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Sitcom star jailed for 30 years

<p><em>That ‘70s Show</em> star Danny Masterson has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for raping two women who were in the Church of Scientology with him in 2003. </p> <p>Masterson, 47, who was found guilty of raping victims Jen B and N Trout in his Hollywood home in June, received his sentence on Thursday, California time. </p> <p>The actor remained silent in court as he received 15 years for each count, which will be served consecutively. </p> <p>“One way or another you will have to come to terms with your prior actions, and their consequences,” Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Charlaine Olmedoe told Masterson,  according to the <em>New York Post</em>.</p> <p>The victims testified that they passed out after Materson gave them drinks, then he proceeded to violently rape them. </p> <p>Prosecutors claimed that Materson raped N Trout so violently that she threw up in her mouth. </p> <p>Prior to the sentencing, N Trout read out her victim statement, where she slammed the actor for his violent actions, but also forgave him and hoped that he would do better in prison. </p> <p>“You relish in hurting women. It is your addiction. It is without question your favourite thing to do,” she said, according to court reporter Meghann Cuniff.</p> <p>“Life is precious and fragile. Find your heart … Learn something. Read books. Listen to the brightness of nothing and get well. I forgive you." </p> <p>Jen B, on the other hand, reiterated the fact that there was no conspiracy to take down Materson or the Church of Scientology. </p> <p>This comes after the defence had previously argued that the sexual acts were consensual, accusing the women of co-ordinating their stories to discredit former Hollywood star.</p> <p>The victims also told the court that Scientology officials told them not to report the crime because Masterson was a high-ranking member of the church, and instead they were put through an ethics program. </p> <p>After an initial deadlock vote, the jury found Masterson guilty of two counts of rape, but could not reach a unanimous verdict on a third count alleging that the former star also assaulted his ex-girlfriend  Christina Bixler.</p> <p>However, he was not charged with any counts of drugging as there were no toxicology evidence to back up the women's statement, which will likely play a role in  Masterson’s plan to appeal the verdict.</p> <p>The Church of Scientology also released a statement, criticising the notion that they tried to silence the complaints, claiming that the women's testimony were “uniformly false”.</p> <p>“The Church has no policy prohibiting or discouraging members from reporting criminal conduct of anyone — Scientologists or not — to law enforcement,”</p> <p>“Quite the opposite, church policy explicitly demands Scientologists abide by all laws of the land.”</p> <p><em>Image: Lucy Nicholson - Pool/Getty Images</em></p>

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“A wake-up call for the cops”: Sydney protester Danny Lim released from hospital

<p dir="ltr">Well-known Sydney activist Danny Lim has been released from hospital after injuries to his head and face during an attempted arrest by police that sparked outcry.</p> <p dir="ltr">The 78-year-old, recognised by many for his sandwich board signs bearing political messages, was hospitalised after officers tried to arrest him for failing to “comply with a move-on order” at the Queen Victoria Building on Tuesday.</p> <p><span id="docs-internal-guid-def68152-7fff-863a-aabf-28d0df6634e4"></span></p> <p dir="ltr">Criminal lawyer Chris Murphy, a lawyer at the firm that represents Mr Lim, confirmed that he had been released from St Vincent’s Hospital on Thursday with “a plan in place for ongoing monitoring”.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Danny Lim has been released from hospital with a plan in place for ongoing monitoring. Thank you staff at St Vincent’s Darlinghurst for the loving care.Thank you to the community for your love &amp; support, hope to get our happy icon back with his smiles and his signs. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/beautiful?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#beautiful</a> <a href="https://t.co/k4ZclbOCyg">pic.twitter.com/k4ZclbOCyg</a></p> <p>— chris murphy (@chrismurphys) <a href="https://twitter.com/chrismurphys/status/1595493821323714560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2022</a></p></blockquote> <p dir="ltr">“Thank you staff at St Vincent’s Darlinghurst for the loving care,” he wrote on social media.</p> <p dir="ltr">"Thank you to the community for your love and support, hope to get our happy icon back with his smiles and his signs."</p> <p dir="ltr">Mr Murphy also shared footage of the incident and updates on the activist’s health, with the <em><a href="https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/sydney-man-danny-lim-arrest-to-undergo-independent-review-after-outrage/c4vq7yd9m" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SBS</a></em> reporting that Mr Lim was diagnosed with a subdural hematoma on Wednesday.</p> <p dir="ltr">"Internal skull damage diagnose(d)," Mr Murphy said on Twitter.</p> <p dir="ltr">Mr Lim was wearing a sign that read ‘Smile cvn’t! Why cvn’t?’ while walking through Sydney’s Queen Victoria Building on Tuesday when security told him to leave.</p> <p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4377394a-7fff-c06d-c274-0f2f1157eb29"></span></p> <p dir="ltr">Police were called and confronted the protester, with footage taken by a witness showing Mr Lim being tripped and pushed down by two officers, falling head-first onto the tiled floor and being handcuffed.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">BREAKING NEWS:VIDEO VIOLENT NSW POLICE ARREST OF INNOCENT 80 YEAR OLD MAN WEARING BILLBOARD A COURT HAS FOUND LEGAL THE LAST TIME HE WAS WRONGLY ARRESTED FOR IT. CVNT LIKE CENT AND CANT IS NOT AN OFFENSIVE TERM. LAST TIME COURT CRITICISED HEAVY HANDED VIOLENCE NOW IN HOSPITAL. <a href="https://t.co/Ovy942m4tx">pic.twitter.com/Ovy942m4tx</a></p> <p>— chris murphy (@chrismurphys) <a href="https://twitter.com/chrismurphys/status/1594898646981496832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2022</a></p></blockquote> <p dir="ltr">When Mr Lim was picked up off the tiled floor, blood could be seen on the ground and on his cheek, and officers “discontinued” the arrest.</p> <p dir="ltr">Speaking to <em><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/22/serial-protester-danny-lim-in-hospital-after-discontinued-arrest-in-sydney-cbd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Guardian Australia</a></em> from hospital, Mr Lim said he had asked police to call an ambulance and informed them he had post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).</p> <p dir="ltr">“I told them to ring an ambulance,” he said on Tuesday. </p> <p dir="ltr">“They refused.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I could be dead when they threw me down like that.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Businessman Mike Ashley, a witness to the altercation, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/24/danny-lim-asked-police-to-call-ambulance-and-told-them-of-his-ptsd-before-arrest-witness-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told the outlet</a> that he noticed the hearted confrontation and heard Mr Lim repeatedly asked officers to call an ambulance.</p> <p dir="ltr">Mr Ashley said Lim had been begging for an ambulance to be called before he was thrown to the ground.</p> <p dir="ltr">“He let them know very clearly that he had PTSD, and that he needed an ambulance,” Mr Ashley said. </p> <p dir="ltr">“He voiced that very clearly at the outset. He became increasingly agitated as they approached him.”</p> <p dir="ltr">But, when Mr Ashley said he was threatened by officers when he tried to intervene and asked Mr Lim if he should call an ambulance.</p> <p dir="ltr">“The officer … said, ‘If you do that, we will charge you with hindering an arrest,’” he said. </p> <p dir="ltr">“It didn’t seem like the sort of thing that you might use to de-escalate [the] situation.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Following the incident, the actions officers took during the arrest will be subject to an independent review.</p> <p dir="ltr">In a statement, police said Mr Lim had failed to comply with move-on orders from security and officers.</p> <p dir="ltr">"Police will allege the man was subsequently issued with a move on direction by officers and failed to comply," they said.</p> <p dir="ltr">"The man's arrest was discontinued after he struggled with police and sustained an injury to his cheekbone ...</p> <p dir="ltr">"As inquiries into the incident continue, an independent review has been launched, which will examine the actions of police during the incident."</p> <p dir="ltr">His recent arrest has been condemned by many online and by politicians, including the NSW Greens.</p> <p dir="ltr">"The actions by the NSW Police yesterday were completely out of line and an indication of just how dangerous new police powers are to the vulnerable in our society," Greens MP Sue Higginson said on Wednesday.</p> <p dir="ltr">"This type of violent arrest can happen to anyone, anywhere."</p> <p dir="ltr">Independent member Alex Greenwich told <em><a href="https://www.crikey.com.au/2022/11/23/danny-lim-hospitalised-nsw-over-policing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Crikey</a></em> the incident was “deeply concerning” and an example of “over-policing”.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Sydneysiders have a great deal of affection for Danny Lim and people know who he is and that he is a peaceful protester and a harmless person. It’s deeply concerning to see over-policing, let alone over-policing leading to someone being injured,” he said.</p> <p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-38bb2749-7fff-0c0c-cfc0-5ff7a3e3fe53"></span></p> <p dir="ltr">“I hope this is a wake-up call for the cops and I obviously hope that Danny has a full recovery.”</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Today after being smashed into the floor by New South Wales Police. Internal skull damage diagnose. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DannyLim?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DannyLim</a> <a href="https://t.co/Cc5IvO3nP9">pic.twitter.com/Cc5IvO3nP9</a></p> <p>— chris murphy (@chrismurphys) <a href="https://twitter.com/chrismurphys/status/1594913582063706112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2022</a></p></blockquote> <p dir="ltr">Amnesty International Australia said they had documented incidents where police used force against people, like Mr Lim, who were expressing their right to freedom of expression and hoped NSW Police would follow through on holding an independent review.</p> <p dir="ltr">“People like 78-year-old Danny Lim should be free to express themselves without fearing injury,” the organisation said.</p> <p dir="ltr">Mr Lim has previously been arrested and fined $500 for wearing the same sign, but was deemed to be allowed to wear it after a successful court case in 2019.</p> <p dir="ltr">Magistrate Jaqueline Milledge ruled at the time in favour of Mr Lim, saying “the police action was heavy-handed and unnecessary” and ruling that the signs may be cheeky but weren’t criminally offensive.</p> <p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-5657dbd1-7fff-2b1e-ab73-e7279a271691"></span></p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image: Twitter</em></p>

