When My Brother Chris Farley Died, I Started Telling His Story. But I Was Hiding My Own.
Tom Farley (right) and Chris Farley at Tom's wedding in 1988. Comedian Chris Farley died Dec. 18, 1997, of a drug overdose at age 33. When Chris died, I wanted to help others and fight the stigma around addiction by telling Chris’s story. In 1999, I established The Chris Farley Foundation, a tribute to my late brother, focusing on harnessing the power of humor to create engaging educational programs on substance abuse prevention for young people. Advertisement AdvertisementBack when my brother Chris and I were both struggling, the conversation was related to behavior, with no real awareness or discussion of mental health.
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January 16, 2025 13:53 UTC
Joe Biden Issues Dire Warning In His Farewell Speech To America
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January 16, 2025 07:42 UTC
As An Anger Expert, Here’s How I Want To Reach Men | HuffPost: HuffPost Personal
To be clear, I very much understand why people are choosing not to engage with those who are politically different from them. Political decisions can be deeply personal and have very real consequences, particularly for marginalized groups. At the same time, though, “agreeing to disagree” with no further communication isn’t going to repair the damage. He asked great questions, shared some really meaningful personal experiences and had some valuable insights that I took home with me. He gave me an opportunity to engage in conversations that I hadn’t been having as often as I should.
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January 16, 2025 05:55 UTC
Trump Has Reportedly Nudged Vivek Ramaswamy To Seek Ohio Senate Seat
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January 16, 2025 01:12 UTC
World’s 3 Richest Men To Get VIP Treatment At Trump Inauguration
LOADING ERROR LOADINGPresident-elect Donald Trump will display a strong show of force at his inauguration ceremony in Washington on Monday, at least when it comes to the tech world. AdvertisementThe news of the attendance of the three men who sit at the top of Forbes’ real-time billionaires’ list was first reported by NBC News. All three have developed a warmer relationship with Trump as he prepares to return to the White House. More recently, Amazon dialed back its diversity initiatives in an apparent effort to curry favor with Trump, who has spoken out against such policies. Despite his decision to quit as CEO of the tech company, Bezos still serves as Amazon’s executive chairman.
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January 15, 2025 19:19 UTC
Resilience Won’t Solve The Child Mental Health Crisis, But Here’s How It Can Help
AdvertisementWhile this is in no way a one-size-fits-all solution, experts believe that encouraging better resilience in children and young people would help equip those with low-level mental health problems with improved coping skills. As psychotherapist and trauma specialist Tina Chummun explains: “While promoting resilience alone won’t resolve the wider children’s mental health crisis, it can play a significant role in equipping children with tools to navigate challenges more effectively.”The hope is that services would then be freed up to help those with more severe mental health problems or those who are in crisis. Advertisement“Because a child’s resilience rests on their caregiver’s resilience – and caregiver resilience rests on the depth and support of their relationships,” she told Good Morning America. Help your child find solutions insteadExperts support the strategy of allowing children to face age-appropriate challenges and supporting them in finding solutions rather than immediately intervening. “School-based mental health promotion programs can universally enhance children’s resilience,” says Chummun.
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January 15, 2025 18:37 UTC
David Schwimmer Reveals How He Inadvertently Served This Music Icon His Divorce Papers
David Schwimmer pictured in 2016 via Associated PressDavid Schwimmer has revealed that long before his rise to fame, he spent some time working for his mum, who was a divorce lawyer. Speaking to the US talk show host Stephen Colbert, the Friends star revealed that when he was 18 years old, he landed a job as a process server at his mother’s law firm. During this time, David also had one of his first celebrity encounters, years before his own rise to becoming a global household name on the hit 90s sitcom. “You’re tipped off as to where they might be and – oh man – thank goodness I’ve never run into him since, but I served Rod Stewart,” he admitted. “I don’t even think he knows!”AdvertisementRod Stewart pictured in February 2024 via Associated Press“He knows now!” the host quipped.
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January 15, 2025 17:47 UTC
FDA Bans Red 3 Dye From The Nation’s Food Supply
LOADING ERROR LOADINGU.S. regulators on Wednesday banned the dye called Red 3 from the nation’s food supply, nearly 35 years after it was barred from cosmetics because of potential cancer risk. “The FDA is taking action that will remove the authorization for the use of FD&C Red No. Pez candy, which contains red dye no. In November, nearly two dozen members of Congress sent a letter demanding that FDA officials ban Red 3. “The FDA should act quickly to protect the nation’s youth from this harmful dye, used simply to give food and drinks a bright red color,” the letter said.
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January 15, 2025 15:41 UTC
My Male Friend And I Both Had Medical Procedures. I Was Shocked By How Much Worse My Experience Was — And Why.
