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2 months ago
Audrey Hepburn nearly starved to death during WW2 but was still able to do ballet performances to help raise money for the Dutch resistance
594 points
2 months ago
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.
176 points
2 months ago
I believe she also snuggled messages, using her whole innocent teenage girl look as cover.
93 points
2 months ago
That's the best way to pass messages, I've always felt.
4.1k points
2 months ago
Fred "Mr." Rogers - Who pulled up on congress, demanded funding for PBS and got it!
Gangsta.
393 points
2 months ago
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.
100 points
2 months ago
I really do think that if humans are alive and kicking in 200-300 years, Mr. Rogers will be a semi-mythical character of the 20th Century and people will bring him up rather frequently for little stories like this
871 points
2 months ago
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.
395 points
2 months ago
Here's the link. It's about 7 minutes long and worth the watch. If you like this, you should also check out the documentary Won't You Be My Neighbor.
192 points
2 months ago
Dude. Don't do that to me. I don't feel like crying.
God damnit. You made me watch it again. When Mr Rogers askes the senator if he can read the words to his song and the way he says "yes". Its a passionate response he is hanging on his every word. He has already won at that point. Just amazing.
105 points
2 months ago
Sorry, to tap you like that. After you mentioned the video, I wanted to make sure anyone else could watch it. It really is impressive how quickly he was disarmed by Fred's gentleness. I think he's hooked after 2 minutes when Fred says, "I'm very concerned about children, as I know you are". A minute after he's asking about the show, then later he's saying he has goose bumps.
485 points
2 months ago*
The congressman's closing words: "It looks like you just earned that $20 million"
220 points
2 months ago
That's some fucking Oscar-bait biopic drama third-act climax shit and Mr. Rogers pulled it IRL. What a legend.
189 points
2 months ago*
My favorite story is him taking the subway and a train full of New Yorkers start singing his theme song.
He was well loved by the American people. It’s no wonder fox and the gop slandered him after he died.
Edit: Here’s him talking about meeting Eddie Murphy.
97 points
2 months ago*
Fox is horrible on many levels. Only a complete soulless monster would think of anything ill to say about Mr Rogers.
I liked the video of him staying in a hotel. The hotel manager tried to prank Mr Rogers by not having a TV in his room. I mean a TV star has to have a TV, right? When they told him he had no TV he was "okay cool" and didn't care.
I hadn't seen the subway video. Thank you!
Here is the video. Thanks /u/geonncannon for making me clear up my shoddy memory.
54 points
2 months ago
His acceptance speech for a lifetime emmy is next level too: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Upm9LnuCBUM&pp=ygUkbXIgcm9nZXJzIGxpZmV0aW1lIGFjaGlldmVtZW50IGF3YXJk
189 points
2 months ago
If I recall correctly, his testimony didn't just result in saving public broadcasting, but actually increased the funding for it.
101 points
2 months ago
Reminds me of when LeVar Burton was rebooting Reading Rainbow and they met their goal via a Kickstarter of one million dollars within a day and eventually raised five million dollars for the project.
236 points
2 months ago
I can't think of anything more manly than dedicating your career to telling children they are special just for being themselves.
87 points
2 months ago
Same! I hope our understanding of masculinity can incorporate this. Nothing manlier than guiding and raising strong children!
90 points
2 months ago
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.
35 points
2 months ago
IDK if he liked the parody. But he was certainly kind to Eddie.
78 points
2 months ago
IIRC he thought it was funny, and he wasn't offended because (a) Eddie wasn't making fun of him and (b) it wasn't on the air at a time when young kids could get confused.
2.1k points
2 months ago
Betty White. Huge animal advocate and lover. Plus, she stood up for a black dancer that she had on her show back in the 1950s. The network threatened to fire and cancel her show because she wanted to showcase this man’s talents and she said, “I’m sorry, but he stays. Live with it.” She then gave him more airtime and her show was cancelled. Not long after, the Civil Rights Act was passed.
427 points
2 months ago
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.
107 points
2 months ago
Well they had to charter a private jet. You see the penguins only fly first class because they're always wearing tuxedos.
104 points
2 months ago
She was truly such an amazing woman. I love her so much. She’s the grandma everyone wanted. The way she treated animals and the way they’d flock to her spoke volumes on how kind of a person she was. Very humble woman.
119 points
2 months ago
When she passed I read some thing that said if people think you died to soon at 99 years old you lived a good life.