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"Your Danny": John Travolta's touching tribute to Olivia

<p>John Travolta has honoured his long-time friend and co-star Olivia Newton-John who <a href="https://www.oversixty.com.au/health/caring/honouring-dame-olivia-newton-john" target="_blank" rel="noopener">died</a> on August 9th at age 73. </p> <p>The pair appeared in the classic 1978 film <em>Grease</em> together as Danny Zuko and Sandy Olsson, and remained friends long after the movie's success. </p> <p>In an emotional post to Instagram, Travolta paid tribute to his late friend while sharing a photo of a young Olivia. </p> <p>He wrote, "My dearest Olivia, you made all of our lives so much better. Your impact was incredible. I love you so much."</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/ChAtHO1psCS/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"> </div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/ChAtHO1psCS/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by John Travolta (@johntravolta)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p>"We will see you down the road and we will all be together again. Yours from the first moment I saw you and forever!"</p> <p>"Your Danny, your John!"</p> <p>The most has racked up over one million likes in just a few hours, with many people sharing their love for <em>Grease</em> in the comments. </p> <p>The 1978 musical, directed by Randal Kleiser, became a cultural phenomenon with $366 million at the worldwide box office.</p> <p>The single <em>Hopelessly Devoted to You</em>, performed by Newton-John, was nominated at the Oscars for original song.</p> <p>The film’s soundtrack was the second biggest album of the year in the U.S., only trailing behind the Travolta-starring <em>Saturday Night Fever</em>.</p> <p>John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John often reunited for the film's various anniversaries, with the the on-screen couple even recreating their iconic dance on the red carpet for the 40th anniversary screening of the movie in 2018.</p> <p><em>Image credits: Getty Images</em></p>

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Danny Abdallah reveals emotional phone call from Scott Morrison

<p>Danny Abdallah has shared the details of an emotional phone call with Prime Minister Scott Morrison after the sentencing of the man who killed three of his children. </p> <p>Samuel Davidson <span style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: #212529; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji';">was charged with the manslaughter of Veronique Sakr, 11, and her cousins, siblings Antony, 13, Angelina, 12, and Sienna Abdallah, 8, when they were struck by his car as they walked to get ice cream near Oatlands golf course in February 2020.</span></p> <p>After the man was sentenced in a Sydney court, the grieving father said he received an unexpected phone call from the Prime Minister. </p> <p>"The day of the sentencing, they sentenced the driver. I walked out of court and he was the first person to call me," Mr Abdallah said.</p> <p>"He said 'Danny nothing will ever replace your kids.' But it was the biggest manslaughter sentence, 28 years, that they've ever given out.'"</p> <p>"He goes 'but this sentencing was a good sentencing'."</p> <p>Mr Abdallah, who has become friendly with the Prime Minister after several meetings since the tragedy in 2020, added, "Who does that, that's our Prime Minister, this is the stuff he does off camera."</p> <p>"He's like a normal person, he's one of us."</p> <p>Mr Abdallah also revealed he got a text from the PM on Father's Day, saying, "I'm thinking of you."</p> <p>"I remember Father's Day. I was at Rockwood cemetery, it was my first year, I was crying, upset and thinking about the kids," he said.</p> <p>"He messages me 'Daniel I'm thinking of you today.' On Father's Day."</p> <p>Samuel Davidson <span style="caret-color: #212529; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; font-size: 16px;">was charged with the manslaughter of Veronique Sakr, 11, and her cousins, siblings Antony, 13, Angelina, 12, and Sienna Abdallah, 8, when they were struck by his car as they walked to get ice cream near Oatlands golf course in February 2020.</span></p> <p style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; caret-color: #212529; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji';">When the accident occurred, Davidson was under the influence of drugs and alcohol, and driving erratically before he mounted the footpath and struck the group of children. </p> <p>In the candid interview, Mr Abdallah said Jenny Morrison had also offered support to his family after they were burgled.</p> <p>"We had our house broken into at the time about six, eight months after the tragedy," he said.</p> <p>"Leila was at home, someone had run upstairs and taken some jewellery and bolted out, it was all over the news."</p> <p>"His wife Jen rings Leila and says 'Listen I'm going to come and stay over at your place tonight just so you can feel safe.'"</p> <p>"How humbling is that see the Prime Minister's wife reach out," he added.</p> <p>"This is something from the heart... they're genuine people."</p> <p><em>Image credits: Instagram</em></p>

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Man purchases home for $1.50 - but there’s a catch!

