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Frank Hayden, who laid the groundwork for the Special Olympics, dies at 96

Frank Hayden, who laid the groundwork for the Special Olympics, dies at 96

Published by Sam Flores

On a sweltering July day in 1968, 1,000 young athletes gathered at Soldier Field in Chicago, where they ran, jumped, threw balls and swam. Few spectators were there to witness the inaugural Special Olympics International Summer Games. But the competitors, all boys and girls with intellectual disabilities, helped usher in a new and more inclusive era in sports, at a time when children with special needs were often locked away at home or shipped off to institutions. Source link

Hayden Panettiere interview: ‘My mother wasn’t interested in having a normal relationship with me’

Hayden Panettiere interview: ‘My mother wasn’t interested in having a normal relationship with me’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter A few years ago, during a conversation with her former agent, Hayden Panettiere discovered the truth about a situation that had always nagged at her. In 2000, when she was an 11-year-old child actor and the family breadwinner, Panettiere was fired from David Fincher’s home invasion thriller Panic Room – she was collateral damage from the departure of its original star, Nicole Kidman, due to an injury. Or so she was told. In fact, Fincher had wanted Panettiere to stay on with Jodie Foster, who was replacing Kidman. But he’d asked her mother – who looked after her earnings and helped shepherd her career at the time – if Panettiere could cut her hair into a bob, in order to better match Foster. Panettiere’s mother refused. Changing her daughter’s hair was out of the question. “I was so out of the …

Hayden Panettiere Recalls Oscar Winner Exposing Himself To Her When She Was 19

Hayden Panettiere Recalls Oscar Winner Exposing Himself To Her When She Was 19

Published by Sam Flores

Hayden Panettiere, the star of Nashville, Heroes and the Scream movie franchise, has claimed that a “well-respected” Oscar-winning actor once exposed himself to her at a party. In an excerpt of her new memoir This Is Me: A Reckoning published by People magazine, Hayden wrote about how when she was 19, she went to an event with a friend. Making small talk with a group of men made her uncomfortable, she wrote, so she decided to call it a night. That’s when an “Oscar-winning actor and director” came up to her as she was putting on her coat and pointed down to what he claimed was gum on his pants. “I looked down and recoiled,” Hayden recalled. “This well-respected, award-winning actor’s testicles were hanging out from his unzipped fly.” Hayden said the stunt “hadn’t hurt me and I was sure it was a drunken joke, but I’d never seen a grown man do something like that”. “I was shocked,” she noted. Hayden Panettiere in 2008, around the time of the incident described in her new …

Hayden Panettiere says mother superglued baby teeth back in her mouth for acting jobs

Hayden Panettiere says mother superglued baby teeth back in her mouth for acting jobs

Published by Daniella Wilson

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Hayden Panettiere makes a number of shocking claims about her estranged mother, Lesley Vogel, in her new memoir, This Is Me : A Reckoning. In the book, released Tuesday, Panettiere reflects on her journey into the limelight as a child actor. Now 36, she made her screen debut in a toy train commercial when she was just 11 months old and went on to star on soap operas Guiding Light and One Life to Live. Panettiere wrote that her mom, also a soap opera star, took her responsibility as a stage mom seriously — and when the time came for her baby teeth to fall out, she was determined not to let her daughter miss out on commercial roles because of her changing smile. …

Hayden Panettiere reveals reason she was fired from Panic Room and replaced by Kristen Stewart

Hayden Panettiere reveals reason she was fired from Panic Room and replaced by Kristen Stewart

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Hayden Panettiere has revealed the real reason why she was replaced by Kristen Stewart in the 2002 movie Panic Room. The thriller, directed by David Fincher, was originally set to star Nicole Kidman, with Panettiere playing her daughter. However, Kidman was forced to drop out of the movie due to an injury, which threw the already-underway production into chaos, Panettiere wrote in her new memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning. “It really felt like my entire future hinged on this film,” Panettiere, who was 12 at the time of filming, wrote in the book. “Then we got the call. Jodie Foster would be replacing Nicole Kidman in the part of Meg.” At first, Panettiere said she was elated at the possibility of acting opposite the Silence of the Lambs star. “I was overjoyed—even as happy as I’d been about Nicole Kidman,” …

Hayden Panettiere says mother superglued baby teeth back in her mouth for acting jobs

Hayden Panettiere says mom superglued baby teeth back in her mouth for acting jobs

Published by Daniella Wilson

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Hayden Panettiere makes a number of shocking claims about her estranged mother, Lesley Vogel, in her new memoir, This Is Me : A Reckoning. In the book, released Tuesday, Panettiere reflects on her journey into the limelight as a child actor. Now 36, she made her screen debut in a toy train commercial when she was just 11 months old and went on to star on soap operas Guiding Light and One Life to Live. Panettiere wrote that her mom, also a soap opera star, took her responsibility as a stage mom seriously — and when the time came for her baby teeth to fall out, she was determined not to let her daughter miss out on commercial roles because of her changing smile. …

Hayden Panettiere says Oscar-winning actor exposed himself to her at a party

Hayden Panettiere says Oscar-winning actor exposed himself to her at a party

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Hayden Panettiere opens up about the darker side of growing up in Hollywood and her rise to fame in her candid new tell-all book. In the memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning, the Heroes actor recalled a particularly uncomfortable encounter with an unnamed actor at a Los Angeles party she attended when she was 19. Panettiere, now 36, wrote that although the aforementioned party was at the apartment of her then-friend, she became uncomfortable when she realized she was surrounded by mostly men who were in their forties and fifties. “I did my best to be friendly, but I was deeply uneasy,” she wrote. “These men seemed to be a little too comfortable together, like they knew something I didn’t. As a woman in a room dominated by men, it was also hard not to feel like I was being watched.” …

Hayden Panettiere comes out as bisexual in new book

Hayden Panettiere comes out as bisexual in new book

Published by Daniella Wilson

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Hayden Panettiere has come out as bisexual, admitting that she’s saddened she had to wait so long to “share that part” of herself. The Bring It On star, 36, who opens up about her sexuality in her forthcoming memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning, explained in a new interview why she wasn’t able to do so sooner. “That’s something about me I was never able to share with the world, because it was just never the right time,” Panettiere told US Weekly. “It was either I was too young, and I was being forced to be perfect at all times. I was not encouraged to just be myself.” She said she realized her attraction to women at a time when “it felt like people …

Hayden Panettiere comes out as bisexual: ‘Better late than never’

Hayden Panettiere comes out as bisexual: ‘Better late than never’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Hayden Panettiere has revealed that she is bisexual after being “afraid” to come out until now. The Heroes alum, 36, discusses her sexuality for the first time in her upcoming memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning, and ahead of its May 12 release, opened up in a new interview about why she waited to reveal her attraction to women. “That’s something about me I was never able to share with the world, because it was just never the right time,” she told Us Weekly. “It was either I was too young, and I was being forced to be perfect at all times. I was not encouraged to just be myself. Then came the period where it felt like people coming out, especially women, saying that they were bisexual or liked girls, was a fad.” She continued: “I was afraid that if I was honest, it was going to be like me jumping on the bandwagon. It was a very difficult topic to articulate properly. It’s sad I had to wait until I was 36 years old to …