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The late actor Christopher Reeve will always be our Superman, and not just because he portrayed the man from Kryptonite on the big screen. When Reeve became paralyzed after falling from a horse, he inspired many with his positive, upbeat outlook and his constant advocacy for stem cell research to help improve quality of life…

Is Facebook the new Match.com? Two former high school friends, Jason Bussey and Heather Willis, reconnected on Facebook in March 2009 and became engaged five months later in August, when Jason proposed on top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The couple hadn’t seen or talked to each other for 17 years, after Jason moved…

Golden Girl Rue McClanahan is now with God. She died of a massive stroke at age 76. Her manager, Barbara Lawrence, says that family surrounded her and that she went in peace. Rue was one of the fabulous four on the classic sitcom The Golden Girls about aging friends who made us laugh as we…

Victoria Principal, famous for her role as Pamela Barnes Ewing on CBS’ Dallas, is trying to help mop up the Gulf oil spill mess with a $200,000 donation–and put an end to off-shore drilling. The Associated Press reported that the actress, who happened to star in the 2007 movie Earthquake, donated the funds to nonprofits Oceana and the…

Guest Post by Ann Mehl Discover and follow your true path and stop trying to please others. As a fan of Jim Carrey, one of my all-time favorite movies is The Truman Show. The hero, Truman, lives inside a Utopian bubble carefully constructed just for him by a savvy media company. Unbeknownst to Truman, hidden…

Author Barbara Biziou offers this video celebrating the rite of passage of graduation and telling graduates how to mark the occasion.Inspiration for graduates on Beliefnet:Inspiring Quotes for GraduatesGraduation AdviceGraduation WisdomBeliefnet’s Graduation Page

A German shepherd mix was recently rescued from a 6-foot deep oil pit by a disabled homeless man in Memphis, Tennessee.   J. Dudley Beavers, who has an artificial leg, had been seeking shelter at an old car wash when he heard the sounds of a dog whimpering and truck tires driving away. When he discovered the…

What is Memorial Day about? Today, Donna Trussel of AOL posted a stirring article about the famous photograph of Mary McHugh prostrated on the grave of her late fiance, James Regan, taken by photo journalist John Moore three years ago. It is heartbreaking to see and yet important to look at. It speaks volumes about…

The night before the burial of her husband’s body, Katherine Cathey refused to leave the casket, asking to sleep next to his body for the last time. This photo by Todd Heisler of the Rocky Mountain News sadly shows what Memorial Day 2010 is truly about–honoring those who have lost their lives in service to…

This weekend, watch a different kind of romance movie, one without any last-minute car chases to the airport. “Young at Heart” is a documentary about two widows named Reva and Lou who fall in love with each other while on a painting tour to England. Reva is an extrovert while Lou is an introvert. Both…
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