<p dir="ltr">A man struggling to enter the property market has revealed how he purchased his home for just $1.50 - but there’s a catch. </p> <p dir="ltr">Danny McCubbin, who is originally from the Gold Coast, wanted to upend his life once more and move from busy London. </p> <p dir="ltr">On his mind was a quiet, peaceful area where he could enjoy his life – and the small town in Mussomeli, Mussomeli, took his breath away.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I fell in love with this town,” Danny told news.com.au.</p> <p dir="ltr">Danny took a leap of faith and bought his home in 2019 for just $1.50 (plus a further 3000 euros for notary and inspection fees). </p> <p dir="ltr">However, a condition of the house was that he would have to renovate it within three years of purchase or he’d have to pay a further 5000 euros (AU$7,571) to the government. </p> <p dir="ltr">The pandemic threw a spanner in the works, making Danny’s mission to renovate his home almost impossible.</p> <p dir="ltr">Danny then decided it would be cheaper to purchase another home and renovate that. </p> <p dir="ltr">“I ended up buying myself a house for 8000 euros, which is less than the cost of my car. And I spent 5000 on it and renovated that,” he revealed.</p> <p dir="ltr">“That’s where I live now. It’s a beautiful place, it’s got a view of the mountains, it’s just perfect for me.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Danny offered his best tips to those looking to do the same: spend time in the city where you plan to buy, see as many houses as you can, bring a friend who knows a bit about engineering, and don’t fall for the view.</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Images: Instagram</em></p>

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What made Bob Saget’s Danny Tanner so different from other sitcom dads

<p>Bob Saget, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/09/arts/television/bob-saget-dead.html">who died on Jan. 9, 2022</a>, is probably best remembered for his role as Danny Tanner on the popular sitcom “<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092359/">Full House</a>,” which aired from 1987 to 1995.</p> <p>I think fans of the show have such fond memories of this character because Danny exemplified what it meant to “be there” as a parent. A single dad whose wife had passed away, he was eager to lend an ear to daughters D.J., Stephanie and Michelle, offering them support and reassurance through the twists and turns of childhood and adolescence.</p> <p>Why heap so much praise on a sitcom dad? It’s easy to disregard TV as mere mindless entertainment. But entertainment media can both reflect and reshape culture – including how fathers interact with their children. <a href="https://psycnet.apa.org/buy/1990-25264-001">They can influence how viewers think about fathers</a>, regardless of the accuracy of those portrayals.</p> <p><a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=GzIcrG8AAAAJ&amp;hl=en">As someone who studies stereotypes of fathers</a>, I view Danny as an avatar of the changing expectations of fatherhood that began in the late 1970s.</p> <h2>Danny Tanner and ‘being there’</h2> <p>Danny Tanner was a 30-something widower when Full House premiered. That wasn’t a common situation for his demographic – <a href="https://www.census.gov/prod/1/pop/p20-365.pdf">less than 1% in his bracket shared it</a> – and it allowed viewers to watch Danny parent his three daughters with the help of his brother-in-law and his best friend.</p> <p>Nonetheless, in nearly every episode, viewers saw Danny “being there” for his family. “Being there” is a concept that describes <a href="https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;id=_gEDfhZp5s0C&amp;oi=fnd&amp;pg=PR1&amp;dq=promises+i+can+keep&amp;ots=8ac2OWdjLK&amp;sig=mnXZdjICi5BLnhGI-Np8UrcfGlc#v=onepage&amp;q=promises%20i%20can%20keep&amp;f=false">being physically and emotionally involved with your children</a>. This term took <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12376">on particular significance for fathers in the late 20th century</a>. “Being there” allowed dads to be seen as more than just financial providers and recognized that fathers interact with their children in varied and important ways.</p> <p>In the earlier part of the century, fathers were assumed to be breadwinners and not much else, a stereotype reflected in the era’s popular media. For example, sitcom fathers on “<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046600/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0">Father Knows Best</a>,” which aired from 1954 to 1960, and “<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051267/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3">The Donna Reed Show</a>,” which ended its run in 1966, bore little responsibility for actual child care beyond a pat on the head and some occasional discipline.</p> <p>Beginning in the 1970s, psychologist Michael Lamb encouraged a change in how we thought about fathers and broadened the definition of what he called “<a href="https://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/271493">father involvement</a>.”</p> <p>Lamb proposed three dimensions of father involvement: engagement, availability and responsibility. The last of these, responsibility – which involved financial support and parental guidance – could be spotted in some form in the preceding sitcoms. But engagement and availability, which tend to involve day-to-day emotional support, were almost entirely foreign.</p> <p>Danny Tanner’s approach to fatherhood, by contrast, demonstrated perhaps the fullest realization of these changing expectations.</p> <p>One episode, “Back to School Blues,” featured oldest daughter D.J. starting junior high. Spoiler alert: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnIQu35CCDc">It doesn’t go well</a>. She’s teased by older girls, wears the same outfit as one of the teachers, and spends lunch alone. (I was a year younger than D.J., and this episode made me nervous about my own entry into junior high.)</p> <p>When Danny doesn’t approve of D.J.‘s attempts to look older to fit in and make friends, she storms off to her room saying she wants to be left alone. Danny says he can’t do that, and then listens as she explains everything that went wrong at school.</p> <p>In this short scene, he reinforced family rules and provided emotional support, while showing that he would “be there” for D.J. whenever she needed.</p> <h2>A different kind of dad</h2> <p>Though Danny represented a departure from the typical sitcom father, he didn’t exactly spearhead a new trend.</p> <p>Immature and irresponsible fathers – the kind seen in popular shows like “<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096697/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0">The Simpsons</a>,” “<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101120/">Home Improvement</a>” and “<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092400/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0">Married … With Children</a>” – were more commonplace. To this day, <a href="https://theconversation.com/why-are-sitcom-dads-still-so-inept-139737">the stereotype of the bumbling dad persists on TV</a>.</p> <p><iframe width="440" height="260" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wKf7i3DZi-c?wmode=transparent&amp;start=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe> <span class="caption">Danny comforts D.J. after she admits she isn’t happy with her body.</span></p> <p><a href="https://psycnet.apa.org/buy/2015-25403-001">In my research</a>, I found that single sitcom dads with full child care responsibilities were shown interacting with their children more often than married sitcom dads. Compared to their married counterparts on the tube, they were more likely to offer kindness, care, love, support and guidance. Along with Danny, these characters included Mr. Drummond on “<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077003/">Diff’rent Strokes</a>,” Tony Micelli in “<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086827/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0">Who’s the Boss?</a>” and Maxwell Sheffield on “<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106080/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0">The Nanny</a>.”</p> <p>On the other hand, married sitcom father-child interactions were more likely to involve criticism and sarcastic humor. In fact, married sitcom fathers often made jokes at their children’s expense.</p> <p>Why does this discrepancy exist?</p> <p><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2007.00473.x?casa_token=L_W94GXie6kAAAAA:hB5-n-UFrNCGS2C2vVjT1oBL8bdvSocrrzk99GlyY_oy_kOP6jzVByhxeyrDmKaLXMUmLOgMJ26YnVpC">My research has found</a> that in real life, married fathers are thought to be loving and kind but with room for improvement as parents. They’re seen as the right-hand man to mothers, who have taken the lead in parenting. Because of this, people expect more bumbling and less skill.</p> <p>Single dads, however, tend to be viewed as selfless and dedicated, because the assumption is that they’ve put their children above all else.</p> <p>Danny Tanner isn’t the novelty today that he was in the early 1990s. But if his character is instructive in any way, it’s that dads shouldn’t have to lose their wives to be the best parent they can be.<!-- End of code. If you don't see any code above, please get new code from the Advanced tab after you click the republish button. The page counter does not collect any personal data. 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Julia Roberts shares rare pic of twins in sweet tribute