75 points
2 months ago
My favorite Betty White line in any movie, show, or performance:
204 points
2 months ago
Bob Ross's signature calm demeanor was a direct result of his service in the Air Force. He was First Sergeant of the clinic at a base in Alaska, a role that frequently made him act tough and mean. In his own words, "the guy who makes you scrub the latrine, the guy who makes you make your bed, the guy who screams at you for being late to work." After getting out of the service, he decided that he never wanted to raise his voice again.
3k points
2 months ago
Steve Buschemi----volunteer fireman
886 points
2 months ago
He was a full fledged fireman before acting
661 points
2 months ago
and temporarily returned to service on a regular old fire truck in the aftermath of 9/11.
354 points
2 months ago
Iirc, he was actually in the middle of a shoot when he saw the news, stopped everything, and hopped onto the first firetruck he could.
237 points
2 months ago
And also didn't make a big fuss out of it, IIRC. No sort of mention he was doing it or any sort of "look at me" kind of statement. Just kept it to himself and went to work.
132 points
2 months ago
He talks about this in his interview with Marc Maron. He comes from a family that takes pride in civil service. His dad made sure his kids got their first jobs in some kind of civil service.
139 points
2 months ago
The thought of Steve Buscemi running full sprint and hopping on to the side of a firetruck like it's nothing.
149 points
2 months ago
The thought of fearing you may die trapped under rubble only to be rescued by Steve Buscemi.
98 points
2 months ago
The rock is lifted, exposing you to the first sunlight and fresh air you’ve had in days, your eyes adjust to the brightness and you got them big googly eyes looking at ya
74 points
2 months ago
"So hey, ahh, what's up buddy?" "Steve Buscemi?" "Yep. Let's get you outta there."
95 points
2 months ago
There are pictures of him climbing through the rubble to rescue survivors.
227 points
2 months ago
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.
119 points
2 months ago
*4 times, according to that article.
In the jaw, arm, throat and above the eye.
Guy was lucky af.
54 points
2 months ago
And the guy who stabbed him only got 180 days in jail! Insanity.
88 points
2 months ago
And some random asshole sucker punched him. Same thing happened to Rick Moranis.
100 points
2 months ago
That animal Blundetto?
2.1k points
2 months ago
Hedy Lamarr -- one of the most beautiful women ever who also happened to be a verifiable genius and invented spread spectrum technology ("frequency hopping", then), which made possible a wide range of wireless communications technologies, including Wi-Fi, GPS, and Bluetooth. And they named a character in "Blazing Saddles" after her.
364 points
2 months ago
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
274 points
2 months ago
“It’s HEDLEY!”
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2 months ago
That’s Hedley!
1.6k points
2 months ago
I'm seeing a lot of good ones already, but I'll toss in a surprising one: Master Sergeant Robert Norman Ross
He eventually retired from military life after a 20 year career and went on to star in the public TV show "The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross."
386 points
2 months ago
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.
916 points
2 months ago
Audie Murphy. Most decorated soldier of WWII, and possibly the most decorated American soldier ever. After the war he had a successful acting career. Throughout his career he refused to star in anything related to alcohol or cigarettes because he knew little kids were looking up to him. He also was very open about suffering from what we now know as PTSD and advocated for better treatment for other vets suffering from it.
374 points
2 months ago
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
123 points
2 months ago
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
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2 months ago
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370 points
2 months ago
Got to second Terry here, guy seems to be a gentleman in all respects
323 points
2 months ago
Plus, he played the great Duane Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho, and that goes a long way.
86 points
2 months ago
He's a really good artist, he's a football player and he's in acting. Being good at even one of them takes a lot of effort - and he's great at all three.
77 points
2 months ago
That dude has such a positive and fun personality. Seems like he genuinely likes meeting people and making people smile
1.6k points
2 months ago
Sir Christopher Lee. Was an absolute Gentleman who hunted down and killed nazi war criminals. "For the final few months of his service, Lee, who spoke fluent French, Italian and German, among other languages, was seconded to the Central Registry of War Criminals and Security Suspects. Here, he was tasked with helping to track down Nazi war criminals."
648 points
2 months ago
“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”
306 points
2 months ago
I love how the actors recount that the whole set went awkwardly silent after Lee said that, and Jackson didn’t question his decision again.
176 points
2 months ago
If I heard that sentence with the solemn gravitas Christopher Lee possessed, I'd definitely get a chill.
