Hillary Clinton, 74, former US Secretary of State, had difficulty staying married. “Personally, I have to say that the bravest thing was staying in my marriage,” Clinton told the magazine Colorful. “It was a real challenge and incredibly hard, but it was the right decision for me and I have no regrets,” Clinton said of her relationship with former US President Bill Clinton, to whom she has been married since 1975. An extramarital relationship with then-intern Monica Lewinsky, which the president tried to hide, had led to an impeachment trial in 1998 on suspicion of perjury and obstruction of justice. The process failed, and Clinton remained in office until 2001.
Francis, 85, Pope, thinks parrots are not very religious. At the general audience in St. Peter’s Square, the head of the church warned people not to “speak words like a parrot” when praying. Rather, they should talk to God in prayer as they would to a friend. Feelings are also part of prayer. These “enable us to turn to God in all simplicity and intimacy,” said the Pope.
Melanie Mueller, 34, Ballermann singer, doesn’t want any Nazis in the audience. After right-wing extremist statements from spectators at one of their performances, Müller canceled a planned concert in Dresden. “In the current situation, I can’t just go into a party mood,” wrote the former jungle queen on Instagram. “The fact is: Nazis don’t belong in my audience.” She had previously commented on what happened during the performance in Leipzig in mid-September in an Instagram video: she was “dismayed and outraged. I would like to clearly distance myself from such people and ideas and I condemn them in the strongest possible terms”. She canceled the performance.
tom hanks, 66, US actor, has written his first novel. The book, titled The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece, is about Hollywood and Hank’s experiences in the film business. “Each character in the book does something that I experienced while making a movie,” said the Oscar winner the US magazine People. His stupidities and mistakes were also incorporated into the plot.
Britney Spears40, US singer, no longer dances herself. At least in the official music video for her song “Hold Me Closer”, which Spears performed together with the British musician Elton-John, 75, the duo prefers to let others dance. In the colorful clip released on Tuesday night appeared on Youtube, several dancing couples can be seen. Ukrainian music video director Tanu Muino was shooting in Mexico City, according to a statement accompanying the video. The aim was therefore to capture an intimacy “that the world is missing so much due to the turmoil and chaos of recent times”. With the dance in the video, she wanted to make John and Spears proud.
Ed Sheeran, 31, British singer, apparently has holy spit. After a performance by the musician at the Frankfurt Oktoberfest, the organizers are now auctioning his beer mug online. On Ebay a little more than 1100 euros was offered on Wednesday afternoon. “Our goal is two and a half thousand euros,” said Oktoberfest co-organizer Kai Mann. The money is to be used to finance the construction of a school in the Dominican Republic via a foundation. The offer runs until October 7th. Various media had previously reported. Dressed in leather pants and holding a beer mug, Sheeran had his ballad “Perfect” and the Backstreet Boys-Hit “Everybody” sung.
Sandra Koehler, 48, policewoman, visits Hessian headquarters. The chief inspector hiked through Hesse for 24 days to collect donations for the victims of the flood disaster in the Ahr Valley, stopping at all police headquarters in the state. After 415 kilometers, she arrived in Kassel on Monday, as the police headquarters in southern Hesse announced on Wednesday. According to the police officer, the campaign raised more than 10,000 euros in donations.