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Julia Roberts has shared a rare snap of her twins, Hazel and Phinnaeus, in a sweet tribute for their 17th birthday.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Taking to Instagram, the </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pretty Woman</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> star wrote, “Seventeen of the Sweetest years of life” along with 17 birthday cake emojis to accompany a throwback photo of the twins as babies.</span></p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CW1VDguBV6F/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CW1VDguBV6F/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Julia Roberts (@juliaroberts)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Her husband, Danny Moder, also took to social media to celebrate the special occasion. He shared a more recent photo of the pair, writing, “These rabble rousers. 17 today. Thank you for helping me through fatherhood.”</span></p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CW1g7ubvW7L/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CW1g7ubvW7L/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by modermoder (@modermoder)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Julia and Danny have kept their personal lives far away from the spotlight, and their daughter Hazel made her <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a38376389/julia-roberts-celebrates-twins-17th-birthday-pics/" target="_blank">first red carpet appearance</a> at the Cannes film festival earlier this year. Dressed in a pastel yellow long-sleeved dress, Hazel made the rare appearance in celebration of her Danny’s movie <em>Flag Day</em>, which also premiered at the festival.</span></p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ7iWowrv2_/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ7iWowrv2_/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by modermoder (@modermoder)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The star couple recently marked another family milestone, with Danny posting a photo from the early days of their relationship to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Today we start our 20th year of marriage,” Danny began the caption. “This photo was on a dusty road before that big idea … just holding on to this beautiful girl one day at a time. One epic day at a time.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Danny and Julia were married on July 4, 2002, after first meeting on the set of Julia and Brad Pitt’s film </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Mexican</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In 2004, the couple welcomed Hazel and Phinnaeus into the family, before having their third child, Henry, in 2007.</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image: Getty Images</span></em></p>

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Leila Abdallah thanks community for restoring memorial

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Leila and Danny Abdallah have thanked the community after the desecrated memorial for the four children who lost their lives in the Oatlands crash was restored.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After the memorial was torn down by a vandal, Leila Adballah said it felt like a “knife was put in my heart”.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The simple memorial included framed photos of her children Anthony, 13, Angelina, 12, and Sienna Abdallah, nine, as well as their cousin Veronique Sakr, 11 that were hung on a fence in the Sydney suburb after their deaths in February last year.</span></p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CPekk9vBOZh/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CPekk9vBOZh/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Leila Geagea Abdallah (@leila._abdallah)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On Sunday morning, the memorial - which is the only public memento to the children - was found desecrated, with the photos ripped off the fence.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Somebody had the nerve to strip down my kids’ pictures and strip down the temporary memorial on Bettington Rd where the kids passed away,” Leila Abdallah said on Instagram.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Obviously they didn’t have the courage to do it in the day. It was done at night,” she continued.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“All over Australia there are memorials in honour of people that have died in car accidents and I have never heard of anyone attempting to get rid of them.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It disappoints me that the person wouldn’t have the decency to reach out and talk to me.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It’s public space and we are allowed to have it there. This is the last memory I have with my children.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Memorial or no memorial that place will always be reminded of those beautiful children having their lives cut short.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abdallah said she hopes a permanent memorial will be built in the near future.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Her husband, Danny, was seen at the memorial on Sunday restoring it.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">By Monday, the memorial had been restored to its former glory and had been adorned with numerous flower bouquets.</span></p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CPheMCcBhnS/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CPheMCcBhnS/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Leila Geagea Abdallah (@leila._abdallah)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The mourning parents thanked the community for their support.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Thank you for your love and support,” Leila said on social media on Monday afternoon.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The Abdallah, Sakr, and Kassass family are blessed to have you all in our lives.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“No matter what you go through, walk a peaceful path and God will do the rest.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She concluded: “Stay loving, forgiving, and resilient.”</span></p>

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Thief breaks into home of family who lost three kids in crash tragedy

