the bold and creative ways she has used the Internet, social media, apps and video to connect with a truly global audience.”


They went on to list her many online “accomplishments” such as amassing nearly 70 million Instagram followers.



The whole thing might seem a tad ridiculous, as celebrities usually receive awards on the strength of their creative achievements and…well, Kim doesn’t have any, but in many ways she has revolutionized the way in which celebrities interact with fans online.


Mainly through nudity, but still…


Yes, the Kim Kardashian sex tape changed the way we look at celebrities, sex…and tapes.


Kids who are in college now have probably never even seen a VHS, but they still call the naked stuff they post on Snapchat “sex tapes,” and that’s all because of Kim!


Okay, maybe not, but Kim transformed online nudity from an unfortunate accident into a career-making moment.


Unfortunately for the aspiring young naked people of today, that window of opportunity closed not long after it opened.


Otherwise, Mimi Faust and Nikko London would be household names today.


In conclusion, it was briefly possible to shock the world by getting naked on the Internet, but those days are done.


We think we just wrote your acceptance speech, Kim. You’re welcome.

Holly Madison: I Was MISERABLE in the Playboy Mansion!

Life in the Playboy Mansion isn’t a picture perfect scene of nirvanic bliss for the women who live there?


Noooooo.



It has always sounded like a perfect misogynistic hell hole to me, and Holly Madison confirms as much in an interview with People.


Madison exposed a number of ugly truths about life as one of Hugh Hefner’s girlfriends in her tell-all book Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny.


But apparently, she didn’t tell ALL.


The author now has a few more scathing words about old man Hef and his House o’ Barbies.


“It was a constant struggle,” says Madison, who lived in the mansion for seven years. “I was trying to sell this image of ‘Oh everything is so great here,’ but I was miserable inside.”


“The Mansion is all about conformity and judgment and following the rules,” she continues.



Sweetie pie, of course it’s about conformity. Every woman in that house is the spitting image of one another.


“I didn’t like being a clone,” she admits. “That was definitely something that bothered me the whole time.”


“But the Mansion wasn’t a place where confidence was built,” she goes on to say.


“It was a place where manipulation was used to keep everyone scrambling to keep her spot in the house.”


And a place where sex with a geriatric was required.


Last year, Madison said she would not advise other women to follow in her footsteps.


“I kind of advise against it,” she said. “It might seem like something fun and glamorous or rebellious and dangerous in your 20s, but guess what? When you’re 30 or 40, you’re not going to want those pictures floating around.”


All of Madison’s revelations come as no surprise to me, but I suppose when you’re 20 and seeking approval from the world, being chosen to live in the mansion may be taken as some sort of sick validation.


Madison is currently promoting her new book, The Vegas Diaries, which chronicles her life in Las Vegas after she left the mansion.