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Toddler’s Amazement Of Michelle Obama’s Portrait Inspires New Children’s Book

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L ast year an image of toddler Parker Curry staring at the National Portrait Gallery’s painting of former First Lady Michelle Obama in astonishment took over the internet and visually illustrated the power of representation. That special moment—which was captured by a museumgoer—is now the inspiration behind a new children’s book, People reported. 3-Year-Old Girl Turns Viral Moment with Michelle Obama Portrait Into Sweet Children's Book https://t.co/paX6kk0Vm6 — People (@people) May 2, 2019 The book, titled Parker Looks Up , chronicles the adventure of two youngsters who go on a museum trip and are infatuated by the art that they come across during their outing. Parker—who is now 3-years-old—created the book with the help of her mother Jessica Curry . Curry says her daughter’s memorable experience speaks volumes about Michelle Obama’s influence and she was inspired to go beyond the photo and share the moment with youngsters through literature. “Parker’s every day moment became an extraordinary one, and my sincerest hope is that our book will continue to resonate that moment’s power and promise, its hope and dreams, its inspiration and indelible impact with Parker, her generation, and generations to follow,” she said in a statement, according to the news outlet. “After all, with their inner and profound insight and wisdom, our children are truly our future.” Parker’s viral photo captured the attention of Obama and since then the families have developed a special connection. The two met in person last year and shared a dance and Parker even got a Twitter shout-out from the former first lady after sharing a photo of her Michelle Obama-inspired Halloween costume. Parker, I'm so glad I had the chance to meet you today (and for the dance party)! Keep on dreaming big for yourself…and maybe one day I'll proudly look up at a portrait of you! pic.twitter.com/faUVTsYWun — Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) March 6, 2018 The Obama portraits have been a major draw for visitors at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. In March, it was reported that the portraits—which were created by artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald —were instrumental in helping the Smithsonian museum break a visitor record. SEE ALSO: Obama Portraits Help Break Visitor Record At The National Portrait Gallery Michelle Obama’s ‘Becoming’ Could Become The Best-Selling Memoir In History [ione_media_gallery src=”https://newsone.com” id=”3851872″ overlay=”true”]

Toddler’s Amazement Of Michelle Obama’s Portrait Inspires New Children’s Book

Oklahoma Man Says He Racked Up $93K Hospital Bill After Failed Suicide Attempt

Source: Nattanan Kanchanaprat / EyeEm / Getty Man Shares His Ridiculous Hospital Bill After Failed Suicide Attempt According to the NY Post , A 21-year-old Oklahoma resident shared his hospital bill on Twitter a year after a failed suicide attempt and it’s depressing. Oliver Jordan, 21, posted his hospital bill on his Twitter account and the tweet has since gone viral. The full page of medical expenses totaled up to him owing the hospital $93,000 for attempting to take his own life. This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide in the US. pic.twitter.com/QHEzNcDeyB — oliver garden (@alcumist) April 15, 2019 He wrote, “This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide in the US.” Jordan’s tweet also elicited responses from followers who expressed their own suicide-attempt related issues. Although the Health Care Cost Institute reported from data collected since 2016 that the average cost of such a visit will run the patient $1,917, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health noted that many hospitals mark up this baseline cost by more than 1,000 percent in similar instances.

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Winnie Harlow Reveals She Got Her Stage Name After Defending Her Friends from Some Rude Boys [Video]

Source: NBC / Getty Winnie Harlow Stops By The Tonight Show On Friday night, Winnie Harlow made her first appearance ever on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon . While she was on the show, the model talked about where she got her stage name from and why she changed it in the first place, how she got discovered, and how her Halloween costume became the face of M.A.C.’s VIVA GLAM 25th anniversary campaign. Check out the interview down below to hear all about her journey to where she is today:

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Adele and Simon Konecki: It’s Over!