<p>A family who lost their three children in a horror car crash in February of 2020 have been robbed by a masked intruder in broad daylight.</p> <p>Leila Abdallah lost Anthony, Angelina and Sienna, who all died when a drunk and drugged driver ran them over in Oatlands.</p> <p>Now, she and her husband Danny have been hit with another blow after reports claim the mother was at her home in Telopea when a masked intruder broke inside at around 11:45 am on Wednesday.</p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7840982/abdallah-family-1.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/65f5855130d5435598d0854cad34b8dc" /></p> <p>Ms Abdallah was standing in the kitchen looking at photos of her children when she saw the perpetrator near the front door.</p> <p>He was holding a bag and other belongings but quickly fled when she confronted him.</p> <p>CCTV caught the man wearing black track pants and a dark blue hoodie.</p> <p>He was recorded running away from the house and hopping into a white Audi S3 Sedan.</p> <p>The man, who had an accomplice driver, had taken jewellery, handbags and other possessions from the upstairs bedrooms.</p> <p>Ms Abdallah told reporters that while the material value of the possessions was not important, some of the stolen items had sentimental value linked to her children.</p> <p>“He took a watch, but it’s not about the watch. This watch reminds me of me and Angelina walking to the store to buy this watch. So it’s a bit sentimental for us, and invading our privacy,” she said.</p> <p>“God’s watching him, God knows who he is,” Ms Abdallah went on to say, calling on the man to listen to his conscience.</p> <p>Ms Abdallah says the man may have taken an iPhone that belonged to her late son Anthony.</p> <p>The robber is believed to possibly have been inside for 10 minutes ransacking the bedrooms.</p> <p>Police are calling on the man and the driver of the Audi to turn themselves in, saying the Abdallahs have had to face horror after horror since losing their three children and their cousin Veronique Sakr.</p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7840981/abdallah-family-3.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/9a9e3b0d303f47a0bc936f30e2000660" /></p> <p>“In the last 12 months, the victims of the Telopea incident have endured an incredible ordeal,” Detective Superintendent Darryl Jobson, Cumberland area police commander said on Thursday.</p> <p>“And I appeal to the conscience of the people responsible for this crime to hand themselves in to the police, and I also appeal to them to return the property of those victims.”</p> <p>The intruder is described as being Caucasian, skinny, about 183 centimetres tall, aged in his 20s and with light hair.</p> <p>The Audi’s registration plates read as EGJ-56M, and is thought to have been stolen from North Rocks earlier this week.</p>

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Oatlands driver who killed four kids to be hit with jail sentence

<p><span>Samuel William Davidson is set to find out how long he will spend in prison for mowing down a group of children on a Sydney footpath.</span><br /><br /><span>The 31-year-old had been drinking, and had consumed drugs at the time of the accident.</span><br /><br /><span>He was speeding when his ute mounted a kerb at Oatlands, in Sydney’s northwest, on February 1 of 2020.</span><br /><br /><span>The children had been walking to a supermarket to buy ice-cream.</span></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7840632/oatlands-children-1.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/9838e5e4b23a4de3bf6a103e0b1c3591" /><br /><br /><span>Davidson, who was a professional truck driver, plead guilty to the manslaughter of Veronique Sakr, 11, and her cousins, Sienna Abdallah, eight, and her siblings Angelina, 12, and Antony, 13.</span><br /><br /><span>The man had been speeding at the time and also pleaded guilty to three charges relating to the injuries caused to three other kids who were hurt, including a boy who has suffered permanent brain damage.</span><br /><br /><span>Davidson was travelling 133km/h in a 50km/h zone.</span><br /><br /><span>He clocked in at 111km/h during the time of impact.</span><br /><br /><span>After the incident, Davidson could be heard saying: “What have I done? ... I have killed people ... I am going to jail.”</span><br /><br /><span>Police said he had a blood alcohol reading of 0.15 which was three times the legal limit.</span><br /><br /><span>The man also had MDMA in his system.</span></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7840631/oatlands-children-2.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/978950a04de14c7fad8b7ecb3ff7b3f4" /><br /><br /><span>Danny Abdallah, who is the father of three of the children who were killed, told the court in March that while he blamed not only Davidson but also the culture accepts consuming excessive drugs and alcohol as good.</span><br /><br /><span>“This culture needs to stop, because of this culture I buried half of my children,” Mr Abdallah said.</span></p>

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Drunk driver who killed four children receives 21 years in prison: “No sentence can help ease that pain”

<p>Samuel William Davidson will spend a minimum of 21 years behind bars after he ploughed into a group of children on a Sydney pavement, a court has ruled on Friday.</p> <p>The man, who was on drugs, drunk and speeding was sentenced to a maximum of 28 years in jail for the tragic crash in Oatlands killed siblings Antony, 13, Angelina, 12, and Sienna Abdallah, 8, and their cousin Veronique Sakr, 11.</p> <p>He will be eligible for release in January 2041.</p> <p>Danny Abdallah, the father who lost three of his children in the devastating crash said nothing could bring them back, and the lengthy jail term was “God’s will.”</p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7840643/oatlands-children-1.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/de3c9b35c61d4357bbfdb22374af89d8" /></p> <p>“Whether he gets one year or 100 years we won’t get Antony, Angelina, Sienna and Veronique back,” he said while standing alongside his stricken wife Leila.</p> <p>“The most beautiful, innocent and pure-hearted children were killed on the 1st of February 2020</p> <p>“We will all have our hearts broken until the day we take our last breath and no sentence can help ease that pain.”</p> <p>Mr Abdallah said the sentence meant that the Davidson family had also lost a son, meaning it was a “lose-lose” situation for everyone.</p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7840642/oatlands-children-2.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/1cc506b89c8b47518d037831bfafeb81" /></p> <p>“Our focus was never really about what serving a sentence was going to be,” he said.</p> <p>“When we made that choice of forgiveness we focused on our kids.</p> <p>“We knew justice would be served and it was served because it was God’s will this sentence.”</p> <p>The mother of Veronique, Bridget Sakr said too many lives have been lost due to dangerous driving that is often influenced by drugs and alcohol.</p> <p>On February 22, seven children were walking along the footpath to a local IGA. They had been meaning to buy ice cream to evade the summer heat.</p> <p>At around 7:30 pm, the group of kids were hit by Davidson who had been travelling at 133km/h after 12 hours of drinking and drug-taking.</p> <p>Judge Bennett revealed that the graphic scene had seen the kid’s bodies found metres apart from each other.</p> <p>Out of the seven that were struck, only three survived with horrible injuries.</p> <p><img style="width: 0px; height: 0px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7840644/oatlands-children.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/5e2000f47cfb43ebb5c6b9de97a072ea" /></p> <p>Judge James Bennett spoke in court on Friday, saying Davidson’s “horrific” actions and “menacing” driving that day showed he had abandoned all his morals.</p> <p>“The manner of driving was such that tragedy was inevitable,” the judge said.</p> <p>“The magnitude of the tragedy extends to the unimaginable.”</p>

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First Christmas without them