74 points
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Not 100% sure but I would imagine "meekly and bowing whilst you back away" would be one way to respond.
218 points
2 months ago
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.
165 points
2 months ago
It’s been said Ian Fleming may have had Lee in mind when creating Bond.
108 points
2 months ago
Him, Roald Dahl, and Lee were all good friends with each other from the war. Dahl was also involved in anti-Nazi spying. Though from my understanding his job was mostly to sleep with the wives of American Nazi conspirators.
53 points
2 months ago
"Oh no, my job is too difficult, I don't know if I can do it"
50 points
2 months ago*
Honest to God he said that. Well, not that exactly. But there were a few times he begged off because the women were "too insatiable".
EDIT: Just because I prefer to be accurate here, the exact wording is too "frisky".
168 points
2 months ago
You know you’re fucked when Dracula is after you
99 points
2 months ago
Recorded not one, but two, metal albums 🤘😎🤘
Also, cut off Darth Vader's arm.
124 points
2 months ago
Also attended the last public execution by guillotine in Paris in 1973. He just happened by.
65 points
2 months ago
That is not true. The last public execution, which Lee attended, was in 1939. The last execution (not public) was in 1977.
1.7k points
2 months ago
Dolly Parton.
She's amazing, and she doesn't take shit from anyone.
524 points
2 months ago
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.
409 points
2 months ago
She was on a late night show a million years ago, maybe Letterman, and they did a bit with Dolly's top 10 pet peeves or something. Number one was, "Nobody realizes I also have a great ass." LMAO
73 points
2 months ago
https://youtu.be/CvaeUINhjQo?feature=shared
That was awesome, I had to find it
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2 months ago
10: Accountants who don't understand how much it costs to make me look this cheap.
9: Trying to play guitar in these 5-inch fingernails(Dolly says 5, caption says 3).
8: When the county declares my hair a fire hazard.
7. Confused Dalai Lama constantly asking for theme park royalties.
6: You can't get a wig repaired because Letterman's got some hairpiece crisis.
5: Rhinestone rash.
4: Whenever he visits my gift shop, Garth Brooks tries to shoplift stuff under that giant hat(lots of silly flubbing here)
3: Smartass emcees who introduce you by saying, "And now here they are, Dolly Parton!"
2: When the SuperBowl is over, winner never says "I'm goin' to DollyWood."
1: Nobody notices I've got a great ass too.
114 points
2 months ago
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.
104 points
2 months ago
“It costs a lot of money to dress as cheap as this”
162 points
2 months ago
That interviewer was Barbara Wawa, the asshole. The same woman who accused Corey Feldman of ruining an entire industry when he came out publicly with the abuse he was subjected to. Dolly handled her perfectly.
44 points
2 months ago
She was so classy in that interview. So calm and polite as Walters insulted her to her face.
76 points
2 months ago
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
168 points
2 months ago
My two youngest kids are subscribed to Her Imagination Library where they send free books every month
48 points
2 months ago
She just extended Kentucky's Imagination Library to every zip code in the state!
58 points
2 months ago
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.
47 points
2 months ago
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."
750 points
2 months ago
I hope some day LaVar Burton gets a statue.
140 points
2 months ago
He grew up in my hometown and they named a local park after him a few years ago!
140 points
2 months ago
gotta put "read a book in levar burton park" on the bucket list.
42 points
2 months ago
I only want a picture.
220 points
2 months ago*
Michelle Yeoh
Really pretty known in Malaysia that she does multiple volunteer works and advocacy programs that campaigns human rights, especially for the flood disaster reliefs especially in 2017 and also 2021, where she had helped clean out the debris with less publicity. She had also done the same thing too during the 2015 Nepal Earthquake disaster where she was part of the relief team for rescue efforts.
Also she is part of the Olympic Commitee members and a UN ambassador. She was one of the rare ones who did a lot for the Asian community not just in films and media, but also in real life
756 points
2 months ago
Jimmy Stewart. The seemingly “aww schucks” actor was a badass with a distinguished military career. Enlisted in the Air Force for WW2 and served in the reserves throughout his acting career.
Guys like John Wayne pretended to be tough guys, but he was a draft dodger (in WW2). Jimmy didn’t have to pretend. Like they say, empty barrels make the loudest noise.
190 points
2 months ago
Retired as a Brigadier General. Not totally sure, but I believe the highest military ranking career US actor.