Sad news, everyone. Adele — beautiful, amazing, insanely talented and beloved Adele — is getting divorced. Yes, she and Simon Konecki, her partner for the better part of this decade and her husband of two years, are splitting up. The news definitely comes out of nowhere, but then again, these two have always been exceedingly private. They began dating over seven years ago , as we first saw Adele with the philanthropist in January of 2017. Things moved very fast from there, because in October, they welcomed their first child together , a son they named Angelo. Remember, they’re so private that they didn’t even announce the kid’s name, we just figured it out when she was seen rocking an “Angelo” necklace. At some point (seriously, we really know so little about their relationship), they got married. It’s believed this happened sometime in late 2016 or early 2017, because in January of 2017, they were spotted wearing wedding bands. At the Grammy Awards that February, she referred to him as her husband , and a month later, she finally confirmed during a concert that they were husband and wife . “That feeling when you first fall for someone is the best feeling on earth,” she said then, “and I am addicted to that feeling.” “Obviously I can’t go through with those feelings because I’m married now,” she added. “I’ve found my next person.” In hindsight, that’s definitely a weird comment — was she admitting that she had been falling for other people? Also, don’t people in such committed relationships refer to their partner as just their “person,” not their next person? Well, either way, it’s over now. Adele’s rep made a statement , and in it, he confirmed “Adele and her partner have separated.” “They are committed to raising their son together lovingly. As always they ask for privacy.” “There will be no further comment,” the statement concluded. If you keep up closely with Adele, this news may not come as such a shock. Last month, she was in New York, partying with Jennifer Lawrence. And while that alone wouldn’t have been a tip-off that something was amiss, the fact that she was also photographed going into a recording studio without her wedding ring was a pretty big sign. Yep, nobody does breakup music like Adele, and it looks like there’s a definite possibility of getting a new song or two soon. Or maybe even a whole album. Obviously it’s not like we’re glad she’s getting divorced so we can get some incredible breakup album, but in situations like this, you have to look at the silver lining, right? Here’s hoping Adele and Simon really are able to get along with each other for the sake of their son. What a sad, sad time. View Slideshow: 15 Reasons Why Adele Would Make the PERFECT Drinking Buddy

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Tristan Thompson is Just Smashing Every Groupie in Sight: Report

The basketball season may be over for Tristan Thompson. But a new report alleges that the power forward has not stopped scoring in weeks. The Cleveland Cavaliers team member averaged 10.9 points per game over the past 82 games, but Us Weekly now alleges that he may be averaging more sexual liaisons than that per week. That may be a slight exaggeration, we grant you, but the overall point remains: Thompson has allegedly been going hard to the female hole ever since he was kicked to the curb by Khloe Kardashian. “ Tristan has been continuing to go out and has been partying with friends,” a source tells this tabloid, elaborating further as follows: “He’s been hooking up with other girls, and whenever he’s out, he’s had Instagram models … around him.” This doesn’t seem to be much different than the way Thompson acted when he was still with Khloe, of course, but it still seems notable. Thompson, of course, was caught cheating on his then-pregnant girlfriend mere weeks before she gave birth to their daughter last year. He then kissed Khloe’s good friend, Jordyn Woods, on the lips late this past winter, further cementing his reputation as a serial cheater who sucks a lot. Hence why this Us Weekly insider explains that the actions described are not all that surprising when it comes to the father of two. “That’s just the lifestyle that he lives,” the source says. Khloe decided to stick with Thompson after his first round of cheating because she wanted her daughter to have a father around and because she really thought Thompson would change. She even took issue at times when social media trolls slammed her as “weak,” standing up for herself as someone who was actually strong enough to put herself out there again and risk getting hurt. Does she now regret forgiving Tristan’s initial infidelity? Maybe. But she would probably simply say that there are worse traits one can have then trying to see the best in people and trying to give one’s child the most complete family life possible. Khloe and Tristan actually hung out this month in honor of little True turning a year old. By all accounts, Thompson is not an awful father; he does want to be involved in the infant’s life. But he hasn’t offered up any excuse at all for why he kissed Woods several weeks ago , cheating on Kardashian not with some random model… but with someone she has known for years. “He just kissed me,” Woods herself said in an interview with Jada Pinkett Smith. “It was a kiss on the lips. No tongue … no making out.” The Instagram star also clarified that having sex with Thompson was “never a consideration.” Thompson initially Tweeted the lame response of “fake news” when the Woods smooch first went viral. However, he quickly deleted that message and has said nothing in public about the act since. He has tried, though, to publicize his affection for young True. “You deserve all the jewels, baby girl,” the professional athlete told his daughter in an Instagram video taken during last week’s birthday party. The guy is a very bad boyfriend. But we do hope he’s dedicated to being a strong father. View Slideshow: Karizma Ramirez: Tristan Thompson Plaything of the Week Revealed!!