While the pain of IUD insertion can vary widely from person to person, I have spoken to many other women who have had the same experience. In one 2015 study, 78% of women rated insertion pain as moderate to severe, and 46% experienced vasovagal symptoms (nausea, sweating, lightheadedness) like mine. My painful IUD insertion fresh on my mind, I asked him about his experience with pain management before, during and after the experience. Advertisement AdvertisementWith the local anesthesia, he did not have to experience any pain during his procedure. In fact, a 2015 study found that medical professionals tended to underestimate the degree of pain experienced by patients during this procedure.
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January 15, 2025 13:44 UTC
Why Donald Trump Wasn’t Charged With Insurrection
So why, at the end of a yearslong probe, did special counsel Jack Smith ultimately forgo charging Donald Trump with inciting one? In her 2023 ruling, Wallace said she was convinced Trump had “engaged” in insurrection, based on the harrowing evidence and testimony she’d considered. AdvertisementDisqualification hung on a persnickety distinction: Section III, or the insurrection clause, did not actually consider whether the president of the United States was considered an “officer” of the United States, Wallace found. To succeed in trying Trump for inciting an insurrection, they would have to prove subjective intent showing that Trump meant to cause the full range of violence that day. Before even touching the question of whether Trump incited an insurrection, prosecutors at minimum needed guidance on exactly what proof is required to establish that an insurrection took place, and how to distinguish an insurrection from a riot.
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January 15, 2025 12:21 UTC
Trump Wants New Agency To Collect Money From Americans Who Import Goods
“For far too long, we have relied on taxing our Great People using the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Advertisement“I am today announcing that I will create the EXTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE to collect our Tariffs, Duties, and all Revenue that come from Foreign sources,” he went on. January 20, 2025, will be the birth date of the External Revenue Service. About half of all Americans pay no income tax at all, although they do pay Social Security and Medicare taxes. While Trump’s statement says his “External Revenue Service” would start on the day of his inauguration, it is unclear how that would be possible.
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January 15, 2025 09:30 UTC
Graham Norton Reveals Surprising Origin Story Of The Iconic 'Big Red Chair'
Graham Norton on the set of his BBC talk show BBC/So Television/PA Media/Isabel InfantesThere are a few things Graham Norton’s BBC talk show has become synonymous with in the last 18 years – namely its eclectic mix of guests on the sofa, the host’s (often cutting) opening monologues, unpredictable audience interactions and, of course, the “big red chair”. AdvertisementBut what might surprise you to hear is that the “big red chair” was never intended to be a permanent fixture. In fact, Graham told Seth Meyers during a recent episode of his US talk show that the whole thing “happened by accident”. AdvertisementThe “big red chair” segment was actually intended as a one-off for when Ronnie Corbett was a guest during the fifth season back in 2009 (the late comedian was known for sharing anecdotes and jokes from his own armchair as part of the Two Ronnies sketch show). “A couple of weeks later we got a call from our line producer going, ‘you know that chair you had built?
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January 15, 2025 09:20 UTC
Mike Johnson May Violate Flag Code By Raising Flags For Trump
“On January 20th, the flags at the Capitol will fly at full-staff to celebrate our country coming together behind the inauguration of our 47th President, Donald Trump,” Johnson announced Tuesday. Advertisement“The flags will be lowered back to half-staff the following day to continue honoring President Jimmy Carter,” he added. “The Democrats are all ‘giddy’ about our magnificent American Flag potentially being at ‘half mast’ during my Inauguration. The Capitol would not be the only locale where flags would be at full height on Jan. 20. However, raising the flag before the end of the 30-day half-staff period for Carter may violate the U.S. flag code, the section of federal law laying out customs and procedures for flying the stars and stripes.
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January 15, 2025 04:37 UTC
2 Symptoms Mass. Residents Aren't Seeing With COVID-19 Anymore
When it was still novel in early 2020, symptoms presented themselves a little differently than they do now. Cough, high fevers, headaches, shortness of breath, loss of taste and smell were all tell tale signs that you had the dreaded coronavirus! What symptoms aren't presenting are loss of taste and smell. “I think the one thing we’re not seeing is... that loss of smell or taste that people often talked about early in the pandemic,” Nolt explained. The problem is that symptoms are acute, awful, and no meds help it besides drinking Gatorade really slowly.
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January 15, 2025 02:08 UTC
'You Can Call Me A Nepo Baby': Margaret Qualley Weighs In On Hollywood Debate
Margaret Qualley at the premiere of The Substance last year via Associated PressMargaret Qualley has admitted she’s not fazed if people want to brand her a “nepo baby”. During a recent interview on the podcast Happy Sad Confused, host Josh Horowitz referred to Margaret – whose mother is fellow performer Andie MacDowell – as a “second-generation actor”. AdvertisementAsked about whether she feels she’s been able to shake that off and make a name for herself as a star in her own right, the Golden Globe nominee admitted: “I’m not sure. I think I just so desperately want to be good and want to deserve to be in the room that I’m in. And really go for it.
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January 15, 2025 01:13 UTC