<p><span>The grieving parents who lost their children after a drunk driver ran into a group of kids walking to get ice cream in Sydney’s west, have opened up about how they will deal with their first family Christmas without them.</span><br /><br /><span>Danny and Leila Abdallah spoke at an event to raise money for charity,<em> Feel the Magic,</em> which aims to help children who are grieving the loss of someone special.</span><br /><br /><span>Their son Antony, 13 and daughters Angelina, 12, and Sienna, 8, were struck on a footpath in Oatlands alongside their cousin Veronique Sakr, 11 in February this year after a drunk and drug-affected driver, Samuel Davidson, crashed into them.</span></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7839065/abdullah-family-1.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/2e75a3fd82214fd99c8793d68336d1e0" /><br /><br /><span>A fifth child was left in a critical condition and spent 80 days in hospital but survived, while two other children were also injured.</span><br /><br /><span>Mrs Abdallah said holidays have been difficult to cope with since the tragedy occurred and this Christmas Eve would have been Angelina’s 13th birthday.</span><br /><br /><span>“That’s why we named her Angelina, which means ‘little angel’,” she told the event on Thursday night.</span><br /><br /><span>“Christmas is a very hard moment for us … We’re just trying to be ourselves and focus on our healing of mind, body and soul.”</span><br /><br /><span>Mr Abdallah said that while this holiday season will be difficult, he was determined to bring “joy” to his three other children.</span><br /><br /><span>“We’re trying to have our Christmas as it was last year so they can at least feel that joy,” the father-of-six said.</span></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7839068/abdullah-family-2.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/cc94774156c9474188e4ad4dbd45ddc0" /><br /><br /><span>“Even if we don’t feel that joy because we miss them (Antony, Angelina and Sienna), we’re trying to do it for our kids.”</span><br /><br /><span>He said his kids were in the “best possible place” after losing their siblings.</span><br /><br /><span>“My heart is broken. I have no motivation,” Mr Abdallah said.</span><br /><br /><span>“It's painful but I can’t let them (my wife and other children) down … They’ve given me that purpose to wake up every morning.</span><br /><br /><span>“You need to build a trusted team around you to get through grief because it’s something you can’t do on your own.”</span><br /><br /><span>Mrs Abdallah told the audience she had began attending church daily, exercised six days a week and surrounded herself with positive people to help her cope with the loss.</span><br /><br /><span>Veronique’s mother Bridget Sakr — who also attended the event — said her faith, hope and having a purpose to live and look after her son got her out of bed each day.</span></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7839066/abdullah-family-4.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/0d9c154762b84b518240ef6ee10c8b4b" /><br /><br /><span>“Knowing our children are in heaven. They’re alive. We just can’t physically see them but they’re with us all the time,” she said.</span><br /><br /><span>“I have a family to support and be a role model for and there is hope for all of us to see our children flourish.”</span></p>

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Who is Danny Wallis? The man who bought three houses on The Block

<p>Danny Wallis, a super-rich IT entrepreneur, dominated The Block's auction day and snapped up three out of four houses for almost $12 million.</p> <p>He offered "insane" bids on each house, which led to jaw-dropping moments for the excited contestants.</p> <p>Even host Scott Cam was surprised, as he said that it was "the most unbelievable day in Block history".</p> <p>Fans of the renovation show will remember Wallis, as he's bought Mitch and Mark's property last season for a cool $3.374 million and bidding on all five properties.</p> <p>However, despite his love of buying houses from the TV show, he's insisted he's never watched the show.</p> <p>This didn't stop him from being called a "bit of a nuisance" by Block buyer's advocate Frank Valentic.</p> <p>“I’ve never been at an auction where people get five minutes think time,”<span> </span><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.realestate.com.au/news/the-block-2019-the-man-who-bought-mitch-and-marks-property/?rsf=syn:news:nca:news:spa" target="_blank">he said</a>.</p> <p>“Danny is a local businessman here in Melbourne … We’ve seen him at a<span> </span><em>Block</em><span> </span>auction before, and he has a tactic of confusing everyone in the crowd,”<span> </span><em>Block</em><span> </span>presenter Shelley Craft explained during last year’s finale, after Wallis offered a bid that left the auctioneer flummoxed: $3,308,050. The auctioneer quipped that it was “$3,308,000 and half a litre of petrol.”</p> <p>Despite his showboating antics, Wallis has plans for the South Australian farmer couple's home.</p> <p>He's going to donate the home to My Room Children's Cancer Charity.</p> <p>“What an amazing day it was and a real thrill to buy the three houses. I was so impressed with the builds this year, the location in Brighton, and the potential as an investor for the properties in the future,” Wallis said in a statement released by Nine.</p> <p>“The My Room Children’s Cancer Charity do so many wonderful things for sick children and their families, and they will benefit so much from having access to Daniel and Jade’s amazing home.</p> <p>“It is made extra special for me because I know Daniel and Jade have been through so much with their daughter Isla over the years, in and out of hospital, and they will understand just how important the house will be for My Room and all the incredible work they do for sick children and their families.”</p> <p><em>Photo credits:<span> </span></em><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/reality-tv/danny-wallis-who-is-the-blocks-controversial-12m-megabuyer/news-story/6979af8f4e65cf58f8ac741bd8747351" target="_blank"><em>news.com.au</em></a></p>

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Julia Roberts shares rare photograph with husband Danny Moder

<p><span>Julia Roberts has shared a tribute to her husband, Danny Moder, to celebrate their wedding anniversary.</span><br /><br /><span>The Hollywood heavyweight, 52, posted a loved-up photograph with her hubby on Instagram, captioning it simply “18 years” and the hashtag“#heckyes”.</span></p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CCOnpCssjou/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CCOnpCssjou/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Julia Roberts (@juliaroberts)</a> on Jul 4, 2020 at 10:24am PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p><br /><span>Roberts and Moder, 51, first met in 2000 on the set of The Mexican.</span><br /><br /><span>They married two years later, on July 4, at her ranch in New Mexico.</span></p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BxYOJmKApwR/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BxYOJmKApwR/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by modermoder (@modermoder)</a> on May 12, 2019 at 2:59pm PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p><br /><span>The pair share three children, Henry 12, and 15-year-old twins Phinnaeus and Hazel.</span><br /><br /><span>The Oscar winner and cinematographer are both renowned for their extremely private relationship, but in 2019 Moder shared a small glimpse into their family life in a Mother’s Day tribute to his wife.</span><br /><br /><span>He shared a sweet photo of the Pretty Woman star surrounded by their kids, captioning it: “That pretty mama in</span></p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/Baz5y3-AR26/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Baz5y3-AR26/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by modermoder (@modermoder)</a> on Oct 28, 2017 at 4:58pm PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p><span><span>In an episode of the Goop podcast in late 2018, the actor described how she experienced a “seismic shift” when she met Moder.</span><br /><br /><span>“That was the first, like, my life will never be the same in the most incredible, indescribable way … He truly, to this day, to this minute, is just my favourite human,” she said.</span><br /><br /><span>“I’m more interested in what he has to say or his point of view just more than anybody. Really, we’re so lucky in that way. We just really, really like each other and we just enjoy each other’s company.”</span></span></p>

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“I didn’t feel I was worthy”: AFL coach Danny Frawley on his mental health struggle