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Tristan Thompson is Just Smashing Every Groupie in Sight: Report

The basketball season may be over for Tristan Thompson. But a new report alleges that the power forward has not stopped scoring in weeks. The Cleveland Cavaliers team member averaged 10.9 points per game over the past 82 games, but Us Weekly now alleges that he may be averaging more sexual liaisons than that per week. That may be a slight exaggeration, we grant you, but the overall point remains: Thompson has allegedly been going hard to the female hole ever since he was kicked to the curb by Khloe Kardashian. “ Tristan has been continuing to go out and has been partying with friends,” a source tells this tabloid, elaborating further as follows: “He’s been hooking up with other girls, and whenever he’s out, he’s had Instagram models … around him.” This doesn’t seem to be much different than the way Thompson acted when he was still with Khloe, of course, but it still seems notable. Thompson, of course, was caught cheating on his then-pregnant girlfriend mere weeks before she gave birth to their daughter last year. He then kissed Khloe’s good friend, Jordyn Woods, on the lips late this past winter, further cementing his reputation as a serial cheater who sucks a lot. Hence why this Us Weekly insider explains that the actions described are not all that surprising when it comes to the father of two. “That’s just the lifestyle that he lives,” the source says. Khloe decided to stick with Thompson after his first round of cheating because she wanted her daughter to have a father around and because she really thought Thompson would change. She even took issue at times when social media trolls slammed her as “weak,” standing up for herself as someone who was actually strong enough to put herself out there again and risk getting hurt. Does she now regret forgiving Tristan’s initial infidelity? Maybe. But she would probably simply say that there are worse traits one can have then trying to see the best in people and trying to give one’s child the most complete family life possible. Khloe and Tristan actually hung out this month in honor of little True turning a year old. By all accounts, Thompson is not an awful father; he does want to be involved in the infant’s life. But he hasn’t offered up any excuse at all for why he kissed Woods several weeks ago , cheating on Kardashian not with some random model… but with someone she has known for years. “He just kissed me,” Woods herself said in an interview with Jada Pinkett Smith. “It was a kiss on the lips. No tongue … no making out.” The Instagram star also clarified that having sex with Thompson was “never a consideration.” Thompson initially Tweeted the lame response of “fake news” when the Woods smooch first went viral. However, he quickly deleted that message and has said nothing in public about the act since. He has tried, though, to publicize his affection for young True. “You deserve all the jewels, baby girl,” the professional athlete told his daughter in an Instagram video taken during last week’s birthday party. The guy is a very bad boyfriend. But we do hope he’s dedicated to being a strong father. View Slideshow: Karizma Ramirez: Tristan Thompson Plaything of the Week Revealed!!

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Jake Paul to Chris Brown: Fight Me, You P–sy!

These days, it’s extremely rare to encounter a news story that puts a smile on your face and a spring in your step. So it’s in that spirit that we present you the following joyous development: It seems two of the worst people in America are extremely eager to beat the hell out of one another. If you have young children in your home, you might know Jake Paul as the creator of some of the most obnoxious videos ever uploaded to YouTube, which is really, really saying something. Otherwise, you probably know him as the brother of Logan Paul, the douche bag who featured a suicide victim’s body in one of his equally stupid “comedy” clips. And no matter what your age, you almost certainly know Chris Brown as a strong candidate for the worst person currently drawing breath. Brown is best known for beating up Rihanna , but on rare occasions, he’s been known to get violent with members of his own gender as well. And it seems Paul would like to seize on Brown’s well-known love of punching things by boosting his public profile with a celebrity boxing match. Paul has boxed fellow YouTube personalities in the past, but it appears he’s eager to move up to the world of actual celebrities, And he’s got his sights set on the world’s most despised singer. Following his most recent fight against someone named Deji, Paul issued a challenge to Brown: “I want to call someone out,” Paul said to whatever kind of press covers a boxing match between two YouTubers. “Chris Brown, I know you were supposed to fight Soulja Boy. But I think it is time you got in the ring with someone your own size.” But that was back in August, and sadly, Breezy has yet to respond to the challenge. Paul took the opportunity to double-down last night while attending the premiere of a music video for someone named Justin Roberts. (Are we just getting old, or are none of these people actually famous?) “He’s soft man,” Paul told Hollywood Life when asked about the possibility of a fight with Brown. “He’s not ready for the smoke. I’m sorry.” Frankly, we feel rather conflicted about this whole story. In all likelihood, a sociopath like Paul has no strong feelings about Brown or his repugnant actions, and this whole thing is just his way of trying to make the leap from YouTuber to actual celebrity. It’s revolting to watch — and yet, we really want to see someone pummel Chris Brown, and Paul is significantly younger and appears to be in much better shape. We suppose the best case scenario is that these two run into each other in and beat the crap out of each other with no witnesses. Sure, that seems unlikely, but it’s important to have dreams in life, right? View Slideshow: 29 Pics of Chris Brown Thuggin’ It So Hard: What a Goon!

