Grandmother talks of sharing grandchild with ex and step-grandmother
Dear Abby addresses a terminally ill grandmother wanting no replacement by her ex husband’s wife for the first grandchild. She reassures her that she remains the biological grandmother, while the wife is a step-grandmother, and urges love for the child. Also includes reader questions about age gaps and care packages.
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Dear Amy advice column on family values and boundaries
A reader asks how to teach a materialistic teen about values while coping with layoffs and a new business venture. Another note explores whether an ex’s mother can remain a trusted ally, and a third shares frustration with stepfamily respect. Amy offers perspective on character over possessions and respectful boundaries.
Smokey Robinson Honored By United Negro College Fund
Legendary Motown figure Smokey Robinson receives the UNCF Award of Excellence for five decades in music and his work helping students access education. The Miracles founder, 67, is to accept the honor at the 29th Evening of Stars taping at Pasadena Civic Auditorium, to be broadcast in January.
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TV Mogul Dick Wolf Welcomes Baby Girl Zoa Amelia
TV producer Dick Wolf and wife Belle welcomed daughter Zoa Amelia Friday at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. Wolf, 60, created Law and Order and its spinoffs, and has three children from a previous marriage. The family is reportedly doing well.
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Marcel Marceau shaped mime from Paris to global fame
Marceau, born in Paris, faced wartime loss as his father went to Auschwitz in 1944 and grew into a world renowned mime. He formed a European troupe by 1949, toured the United States in the mid 1950s, and founded the International School of Mime-Drama in 1976. He had three marriages, four children, and a rare speaking line in Mel Brooks’s Silent Movie. Funeral plans were not released.
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Family of Afghan boy in Kite Runner fears rape scene sparks violence
Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada plays Hassan in The Kite Runner, a scene depicting rape that his family says Afghan culture condemns. The father warns of ostracism or attack while producers say they may trim the sequence. The film, based on Khaled Hosseini’s novel, is slated for a late November U.S. release.
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