<p>Ten months before his death, Danny Frawley opened up about his mental health struggles.</p> <p>On an episode of his <em>No Man Should Ever Walk Alone</em> podcast, the AFL star detailed his battle with depression to psychologist Peter Zarris.</p> <p>“Dramatic changes in mood and behaviour, that was me … isolation, I actually craved it when I was going through my worst,” he said.</p> <p>“Guys would text me, say they’d come around, because they knew I was battling a bit. I’d text them ‘come around’ and I’d actually pull the shutters down on the blinds … for some reason I didn’t feel I was worthy enough.”</p> <p>Frawley recalled how the people around him brushed off his coaching failures by citing his achievement as a player.</p> <p>“‘Danny, the coaching didn’t go that well but boy are you doing a great job in the media. You were a captain for nine years out at St Kilda that must have been absolutely outstanding’,” he quoted.</p> <p>“I can remember going to functions and not even having conversations with people – I don’t know whether I was just walking around like a peacock – but it was all about what people thought of me. But at the end of the day, it was what I thought about me.”</p> <p>The former St Kilda captain and Richmond coach said he coped with his mental health issues and lack of sleep by turning to alcohol and training.</p> <p>“That was what I was taught in the past, if you’ve got an issue work it off,” he said. “So I actually did 10 things at once.”</p> <p>He said at one point his wife Anita told him he was no longer the man she married, and insisted he should see a doctor.</p> <p>“A lot of comedians have depression – and that was me,” Frawley said.</p> <p>“Acting the goat in the media, my wife would say ‘gee, you’re so vivacious in front of a group, in front of the media and you come home Danny, and you’re a different bloke to the one I married’. I’m sure if I didn’t go through what I went through, my wife was going to leave me.”</p> <p>Frawley said while perception of mental illness had changed since he began playing football more than three decades ago, it still had a long way to go.</p> <p>“We’re still in this zone of we better hide in the corner, put our head in our hands and think ‘oh gee, I hope no one finds out I’ve got a mental health issue’. The glass ceiling has been cracked but we need to smash it open.”</p> <p>“The fact that it [suicide] is preventable is the most tragic thing,” Zarris responded. “I can’t emphasise enough, depression isn’t like having a permanent disability – you can move past it.”</p> <p>Frawley died on Monday at 56 in a car crash near Ballarat, Victoria. Calls for more resources and discussions around men’s mental health have been renewed as <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/afl/i-didnt-feel-i-was-worthy-enough-danny-frawley-on-life-death/news-story/70982a3377bc18176b917cd9de3945a1?from=htc_rss" target="_blank">a coroner is investigating Frawley’s death</a>.</p>

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“Devastated”: AFL coach Danny Frawley’s family release statement about his death

<p>The devastated family of Danny Frawley have spoken out about his shock death yesterday after the tributes flowed in for the AFL legend.</p> <p>The 56-year-old St Kilda Hall of Famer died at the scene of a car crash near Ballarat in Victoria on Monday.</p> <p>He was the only person in the car when it crashed into a tree at around 1:30pm, in what Victorian Police have described as a “significant collision scene”.</p> <p>The world of AFL was left reeling from the passing of a legend of the game and yesterday, the family released their first statement.</p> <p>“On Monday Danny was taken tragically from us,” the statement read.</p> <p>“The Frawley family are devastated, but full of love and pride for a remarkable man who touched the lives of many.</p> <p>“To some he was known as an AFL footballer, coach and media figure, but to his wife Anita and their three daughters; Chelsea, Danielle and Keeley, Danny was a loving husband and a devoted dad. Danny adored his family.</p> <p>“The Frawley families are totally shocked and devastated by his passing, but Danny provided us with strength, good humour and unwavering support during his extraordinary life, memories which will be cherished and help us cope with his tragic death.”</p> <p>“We would like to sincerely thank everyone for the outpouring of love and kindness at this time. We are overwhelmed by the messages of support following his death. We are humbled, proud and incredibly touched,” the statement continues.</p> <p>“His legacy and love of his family will never be dimmed. Forever in our hearts.”</p> <p>Tributes have flowed for the Hall of Famer, with Fox Footy having dedicated their Monday night to remember the legacy that Danny has left behind.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr">Tributes have flowed today for Danny Frawley after his tragic death yesterday. <br /><br />“People got to tell their Danny stories today. I was amazed how many people had a single, fleeting encounter with Danny, that was lasting.” - Gerard <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AFL360?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AFL360</a> <a href="https://t.co/J2Fnk4YWCt">pic.twitter.com/J2Fnk4YWCt</a></p> — FOX FOOTY (@FOXFOOTY) <a href="https://twitter.com/FOXFOOTY/status/1171362353293561858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2019</a></blockquote> <p>AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan has detailed how the league plans to honour the memory of Danny, as two games will take place during the weekend with both games holding a moment of silence. All players, umpires and match officials will be wearing black armbands.</p> <p>“Danny was a friend to everyone in footy and his passion for the game, from the elite to the grassroots was unmatched,” he said to <em><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/petition-for-the-afl-to-honour-danny-frawley-with-award-keeps-growing/news-story/30d0c706d30a003246bc631677f87517" target="_blank">news.com.au</a>.</em></p> <p>“Whether you knew him as the St Kilda Captain, the Richmond Coach, or the loveable guy on the TV or radio who always made you smile, the acknowledgment this weekend is a way for everyone to pay tribute to the man we all knew and loved.”</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr">Danny Frawley will be acknowledged with a moment of silence at this weekend’s Toyota <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AFLFinals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AFLFinals</a> Series matches. All playing clubs along with the umpires &amp; match officials will wear black armbands as a mark of respect to the former player, coach, administrator &amp; media personality. <a href="https://t.co/Yg9dSoKPKX">pic.twitter.com/Yg9dSoKPKX</a></p> — AFL (@AFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/AFL/status/1171312804348850176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2019</a></blockquote> <p>A <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.change.org/p/afl-make-the-golden-fist-a-proper-afl-award-in-honour-of-danny-spud-frawley" target="_blank">change.org petition</a> has also been started, calling for an award to recognise the AFL’s best defender. The petition has 57,754 signatures at the time of writing.</p> <p>Danny was unofficially recognised with the “Golden Fist” segment on Fox Footy show “Bounce” since 2012, but petition starter Alex Baggio says this isn’t enough.</p> <p>“Danny ‘Spud’ Frawley was an AFL legend, and made the Golden Fist segment on Bounce something widely recognised across the AFL community,” petition starter Alex Baggio wrote.</p> <p>“In honour of his passing, the AFL should introduce the Danny Frawley Golden Fist award for the best defender on Brownlow night.”</p>

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All grown up! Julia Roberts’ husband shares rare family photo of their kids