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Khloe Kardashian: Tristan Thompson is an Immature Narcissist!

Tristan Thompson is garbage. Absolute garbage. We know it, you know it, Khloe Kardashian has finally been acknowledging it . At this point, it’s just a fact. Tristan’s problem — well, he probably has several, but we mostly just hear about this one — is that he refuses to keep in his pants, ever. His ex, Jordan Craig, was pregnant with his child when he began dating Khloe, so that was the first sign that perhaps he should reevaluate his actions. The second was when he got Khloe pregnant and proceeded to step out on her on at least two separate occasions. And the third, of course, was when he hooked up with Jordyn Woods , a close friend of the entire Kardashian family. It’s just silly, isn’t it? If he wants to sleep around, that’s fine, but he shouldn’t get into serious relationships and have children if his goal is to get with as many ladies as he possibly can. That’s just being a decent human being — not even decent, really, more like “not the worst.” But that’s Tristan’s thing, and it doesn’t look like he’s changing anytime soon . And judging by Khloe’s latest Instagram posts, she’s still 100% over it. Yep, our girl is once again sharing those relationship quotes that are obviously directed at her situation with Tristan . It’s probably her number one hobby these days. One she shared a few days ago read “Being in love in this generation is terrifying. Loyalty is so rare, and people are so quick to choose a good time over a good thing.” She also posted a “Law of Attraction,” which went like this: Oh, you’re a Narcissist, well I’m going to introduce you to an Empath to humble you so you’ll know what it’s like to value, respect and love someone other than yourself. So you’re an Empath, well I’m going to surround you with narcissists so you can toughen up, realize your ego and learn to value yourself more than you value others. Yesterday, her chosen quote was “You will always find love draining if you date people you have to raise.” It’s easy to imagine that all these are about Tristan, right? And also Khloe’s smart enough to realize that everyone’s going to think that these are about Tristan, so the fact that she posted them anyway is basically confirmation. So judging from all of this, we can gather that she believes Tristan isn’t loyal, which isn’t an opinion so much as it is a fact that he’s proven time and time again. More interestingly, it looks like she thinks he’s a narcissist who doesn’t value, respect, or love anyone other than himself. If anyone would know that, she would, so we’ll just have to trust her opinion. That last quote about love being draining if you have to raise your partner also makes sense, since it’s always kind of been her thing. View Slideshow: Khloe Kardashian: Tristan Thompson CONFESSED to Banging Jordyn Woods! (And It Was All Caught on Camera?!) If we’re to believe all of these statements have to do with Tristan, then he’s an immature narcissist who isn’t loyal and who needs to learn some humility. Sounds about right.

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Khloe Kardashian: I Couldn’t Make Tristan Thompson Love Me, But Boy, I Tried!

