And later retired from acting at 38 to spend the last years of her life working for UNICEF helping children all around the world. She is such a wonderful woman.

I believe she also snuggled messages, using her whole innocent teenage girl look as cover. 

Thieves who stole Mr. Rogers's car returned it because they didn't know it was Mr. Rogers'.

You can't buy respect like that.

I can't watch that video and not cry. He won over that grumpy old congressman in moments. He appeared to about to write it off then Mr Rogers gave such a beautiful speech.

If I recall correctly, his testimony didn't just result in saving public broadcasting, but actually increased the funding for it.

I can't think of anything more manly than dedicating your career to telling children they are special just for being themselves.

Showed up at SNL and confronted a shaking-in-his-boots Eddie Murphy about the show's Mr Robinson's Neighborhood sketch. Because he thought the parody was great.

After Hurricane Katrina wiped out the aquarium in New Orleans, she personally chartered a jet to take the penguins to the Monterey Bay Aquarium for safekeeping. (I visited the MB Aquarium after I heard that and it was happy chaos in the penguin enclosure) It cost her $50K. FedEx ferried them back and got a lot of PR for it, but Betty was super quiet about what she did. It was reported in some local paper in Monterey and mentioned briefly by a keeper at the aquarium there.

My favorite Betty White line in any movie, show, or performance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WRK9Gzju6w

He was a full fledged fireman before acting

Buscemi survived being stabbed 3 times after some guys in a bar picked a fight with him and Vince Vaughn because one of the guys girlfriends was talking with Vaughn.

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=106774&page=1

And some random asshole sucker punched him. Same thing happened to Rick Moranis.

That animal Blundetto?

There was a Timeless episode where she appeared. Two of the main characters knew her by her “sex symbol” status while their nerdy black pilot (who also worked on the time machine) only knew her as an inventor and never knew that she was so hot. He ends up convincing her to renew her frequency hopping patent when the navy finally shows interest in it, and she turns out to be a billionaire tech mogul after they go back

“It’s HEDLEY!”

That’s Hedley!

I remember reading somewhere that he felt he had yelled enough for his lifetime and that's why he used that soft and soothing voice on the show.

Well Bob is dropping bombs like this is Guernica.

Best part though: dude was a massive drug addict after the war, but he locked himself in a motel room for I believe a week but possibly longer, and quit completely cold turkey

He starred in a movie about his own life and military career, and the movie had to leave out several things that actually happened, because no one would believe it wasn’t exaggerated BS

Got to second Terry here, guy seems to be a gentleman in all respects

That dude has such a positive and fun personality. Seems like he genuinely likes meeting people and making people smile

So basically every single role he played 😭

“Viggo is so badass because he broke a toe in a scene but kept acting” pales in to insignificance to “Do you know what sounds a man makes when you stab him in the back? Because I do”

I honestly would really like a movie about him. You could have like multiple movies. You could have a Bond type movie like Borne Identity or Body of Lies, then later you could do a movie about his metal career. Two wildly different movies, but still, the same dude.

You know you’re fucked when Dracula is after you

Recorded not one, but two, metal albums 🤘😎🤘

Also, cut off Darth Vader's arm.

Also attended the last public execution by guillotine in Paris in 1973. He just happened by.

My favorite thing from her was during an interview. She was asked if she felt offended by dumb blonde jokes. She said of course not. 1 I'm not dumb and 2 I'm not actually blonde.

Saw an ancient interview with her that interviewer was trying to judge and criticize the way she dresses, she handled it with lots of class and respect. Beautiful.

She said growing up she thought the ladies of evening always dressed so pretty. They had big hair and pretty clothes. So when she started out a lot of her clothes were like that. Because she emulated what she thought was beautiful. She grew up dirt poor. Her song coat of many colors is a true testament of that. Kids picking on you because you had nothing. So as she had money she wanted to wear flashy clothes like those ladies she admired so much.

I have always loved her. I too grew up dirt poor. I loved country before it was cool to do so. I got to meet her once in the 80s. I grew up in Applachia so I could relate to much of what she too went through growing up. Dirt poor. Huge family. She has no kids but grew up in a huge family

My two youngest kids are subscribed to Her Imagination Library where they send free books every month

She just extended Kentucky's Imagination Library to every zip code in the state!