<p>Julia Roberts is very private about her home life, but fans have received a glimpse into her world thanks to a sweet snap shared by her husband, Danny Moder.</p> <p>The Mother’s Day tribute was posted to Instagram on Monday, with Moder sharing a photo of himself, Roberts and the three children they share – twins Hazel and Phinnaeus, 14, and Henry, 11.</p> <p>The caption reads, “That pretty mama in the middle. We love you so much.”</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BxYOJmKApwR/" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BxYOJmKApwR/" target="_blank">That pretty mama in the middle. We love you so much.</a></p> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by <a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/modermoder/" target="_blank"> modermoder</a> (@modermoder) on May 12, 2019 at 2:59pm PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Roberts and Moder wed in 2002, but Roberts shared on the Goop podcast what it was like when she met Moder on the set of <em>The Mexican</em> back in 2000.</p> <p>“That was the first, like, my life will never be the same in the most incredible, indescribable way … He truly, to this day, to this minute, is just my favourite human,” she gushed.</p> <p>“I’m more interested in what he has to say or his point of view just more than anybody. Really, we’re so lucky in that way. We just really, really like each other and we just enjoy each other’s company.”</p> <p>Roberts and Moder married in an intimate July 4th ceremony at her ranch in New Mexico in 2002, and shared in 2003 with<a rel="noopener" href="https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/a27465049/julia-roberts-husband-kids-rare-family-photo/" target="_blank"> Oprah</a> that meeting Moder changed her life.</p> <p>"I think it's not so much that I'm happier now than ever; it's that I'm more content. I'm in the harbor of my life," she said.</p> <p>"A huge part of it is my marriage. My husband, Danny, has really shined the light for me. Because of being married, I've met people and experienced all these little things that have nurtured my life – not so much changed it, just nurtured it in a way that's astounding."</p> <p>The last photo that was shared of the Roberts’ and Moder clan was back in 2017 when they accidentally bumped into each other at a surf shop when Roberts and Moder were supposed to be on a romantic birthday weekend.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/Baz5y3-AR26/" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Baz5y3-AR26/" target="_blank">No Lovers birthday weekend is complete without a surprise bumping into your kids in a surf shop. 50 is better with 5. This is the road to the tavern...where there is promise and joy. Love you.</a></p> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by <a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/modermoder/" target="_blank"> modermoder</a> (@modermoder) on Oct 28, 2017 at 4:58pm PDT</p> </div> </blockquote>

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I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! winner announced

<p>After going back to basics for six weeks in the South African jungle, Fiona O’Loughlin has been announced as the winner of <em>I’m A Celebrity: Get Me Out Of Here!</em> beating Aussie pop star Shannon Noll and former boxer Danny Green to claim the price.</p> <p>“I just feel like the luckiest duck alive,” the 54-year-old said.</p> <p>“Without a doubt the jungle has changed me. I will never take anything for granted again.”</p> <p>For her efforts O’Loughlin will be awarded $100,000 to put towards her chosen charity, Angel Flight.</p> <p>Of her experience, O’Loughlin said: “Without a doubt the jungle has changed me. I will never take anything for granted again. I just feel like the luckiest duck alive.”</p> <p>Noll agreed: “I wasn’t sure how I would go with this and I turned out to be way tougher than I thought it would be. I think it is great to test yourself. That is how you find out what you’re made of. I would love to not come second this time.”</p> <p><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FImaCelebrityAU%2Fvideos%2F921511634694050%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=476" width="476" height="476" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p> <p>Boxer Danny Green, who placed third, also said the jungle was a good experience.</p> <p>“It has been such a life changing incredible experience,” Green said.</p> <p>“I never thought that I would get this much out of it. I have met some fantastic people, I’ve made some new friends for the rest of my life.”</p> <p>What are your thoughts?</p>

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Why Danny Green broke down in tears on “I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!”

<p>Danny Green might have a reputation as one of Australia’s “tough guys”, but a recent episode of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! proves the boxing legend also has a softer side.</p> <p>The 44-year-old appeared as a guest on Steve Price’s revamped Jungle Radio segment and told the radio personality just how much he missed and loved his Dad.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-video"> <p dir="ltr">"I'm an ambassador for coward's punch campaign, and if that was in the street, that's what it would have been labelled" - <a href="https://twitter.com/dannygreenboxer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@dannygreenboxer</a> on his last fight with Mundine. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ImACelebrityAU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ImACelebrityAU</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JungleRadio?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#JungleRadio</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZwtvEihAOj">pic.twitter.com/ZwtvEihAOj</a></p> — #ImACelebrityAU (@ImACelebrityAU) <a href="https://twitter.com/ImACelebrityAU/status/967698675798564864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 25, 2018</a></blockquote> <p>“He's given me the life I've got,” said an emotional Green.</p> <p>Green’s father is reportedly struggling with dementia, and the former boxer said the hardest part about the experience is not being able to be there for his old man.</p> <p>“I miss you mate. I miss you Dad. I love you Dad,” he added.</p> <p>Fans of the reality TV show praised Green on social media.</p> <p>“Pretty sure also your dad will be proud, god bless you and the family Danny!” one viewer tweeted.</p> <p>They added: “So much respect to you and what you are doing with coward punch campaign.”</p> <p>What are your thoughts? Did you watch the program on Sunday?</p>

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Kerry Armstrong's emotional confession to Danny Green about her son

<p>Kerry Armstrong broke down in tears as she revealed her son suffers brain seizures after being coward punched a couple of years ago.</p> <p>The 60-year-old acclaimed actress sobbed as she told boxer Danny green on <em>I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!</em> last night that Callum, now 21, was kicked in the head by a gang of boys.</p> <p>The pair were discussing Green’s charity – his Coward's Punch campaign, which aims to stop one-punch assaults – when Armstrong made the emotional revelation.</p> <p><img width="380" height="254" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7268111/491936c900000578-5377653-nightmare_the_60_year_old_actress_sobbed_as_she_recalled_how_cal-a-36_1518350318058_380x254.jpg" alt="kerry armstrong family" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"/></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Kerry Armstrong with her three sons in 2012. </em></p> <p>The actress recalled: “My two young ones had a terrible dent when they were younger.</p> <p>“Cal went to stick up for a kid and Jai, his twin brother, wasn't near him. By the time he got into the room, Cal was getting his head kicked in.”</p> <p>Struggling to hold back her tears, Armstrong said Jai's personality “changed forever” after he witnessed his brother get beaten up.</p> <p>“Do you know one of my boys, his personality changed forever after that. What he saw, he saw his brother just kicked and he couldn't - he wasn't strong enough to help,” Armstrong said.</p> <p>A quiet Danny replied, “That would be hard to see, for a brother to see. And not be able to do anything about it. It would be very tough.”</p> <p>“I know. And the one who got kicked in the head. He's the one who has the brain seizures, he is really...” Armstrong said, before she began to sob.</p> <p>Armstrong has twin boys - Jai and Callum – with Mark Croft, and has an older son, Sam, 27, with Mac Gudgeon.</p>

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