Archive for the 'Super Seniors' Category

Angelina Jolie was so brave to reveal to the world her decision to undergo a double mastectomy.

And her courage is giving others the strength to talk about their own procedures!

Barbara Walters said today on The View that she too had preventative surgery! She said:

"My sister passed away from ovarian cancer and I had my ovaries removed. It’s not like having the breasts because people don’t see it. But it’s a decision you have to make — it’s preventative. What I think with Angelina Jolie — she’s such a sex symbol and we associate sex with breasts. And the fact that she did this and has retained her beauty and her sexuality. I think it was brave of her, she did it for her own health, but it was so brave to write about it. A women’s sexuality is not tied up with her breasts."

Ch-ch-check out the video (above) to hear the whole heated conversation!

We applaud the bravery of these women to speak so candidly about their struggles, using their celebrity to help to remove the shame from these potentially life-saving sacrifices.

You go, gurls!

If you want to help Barbara in the fight against ovarian cancer, you can donate to her fundraiser here.

Who said this 105-year-old woman actually WANTED to live to 105?? Maybe she just has an uncontrollable love for bacon??

LOLz! Obvs we're joking — making it to 105 is a HUGE success! What's even better is that Pearl Cantrell says she owes it all to the food-that-goes-with everything: bacon!

Here's what she said:

Ever wonder where Cher got her endless good looks, amazing acting ability, and incredible vocal cords?? She got it from her momma!!

We should’ve guessed that Cher’s amazing musical ability had to come from somewhere!

Mother Georgia Holt, like Cher, was a actress and model in her younger years. She was a singer as well, with dreams of a singing career, but those dreams never came to fruition. UNTIL NOW!!

Georgia is in her 86th year of life and has just released her first album! Congrats, pretty lady!!

The album is titled Honky Tonk Woman and includes tracks she recorded in the 80s with Elvis Presley’s band. These tracks were re-discovered, re-worked, and are now being brought to our awaiting ears!

Hopefully we’ll learn even more about this incredible woman when the Lifetime documentary Dear Mom, Love Cher (produced by Cher) premieres on May 6th!!

Check out the album cover! (below)

P.S. CLICK HERE to check out their HIGHLARIOUS talk show bit!

Book stores, online or in the real world, will NEVER be the same!!

Barbara Rose Brooker's hilarious and raw new novel is out now! The Viagra Diaries is everything you've wanted to verify about sex after you've turned sixty… mostly that it does NOT stop! Ha!

Here's what the book is about:

While we obvi would want a Friends reunion to happen immediately, having the show come back later rather than never could work for us!

In case you hadn’t heard, there were recently some hope-igniting rumors floating about that there might be a Friends reunion in the works. Thus far, these rumors don’t seem to hold any ground, but Matthew Perry still thinks it could happen!

Maybe in the very VERY far future…

Matty Matt told an interviewer:

If looking as good as Tao Porchon-Lynch does at 94 means having to do yoga for the rest of our lives, WE'RE TOTALLY IN!

LOLz!

Tao is a 94 year-old yoga guru who wants to bring to the world her practical yoga movement that exemplifies the importance and reasoning behind yoga. We can't stress enough that her age is almost exactly A CENTURY, and how that's like the best proof ever for the power of yoga!

In her new educational video (trailer above), she wants to take yoga back to its roots and unify mind, body and spirit to inspire people to reach 'beyond their comfort zone to break down self-built barriers.'

Here's what she says:

“Yoga is the joining of our mind, body and spirit. It is like nature; everything is always recycled and brought full circle. I find that I can heal myself if I do what nature does. It’s taken away stress and has helped me through crises. ”

Girl, to look that good we'd do anything you'd want us to! Ha!

Keep it up and you'll live to 150!

Backgammon and bingo are not the only games senior citizens can play!!

The Veteran Games are currently going on in San Sebastein, Spain, which allows seniors to compete in athletic events, and just when we thought that these super seniors don't try their hardest, they proved us wrong!!

In the clip (above) 95-year-old Ilmari Koppinen and 94-year-old Emiel Pauwels battled it out in a 60-meter sprint, and while we were peeping the video, they showed us that age has not taken away their ability to run fassst!!

Emiel ended up winning the race, and we think it was because he's a year younger. LOLz

Ch-ch-check out the clip (above)!