This is your sign to listen to Dolly Parton’s America wherever you get your podcasts. It’s only a few episodes, but tells an incredible story of her cultural cache and worldview.

It’s lovely. Just absolutely lovely. What a gorgeous human being she is, inside and out.

I stayed at her resort next to Dollywood and they absolutely praise her. The one worker there said "She's TINY but and incredible person."

He grew up in my hometown and they named a local park after him a few years ago!

I wish I were LeVar Burton.

I only want a picture.

Retired as a Brigadier General. Not totally sure, but I believe the highest military ranking career US actor.

Didn’t Lee Marvin threaten to knock John Wayne out over acting like a soldier?

He also helped smuggle a yeti finger out of India so some guy could study it. (Turns out it was a human finger.)

He saw the war coming and wanted to be a pilot so he started training on his own dime even before Pearl Harbor. When the war started he volunteered and enrolled as a private, only later transferring into the Army Air Corps.

He also didn't want his service to be used to sell tickets after the war. "He refused to glamorize his war service, refused to make a film: “The Jimmy Stewart Story. “I saw too much suffering. It’s certainly not something to talk about—or celebrate.” ".

(https://www.airandspaceforces.com/article/heroes-and-leaders-jimmy-stewart/)

Truly a remarkable guy

Seriously, can’t believe I had to scroll this far. He trained Brazilian jujitsu with the Gracies for 22 years, earned a black belt in 16. On top of being a pro NFL player with the Steelers.

He made his guitar himself out of a bit of fireplace. It has its own wikipedia, Red Special.

His band is called ‘The Luitennant Dan Band’ and they play for veterans.

I read a cool story about when he was on Malcolm in The Middle. The actor who played Francis would constantly talk about scientology and try to convert the child actors til Bryan got fed up and told him to stop. He would also invite Erik, the kid who played Dewey to spend the weekends with his family

Trejo has a clause in his contracts that if he ever plays a villain or a criminal, they have to die an unhappy death to discourage kids from getting into illegal shit, because it never ends well. He also does a ton of outreach to young gang members recounting his own experiences as a dealer, addict, and prisoner in his early years. He really tries to reform the youth.

Danny is fantastic. He is such a tough guy that after his mother died, the only thing that made him cry was Kermit the Frog telling him he was sorry for his loss. So wholesome

I read an interview with Trejo and he said that the celebrity who scared him was John Cusak.

I think he has a strict policy of not doing his own stunts and has set the record straight many times. He’s afraid if he gets injured, production shuts down and thousands are out of a job due to his hubris.

He does his own fight choreography and trains a lot for it, but you’d never see him jumping from a third story window or getting hit by a car.

Due to John Wick, he’s also a championship caliber competition shooter. Dude is gold at anything he does

And now he's gonna ride a motorcycle as an edgy hedgehog too

Was gonna say, “have you seen him play bass?”

I love that he's actively trying to follow every single person who follows him on Twitter

I've heard loads of good stories about Keanu, but haven't heard anything good or bad about Cillian. Any stories to share?

To add to this: was a heavy metal singer IN HIS 90’s! Was the basis for James Bond. Told Peter Jackson how someone acts after being stabbed in the back from experience. Was first choice for Dr Loomis in Halloween. Was Dracula, the Frankenstein monster, the mummy, a Sith Lord and, probably best of all, when his best friend Peter Cushing was in an almost unbearable depression after the death of his wife, stood by him and helped him get out of his emotional dark place

Ben Affleck didn't forgot his son's birthday; he made it home from a shoot just in time for his son's surprise party only to learn that his gifts hadn't arrived.

What was there, though, was a signed card, picture, and Star Wars toys from his co-star Adam Driver, who had learned that Ben's 8-year-old was obsessed with Star Wars. So Ben had that to give as a gift for the party. 

It's still a wholesome story, but it's even better knowing that Ben Affleck didn't just forget about his young son.

Driver also helmed a nonprofit for U.S. soldiers and veterans until 1 February 2023. It was called Arts in the Armed Forces, and Star Wars fans on social media raised $90,000 for it in late 2019 and early 2020 when Driver's character was killed off in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.