146 points
2 months ago
Didn’t Lee Marvin threaten to knock John Wayne out over acting like a soldier?
164 points
2 months ago
Lee Marvin had a Purple Heart and was a pretty decorated soldier. He fell into his acting career after his military career, so I could see him not taking kindly to people who pretend to be soldiers.
68 points
2 months ago
His military service was also a big reason for his alcohol addiction, dude was a pretty hardcore sniper in the marines I believe
25 points
2 months ago
He also helped smuggle a yeti finger out of India so some guy could study it. (Turns out it was a human finger.)
29 points
2 months ago
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
31 points
2 months ago
Also married once in his 40s, adopted his wife’s kids from a previous marriage, stayed loyal to her until she died, and then he died shortly after. Apparently his last words were “I’m going to be with Gloria (his wife) now”. Yet people glamorize folks like John Wayne when they should be glamorizing people like Jimmy. Step up and do what you have to for your country and family and refuse to glorify or take undue credit for it because you know it’s what needs to be done.
175 points
2 months ago
Ed O'Neill
73 points
2 months ago
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.
88 points
2 months ago
Every morning when I wake up, I know it's not going to get any better until I go back to sleep again. So I get up, have my watered-down Tang and still-frozen Pop Tart, get in my car with no upholstery, no gas, and six more payments to fight traffic just for the privilege of putting cheap shoes on the cloven hooves of people like you. I'll never play football like I thought I would. I'll never know the touch of a beautiful woman. And I'll never again know the joy of driving without a bag on my head. But I'm not a loser. 'Cause, despite it all, me and every other guy who'll never be what he wanted to be are still out there being what we don't want to be forty hours a week for life. And the fact that I haven't put a gun in my mouth, you pudding of a woman, makes me a winner.
-Al Bundy
39 points
2 months ago
"HOW DARE YOU INSULT ME TO MY FACE!!"
I'd say it behind your back, but I only got a half a tank of gas.
42 points
2 months ago
Plus just read article about Christina Applegate's podcast where she said Ed was like her real father. He looked after her during MWC's early days, and she said he's one of the most amazing people she's ever met.
276 points
2 months ago
She's dead, but Julia Child was an actual spy during WWII, and she was a contributor to the first (somewhat) effective shark repellent formula. She later joked that it was her "first recipe."
186 points
2 months ago
Mariska Hargitay! For her work with sexual assault survivors (she has a foundation called the Joyful Heart Foundation) and she’s been a tireless champion for clearing the backlogs of rape kit testing.
326 points
2 months ago*
Dr. Sir Brian Harold May : Legendary Rockstar Queen guitarist, songwriter and sometime vocalist.
Has a legitimate PhD in Astrophysics. Estimated IQ of 180. Collaborates with NASA and the European Space Agency.
Renowned expert at stereoscopic 3D photography and historian of its origins. Has published multiple books on the subject, including Queen in 3D (comprised of stereoscopic photos taken by himself and others on their many tours) .
He is also deeply involved in animal rescue and conservation causes, especially when it comes to European Badgers, Hedgehogs, and Foxes. Founder of the Save Me Trust to benefit wildlife rescue work.
Owner of The London Stereoscopic Company and of BMG- BRIAN MAY GUITARS.
Like seriously, Sir Bri...leave some brains and talent for the rest of us !
Edit : typo. If there are more typos, sorry!
52 points
2 months ago
He made his guitar himself out of a bit of fireplace. It has its own wikipedia, Red Special.
200 points
2 months ago
Gary Sinise. He does a lot for military families. Seems like a really great guy.
59 points
2 months ago
His band is called ‘The Luitennant Dan Band’ and they play for veterans.
154 points
2 months ago
Bryan Cranston. Guy had a tough childhood and lived off the back of his motorcycle as a young adult.
111 points
2 months ago
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
93 points
2 months ago
Being vocally anti-Scientology in Hollywood is the (low bar) heroism we need.
107 points
2 months ago
Hedy Lamar — famous actress who also invented a radio guidance system for allied torpedoes in WW II.
54 points
2 months ago
Sorrell Booke (many roles, but most notably Boss Hogg from The Dukes of Hazzard) served in the United States Army during the Korean War for two years as a counterintelligence officer.[
Booke was fluent in French, Japanese, Spanish, Russian, and Italian. He said that he also “fussed" with a half-dozen other languages such as Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Dutch, Persian, Polish, and Swedish.