Khloe Kardashian still seems to be having quite a difficult time with her split from Tristan Thompson. And on one hand, we get it. He’s the father of True, her daughter, who still isn’t even a year old yet, and Khloe thought he’d be her husband one day, too. She thought that if she could work through that first cheating scandal , the one from when she was pregnant, it would all be good and she’d have the family she always wanted. So yes, of course she’s still struggling now, a little over a month after she dumped him . But on the other hand, Tristan is a garbage human being and it’s hard to imagine not full-out celebrating his departure from her life, you know? Last month, Tristan did something with Jordyn Woods, Kylie Jenner’s former best friend and friend to the Kardashian family as well. Jordyn insisted that he just kissed her , but other people have claimed that they’ve hooked up multiple times. Whatever happened, it was enough for Khloe to finally kick him to the curb, and since then, she’s been filling her days with caring for precious little True. That, and making cryptic posts about the whole thing on social media. Yesterday, she took that last part a step further by basically publishing an essay on Instagram. She kicked off her piece with a quote that read “Letting go doesn’t mean that you don’t care about someone anymore. It’s just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.” Then she got into her thoughts on the matter. “Letting go with love takes great strength,” she wrote. “We have to learn to stop taking on people’s problems as if they are our own.” “Loving people does not mean we have to carry their burdens and confusions on our back.” “Sadly,” she continued, “you can only express your opinion on a situation. You can’t want their life more than the do.” “This is in fact their life to figure out on their own and in their own time.” She said that she does “believe in time,” and that she also believes that “timing is everything.” “You forcing your beliefs and dreams down ones throat is only going to cause resentment and possibly manifest deeper issues. Possibly to the point of no return.” Here Khloe added another quote, this one that says “People say time heals all wounds … I say time heals wounds but scars are left to remind you what you have been through and what you survived.” “Stop shattering our own heart by trying to make a relationship (friend, family partner) work that clearly isn’t meant to work,” she advised. “We have to stop trying to repaint people’s colors. We have to learn to believe the love we AREN’T given.” “You can’t love someone into loving you,” she wrote, adding “God I wish it were that easy.” “You can’t force someone to be loyal, kind, understanding. You can’t force someone to be the person you need them to be. Even if it’s for their own good!!” Summing up a lesson she’s learned the hard way, she told her followers that “Sometimes the person you want the most is the person you’re best without.” “You have to understand … some things ARE supposed to happen in your life, but they just are NOT meant to be.” “Damn … It took me so many years to understand that,” she complained. She then went on about how “God always has a plan even if we can’t understand it,” and that “Even in the darkest of places, our Lord sees His vision.” “We might not understand it at the moment but I promise you, your future will always bring understanding & clarity of why things didn’t work out,” she insisted. “Don’t put your happiness on hold for someone (family, friend, partner) who isn’t holding on to you.” She finished things up with one more quote: “Be careful when trying to fix a broken person. For you may cut yourself on their shattered pieces.” So she’s obviously directing all of this towards Tristan right now, but if you think any of this sounds familiar, it’s because this isn’t the first time she’s posted this. This is actually from a post she originally made in 2016, probably when things were getting hard with Lamar Odom again after his miraculous recovery from his overdose. View Slideshow: Khloe Kardashian Attacks Jordyn Woods, Gets DRAGGED on Twitter Hopefully this time around she actually learns all these lessons she’s talking about, because can she even handle this kind of heartbreak for a third time?

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Khloe Kardashian to Tristan Thompson: You Deserve to Have a Sh-tty Life!

It was Tristan Thompson’s birthday this week, but considering the way the Cleveland Cavs forward has alienated pretty much everyone in his life, we assume he celebrated in the company of a few strippers or his few teammates who aren’t too depressed to get off the couch because they play for the Cavs. Yes, Tristan turned 28 on Wednesday and Khloe Kardashian marked the occasion by throwing some glorious shade on Instagram. Khloe posted a list of personal reminders on her page the same day that Tristan blew out the candles while women with names like Shoshanna and Alizé cut the cake. It was the sort of meme that everyone’s Aunt Deborah posts on Facebook every day, but many fans feel there was a hidden meaning to Khloe’s list. In particular, the first and last items on the list caught a lot of people’s attention: “The past cannot be changed” and “What goes around, comes around.” If those nuggets of wisdom don’t sum up the lessons that Khloe learned from her time with Tristan, we don’t know what does. Compare that to this time last year, when Khloe went full-Hallmark all over Tristan’s ass in honor of his birthday. “To the happiest of birthdays, my love!” she wrote. “How special is this thing called life that we share together?! I am so blessed to be creating beautiful monumental memories with such a wonderful man! I hope this year brings you all that you dream of! You will forever be my always! I love you, baby!” It was either Shakespeare or Andre 3000 who said, “Forever? Forever, ever? For ever, ever?!” Anyway, there’s a pretty heavy cringe-factor on that post in any context, but in this case, is serves as a super sad reminder that Khloe was all-in on this relationship as recently as last year. Even after she learned that Tristan cheated while she was pregnant with his child, Khloe was still committed to making it work. It was only when Tristan was caught hooking up with Jordyn Woods that Khloe decided to finally pull the plug on this terminal relationship. Finding out your baby daddy is banging your little sister’s best friend will spur anyone to action. Thankfully, these days it seems that Khloe is well and truly done with Tristan. Of course, there’s one item on her list that has some fans concerned that she may flip-flop on that issue. Is “You only fail if you quit” a sign that Khloe’s not giving up on her relationship? For the sake of everyone involved, here’s hoping it’s not.

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