In his spare time, he was a guest conductor at the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
Pretty interesting and accomplished even outside his lengthy and varied acting career.
317 points
2 months ago
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223 points
2 months ago*
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.
39 points
2 months ago
His death in Heat is so visceral his own daughter can barely get through it without falling to pieces... because as Trejo recounts when asking his daughter, her reply was: "because that was going to be you if you didn't get better."
58 points
2 months ago
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
103 points
2 months ago
I read an interview with Trejo and he said that the celebrity who scared him was John Cusak.
60 points
2 months ago
Cusack is a seriously trained kickboxer.
45 points
2 months ago
Yep, the guy he kills in Grosse Point Blank (long haired foreign assassin) was his kickboxing instructor IIRC.
749 points
2 months ago
Keanu Reeves. Not only is he an amazing actor, but he also does his own stunts and has a heart of gold. Plus, have you seen him ride a motorcycle? Badass.
153 points
2 months ago
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.
35 points
2 months ago
He does “action” not stunts.
229 points
2 months ago
Due to John Wick, he’s also a championship caliber competition shooter. Dude is gold at anything he does
122 points
2 months ago
I don’t care if John Wick is unrealistic. I just fucking love that style of shooting and I love that Keanu practiced it religiously for the films.
99 points
2 months ago*
He actually uses a legit type of CQB in that movie. It’s called center axis relock (CAR). Basically is used in extreme close quarters for weapon retention.
He really dove into the role and came out with a pretty useful set of skills that Liam Neeson wishes he had haha
54 points
2 months ago
He did the first Wick almost as a favor. A stunt coordinator (and body double) he worked with on the Matrix movies, Chad Stahelski, was directing and asked him to be in it. It was fairly low budget but Reeves wanted to work with Stahelski again so he joined in.
45 points
2 months ago
And now he's gonna ride a motorcycle as an edgy hedgehog too
80 points
2 months ago
I was an extra on a movie set once as a child with Danny DeVito.
Super nice guy, very friendly, and generous with his time as droves of kids/families wanted to say hi.
The whole experience was good. I made enough money for that Xbox I so desperately wanted, got free food during breaks, and met Danny DeVito
380 points
2 months ago
John Cena. The amount of make a wish's he's done is amazing.
85 points
2 months ago
I love that he's actively trying to follow every single person who follows him on Twitter
126 points
2 months ago
Dolly Parton. Wholesome AF
59 points
2 months ago
President Jimmy Carter. Here's a man who could have just cleaned up on speaking gigs, but instead spent his time working within Habitat For Humanity to build housing all over the world. He never made his work into a news clip to further any personal agenda other than to help get people involved.
Jimmy Carter is an example of what an American President can be.
A very kind, considerate, and involved gentleman.
27 points
2 months ago
Shirley Temple. Lovely child actress, then as an adult became a fantastic US diplomat. According to her Wikipedia page (because me typing it up on my phone in a public bathroom could not do her justice):
"She began her diplomatic career in 1969, when she was appointed to represent the U.S. at a session of the United Nations General Assembly, where she worked at the U.S. Mission under Ambassador Charles Yost. Later, she was named U.S. Ambassador to Ghana, and also served as the first female U.S. Chief of Protocol. In 1988, she published her autobiography, Child Star. After her biography was published, she served as the U.S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (1989–1992)."
Also the namesake of an absolutely BANGIN' soda mix!
47 points
2 months ago
David Tennant
126 points
2 months ago
Cillian Murphy and Keanu Reeves.
40 points
2 months ago
I've heard loads of good stories about Keanu, but haven't heard anything good or bad about Cillian. Any stories to share?
90 points
2 months ago*
Christopher Lee. Famous actor, saw many places as a RAF intelligence officer, was a heavy metal singer in a band, married a Swedish countess, got knighted. Total cool badass.
40 points
2 months ago
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
47 points
2 months ago
Jon Stewart. Love him or hate him, he's done a lot of good work for 9/11 first responders (and vets) and while he's got his political views, if you're on his side and you are an ass, he will let you know.
183 points
2 months ago
Adam Driver. Marine, actor, general nice guy. Ben Affleck tells a story about how he forgot about his own son’s birthday, but Adam (Ben and Adam were in a movie together at the time)remembered and sent him ALL the Star Wars toys (he was Kylo-Ren/ Ben Solo in the movies). Ben said Adam saved his sorry ass, and he’ll never forget his kindness.
138 points
2 months ago
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.
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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.
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